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“When I first got a glimpse of you,” said Morris with a smile, “I thought I had come on ahead of myself and got here first.”

Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas story is “Ted‘s Double: A Christmas Folly”—like yesterday‘s tale, this one is new to me! You can find it here: https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20161232/html.php. This is the last of the stories that aren‘t in the tagged collection. ⤵️

#readlesmis @TheBookHippie

First published in 1862, LES MIS is one of the most ambitious and influential novels in world literature that explores poverty, justice, and redemption in post-revolutionary France. The story centers on Jean Valjean, a former prisoner who rebuilds his life through compassion, while being relentlessly pursued by the rigid Inspector Javert. ⬇️

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#ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable ♥️💙💚

Clocking in at 1302 pages (not including the extra 100+ pages of notes), this baby is finished! #huzzah!

(1911) It's a satire of Oxford life, an over-the-top mock epic about a young woman so beautiful and bewitching that she brings calamity upon the school. For me the prose style is even more bewitching than I can imagine any Zuleika being: I am undone by such an easy command of a precise vocabulary, range of literary allusion, and nimble tongue in cheek. But the plot centers on suicide which I can't quite bring myself to laugh about, even in context

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🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 This book was good, but not great. I think I understand why we read it for class, because it has a lot of symbolism and character references in the story. It's not really my kind of thing, but I appreciate the literature and I'm glad I read it. I will say that it is a nightmare reading this in a class of HS Juniors. #catsoflitsy

#haikuhive #haikuaday #haikureview

I was lucky enough to see the musical on Broadway in the early 80s. From that point on, I always aspired to read it. Tried two times and failed miserably ... until the #readlesmis group and @TheBookHippie. As much as I adored the musical, the book, of course, is better. I snot-nosed cried my way through to the end. 💙🇫🇷♥️

One year to finish.
No words can do it justice--
Except “Vive la France!“

Billy Pilgrim is a hapless, helpless soldier in WWII. He witnesses horrendous acts of violence and the destruction of Dresden. He survives to return to home just to be abducted by aliens. The story is conveyed through glimpses of his life as he is bouncing around the timeline. Using dark humor and an underlying sadness, there is a poignant story to be pieced together. This is a short and interesting book and is well worth reading.