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We‘re a little halfway through the month, so time to check in for this month‘s #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead . A few have bailed, and others are enjoying it. Any thoughts to share with the group?

Discussion will be posted on the 28th, but feel free to respond whenever you can…this one is a chunkster!

As a reminder, our March title is I Am Livia by Phyllis T Smith. Official reminder will be posted soon!

“There is nothing like taking all you do at a moderate estimate: it keeps mind and body tranquil; whereas grandiloquent notions are apt to hurry both into fever.”

I am going back and forth between physical and audiobook for this. I am enjoying it! #literarycrew

I enjoyed this #LiteraryCrew pick: I have only a hazy memory of The Scarlet Letter, so it was interesting to read this interpretation where primary character is living in a much later era and in a relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne. Explores issues like class, immigration, gender abuse, the Underground Railroad, and “witchcraft” in the earliest part of the 19th century. Jumping back-and-forth to Puritan Salem could be confusing, though.

Yet another inspiration for Hester from The Scarlet Letter, #LiteraryCrew ! I am very unfamiliar with this case, as most are today, and this is the first time I‘ve seen the name Sarah Cornell linked with Hawthorne and his works. It certainly did not appear in any research I did for our discussion last month!

I tried for about 100 pages, but couldn‘t hang on for 700 more. Found myself skimming the larger paragraphs and not really taking anything in. I‘ve got plenty more I need to read anyway #literarycrew

I haven‘t read The Scarlet Letter, so I‘m not sure if that had an impact on my reading of Hester. I just never really connected with the main characters. I didn‘t always understand their motivations. I enjoyed the characters of Mercy and Zeke and the embroidery information, but overall this wasn‘t really for me.

#LiteraryCrew

Enjoying this classic even more than I expected! Lucy‘s story is full of twists and I like her so much. Thanks, @Librarybelle for putting this back on my radar with #LiteraryCrew

Repost for @Librarybelle

The February #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead choice is this chunkster by Charlotte Brontë. @Deblovestoread posted her daily reading schedule, in case anyone wishes to also divide this into manageable chunks.

Discussion questions will be posted on Feb 28, but it‘s perfectly fine to participate whenever you wish.

Please let @Librarybelle know if you want to be added to or removed from the tag list.

The February #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead choice is this chunkster by Charlotte Bronte. @Deblovestoread posted her daily reading schedule, in case anyone wishes to also divide this into manageable chunks!

Discussion questions will be posted on February 28th, but it‘s perfectly fine to participate whenever you wish!

If you would like to be added or removed from the tag list, please let me know!

#LiteraryCrew

Chapter a day reading seems to be working for me right now. I‘ve broken down the tagged book into one or two daily chapters to see if I‘m more successful with my second attempt of reading Vilette. Thought I‘d share my plan in case others want to try that approach.

@Librarybelle