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Kim | Rudyard Kipling

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This one ended up being a surprise win for me! While I didn't absolutely love it, I still found it an engaging and personable story with a likable MC. While there were definitely some of the prevalent attitudes from circa 1900, Kipling's genuine love for India and her people shines through on every page. I had no idea what to expect from this one, and while I would have probably benefited from better knowledge of the contemporary political ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) players, I still found the adventure to be great fun.

Thanks for reading this #RandomClassic with me, friends - sorry I didn't have very many discussion posts!! Did you end up finishing/enjoying it at all? Let me know what you thought!!

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CatLass007 I‘m glad you enjoyed it. I think part of the reason I didn‘t was because I was listening to two books that take place in India, even though they are a few decades apart. And the coincidence of the narrator being the same for both books didn‘t help. In the past I used to read one book after the other whatever they were about. I used to read several books per week. This year my Goodreads goal was 50 books. I‘ve completed 103 so far, (cont) ⬇️ 1y

CatLass007 and counting. But all of them have been audiobooks. Being unable to focus on the printed word started around 30 years ago when I first started experiencing depression and anxiety. Every once in a while I‘ve been able to read an actual book but that has been a hit or miss thing. Yesterday, just yesterday, I committed to myself that I would read at least one of the three books written by my friend Richard Hood. He suggested that I start with

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CatLass007 I guess I started to say that as I‘ve gotten older I‘ve become more of a mood reader. And I only figured that out this summer. I may go back and try to listen to Kim again at some point in the future. I may not. There‘s just SO MUCH out there to read. 1y

TheSpineView Well done! 1y

TheAromaofBooks @CatLass007 - I've gotten way more into bailing on books over the last several years. So many good things to read out there and only so much time - I totally agree that you have to move on when something isn't jiving for you!! 1y

CatLass007 I used to never bail. I‘d stick with it until the bitter end. It‘s only in the last few years, especially once I joined Litsy, that I‘ve decided that bailing is not failing. It‘s not quitting. It‘s actually a way of protecting yourself and allowing yourself to move on. 1y

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