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@slategreyskies I made a logo!

If anyone is interested in buddy reading the following books over the next few years, I'll be looking for company in my masochism.

Ulysses
Crime & Punishment
Infinite Jest
S. (Ship of Theseus)
Other exhausting book-mountains!!!

Who says reading has to be fun??

Join me!
#torturedpoetsbookclub

P.S. I am not reading House of Leaves again. The line has to be drawn somewhere.

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 1w

RaeLovesToRead @Liz_M Thanks! 😅 I'm fully expecting it to be just me, hehe. May make a vlog for my YouTube 1w

BarbaraJean “Who says reading has to be fun?” 😂😂🤣 I‘d actually be interested in buddy-reading Crime & Punishment! I own a copy and previously tried and failed to get very far. A buddy read would be nice motivation to forge ahead! 1w

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Librarybelle I‘d be interested in Crime and Punishment and maybe Ulysses, though I‘m really debating that one. I‘m not sure I‘m quite ready to take on Ulysses yet, though may be willing in a buddy read format. 1w

RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraJean A couple of others (on the #ducksbuddyread) have expressed an interest in reading Crime and Punishment too... I was thinking of reading it later in the year, but dates are very flexible! @Leniverse @Caroline2 We can confer! 1w

RaeLovesToRead @Librarybelle There's been most interest in Crime and Punishment so far, but Ulysses is the one I really don't want to let defeat me! I read a few pages and was like What the Dickens is this!!!!!! 1w

Librarybelle @RaeLovesToRead I recently attended a webinar about Bloomsbury Day with some of the participants saying the best way to read Ulysses is with a group…it gives you enough reason to read it. I‘ve never attempted it! 1w

Leniverse I won't read Ulysses again. I need at least another decade to forget how much I disliked most of it. 😂 As for C&P, I prefer not to start challenging books late in the year, but I'll be ready and keen on 1. January (well, maybe the 2nd 😅) if that's soon enough for you. 1w

Caroline2 count me in for C&P 👍 1w

RaeLovesToRead @Librarybelle Well so far there are two of us... but we may be able to recruit for a #jamesjoyceathon 🤣🤣 @Caroline2 @Librarybelle @BarbaraJean would you like a new year 2025 C&P readathon, or would you rather start it in a few months? I'll be starting another huge tome after Ducks, but not decided which yet! 1w

AnneCecilie I could be interested in joining in on the reading of Ulysses and C&P, but it depends a little on when you plan on starting. 1w

RaeLovesToRead @AnneCecilie What are your preferences timings-wise? It will be more of a vague start month / no pressure or deadlines, readalong if you like kinda thing!! 1w

AnneCecilie I‘m down for low key, I was thinking more about having time to get hold of the book/ books and maybe @Leniverse is on to something with a start in the early new year. 1w

Librarybelle Starting C&P in early 2025 sounds good! 1w

RaeLovesToRead @Librarybelle @BarbaraJean @Leniverse @Caroline2 @AnneCecilie (have I tagged everyone) so let's provisionally say we'll aim to read Crime & Punishment in the New Year 2025 and once I've finished with Ducks, I'll see who wants to join me for Ulysses. We'll have the whole rest of the year to finish it 😐 If we even can. I only made it a few pages last time! 1w

Librarybelle Let me know about Ulysses - no rush to finish Ducks! - and I‘ll join you. We‘ll see how we do! 1w

BarbaraJean 🎉🎉 As far as timing, I‘m up for whatever works for others—starting in the New Year sounds great! 1w

Larkken I‘m interested in joining- that logo is too cute! 1w

RaeLovesToRead @Larkken I'll make a list of interested folk and message you when the next book is happening! 😊 You should see the failed attempts at creating a logo (fun with AI...) Many attempts were made!!! 1w

Kristy_K I might be interested in reading Crime & Punishment! It‘s been on my tbr and shelf forever. 1w

RaeLovesToRead @Kristy_K I will add you to the tag list!! 😊 1w

Cuilin @RaeLovesToRead depending on the timing and other buddy Reads I would definitely be interested in a buddy read of Ulysses and maybe Crime and Punishment. 1w

wanderinglynn I‘m interested in (finally) reading Ulysses & Crime and Punishment. They‘ve both been on my shelf for a long time. 1w

RaeLovesToRead @Cuilin @wanderinglynn It'll be a pleasure to have you both on board. At the moment I'm considering a September start for Ulysses, New Year for C&P, and maybe if you want some extra suffering before then see how many Albert Camus novels you can blast in the meantime? 🤣🤣 1w

slategreyskies This is so cool! I love the logo! It definitely made me laugh! After Ducks, I‘ll be working my way through The Eighth Life and also Kristin Lavransdatter. I‘m not interested in Crime and Punishment, but I could possibly join in on Ulysses or Infinite Jest. I‘ve been meaning to read both of those. Have you already done War and Peace? How about Anna Karenina? I was just looking at the unread chunksters I have on my shelves. lol 1w

RaeLovesToRead @slategreyskies I have done War & Peace, but not Anna Karennina yet... I also have The Eighth Life on my TBR. Ulysses probably gonna happen September ish! I will keep you all posted. (P.s. did you see my salty midway YouTube vid? Haha) 1w

slategreyskies Also, I‘ve so gotta check out your YouTube channel. I think you added a link on a post somewhere a while back, but I forgot to check it out. Definitely gotta remedy that! I‘ll give you some likes and a follow once I find you over there. 1w

RaeLovesToRead @slategreyskies There's a link on yesterday's Ducks-related post haha. I'll post another vid when I've finished 1w

Branwen I have been trying to read Infinite Jest for YEARS! I would happily join you in reading that together! 4d

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RaeLovesToRead

Ducks, Newburyport | Lucy Ellmann

People often ask, "is there anything less interesting than listening to other people recount their dreams?"

Yes. Reading a book where a pretend person recounts their dreams. At length.

This book isn't bad, but it really, really needs an editor.

tpixie lol your review. 2w

Suet624 Hahaha 2w

thegreensofa Pickles fluff!! 👀🫶 2w

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kspenmoll Oh you made me laugh! 2w

RaeLovesToRead @tpixie Not a review yet... I'm only halfway through 😵😵😵😵 I don't suspect the second half will be much different though.... 2w

RaeLovesToRead @thegreensofa That's actually a life-size cuddly chicken 🤭🙈 2w

thegreensofa @RaeLovesToRead 😂 2w

slategreyskies I‘m almost to halfway! 48%! We‘ve got this! 😊 2w

RaeLovesToRead @slategreyskies I'm sure there is something in the rulebook that says reading shouldn't be actual torture 🤣🤣🤣 I'm over 600 pages in and I've still got basically a whole book to go. I question my life choices.... 2w

slategreyskies @RaeLovesToRead Your commentary and the back and forth between us is making this buddy read so much more fun for me! I think I‘d have bailed by now otherwise. I just passed 500, but I might have a block of reading time this afternoon while my son‘s in therapy. If I don‘t get called back to join the session, I‘ll be in the waiting room with my Kindle and Ducks. 🦆🦆🦆 2w

RaeLovesToRead @slategreyskies Haha... same. We are suffering for art. I use the term "art" very, very loosely. Are we doing Ulysses next? I think I'm going to call this new book club the #torturedpoetsbookclub. Yes. That is a Taylor Swift reference. I should use it in any booktube videos I make to get extra views from lost Swifties ? 1w

Leniverse What gets me is that I can almost never remember my dreams, and here is this woman rattling off at least a week's worth of dreams that she can recall vividly. Like, all of them spring to mind in the course of a couple of hours while she's making cinnamon rolls. Does she keep a dream diary? HOW DOES SHE RECALL THEM ALL?!? 1w

RaeLovesToRead @Leniverse I wonder what will happen in the next 400 pages. Maybe she'll go to the dentist again. Maybe she'll have a dream that she found a balloon. 1w

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