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BookwormAHN
Great Expectations | Charles Dickens
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Pickpick

I really don't know why I waited so long to read this. I loved it, even though I could feel Pip going in all the wrong directions. It almost has a modern-day mystery feel to it. Admittedly, Joe reminded me a lot of Samwise Gamgee 🤍
#GhostsOfXmas #WinterGames #RereadTheClassics @AllDebooks #Rushathon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES #AToZ @Texreader #LittenListen @aperfectmjk

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3mo
AllDebooks I love this book so much, so glad you enjoyed it x 3mo
Andrew65 A true classic, well done 👏👏👏 3mo
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AllDebooks
Great Expectations | Charles Dickens
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#Rereadtheclassics #buddyread

Starts 1st December

Who's joining me in reading Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations?
All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

Cuilin I‘m in!!! 4mo
majkia I'll join in. 4mo
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TheBookHippie I‘m in 4mo
BookwormAHN Looking forward to it 😺 4mo
dabbe My favorite Dickens next to BLEAK HOUSE. I might pop in to discuss if that's okay. 🧡🖤💜 4mo
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @BookwormAHN more yays 😊 @dabbe of course, it's my #1 Dickens too 👌 4mo
CrowCAH Dickens is delightful! I‘ll have to pass on this read along. I‘ll be reading a Winter Solstice Yuletide anthology next month. Thanks for tagging me on the new classic reading title! 4mo
AllDebooks @CrowCAH Enjoy your anthology, sounds like great reading 😍 4mo
Cuilin @dabbe 🩷 Bleak House 4mo
TheAromaofBooks I do love Dickens, but December is already booked 😂 So I am out for this one, but keep me posted on future reads, please!! 4mo
AllDebooks @TheAromaofBooks no worries, will do x 4mo
Tineke 🤚 you forgot to tag me. I'm in. Is it read at your own pace or maybe a couple of chapters a day? 4mo
AllDebooks @Tineke I'm so sorry. Yes, read at your own pace and we'll discuss at the end of the month x 4mo
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AllDebooks
Dracula | Bram Stoker
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#Rereadtheclassics

Discussion thread

Apologies for the lateness, I was distracted irl.
So, did you enjoy Dracula? I'm interested to know your thoughts.

🧛‍♂️ Did you like the epistolary format?
🧛‍♂️ Do you think it added to the suspense and tension?
🧛‍♂️ What do you consider to be the main message of the book?
🧛‍♂️ Do you think there is a subtext or deeper meaning?
🧛‍♂️ Why was the book banned?

TheBookHippie Reread for me - but I loved it once again, this format works for me. I think below the surface there‘s a ton of good things to discuss. It‘s banned because of the blood, violence and sexuality. The times were Victorian and the “we don‘t talk about how we live”, kinda like now! Perceived liberation too risky to allude to. 😵‍💫😂🙃🖤 5mo
Cuilin Ok in all honesty, I forgot to read this. I had a copy, I was ready, excited even and somehow life just got in the way. 😞 5mo
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AllDebooks @Cuilin pesky real life has a way of doing that sometimes. Don't worry 😊 5mo
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie it's one of my all-time favourites, as well as a good yarn there is so much to unpack. I'll give others a chance to comment before blathering on!! 5mo
BookwormAHN The abridged version I listened to this year stunk but generally I love this book. I think the way its written gives it a sort of mystery and since other than Van Helsing and maybe Lucy, the characters are all very Victorian and proper so I always wonder what they would really like to be doing or saying. Especially Jonathan, he's always so in control of himself. 5mo
dabbe I've read DRACULA quite a few times. This was my 1st with the Daily Dose through email (and it's still going!). I found the long lengths between the letters to be difficult. When I get into a book, I wanna keep going. I can appreciate it, though, because I got to feel (for example) exactly how Mina felt, waiting FOREVER for a note from Jonathan. I never tire of this classic, no matter how I read it. I just bought the annotated version, too! 💜🖤🧡 5mo
CrowCAH Super atmospheric! Love how this is the original text for all other vampire books to be inspired off of! 🧛‍♂️ 5mo
Bluebird Loved this book! I‘m kicking myself I took so long to finally read it. I read via the multicast audio version which was ideal for the epistolary format. I thought this style definitely added to the tension. 5mo
AllDebooks @BookwormAHN I think that the morality of the time period it was written in and battle between good vs evil is what makes it such a compelling story. There are so many contrasts such as gender and equality, science vs superstition, feminine passivity and masculine dominance and reversal as vampiric changes change the women to more aggressive, sexualised creatures. 5mo
AllDebooks @dabbe I admire your persistence. I race through this everytime I read it and still fell the tension. I could not read this at a slow pace. I appreciate your comment on empathasising with Mina. 5mo
AllDebooks @CrowCAH It never ceases to amaze me how atmospheric this book is. The descriptions of Jonathon's time in Dracula's castle are so eerie and creepy. Incredible story. 5mo
AllDebooks @Bluebird This was the first example of epistolary format I ever read and it got me completely hooked on it. Glad you joined us and enjoyed the book. 5mo
Saknicole I definitely love the epistolary format. It‘s funny because I don‘t love it in modern works but I am all about the Victorian Gothic style using it. Make me think I need to up my journaling and letter game 😂 5mo
Saknicole Also here is a hilarious gift of modern day Dracula inspired comedy song writing. https://youtu.be/CUKmd50_niI?si=g8-FMHTpLdfC2Xy- 5mo
AllDebooks @Saknicole 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 5mo
Tineke Hi, can you add me to your taglist? I really want to read the next book with you all. 5mo
AllDebooks @Tineke absolutely. Our next read is December 5mo
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BookwormAHN
Dracula Audio | Bram Stoker
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Panpan

This was a reread for me, so I decided to try this edition, mostly because Tom Hiddleston was the voice of Jonathan. It was bad. I didn't mind that it was abridged, but some of the changes were just stupid, and overall,
it was a bad adaptation.
#BlackCatCrew #Scarathlon #WickedWords #Vampire @AsYouWish #ReadTheClassics @AllDebooks #Rushathon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES #31By31 @Catsandbooks #LittenListen @aperfectmjk

Read4life 😕Sorry. 5mo
inthegreensandblues That sucks because for how many people might this be their only experience of the story... I just finished reading this book two days ago. It's so good!! 5mo
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TheSpineView Fantastic! 5mo
AllDebooks That's very annoying when an abridged version detracts from a beloved story. And a fail from Tom Hiddleston, wow!! I listened to the Audible full version and loved it. 5mo
AllDebooks @inthegreensandblues I've just posted a discussion thread for Dracula for #rereadtheclassics You're more than welcome to comment https://litsy.com/p/R0FPeXpzWVYy 5mo
BookwormAHN @AllDebooks I should have stuck with the Tim Curry version. I listened to it last year and it was fantastic 🐈‍⬛️ 5mo
Catsandbooks 👻 5mo
DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 5mo
AllDebooks @BookwormAHN That's the one I listened too, I loved it too. Great narration, I couldn't stop listening 5mo
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Morr_Books
Dracula | Bram Stoker
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Pickpick

I'm so happy that I finally read this book. It was wonderful and the perfect read for #scarathlon! Plus, I got to check off a October bucket list item by reading out by my pool this weekend while it was simply beautiful out. Now it is just cold and gloomy.
#rereadtheclassics @AllDebooks

AmyG That looks so nice. We have snow. 🙁 5mo
Morr_Books @AmyG This was Sunday. I even took an hour nap outside. It was just perfect out. However, that night temps dropped 50 degrees but thankfully no snow. 5mo
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TheSpineView Great job! 5mo
Read4life 🍁👻🎃 5mo
CatLass007 Dracula and Frankenstein both are on my literary bucket list. I just looked and I have Dracula books with three different narrators. But now I have just one. I‘ve got at least one Frankenstein but my app is acting up so I could have more. 5mo
Morr_Books @CatLass007 I read and listened to Dracula. I enjoyed the narration by Tavia Gilbert & J.P. Guimont 5mo
CatLass007 Thank you for the recommendation. 5mo
Andrew65 A perfect book for Scarathlon. Well done 👏👏👏 5mo
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🦇🧡 5mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 5mo
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @AllDebooks

We have 3 remaining #buddyreads for #Naturalitsy

I will host a pop-up event for#NetGalleyGroup #NGG to encourage reading those arcs for #NovelNovember or #NonfictionNovember

#Midwintersolace returns for the 2nd year. This time, it will run for the whole of Dec/Jan to help us through the darker nights.

#Rereadtheclassics - I'm going to bail on Nov's planned read The Brothers Karamazov

See her page for more.

AllDebooks Thank tou for the share x 5mo
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AllDebooks
Untitled | Unknown
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We have 3 remaining #buddyreads for #Naturalitsy

I will host a pop-up event for#NetGalleyGroup #NGG to encourage reading those arcs for #NovelNovember or #NonfictionNovember

#Midwintersolace returns for the 2nd year. This time, it will run for the whole of Dec/Jan to help us through the darker nights.

#Rereadtheclassics - I'm going to bail on Nov's planned read The Brothers Karamazov as #Pemberlittens are reading this in January.

🍁⬇️⬇️🍁

AllDebooks Cont. More info to follow for each individual group. @LitsyEvents 5mo
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AllDebooks As always, please do let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist for any of the groups 😊 5mo
Librarybelle Hooray!! 5mo
TheBookHippie This looks lovely! I‘m in ♥️ 5mo
BarbaraJean You can take me off the list for Reread the Classics—just too much going on! Thank you! 5mo
CrowCAH A great recap! I‘ll have to pass on joining these reads as I have others planned for November and December. But keep my name on the list for the classics; I‘ll join in with another book. 5mo
CloakNQuill Love this! May not be able to joint for #netgalley I‘m going to be traveling until mid Dec. I‘ll do my best 😊 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Thanks for the updates!! Let me know when you read Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. I read it a couple years ago and found it SO interesting - I would love to revisit it!! 5mo
Deblovestoread Very interested in reading along with The Secret Garden and Salt, Fat, Scid Heat. 5mo
julieclair Great stuff! I‘m excited to read Secret Garden, and will try for Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. And I‘m looking forward to Midwinter Solace. Thanks for all you do for us!! 💙 5mo
Catsandbooks Looking forward to #midwintersolace 🩵 5mo
AllDebooks @BarbaraJean no worries x 5mo
AllDebooks @CrowCAH okay 😊 5mo
AllDebooks @TheAromaofBooks it will be our December #buddyread 😊 5mo
AllDebooks @CloakNQuill happy travels 😊 5mo
AllDebooks @Deblovestoread good to see you back 😊 5mo
AllDebooks @julieclair yay 😊 It's my absolute pleasure x 5mo
Cuilin I‘m definitely in for the Secret Garden 💚 🪴 🔑 5mo
IndoorDame I‘d love to join you guys for The Secret Garden and for Midwinter Solstice! 5mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig Count me in for The Secret Garden and Midwinter Solstice. 5mo
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TheBookHippie
Dracula | Bram Stoker
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@AllDebooks this counts for #bannedbookweek too!

I have one copy left of this - it goes to teens often as it‘s banned out of most school libraries- and have a new shiny one on my wishlist I‘m trying not to buy myself 🙃 I‘m excited for the #Rereadtheclassics #buddyread #scarathon
Some how classic literature doesn‘t affect me in this genre 🤷🏻‍♀️🙃😅🖤 I love this and Frankenstein quite a bit.

dabbe #ditto! 🧡🎃🧡 6mo
AllDebooks Me too, 2 of my favourite classics 🖤 6mo
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LitsyEvents
Dracula | Bram Stoker
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Reposting for @alldebooks
Our October #Rereadtheclassics #buddyread is one of my all time favourites, Dracula. Perfect for #Scarathlon and will be reading the Audible version with multiple narrators for #Littenlisten
Listen to Dracula [Audible Edition] by Bram Stoker on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0078PA9FQ?source_code=ASSOR150021921000R

AllDebooks Thank you for the share x 6mo
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AllDebooks
Dracula | Bram Stoker
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Our October #Rereadtheclassics #buddyread is one of my all time favourites, Dracula. Perfect for #Scarathlon and will be reading the Audible version with multiple narrators for #Littenlisten
Listen to Dracula [Audible Edition] by Bram Stoker on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0078PA9FQ?source_code=ASSOR150021921000R

@Clwojick @StayCurious @aperfectmjk
#TEAMBooklovers @Bookwormjillk

@LitsyEvents

Bookwormjillk 🧛‍♀️🧛🏽🧛‍♂️ 6mo
TheBookHippie Oh I have my copy! I can join! 6mo
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Morr_Books I haven't joined before, but I am looking forward to finally reading Dracula for the first time, so I'm gonna join too! 6mo
Bluebird I‘ll join too. I‘m reading via the audio with Alan Cumming, Tim Curry…loving it so far! 6mo
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