ClassicsChallenge

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Emily Dickinson

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I throughly enjoyed reading this collection of Dickinson poems. I liked how she made ordinary things sound extraordinary. Highly recommend even if you are not a lover of poetry.
I finished this in March and forgot to post my review. My bad for running behind.
#ClassicsChallenge @Lunakay ##PoetryMatters
#Read2025 @DieAReader #LitsyAtoZ2025 @Texreader #LetterH

Lunakay Amazing! Glad you enjoyed it!🤩 4w

TheSpineView @Lunakay 🌞🤩📖 4w

DieAReader I‘ve still yet to read my copy🤦🏻‍♀️ A gift from my MIL a couple of years ago🤓 4w

TheSpineView @DieAReader I with you on this. I have books gifted to me from 5+ years ago still unread. 4w

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Lunakay

Romeo and Juliet: Tragedies by William Shakespeare | Shakespeare

Happy Valentine's Day, dear Littens!

Since the Q1 theme is poetry, what better day to enjoy some sonnets or love poems! ❤️

How are the classics going for #classicschallenge 2025?

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Lunakay @Dilara @TheSpineView @BarbaraJean @AnishaInkspill @LapReader @AvidReader25 @BookBelle84 @Kristy_K 3mo

Dilara Good idea!

I read the first (7th c.) written version of Majnun Leyla earlier this year. I still have two later versions (medieval + renaissance) in my To Read pile.
Right now, I am reading a Kazakh contemporary poetry anthology. I don't know if the poems count as “classics“. They might be too recent for that as they were all written in the 20th c. but some of the authors have been deemed “postal stamp worthy“.

Arabic Love Poetry from the Desert: Majnun Leyla, Arabic Text, Commentary and Translations

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AvidReader25 I am in the middle of Swann‘s Way (my 1st Proust!) and finished The Pursuit of Love and Dickens‘ Hard Times. So far, so good! (edited) 3mo

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AnishaInkspill

Tender Buttons | Gertrude Stein

#classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay #poetry #2025reads

I like text that presents language in unexpected ways. I didn‘t warm to this as much as I wanted to but there were parts that stood out. I could see how daring this was in its own time.

Lunakay Sounds good!🤓🩷 3mo

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TheSpineView

Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service

@AlwaysbeenALoverofBooks #LitsyLove #Sharreadathon

In honor of @Sharread I am planning to finish those books I have started and then tackle the few I need to read for January's challenges and book clubs.
Reading:
Lover Avenged #BDBBuddyRead #BDBBookClub
The Ex Talk #LittensLoveRomance
A Tree A Day #Naturalitsy
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers #ClassicsChallenge
TBR:
Dorothy Sayer Book #AuthorAMonth
Red Shirts #LitsySciFiBC
The Martian Chronicles

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 👏🏻 3mo

TheSpineView @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🌞 3mo

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AnishaInkspill

Chinese Poems (Classic Reprint) | Charles Budd

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#2025reads #poetry #classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay

A 1912 translation of Chinese poems in the public domain. The poems in this collection are plain and what runs through most of them is stillness or nature. This occurs through a variety of themes, including resignation, loss, love or appreciation. I found some poems to be a poignant read, whilst others charmed or humoured me.

Lunakay So cool! 3mo

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AnishaInkspill

Trojan Women | Euripides

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#classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay #2025reads #narrativepoetry

Reading this for the second time, was as hard as the first. Through Hecuba‘s agony, Euripides shows the senselessness of war. Her voice is also the voice of the surviving women, and its truly awful, but I‘m still glad I read this. What stands out for me is the women‘s strength. They have been through so much and yet they are not broken.

AnishaInkspill TW & spoiler in next one (edited) 4mo

AnishaInkspill A very young child is murdered by the Greeks, they are worried that the child, Astyanax will grow up get vengeance. Hecuba (bravely) retorts that this is not the action of a civilised society. (edited) 4mo

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AnishaInkspill

Contemplation | Franz Kafka

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#classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay #2025reads #poetry

18 pieces of prose poetry of varying length scattered with wonderful imagery.

I read “A Hunger Artist: Four Stories“ by Franz Kafka last year, it was beautiful though not a happy read but since then I've become more interested in Kafka‘s work.

Lunakay Great choice!✒️📜🤗 4mo

AnishaInkspill @Lunakay finding poetry here was a surprise, I wouldn't have made the connect without reading it 4mo

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AnishaInkspill

Doll's House | Henrik Ibsen

#classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay #JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig #VirginiaBloomsberries @AllDebooks #2025reads

Current read and one of the 62 books I've lined up in 2025. I read a mix of fiction & nonfiction, classic & contemporary. This year my main focus is Jane Austen, Bloomsbury Group, reading poetry, continuing with mythology, and trying to read a bit more science. I'm not very good at stickling to my plan, but I try.

AllDebooks Nice goals. I have The Mirror and the Palette to get to, as well. 4mo

Lunakay Great plan! Switching plans is part of the fun! 😁 4mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig You can never go wrong with Jane! 4mo

AnishaInkspill @AllDebooks @Lunakay @Crinoline_Laphroaig 📚 🌼 🌈😊 4mo

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ferskner

The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 4mo

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 4mo

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 4mo

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 4mo

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 4mo

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 4mo

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 4mo

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 4mo

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 4mo

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 4mo

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 4mo

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 4mo

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 4mo

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 4mo

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 4mo

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 4mo

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 4mo

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 4mo

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 4mo

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 4mo

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 4mo

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 4mo

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 4mo

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 4mo

Amiable Wanted to add #ChunksterChallenge2025, #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub and #Nonfiction2025 (edited) 4mo

staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 4mo

ferskner @TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @Jess861 @Cuilin @dabbe @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @Texreader @AllDebooks @julieclair @PuddleJumper @MatchlessMarie @Lauredhel @Amiable @staci.reads thank you all for your help and ideas! I totally forgot about @LitsyEvents so thank you for that reminder too! I'll go through these and pick out a few. 3mo

Texreader So great to have you back!! 3mo

britt_brooke Joseph! 3mo

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LitsyEvents

Pushkin Poems: Russian and English Dual Language Book | Alexander Pushkin

Repost for @lunakay

Let's do it! For the #classicschallenge 2025, in the first quarter, we focus on poetry! To participate, you can read through poetry collections, a poem a day, or just browse through the classics. Anything that is on your tbr in this department, from Pushkin to Shakespeare to the Romantics, who will make you think of spring in March!

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2814186

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