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Perfection! Elijah Wood performed an excellent narration of an indelible classic American novel. I wanted to re-read this before reading Percival Everett's James, and I've put it off long enough. Has anyone listened to James on audio? Any good? I recently started my annual “free trial“ of Audible 😜

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January 2026

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I'm glad to have a classic to add to my completed list this year, but I can't say I enjoyed this much at all. If I read it in high school or college I feel sure I must have bailed on it. I do think it will add to the experience of reading James, but I did the audio for Huck Finn and I really only half listened to the second half.

"And just as we was leavin' I found a tolerable good curry comb, and Jim he found a ratty old fiddle bow and a wooden leg. The straps was broke off it but barrin' that, it was a good enough leg."

I'm listening to this before reading James, and this has me ?

Read this to help myself remember the story before a read James. I don‘t never if I ever read it in its entirety maybe only excerpts. The language makes it slow to read. Not a huge fan, not even sure why it‘s a classic. It does convey a time period well and the treatment of slaves.

This classic up next. No never read!😁

I can understand the appeal to little boys in the 19th century, but the language made me violently ill. I can't stand the racism. People are going to say that's the way of the times. My stance remains that it is the way of our times now when we should always be mindful and be on our guard towards ignorance.

The only reason I wanted to read it is so I can read James from Percival Evererett.

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Somehow, this book eluded me in middle and high school. After reading James, I wanted to see how the original story play out.

Twain may be the grandfather of American Lit, but this novel dragged on forever and became quite the bore - especially when Tom Sawyer shows up.

Also, not enough is said about the shaky narrative. Why do we take Huck at his word? He‘s a serial liar and trickster throughout. No wonder I had mixed feelings in the end.

James was atop my list to read before year‘s end. Then my Dec #BookSpin category was YA/Mid Grade so I decided the stars and moon aligned for me to reread a book more than 1/2 century since my initial experience. I appreciate this for the classic it is, but I really wanted to be done with it soon after starting. The casual and constant use of the ‘N‘ word is painful to read.

Just finished my reread of Huck Finn ahead of my reread of James for #CampLitsy24. This just reminded me of how much I don‘t care for Twain‘s style of writing even aside for all the “of its time” racism. I much prefer Everett‘s retelling, and I‘m looking forward to diving in again this weekend!!

I read this book to go along with reading James. It was interesting to read the different pov from James and Huck.

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There were aspects of this I loved and those I didn‘t. If I have to be honest, it‘s closer to a so-so for me. I find Huck honest and I love his adventurous outlook on life. The constant use of the N word wore me down, and I found the section with the Duke just dragged on for me. I remember liking this a lot more when I read it as a kid.

I wanted to listen to this ahead of James, but now I‘m worried I might be the only person on Earth who doesn‘t like James 🤣 The story was fine but hearing the n word on every page and that long part about the king and the Duke were just a lot. We‘ll see what happens when we read James for #CampLitsy in July!

Elijah Wood does a great job narrating this book; he was Huck. The story was a lot of fun, although the section with the King & the Duke was just a tad too long. My only problem with the book was the constant use of the n word; it made me cringe every time. On to Percival Everett‘s James after I finish The Fox Wife. 3 mile #audiowalk today with no knee pain!

Not very interesting scenery but at least I got to walk today. I‘m still babying my knee but that steroid shot really did help. With such short walks though, it‘s going to take me longer to finish the 3 hours I have left. Huck is getting a master course on how to be a conman! #audiowalk

Huckleberry is just freakin‘ adorable. Just want to squeeze his cheeks and tell him to be a good boy and then love him through this rapscallion self-doubts. What a lovely listen! HIGHLY recommend this Elijah Wood narrated tale of adventure, mayhem, and moral quandary reconfigurationisms. Adorbs. What a freakin‘ good kid.

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I plan on using this same image for my review of James…

Like EVERYONE it seems, this year, in anticipation of reading Percival Everett‘s JAMES, I am putting myself through a prequel project: refreshing my memory of what happens in Twain‘s Huck Finn. (It‘s free right now if you have an Audible membership.)

TBH, I really am unsure if I‘ve actually read any Twain 🤔 I have visited Hannibal Missouri and I have visited Twain‘s house in Hartford Connecticut… but?!

Banned Books Week is right around the corner (Oct 1-7) and while I know there are a lot of important books being banned at a record rate, I am just not in a space to handle them. So, this year I‘m going back to books frequently banned in the 90s, rereading Huck Finn, maybe listening to Sissy Spacek‘s amazing narration of To Kill a Mockingbird again, and reading one new-to-me title, Roald Dahl‘s The Witches (because October) #readbannedbooks

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I tend to forget that huckleberry is a fruit--even with the word “berry“ at the end! 🤣

I taught this to my juniors for many years and have always been proud of my school district for allowing us to teach the tough books. Twain examines the liars, cheaters, and hypocrites along the river, mercilessly exposing their weaknesses and displaying their terrible, senseless cruelty to others. Twain was especially bitter about the way slavery degraded the moral fabric of society and portrayed river life exactly as it was. #19thcenturyrealism

I think I preferred Tom Sawyer, but that might have just been the narrator. Elijah Wood did a good job mind you, I just really love Nick Offerman.

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There was only one time we all tried listening to an audiobook in the car while traveling. Sad to say we last only about an hour with the tagged book.

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“It was a grand adventure, and mysterious, and so it hit him where he lived.”

“It‘s lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened.”

Apart from some of the language used, I enjoyed reading this! I love the characters and found the final “adventure” to be quite hilarious! I felt for poor Jim and Aunt Sally who were put through so many antics. Huck‘s voice gave the whole story an interesting perspective and I‘m glad it was written that way.
8/10

Every body loved Tom Sawyer. This one is better though. Read it. 4⭐

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3. Blissfully Married (by Victorine E. Lieske), Aboriginal Peoples In Canada (by James Frideres), with The Empty Nest (by Sue Watson).

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Huck Finn goes on an adventure down a river.

Last book of 2020!

29 Sept - 24 Dec 2020
It took a while, reading a chapter on nights which allowed it (a challenge in the crazy, post lockdown rush to the end of the year), but we both really enjoyed Huck and Jim‘s adventures. Polly was particularly amused (and a bit aghast) by Tom Sawyer‘s antics at Aunt Sally‘s.
Huck and Jim are such lovable characters and I enjoyed visiting this again as an adult. Reading the dialogue aloud is a bit of a challenge though!

Love this book, and Elijah Wood reads it so well!❤

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Love my daughter‘s #bannedbooks mug!

I wish when I was in college there was a course on banned books. Maybe there was and I missed it?!

Going to take advantage of this cool, sunny morning and continue on with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Husband is looking after the kiddos for the next hour or so - hopefully I can get a bit further in the book. Pomegranate tea and a book - can't complain!

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We are almost September and I haven't read a classic yet this year. So The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is what I'm reading now. Only about 50 pages in but I'm enjoying it so far. I haven't really read an adventure book since I was younger and I'm quite enjoying it. I find Jim's dialogue a bit hard to follow but that is a knock on me as I've never been great with accents and such.

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A fun adventure book, it was a lot longer than I expected it to be. I honestly thought I would just find it so-so but I did like it quite a bit. There are quite a few things that really took me off guard and I had to keep reminding myself of the era it was written in and the era it was trying to portray.

The anticipation has been building and the day is finally here for my wonderful husband to make his debut as a guest on my podcast! Matt took on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a book I maintain we were required to read at the high school we *both* attended (he disagrees!). On the episode, we get into the complicated conversation about the way race relations are depicted in Huck Finn, plus so much more! 🎧 Link to listen in bio!

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Day 4 - A little bit of adventure and a whole lot of fun!!