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Kristin Lavransdatter: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Sigrid Undset

#ChunksterChallenge2025

It may be the only challenge I finish this year but it‘s a good one. Mostly thanks to @dabbe and the Shardlake buddy read and @BarbaraJean for the tagged buddy read.

@Amiable

Amiable Great job on persevering to the end! That one‘s a super chunkster! 2w

Amiable I don‘t think I‘m going to hit the “colossal” category this year, so yay to you! 2w

dabbe That colossal one is HUGE! 🤣😱🤣 So glad you were in on the #shardlakebr, my friend! 🧡🍁♥️ 2w

Ruthiella Nice work! 👍📚 2w

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Deblovestoread

Kristin Lavransdatter: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Sigrid Undset

#WeeklyFavorite

Trying to get back into a few Litsy things. This book gets favorite spot because I finished!

@Read4life

AmyG Yay! 2w

dabbe I have a lot of those! 🧡🍁♥️ 2w

Read4life Woohoo! 💙🍁💙 1w

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Amiable

One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway | Asne Seierstad

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An incredibly detailed (almost too much so, in the first half) book about the July 22, 2011 massacre of 77 people —many of them teenagers— in Norway. It‘s a sobering and chilling examination at how Breivik was radicalized into becoming a right-wing terrorist who was obsessed with ridding Norway of multiculturalism.

AnnCrystal 🥺💔❤️‍🩹😢. 1mo

ravenlee I may have to read this, though the idea is pretty fraught. I just finished the tagged, and Breivik is one of many mentioned in it.

Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All

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Amiable @ravenlee This book didn‘t point to misogyny as the driving force behind Breivik‘s actions, though. After losing his job and livelihood and moving back in with his mother at the age of 30, he spent most of his time online—started with video games, and then he fell down the rabbit hole of internet misinformation about immigrants “taking over” Europe, which eventually radicalized him against Muslims. (edited) 1mo

ravenlee Interesting. Bates included him as an example, but more of how so many hateful philosophies share common ground, dovetailing misogyny, white nationalism, anti-semitism, racism, and so on. There‘s so much overlap. 1mo

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AnneCecilie

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

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This was a weird reading experience in several ways

We follow Kristin from she‘s born until she dies.
After the first book I didn‘t understand what all the fuss was about. And then by the 2nd part in book 3, you had me crying. So apparently something happened in between.

As a Norwegian we‘re basically taught that Kristin makes the wrong choice. And maybe in the 1920s Norway she did, but I‘m not so sure she did. Her dad didn‘t want to marry her

AnneCecilie Off to Erland because off his last stories, but even her dad had to admit that Erland was surprisingly faithful. I always thought that Erland was below her in the social ranking, and that was so not the case. He‘s above her and closer to the power. And I‘m not so sure that Kristin would have been happy with Simon. It becomes known well into to story that Simon loves Erland‘s wife, so he loved the person she became and not the one she was when they 2mo

AnneCecilie weee engaged. And even Simon didn‘t manage to stay faithful to his wife. I‘m so glad I read this with #DoorstopperKristin #KLBR thank you for organizing this @BarbaraJean and helping me read a book that I book in 2007 2mo

BarbaraBB Great review. I loved this book when I read it. So captivating 2mo

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AnneCecilie @BarbaraBB Thank you 😊 I know, but it snuck up on me, suddenly I was just so engaged in the story 2mo

Suet624 It‘s quite the book/series. I love it. 2mo

AnneCecilie @Suet624 I loved it by the end too. And it‘s a book I definitely will change on rereads. There‘s a saying, a least in Norway, that you should read this at least thee times in your life; as a teen, as an adult and as an elder person. Your perspective will change every time. 2mo

Suet624 It‘s funny you mentioned that. Have you seen my prior post where I say that I read it when I was 20 and when I was 40 and now I‘m 70 and I just reread it. 2mo

AnneCecilie @Suet624 I‘m not sure I saw that. Did the reading change? 2mo

Suet624 Yes. 😊 2mo

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Gleefulreader

Ti Amo | Hanne �rstavik

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After two months of chaos, finally having a chance to catch up on posting.
This book won‘t be for everyone with its frank discussion of the author‘s partner‘s terminal illness and death. She describes the uncomfortable experiences and feelings, including her attraction to another man during this period. Orstavik is confident in going to places many memoirs would not.

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lauraisntwilder

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

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I'm surprised at how strong the urge is to start this over again from the beginning. Where is the sweeping epic adaptation of this masterpiece? Seriously, this story has everything -- romance, betrayal, politics, fantastic medieval clothes, the list goes on. It's amazing. #KLBR

Ruthiella Apparently Liv Ullman adapted the first book in 1995 for Norwegian television. But I agree, it deserves a full adaptation. In Norwegian please with subtitles! 3mo

lauraisntwilder @Ruthiella I'd like to see that, just to see what it's like, but I'm 100% sure it's too short. 3mo

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Tamra

Place of Tides | James Rebanks

so-so

This should be squarely in my wheelhouse and I expected to love it. But, not so much. Some of the writing felt forced & contrived. It‘s also not particularly memorable. I finished listening a couple of weeks ago and recall little about it. Of course I‘m willing to admit that might be my fault because a lot competes for my attention this time of year.

Ruthiella It‘s always interesting to me when I should love a book based on the description and I don‘t. What is that alchemical formula that makes one work and another not? I‘ve not figured it out. 😅 (edited) 3mo

Tamra @Ruthiella mercurial! 3mo

rwmg @Ruthiella If you ever do figure it out, I'm sure you can make a fortune teaching wannabe authors. 3mo

Ruthiella @rwmg True! 😂 3mo

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Sleepswithbooks

The Leopard | Jo Nesb�

Completed ✔️

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Daisey

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

I‘m still only in the middle of Book 2, but I‘m getting some pages in today with lunch and hope to get back in the habit of reading a few pages each evening.

#KLBR #DoorstopKristin #ReadAndEat #SummersEndReadathon

Bookish_Thoughts Book cover colors and your lunch go well together. 😁 3mo

Leftcoastzen Salad looks Yummy! 3mo

Daisey @Bookish_Thoughts That was completely unintentional, but it does! 3mo

Daisey @Leftcoastzen Thanks! It was a good one. 3mo

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