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BarkingMadRead
The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexander Dumas
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Quick question for the #hashtagbrigade
The votes are still coming in, but the top 2 right now are both chunksters. How do we feel about that? The tagged book will take almost 4 months to read a chapter a day, and Anna Karenina has 239 chapters! Would everyone be willing to do Anna Karenina alongside whatever other books we are reading? Maybe start it in February as its on buddy read? Thoughts? Ideas?

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SamAnne I‘d be fine with that! Both are on my TBR for 2026 so I will be reading both anyway. 5h
JacqMac That works for me. I always read them alongside my other books anyway. 5h
Ruthiella I think a bonus read along would work….otherwise we end up reading only two books in one year as a group! 😜 But that said, I‘ve already read AK and probably won‘t participate either way. 5h
mcctrish I‘ve already read Anna and I am committed to the Count 4h
rubyslippersreads I‘ve always wanted to read Anna, so any way we do that is fine with me. 4h
BarbaraJean Alongside other books sounds great—but also I‘ve read both so I‘m not sure if I‘ll join for either! Although a re-read of Anna is tempting… 4h
Cuilin I‘ve read both, probably will skip those. 4h
Crinoline_Laphroaig I've read Anna. It's on my classic that I never have to read again. But I'm in for the Count. 4h
Seabreeze_Reader Along side other reads might work better? I might be in for The Count. (Edited: I just bought an audio version 🙂👍) (edited) 3h
Bookwormjillk I'm up for it if you are. You do all the work. I'm just along for the ride. 3h
Bklover I‘ve read both, but would love to reread either alongside the regular monthly book. 3h
Bklover @Ruthiella 😂😂🩷 3h
Deblovestoread I love the side quest idea. Def in for count and might give AK a reread 3h
BarkingMadRead @deblovestoread ohhhhhh we may have to make this a new tradition! 3h
willaful I've read both so may sit it out, not sure yet. 2h
dabbe I'm not sure how long the chapters are in these chunksters, but if they're short, we could read more than one chapter a day as well. I'd be happy to help plan that out (similar in a way to how we read BRIDESHEAD REVISITED). I've read AK and will probably sit that one out, but count me in for the count! 😍 2h
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Octoberwoman
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare | Stephen Greenblatt, Stephen Jay Greenblatt
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

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Eggs
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Apollyon: “By this I perceive you are one of my subjects, for all that country is mine, and I am the prince and god of it.”

#Devilish

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty 🕯️ 20h
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks TY🧡🖤🧡 6h
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bibliothecarivs
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Random book from our personal library.

Haven't read this but loved the BBC TV adaption starring Claire Foy.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
The Best of Simple | Langston Hughes
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Mehso-so

My oat milk latte didn't seem to come with espresso today 😂. So pale!

Hughes wrote a column in a Chicago newspaper of stories about Jesse Semple, a Black Harlemite in 1910-1920 people called him Simple. He is a drinking, womanizer who waxes poetic about life in America. Overall I thought it was good for the vibe and place in time but Simple was so annoying it took me a month to read b/c I just didn't want to hang with him

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ChaoticMissAdventures
The Best of Simple | Langston Hughes
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Reading this feels like listening to Curtis during the NYC mayor debates?

"Not only am I half dead right now from pneumonia, but everything else has happened to me! I have been cut, stabbed, run over, hit by a car, and tromped by a horse!....."(By the Goitti's)

willaful Reminds me of this, though I'm more familiar with Arlo's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waQOS3hKIa8

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ChaoticMissAdventures @willaful Woody Guthrie is such an iconic legend. I am not one for folk or country but this dude was so cool. 3d
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Kiwidragonnerd
The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Starting this classic in class now. It's a higher reading level than I'm used to and I'm still adjusting, but it seems pretty good. I have high hopes, because a friend of mine really likes it.

Charity's been sleeping with me all morning, and I had to include her in this. #catsoflitsy

kspenmoll Sweet kitty! 3d
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