Litsy

I'm so excited for my #auldlangspine list from @CSeydel. The only book on the list I've already read is My Friends by Fredrick Backman.

I'm going to prioritize reading In Cold Blood, Tress of the Emerald Sea, We Solve Murders, Mickey7, and The Stardust Grail in January, but there are so many other interesting books on this list that I'll hopefully manage to read at some point!

Thanks @monalyisha for organizing!

monalyisha You‘re welcome! I‘m trying to get my IRL Book Club to choose The Stardust Grail as one of our picks for 2026 but I don‘t think it‘s going to happen. I‘ll be looking forward to your review(s)! 1h

Amiable Oh, “Hellhound on His Trail” is a phenomenal read! 54m

CSeydel Yay, I‘m glad you like the list! I‘ll be interested to hear what you think of Stardust Grail. I was very torn whether to include it … it had some flaws, and it took a while to grow on me, but by the end I was having a good time. You‘ve got a great lineup picked out for January! 28m

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Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories | Agatha Christie

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PaperbackPirate

We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Deluxe) | Shirley Jackson

November 2025 will now be known as the month I first read We Have Always Lived in the Castle!
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CSeydel It‘s so good! I‘m due for a reread of that one. 11h

willaful It's amazing, isn't it! 9h

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dabbe

Les Miserables (Illustrated) | Victor Hugo

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Can't believe we're on the last two book of the year! I was waiting all year to finally add LES MISERABLES! I've been reading it since 1/1/25 with the #readlesmis crew, and we will finish this month! Right, @TheBookHippie? 🤩

TheBookHippie That we shall. 15h

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie I can‘t wait until that discussion. Are you going to pose questions? 15h

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads yes most likely on January 3. 15h

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie I‘ll be waiting 🤓 15h

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AshleyHoss820

Aesop's Fables | Aesop

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I‘m revisiting some of the 1,001 books that I haven‘t read in a while (this one was last read 9 year ago). These fables are so culturally pervasive that we often quote the moral without even knowing where it originated. These fables aren‘t really about animals; they‘re about us. Some morals contradict others, but I think that‘s a lesson in itself. This is also one of the first books printed in English. Fantastic piece of human history.

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AshleyHoss820

The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories | Arthur Machen

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“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didn‘t stop to think if they should.” - The great philosopher Ian Malcolm. That‘s this story. A scientist is obsessed with the “other side” and unleashes a supernatural entity on the world. Can our scientific curiosity cause more problems than it solves? I think we‘ve seen that the answer is often yes.

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Blueberry

November: Fragments in a Nondescript Style | Gustave Flaubert

What I read in November. 😄

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AshleyHoss820

The Stranger | Albert Camus

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The entire time I‘m reading this, I kept thinking, “Oh, homeboy‘s just neurodivergent.” And that‘s what is truly unsettling about this book: how easy neurodivergence can look nefarious to the neurotypical. How you can never really know someone, not even yourself. We‘re so deeply complex; individuals with similarities. Absolutely banger of a book. Loved it. (Listed as The Outsider on the 1001 List) 247/1001 #1001Books

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Wow! You are doing great on that list! 16h

DaveGreen7777 Welcome back, Ashley! 😀 12h

AshleyHoss820 @DaveGreen7777 Thank you!! 😂 I *just* told my husband that I really need to be better about updating my Litsy! Maybe that should be my New Years Resolution! 😂 I always miss the bookish community here! 11h

AshleyHoss820 @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Thank you for saying so, Dr. Molden! In truth, I wish I were farther, but all these new shiny books keep distracting me! What a problem to have! 😂 I‘m hoping to get more 1,001s read next year! 🤞🏻 11h

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