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#Rereadtheclassics

Our discussion thread is open. Please do let us know your thoughts on this classic book.

How did you get on?
Did you enjoy the pace?
What stood out for you?
Was there anything you didn't like?

"I discovered that my house actually had its site, in such a withdrawn, but forever new and unprofaned, part of the universe." I visited the tiny cabin and property (more remote than Thoreau's, actually) I once lived in last weekend, and this passage resonated with me. @AllDebooks #naturalitsy #rereadtheclassics

#rereadtheclassics @AllDebooks #naturalitsy
I love this so much. #eattherich

I am enjoying the discussion of how the more luxurious the house, the more burdensome it is. People toil through a lifetime deep in debt to have a nice house, and nowadays a lot of other things, they don't really need. And the maintenance, represented by his tossing out a couple of pieces of lime because they required dusting, sucks more of our lives than it is worth. #rereadtheclassics #naturalitsy @AllDebooks

@AllDebooks these would be my Walden copies… #rereadtheclassics

#MayMontage
#Authorhas3Names
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Good ol' HDT.

Hmm. Can I actually get through this?

#rereadtheclassics (except this would my 1st reading this) #naturalisty @AllDebooks

repost for @AllDebooks:

#Rereadtheclassics #NaturaLitsy #BuddyRead

Our May read is Walden. Please do let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

A relaxed read along with check-ins and discussion at the end of the month

original post: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2582762

#Rereadtheclassics #NaturaLitsy

Our May read is Walden. Please do let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

A relaxed read along with check-ins and discussion at the end of the month

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/24/100-best-nonfiction-books-walden-h...

@LitsyEvents

repost for @AllDebooks:

#Rereadtheclassics #Buddyread

Our current read of The count of Monte Cristo is going to run until who knows? 🤔😅

Next up is our May selection, Walden by Henry David Thoreau. One for #NaturaLitsy too. Looking forward to reading about life at Walden ponds.

Please comment on original post to be added to the taglist:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2581205

#Rereadtheclassics #Buddyread

Our current read of The count of Monte Cristo is going to run until who knows? 🤔😅

Next up is our May selection, Walden by Henry David Thoreau. One for #NaturaLitsy too. Looking forward to reading about life at Walden ponds.

https://fivebooks.com/book/walden-by-henry-david-thoreau/

Please let me know if you wish to be added to the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

#OnThisDay in 1854 Thoreau's reflection on life in nature, Walden, was published. Thoreau lived on Emerson's Walden Pond for over two years. He was known to locals as "woods burner" for the 300-acre forest fire he started shortly before moving in (oops!). He left the pond in 1847, and spent the next seven years finishing his work. #HistoryGetsLIT

Is there anything better to have on your lap than a puppy and a book?

“earth's eye“... #SavvySettings #Lake 5
@Eggs

“The moles nested in my cellar, nibbling every third potato, and making a snug bed even there of some hair left after plastering and of brown paper; for even the wildest animals love comfort and warmth as well as man, and they survive the winter only because they are so careful to secure them.” #mole #QuotsyOct21

#haunted #possessed
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live.”

#QuotsyJuly21 #worm

“My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all woodchucks.”

-Henry David Thoreau

#JulyJourneys Day 12 #SimplicityDay
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I like the thought of 'unanxious hens'.

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

#thinkpositivebepositive

@eeclayton - thanks for tagging me!

(taking the quote literally-pictured is the foundation for our detached garage and in-law unit currently under construction)

1. Gone With the Wind, Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, In Cold Blood, The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter, A Tale of Two Cities, Of Mice and Men, The Great Gatsby, everything by Georgette Heyer (I teach high school English, in case you can‘t tell!) 😂
2. It is an initial draw, but reviews and ratings trump beauty.
#ThoughtfulThursday

1. Yes, I‘ve read the Great Gatsby more times than I count and I‘m thinking about rereading again.
2. Sometimes. I think it matters less as I age.

Tagging anyone who wants to do it. Enjoy.
#thoughtfulthursday
@MoonWitch94

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

#QuotsyMar21 #Foundation #HenryDavidThoreau

Shot taken at nearby park yesterday reminds me to read Walden someday.

See for yourself.

Thanks for the tag @LoydaElionora here's my contribution to #ThinkPositiveBePositive 🙋‍♂️

If you see this and have spare time, take part if you want. I tag ya! 👍

#ThinkPositiveBePositive

Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks !
Find an inspiring quote, tag me, tag friends!

I listened to this with my husband. It was a bit hard to focus on at times because the narrative wanders quite off course frequently, but I really enjoyed the descriptions of and observations about nature. Thoreau philosophizes a lot, and he's pretty sure he knows better than anyone else how to live. He has a nasty attitude about poverty being the poor person's fault because they buy clothes (etc) as well. And why is the 1st chapter 3 hours long?

"You proclaim that I was never really alone at Walden Pond, because I had regular visitors. Bitch, I disclosed my visitors — I wrote a whole damned chapter called “Visitors.” Can‘t blame me if some debutante from Darien didn‘t read it. And who‘s entertaining visitors now? Not your quarantined ass."

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whos-laughing-now-assholes-a-letter-from-hen...

#ChristmasQuotes #fireplace

I miss fireplaces.😉

“I lingered most about the fireplace, as the most vital part of the house.”

Henry David Thoreau

The mouse book club. Picks out books they print that are pocket sized that they send you quarterly.

https://mousebookclub.com/

This was too much fun to pass up. I'll send updates when I get my teeny mouse books!

There are criticisms to the book- of hypocrisy, of Thoreau opposing technology/progress, it‘s all #flightsoffancy ..
but many are drawn to it as it speaks clearly of a communion with #nature , and is ahead of its time in environmental and mindfulness appreciation.

#fallfinds
#wordsofoctober

Thoreau on reading. I‘m loving this! #henrydavidthoreau #walden #lovereading

#QuotsySept20 Day 8: #Physical
In our new home with my teenage girl.

❤️

Thoreau's writing is often beautiful and wise. Sometimes it is tedious and redundant. That said, I knew I needed to reread it and I'm so glad I did, even if it took me a long while. Now more than ever, his words are prescient and brilliant and the simple life he describes feels so out of reach but utterly necessary. Highly recommended

My husband named our Animal Crossing island Walden. #classiclit #animalcrossing #videogame

It‘s not Thoreau‘s pond, but a lake near where we spent a lovely weekend in Washington last fall.

#KeepLitsyPositive

“A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself. It may be translated into every language, and not only be read but actually breathed from all human lips;—not be represented on canvas or in marble only, but be carved out of the breath of life itself.” #relic #QuotsyMar20

I've tried to read it so many times. The audio book took five nights to get through. I love the classics but this is not for me.

I have, of course, read dozens of quotes and selections from Walden because one can't avoid them, and I even started the thing a few times, but I can't quite get past his self-importance and his neckbeard. Still, I think I ought to read the whole thing someday.

Day 20 - #GratefulReads #classicihaventread

@OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

We're reading this for Nov book club as we have a Thanksgiving meal planned (we have two Americans in our grouo) and thought this would be a good but challenging read!

“...I minded not how the hours went. The day advanced as if to light some work of mine; it was morning, and lo, now it is evening, and nothing memorable is accomplished...This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have been found wanting. A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.”

A book that surprised me with its timeliness. What Thoreau writes about the human society and its relationship to nature is now more actual than ever. This work should get more attention nowadays.

I‘ve lived in Massachusetts for 2 years, but I just now visited Walden Pond. I read a few pages while sitting next to Heywood‘s Meadow.

1. I grew up in New England and spent my childhood out of doors in this area.🌲
2. It‘s overcast here and about 70 degrees. It‘s starting to feel a little bit like fall in VA. 🍁
3. It was a blind date in college the night I first met my husband! It was awkward and we totally ran out of things to talk about five minutes into the date. Just to be clear, the date was NOT my husband-to-be! 😳
4. 2 👩🏼👱🏼‍♀️
5. @LuvBks81
#FRIYAYINTRO @howjessreads