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Macbeth | Shakespeare

Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Paradise Lost

I guess I like old stories. #TLT @dabbe thank you for the tag!

dabbe I do, too, and you still whipped my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2w

Pogue @dabbe nah I was just the child of two engineers who preferred to read rather than do math. It was read or algebra. 2w

dabbe @Pogue I was horrible at algebra! Those story problems--#oy! 😂 2w

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads Where do I find this @dabbe ? 2w

Pogue @DrSabrinaMoldenReads if you click on the hashtags TLT it will take you to all the post with this. Just scroll down to @dabbe page and she has a link. 2w

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Here's the link: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2836598 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Thanks @dabbe @Pogue 2w

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads

Les Miserables [With Ribbon Marker] | Victor Hugo

It‘s getting depressing over here with Fantine. I am trying to keep going but I skimmed ahead a bit and saw where this was heading. When I start doing that, it‘s not a good sign. #ReadLesMis

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CatLass007 I loved the musical, I saw it twice on Broadway. The movie was meh. There was a mini-series in 1978 with Richard Jordan as Jean Valjean and Anthony Perkins as Javert which I thought was excellent. I tried reading the book and I tried listening to the audiobook but neither one held my attention. You‘ve made it much further than I did. If you want to keep plugging along, that‘s good. If you decide to bail, that‘s good too. Do what‘s best for you. 3w

merelybookish Lol. When I decided to increase the speed on an audiobook, I know it's downhill from there. 3w

TiredLibrarian Tried to read this three times; failed three times. I'm just going to enjoy the musical and the movie versions. 3w

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads Yea. I don‘t think it‘s the time for me on this one @CatLass007 @TiredLibrarian (edited) 3w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I thought it was just me who does that @merelybookish 3w

JenlovesJT47 I‘ve only ever made it about 30 minutes into the Hugh Jackman movie. Never tried to read it or see any other adaptations. I‘m enjoying it so far but just caught up at the moment, haven‘t read ahead yet. But Fantine already gives off vibes as being naive so I‘m sure things won‘t be easy for her. 3w

TheBookHippie @JenlovesJT47 @DrSabrinaMoldenReads that‘s why I only did a chapter a day in 2020 my first time through. I love it but this is what I read- classical literature. Some parts are hard but when it‘s done and you see the whole it‘s so beautiful. That being said- bail if you have to ! I bailed Middlemarch 4 times before I finally accomplished it! (edited) 3w

dabbe I've tried reading LES MIS three times and bailed all three times; I saw the musical on Broadway and in LA and adored it. I'm now trying again for a 4th time and am doing better this time than the other three. I tried to read BLEAK HOUSE by Dickens twice and bailed; I tried a third time, and now it's my 2nd favorite Dickens' novel of all time. Do what is best for you. The book will still be there if you ever want to try it again ... or not. 🩶🩷🩶 3w

tpixie @CatLass007 the mini series sounds interesting! I done know about it! 3w

tpixie I haven‘t gotten that far, but seeing as she is portrayed as an innocent , I‘m anticipating hardship for her. As the others said, if it‘s not for you, it‘s not for you There are other books to be read 🩵💙🩵 3w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I basically only read classical literature @thebookhippy and all. Some of my favorites are “The Count of Monte Cristo”, “In Search of Lost Time” (I read all volumes last year) and “Anna Karina”. But, I loved the characters. I have not given up yet. It‘s kind of interesting but it is so depressing is the problem. @dabbe @tpixie @JenlovesJT47 @TiredLibrarian @merelybookish @CatLass007 (edited) 3w

CatLass007 Les Miserables can be incredibly depressing. And that‘s without being able to finish the book because I was bored with chapters upon chapters of him going through the sewers of Paris. The Broadway musical is an absolute masterpiece. Maybe I love it so much because I‘m a singer, but I don‘t think so. I don‘t think I‘m spoiling anything when I say bad things happen. But I find the story incredibly inspiring. If I were to talk about (cont)⬇️ (edited) 3w

CatLass007 the theme, I‘d say it‘s about forgiveness and redemption. When you finish the book, and it sounds as if you are intent on doing that, I would love to hear your thoughts on my thoughts. (edited) 3w

CatLass007 @tpixie It‘s a timeless story, so even though the miniseries aired in 1978 it ages well. I have heard that the movie with Liam Neeson is not good at all. But that was one person‘s opinion I haven‘t seen it. 3w

tpixie @CatLass007 @TheBookHippie I think I found it on YouTube https://youtu.be/MWdQO5_XMNc?si=5DONxIHD43YandFJ 3w

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads I‘m at home in dark 😅🙃 I never thought of it as depressing only as what is. On the other hand I cannot read sappy happily ever after - it annoys me! I‘ve read all of Hugo, all of Shakespeare most of the Russian and French Lit cannon etc etc etc. I hope it gets easier, it‘s a bit dark for a while here. I loathe the movie musical 😅of this. 3w

TheBookHippie @tpixie ooooo 3w

TheBookHippie @dabbe well this isn‘t my precious Shakespeare or Bronte or Whitman ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ it‘s still one of my absolute favorites! Plus if we could read #thebros we can read anything!!! 3w

CatLass007 @tpixie You found it! Are you watching it or planning to watch it? 3w

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie I agree that the movie musical is not very good. Hugh Jackman didn‘t have the vocal range required. Russell Crowe…. What‘s her name who won the Oscar? The Fantines I‘ve seen on Broadway, the Fantines on the original London and Broadway cast recordings, they all have powerful voices. They bring tears to my eyes. What‘s her name? Not so much. Her voice was tiny, wimpy. She made me want to close my eyes and ears. Shakespeare ❤️. 3w

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 Fantine is my favorite in the actual opera London. 3w

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie Fantine is such a crucial character in this story. Are you reading this now also or have you read it before? 3w

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 I‘m leading it and yes I‘ve read it before -it‘s one of my favorite reads of all time. Translation is key in my opinion. 3w

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 chapter a day for 2025 #readlesmis 3w

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie Wow. You‘re a better person than I am. And I just remembered I haven‘t tried it twice, I‘ve tried it three times. When I say that the theme is about forgiveness and redemption, what do you think about that? 3w

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 I think it‘s way more in depth than that. The history in the back ground is important. The historical things that happened and how people responded is why France is not in a dictatorship or under a king. The ways of how people loved, showed mercy, or not, the sacrifice and the calling out of people using religion to control people, all it, lots of layers. It‘s so similar to today it‘s eerie. 3w

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie Okay. I‘ll give it some more thought. Thank you. 3w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie @CatLass007 I actually am really interested in the history aspect. That may keep me reading. I actually visited Versailles and actually went down a rabbit hole reading about Marie Antoinette. Plus, The Count of Monte Cristo (which I loved was in this period). I think it‘s about me not liking Fantine. My thing. Don‘t want to do a spoiler. I‘ve found it‘s important to find characters that I like. Will keep y‘all posted. #ReadLesMis 3w

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Éponine is my favorite (shhhhhh ?) . There‘s a ton of history -it‘s can you get through the sewer and Waterloo parts for most people. 3w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie I‘ve decided to stick with it after this discussion. Actually the sewer part sounds intriguing 3w

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads I find the sewer fascinating -my brother mocks me alll the time, he wants me to give a tour … clearly he‘s my baby brother… 3w

tpixie @CatLass007 I plan to watch it!! At my sister now and driving back home today . lol 😂 I better stick to an audiobook! 3w

tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie @dabbe @CatLass007 here an episode about the sewers by one of my favorite podcasters- but he‘s sick, so it‘s his brother . https://youtu.be/LRo3vNilxvw?si=K2xR4Q5s5mRHaAlw or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-earful-tower-paris/id1227316154?i=1000... (edited) 3w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Now THAT is an #absolutetruth! #oy! 🤩😂🤗 3w

dabbe @TheBookHippie From just the musical (that you hate), Éponine is my absolute favorite, too. Cosette annoys me. 🤩 3w

TheBookHippie @dabbe loathe Cosette 😅😂🤪 3w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Well, yay! I must have read her right just from the musical! She seems like such a, well, “cosseted“ character! 😂 3w

TheBookHippie @dabbe she annoyed me then I saw the movie and said OH that part they got right 😅😂😂😂😂 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 32: y‘all. This chapter was so random. #townlife #sickfolks #pleasedontmakemethatjelly 🤢#beerbrewing #bathtime #poorjoe #thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #theclergymanandwife #sosad #allsorandom #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 3w

willaful Yeah, back to the lack of narrative. 😂 Joe's story made me very sad, because my daughter is disabled and I worry so much about what will happen when we're gone, especially now. I bet poor Joe's mother was fretted to death about it. 3w

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BarkingMadRead @willaful I worked with special needs kids before I retired, and stuff like this makes me crazy. I have zero patience for it 3w

Bookwormjillk So random. I thought it was because I was sleepy and dozing off, but then I went back to read again and nope. Just random. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I had so much trouble focusing 🤣 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm guessing still no plot? 😆 3w

TheAromaofBooks I've always read about calf's foot jelly in old books as a great delicacy, and I can see why after reading about how time-consuming and complicated it is to make... but I definitely don't want to try it! 😐 3w

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig I feel like we got teased with some plot and then it was snatched away 🤣 3w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks hard pass 🤣🤣 3w

AllDebooks Some things belong in the past, like that jelly 🫣 3w

Cuilin @AllDebooks the jelly and fox hunting!! 3w

dabbe I gotta admit, I skimmed through this chapter and read like this: the dull green blahblahblah ... the interesting green ... blahblahblah ... fox hunting omg skip ... disgusting jelly omg skip ... blahblahblah reverend and wife then both die + congregation ... blahblahblah done. 😂 3w

willaful I had trouble concentrating too. Thought it was the ambien. 😂 3w

mcctrish How we get from #outwiththeoldinwiththenew clergy to Luney Joe to who takes a bath where and when is beyond me @dabbe there‘s skip and then there is skim 3w

Bklover @willaful This made me laugh!!😂😂 3w

willaful @Bklover glad to be of service. :-) 3w

dabbe @mcctrish Perhaps a skip would be better--as in today's chapter as well! #oy 3w

mcctrish @dabbe maybe skip to the end 🤣🤣🤣 3w

dabbe @mcctrish If you will, I will. 🤩 But since I did do that for verdant-verdure UDOLPHO, I feel obligated to see this through. Sooooooo close! 😂 3w

mcctrish @dabbe we are so close it has to count either way 🤣🤣😆 3w

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Kerrbearlib

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things | Jenny Lawson

1. I'm a bit sleepy. Cats woke me up early. I may nap later! 😆
2. I read this book the summer of 2016. I hadn't dealt with depression in years, but that changed after the November election. I'm glad I read it when I did. It reminded me it's OK to be not OK. I wrote Jenny & shared how much her book meant to me. She wrote back to thank me & said she really needed to hear it that day.

#MentalHealthMonday

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TiredLibrarian I liked this one; it gives a lot of practical ideas for dealing with anxiety.

The Anxiety Healer's Guide: Coping Strategies and Mindfulness Techniques to Calm the Mind and Body

dabbe 1. I'm doing better than LAST Monday! #oy!
2. Tagged. It made me embrace the introvert that I am.

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

CatLass007 1) I‘m doing okay today so far. Follow-up appointment with my PCP this afternoon. The foam for my psoriasis is not generic so I can‘t afford the copay. I will ask him to prescribe something else. And the topical cream he prescribed for my arthritis isn‘t helping so I‘m going to need a referral to pain management. But neither of those is a big deal. 2) I can‘t remember if I‘ve ever read any mental health care books. I know I have some (cont)⬇️ 4w

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CatLass007 on my list and I probably have some in my audio and physical libraries, but I‘m not sure if I‘ve ever actually read any of them. 🤷‍♀️ I guess I should check on that. I want to emphasize that I do things that are good for my mental health. I read/listen to books. I crochet and sometimes embroider or cross stitch. And I have four wonderful kitties who are, without any hyperbole, literal lifesavers.🐾🐾🐾 (edited) 4w

CatLass007 @dabbe You aren‘t an introvert on Litsy! You are extremely active and always encouraging.❤️❤️❤️ I know that virtual interaction and in person interaction are not the same. I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate you. And I‘m sure I‘m not alone in that. So wherever you are, you do you and go on being awesome!🤩 4w

CatLass007 @Kerrbear I want to let you know that #MentalHealthMonday is an amazing idea and I appreciate you creating this group and including me. I‘ve yet to meet a Litten who isn‘t wonderful. 4w

dabbe @CatLass007 Well, you just made my day, week, month ... Thank you! It's amazing that I was a public school teacher my whole life, too. I've been told how outgoing I am, but most people don't know how much it takes out of me. Litsy allows me to be that gal but with the benefits of cocooning in my home. You also bring great joy to Litsy, m'dear! 🩵🩶🩵 4w

CatLass007 Okay, Michelle Obama‘s Becoming wasn‘t specifically written to help others‘ mental health, but I learned a lot from her. And I started listening to The Light We Carry, and I need to start over because it‘s been a while. So here‘s my input.

Becoming

Kerrbearlib @TiredLibrarian thanks for sharing! Stacked! 4w

Kerrbearlib @CatLass007 thank you! I am so glad started this group. You do some great stuff for mental health! Cats are absolutely life savers! (edited) 4w

Kerrbearlib @CatLass007 I still haven't read Becoming, I should do something about that - I've only heard good things! 4w

Kerrbearlib @dabbe fellow introvert here! I love that book so much! Thanks for sharing the title with us! 4w

CatLass007 She had a podcast when the book was first released and it‘s excellent. She also had a podcast when The Light We Carry was released. Since I‘m restarting the book I also am going to restart the podcast. I have listened to the book and podcast far enough to be able to recommend both. 4w

dabbe @Kerrbearlib 🩵🖤🩵 4w

CBee @dabbe gah, last Monday was AWFUL. 3w

CBee These two helped me with grief:

Grief Therapy

CBee And

Hope for the Flowers

CBee The Hope book is also great for self esteem, confidence, and the illustrations are lovely! 3w

Kerrbearlib @CBee thanks for sharing the title! Stacked! 3w

Kerrbearlib @CBee I think I may have read the Hope book years ago. I will have to read it/reread it! 3w

Kerrbearlib @cbee you might like this book. It's for kids but great for adults too. The illustrations are awesome!

Grief Is a Mess

CBee @Kerrbearlib ♥️♥️ 3w

dabbe @CBee #oytotheultimatefuckingveyolay! Excuse my French. 🩵🩶🩵
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Kerrbearlib @dabbe I love that tag! 😃😆 3w

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwords
#weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

Came across this in A FATAL GRACE by Louise Penny. Definitely something we don't experience in Phoenix, AZ!

CBee Perfect! I‘m actually on #6 in the series! Still cold and icy 😂 1mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 1mo

CSeydel I once used this word in a history paper in high school. My teacher took points off because he didn‘t know what it meant. One of the worst teachers I have ever had (and not just because of that). 1mo

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dabbe @CSeydel Translation from teacher: How dare you profess to know a word that I don't? You must have made it up or looked it up in the dictionary! #oy 🙄😂🤗 1mo

Suet624 This qualifies as a descriptor of my current local weather. 1mo

dabbe @Suet624 🩵❄️🩵 1mo

CBee @CSeydel omg that‘s terrible! Shame on him 😡 1mo

CSeydel @CBee He was truly horrible 1mo

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5feet.of.fury

The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition): A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Least favorite books I read or DNF‘d this year 🙃

dabbe I read ya! I only (barely) finished with the #hashtagbrigade. #oy 2mo

5feet.of.fury @dabbe I would not have made it without #hashtagbrigade that‘s for sure! 2mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: No. 39 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @cuilin
#TheMissingThreeQuarter

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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Librarybelle I think it really shows society‘s abhorrence of different classes getting together—Staunton has to essentially hide his bride! These works are near the end of the Gilded Age, and there is so much disparity between the rich and the poor and the lack of attention to the poor by the rich. 2mo

dabbe I also have to add that Staunton really pisses me off. You put your wife in a lonely place because you want that inheritance money from an uncle you can't stand. The uncle states to Holmes that he has absolutely no interest in Staunton's personal life, so why would Staunton worry about being disinherited? He basically locks her away in a castle (like in a fairy tale). And she willingly goes along with it? #oy! 2mo

Cuilin He fell love, they married, she had to hide and then she died!! Says it all. 2mo

dabbe @Cuilin Reminds me of the song from A CHORUS LINE: “What I did for love.“ 2mo

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Librarybelle

Nancy Drew 14: The Whispering Statue | Carolyn Keene

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1. This month's book has two different versions again:

The original 1937 edition features a whispering statue that resembles Nancy and Nancy's investigation in locating a client's estranged husband.

The 1970 edition also has a whispering statue that looks like Nancy, but Nancy investigates a swindle taking place involving her client and rare books.

Which edition did you read? Overall thoughts on the book? #NancyDrewBR

kwmg40 I finished the 1937 edition, which I liked overall, even though I found the secondary characters rather exaggerated.. There were aspects that made it feel quite dated, especially the part where it cost Nancy $5 to have the bumper on her car repaired. 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement I thought the 1970 edition was a fun ND caper with her friends there to help, including a devoted Ned. A huge falling book NOT hitting her in the head was a nice touch for those of us keeping track of such things. 2mo

BarkingMadRead I have the 1937 version, which was pretty decent overall. 2mo

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Ruthiella I read the 1970 version as evidenced by the use of the word “groovy” twice! 😂 This was quite action packed and as usual, the two mysteries turn out to be related. 2mo

Ruthiella @kwmg40 In the 1970 version, Ned notes that the price tag of $28 for a rare first edition is quite high! I googled it and that would be around $250 in today‘s US dollar value. 2mo

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella I also read the groovy 1970 edition 2mo

MariaW My ebook was the 1970 version as well. 2mo

DebinHawaii Yep, 1970s for me too. @CogsOfEncouragement I really thought it would be one for the #NNK counter! 😉 2mo

dabbe 1970s version, too, which I enjoyed a lot more than the previous IVORY CHARM book. #oy! 2mo

TheAromaofBooks I read the 1970 edition - it felt like the statue and the books plotlines tied together pretty well!! 2mo

Sace I read the 70s version. I felt like the two mysteries worked better than some of the other books with two mysteries. 2mo

Bren912 I read the 1970‘s version but now want to read about finding the estranged husband! 2mo

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ravenlee

Untitled | Untitled

So it would appear that our spelling book is out of date.

Texreader Oops 2mo

Ruthiella Only a few decades…🙊 2mo

Dilara 🙄 😂 Well, pupils will be prepared for their history class... 2mo

dabbe Time for a new spelling book adoption. If your district is like mine, that'll take a while. #oy 2mo

ravenlee @Texreader @Ruthiella @Dilara @dabbe the thing is, we homeschool, so this is entirely on me. The series is actually really good, just this one little thing. Weirdly, the copyright date is 2002. 🤷🏻‍♀️ At least she‘s not trying to learn Czechoslovakia, I guess. 2mo

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dabbe

Nancy Drew 13: The Mystery of the Ivory Charm | Carolyn Keene

so-so

So close between So-So and Pan. I chose So-So for those who want to read the entire series. But, whoah! Racist, tedious, and poorly written. While there was danger, hidden tunnels, kidnappings, and arson, none of it felt urgent. Nancy even goes to a weekend party at her boyfriend‘s fraternity even though the young boy she‘s “protecting” has been kidnapped. WTF, Nancy? Hard not to eye-roll throughout this one. #oy #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

Laughterhp Yes! That was so weird!! 3mo

lauraisntwilder And at the party, Nancy meets a student from India who knows the only other adult Indian she has ever met! 3mo

Librarybelle This one was bad! 3mo

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BarkingMadRead I feel like this is the general consensus. So bizarre 3mo

dabbe @Laughterhp 🤩😂😄 3mo

dabbe @lauraisntwilder 🤩😂😄 3mo

dabbe @Librarybelle 🤩😂😄 3mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🤩😂😄 3mo

sarahbarnes Great review. 😂 3mo

dabbe @sarahbarnes 🤩😂🤗 3mo

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