Die Wahlverwandtschaften

I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.

Day 144th

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Daisey

Elective Affinities | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

so-so

I finished the last few chapters of this book with this lovely spring view, and I enjoyed the view more than the book. I could appreciate the philosophical aspects, but the story really dragged through the middle for me. In the end, I felt little emotion about any of the characters or the deaths of characters.

#1001books #Reading1001 Randomized list 2019

hilded That looks lovely 🤩 5y

jewright I was a little traumatized by the callousness of the emotion at the end. But I liked it. Can‘t wait to discuss it with you this weekend! 5y

Daisey @hilded Thanks! It was lovely! The hammock is my favorite reading spot in spring and fall. (edited) 5y

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Daisey

Elective Affinities | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Still so true . . . marriage is often portrayed as the goal, the happy ending, without acknowledgement of the effort that goes into maintaining a successful marriage.

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Severnmeadows We please ourselves with imagining matters of this earth...as very enduring.. This is such an interesting quote - I haven‘t read any Goethe, and this makes me want to! It also reminds me that I‘ve read hardly any pre-20th Century German literature. Thanks for this 😊 5y

Daisey @Severnmeadows This is the first Goethe I‘ve read as well, and it‘s been really interesting. Yet another I picked up because of the #1001books list. 5y

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Daisey

Elective Affinities | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

1. Elective Affinities & The Return of the Shadow
2. finished A Spark of Light last night & listening to The Meaning of Everything today
3. continuing The Return of the Shadow & starting The Hunchback of Notre Dame

#WeekendReads

rachelsbrittain

rachelsbrittain Thanks for joining in 💜 5y

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Daisey

Elective Affinities | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Good morning! There‘s a little rain this morning, so it‘s another perfect Saturday to start with books and breakfast. I have a chapter of Elective Affinities for a #readalong with @jewright (I finally convinced her to join Litsy!) and probably a few pages of my current Tolkien book as well. I just made it to “The Attack on Weathertop” chapter.

#ReadandEat #1001books
#BreakfastwithTolkien #YearofTolkien #LotRHistory

JazzFeathers You're catching up! 😁💪🏻 5y

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AshleyHoss820

Elective Affinities | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

so-so

Ugh...I don't even know how to review this one. A happily married couple bring two more people into their home and: All Aboard the Crazy Train that's goin' aboard!! I sped through the first half, got a bit bored in the middle and then sped through the end... I liked the book, I just didn't find any of the characters sympathetic... 119/1,001 #1001Books

ValerieAndBooks I like how you‘re keeping track of how far you are (119/1001). Does this include books you read before consciously doing this challenge? I‘m finally starting my first one with this challenge but there are several I‘ve read already. I need to look and see how many. 6y

AshleyHoss820 @ValerieAndBooks Thank you! I have to do it that way to satisfy my own compulsion! Haha! I'm not counting books I've already read, since I've decided to re-read them. I should probably mark when something is a re-read, though...It's been an interesting journey so far! Which book did you pick to start first? 6y

ValerieAndBooks @AshleyHoss820 you‘ve already seen and commented on my post about The Sea, The Sea 😊. Looking at the handy app I‘ve already read about 114 books but those are over several years‘ time (I‘m old, lol 👵🏼). 6y

AshleyHoss820 @ValerieAndBooks I LOVE the app!! 114 is a good number, having never heard of the list! 6y

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AshleyHoss820

Elective Affinities | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I don't wanna throw out a spoiler, but this made Edward, to me, an unmitigated douche cannon. Wow.

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danistclair

Die Wahlverwandtschaften | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Last seminar of the semester with my 'Deutsche Literaturgeschichte II: Von der Aufklärung zur Goethe-Zeit' class. Most of the class are retirees who now take university classes for fun, and they've all become like my little German family. At this point, I think they're as invested in bettering my German and writing my thesis as I am! Today one of the ladies gave me this and another book as a present, and I nearly cried! #germanlyf

scripturient That's lovely! Which uni are you attending? 7y

scripturient If you're still in Germany in late September: we're having a Litsy meet-up in Cologne on 30/9. You're more than welcome to join us!! 7y

danistclair @scripturient thank you, that's super nice! I study in Göttingen and will be here until February, but I think I will be travelling elsewhere in Europe at the end of September, because it is my last chance before semester starts again. But if that's not the case, I would definitely love to join you! 7y

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BarbaraBB

Elective Affinities | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Based on the chemical process wereby elements, when they meet, quickly grasp eachother, Goethe describes in this book his vision on relationships. The story tells the power game of attraction and rejection, it is a conflict between the ordered world of morality and the demonic forces and nature of love. #1001books

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