TheAromaofBooks's blurb on The Three Musketeers

Hey friends!! Time to start thinking about our October #RandomClassic - The Three Musketeers!! I've never read this book or any other book by Dumas, but I have had a lovely two-volume edition sitting on my shelf since... 2003 😂 Let me know if you want to read along!! We'll be tackling one chapter a day, which means it will take us over 2 months to finish this 65-chapter story.

I'm planning to post The Red Pony discussion this weekend. Hopefully⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the Musketeers are at least moderately less depressing! 😅

As always, tagging the entire master list and you can let me know if you're interested in October's book specifically. I'll be posting weekly(ish) check-ins for the Musketeers as we go!!
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Lcsmcat I‘ll skip this one as I‘ve already read it. 1y

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janeycanuck Well, I still haven‘t finished Don Quixote OR Evelina so I should not add a third unfinished classic to my list! But uh… tag me for Three Musketeers anyway 🤪 1y

TheAromaofBooks @janeycanuck - I like your can-do attitude 😂 1y

BarkingMadRead Never read this, but I‘ve got it, I‘m ready! 1y

Cuilin I‘ve read it and loved it!! Very fun. Tag me anyway. If I remember enough I may join the discussion. 1y

janeycanuck @TheAromaofBooks I am nothing if not unwarrantedly optimistic! 1y

TheBookHippie Never read it -have my copy!! 1y

Librarybelle I‘m ready for it! 1y

Bklover I‘m ready!!! I‘m with @janeycanuck - my track record is NOT good, but will never give up!😉 1y

Read4life I‘ve never read it. I‘m ready with my copy. 1y

janeycanuck @Bklover we can stand on the sidelines and cheer everyone else on while holding our own unopened copies. 1y

wordslinger42 I‘ll jump in for October 😊 1y

ChaoticMissAdventures I have a copy!! This sounds daunting but I believe in us! 1y

julieclair I‘m going to try…. Have never read this and would like to. 🤞 1y

CatLass007 I have my free-on-Audible copy and I‘m ready. If it‘s going to take us over two months for the October selection, does that mean that the November selection is cancelled or moved? 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Yeah, I‘ll join in for this one! 1y

Bklover @janeycanuck That sounds perfect! 🧡 1y

TheAromaofBooks @CatLass007 - No, I start a new book on the first even if a previous book is still in progress. Keeps things lively 😂 However, I will take a poll from the group before we start next week to see if everyone would prefer to stick with one chapter or try two chapters a day so we can get through it in about a month instead of two. 1y

CatLass007 I don‘t think I‘ll be participating in the Christy buddy read. 1y

janeycanuck Before I end up down a rabbit hole on this... Is there any particular translation that is considered to be the standard or particularly good? 1y

TheAromaofBooks @janeycanuck - I haven\'t done any translation research, so let me know if you find out anything interesting 😂 I know there was a lot of variation with Don Quixote. 1y

janeycanuck @TheAromaofBooks I‘m settling on Richard Pevear. This website was helpful in deciding! https://welovetranslations.com/2022/07/13/whats-the-best-translation-of-the-thre... 1y

TheAromaofBooks @janeycanuck - Oooo thank you!!! That is SO interesting! I have a two-volume hardcover edition that has no copyright date but I am guessing printed c1950. I just clicked through and compared the first line to all the ones that this article provided and still couldn\'t find a match!!! My concern is that it\'s abridged since so many translations are. So this was very helpful to find an unabridged edition - I am going with Pevear as well - Amazon ⬇ 1y

TheAromaofBooks (cont\'d) can have it here tomorrow, just in time! 😂 1y

janeycanuck @TheAromaofBooks oh, that‘s so weird none of the translations match!! That‘s awesome you‘ll be able to get a Pevear quickly. The whole abridgement to turn it into a kid‘s story in English is so bizarre. I‘m glad there are some truer versions that keep the spirit of the writing. 1y

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