Frankenstein - The Modern Prometheus

Ch 2.1 #everyoneissad #guiltyfeelings #frankiefleestochamounix #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @bklover @peanutnine @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads @dabbe @willaful @crinoline_laphroaig @lapreader @kao @thearomaofbooks @seabreeze_reader @sparklemn @librarybelle @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @bookwormahn @roary47 @elizamarie @jenlovesjt47 9h

ElizaMarie He does not feel guilty enough!!! (edited) 5h

KAO Hmm. This is called chapter 9 in my version. I just checked, and the very last chapter is 24. This will keep me motivated to keep up, since our chapter labels are different! 2h

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dabbe @KAO You might be reading the original version, published in 1818, which only has 23 chapters. The second edition, which was edited by Mary Shelley, is usually the one that's read more; it was published in 1831. 2h

KAO @dabbe My cover does say “The original classic text.” No problem—I‘ll keep up! 2h

dabbe @KAO 💜🧡💛 1h

julieclair @ElizaMarie Agreed! He let Justine die rather than speak up. I have no sympathy for him. 25m

julieclair @BarkingMadRead Please add me to the tag list. 😀 24m

BarkingMadRead @julieclair will do!!! 9m

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 8: #justinegoestocourt #nobodybelievesher #shestrickedintoconfessing #frankiewonttellthetruth #peoplewouldthinkhesnuts 🤷🏻‍♀️ #poorjustinestaytuned #parttwotomorrow #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Come on Frank 1d

dabbe Of course, blame the help! Victor is now responsible for two deaths for not being forthcoming regarding his role in this fiasco. It seems that the creature is wreaking his revenge on Victor for abandoning him. All innocence is lost. 1d

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KAO Meanwhile, ever since the beginning of this book, I‘ve been amazed that this takes place in Switzerland, of all places! So are these characters British transplants—and I missed that somehow? Or are they really speaking German, French, Italian, or Romansh (official languages of Switzerland), and we‘re just getting an English translation?? Just seems odd to me! 23h

KAO Okay—I had forgotten about the letters at the beginning! Robert Walton wrote to his family members from Russia and then later from his sea voyage about meeting this very sad fellow traveller (Victor, I assume), who spoke “in English, although with a foreign accent” and who later shared his tragic tale. I know he needed to be from a mysterious place, but Switzerland? 23h

Clare-Dragonfly Victor continues to be incredibly self-centered, insisting that he is the most tormented! 23h

ElizaMarie Poor Justine!!! 20h

Sparklemn Why didn‘t anyone at the trial ask how she could have had the physical strength to strangle a healthy young man with her bare hands? 🤷🏼‍♀️ 20h

TheAromaofBooks @KAO - Switzerland has a lot of dramatic settings, so it definitely helps 😂 11h

TheAromaofBooks @Sparklemn - Right? And why said healthy young man would just... let her?? 11h

KAO @TheAromaofBooks I guess you‘re right! My own experiences there have been quite limited and significantly less dramatic in a “great setting for a horror story” sense! 😂 7h

TheAromaofBooks @KAO - Ooooo I would love to visit Switzerland! I am sure photographs do not do it justice! 9m

Seabreeze_Reader @Clare-Dragonfly Those were my thoughts, too! He claims to be wretched but then basically does nothing. By this point, Victor should have been trying to track down his creation, knowing what will likely happen again. 6m

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 7: #ripwilliam #frankierusheshome #doesheseethecreaturenearthemurdersite ⁉️ #justineisaccused #thetrialistomorrow #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

dabbe Boy, things move fast, don't they? 😱 2d

peanutnine How has it been TWO YEARS and he's not worried about tracking down his creation?? NOW he's worried 2d

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BarkingMadRead @peanutnine right?!? Two year and he didn‘t worry about where the creature ended up?!! 2d

Bookwormjillk @peanutnine yes!! Frankie you are the AH! 2d

Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine Seriously, I know he‘s been sick for part of the time, but how did two years manage to pass?! 1d

ElizaMarie You'd think (even if sick) he would tell someone like “guys, there is this monster out there, we might want to track him down” like he wasn't death bed sick- also nobody in his family checks on him? 20h

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 6: #elizabethsendsaletterfullofgossip #frankiefeelsbetter #changeshisstudies #letsclosethebarndoorafterthehorsegetsloose 🙄 #lotsoftravelbeforegoinghome #hilariouslyhappy #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk I‘m sure everything is fine now 3d

dabbe Um ... there's a creature out there on the loose, people! Let's just pretend that never happened! 😳 3d

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Clare-Dragonfly So… what does he think the creature is doing?! And Elizabeth apparently thinks Victor is an idiot, since she assumes he doesn‘t remember how a girl described as a great favorite of his came to join the household 😂 3d

ElizaMarie @dabbe yeah he is very #OutOfSightOutIOfMind about this creature 3d

KAO It‘s unbelievable how the creature is simply not a concern! I kept waiting for comments indicating Victor‘s worry—or at least curiosity!! 3d

Bklover What creature?? Ohhhhh, that one!! 2d

Sparklemn @Clare-Dragonfly Honestly, I had to read this section multiple times because I assumed I missed something. 🤔 21h

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OriginalCyn620

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

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I love this production…Dan Stevens does a great job narrating! This is one of my favorites and I like to reread it this time of year.

#bookspinbingo - free space
#bannedbooksweek

TheAromaofBooks

Deblovestoread It is excellent. 💯 3d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2d

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 5: #frankiereaninatesacreature #itscaresthecrapoutofhim #herunsaway 🙄 #heartofalionthatone #clervalfindshumrunningmad #nurseshimbacktohealth #monthslater #whereisthecreature ⁉️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Um, Frank? Please don‘t leave the creature unsupervised. 4d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk right? Dude. 4d

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dabbe Victor, Victor ... you had to know that reattaching parts from corpses and then sewing them back together was not going to produce a handsome creature. You ran away because he's ugly? Or did you run away from yourself and the fact that you just tried to play God over the universe? You literally have messed with Mother Nature, and she's gonna get ugly on your ass. #mytwocents 4d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe 💯💯💯 4d

KAO @Bookwormjillk 😂Yes! What could possibly go well after abandoning this new life form?!?! 4d

Bklover @dabbe It‘s not nice to fool Mother Nature!😉 4d

ElizaMarie Frankie - OH NO!!! Must run!!! 3d

Sparklemn Is it odd that I feel very, very sad for the creature? 😦 21h

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Pogue

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

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I had forgotten how well written this was. I did an audiobook and the narrator was great. #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew #Recommend @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🧡🖤🧡 5d

BookwormAHN 🧡🐈‍⬛🧡 5d

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 4: #frankieneverleaveshislab #whatexperimentwassuccessful #hesnotatallactinglikeacrazyman #ignoringeveryoneforhisscience #ididlovehisloveforsciencethough #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Clare-Dragonfly So condescending about other fields of study! 5d

Seabreeze_Reader 😂😂😂 to the posted meme above. After the creepy descriptions via Victor, the online persona sounds like a less gruesome option. 5d

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BookwormAHN Dr. Phil has done a number of shows on that 😸 5d

Bklover I think he‘s being a bit of an ass! Poor Elizabeth probably thinks he‘s dead! 5d

peanutnine @Bklover yes his poor family! 5d

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly yes!!! He sounds like he would be insufferable to be around 5d

Sparklemn The creepiness is starting to set in for me. 😬 22h

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 3: #elizabethsurvivesscarletfever #mymdoesnot #frankiegoesofftocollege #hisfirstprofessordoesntapproveofhisstudies #hissecondprofessorismoreapproving #nowhehasdirection #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk They always kill the mothers 🤷‍♀️ 6d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk the poor moms! They never stand a chance! 6d

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dabbe Maybe the moms die to spur the children to grow up and go on their quest. Victor's mom definitely did that for him. I find it interesting, too, that Victor ignores the warnings of his first professor, Krempe, just as Walton seems to ignore Victor: both are blinded by their ambition to gain glory. Walton wants to find the northwest passage, and Victor wants to aid society through science. As @BarkingMadRead knowingly said, #whatcouldgowrong? 6d

Clare-Dragonfly And the mom‘s dying wish is for Victor and Elizabeth to get married 😬 6d

ElizaMarie The whole — everything you studied is useless start over got me! 6d

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Clare-Dragonfly

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

Reading in a very cute house on a weekend trip!

dabbe 🧡💜💛 6d

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dabbe

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

#readyourkindle #readyourebook #readyourbooks @CBee 🧡💜💛

Hoping for a better reading month. ☺️

Read4life Above all, I hope you enjoy your reading 💙📚💙 7d

CBee I‘m jealous that you might be about to start the Thursday Murder Club series for the first time!! It‘s such a great series. 6d

dabbe @Read4life Me, too! 🧡💜💛 6d

dabbe @CBee I so miss that feeling of reading a beloved book for the first time! I can't wait to dive into this one! 🧡💜💛 6d

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dabbe

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

#bookspin #bookspin2025 #bookspin25 @TheAromaOfBooks 🧡🤎💜

I'm hoping to actually get out of my reading slump this month. 🤞🏻

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 6d

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks 🧡💜💛 6d

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ElizaMarie

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

Cozy reading with some Frankenstein Wine (also gonna work on some other books - since this one is only #ChapterADay

#HashtagBrigade
@BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead So fun!! 1w

Deblovestoread Those labels are fantastic! 1w

TheBookHippie Oh !-these are spectacular! 1w

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dabbe 🧡💜💛 1w

Aconight I don‘t know 19 crimes did this! 😍 great wine choices 7d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Did you know you can use the QR Code on the 19 Crimes wine bottles to view their Living Wine Labels? It's a small thing, but still fun to do. 6d

ElizaMarie @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I had “known” but never tried it until now!!! Thanks!!! She screamed and hissed at me. 6d

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 2: #wemeetfrankiesbestie #frankieandfamgoonvacay #hediscoversanewauthor #learningaboutlivingforever #whatcouldgowrong #astormgiveshimsomeinspiration #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Clare-Dragonfly So I guess I‘m not the only one with nothing to say about this chapter… 7d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣 7d

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Bklover

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

#hashtagbrigade I got this copy from ThriftBooks. It has beautiful illustrations and a Stephen King introduction.

@BarkingMadRead

Texreader Ooooh marvelous! 1w

AnnCrystal Spooky yet elegant cover 👏🏼🤩📚💝. 1w

ElizaMarie so pretty!!! 1w

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TieDyeDude 😮 😍 1w

dabbe 🧡💜💛 7d

Bklover @Texreader @AnnCrystal @ElizaMarie @TieDyeDude @dabbe 💛💛💛💛💛 7d

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 1: #victorschildhood #popsmarriesayoungone #helpingthepoor #adoptingyoungelizabeth #thatwasntweird #givinghertovictor #victoriscreepy #thattracks #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

JenlovesJT47 Ooh I‘d like to join! 1w

BarkingMadRead @JenlovesJT47 I‘ll add you! 1w

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JenlovesJT47 Thank you, reading chapter 1 now! 1w

Bookwormjillk Hello Flowers in the Attic how off putting. I know, a different time. 1w

JenlovesJT47 Hmm that last sentence in the chapter was a tad bit creepy, no? 😳 #obsessed 1w

Clare-Dragonfly Apparently Beaufort is the name to use for men who make terrible money choices. 1w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣 1w

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly 🎯 1w

dabbe #mytwocents Two versions of FRANKENSTEIN were published: one in 1818, and one in 1831. The more popular one is the 1831 version. In that one, Elizabeth is “adopted“, but in the 1818 version, she was Alphonse's niece and Victor's real cousin. By 1831, Shelley had experienced the death of two children and her husband, which gave her a more pessimistic view on the story and made her more morally cautious. She also softened Victor's character. 1w

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe I wondered which version I had—Project Gutenberg wasn‘t clear! Now I know I have the 1831 text. What an interesting change. Thank you! 1w

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly I hoped the Elizabeth distinction would help! Not a lot of issues list the publication date! No idea why. 😍 1w

Bklover @dabbe- thanks for the info!🩵. I didn‘t know there were two versions. Victor is going to be an interesting character 🤨 1w

dabbe @Bklover YW, and boy is he! 🧡🤎💛 1w

Roary47 Well, I wasn‘t reading to much into it so just thought of him as an overprotective brother. 7d

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Bookwormjillk

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

I intensely dislike commuting before dawn, but it does get a little better when #HashtagBrigade is reading something a little bit creepy. 🧌

dabbe Perfect atmosphere! 🧡💜💛 1w

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AmandaBlaze

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

#Hauntedshelf #ScavengerHunt #Monster
@BookwormAHN #BlackCatCrew

BookwormAHN 🧡🐈‍⬛🧡 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Letters: #captainwalton #boundforthenorthpole #insteadofsantahegetsdrfrank #nowwegettohearthetale #imaginewritingletterslikethat #beautiful #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk “Remember me with affection should you never hear from me again.” #yikes 1w

Seabreeze_Reader The writing is so elegant that it's making my other books sound simplistic. An #unfaircomparison and yet it's so. 1w

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ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk Ha yeah!!! I loved this quote! 1w

dabbe #mytwocents Having “The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner“ be one of Walton's favorite poems is crucial to his meeting of the “stranger.“ Just like the mariner, who has a tale to tell (a la Jacob Marley in A CHRISTMAS CAROL), the stranger also has a story to tell to ward off the ambition of Walton in his pursuit of seaworthy excellence. In one of the most famous frame tales every written, we're now going to go back to hear the tale. 1w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe thanks! Love these insights 🐦 (closest I could find to an albatross emoji) 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig Struck by how desperate he was for a friend and how quickly he became enamored. 'I love him like a brother. ' 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk We need an albatross emoji!!! 🧡💜💛 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Couldn‘t resist seeing this today, it was the throwback movie at my local theater this week

lil1inblue I love this movie. 🤩🤩🤩 1w

Clare-Dragonfly Perfect timing! 😄 1w

AmyG Great movie. 1w

dabbe EYE-gore. FRAHN-kin-steen. L🖤VE. 💛💜🩶 1w

AnishaInkspill enjoy, I haven't seen it but will try to next year where I'm also reading both versions of Frankenstein, 1818 and 1831 1w

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LitsyEvents

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

repost for @BarkingMadRead:

Ok #hashtagbrigade tomorrow we start Frankenstein!! Day 1 we will read the letters and then a chapter a day every day after. Can‘t wait to get started! I don‘t think I‘ve ever read this 😳

#BuddyRead

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Bookwormjillk

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

Here we go! Happy October everyone!
#Hashtagbrigade #BoringKindleCover

BarkingMadRead

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

Ok #hashtagbrigade tomorrow we start Frankenstein!! Day 1 we will read the letters and then a chapter a day every day after. Can‘t wait to get started! I don‘t think I‘ve ever read this 😳

Bookwormjillk My son had this for summer reading this year, but I‘ve never read it. Looking forward to it. 1w

ElizaMarie I‘m in!!!! Also need to find my copy- I feel like I might have a couple somewhere (this is a reread for me) 1w

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Librarybelle How can it be October already?!? 😂 1w

MatchlessMarie I won‘t be reading with yall but I am looking forward to the hashtags you come up with 😆🍿 1w

peanutnine Excited to read this for the first time! I'm doing the audiobook - how many total chapters are there? 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig Reminds me to download audiobook. 1w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine I think it‘s 24 plus the letters? We should be done by the 25th if I counted correctly 1w

BookwormAHN Fantastic, this is one of my favorite books 💚 1w

peanutnine @BarkingMadRead perfect, thank you! 1w

Bklover I‘m ready! 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I haven‘t read it since college (about 20 years ago) but I remember loving it. I‘m excited to read it again. 1w

TheAromaofBooks I have only read it once, so I'm intrigued to pick it up again. 1w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead
I put together some of my best stuff from the unit I taught on FRANKENSTEIN (lots of fun clips and whatnot). If you'd like to share it with everyone, please do. I can't see everyone's name on the post above, so I can't do it.

Here's the link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WSsLq5ZP5KlIXZ4qHLQjDBfWK57jqMoYfBbap_WJ... 1w

BarkingMadRead Thanks @dabbe !! 1w

BarkingMadRead Everyone look at the post above, a great doc to check out! @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @bklover @peanutnine @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads @dabbe @willaful @crinoline_laphroaig @lapreader @kao @thearomaofbooks @seabreeze_reader @sparklemn @librarybelle @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @bookwormahn @roary47 @elizamarie 1w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe thanks for this! I‘ll come back to it when we‘re done. 1w

Librarybelle Thanks, @dabbe ! 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🧡🤎💜 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle 🧡🤎💜 1w

Roary47 @dabbe Thank you! 😍 1w

ElizaMarie @dabbe Ooo thanks for this! I am so excited to read your insight into this book :) 1w

dabbe @Roary47 🩶🧡🤎 1w

dabbe @ElizaMarie 🩶🧡🤎 1w

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Roary47

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

I‘m not sure if you know this about me, but I love zombies! 🧟‍♀️ As reanimation goes Frankie is my monster. I‘m curious if anyone would like to read along with me as I reread this one in October. 😍

Ruthiella #HashtagBrigade is reading this a chapter a day. You could join them for this. 2w

Roary47 @Ruthiella Ooo yay! 🥳 2w

dabbe @Roary47 @Ruthiella @BarkingMadRead ... we have another Litten! 💛💜🧡 2w

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BarkingMadRead Yayyyyyy welcome to the #hashtagbrigade 2w

Roary47 @dabbe @BarkingMadRead Thank you! I‘m so excited! 😍🥰💛 2w

Sparklemn Your duck is the best! 2w

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Doppoetry

Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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This is such a small book with such big ideas. The Creature, although driven to perform evil deeds, is not in himself evil, which a lot of adaptations omit (I am looking forward to the new one to see if they change this). A lot of this book discusses the loneliness of existence and how others treat those who are different, which is relatable to many. Truly a masterpiece.

Doppoetry Henry was my favorite character, and I was devastated when he was killed. 😭 2w

Texreader @Doppoetry Same!! 2w

BookmarkTavern One of my favorites! 💖 2w

Doppoetry @BookmarkTavern It was SO good! 2w

Doppoetry @Texreader Nice ! 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary W Shelly

#bookspin #bookspinbingo #hauntedshelf @TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper #trappedinaspookyhouse

PuddleJumper 🖤🧡🖤 2w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w

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LitsyEvents

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

@barkingmadread is checking for interest in a buddy read of Frankenstein
original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2903653

BarkingMadRead Thank you for sharing! 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

Ok #hashtagbrigade it‘s time to start talking about Frankenstein! I‘m going to check out the chapters later today, but for now, who wants to join in for a chapter a day? Just remember that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read the post until you‘ve read the chapter!! Anyone can join in! Just drop a comment below!

BarkingMadRead @litsyevents
@indoordame @librarybelle @tineke @bookwormjillk @rubyslippersreads @sace @currentlyreadinginco @annr @annececelie @barbarajean @lil1inblue 2w

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @jacqmac @lapreader
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BarkingMadRead @daisey @morr_books @covertocovergirl @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @larkken @samanne @5feet.of.fury @crinoline_laphroaig @daisey @kao @i.besteph @elizamarie @dieareader @anishainkspill 2w

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Bookwormjillk Me! 2w

mcctrish I may or may not join in, I‘ve done 2 reads of Frankenstein in the last couple of years 2w

peanutnine Me please! 2w

Ruthiella I‘m going to sit this one out. I have read it before and don‘t feel the need to revisit just now. 2w

kwmg40 I‘d like to join in! 2w

rubyslippersreads I‘m not sure if I‘ll read it again, but please tag me for the hashtags. 😄 2w

dabbe A fave of mine. I loved teaching it as well. I'd love to be included in the conversations for this one. 💛🤎🧡 2w

Bklover I‘d love to be in for this one! I love #hashtagbrigade 🧡 2w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w

TEArificbooks This is one of the #hauntedshelf reads for extra points 2w

willaful I'm a little uncertain but I'll give a whirl. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig Me! 2w

LapReader I‘m in. 2w

BarkingMadRead @TEArificbooks should I tag you? 2w

TEArificbooks @BarkingMadRead no thank you I reread it last year 2w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w

KAO Please include me! Thank you! 2w

TheAromaofBooks I'm in for this one!! 2w

Seabreeze_Reader Please add me to the tag list. It's been a while since I've listened to the audio version. 2w

Sparklemn I‘m in! It‘s a re-read, but college was long, long ago. 👵🏻 (edited) 2w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w

Librarybelle Yay! I‘m in 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Yessssssssss 2w

ElizaMarie I‘m in!!! It‘s a re-read for me- gotta find my copy 2w

eeclayton I'm going to sit this one out, too. I've read it more than once, and I have too much going on right now. Happy reading to those who participate, it's a fantastic book! 2w

BookwormAHN I'm in for this is one. Its one of the books I picked for #BlackCatCrew team read 💚🐈‍⬛💚 2w

Roary47 I‘m excited to join for this one! 😍 2w

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Branwen

Frankenstein | Mary W. Shelley

I just picked up this new edition of Frankenstein at Barnes & Noble last night! Okay, if you are looking to purchase Frankenstein - this is the one to get! Not only does it have a cool cover and gorgeous page edges, but it also has the original introduction from Mary Shelley AND Polidori's and Byron's stories from the night Frankenstein was created! It's really awesome! 💕📚

MittenGirlPeach That sounds like the perfect edition! 3w

5feet.of.fury Ooooh fun! 3w

ShyBookOwl I promised myself I'd stop buying editions of Frankenstein BUUUUUUTTTTTTT.....😍😍😍 2w

Branwen @MittenGirlPeach Right?! It's absolutely perfect! @5feet.of.fury YESSSSS!!! @ShyBookOwl You definitely need this one! 😌 2w

Kitta Woooow so pretty! 😍 2w

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Texreader

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

My tbr list for #hauntedshelf #letsgopoints. Ambitious but I still have my other challenges ongoing, Octavia Butler books for #authoramonth and #Samoa books for #foodandlit. I‘m very excited about these books even though I know I won‘t get to them all. Must also include my #whattheDickens books!!

Rereads: Frankenstein, Dracula, books 1-2 of All Souls. I‘d love to finish all these books beyond the trilogy!

Soubhiville, Cuilin, BookwormAHN, Catsandbooks, PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🧡🖤🧡 3w

BookwormAHN Nice 🧡🐈‍⬛🧡 3w

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BookwormAHN

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Thank you @PuddleJumper for the graphic.
All right #BlackCatCrew here are my Team Leader picks for #HauntedShelf for books: The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley & The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.
This isn't a buddy read. You can read these or any other Team Leaders book picks for an extra 15pts on top of whatever other points they count for 🐈‍⬛

BookwormAHN @Kenyazero @Texreader @Faranae @AmandaBlaze @ShananigansReads @Bookworm54 @julieclair @Charityann @Lin3han @JessClark78 @KT1432 3w

KT1432 I think I may finally take a stab (😬) at The Exorcist lol! 3w

julieclair I‘m going to read Frankenstein with the #HashtagBrigade ! 3w

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Texreader Frankenstein again!! I try to reread it around Halloween so now I get extra credit for it! 3w

BookwormAHN @KT1432 Good luck, try to read it in daylight 😸 3w

BookwormAHN @julieclair Fantastic 🖤 3w

BookwormAHN @Texreader I tend either reread that or Dracula every year. This year is Frankenstein 💚 3w

BookwormAHN @coffees 3w

Lin3han Loved the Exorcist! I think I will do Frankenstein!! 2w

BookwormAHN @Lin3han Fantastic 💜🐈‍⬛💜 2w

BookwormAHN @Pogue 2w

Pogue Ohh I am going with Frankenstein! That will be my audiobook for crochet. 2w

BookwormAHN @Pogue Fantastic 💜🐈‍⬛💜 2w

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oddandbookish

Frankenstein (Word Cloud) | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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First off, it was interesting that the book was a story within a story and had 3 narrators (Walton, Frankenstein, and the Creature). That was something I wasn‘t expecting but it worked.

The star of the story was the Creature (aka Frankenstein‘s monster). The Creature was the epitome of being othered. He was so misunderstood and just wanted to belong and feel loved.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/review-frankenstein/

oddandbookish #book #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #bibliophile #bookobsession #bookish #bookreviewer #booktok #library #frankenstein #bookspin #bookspinbingo #maryshelley #classicliterature #canterburyclassics #classic #gothic 1mo

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Blueberry

Frankenstein | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Currently reading.

rwmg I like that cover picture (edited) 1mo

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GingerAntics

The Original Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

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Okay, so they think all of this is most likely cancer instead of a side effect of the radiation she had a year ago. She‘s going to have a radiation treatment tomorrow. In about a week, she could start getting the strength back in her legs, but the neurological symptoms could stay like they are now. The goal is to get her to where she can come back home. It‘s not the best news, but there is some hope. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics Don‘t even get me started on how horribly Frankenstein treated his “monster.” I know the joke about Frankenstein not being the name of the monster, but I honestly think he was a monster to his creature. Had he treated this creature he had the hubris to make in the first place with a modicum of humanity, it wouldn‘t have been a monster at all and the book would have been so much shorter. #MaryShelley #Frankenstein #audiobook #Wednesday 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading I read with a number of years ago with my book club and also didn‘t enjoy it. One thing I remember about our discussion was one woman complaining about the doctor and “he had the vapours every five minutes.” I just always imagine him on a fainting couch. 🤣 1mo

GingerAntics @Prairiegirl_reading 🤣😂🤣 I love that! He really did have the vapours constantly! Like, dude, buck up! You get all these like dead body parts and you‘re fine, but then this thing you‘ve made expects you to show him some humanity and QUEUE THE VAPOURS!!! 🙄🤣😂🤣 1mo

IriDas Sorrý about the dx. I hope she can come home soon. And, yes, Dr Frankenstein is the real monster, which was the point of both versions. Bad parenting, bad science, they all lead to bad ends, I guess. :) 1mo

GingerAntics @IriDas I think that makes the confusion between Frankenstein and Frankenstein‘s monster funnier. 1mo

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GingerAntics

The Original Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

I have just discovered the joys of the Netflix show Wednesday this week… so now I am reading books that remind me of Wednesday!
#MaryShelley #Frankenstein #audiobook #Wednesday

GingerAntics I read this back in 2016 for a seminar on antiheroes… but these first few chapters… I don‘t remember them at all. 2mo

IriDas Is this the same version you read? There are two. She changed quite a bit of the first part with the second version. 2mo

GingerAntics @IriDas I genuinely don‘t remember this beginning part. I mostly remember the dog sled and the monster running along side, maybe chasing him. I just have this very vivid mental image of that part. 2mo

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IriDas Oh, you mean the letters to the sister? 2mo

IriDas Here‘s a good article about the two versions: https://stanforddaily.com/2018/11/29/frankenstein-and-its-transformations/ But if it‘s about remembering the sledge, it might just be what stuck in your mind the most. I‘ve read it multiple times, both versions, and I can see that being something a person would keep over the letters. 😊 2mo

GingerAntics @IriDas I remember painting this very vivid imagine in my mind of it, and over time that‘s all that has remained. It does seem like he‘s writing letters to his sister… I think. This is the first time I‘ve listened this on audio, so I‘m thinking it hits a little different. 2mo

AnnCrystal Wednesday 👏🏼🤩👍🏼 the first season was too good! Hope to one day catch the second season 📺💝. The first season was filmed in Romania and the second was filmed in Ireland. Don't know why, but I found this to be interesting. 2mo

GingerAntics @AnnCrystal I did not know any of that! They released season 2 in two parts. 🙄 The second half drops 9/3, so I‘m trying SO HARD to hold off until then to watch any of season 2. 🫰🏻🫰🏻 (edited) 2mo

AnnCrystal @GingerAntics I would do that l as well...the first part probably has some kind of cliffhanger. Please review once you do watch 😉👌🏼📺💝. 2mo

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TheBookgeekFrau

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

#CharacterCharm #Scientist

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Intriguing cover! 2mo

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Doppoetry

Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Restarted this today, but not before a refresher for a few previous chapters (I didn't want to completely restart it)

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BookmarkTavern

Frankenstein | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

And the #BookHaul ! My favorite Jane Austen, and the only one of hers I haven‘t read, and, of cruise, another copy of Frankenstein.

uncommonlycozies this was probably such an instant purchase! which Jane Austin haven‘t you read? these copies a so so cute! 3mo

BookmarkTavern @uncommonlycozies Northanger Abbey! 3mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳📚💝. 3mo

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CoveredInRust

Frankenstein | Mary W Shelly

On to Frankenstein 🥰

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

None of us are doing great on this first round! #TLT @dabbe

3 I loved
Austen (all)
Frankenstein
North and South 😍

3 I thought had the funnest titles
The Life & Opinions of Tome at Murr
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Life of a good-for-nothing

3 on my TBR
Dangerous Liaisons
House of Seven Gables
Fall of the House of Usher

Play along with this link:
https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s

dabbe We scored the same! 😍 “House of Usher“ is one of my faves! If you're into campy movies, the 1960 one starring Vincent Price is a hoot, and it's free on YouTube! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmEbH7mZ8Vk&t=63s
Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 5mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @dabbe I am grateful for my college years reading Rousseau and Marquis de Sade for this score. I know they did a new House of Usher recently with the gorgeous Rahul Kohli, I might make reading and watching these my next classics challenge! 5mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

39/100
You are at a huge advantage if you have not read a ton of Terry Pratchett or the UK children's writer Jacqueline Wilson, which I have not.
3 favorites:
Frankenstein
Atonement
The Forsyth Saga .....or Dorian Grey.

@dabbe #TLT

dabbe Could you believe how many titles of theirs were on this list? 😱 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 6mo

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IriDas

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

1. No, yesterday. 😊
2. Provocative

#two4tuesday
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 6mo

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dabbe

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#haiku
#daring
#frankenstein

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, Dabbe , your haiku poignantly hit the heart of the texts. I hope you‘re sharing these with students if you‘re teaching (sorry I can‘t remember if you are). 6mo

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me You just made my day, week, month ... TY! I've been having such fun writing these. I am retired now, so I won't be sharing them with my students (alas), but I'm saving them just for me! My husband's had to listen to all of them, too. 🤣🤩😍 6mo

BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe it‘s so hard being a retired teacher because I still have so much I want to share with high schoolers. I‘m in the first year so I guess that‘s normal. I even dreamt about a parent conference two nights ago — it went well, by the way. 😂 6mo

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dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me I felt the exact same way my first year. I even subbed quite a bit and was an AP proctor just so I could go back and hang with the students. Now in my 4th year of retirement, I am completely done with it all! I subbed one day last year for freshmen all day, and that completely did me in. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I'm glad your conference dream went well. My school dreams (which I still have) are nightmares about uncontrollable classrooms. 🤣 6mo

wanderinglynn Fantastic! I really do hope you put these together into a book. 6mo

dabbe @wanderinglynn I think I just might! 🤩 6mo

BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe Oh yes, do! 6mo

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IriDas

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

My next Toastmasters speech will be based on one of the many themes on humanity found in my favorite book, #frankenstein

Texreader You‘re in Toastmasters? How awesome! I was in it for many many years 6mo

IriDas @Texreader Yes, I just joined last year. It‘s been really helpful. Pretty sure it helped me finally get a job after a year of unemployment. 6mo

Texreader @IriDas That‘s awesome. I often use everything I learned in toastmasters in my career. And I‘m so glad you‘ve joined Litsy! 6mo

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Super_Jane

Frankenstein | Mary W. Shelley

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4/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”

#horror #classics

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vonnie862

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

I read a little but more on this list. My top 3:

1. Frankenstein
2. The House on Mango Street
3. Kindred

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe I now have #s 2 and 3 on my TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 8mo

LoverOfLearning Read and LOVED Kindred and Frankenstein. Guess I need to read The House on Mango Street! 8mo

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InkedBookworm13

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

#TLT
I got 11 this time
My top 3 Frankenstein, The Haunting of Hill House and Joy Luck Club
@dabbe

dabbe Ooh, I forgot about FRANKENSTEIN. That's a fave of mine, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 8mo

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Conleyheather

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

I am powerfully and therefore fearless

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rachaich

Frankenstien | Mary Shelley

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Bit late with a spooky read but still did it!
So unlike the popular tropes of Frankenstein and included swathes of nature descption and landscape.
I'd not read it before so feel it was needed.

dabbe I adore this book. 💛🤎🧡 11mo

mcctrish I read this and listened to a live reading of it on its 200th anniversary and I have to say it holds up 11mo

rachaich Yes, agree. It's so telling about misappropriation of power and technology. 11mo

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