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Jennifer Degani's avatar

You convinced me. I joined the Dante read along. I was planning on re-reading the Divine Comedy this year anyway because it is on my 40 Formative Books for my 40th year list and this will help me to jump in.

I try to read toooo much most years. My habit of common placing after reading helps me to slow down and savor instead of binge reading all the time. I am also slowly reading through Malory’s Morte d’Arthur in Middle English.

Your War and Peace story is enjoyable. I tend to the opposite behavior. I read ALL of the appendices in the proper order because I am that much of a completionist. I have only recently learned to set certain books aside. I still error on the side of perseverance with classics though. I love Dickens, but the year I made myself finish Martin Chizzlewitt was tough. I later found out that one almost sunk him and he didn’t like it much. 🤣

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Alaina Moon's avatar

My husband and I are doing the W+P slow read with Footnotes and Tangents-- also in different translations. We each selected our translation, wrapped up the other's and put it under the Christmas tree. Cheesy, but fun!

Last year I decided I would increase my consumption of poetry by reading a poem (nearly) every day, and it's fair to say that it's become a wonderful habit by now, one that's enriched my writing as well as my reading.

Other than that, I'll continue my usual approach of reading at whim. I am expecting a baby in the spring; the arrival of my previous babies have kicked off some of my best reading years because of all of those hours spent nursing on the bed. Stocking my e-reader and TBR stack is my favorite part of nesting.

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