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“I watched this self who was not me at all and then smiled; a new, slow smile.” #hashtagbrigade

“Then I heard a step behind me and turning round I saw Mrs Danvers. I shall never forget the expression on her face. Triumphant, gloating, excited in a strange unhealthy way. I felt very frightened.” #hashtagbrigade

“For one desperate moment I thought that something had happened to my brain, that I was seeing back into Time, and looking upon the room as it used to be, before she died… In a minute Rebecca herself would come back into the room, sit down before the looking-glass, and she would see me too” #hashtagbrigade

Chapter 13 - #ChapterADay (#INeedToReadAhead)

#HashTagBrigade #SomethingFishyGoingOn
#PemberLittens
@BarkingMadRead

“Oh, God, I thought, this is like two people in a play, in a moment the curtain will come down, we shall bow to the audience, and go off to our dressing-rooms.” #hashtagbrigade

“And then I knew that the vanished scent upon the handkerchief was the same as the crushed white petals of the azaleas in the Happy Valley.”

#hashtagbrigade

“…I had the odd, uneasy feeling that I might come upon something unawares, that I had no wish to see. Something that might harm me, that might be horrible. It was nonsense of course,”

#hashtagbrigade

Ch 9: Jan meets the fam #butfirstshefindsthewestwing #itsforbidden #nonotreally #couldntresist #danversisherusualcreepyself #beatriceisfun #ifeellikethatsthemostinfowehavegotten #ifonlyshestayedlonger #janistheantirebecca #isthisgoodorbad #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens #marshamarshamarsha

'Of course, she said, you know why he is marrying you, don't you? You haven't flattered yourself he‘s in love with you? The fact is that empty house got on his nerves to such an extent he nearly went off his head. He admitted as much before you came into the room. He just can't go on living there alone…‘

#hashtagbrigade I‘m curious what you guys think ⬇️

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@BarkingMadRead #HashtagBrigade instead of my usual #BoringKindle cover this month I‘m going with the audio version I already owned. The audio for this is kind of cool. There are subtle sound effects so every once in a while you hear a tea cup hitting a saucer or melancholy music. (Also has anyone watched this on Netflix?)

#BookSpin2024
@TheAromaOfBooks

Here we go, April! 💚🩷💚

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag ... you, too, @The_Penniless_Author)

1. The tagged, REBECCA. It been three decades since I've read this one, and I'm excited to revisit it. Also, I can't wait to see the movie after starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.
2. Nope. I have too many to read as is! 😂

Play? @Catiewithac @TheLudicReader @ShelleyBooksie

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” #hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead

“We have both known fear, and loneliness, and very great distress. I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end”. #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Let‘s do this #hashtagbrigade Hoping this well loved copy makes it through the month. The pages feel like tissue paper at this point. Needless to say I‘ve read the old girl quite a few times. Always good each time! #pemberlittens

The very boring cover of my e-book cannot dim my excitement about re-reading Rebecca with the #HashtagBrigade this month! @BarkingMadRead

I took a break from my chores to run down town to the bookstore for this one. Stopped into the used bookstore (never been in as they are never open when I walk by) and although they didn't have the book, I ended up chatting with the owner for almost 2 hours 😮. Ended up getting this copy at the regular bookstore 🩵🩷🩵 #HashTagBrigade

This is the edition that I will be reading from for the April #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade pick. It is pretty but it‘s poorly bound, unfortunately - too tight to read comfortably, so buyers beware of Virago naked hardbacks.

I‘m very excited to go back to Manderley this month! I read Rebecca years ago and enjoyed it so much. Thanks to #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade for enabling the revisit!

#hashtagbrigade I‘m super psyched to be starting this one with you all (and Cassandra) this morning! It‘s one of my all time favorites! I think this will be my third read. Revisiting Manderly seems like a great trip to take for my birthday month ❤️

Very excited to start reading Rebecca with #hashtagbrigade tomorrow @BarkingMadRead
Check out my haunted looking 1st edition

& a shoved inside the book was this cut out article, (1944?- look at the ad!) +the inscription inside

@Cuilin thank you for the lovely package! All three books are so pretty! The bookmarks are really cool and I always enjoy Reese‘s!
Thank you @KateReadsYA for organizing the #LitsyFoundFamilySwap!

Ok #hashtagbrigade it‘s time to start thinking about our April book! We will be reading Rebecca, which only has 27 chapters 🎉🎉 we will finish with a few days off before our May book. Anyone can join us, so if you‘d like to read along, please know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read the hashtags until you‘ve read the chapter! I am tagging the whole brigade, so let me know if you‘re in! #pemberlittens

I just started this one & I'm already hooked. 🤍 The descriptions in this book are sooo vivid!

I had read the first chapter back during #scarathlon, then was distracted by other reads, but I finally finished, and it is very much a classic. A slow burn Gothic horror with tons of atmosphere and dread.

1. Manderley

2. Outer space :D

@eggs #wondrouswednesday

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView !

1. Around 15 years ago. I hate moving. 😂
2. I definitely need to do a reread of the tagged book.

#Two4Tuesday

Browsing about Cornwall, I came across several articles about Menabilly House, du Maurier's inspiration for Manderley. This is Daphne with her children at Menabilly, which she leased for 26 years. The details in Rebecca of the second Mrs. de Winter becoming enamoured with Manderley as a child while on holiday mirrors du Maurier's own experience with Menabilly.

https://www.tatler.com/article/menabilly-the-real-manderley-rebecca-daphne-du-ma...

"There was a strange buzzing at the end of the line, and then a voice came, low and rather harsh, whether that of a woman or a man I could not tell, and 'Mrs de Winter?' it said, 'Mrs de Winter?'
'I'm afraid you've made a mistake,' I said; 'Mrs de Winter has been dead for over a year.'"

This is such a fantastic scene in the book, showing how unsure of herself and her identity is The Second Mrs de Winter ? I so want to reassure her ?

"'The rest of the tangerine is sour, I shouldn't eat it,' he said, and I stared at him, the words going slowly to my head, then looked down at the fruit on my plate. The quarter was hard and pale. He was right. The tangerine was very sour. I had a sharp, bitter taste in my mouth, and I had only just noticed it."

This incident at the breakfast when Maxim proposes marriage to the narrator feels foreshadowy ??

The overbearing Mrs Van Hopper peevishly remonstrates with the future Second Mrs de Winter for neglecting to collect her Taxol medication. Wondering what Taxol is a remedy for, I was initially surprised to see it's a cancer treatment, then seeing it was developed for that purpose well after the book's publication, dug further to find the name was previously used for a constipation preparation. ⬇️

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Hmm, this one's a bit overdue, but all good things...

#2023Book86

I am thrilled to join the club of readers who have enjoyed Rebecca. The elegant writing and fascinating story were a true pleasure. The opening chapters were beautifully written and had me mesmerized while also curious about this place called Manderley. After I finished the book, I immediately reread the first couple of chapters. It felt fitting, as the beginning was just as significant as the ending.  

Full review at https://abookandadog.com

How is it already Halloween and the last day of #scarathlon??? This month always goes by so fast. For the final day of #autumnplease here‘s one of the great literary costumes, the narrator accidentally dressing as Rebecca

#skeletoncrew

#wondrouswednesday

1) I can‘t remember how old I was when I first read Rebecca but I was young. I became so enamored with it I would re-check it out over and over again from the library
2) Many. When my kids were young they‘d come to every grandparent event at school. They share in so many happy family times!
3) My 35th wedding anniversary—husband secretly took a woodworking class and made me a handmade pen. Oh my ❤️

Oh, how exquisitely tense this was.

And that Mrs. Danvers is a piece of work.

A newly wed wife is completely overshadowed by the wonderful late wife of Mr. DeWinter.

I enjoyed this book but felt like it could have been cut in half if the main character and her husband spoke to each other about what was bothering them.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

(1) Nope.
(2) Rebecca (tagged)

Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author ☺️

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ My full review can be found on my review blog: https://suspensebookreviews.home.blog/2023/05/26/rebecca-by-daphne-du-maurier/

#OneWord #TemptingTitles One of my all time favorites!!! @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#MARCHMAGIC
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

Today‘s Prompt: FAVORITE CLASSIC

Hands down - REBECCA

I have been interested in reading this book for a while. Unfortunately I am a little disappointed in it. I just felt that the author spent too much time in the description and not enough in the story.The ending almost made the book for me. But it fell just a little short. I don't know if I would read anything else by this author. If I was giving it a star rating, I would give it a 3 star rating.

14. Brilliant, gothic, dark, mysterious, beautiful writing, why has it taken me so long to read? Minnie loved it too! 5/5

Goodwill book haul.

I think I might have scored on that edition of Rebecca...

Also, I mentioned to my friend who was with me that, by buying these books, I was breaking a vow I made to not buy any more until I finished the pile next to my bed.

"That was a stupid vow anyway," was her ever supportive response ?

#MARCHMAGIC
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents
#LoveTriangle

One of the best psychological thrillers I've read
#rebecca #thriller