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Unfortunately, I‘m already back from #Ireland 🇮🇪☘️but I had such a wonderful time & got really lucky with the weather too! These are all my purchases. I really recommend the EPIC Museum on Irish Emigration & Trinity College Tour. The bus trip to the Cliffs of Moher & Gallway was fantastic too. I loved all the Irish fiction sections in the many indy bookstores. I‘ll be back!

#holiday #Dublin #bookhaul

This was the year I was going to read more classics and I found this collection of short stories highly entertaining. And I truly like James Joyce.

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@MoonWitch94 #thoughtfulthursday

1. My ~hour's winding down time before bed (no digital devices allowed)
2. I try to! Sticking to the above helps
3. I can work with either but I'd prefer total quiet😴

#OnThisDay in 1882, James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born in Dublin. A lover of literature and the written word, Joyce's works are known for their experiments and exploration of various literary methods. He spoke 17 languages, learning Dano-Norwegian just so he could read Ibsen in its original format. "Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age" #HistoryGetsLIT

Fiction: In this chapter the main character was supposed to meet up with his friends but the second one was late and decided to leave and do the activity without him. I disagree with this decision because now the second friend is probably waiting all by himself for hours.

Fiction: This book takes place in 1895 and in the chapter I read an old priest had just recently passed away and the whole town seems to know about it. Some are mourning while most are annoyed by the commotion. I feel if this took place where I live and in the year 2021 the mourning process would be different by posting on social media rather than talking over a fire and only people in that priests community would be aware of his death.

4/28/2021 - (Fiction)
This book was given to me as a christmas present

Not too long after my last post, I started seeing someone and my reading progress fell off a cliff. I now have this huge accumulation of unread #library books (this isn‘t even all of them!).

While I‘m certainly not complaining and am happy to report he‘s a fellow reader, I‘m also not sure when my reading or posting will increase in frequency again.

In the meantime, if you‘re reading this, how are you? Is 2021 off to an ok start?

Turns out Dubliners is really good! Very accessible and not at all what I had been led to expect from a Joyce collection. This was a fun episode to record, there are lots of things to ponder and mull over and discuss and I think it turned out well. Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/show/6A6hXZ7eaOG7BtHOSJpCTI

Heading into deep waters. The November #bookclub book for the #podcast is Dubliners. Never read Joyce before. Ready to dive in and I feel a mixture of excited and nervous!

https://open.spotify.com/show/6A6hXZ7eaOG7BtHOSJpCTI

Reading this book now. Joyce is masterful with language.

#7days7covers #7covers7days #covercrush Day 6

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 5

@OnlyYoo want to join? Post seven covers you love, one each for seven days. No need for any explanations. Tag a new litten everyday.

1. Done. Always thought I'm not that smart to understand Joyce's versatile talent, but I love these beautifully written stories 🧡
2. Only two classmates called me by nicknames: Zelenka (close to my last name and sounds like brilliant green in Russian) and Hamster. No one else ever tried 😏
3. Fries 🍟
4. Sleep, read and go shopping (can't believe it'll be that easy though)
5. Eng, Rus (Пятница!), Fr (C'est vendredi!)
@howjessreads #friyayintro

#Two4Tuesday
1. No, but I have been to literary places, like Dublin, birthplace of James Joyce.
2. No—next big vacay is either Costa Rica or Peru.

Listened to an audio book version of this read by a Dubliner. Very authentic experience.
I liked these small pieces of everyday life in the life of the fictional characters. It was alright, but not great.
💥💥💥💥 out of five.

Joyce‘s birthday, so reading from this today: “Clay.” Not that this is my favorite short story collection, but I think it may be the one I‘ve read the most times (English major!).

“The barometer of his emotional nature was set for a spell of riot.”

What a phrase! Well, my barometer today was set for a spell of reading! 😆 it‘s been so long since I‘ve finally had the chance to spend a few hours reading, it‘s been great!

“She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue.”

Gorgeous imagery contained in such a modest sentence

Ha! What does this remind me of? 🤔 Lol

My #santathing books came last week but with all the Christmas excitement I forgot to post them! I‘m so excited to read these!

Next on my “Classics that were first novels“ reading goal

I had a traditional Irish breakfast for lunch after I visited the Dublin Writers Museum. Naturally, I had to purchase my first book at the Museum Bookstore, called Volumes Bookshop - Dubliners while in Dublin, most naturally.

Caught in my natural habitat... has anyone seen this beautiful centennial edition of ‘Dubliners‘? The cover is so lovely, I couldn‘t pass it up. This will be my first Joyce read as well. ☺️

#litsyclassics #litsyclassicsmatches

@TheKidUpstairs @KVanRead @Heideschrampf

A collection of character studies or vignettes in which each of the main characters has an opportunity (which they mostly don't take) to break away from the particular "stuckness" of their lives. It's an interesting look at a section of the Dublin life of Joyce's day and asks uncomfortable questions about the limitations of the human will.

P.S. "Joyce James"? Do you want to have a quiet word with yourself, Litsy?

charleston is so beautiful and is the perfect place to just relax and read🌿

I am going through the WORST reading slump ever right now and haven't been able to finish a book in 2 weeks :(. I really want to finish this classic but I think I'm going to reread Harry Potter or Fangirl to help get myself back in a reading mood

What happened when I went to visit a library book sale on the way home from the airport! ✈️ Amazing feeling when you stumble on books mentioned on podcasts from a while back. 😂📚👏🏻

Never read Joyce before, but I just had to buy some of his works when I was in Dublin. I can definitely see why he is such a cherished author, Dubliners is definitely a portrait of a city book that delivers what it promises!

This is the next book on my British Literature list. But the first two chapters left me feeling... disgusted.
When you're reading a book that you dislike, should you keep plugging through to finish it or just leave it?
And if you are of the opinion that you should do the latter, what if it's a classic?

#marchbookstagram story set in Ireland = Dubliners by James Joyce 🇮🇪

March is Reading Ireland Month, a month-long celebration of lreland culture. Are you fancying going in?

https://ragingfluff.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/the-begorrathon-2017/

I'm having a very hard time organising myself, since l'm without my computer and l really can't manage my blog from my phone. But l hope to be back in business by next week.
Planning to finally read Joyce for the blogathon, and a few other lrish authors ;)

#riotgrams #coolspines playing catch up with riotgrams! Here is my favourite collection which has some cool spines - the penguin deluxe collection. Probably my favourite part of my bookshelf!

Long Room at@Trinity College Library