BulgakovBuddyRead

The Seven Dials Mystery | Agatha Christie

1️⃣ I haven‘t given up on the #bulgakovbuddyread, yet, and tagged book for #agathachristieclub
2️⃣ I‘d like to take my mom‘s maiden name since few people can pronounce my last name and even fewer can spell it. It‘s annoying.
3️⃣ Currently listening to the unofficial #redrising #howler theme https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b99r48grKGI
#trivialthursday

GarthRanzz

DivaDiane I would love to take my mom‘s maiden name too. I‘ve always felt closer to my Irish heritage anyway (my mom‘s name is Fitzgerald). 7y

queerbookreader I would change my first name to Josephine which was my nana's name. And it also is a great genderfluid name! For days I'm feeling more femme I could be Josie and for days I'm feeling more masc I could be Jo! Can you tell I've thought about this a lot lmao 7y

GarthRanzz Thanks for participating Rachel! 😊 7y

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DGRachel

The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov

This book is so bizarre. Highly amusing, but strange.

How are you getting along @GarthRanzz ?
#BulgakovBuddyRead

sloanghost This is my all time favorite book! 7y

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DGRachel

The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov

I lost my #bulgakovbuddyread partner, so I lost my main motivation to power through this book. I‘ve fallen woefully behind the chapter-a-day goal. I‘m struggling with the writing, but it‘s just odd enough that I feel compelled to keep going, at least for now.

Ingerella I love your chapter trackers! 7y

GarthRanzz I love how your #bujo looks! I was going to get my new one going today but it was delayed due to weather. How far along are you in MaM? It‘s been on my TBR as one of my birth year reads. Maybe I could catch up? 7y

DGRachel @Ingerella Thanks! I‘m finding them really helpful. 7y

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DGRachel @GarthRanzz Thanks! It‘s not fancy, but it works for me. 😊 I just finished chapter 9, which is page 100 (134 if you count the foreword and introduction). I‘d love to have someone to read with. 😊 7y

GarthRanzz I‘d love someone read to read it with as well! Can you give me a couple of days to catch up? 7y

DGRachel @GarthRanzz Absolutely! I‘ve got three other print books in progress I can focus on and today was the first day in nearly a week that I even picked up MaM. Just let me know when you‘re ready. 😊 7y

UrsulaMonarch @GarthRanzz @DGRachel I'll have to follow along! @well.read.panda & I read this together last year and it seems like there's lots to discuss (in that I'm sure I missed a lot of things!!) 7y

GarthRanzz Will do! I‘m ahead on Dune and Earthsea, Sleeping Giants is a quick read. So I just have to get today‘s Mansfield Park read. 😊 7y

LauraBeth I‘m sorry I bailed on it 😞 but glad to see that you‘re sticking with it. 7y

DGRachel @LauraBeth No apology necessary! I don‘t blame you. Part of me wants to bail, but part of me is still intrigued by the oddity. Plus, it fills a bunch of challenge prompts, so if I can power through, there‘s a bit of a reward. 😉 7y

LauraBeth I did buy Crime and Punishment though - so I hope to stick with that one! 7y

DGRachel @LauraBeth C&P actually worries me. I have tried and bailed on it three times, but I‘m trying a new translation this time, which I‘m hoping makes all the difference. 🤞🏻 7y

LauraBeth Which translation did you get? I got the Peaver and Volokhonsky translation 7y

DGRachel @LauraBeth Oliver Ready is the translator on my Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. I have not attempted the P&V edition. 7y

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DGRachel

The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov

Failing at the #bulgakovbuddyread chapter a day goal because I‘m just not feeling this book. at. all. I‘m really not sure what to make of it, but I don‘t like the writing style. The cadence is weird. How are you doing @LauraBeth ?

JessNevertheless Having read this book back in October, I can say it does get better! I felt the writing style shifted in the second half of the book slightly and made it far more enjoyable. 7y

LauraBeth I‘m still on chapter three! 😅😅 I‘m finding it a slog so far. 7y

DGRachel @LauraBeth I‘m glad it‘s not just me! I‘ve seen several people say it picks up when we finally meet Margarita. The problem is, she doesn‘t show up until around page 212. 😳 That‘s a lot of slogging! 7y

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DGRachel @LauraBeth But I also have to say, I‘ve been dying for your reaction to the end of chapter three... 7y

LauraBeth @DGRachel 😂 I‘ll try and finish it tomorrow 7y

LauraBeth And by “it”, I mean chapter 3 😀 7y

DGRachel @LauraBeth That‘s all I ask. Then, you can bail on the entire book if you want and I won‘t give you any grief! 😊 7y

LauraBeth I read it. I give us permission to bail 😀 7y

LauraBeth I‘m up for reading another Russian author though - I haven‘t read any Tolstoy or Dostoevsky. 7y

DGRachel I‘m reading Crime & Punishment with @saresmoore and several others next month. Join us! 7y

saresmoore The Master & Margarita is definitely a weird one! I loved it, but I had a lot of context for Bulgakov‘s personal life and I‘m into the whole absurdist thing. 😏 I‘ll tag you on the C&P thread, just in case, @LauraBeth 7y

LauraBeth I‘d definitely love to read C&P with y‘all @DGRachel and @saresmoore 7y

saresmoore @LauraBeth Woohoo! We plan to start March 1. 7y

DGRachel @LauraBeth I know you bailed at the end of chapter 3, but you never commented on that chapter. What did you think about the rolling head? It was so bizarre and absurd that I laughed. I felt marginally guilty, but I laughed. 7y

LauraBeth @DGRachel 😂 same! 🙀 7y

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LauraBeth

The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov

Master and Margarita Chapter two notes #bulgakovbuddyread

DGRachel

Redwritinghood ❤️ your summary. Also, I have to go to Branson this summer to meet up with family that likes visiting there. 🙄 7y

kspenmoll I am loving these! Vicariously reading thru summaries. Yours are so much more delightful than spark notes! 😀😂 7y

Bookzombie This is great. ❤️ I loved when you did this with Don Quixote. 7y

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saresmoore 👏 Yes! I, too, had some felt board images float past my mind‘s eye when I read chapter two! 7y

vivastory I grew up in Branson 😭😂 7y

LauraBeth @vivastory 😂 I used to work for the parent company of Silver Dollar City - I‘m familiar with Branson 😂 7y

LauraBeth @saresmoore there‘s something about felt that resonates 😂 7y

LauraBeth @Bookzombie ☺️☺️ 7y

LauraBeth @kspenmoll ☺️☺️ 7y

LauraBeth @Redwritinghood Marvel Cave is nice. And Silver Dollar City is getting a new roller coaster this spring that is the world‘s fastest and tallest spinning coaster. I‘d actually make the trip to ride it. 😀 7y

Redwritinghood @LauraBeth I wish I could get my crew to ride roller coasters, but no dice. My parents live near Hot Springs, AR, so they aren‘t too far from Branson. They want to go every year. 7y

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LauraBeth

The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov

Master and Margarita Chapter two notes #bulgakovbuddyread

DGRachel

emilyhaldi I'm not sure I even need to read the book now! 🙌🏻 7y

saresmoore 😂 7y

batsy 😂😂😂 7y

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DGRachel

The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov

Tracking for all of my Chapter-A-Day buddy reads is set up and I‘m caught up on the tagged book. I cannot wait to see what @LauraBeth has to say about the next chapter. 😂 #BulgakovBuddyRead

DGRachel @Foragingfantasy We just started. I think today is chapter 2 for @LauraBeth and I‘m trying to stay one chapter ahead so I can read Bulgakov‘s version and then her hilarious summary. Join in! (edited) 7y

LauraBeth You are so organized! 7y

DGRachel @LauraBeth What I am is scatterbrained. This is my only hope for not getting completely lost with the buddy reads I signed up for! 😂😂 7y

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ephemeralwaltz Beautiful cover!!😍 7y

Debiw781 I love your organizational method! Beautiful and useful at the same time 7y

EvieBee I love this set up so much! When you can see your progress that is so encouraging! 7y

UrsulaMonarch Wow this is gorgeous! 7y

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LauraBeth

The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov

I read chapter one and summarized it for those who would like to read this but don‘t have time. Y‘all there are a LOT of footnotes in this book! #bulgakovbuddyread

DGRachel

MicheleinPhilly Holy sh💩t. 7y

kspenmoll 👏🏻👏🏻❤️ 7y

youneverarrived 😂 7y

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Laura317 Aaaaannndd, she‘s BACK!! 🤣🤣Gosh, I‘ve missed your reviews. 7y

dsfisher Darn it, @DGRachel just hollered at me when I shouted no way it‘s Food truck Friday!!!😂😂😂 7y

CarolynM Ugh! I'm going to have that song stuck in my head all day now! 7y

Suet624 Delightful. Thank you. 7y

DGRachel Awesome summary of Chapter 1! And now I have to go listen to the Cats soundtrack instead of reading chapter 2...😂 (And yes, there are a crap ton of end notes. I really wish they were footnotes in my edition so I didn‘t have to keep flipping back and forth.) 7y

DGRachel And for the record, if Professor W pulls 7 kittens out of a hat, I‘m so done. 😂😂 @LauraBeth 7y

Bookish.Heart I have soooo missed these! 7y

cobwebmoth 😁 I love your summaries. 7y

batsy Would totally pay for LauraBeth's Cliffs Notes 7y

emilyhaldi Thank god I decided to wait on this one bc I can‘t imagine doing it without these notes!!! 🙏🏻 7y

britt_brooke This is the best. 😆 7y

BarbaraBB This is too cool. I‘ll read it after your summary 💜 7y

LauraBeth @DGRachel 😂😂 If Professor W pulls 7 kittens out of a hat, I‘m so in! 7y

LauraBeth @CarolynM If I had to have that song stuck in my head, then we ALL had to have it stuck in our heads 😂 7y

LauraBeth @batsy 😂 7y

LauraBeth @BarbaraBB 💜💜 7y

LauraBeth @britt_brooke 😈😈 7y

LauraBeth @emilyhaldi 😂 this is definitely one of those books that needs some accompanying notes 7y

LauraBeth @cobwebmoth ☺️ 7y

LauraBeth @Bookish.Heart 😊😊 7y

LauraBeth @Suet624 😊😈 7y

LauraBeth @dsfisher and @DGRachel I live for Food Truck Friday (edited) 7y

LauraBeth @Laura317 😊😊 7y

LauraBeth @MicheleinPhilly now you‘re gonna have to read it 😈😂 7y

LauraBeth @kspenmoll ☺️☺️ 7y

LauraBeth @youneverarrived ☺️ 7y

ValerieAndBooks 😂😂 I‘m planning on reading this in the near future (thanks to @Robothugs sending me a copy) — definitely will be referring to your notes 📝!! 7y

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