You like buddy reads? You like chunksters? You‘ve wanted to tackle this French classic for a long time?
Then join @vivastory and me in a buddy read of Les Misérable in September! Whether you are going for the abridged or unabridged edition, the schedule above should work, and we have weekly discussions on Sundays, but feel free to post during the week as well. Oh, and did I mention there will be a few giveaways for participants?
Join us!
Tianarose Ooh! I should do this! I‘ve been trying to hack my way through this book for years! 6y
TheBookAddict I may actually join you all on this adventure! 6y
Kalalalatja @Tianarose @TheBookAddict please do! The more the merrier! 👏👏 6y
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MelissaSue81 I‘m in!! 6y
mklong I‘m in too! 6y
Kalalalatja @MelissaSue81 @mklong Woohoo! 👍 6y
MelissaSue81 So, I have a print abridged edition, or obviously can get the full version on kindle.. which should I do? 6y
Crewgurl I‘m in! 6y
Kalalalatja @MelissaSue81 both me and @vivastory are doing the unabridged edition, but it is completely fine for you to read the abridged. Both editions should be divided into five volumes, so the schedule should work either way 👍 6y
Kalalalatja @Crewgurl welcome to the club! 👏👏 6y
Tianarose @Kalalalatja how does it work? I‘ve never done a buddy read. Is there a tag to follow? 6y
Kalalalatja @Tianarose we actually don‘t have a tag, maybe we should have @vivastory ? But otherwise you just follow myself and Scott (☝️) as one of post discussion questions each Sunday (probably Scott 😄), and you can also make a post about any thought you have about the book and tag us in it. 6y
underthebelljar Hmm been meaning to get to Les Mis for a while.. Maybe I‘ll join you! I‘ll probably go with the abridged version though 😝 6y
Kalalalatja @BookishJess any way that works for you works for us 😄👍 6y
AnneCecilie I'm in. Thinking about reading it on Serial Reader 6y
sprainedbrain I have this book on my 2018 tbr plan, so I‘m in. The dates above are the start dates for each volume, or the end dates? 6y
vivastory @sprainedbrain The end dates. Another #1001book you can check off! 6y
vivastory I have not managed to think of a good hashtag for the buddy read. 😬 6y
sprainedbrain @vivastory Thanks! 6y
Kalalalatja @AnneCecilie that sounds like a good way to do it! 6y
Kalalalatja @sprainedbrain welcome aboard! 👏👏 6y
Kalalalatja @vivastory we can always go with the standard #LesMisBuddyRead? #MisérableReaders doesn‘t sound all that motivating ? 6y
vivastory 😂Yeah, that might drive people away. #LesMisBuddyRead works for me. 6y
Kalalalatja @vivastory 👍👍 6y
BarbaraJean Ooooh, this is so tempting! I‘ve been meaning to read this one for yeeeeears! I‘m participating in another buddy read starting in September, so I‘ll have to see if I can juggle two buddy reads at the same time. 😬 6y
Kalalalatja @BarbaraJean if you feel like it, you are more than welcome to join! 😊 6y
BarbaraJean @Kalalalatja I‘m gonna try to keep up! 6y
LaLecture Hm I‘m thinking about joining the buddy read because it would be an awesome reason to finally start the book. It‘s been on my tbr shelf forever as the unabridged version is just so huge and im kinda afraid of starting it 😅😂. But it has so many pages and the writing is not the easiest - I would never manage to read it in such a short time :/. 6y
Kalalalatja @LaLecture I know a lot of littens are going to do both print and audio, and some are even doing it on serial reader, so that might be options worth looking into? Also, it is completely fine to go with the abridged version, you can still keep the same schedule as with the unabridged, you are just reading fewer pages 👍 6y
LaLecture @Kalalalatja I‘m too proud to read an abridged version as I wanna be able to say I‘ve read the real, unabridged book 😂😅. Serial reader might be an idea although I might get confused by switching languages (my edition is in German). But I guess I‘ll just try and do my best 😅. Les Mis is my favourite musical ever and I‘ve always wanted to read the book so this buddy read is a great opportunity :). 6y
Kalalalatja @LaLecture haha, I know that feeling all too well 😅 and fun that you are doing the German version! My print copy is in English, but the only e-copies I can find from my library are Danish, so I might end up doing double language as well. Hope you find a way that works for you 😊👍 6y
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