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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! 21h

Ruthiella Beautiful editions! Individually, they don‘t seem to be overly long, which is heartening! 21h

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. 21h

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KCofKaysville @Suet624 I have had copies for awhile and hope to read it some day. 21h

BarbaraBB That‘s an interesting side note Sue! I loved these books too, I read them a few years ago. 19h

BarbaraBB @AnneCecilie I didn‘t know that Norwegian has changes so much in the last century. Interesting! 19h

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! 16h

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! 15h

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). 15h

Deblovestoread That is so cool! 13h

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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?!

quietjenn, MaureenMc, Daisey, AmyG, Gleefulreader, JenlovesJT47, MeganAnn, Andrea313, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, lauraisntwilder, staci.reads, Ruthiella, LitsyEvents, julieclair

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

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

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!! 3d

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Ruthiella You could just do initials: #KLBR 3d

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

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! 🤣🤣 3d

Librarybelle Looking forward to it! 3d

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

Bklover I‘d like to give it a try. Would you add me? 2d

BarbaraJean @Ruthiella I like the initials—but I also like #DoorstopKristin too much to not use it, too!! @MeganAnn 2d

BarbaraJean @Bklover Definitely! I‘ve added you to the tag list! 2d

AnneCecilie I might be interested in joining. I‘ve had this trilogy standing on my shelves 20-25 yrs 2d

BarbaraJean @AnneCecilie I'll add you to the tag list! This has been on my shelf a long time, too 😁 2d

julieclair Yay! I‘ve been looking forward to this! #KLBR. #DoorstopKristin 2d

Suet624 Please tag me. And thank you for doing this. I read this trilogy every 20 years apparently. This will be my third time. 2d

BarbaraJean @Suet624 I‘ve added you to the tag list! It‘ll be great to have insight from a re-reader! 23h

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. 21h

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! 16h

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