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I recently finished Gerta a Novel, by Katerina Tuckova https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B084MHXTGQ/ref=cm_sw_r_u_apa_glt_1JCY4TMK39GYBYPJZBB1

It tells the story of Gerta, born to a German father and a Czech mother and follows her life from childhood during Nazi occupied Brno through being branded an enemy of the state in post war years and being expelled from her own country, and beyond. Had me close to tears at times.

There are 39 chapters plus two epilogues, which would make 41 days if we do a chapter per day.

I just looked up the audiobook and there are some longer chapters that might end up getting split to make the read per day more manageable. We know some people are doing more than one book at a time and we don’t want to overburden anyone trying to keep up with their reads.

Here’s a link to the audiobook from librivox so you can get a sense of the chapter lengths.

I got lucky because my parents read to me as a child. I was read to in Spanish and I distinctly remember being read Un beso en mi mano (A kiss in my hand) by my mom. (she read to me, she didn't write it XD) She said if I was ever scared I would always have her kiss in my palm and that brought me a lot of comfort as a small child.

This sparked my interest in reading and I remember vividly reading this one obscure illustrated children's encyclopedia from 1990 for hours, it's probably a huge reason why I'm curious about everything now. It had everything from history about ancient civilizations to the universe and space travel, to textiles, machines, biology, the human body, everything.

I got into reading fiction because of Wolf Brother during middle school. I have very fond early memories of reading it and listening to the audiobook in my middle school library on big bean bag chairs that my small body would sink into.

You may also want to check out Paul Clayton's album "Whaling And Sailing Songs from the Days Of Moby Dick."

Laurie Anderson also performed a show called "Songs and Stories From Moby Dick" which you might be able to find. Some of the songs were released on her album Life on a String.

There is also a Moby Dick opera, and a 2019 musical.

Other songs and albums worth checking out:

• Led Zeppelin - "Moby Dick"
• Peter Westergard - Moby Dick: Scenes from an Imaginary Opera
• The Decemberists - "The Mariner's Revenge Song"
• MC Lars - "Ahab"

Hello! Very excited to read along with everyone. This will be my first Dostoyevsky book although I have a copy of The Brothers Karamazov that I've never read. I enjoyed reading War and Peace a couple of years ago with r/ayearofwarandpeace and I've been thinking of joining another classic based book club and I saw this one mentioned over in r/bookclub. I also joined r/ayearofmiddlemarch because that looked good too.

I'm reading the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translation on Kindle since it's included with Kindle Unlimited. I also used their translation of War and Peace and rather liked it. I do have one complaint about the Kindle Unlimited version though. There are a lot of references sprinkled throughout the text that are supposed to link to the appendix where further details about some of the passages are explained. I used this a lot with War and Peace, but the links don't work in the kindle version and it's kinda annoying to "flip" back to the appendix constantly on a Kindle device. So, I copied all the notes to an external file that I have open on my phone while I'm reading. Makes it easy to look up the reference material. If anyone else is having the same problem with this Kindle version, here's a link to the notes file I made.

Here’s another from Amazon. It was published in the 80s, for Waldenbooks. Maroon leather with gold gilt lettering and edges. https://www.amazon.com/Works-Edgar-Allan-Complete-Unabridged/dp/0681319208/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=0fefa9e2-ad91-48b1-bea7-ca7842a3281e

This is my first time reading "Dracula." I am reading the Seasons edition as I love the way those books feel in my hand.

I have briefly participated in this group with "A Christmas Carol" and "Jane Eyre." I could not keep up. Hoping 3rd time is a charm.

Id get Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. A classic in both English and German. A dual language edition would might be what you are looking for.Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse

>* WTF is Big Mama's funeral carnival ?

I don't exactly have an answer other than GGM wrote a lot of other stories about Macondo including one called "big mama's funeral " if you want to check it out!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P8KB4MT/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_585FNPDB8YWJKRPJFT7X

I got a message from one of our readers for people who are perhaps looking at what edition to buy. Amazon often lets you read a sample, which might help with your choice of translation.

>Hi! I just wanted to let you know that Amazon's listing for the Pevar/Volokhonsky translation contains a paperback preview (when clicking the image of the book) of Book 1. My preview didn't have any missing pages, so maybe it could be offered on the TBK page for those wanting to read the first few chapters of this version (whether they're deciding which version to use or waiting for a physical copy). I do think they need to be logged in to Amazon for the full preview though. Here's the link (no affiliate link): https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Karamazov-Bicentennial-Novel-Epilogue/dp/1250788455

I tested it out as well, and was about to read the first few pages of the Peaver translation and compare it to Garnett, which is what I'm reading.

I actually bought mine at B&N locally earlier today, can’t find an online order link from them. But... I did find the Amazon link! Here you go.