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October #BookSpin list! Lots of buddy reads, my usual slots for #192025 picks, and lots of titles that feel seasonally-appropriate to me. Looking forward to seeing what numbers are drawn tomorrow!

*Last-minute edit to swap in parts 1-2 of Crime & Punishment for #torturedpoetsbookclub #CAPbuddyread 🎉 (or maybe the celebration emoji is the wrong one for that particular book! 😂)

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Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

@BarbaraJean @Librarybelle @Leniverse @Caroline2 @AnneCecilie @Larkken @Kristy_K @Cuilin @wanderinglynn @deblovestoread @jess @leniverse

Hello fellow glutens for punishment!

The plan was to start C&P at a leisurely pace starting 1st October. How does everyone feel about this?

1) Yes, let's start tomorrow!
2) Delay start 1 month to November
3) Let's start January instead

The translation I have is the Oliver Ready version (cover above).

RaeLovesToRead #CAPbuddyread #torturedpoetsbookclub 3mo

Librarybelle I‘m ready to start tomorrow! 3mo

Jess I have my copy and am ready whenever everyone else is. 3mo

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BarbaraJean October is suuuuuper overloaded but I‘m in for starting tomorrow, depending on what “leisurely” looks like 😆 3mo

Deblovestoread Have overbooked myself per usual but will start whenever you say go. 😁 3mo

aa_guer2021 Just came across this post. Maybe I will be motivated to finally tackle this book. And I can do it in the original!! 🤔🫠 3mo

wanderinglynn I can start tomorrow but would prefer January! 😉 3mo

Larkken Torture away whenever! 3mo

Sparklemn I‘d like to join if I may! 3mo

Kristy_K Whatever works for everyone else! I‘m flexible. 3mo

AnneCecilie I have a lot of bookish stuff going on right now and would prefer to wait until January 3mo

Leniverse As long as I don't have to finish it in October, I can start now 😂 November might be better though. 3mo

camscampbell I have a slow read of this going at a chapter a week. It‘s a nice pace. 3mo

Caroline2 Nov would be better for me too but happy to start now. I have the Constance Garnett translation. 👍 3mo

RaeLovesToRead @aa_guer2021 @Sparklemn I will add you both to the tag list!!!! 😊 3mo

RaeLovesToRead @camscampbell That'll probably be about my pace. It took me about 18 months to read War and Peace! 😄 3mo

camscampbell @RaeLovesToRead I love to hear that you‘ve read War and Peace! I just passed a rather sad scene in that book not two minutes ago. I‘m reading it a chapter a day, which makes it a one-year read. I may start it again on 1 Jan and read a different translation alongside the Russian. The chapters are short and it‘s become a ritual this year that I‘d like to continue. 3mo

RaeLovesToRead @camscampbell I also read the Anthony Briggs translation. I thought it was pretty good. The whole novel is an experience. The structure is bizarre and not at all beginning, middle, end, but it doesn't matter because the stories come and go and evolve! 3mo

AnishaInkspill I have this ed, I might not be able to join this one 2mo

RaeLovesToRead @AInkspill Let me know if you want adding to the tag list! It's very leisurely. I haven't started yet. 2mo

AnishaInkspill @RaeLovesToRead yeah, pls add me, thanks 2mo

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RaeLovesToRead

Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Don't think I've forgotten!

So I've been thinking Crime & Punishment should be the next buddy read #CAPbuddyread #torturedpoetsbookclub

Have had a request to start in October... what does everyone think? It'll be a long term thing. Read at your own pace. And I would suggest a WhatsApp group so we can discuss (or use hashtag for those who don't want in.)

Thoughts?

Tagging interested folks in the comments!

RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraJean @Librarybelle @Leniverse @Caroline2 @AnneCecilie @Larkken @Kristy_K @Cuilin @wanderinglynn 4mo

Librarybelle If October is a good time to start, maybe starting October 1st? I like the Tortured Poets Book Club name! 😂 4mo

RaeLovesToRead @Librarybelle Yes, would be start of Oct, and then just running at own pace. Tortured Poets... for those who love pain and hardship in their reading life, but also, probably, Taylor Swift 🤣🤣 4mo

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Librarybelle @RaeLovesToRead 😂 I fit with the group name more for the hardship and pain of reading rather than the music, I‘m afraid to say, but there are a couple of her songs that are definitely catchy. It‘s a perfect name for the chunkster reads! 4mo

Deblovestoread A classic I‘ve intended to read so count me in. Not a Swiftie but love the name. 4mo

Jess I think I‘m in too. Always wanted to read this one. 4mo

Caroline2 Count me in!! 🙋‍♀️ 4mo

RaeLovesToRead @Librarybelle @Deblovestoread @jess @Caroline2 Woo! I will post before the challenge. If you want to be added to a WhatsApp group when we start email me your mob number to raelouisewatts@gmail.com 💕 It's OK if you'd rather just use the hashtag! 4mo

Leniverse I'm so far from being a Swiftie that I don't even understand the reference. To me Tortured Poets Book Club sounds like something from a Brat pack movie 😂 Andrew McCarthy and Judd Nelson would be the inaugural members. Anyway, it's a very suitable name for reading Russian Lit. 4mo

Larkken Count me in too! 4mo

BarbaraJean I'm in! Sorry for the delayed response! How does “at your own pace“ work--will there be a target end date? 4mo

AnishaInkspill the name caught my eye, I\'m in, I may not be able to join in for C&P, I\'m in the midst of Plato, ha ha, or trying 2mo

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LitsyEvents

Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace

repost for @RaeLovesToRead

If anyone is interested in a #buddyread of the following over the next few years, I'll be looking for company in my masochism.

Ulysses
Crime & Punishment
Infinite Jest
S. (Ship of Theseus)
Other exhausting book-mountains!!!

Who says reading has to be fun??

Join me! #torturedpoetsbookclub

P.S. I am not reading House of Leaves again.

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Blerdgal_Fenix Just love the logo 🖤 6mo

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RaeLovesToRead

Ducks, Newburyport | Lucy Ellmann

@slategreyskies I made a logo! (With AI. Obvs)

If anyone is interested in buddy reading the following books over the next few years, I'll be looking for company in my masochism.

Ulysses
Crime & Punishment
Infinite Jest
S. (Ship of Theseus)
Other exhausting book-mountains!!!

Who says reading has to be fun??

Join me!
#torturedpoetsbookclub

P.S. I am not reading House of Leaves again. The line has to be drawn somewhere.

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @Liz_M Thanks! 😅 I'm fully expecting it to be just me, hehe. May make a vlog for my YouTube 6mo

BarbaraJean “Who says reading has to be fun?” 😂😂🤣 I‘d actually be interested in buddy-reading Crime & Punishment! I own a copy and previously tried and failed to get very far. A buddy read would be nice motivation to forge ahead! 6mo

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Librarybelle I‘d be interested in Crime and Punishment and maybe Ulysses, though I‘m really debating that one. I‘m not sure I‘m quite ready to take on Ulysses yet, though may be willing in a buddy read format. 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraJean A couple of others (on the #ducksbuddyread) have expressed an interest in reading Crime and Punishment too... I was thinking of reading it later in the year, but dates are very flexible! @Leniverse @Caroline2 We can confer! 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @Librarybelle There's been most interest in Crime and Punishment so far, but Ulysses is the one I really don't want to let defeat me! I read a few pages and was like What the Dickens is this!!!!!! 6mo

Librarybelle @RaeLovesToRead I recently attended a webinar about Bloomsbury Day with some of the participants saying the best way to read Ulysses is with a group…it gives you enough reason to read it. I‘ve never attempted it! 6mo

Leniverse I won't read Ulysses again. I need at least another decade to forget how much I disliked most of it. 😂 As for C&P, I prefer not to start challenging books late in the year, but I'll be ready and keen on 1. January (well, maybe the 2nd 😅) if that's soon enough for you. 6mo

Caroline2 count me in for C&P 👍 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @Librarybelle Well so far there are two of us... but we may be able to recruit for a #jamesjoyceathon 🤣🤣 @Caroline2 @Librarybelle @BarbaraJean would you like a new year 2025 C&P readathon, or would you rather start it in a few months? I'll be starting another huge tome after Ducks, but not decided which yet! 6mo

AnneCecilie I could be interested in joining in on the reading of Ulysses and C&P, but it depends a little on when you plan on starting. 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @AnneCecilie What are your preferences timings-wise? It will be more of a vague start month / no pressure or deadlines, readalong if you like kinda thing!! 6mo

AnneCecilie I‘m down for low key, I was thinking more about having time to get hold of the book/ books and maybe @Leniverse is on to something with a start in the early new year. 6mo

Librarybelle Starting C&P in early 2025 sounds good! 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @Librarybelle @BarbaraJean @Leniverse @Caroline2 @AnneCecilie (have I tagged everyone) so let's provisionally say we'll aim to read Crime & Punishment in the New Year 2025 and once I've finished with Ducks, I'll see who wants to join me for Ulysses. We'll have the whole rest of the year to finish it 😐 If we even can. I only made it a few pages last time! 6mo

Librarybelle Let me know about Ulysses - no rush to finish Ducks! - and I‘ll join you. We‘ll see how we do! 6mo

BarbaraJean 🎉🎉 As far as timing, I‘m up for whatever works for others—starting in the New Year sounds great! 6mo

Larkken I‘m interested in joining- that logo is too cute! 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @Larkken I'll make a list of interested folk and message you when the next book is happening! 😊 You should see the failed attempts at creating a logo (fun with AI...) Many attempts were made!!! 6mo

Kristy_K I might be interested in reading Crime & Punishment! It‘s been on my tbr and shelf forever. 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @Kristy_K I will add you to the tag list!! 😊 6mo

Cuilin @RaeLovesToRead depending on the timing and other buddy Reads I would definitely be interested in a buddy read of Ulysses and maybe Crime and Punishment. 6mo

wanderinglynn I‘m interested in (finally) reading Ulysses & Crime and Punishment. They‘ve both been on my shelf for a long time. 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @Cuilin @wanderinglynn It'll be a pleasure to have you both on board. At the moment I'm considering a September start for Ulysses, New Year for C&P, and maybe if you want some extra suffering before then see how many Albert Camus novels you can blast in the meantime? 🤣🤣 6mo

slategreyskies This is so cool! I love the logo! It definitely made me laugh! After Ducks, I‘ll be working my way through The Eighth Life and also Kristin Lavransdatter. I‘m not interested in Crime and Punishment, but I could possibly join in on Ulysses or Infinite Jest. I‘ve been meaning to read both of those. Have you already done War and Peace? How about Anna Karenina? I was just looking at the unread chunksters I have on my shelves. lol 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @slategreyskies I have done War & Peace, but not Anna Karennina yet... I also have The Eighth Life on my TBR. Ulysses probably gonna happen September ish! I will keep you all posted. (P.s. did you see my salty midway YouTube vid? Haha) 6mo

slategreyskies Also, I‘ve so gotta check out your YouTube channel. I think you added a link on a post somewhere a while back, but I forgot to check it out. Definitely gotta remedy that! I‘ll give you some likes and a follow once I find you over there. 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @slategreyskies There's a link on yesterday's Ducks-related post haha. I'll post another vid when I've finished 6mo

Branwen I have been trying to read Infinite Jest for YEARS! I would happily join you in reading that together! 6mo

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RaeLovesToRead

Ducks, Newburyport | Lucy Ellmann

People often ask, "is there anything less interesting than listening to other people recount their dreams?"

Yes. Reading a book where a pretend person recounts their dreams. At length.

This book isn't bad, but it really, really needs an editor.

tpixie lol your review. 6mo

Suet624 Hahaha 6mo

thegreensofa Pickles fluff!! 👀🫶 6mo

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kspenmoll Oh you made me laugh! 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @tpixie Not a review yet... I'm only halfway through 😵😵😵😵 I don't suspect the second half will be much different though.... 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @thegreensofa That's actually a life-size cuddly chicken 🤭🙈 6mo

thegreensofa @RaeLovesToRead 😂 6mo

slategreyskies I‘m almost to halfway! 48%! We‘ve got this! 😊 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @slategreyskies I'm sure there is something in the rulebook that says reading shouldn't be actual torture 🤣🤣🤣 I'm over 600 pages in and I've still got basically a whole book to go. I question my life choices.... 6mo

slategreyskies @RaeLovesToRead Your commentary and the back and forth between us is making this buddy read so much more fun for me! I think I‘d have bailed by now otherwise. I just passed 500, but I might have a block of reading time this afternoon while my son‘s in therapy. If I don‘t get called back to join the session, I‘ll be in the waiting room with my Kindle and Ducks. 🦆🦆🦆 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @slategreyskies Haha... same. We are suffering for art. I use the term "art" very, very loosely. Are we doing Ulysses next? I think I'm going to call this new book club the #torturedpoetsbookclub. Yes. That is a Taylor Swift reference. I should use it in any booktube videos I make to get extra views from lost Swifties ? 6mo

Leniverse What gets me is that I can almost never remember my dreams, and here is this woman rattling off at least a week's worth of dreams that she can recall vividly. Like, all of them spring to mind in the course of a couple of hours while she's making cinnamon rolls. Does she keep a dream diary? HOW DOES SHE RECALL THEM ALL?!? 6mo

RaeLovesToRead @Leniverse I wonder what will happen in the next 400 pages. Maybe she'll go to the dentist again. Maybe she'll have a dream that she found a balloon. 6mo

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