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Just finished Fellowship of the Ring. I've been wanting to read LotR since my teens but never did. So 2025 is the year. I must admit that I haven't been loving it as much as I hoped. I sometimes feel a bit sad that I missed the whole fandom when the movies came out back in the day. It seemed fun.

I'm enjoying the story and the characters, but I absolutely hate Rooney's writing style.

Finished book 1. Fantastic! The descriptions and the characterisation of Alberte is unlike anything I've read.

The writing is incredible. Getting goosebumps from certain passages. Read a chapter twice just to read it again.

The writing! It's so gorgeous! I'm overwhelmed!

Lidija, I DIED at her introduction and her falling in love with EVERYONE. And this new translation I'm reading (not the one in the picture^) is SO GOOD. I even went back and re-read the first five chapters just so I could read it in this edition. Anyway, I GET IT NOW. <3

Gosh, what can I say?!
The characters are (almost) all AWFUL.
The misogyny is unreal.
There are just TOO MANY CHARACTERS.
But it's so compelling, impossible to put down!
I now need to break my quarantine to go out and buy book 2.

I can happily report that the switch of translations has helped and I'm now enjoying this again.

I'm shocked at how much of a drag I find Anna Karenina! I really thought I would love it. I've now switched to a different translation in hope that I'll find it more appealing.

So excited to finally start this after it having been on my shelf for four years.

Super cute, but a few things are making me angry, and a certain portrayal of someone is so unbelievable it's taking me out of the story. But other than that, very cute and enjoyable.

The language in this is quite difficult. I always struggle with "dialect".

Re-reading Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow.

I'm listening to the audiobook and holy shit, they included actual audio of Weinstein admitting to sexual assault. Chilling and sickening!

I thought Grantaire was Enjolras' biggest fan, but it's actually Victor Hugo!

Marius is ridiculous. Gavroche is adorable.

Dramaaa!

Slowly but surely

People really loved Lord Byron. Especially the French. I swear, his name always come up in the classics.

Also, Grantaire's drunken monologue.

This clothbound edition is not holding up, the red print is rubbing off when I'm touching the book. Which is every time I'm reading. :/ That said, I'm loving the book so far.

So excited to finally be reading this book!