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Christy | Catherine Marshall

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My cover isn't super exciting, so I give you Kitty as compensation 😂

I remember enjoying this book as a teen but wasn't sure how it would hold up as an adult - but I found it completely engaging. Christy is just a likable character, so it makes the whole story work. She's genuine in her efforts to understand the world around, and I related so much to her desire to make her childhood faith something tangible and real. This is definitely a ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Christian-y book, but there is plenty of story beyond that. This is a fascinating look at the backwoods in the early 20th century loosely based on the author's mother's experiences. I did feel like the story lost some momentum when it veered from the classroom/school experiences into the epidemic, and the ending felt rather abrupt, but on the whole I really enjoyed this one.

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TheAromaofBooks Thanks for reading along with me #RandomClassics friends. Feel free to share your thoughts as well!!

@BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead @julieclair @Librarybelle @Sace @StayCurious @Teresereading @willaful 4d

BarkingMadRead I really liked it, the series is really good if you can find it on tv anywhere, as well. Just a really sweet book! 4d

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KadaGul Kitty 😺Covers are the best 💚🫶❤️🥰 4d

kspenmoll I remember loving this when I read it as a teen! Kitty is the best! (edited) 4d

Julsmarshall I loved this too as a young teen! Read it over and over 😍 4d

TheSpineView Awww... 4d

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4d

julieclair I loved this book. So glad to have found it through #RandomClassics! Now I‘d like to hunt down the tv series. 4d

Clare-Dragonfly Kitty is gorgeous 😻 4d

Librarybelle Kitty! I‘m still reading and am enjoying my reread of this one! 4d

Sace I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I first read it in my early 20s and it didn‘t make much of an impression (all I could remember was that everyone had eye infections). I think I got a lot more out of it this time. I can see this being one I reread. 3d

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 3d

Leftcoastzen 👏😻 3d

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LitsyEvents

Classics Revisited | Kenneth Rexroth

repost for @TheAromaofBooks:

Hey friends!! So I've been looking at my life and my upcoming schedule, and I am going to pause #RandomClassics definitely for January, and maybe longer, kind of depending. I still have a huge list of classics I would like to read, and I have really enjoyed reading these with you all, but for now I need to skip a month!! I'll let everyone know when I am ready to pick back up again!!

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for reposting!! 1w

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TheAromaofBooks

Penguin on Vacation | Salina Yoon

Hey friends!! So I've been looking at my life and my upcoming schedule, and I am going to pause #RandomClassics definitely for January, and maybe longer, kind of depending. We're thinking about moving (!!!!!) plus we are going out of town in January, so there is a lot going on 😂 I still have a huge list of classics I would like to read, and I have really enjoyed reading these with you all, but for now I need to skip a month!! I'll let everyone ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) know when I am ready to pick back up again!!

@AnneCecilie @BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead @Bklover @BookingitwithSandra @Bookwormjillk @catiewithac @CatLass007 @ChaoticMissAdventures @ChelseaM6010 @Clare-Dragonfly @CoverToCoverGirl @Cuilin @curiouserandcurioser @eeclayton @janeycanuck @julieclair @Lcsmcat @Librarybelle @LitsyEvents @Meshell1313 @nanuska_153 @Read4life @SamAnne @StayCurious @Teresereading @TheBookHippie @wordslinger42 1w

Librarybelle Sounds good to me! 1w

Lcsmcat Wow, you do have a lot going on! The great thing about the classics is they‘ll be there when you‘re ready. 1w

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TheBookHippie Wow!!! Sounds fine to me! 1w

BarkingMadRead Sounds like a plan! 1w

CatLass007 Everybody needs a break now and then. So now seems as good a time as any. Enjoy! 1w

Bookwormjillk Enjoy your travels! 1w

Read4life Sounds good to me. 💙 1w

Cuilin Take care of yourself 🩵💜 1w

Cuilin #WhatTheDickens is reading Nicholas Nickleby next. We can wait until February too. 1w

TheAromaofBooks @Cuilin - There is no telling when I will be back on track 😂 Especially if we actually move out of this house we've lived in for 10 years. Sooooo many barnacles to sort through and pack! 😆 So please don't wait for me - I may still read along in January, I just know that hosting is beyond my commitment parameters right now haha 1w

wordslinger42 Sounds good to me! 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures That is a lot!! Hope everything goes smoothly, and just let us know when you are ready! Moving is always too much. And a break is always a great idea especially this time of year. 1w

BarbaraJean Moving and travels is a LOT—and my January is packed as well, so I‘m happy for a pause on my side, too!! Happy to jump back in whenever you have the space to host again 😊 (edited) 1w

AnneCecilie Sounds good to me 1w

ChelseaM6010 Sounds good to me! 💜 1w

curiouserandcurioser @TheAromaofBooks Sounds good to me! 1w

julieclair Travels and a possible move! Fun stuff! Enjoy. And when and if you‘re ready to pick back up again, we‘ll be here. 🥰 1w

Sace That‘s a lot to deal with! Enjoy your travels and I hope the move is a smooth one. I‘m ready to lurk/read whenever you start back. 3d

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Jadams89

The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas

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That was an adventure, but I can‘t help but feel the ending was a bit of a letdown. Overall, I enjoyed this and I‘m glad I read it. #RandomClassics

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I have really fallen off the bandwagon with host-posting as usual 😂 Thanks for reading along with me!!! 2w

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janeycanuck

MS Readathon Rocks Kool's School: Lessons Learned | Bruce Foster

@Andrew65 is back and hosting a #20in4 readathon this weekend! I won‘t get anywhere near 20 hours done but I‘m terribly behind on my #RandomClassics reading for Three Musketeers so I think I‘m going to aim high and try to get through 20 chapters of it. Thanks for hosting, Andrew, and welcome back!!

Andrew65 Thanks for sharing ❤️

Any reading done is good and feel free to set a lower target for yourself, or just read totally freestyle. It‘s tge reading you do that is the most important thing, and enjoying it.

Thanks 🥰 (edited) 3w

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Lauredhel

Reading Challenge | Lesley Yates

I've signed up for three 2025 #readingchallenges already, and it's not even December! #WickedWords is a given of course if it's running, #ISpyBingo I very much enjoy, and I like the look of the prompts for #booklistqueenchallenge25 too. And I'll be running Four Fours again, hashtagged #fourfoursin25 this time.

What are you thinking of signing up for? Or running?

#readingchallenge #2025readingchallenges

Lauredhel @TheAromaOfBooks @asyouwish @thebacklistbook @clwojick @lizpixie @AbigailJaneBlog @CoffeeNBooks @ReadingRachael @mcipher @AbigailJaneBlog @PageShifter @Jas16
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Lauredhel Oh and we totally should do Pantone again #Pantone2025 @PuddleJumper @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @IndoorDame @Eggs @mariaku21 @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Itchyfeetreader @AmyG @peanutnine @BookwormAHN @OriginalCyn620 @Librariana @EmilyCGreene @julieclair 1mo

OriginalCyn620 I totally dropped the ball with this year‘s Pantone challenge, but if it comes back for 2025, I will do better! 🤪 1mo

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PuddleJumper I completely forgot about the Pantone challenge. #Roll100 #GottaCatchemAll #QueerBC will continue in 2025. I've also got a prompt maze #FrozenSick which is a whenever thing and #ReadYourDamnDanmei I think that's all 1mo

Lauredhel @OriginalCyn620 I've just starting yoinking colours for a #pantone2025 colour chart, so if no one else steps up to do it, it will still be happening! 1mo

Lauredhel @PuddleJumper OMG so many to explore! 1mo

Jas16 I think that 2025 is going to be a challenge free year for me. 1mo

Lauredhel @Jas16 enjoy your reading! 1mo

AmyG I am only doing a challenge that requires books I own. It‘s out of control over here. 🤣 So….Bookspin, Author-a-Month if I have the author, TBR Tarot. My only exception to my rule is the Sunday Buddy Read. 1mo

Enchanted_Bibliophile Another one on my 2025 list 🤩 1mo

Born.A.Reader @AmyG that's the one I need to do. My owned TBR is soo out of control 😅 1mo

thebacklistbook I'm doing a few challenges. For next year I'm still plugging away at read the world, the owls, #fictionaltraveler , and #tbronly2025, I am still deciding about #frozensick . I am of course running my #yuletidereads starting December 21. 1mo

willaful Definitely doing BookSpin , QueerBC, and adding Roll100 this year. I love Four Fours! Will continue #BacklistReadathon and #TBRTarot if they're on. And finishing up #192025!

@Jas16 Do what makes you happy! 1mo

willaful Oh, I forgot @Faranae's #URC. 1mo

Faranae @willaful 😭How could you forget my URC? (😆) 1mo

willaful @Faranae I know! I've got a list a mile long of possible prompts! 1mo

mariaku21 I'm always game to do Pantone reading @Lauredhel amongst any others but I'm not thinking about 2025. I still have books this year 😭🤣 1mo

BookwormAHN I'm not sure how many challenges I'm doing now. I host #StarWarsBuddyRead and I've joined #BookSpin with #ReadOrDonate plus #TBRTarot #LosersClub #AuthorAMonth and a few others however I'd Iike to Pantone again since I usually can match the books I'm already reading and don't usually have to look to hard for them. 1mo

Lauredhel @Enchanted_Bibliophile Cool, I haven't seen many others doing Booklist Queen's challenge on Litsy!

  @TheBacklistBook Just added #FictionalTraveler to my list. The more the merrier, I can always trim later if I'm not managing.

  @willaful #URC I have not heard of before *scuttles off to join* @Faranae   

@mariaku21 @BookwormAHN I'll be organising #Pantone2025 over the next week or so. Stay tuned   1mo

TheAromaofBooks Lots of fun challenges in this thread!! I'm already entangling myself in way too many buddy reads as usual 😂 I'm especially excited about once again trying to read all of Agatha Christie's books in published order, this time lead by @Librarybelle I'm also finishing her #192025 challenge. #ISpyBingo will be back, and I also do my personal challenges of trying to read the USA and read at least one book from every year of the last 100 years. ⬇ 1mo

TheAromaofBooks I'm also joining @julieclair 's challenge for #FictionalTraveler as well as whichever #GottaCatchEmAll region @PuddleJumper chooses - plus #Roll100 !! I'm interested in the Pantone Challenge which I did in 2023 but not last year, so I'll keep my eye out for that one as well!! 1mo

Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks I'll add you to the pantone tag list 1mo

julieclair @lauredhel I‘ll add you to the #FictionalTraveler tag list! Glad you‘re joining us! 1mo

julieclair I‘m doing too many, but I can‘t resist! Several of the ones already mentioned here, as well as #LiteraryCrew with @Librarybelle , #BookedInTime with @Cuilin , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , and #RandomClassics with @TheAromaofBooks . 1mo

julieclair I‘ll be hosting #FictionalTraveler , #ThematicCozies (will post about that soon) , and continuing #ReadOrDonate for 2025. 1mo

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BarbaraJean

David Copperfield | Charles Dickens

Taking a cozy bath tonight with Christy and David 😆 #WhatTheDickens #RandomClassics

LeahBergen That looks lovely! 1mo

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TheAromaofBooks

The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas

(thru ch39) - I haven't enjoyed the last week of chapters as much, since the guys' way of earning money mostly seems to be manipulating the women in their lives 🙄D'Artagnan really is showing is youth and inexperience here as well. At least he found Kitty a new job 😑 I've missed the slapstick from the earlier section of the book, but we'll see what happens if they ever actually head off on their tour of duty. I AM intrigued by some of the ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) mystery and court intrigue. Like @ChaoticMissAdventures pointed out in her review, this book was written about 200 years after the time in which is set, which makes it historical fiction when it was published - this is kind of like us reading a book about American rebels during the Revolution and even with my footnotes, I am sure that if you actually LIVED in France when you read this, you would get a lot more of the subtle humor and ⬇ 1mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) political digs.

Anyway, how are all of you holding up? I know a few have bailed and at least one person has already finished, but I am still trying to chug through a chapter a day!!

@BarkingMadRead @Bklover @CatLass007 @ChaoticMissAdventures @Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin @curiouserandcurioser @Deblovestoread @Jadams89 @janeycanuck @julieclair @Librarybelle @Read4life @TheBookHippie @wordslinger42 1mo

Jadams89 I‘m still enjoying it, but I agree that the last week has been rough — Porthos is a piece of work 1mo

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Librarybelle Still behind! I hope to catch up soon! 1mo

BarkingMadRead I‘m still reading a chapter a day, and I‘m thinking that once they go out on their campaign things should be ridiculous again 🤣 1mo

wordslinger42 I‘m still behind, but enjoying it so far! 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Totally agree, they honestly seem like jerks. The opening couple of chapters were so funny and filled with literature references and all of that seems to be gone. It is interesting that their job is musketeer but they never seem to be doing their job. 1mo

TheBookHippie I finished it 😅😵‍💫😝🤷🏻‍♀️ not sleeping helps the reading part. 1mo

TheBookHippie I agree about France. I think there are nuances that they get that we do not. 1mo

TheBookHippie Also I‘m so old a Leave it to Beaver came to mind when he watched 3 stooges instead of reading the book. 😝😅🤷🏻‍♀️😂🤣 1mo

AnishaInkspill I 😍 reading all your comments, I haven't read this one but I have MonteCristo on my tbr 1mo

CatLass007 Would you please remove me from your tag list for #RandomClassics? Everyone is great, but I‘m trying to cut back on my Litsy buddy reads for next year. Thanks.😚 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @CatLass007 - Absolutely!! The buddy reads can definitely get overwhelming!! You're always welcome to jump back in if you want!! 1mo

CatLass007 Thank you.♥️ 1mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Art of Power | Nancy Pelosi

#weeklyforecast

I am reading the tagged on audio and need to start The Facemaker both for #NFNovember with @Bookwormjillk
Am half into Headshot (meh) library book that needs to go back
Not pictured #randomclassics The Three Musketeers with @TheAromaofBooks which I am determined to finish today so I can get back to chipping away on The Little Friend and start Flamingo both for #10BefiretheEnd
Reading As Escape!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo

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