byattbuddyread

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Two weeks and one day out.

Our plan

July 7: chapters 1-5
July 14: chapters 6-10
July 21: chapters 11-17
July 28: chapters 18-21
August 4: chapters 22-28
#byattbuddyread

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Graywacke

Possession | A. S. Byatt

Two weeks and one day out

Our plan

July 7: chapters 1-5
July 14: chapters 6-10
July 21: chapters 11-17
July 28: chapters 18-21
August 4: chapters 22-28
#byattbuddyread

Graywacke @sarahbarnes @slategreyskies @Librarybelle @Tamra @LapReader @KathyWheeler @Currey @LitsyEvents 6d

jewright Could I join this, please? 6d

Librarybelle Looking forward to this! 6d

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Tamra 👏🏾👍🏾 6d

slategreyskies I‘m excited about this one! Thanks! 6d

Graywacke @jewright of course! 6d

Deblovestoread I‘d like to join in if this is ok? 6d

sarahbarnes Very excited! Headed to NYC today and it‘s in my bag! 6d

Leftcoastzen Oh you and your smart people books! 6d

Graywacke @Deblovestoread absolutely. I‘ll tag too going forward. I‘m getting excited for this. 6d

Graywacke @Librarybelle @Tamra @slategreyskies @sarahbarnes - I‘m excited too. I joined the sort of official Booker Prize Book Club on facebook and this comes up a lot. I know i‘ve missing something special. Let‘s go! 🙂 6d

Graywacke @Leftcoastzen oh, stop. Mean! ☹️ … are you joining too? 🙂 6d

PageShifter I have this on hold now but let's see what happens 😃 I should get this tomorrow 5d

Daisey I really enjoyed this when I read it. I wish I had time for a reread with discussion, but I don‘t think I can fit it in. I may still check out the posts. 5d

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LitsyEvents

Possession | A. S. Byatt

repost for @Graywacke:

#byattbuddyread

I‘m looking for a reading plan for Possession and finding poetry everywhere. Had no idea.

Ok, plan idea A:

July 7: chapters 1-5 (102 pages)
July 14: chapters 6-10 (118 pages)
July 21: chapters 11-17 (111 pages)
July 28: chapters 18-21 (114 pages)
August 4: chapters 22-28 (109 pages)

What do you think? This is just a suggestion. I‘m open to what might work better for anyone.

LitsyEvents #BuddyRead

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https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2737294 1mo

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Graywacke

Possession | A. S. Byatt

#byattbuddyread

I‘m looking for a reading plan for Possession and finding poetry everywhere. Had no idea.

Ok, plan idea A:

July 7: chapters 1-5 (102 pages)
July 14: chapters 6-10 (118 pages)
July 21: chapters 11-17 (111 pages)
July 28: chapters 18-21 (114 pages)
August 4: chapters 22-28 (109 pages)

What do you think? This is just a suggestion. I‘m open to what might work better for anyone.

Librarybelle, Tamra, slategreyskies, sarahbarnes

LapReader Can I join please? 1mo

Tamra Looks reasonable to me - thank you for your organization! 1mo

Graywacke @LapReader of course! 1mo

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Graywacke @Tamra 👍 great! 1mo

sarahbarnes Agreed! Looks great to me. Thanks for figuring it out! 1mo

Graywacke @sarahbarnes oh good. 👍 1mo

slategreyskies Sounds good! Thanks! 😊 1mo

Graywacke @slategreyskies almost everyone 👍 1mo

KathyWheeler I read this when it first came out and loved it. Coincidentally, I recently felt the need to reread it, so I downloaded the audiobook. Id like to join in this buddy read. 1mo

LeahBergen Oh, how I loved this book when I read it years ago! It‘s such a favourite. 1mo

Librarybelle That works for me! Thanks for organizing this!!! 1mo

Graywacke @Librarybelle ok, that settles it! 👍 I‘ll post reminders 1mo

Graywacke @KathyWheeler please do join! 1mo

Graywacke @LeahBergen I‘m excited to finally read it! 1mo

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 1mo

Currey @Graywacke May I join also? 1mo

Graywacke @Currey yay! Of course! 1mo

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Graywacke

Not a River: A Novel | Selva Almada

Not a River arrived today, the day of its US release. That‘s the last of the books i ordered for my birthday last month. Here are the 18 books I‘m calling my birthday books. (I‘ll list the titles in the comments.) So far I‘ve read one - Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener, which i finished today

Graywacke Top to bottom

Not a River by Selva Almada
Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener
Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón
Knife by Salman Rushdie
The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
Treasures of Time by Penelope Lively
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translate by Simon Armitage 2mo

Graywacke Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
Sanctuary by William Faulkner
A Backward Glance by Edith Wharton
Master George by Beryl Bainbridge
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy
There but for the by Ali Smith
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner
Midnight‘s Children by Salman Rushdie
Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel 2mo

Ruthiella Fantastic stack with at least two all time favorites of mine: Possession and

The Blue Flower

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Graywacke @Ruthiella there‘s a story behind The Blue Flower. I joined this facebook group run by the Booker committee. Recently someone has been posting quotes by one judge from each year - recent quotes in hindsight. Three separate judges complained that The Blue Flower was overlooked in its year. So, now we have a group read planned there. 🙂 Possession is a hole in my reading. I need to fix that. 2mo

slategreyskies I agree with you about Possession. I actually own a copy of it (three copies, if I‘m honest), but I haven‘t read it yet. I need to fix that. 2mo

batsy Very impressive stack of which I've only read one and loved—Possession. 2mo

CarolynM Great stack. I‘ve read 3 - Hotel du Lac, Possession and Midnight‘s Children - none of which I liked very much. I started The Heart is a Lonely Hunter once, but didn‘t get very far with it. I want to try again. Both Penelope‘s are on y TBR. 2mo

Librarybelle Great book stack! 2mo

Meshell1313 Ooh a Haply Birthday indeed! 🙌 2mo

BarbaraBB Such a great stack! My favorite of the ones I read is definitely Midnight‘s Children, followed by Posession and Hotel Du Lac. (edited) 2mo

Graywacke @slategreyskies yes! But when? 🙁 That‘s funny you have three copies. 2mo

Graywacke @batsy yay, Possession. 🙂 2mo

Graywacke @CarolynM oh no 🙈 Four misses. But yay on the Penelopes. I‘ve never read Penelope Fitzgerald. 2mo

Graywacke @Librarybelle @Meshell1313 thanks! Any you recommend to start with? 2mo

Graywacke @BarbaraBB yay. those three and the Carson McCullers will fill in some gaping holes, once i read them. 2mo

sarahbarnes Great birthday stack! I have wanted to read Possession forever. And also have a copy of There But. I love her books so much and try to ration them out. I loved Hotel du Lac very much. 2mo

Tamra Bday Books! 👏🏾 Like @sarahbarnes I‘ve been meaning to read Possession. (edited) 2mo

Librarybelle I‘m echoing everyone else that Possession has been on my to read list for a long time. Hotel du Lac has been on my tbr for awhile too. 2mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

Meshell1313 @Graywacke everyone is raving about Knife! I also loved midnight‘s children. 2mo

Graywacke @sarahbarnes Ali Smith is so clever and fun. I need to read more of her stuff. Ioved How to Be Both. And, yeah, Possession… 2mo

Graywacke @Tamra @Librarybelle @sarahbarnes @slategreyskies - does Possession need some group read motivation? Just offering. It‘s a little project. 2mo

Graywacke @Meshell1313 i‘m so excited to read Knife. When it arrived I had to sit down and have a talk with my squirrel brain about reading practicalities. So, it‘s impatiently still awaiting me. It‘s liked a book from Hogwarts - it‘s gives off little sparks, calling me. 2mo

Tamra @Graywacke @Librarybelle @sarahbarnes @slategreyskies absolutely! I would join in for sure! 2mo

Librarybelle @Graywacke @Tamra @sarahbarnes @slategreyskies I‘d be interested in doing a group read! 2mo

Aimeesue What a great stack of books! Enjoy! 2mo

sarahbarnes Yes! I would definitely join in on a group read of Possession! @Tamra @Librarybelle @slategreyskies 2mo

slategreyskies @Graywacke @Tamra @Librarybelle @sarahbarnes yes, I‘d join in as well! :) 2mo

Graywacke @Aimeesue thanks! 2mo

Graywacke @slategreyskies @Tamra @Librarybelle @sarahbarnes great, let‘s do this. I have July in mind. Any thoughts on that? Too soon, too far away? 2mo

Graywacke @dabbe thanks 🙂 2mo

sarahbarnes July works for me! 2mo

slategreyskies July sounds good to me as well. 2mo

Librarybelle July works for me as well! 2mo

Tamra Yes, July! 😁 2mo

Graywacke @sarahbarnes @slategreyskies @Librarybelle @Tamra great! This is such a good group. Looking forward to this. I‘m giving us a hashtag - #byattbuddyread - and i‘ll post on this a couple times between now and July in anticipation. 2mo

Librarybelle Yay!! 2mo

Tamra Woot! 2mo

sarahbarnes Woohoo! 2mo

slategreyskies Sounds great! I‘m looking forward to it! 2mo

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