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dabbe

The woman in white | Wilkie COLLINS

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A wonderful reread for me, thanks to @BarkingMadRead and the #hashtagbrigade.

AmyG Question. Have you ever read Angle of Repose-Wallace Stegner? 13h

dabbe @AmyG No, though I've heard of it. Sounds like it's worth the read, yes? 13h

AmyG Let‘s just say…some day it will find you. 😘 12h

dabbe @AmyG 🤩😘🤗 12h

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HettyG

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain

"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 ?

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Roary47

The Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Well, I‘m behind on the tagged book, but at least I finally caught up reading Les Mis. 😅

rubyslippersreads I‘m glad I‘m not the only one who‘s behind. I‘m really enjoying it, though. 16h

dabbe Same here! 🤣 14h

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BarbaraJean

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 | James Fenimore Cooper

So, what had happened was…😆

When making our reading schedule, I mistakenly consulted the table of contents for a retold/abridged version of the book, which only had 19 chapters. The actual book has 33 chapters. SO—I have adjusted the schedule accordingly! I divided the remaining number of chapters by 3 weeks, so now the pace is about 9 chapters per week instead of 5 —but it should still be really doable. ⤵️ #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMAdjacent

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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) (I was surprised by how short this week‘s section was—now I know why 😂) I‘m so sorry for the mistake—hope this still works for everyone! 1d

JenlovesJT47 Going to try to catch up today. I know, I‘m the worst 😬 always behind on everything, sorry! 1d

TheAromaofBooks Looks good!! When I started reading, I couldn't find the schedule (Litsy was being obnoxious lol) so I just read 2 chapters a day, so I'm a little ahead of the original schedule anyway!! 22h

Daisey I haven‘t been very good at listening to my audiobooks during the week, so I‘m catching up on a book club read today and then getting back to this. 20h

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Rome753

Meditations | Marcus Aurelius

"I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others."
Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"

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Allbymyshelf

Anna Karenina | Tolstoy, Leo

Gosh, I have not done a very good job at posting consistently. I was going through a very difficult period of life for the last several months. Doing better now, for the most part.

I hope all of my Litsy friends are well and enjoying their books ☺️ I am very much enjoying Anna Karenina so far.

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Leftcoastzen Glad you are here ! Life can be difficult, hugs to you ! Reading usually helps, in my experience anyway! 1d

dabbe Good to see you again and hoping life is going better for you! 🩵💙🩵 1d

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Jas16 So glad you are doing better. ❤️ 1d

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BarbaraJean

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 | James Fenimore Cooper

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead check-in, 5 chapters in! I‘m reading this Book League of America edition from the 1940s & the print is TINY. 😵‍💫

I‘m having trouble keeping track of the various players & alliances in the conflict, but I‘m interested to see where things go with our travelers. I‘ve also been on edge about how this is going to go as far as racism & stereotypes.

What do you think of our main characters and of the book so far? #LMMAdjacent

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tpixie How many pages does this book? I have a kids version that I suspect as an abridged. 1d

tpixie This was a family favorite movie. 1d

BarbaraJean @tpixie My copy has 269 pages--I was wondering about the length, because when I originally put together the schedule I was seeing much longer page counts on other editions. And just now when checking for the page count, I discovered that my copy has 33 chapters, but the online table of contents I found, on which I based the reading schedule, has 19 chapters. 😫 This is going to require further research... 1d

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BarbaraJean @Daisey @TheAromaofBooks @julieclair @lauraisntwilder @rubyslippersreads @JenLovesJT47 @DieAReader Important question: how many chapters are there in the editions you're reading? And do those chapters have names? When I did the reading schedule, I used an online table of contents from the Library of Congress, and it had 19 chapters, all named. Mine has 33 chapters, none are named, but each one opens with a quotation. Trying to figure this out...😩 (edited) 1d

tpixie @BarbaraJean 🩷🩷🩷 Well, at least it‘s not 490!? 😀 1d

BarbaraJean @tpixie The print is pretty small, but it does seem like an awfully low page count!! 1d

tpixie @BarbaraJean oh well maybe it is a 400 page book with small print. Small print is so hard…. But the edition looks cool in the photo! (edited) 1d

TheAromaofBooks I have 33 chapters, and like yours no titles but quotations at the beginning of each chapter. 413 pages + footnotes. I have definitely run into problems with some of the classics I've hosted!! It annoys me that it's so difficult to get a straight answer as to whether a book is abridged and/or “updated.“ 1d

TheAromaofBooks Also I literally had to go to SparkNotes and write down who some of the characters are 😂 1d

lauraisntwilder There are 33 chapters in mine, too. 350 pages. My impression so far is surprise that there's even a discussion of prejudice. 1d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder Thank you for the confirmation of 33 chapters!! Also I found my error—the table of contents I found was a “retold” and abridged edition. That‘s what I get for being too lazy to walk across the room and grab my copy 🙄 I‘ll post an updated schedule based on the actual number of chapters! 1d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks A character list is a great idea! I still can‘t remember which sister is which! Or which fort is which. Or which tribes are allied with whom. 😆 @lauraisntwilder Yes—I was impressed by the one sister‘s comment saying they shouldn‘t distrust their guide just because his skin is dark. I‘m interested to see how these dynamics play out. 1d

DieAReader Also quotes & 33 chapters in my Kindle Amazon Classics Edition. Some confusion on characters & alliances but it‘s still early🤭 13h

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