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Thanks to @OriginalCyn620 for this month‘s prompt! Have fun, friends! #TBRtarot

CBee @Allylu @AmyG @AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB @batsy @BeeCurious @Bklover @BookwormAHN @britt_brooke @candc320 @CatLass007 @ChelseaM6010 @Deblovestoread @erzascarletbookgasm @majkia @Balibee146 4h

CBee @InkedBookworm13 @jenniferw88 @julieclair @Librariana @MatchlessMarie @Meshell1313 @OriginalCyn620 @PageShifter @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @Ruthiella @Sace @TheKidUpstairs @youneverarrived @willaful @Lizpixie @LitsyEvents 4h

MatchlessMarie You know what‘s funny I was just thinking about a book that has been languishing on my TBR and was like hmm I wonder if they ever made that into a series so I can purpose that book for this prompt and… it turns out that they did and I‘ve been living under a rock I guess 😂

Dark Matter

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OriginalCyn620 @MatchlessMarie I loved Dark Matter, the book! I watched the series too, but it had been a long time after I read the book, but from what I can remember, they stuck pretty close to the book. Hope you enjoy! 4h

OriginalCyn620 @cbee Glad to help! ☺️ And I already have one ready to go again…I‘ve seen the adaptation with Mr. Harry Styles, so now I‘ll read the book!

My Policeman

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CBee @MatchlessMarie oh yay! Love it when things work out like that 😊 4h

CBee @OriginalCyn620 😊😊😊 4h

Meshell1313 Ooh good one! I never read The Lord of the Rings series so I‘m starting that one. So I‘ll do

The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings

Ruthiella The first book in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy was adapted for Norwegian television in the‘90s and I will be reading it in June for #KLBR ! Perfect timing.

The Bridal Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter, Vol.1

CBee @Meshell1313 okay, I am seriously jealous that you‘ll be reading that for the first time!! Enjoy!! ♥️♥️♥️ 3h

CBee @OriginalCyn620 awesome! 3h

CBee @Ruthiella hooray! 3h

candc320 Great prompt! I‘m going with

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

CBee @candc320 I ♥️ Murderbot! Hoping to watch the series soon 🤞🏻 2h

willaful I'm reading Wives and Daughters with the #HashtagBrigade. 3m

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Andrea313

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

June reading is gonna keep me busy this time around! In addition to keeping up with the #PemberLittens, I'm really excited to start The Summer Book for #MidsummerSolace and to finally be kicking off the tagged chunkster with the #KLBR. I've never read Undset's classic series but have been eyeing it for years. So LFG!

Tamra The Summer Book 💙💙 1d

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Suet624

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

This was an insert that the Book of the Month Club included when they published their special printing of this book (I‘m still trying to figure out when they published it.) I think it‘s helpful to read this if you‘re struggling at the beginning of the novel.

@BarbaraJean #KLBR

AmyG All true. Thanks for posting this. 3d

Suet624 @AmyG they put into words what I couldn‘t. I guess that‘s why the folks at the Book of the Month Club got paid the big bucks. 😊 3d

BarbaraJean That‘s great encouragement to keep on! Thanks for sharing this! 3d

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AnneCecilie I‘m not so sure that the 14th century is seen as the Viking area. The Norwegian Viking area is generally seen to be between 800 - 1050 3d

Suet624 @BarbaraJean you‘re welcome! 3d

Suet624 @AnneCecilie interesting! I hadn‘t considered that. 3d

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Tove_Reads

Untilted | Autechre

Seems incredible May is almost over! Thanks to everyone who‘ve participated in #ShelfSweeper it has been great seeing all the books that have been read! I‘ve been thinking a lot about Elisabeth too, and how fragile life is #4Elisabeth What should we do in June? I‘ll be reading lots of South African books, but would be happy to do a readathon or buddy read or something. What about you?

Ruthiella Adorable pooch! ❤️🐶 I will be attending #CampLitsy25 in June, plus I have 4 other group reads going on: #hashtagbrigade #nancydrewbr #EBBR and #KLBR . 😅 4d

Bookwormjillk Thank you so much for hosting! I‘m going to keep going trying to clear my shelves in June. 3d

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3d

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Tove_Reads @Ruthiella Cool! Need to check those out! 2d

Tove_Reads @Bookwormjillk yw! Great that you joined and will continue 🙂 2d

Tove_Reads @dabbe She was wondering why I was starving her (she had a dentist‘s appointment). 2d

dabbe @Tove_Reads That face! #photocontestwinner 🖤🐾🖤 2d

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BarbaraJean

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

June is almost here, so I‘ve pulled out #DoorstopKristin and am gearing up to dive in on Sunday for #KLBR. I‘ve got my emotional support dumpster fire on hand just in case. Looking forward to reading along with all of you! What editions are you all reading? Single volume or individual books?

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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Love your Emotional Support Dumpster Fire! 🔥 4d

BarbaraJean @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Haha—thanks! Me too!! 4d

Amiable Ha ha.. I have the same dumpster fire! My boss gave one to everyone on our team. 😄 4d

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Texreader I‘ve got the chunkster!! 4d

Librarybelle I have to the same edition, and I have an emotional support dumpster fire too! I bought one for myself when I picked up one for a friend…we all need one of those! 😂 4d

CrowCAH It will be single volumes. 4d

Deblovestoread I've got the full edition, but on my kindle. Love my dumpster fire, too. 4d

Gleefulreader I have the same edition. Very excited to start on this finally! 4d

Daisey I‘ve also got the same edition as pictured, but on Kindle. 4d

Ruthiella I have the same edition as pictured from Penguin in print from the library which I will keep as long as I can renew it, but I also own it on Kindle. I bought it on a whim for something like $5.99 a few years ago. (edited) 4d

Bklover I have the same edition too! For some reason I also have two different kindle copies- not sure why two, but one of them matches my book 4d

Leniverse Single volume, original language here. How will we do this? Weekly check-ins, or? 3d

Suet624 I have the three individual books as well as the entirety in the one large book published by the Book of the Month Club. I‘m primarily reading the individual books because the larger one smells a bit musty. 🙁 3d

Andrea313 I've got the same edition- looking forward to getting started! 3d

MeganAnn I‘ve got the same doorstop edition on my shelf. 😉 3d

BarbaraJean @Librarybelle @Deblovestoread Emotional Support Dumpster Fire buddies! @Amiable What a great boss! My *former* boss is one of the reasons I needed this 😬

@Leniverse It‘ll be interesting to hear your thoughts on reading it in the original language! I‘m thinking small weekly check-ins then one discussion post at the end of each book. I‘ll probably post thoughts along the way and hope others do, as well! 3d

julieclair I have had the individual volumes sitting on my shelf for years. I read book 1 and loved it, but never got around to volumes 2 & 3. I‘m looking forward to reading all 3 with my Litsy friends! Thanks so much for hosting this, @BarbaraJean ! 💙 3d

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Daisey

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

deracinate: (verb) uproot someone from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment

An interesting word found as I was reading the introduction to the tagged book.

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday #KLBR

CBee

CBee Very interesting and not one I‘ve heard before! 4d

Suet624 Interesting! 4d

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Daisey

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

I‘m getting a head start on this book while I‘ve got some time this week, and this line from the introduction caught my attention.

#KLBR #1001books #KindleQuotes

Ruthiella I love getting lost in a long book! 5d

Daisey @Ruthiella Yes, I do too and thought this was a great way to express it! 4d

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Suet624

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

I‘ve read this trilogy every twenty years. I give my copies away and then randomly over the years find them at secondhand bookstores and purchase them again. I can‘t wait to start reading this again with the #KLBR group beginning in June.

Just an FYI: Willa Cather and Sigrid Undset were friends. My mother was Cather‘s niece and she talked about Undset‘s writing and this trilogy in particular.

BarbaraJean

AmyG Oh Wow! 3w

Ruthiella Beautiful editions! Individually, they don‘t seem to be overly long, which is heartening! 3w

AnneCecilie I‘m more skeptical to the language, as a Norwegian I will off course one day read these in Norwegian and then the question is if they have modernized the language or not. Back in the 1920s the written language was quite different from today, more influenced by Danish. 3w

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KCofKaysville @Suet624 I have had copies for awhile and hope to read it some day. 3w

BarbaraBB That‘s an interesting side note Sue! I loved these books too, I read them a few years ago. 3w

BarbaraBB @AnneCecilie I didn‘t know that Norwegian has changes so much in the last century. Interesting! 3w

BarbaraJean Love this! I'm really looking forward to reading these. And that is fascinating about Willa Cather--what a neat tidbit of trivia from your mom! @AnneCecilie I would be so interested to know if there's a modernized Norwegian version and to hear your perspective on the language differences! 3w

bibliothecarivs I read the first book about 10 years ago and really liked it but for some reason haven't read the others yet. I need to! 3w

bibliothecarivs Also, I would love to watch Liv Ullmann's film of Kristin but the last time I checked it wasn't available in the US (legally, at least). 3w

Deblovestoread That is so cool! 3w

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BarbaraJean

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

Hi friends! I can‘t believe we‘re already over a week into May, and I‘m looking at my summer reading! I‘m still planning to read the Kristin Lavransdatter series in June, July, and August. I‘m tagging those who were interested in a buddy read, but all are welcome—please comment if you‘re not tagged and you‘d like to be (or vice versa if you‘re not interested anymore 😁) Also I suppose we need a hashtag—any suggestions?!

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rubyslippersreads Please tag me. I read this in high school, based on a recommendation from my mom. 3w

Ruthiella I like #AmIcrazyforattemptingthisdoorstop , but it‘s a little long! 😜 3w

BarbaraJean @rubyslippersreads I‘ve added you to the tag list! @Ruthiella 😂😂 I was just going to use the book title, but #KristinLavransdatter is also really long and SO easy to misspell!! 3w

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Ruthiella You could just do initials: #KLBR 3w

AmyG @Ruthiella …I like #KLBR. Excited to finally finish this. I really enjoyed the first 2. 3w

MeganAnn Looking forward to finishing this over the summer. @Ruthiella 😆 #AmIcrazyforattemptingthisdoorstop cracks me up! Perhaps #DoorstopKristin would be a bit easier. #KLBR works too, but I am now calling this the doorstop Kristin book in my head! 🤣🤣 3w

Librarybelle Looking forward to it! 3w

Deblovestoread Thanks for the reminder! I like #KLBR, short & sweet. 3w

Bklover I‘d like to give it a try. Would you add me? 3w

BarbaraJean @Ruthiella I like the initials—but I also like #DoorstopKristin too much to not use it, too!! @MeganAnn 3w

BarbaraJean @Bklover Definitely! I‘ve added you to the tag list! 3w

AnneCecilie I might be interested in joining. I‘ve had this trilogy standing on my shelves 20-25 yrs 3w

BarbaraJean @AnneCecilie I'll add you to the tag list! This has been on my shelf a long time, too 😁 3w

julieclair Yay! I‘ve been looking forward to this! #KLBR. #DoorstopKristin 3w

Suet624 Please tag me. And thank you for doing this. I read this trilogy every 20 years apparently. This will be my third time. 3w

BarbaraJean @Suet624 I‘ve added you to the tag list! It‘ll be great to have insight from a re-reader! 3w

Leniverse Ooh, please tag me. I've been meaning to read these for years now and can never bring myself to do it 😬 I need a group to hold me to my intentions. 3w

BarbaraJean @Leniverse SAME! I want to read these and they've been on my list (and shelf) for years--looking forward to having a group to help me along! I've added you to the tag list! 3w

Daisey I‘m still hoping to participate! 3w

CrowCAH I read The Wreath back in 2018 and loved it! Some of the imagery still lingers with me! I‘ve felt compelled to read the next book The Wife. My hoopla has the ebook. Please, tag me! 3w

BarbaraJean @Daisey Yay! @CrowCAH Oh, that's high praise for the first book! I'll add you to the tag list. 😊 3w

Andrea313 Please tag me! I'm gonna go for it. 3w

BarbaraJean @Andrea313 🎉🎉 You‘re on the list! 3w

Andrea313 @BarbaraJean Thank you! ❤️ 3w

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