{"id":6309,"date":"2018-01-14T13:14:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T21:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:22:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T02:22:48","slug":"lesmisreadlong-on-twitter-week-2-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/lesmisreadlong-on-twitter-week-2-highlights","title":{"rendered":"#LesMisReadalong on Twitter: Week 2 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hugo_twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Hugo on Twitter\" width=\"716\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hugo_twitter.jpg 716w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hugo_twitter-300x142.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hugo_twitter-500x237.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tweets keep coming in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/announcing-the-les-miserables-chapter-a-day-read-along\"><em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> Chapter-a-Day Read-along<\/a>. We&#8217;ve finally reached the end of Book 1: A Good Man, and I&#8217;ll have a new read-along post up tomorrow to wrap it up and look forward to Book 2. In the meantime, enjoy this post which gathers some of the tweets from the second week. A big Thank You! to everyone who&#8217;s sharing their favorite quotes, thoughts on translation, struggles, victories, and all the other other ways\u00a0<em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>\u00a0is affecting you. You&#8217;re making this read-along an interactive adventure, and it&#8217;s only just beginning!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in participating on Twitter, we&#8217;re using the hashtag #LesMisReadalong. Just add that to any of your tweets about\u00a0<em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> and we&#8217;ll be sure to see them. And if you want to follow the Twitter conversation but don&#8217;t necessarily want to add your two cents, you can click on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23LesMisReadalong&amp;src=tyah\">#LesMisReadalong<\/a> each day to see what people are tweeting about the book.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, it is never too late join us in reading\u00a0<em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> this year. A chapter a day is hardly any time commitment at all, and the slow pace is allowing us to really chew on Hugo&#8217;s words and appreciate them. We&#8217;re only fourteen days into the challenge, which is to say to catch up you only need to read about 60 pages. To join, simply leave a comment or link on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/announcing-the-les-miserables-chapter-a-day-read-along\">announcement post<\/a> and subscribe to this blog to get updates throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here&#8217;s a sampling of tweets from week two:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/burns_nancy\/status\/950454470802132994<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My toddler likes to help with my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LesMisReadalong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LesMisReadalong<\/a>.  Either his mind is buzzing with the intersection of class and religion in chapter 8 or it\u2019s really fun to flip these pages and stand on this big book.  Maybe all of those things.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HesNotWrong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HesNotWrong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RyJWWB61Yy\">pic.twitter.com\/RyJWWB61Yy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katrina Swenson (@KS_scribbles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KS_scribbles\/status\/950482651860774912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/nerissarain\/status\/950563651575955456<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/burns_nancy\/status\/950651542876643328<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/bronasbooks\/status\/950873798936477696<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/bronasbooks\/status\/951210294835142656<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/nerissarain\/status\/951310737791598592<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Now, can one come in contact incessantly night and day with all this distress, all these misfortunes, and this poverty, without having about one&#39;s own person a little of that misery, like the dust of labor?&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lesmisreadalong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lesmisreadalong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Arceneaux (@TomArceneaux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomArceneaux\/status\/951443066342268929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Victor Hugo does some self reflection in describing the Bishop of Digne in Vol 1, Bk 1, Ch. 11 of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LesMis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LesMis<\/a> &#8211; &quot;he was tolerant and easy-going, more so perhaps than the person who writes these words.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lesmisreadalong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lesmisreadalong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z5PX1ehjdI\">pic.twitter.com\/Z5PX1ehjdI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Senger (@nsenger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nsenger\/status\/951460491204870144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/bronasbooks\/status\/951580225237757952<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/burns_nancy\/status\/951762422997635073<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We live in a sad society. Succeed; that is the advice which falls drop by drop, from the overhanging corruption.<br \/>We may say, by the way, that success is a hideous thing. Its counterfeit of merit deceives men. V1, B1, C12 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LesMisReadalong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LesMisReadalong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick Barry ? (@RickBarry44) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickBarry44\/status\/951810211915890689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh that my days would be like those of the bishop of Digne &quot;&#8230;full to the brim with good thoughts, good words, and good actions.&quot;(Les Miserables Part 1, Book1, ch 13)  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lesmisreadalong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lesmisreadalong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Russell B Smith (@possiblehorizon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/possiblehorizon\/status\/952046875267489793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/burns_nancy\/status\/952084947094921216<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;and what more can be desired? A little garden to walk, and immensity to reflect upon. At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate upon; a few flowers of the earth, and all the stars in the sky. V1, B1, C13 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LesMisReadalong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LesMisReadalong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I5hg4NKbLh\">pic.twitter.com\/I5hg4NKbLh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick Barry ? (@RickBarry44) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickBarry44\/status\/952305997799936000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Something to look forward to watching after our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lesmisreadalong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lesmisreadalong<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JLMGZYuxRn\">https:\/\/t.co\/JLMGZYuxRn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Denise Gorss (@Denise205) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Denise205\/status\/952359182543589376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;For as drops of water may wear holes in a rock, so it is with character. These grooves are indelible. These formations are indestructible. Les Miserables V1, B1, C13 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lesmisreadalong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lesmisreadalong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Melisa Milholland (@GrettalAnne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrettalAnne\/status\/952392599440056321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/bronasbooks\/status\/952518232581156865<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tweets keep coming in the\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables Chapter-a-Day Read-along. We&#8217;ve finally reached the end of Book 1: A Good Man, and I&#8217;ll have a new read-along post up tomorrow to wrap it up and look forward to Book 2. In the meantime, enjoy this post which gathers some of the tweets from the second week. A big Thank You! to everyone who&#8217;s sharing their favorite quotes, thoughts on translation, struggles, victories, and all the other other ways\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables\u00a0is affecting you. 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