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CSeydel Yes ☺️ 7mo

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Andrea313

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Added a new Chiltern to the collection today! Sadly I'm a smidge too late to enjoy it along with the #PemberLittens but I still can't wait to dig into this GORGEOUS edition. #ChilternClassics #BookHoarder #NewIn

Ruthiella That‘s a beautiful edition! 😍 9mo

dabbe Absolutely stunning. 🤩🤩🤩 9mo

IndoorDame Gorgeous!!! 9mo

BkClubCare Very pretty 9mo

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peanutnine

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Super behind on reviews but I really enjoyed this story about the Cranford ladies. The characters were entertaining and I found myself smiling at all their silly antics.
Of course, reading along with the #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade made it even more enjoyable ☺️

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julieclair

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Witty and lighthearted, a delightful read. The pros and cons (but mostly pros) of female friendship and gossipy small town life are examined with realistic humor. Jane Austen's influence on Elizabeth Gaskell is very much in evidence. Quite fun!
Thanks, @BarkingMadRead , for another great Buddy Read with the #PemberLittens #HashTagBrigade !

BarkingMadRead Glad you had fun!! 11mo

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DebinHawaii

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Finished last week with the #Pemberlittens I quite enjoyed Cranford, a quick & amusing read. Cranford‘s small town vignettes highlight its quirky residents, including Bessie the cow. I especially liked Gaskell‘s sly humor in quotes like “I'll not listen to reason...Reason always means what someone else has got to say.” And her astute observations such as “Many a one has been comforted in their sorrow by seeing a good dish come upon the table.”

DebinHawaii Thanks to @BarkingMadRead for the excellent hosting & #hashtags 11mo

BarkingMadRead I‘m glad you liked it!! 11mo

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What a delight visiting Cranford and the happenstances of its villagers! I absolutely loved this light, whimsical story. It has a much different voice to it than other books by Gaskell that I have read; it was quite refreshing to read something from this time period that was not as heavy. It makes me want to rewatch the Cranford series that was on PBS a number of years ago! #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade

BarkingMadRead I‘m so glad you liked it!! 11mo

AllDebooks I've just looked the tv series up too! 11mo

Sophronisba I keep meaning to read more Gaskell. I've only read North and South. 11mo

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rubyslippersreads

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Before we leave Cranford, I had to share this picture of my favorite character, Miss Betsy Barker‘s Alderney.

I‘m wondering if the cow had anything to do with Captain Brown‘s tragic demise? After all, as well as suggesting the flannel ensemble, he also recommended Miss Betsy “kill the poor creature at once.” Was that Alderney anywhere near the railroad tracks? 🤔🐄🤣

#PemberLittens #Moo-rdurAtCranford #hashtagbrigade

willaful #SaneCowDisease 11mo

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 11mo

TheBookHippie OMG 😂😂😂😂🏆👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 11mo

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dabbe Best pic of the day! 🤣🤣🤣 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly Ahahahah! Excellent! 😂 11mo

rubyslippersreads @willaful I ❤️ it! 🐮 11mo

rubyslippersreads @BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie @dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🚂 🐮 11mo

Ruthiella Love it! 😋 11mo

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TheAromaofBooks

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This book was a surprise win!! I absolutely hated North and South when we read it last year, so my expectations for Cranford were extremely low. But I ended up loving this one!! Delightful small-town shenanigans, a likable (if somewhat distant) narrator, and a pile of elderly ladies that made me laugh far more than I expected, yet also moments that genuinely had me choked up. I will definitely be rereading this one in the future.

TheAromaofBooks Thank you SO MUCH for hosting the #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead !!! My enjoyment in reading this one was definitely amplified by the buddy read, daily discussions, and snarky hashtags!! Already looking forward to next month!! 11mo

BarkingMadRead I totally agree, and I‘m so glad you liked it!! North and south was not a fave with me either 🤣 11mo

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TheBookHippie

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At first I was 👀😵‍💫😅
However #hashtagbrigade for the win 🎉👏🏼
@BarkingMadRead our fearless leader reader!

I ended up loving this! 😂🤷🏻‍♀️♥️👏🏼

mcctrish Despite all the deaths it was a light read 🤣🤣 11mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish and warm fuzzies 😂😂😂 11mo

BarkingMadRead Yay! I‘m glad you liked it! And @mcctrish that‘s so accurate 🤣🤣 11mo

Bookwormjillk I was very surprised by how much I liked this one. 11mo

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mcctrish

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This book is actually nuts, in the beginning there is a death a chapter (only gentlemen 🤣🤣) for many chapters, the ladies of Cranford are firm believers in household economy and each have their specific bugbears of waste, most of the ladies look to specific members of their social circle for guidance before they form an opinion, on anything ( except their chosen form of economy) and it‘s humour is very tart and dry.

ChaoticMissAdventures I really enjoyed this one!! 11mo

mcctrish @ChaoticMissAdventures the hashtags do up the enjoyment levels 🤣🤣 11mo

TheLudicReader I love Lily of the valley. I had loads at my old house and I miss them. 11mo

mcctrish @TheLudicReader as you can see it‘s just about to pop and it smells so good here 11mo

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Daisey

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This was a delightful listen! I enjoyed it so much more than North & South, often because of the characters and humor. I don‘t think it‘s a story that will really stick with me long term, but it was thoroughly enjoyable and worth the read.

#audiobook #1001books #HashtagBrigade #PemberLittens

Crinoline_Laphroaig I listened as well. Narrator was perfect. 11mo

Daisey @Crinoline_Laphroaig Agreed! When I have to choose, I almost always go with these Naxos unabridged classics audio versions. (edited) 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

I was charmed by the derivation of this word when I came across it this week. #weirdwords @CBee

CBee Super cool! 11mo

dabbe I looked this one up, too! #coolbeans 😎 11mo

IndoorDame @dabbe 💙🩵💙 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

So grateful for this buddyread #pemberlittens!! @BarkingMadRead delightful, moving, while also being sharp and incisive about pretensions to class.

BarkingMadRead I‘m so glad you liked it!!! 11mo

johncadams I just love Elizabeth Gaskell. 11mo

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

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For some reason I thought this was book was much longer! I was surprised to see it was the last Chapter this morning of #Pemberlittens . But I thoroughly enjoyed this sweet story. @BarkingMadRead thanks for the #HashtagBrigade! It was fun! 😊

BarkingMadRead It went by so fast! I‘m glad you had fun! 11mo

Ericalambbrown I‘ve got her North and South in my TBR list. 11mo

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I loved this month‘s #pemberlittens read! Gaskell‘s portrait of this town and the characters in it was so vibrant and colorful. I think this is one I‘m likely to pick up again in the future.

BiblioLitten So pretty🩶 11mo

Ruthiella I loved this one too and bought a copy a few chapters in rather than continue with the library ebook because it‘s definitely a keeper. 11mo

Aimeesue Pretty Edition! 11mo

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peanutnine Lovely edition 😍 11mo

IndoorDame @BiblioLitten @Aimeesue @peanutnine 🩶🩶🩶 thanks, it was a fabulous Etsy find ! (edited) 11mo

IndoorDame @Ruthiella 🩶🩶🩶library ebooks are the perfect way to try things out and decide what you want on your forever shelf 11mo

BiblioLitten @IndoorDame I agree! 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 16: and they all live happily ever after! #imissthecow #peterendsthefeud #illmissthecranfordladies #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

Bookwormjillk Yay!! This was a great read! 11mo

IndoorDame I loved this ❤️ 11mo

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peanutnine This was so great! I love that Peter brought them all together again 🥰 11mo

Ruthiella Wonderful ending. Thanks so much for leading us in this read-along. It was awesome! ❤️👏👏👏 11mo

dabbe Leave it to a MAN to have to fix the ladies, so to speak. 😏 Still, I will miss Cranford and these wonderful ladies. Thanks for leading us and making us laugh, @BarkingMadRead. 💙💚💙 11mo

Allylu Reading this with you folks was soooo much fun! Love the #hashtags. Thank you! 11mo

AnnR Lol @dabbe :-) Thank you to @BarkingMadRead for another fun discussion. 11mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig Thank you @BarkingMadRead for host! 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly Thank goodness, the book ended before Peter died 😂 Thanks for the hashtags! 11mo

Vansa I could not love this more. I absolutely love how Peter continues to be cheeky and invent stories about shooting cherubs.Mrs.Jamieson is obnoxious,I love how Gaskell very cleverly shows the slow acceptance of a more fluid form of interactions among classes- Ms.Matty is " in trade",Martha and her husband live with her,Lady Glenmire thinks nothing of chucking her meaningless title.Its interesting that Georgette Heyer wrote nearly 200 years later(1/2 11mo

Vansa (2/2) and displays far more rigid views towards class. Absolute delight and thank you for this, I would never had read this if not for this excellent reading group #Pemberlittenz 11mo

julieclair This was such a fun read! The Cranford ladies are a hoot! Reading it together made it all the more fun. Thanks for another great job as host, @BarkingMadRead ! 👏 11mo

rubyslippersreads Like @Clare-Dragonfly I‘m somewhat concerned for Peter‘s safety. 😆 Thanks for hosting a great readalong @BarkingMadRead 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 11mo

mcctrish I think Peter broke the curse 🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you so much for leading us @BarkingMadRead this was a really fun read 11mo

willaful So what do we think -- Peter marry one of the Cranford ladies or no? Which would be safer? I like your take, @mcctrish !

I just remembered, I was surprised to see the term “cast up her accounts“ in the book. I've only encountered it before as slang for... er... feeling unwell. 😄 (edited) 11mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks this was my #bookspin I finished both this month already! Finally ahead of the game for a change lol 11mo

TheAromaofBooks I genuinely loved this one, which was a huge surprise because I HATED North & South! But this one was full of such gentle humor and likable characters, and not nearly as many funerals as I feared!! 😂 11mo

TheAromaofBooks @Vansa - I do think Heyer's books are set in the earlier Regency period vs. Cranford's Victorian era. Also, Heyer's stories tend to focus on a richer, more upper class than we find in Cranford, so I think that also changes how various class interactions are portrayed. But it was fun to see some of the distinctions change throughout the story!! 11mo

Vansa @TheAromaofBooks I know they're set in a different time period! Obviously😀I'm talking about the author's own attitudes,not the characters'.Heyer demonstrates the sort of attitudes towards class that Mrs.Jamieson does,if you read her books. 11mo

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“Cranford ladies sing this song, Doo-dah! doo-dah!
You kept me laughing all along, Oh, de-doo-dah day!“
If not for the #pemberlittens, I would have never even known about this one. These spinster Victoria ladies are not easily forgotten, especially Miss Matty. Their hilarious escapades, their idiosyncrasies, their love and friendship for one another makes this novel worth the read.
“I'll spend my money on Miss Matty's tea, Oh, de doo-dah day!“💙

kspenmoll Now I want to read this book! 11mo

dabbe @kspenmoll 😍🤣🤗 11mo

Lucy_Anywhere The BBC adapted this into a series years ago - I think Judi Dench is in it! 11mo

dabbe @Lucy_Anywhere You're right! I'll need to check it out! 🤩🤗😍 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 15: Martha has a baby and Matty has a visitor #PETER #thatsallohavetosayaboutthat #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

julieclair It‘s so sweet, and a bit sad, how much Matty loves the baby. 💙 And yes! #PETER ! 11mo

Bookwormjillk Finally! Seems like this could have been the last chapter but there are more? #PeterMustNotDie 11mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk seriously the first thing I thought when I saw that there‘s one chapter left 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 11mo

dabbe See? That is what we were still waiting for! Except for one more chapter. #donotdiepeter 🙏 11mo

willaful Seriously, he's taking his life into his hands. Love is not safe for these poor men, even fraternal love! #BubbleWrapPeter

I hope Martha's husband isn't annoyed at having being pushed into marriage unnecessarily. Hopefully being a proud father will keep him sweet. 😁 11mo

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 Live, Peter, Live! 11mo

Daisey @Bookwormjillk I thought the same thing! This very much felt like a final chapter to me. 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly I also thought it felt final! It was super sweet—all the sibling love makes me so happy. Maybe the final chapter will just be an “and they all lived happily ever after” epilogue 🤞🏻 11mo

TheAromaofBooks It did crack me up that Miss Matty hadn't even SUSPECTED that there was going to be a baby! 😂 11mo

peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks lol yes! That tickled me too, like how did you not notice that?? 😂 11mo

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks same!!! Miss Matty is seriously clueless but Mrs Jamieson is horrid #veilsathalfmast 11mo

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Chapter 14: Matty has some hope! #lodgingwithmarthaandjem #thesecranfordladiesareamazing #openingateashipathome #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

mcctrish I was almost in tears with all the tears!! All these ladies with practically nothing sharing with their beloved friend ❤️❤️❤️ Miss Matty will do anything cuz no one in her family is left to see her fall 💔 11mo

Ruthiella It was so very touching to see Martha and Miss Pole, Mrs. Forrester, and Mrs. Fitz-Adam rally around Miss Matty like that. Also, we FINALLY get the name of the narrator! Mary Smith. 11mo

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Crinoline_Laphroaig @mcctrish me too! 11mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Ruthiella I Googled the other day because I thought I missed who the narrator was. 11mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig This Chapter made my heart happy. 11mo

mcctrish Yes @Ruthiella I was so happy to learn Mary‘s name 11mo

willaful So odd to learn in, what, the 2nd or 3rd to last chapter! I wonder if that's supposed to mean anything or just the author being random. 11mo

dabbe And such a simple name when compared to Pole, Forrester, Fitz-Adam (I mean, come on!). Is that because the narrator speaks about herself the least? Or she's the least important Cranford character but important at chronicling these ladies' lives? And, what are we waiting for? Time to come home, Aga/Peter/whoever-the-hell-you-are! 🤣🙏🤗 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly I love everyone rallying around Miss Matty because they love her so much! 🥰 And even beyond the bank failure and budgeting, the economic implications are fascinating. Matty is a lady and not really capable of much work, but her servant—by definition of a lower class—with marriage to someone with a good job can afford to help her out, completely turning the monetary tables. 11mo

Bookwormjillk Such a great chapter. Loved it. 11mo

AnnR Matty is lucky to have Mary. She has an appropriate sense of decorum but interferes (in a good way) when necessary. 11mo

julieclair This chapter was so very heartwarming. Such good people, to come to Miss Matty's aid without ever wanting her to know. 💝 11mo

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Chapter 13: Miss Matty is ruined! #stupidbank #Mattyisbroke #whereareyoupeter #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig 😢 11mo

Bookwormjillk Poor Miss Matty. Sad chapter 😟 11mo

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Clare-Dragonfly I was not expecting this book to be so topical with a bank failure! Poor, good-hearted Miss Matty. ❤️ 11mo

Morr_Books She was so generous to the man at the store too. Even once she realized that all was lost, she still didn't regret that action. This made me love her even more. 11mo

Ruthiella How happy that man‘s wife and children must have been to get those presents. Miss Mattie‘s gestures was not practical or even advised, but it was the right thing to do and I loved her for it. ❤️ 11mo

TheAromaofBooks @Morr_Books - I was so touched at how because she was an “investor“ in the bank, she somehow felt responsible for it failing, to the point of giving her money to a stranger. She is such a good-hearted soul!! 11mo

julieclair Poor Miss Matty. Such a sweet, kind soul. Peter needs to come home and save the day. #Peeeeeterrr!!! 11mo

dabbe And Matty can't even have the ONE dress she got to pick out for herself! 😭 11mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I felt so bad for her! She‘s too sweet for the world 11mo

willaful Poor, dear Miss Matty. I wish all stockholders were as conscientious. 😞

She reminded me a little of Sara in A Little Princess, when she's so hungry but gives most of her food away to someone who's starving.

A Little Princess

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dabbe @BarkingMadRead You hit it right on the head. She IS too sweet for this world. 💙💚💙 11mo

mcctrish @dabbe I know, right?! Miss Matty is too good for the world! @willaful I thought of Sara too 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 12: Lady Glenmire and Piggins are getting married 🐷 #everyoneisshocked #poorHoggins #willthecranfordcursegethim #nonewsofPeter #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

Morr_Books The dilemma: honorable Mrs. Jamieson or degraded Lady Glenmire #societylife 11mo

Ruthiella I‘m a little shocked myself! I did not see this coming. But I am happy for Lady G. and the doctor. They seem to be very good and genuine people. 11mo

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peanutnine It's a bit frustrating that the ladies don't even offer Lady Glenmire congratulations because they have to wait until Mrs J to give her verdict. How sad and isolating that must feel for Lady G 11mo

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine yeah, I‘m not a fan of this, nobody thinks for themselves 11mo

eeclayton The question is, will Mr H survive the book? 11mo

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton I dunno, statistically he doesn‘t have much of a chance 🤣 11mo

willaful @BarkingMadRead Maybe marrying a genuinely nice woman will save him. You have to wonder if Mr. Jamieson found death a merciful escape. 😏 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly Miss Pole doth protest so much. I have a feeling we‘re going to see her married before the end of the book. Maybe to Peter? 11mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @eeclayton so very doubtful! 11mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm listening to audiobook narratored by Claire Willie and I absolutely love how she did this: Where feminine delicacy is gone to, I don‘t know! You and I, Miss Matty, would have been ashamed to have known that our marriage was spoken of in a grocer‘s shop, in the hearing of shopmen!” 11mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig And "Till she came back to give us our cue, we felt that it would be better to consider the engagement in the same light as the Queen of Spain‘s legs - facts which certainly existed, but the less said about the better." ? 11mo

Bookwormjillk @Crinoline_Laphroaig that line cracked me up. So random. 11mo

julieclair Ooohhh... @Clare-Dragonfly ... Miss Pole and Peter! What a fascinating idea! 👍 11mo

mcctrish @eeclayton as soon as I read this ( about the marriage) I thought “ well that‘s it for him!” 11mo

eeclayton @mcctrish 😂 11mo

rubyslippersreads @willaful 🤣 11mo

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BarkingMadRead #herewego #andsowefindsambrown #andhistwin #andtherobberieshavestopped #coincidenceornot #youdecide #mrsbrownisabadass #butwait #petersighting #coulditbe #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade 11mo

Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 11: ok, I know this has nothing to do with this chapter, but I found this today on the Google and had to share it 🤣🤣 also, I leave tomorrow for Florida, and then to the cruise ship! Woohoo! I have wifi paid for, but don‘t know how good it will be, so I‘m reading ahead today, and hope to post every day, but no promises! If I can‘t, I‘ll pick up when I get back. There are only 16 chapters! Hashtags in comments

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

Bookwormjillk I really want the ladies to go to India. Enjoy your cruise! 11mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #fieldtrip 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly The robberies have stopped or they never started or something 😂 11mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly these ladies 🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄🙄 11mo

AllDebooks Bon voyage x 11mo

peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly lolol 11mo

Morr_Books ? Also..."they had escaped marriage...she thought it argued great natural credulity in a woman if she could not keep herself from being married" 11mo

julieclair I am sure it had to be a #petersighting ! 11mo

dabbe I'm really starting to like Miss Matty. #herheartbreak #dreamsofacindylouwhowhoisnomorethantwo 😥 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Morr_Books Yesssss 🤣🤣🤣 11mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig Yay I'm caught up! 11mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I think there were no robberies to start with. 😂 It was just rumor. The cat and the leg of mutton… 11mo

willaful @bookwormjillk Yes! The narrator and Miss Matty go to India to visit Peter. #fingerscrossed 11mo

IndoorDame Have a fab trip!!! And how much do I love that you found this photo?! 11mo

TheAromaofBooks @dabbe - In a chapter that was mostly fun, that confession of Miss Matty's really got me!! 😞 11mo

mcctrish This group is truly looking for the drama 🤣🤣 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 10: ghosts and robbers! #poorcarlo #cannotgetthescoobydoogangoutofmyhead #creepingaround #fakingbravery #tellingtales #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

Bookwormjillk Zoinks! She killed the dog! 11mo

peanutnine 🤣🤣 I love the Scooby Doo comparison! 11mo

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BarkingMadRead @peanutnine it‘s all I could picture as the ladies were creeping around the house, looking for bad guys, using household items as weapons 🤣🤣 11mo

Morr_Books I wanna know what is so special about this plate that Miss Pole decided that that would be the thing she saved. Also, did she go and get a tooth pulled just to hear some gossip from the dentist? 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly The Scooby Gang is perfect! 😂😂😂 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Morr_Books I think “plate” is all her silverware, so probably the likeliest target for a robber. 11mo

dabbe All I can picture is all of them trotting the 200 yards to Mrs. Forrester's annual tea with Miss Matty in the sedan chair being jostled as the chairmen carried her there with the promise of not leaving her in the sedan to be murdered. And then they all trot back home, paying the chairmen extra to not go down Darkness Lane. These ladies. 🤣🤣🤣 11mo

willaful I love how the narrator sort of knows how ridiculous it all is while still participating in it... 11mo

Ruthiella What do the chair men do while the ladies are dining? Hang out in the kitchen? 🤔 Take up other fares and come back later? 11mo

peanutnine @Morr_Books it definitely seemed like she traded a tooth for the hot gos 😂 @dabbe that whole scene was just hilarious! Like a comedy show 11mo

dabbe @peanutnine A comedy of so-called manners! 🤣🤣🤣 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Ruthiella I bet they hide in the kitchen and talk to the housemaids 😂 11mo

julieclair Scooby Doo is the perfect comparison! 😂 11mo

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#weirdwords @CBee

sesquipedalian

ses-quipe-dalian
/ seskwapa'dälyan/
adjective FORMAL
(of a word) polysyllabic; long.
"sesquipedalian surnames"
• characterized by long words; long-winded.
"the sesquipedalian prose of scientific journals"

CBee Fantastic word 🙌🏻🙌🏻 11mo

dabbe The word itself describes its own definition! #wordistheword 💙💚💙 11mo

IndoorDame @dabbe just what charmed me about it! 💙💙💙 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 9: the ladies go to see a Conjuror #omggheturban #savedbythenarrator #letitgo #mrspoleknowsall #obviouslyanyonecandoit #theseladiesthough #soprimandproper #andalsosobitchy #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

Ruthiella I can only imagine how exciting this kind of thing would have been for people living in a small town back then. Also, Miss Pole is a real pain! 😂 The kind of person who can‘t shut up and just let others enjoy the show! 11mo

Bookwormjillk Another amazing chapter. They‘re kind of like The Golden Girls but they‘re all Rose. I am loving this book. 11mo

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Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 All Rose! 11mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk omg yes! 11mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk omg, yes 😂😂😂 11mo

Morr_Books I love how excited the rector was. @Bookwormjillk 🤣 11mo

Aimeesue @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 11mo

dabbe This section reminded me of “The Mesmerizer“, an excerpt from Mark Twain's autobiography concerning a conjurer who comes to town and tries to put Twain into a trance. It's hysterical, just like this chapter. And the turban! 🤣🤣🤣 Perfect idea about Rose, too! I agree 💯. 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly Miss Pole is the worst audience member! Poor Signor Brunoni! 😂 Though, you‘d think he could have matched his costume to his stage name! If Matty thinks he‘s an appropriate place to get fashion cues, I think the narrator is quite right to make different fashion choices for her. 11mo

mcctrish When Miss Pole started talking during the performance I laughed out loud! My god these ladies are insufferable 🤣🤣 ready an hour and a half before the show so we‘ll just sit in the dark until it‘s time to go 11mo

Vansa @Ruthiella exactly 😂😂so hilariously described. 11mo

Vansa Absolutely loved this chapter.Specially the rectors eagerness to avoid the ladies of Cranford. Completely hilarious 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Vansa You know, I think the rector is quite correct. As a man of God only, he‘s probably okay. As the husband of a genteel lady, he would not be safe in Cranford! 😬 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

#Pemberlittens #Cranford @BarkingMadRead
The struggle is eternal, Miss Pole!

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣 every.damn.time. 11mo

Ruthiella The French have a term for this, “L‘esprit de l‘escalier”, when you think of the perfect retort when it‘s too late to say it. 11mo

Vansa @Ruthiella I know! I always take great comfort from it, because Diderot coined it, and well,if one of the greatest minds of his time couldn't come up with a pithy retort,what hope do is lesser mortals have 😀 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

#pemberlittens #Cranford
Peter sounds annoying but also Sparky!

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 8: y‘all. These women wear me out. #snippymrsjameison #hoggingherSIL #untilsheisnt #partytime #wearallthebrooches #wtfwiththecatstory #animalsdontstandachance #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

Bookwormjillk A cat pooped out lace and I did not expect that. 11mo

TheBookHippie Whew 😮‍💨 11mo

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Ruthiella I wonder if Mrs. Jamison had actually even met her sister-in-law prior to this visit? I‘m sure Lady Glenmire was bored stiff with only Mrs. J (and Carlo!) for company at first. 11mo

mcctrish What a chapter?! #meangirlsofcranford first they don‘t know what to call Lady G, then they won‘t talk to her at all, then a fortnight passes and an invitation to brooch it up ( what bedazzling was before the bedazzler was invented ) with tea makes it everything okay. But the highlight was as @Bookwormjillk said, the unexpected cat poop lace #cranfordcrazies 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly That poor cat 😂 I‘m pretty sure it vomited the lace, if that makes anyone feel any better… 11mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly not really 🤣 11mo

Vansa This has to be one of the best pieces of writing I've read- the absolutely merciless send up of pretensions of class snobbery,its perfectly relevant even today.I died laughing at how indignant they are that Mr.Mulliner is reading the paper before they are!Oh,and the hilarious description of how the narrator is trying to take 2 lumps of sugar surreptitiously,and fails at the attempt! 11mo

Vansa Her description of the "Parliament of Cranford" on how to address Lady Glenmire ?? 11mo

rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly I hope so. I was quite shocked that Mrs. Gaskell might be hinting that the lace was retrieved by, ahem, another method. 😹 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

This is so beautiful. And so true. I find myself unaccountably moved by ancient letters my grandmother shows me that describe her cousins' mischief, or regular life.
#Pemberlittens

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Still the same,Matilda, still the same! #pemberlittens

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

More of the absolutely jewel-like illustrations of this book. #Cranford #pemberlittens

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 7: the ladies go visiting! #calash #googleismyfriend #bizarrechapter #moreproofmycopyshouldhavecowsonit #sopretentious #whatsupwiththesedanchair #shoulditbeinthehouse #apparentlyso #sobizarre #haveimentionedhowbizarrethischapterwas #nobodydied #hallelujah #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

mcctrish Eating seed cake like a cow 🐮 that certainly sells it 11mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣 11mo

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Clare-Dragonfly Thanks for the visual! I thought this chapter was hilarious. They‘re all so pretentious 😂 11mo

Morr_Books @Clare-Dragonfly I agree! This chapter is hilarious! I was laughing right at the beginning when it was mentioned how much they disliked the doctor's name, Hoggins, but that Piggins would have been worse. 🤣 11mo

Ruthiella The chapter really does underscore the absurdity of class hierarchies! 😂 Certainly Mrs. Jamison enjoys being a big fish in a very small pond. And of course they ate up all the food not because they were hungry but because they were “too genteel” to point out how low class the spread was by abstaining. (edited) 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly I feel like the narrator is telling us all this in a sly whisper out of the corner of her mouth. And she occasionally bursts into giggles because she just can‘t help herself. That‘s why there are so many funerals—so she isn‘t constantly laughing. 11mo

TheAromaofBooks I was also confused about the sedan chair being in the house! I always assumed they picked people up outside like a cab?? But apparently not! 😂 11mo

Bookwormjillk i also do not approve of capital letters ff 11mo

dabbe @Ruthiella a big “snoring“ fish ... 🤣🤣🤣 11mo

dabbe I just spit out what I was drinking reading through all of this: y'all were funnier than this chapter, and that's saying something! Starting with you @BarkingMadRead ... #welldone 🙌🤩💚 11mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe #gladwecouldhelp 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 6: #technically Peter could still be alive 🤷🏻‍♀️ also, there was kissing 😳 #petersprankswerefunny #isaidwhatisaid #but #alsoembarrassing #popsthrashedhim #peterjoinedthewar #poormamadied #thenpoorpapadied #nowordfrompeter #ibetweseehimbeforetheend #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

mcctrish #dragstorytimeincrandford 11mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #peterwasaheadofhistime 11mo

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Morr_Books I like Peter, but I feel like I can't let myself get attached to any male characters, so I am cautiously hopeful he is alive. 11mo

dabbe I'm getting to the point in the story now where I want to know more about the narrator! Alas (using some genteel language here), it seems she will only be destined to be the #cranfordchronicler and nothing else. I'm also coming to care quite a bit about Miss Matty. 11mo

BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books I know! Being a dude in this book is not healthy! 11mo

Ruthiella Poor Miss Mattie. To lose her brother, then her parents. 😢 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly I suspect Peter will return in the next chapter to profess his love for a woman he was attached to in his youth, and then die. 11mo

Bookwormjillk This is wrong but I laughed when he threw the pillow baby. 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly I wonder how Matty knows what kissing sounds like. 🤔 11mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhhhhhhh 11mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly Good point! 😳 11mo

willaful @Bookwoemjillk I think Donald Westlake borrowed the poor pillow baby for one of his books, Castle in the Air IIRC.

@Clare-Dragonfly 😂😂😂

And I gotta hand it to Miss Matty, she put a lot more effort into getting pronouns right than many people do today. 😁

Castle in the Air

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Clare-Dragonfly @willaful Yes, I appreciated her pronoun use! 😆 11mo

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Morr_Books

Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

My morning coffee time with the ladies of Cranford. #pemberlittens
@BarkingMadRead

Ruthiella Excellent plan! 👍 11mo

BarkingMadRead Love that cover! 11mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 5: apparently Jane Austen isn‘t the only one who burns letters 🤷🏻‍♀️ #dontgetmestartedonthecandles #paduasoy #incaseyouwondered #iwondered #googleisyourfriend #backtotheletters #thespellingmademetwitch #poorpeter #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #nocowsorpeas

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 12mo

IndoorDame haha, I googled it too, and looked at all the pretty pictures 😂😂😂 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly I wanted to snatch the letters out of their hands! Future generations would be so interested! 😂 12mo

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Morr_Books Hmmm...thinking of burning some old letters myself. Is it safe to assume that Poor Peter is the next male victim? 11mo

BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books I feel like the odds are against him, poor kid! 11mo

Bookwormjillk Poor Peter. I guess we‘ll find out about him tomorrow. 11mo

willaful It would be nice to think that Poor Peter simply eloped with some Dreadful Hussy, but the way things have been going, what are the odds? 😂

I know that picture! I used to have paperdolls from Godey's Lady's Book put out by Dover. https://www.amazon.com/Fashion-Paper-Godeys-1840-1854-Victorian/dp/0486235114 Never liked that dress!

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dabbe @IndoorDame Me, too! I found an evening gown that Lady Bird Johnson wore! 🤣 11mo

Ruthiella I thought the parsimony about candles was funny and accurate. I live alone but when I have guests, I have to remember to turn on the heat because I am stingy about my gas bill! 😂 In the winter, I just walk around like an idiot inside with a hat and scarf. 11mo

mcctrish Each chapter is nuts, this one starting off with envelopes and string, logically moving on to candles #internationalblindmansholiday sounds SO FUN!!! Celebrated with the #burningoftheletters 😳 every time I read ‘paduasoy‘ I was thinking “is she talking about Peau de Soie? And yes 👍🏻 I guess she was (edited) 11mo

TheBookHippie @willaful I have the coloring book! 11mo

rubyslippersreads I found it sad to burn the letters, although I guess there were no descendants to pass them on to. 11mo

willaful @rubyslipperreads It was very sad for me, because I sometimes think about how all the things that were so special to my husband and I will be meaningless and worthless when we're gone. 😭 #waytobringdownthemood #dramaticmuch

@TheBookHippie do you ever color it or is it just for looking? 11mo

TheBookHippie @willaful I color ! Anxiety relief! 11mo

willaful @TheBookHippie I always preferred abstract coloring. When I was recovering from surgery my mom bought me this: https://store.doverpublications.com/0486803538.html

And these books got me through my childhood: https://www.etsy.com/listing/175227344/more-altair-design-by-ensor-holiday-1974 11mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful I love coloring books like that! 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

@BarkingMadRead #Cranford #pemberlittens
Late to start this read,and wow, what an incredibly charming first chapter.Sharing these absolutely stunning illustrations,reading off Project Gutenberg.Such a warmly written satire,and so insightful about society in Cranford.I love that everyone's shocked that Captain Brown does not mind saying he can't afford something!Also,how typical for someone to disdain "Boz" in favour of Dr.Johnson!

BarkingMadRead Omgggggg the cow in flannel! I love it! 12mo

Ruthiella Awesome illustrations! 11mo

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TheBookHippie

Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Cleaning out the shelves finds the copy of Cransford I was searching for 🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #iboughtanothercopyalready

#pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Lcsmcat I can‘t tell you how many times I‘ve done that. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 12mo

TheBookHippie @Lcsmcat 😅😂 I looked three times 🙃😵‍💫🤷🏻‍♀️😅 12mo

IndoorDame Yup, been there 🙋🏻‍♀️😂 12mo

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame 🤷🏻‍♀️😂😂 12mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 4: Matty visits Mr Holbrook #wefoundthepeas #andalsomorecows #idratherhavecowsonmybook #holbrookseemskindofdull #offtoparishegoes #whichobviouslykillshim #poormatty #butatleastmarthacanhaveafollower #nomorehidinginshadows #icanteven #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii 12mo

Ruthiella I love how the unnamed narrator just shoveled the peas in….Is this the vegetable on the Penguin hardbound classic edition! 😂 Also how wonderful that Miss Mattie allows Martha to “walk out” with a young man now. It‘s rather poignant. (edited) 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella she‘s not messing around! Yes! This is the veggie on my cover. So random! 🫛 12mo

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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I‘m glad she learned from her past! Poor Matty! 12mo

Morr_Books I'm afraid what the fate may be of Martha's new young man based on every other man mentioned in this book so far. 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books right?!? It doesn‘t bode well 🤣 12mo

peanutnine @Morr_Books 🤣 I was thinking the same thing! #noboysallowed...tolive 12mo

Bookwormjillk @Morr_Books I think he should be safe because he‘s not a gentleman. #AnotherOneBitesTheDust 12mo

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine 🤣🤣🤣 @Bookwormjillk good point!!! 12mo

TheAromaofBooks I've started noting how many deaths there are in each chapter so we can get a final death count at the end 😂 #fourinfourchaptersseemslikeahighaverage 12mo

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks I‘m starting to think this book should be in the gothic category AND who has company over and retires to the smoking parlour alone? I predict a bad end for any and all gentleman callers whether or not they are “gentleman” #sticktotheshadows 12mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks @peanutnine all y‘all giving me a run for the money on my hashtag game 🤣🤣 #imsoproud (edited) 12mo

eeclayton #CranfordDeadpool I'll go with Martha's boyfriend, too. He may not be a gentleman, but is supposed to be a good guy, so. 12mo

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton I‘m cackling #deadpool 🤣🤣🤣 12mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks At the rate we're going, there will be more deaths in this book than in a Shakespearean tragedy! 🤣 And it's like we just start getting to know a character, then BAM. You dead. I'm going to try not to care about anyone until they make it through the chapter. (edited) 12mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead #youhaveinspiredus 💙💚💙 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly The peas!!! If anyone else wondered about Aminè and the ghoul, I found the story: https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lang1k1/tale31.htm 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Thanks for keeping track! I was not expecting him to die. I will never get attached to a man again. Unlike Martha. Love how she had her “follower” ready and one of his points of recommendation is that he‘s 6‘1”! 12mo

Vansa Finally catching up.I thought this was an incredibly beautifully written chapter-captures an entire sweep of changing social mores, a thwarted romance, class prejudices in one short chapter. Something entire books don't do as well. I teared up at the end-I wish Matty's changing attitudes didn't have to come with such a cost to her. And still women soldier on. 11mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Hey, #pemberlittens reading CRANFORD, lookie what I found! I definitely need help keeping track of everyone! 🤣🤗😊
#cranford

IndoorDame 👏👏👏👏thank you!!! wonder what the color coding denotes… 12mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Good eye! I lopped off the bottom part but have now fixed it. 🤗 (edited) 12mo

IndoorDame @dabbe ahh, cool! 🤗 12mo

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Bookwormjillk Thank you! So I guess we never find out who the narrator is. (edited) 12mo

peanutnine Oh my goodness this is so helpful! Thank you! 🤗 12mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Ooh, you're probably right. Sorry for a spoiler-alert moment. 😬 (edited) 12mo

dabbe @peanutnine 🥰 12mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe no worries! Better to know so I don‘t keep thinking I missed it. 12mo

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Bookwormjillk

Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Okay! #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade

BarkingMadRead I feel like the love affair was highly exaggerated 🤣 12mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead a little bit 🤣 12mo

peanutnine The narrator is so dramatic 😂 12mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 2: That escalated quickly #poorCaptain #killedbyDickens #matildareference #darleschickens #novegetablesyet #poorJessie #butwait #mysteryman #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii 12mo

TheAromaofBooks This chapter was a bit more of an emotional rollercoaster than I was expecting!!! 12mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks it started off so chill, with the Captain and his faux pas, that I thought it was going to be funny. Ooops. 12mo

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TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead - Same! I was like, “oh, maybe Gaskell isn't as keen about knocking people off as she was in North & South“ - HA! #seriouslyshekillsoffeveryone #thereweresomanyfuneralsinN&S #wehavealreadyhadtwoinCranford 12mo

Ruthiella I liked this balance of humor and then sh** gets real. You never know what will happen next. 12mo

peanutnine @BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I've not read any of Gaskell before so the sudden death was a big surprise so early on! Remind me not to get attached to anyone else just in case 😅 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella @TheAromaofBooks #keepingyouonyourtoes 12mo

Bookwormjillk I guess she told us yesterday that all men must die, but I didn‘t see that coming. Someone should warn this new guy. 12mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - haha yes, the writing was on the wall, I just didn't realize it was so literal 😂 12mo

mcctrish And here I thought the Captain would be the exception to the rule 🤣🤣 12mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish same I assumed he would be the love interest 🤣 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was not expecting what happened in this chapter either!!! For several paragraphs I was convinced it was a misunderstanding and that the Captain had surely escaped the train 😅 I also thought the story would go on for much longer. Maybe this book will be more of a series of vignettes. We know so little about the narrator that I can‘t see her having an arc through the novel. 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Thankfully it sounds like the Gordons do not live in Cranford 😂 12mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks #2downinchapter2ofcranford 😃 12mo

rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk The first thought I had about the Gordon‘s was to hope they wouldn‘t decide to settle in Cranford. 😆 11mo

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

I've got audio and Kindle free versions.

Loved the cow in flannel and "though she knew, and we knew, and she knew that we knew, and we knew that she knew that we knew, she had been busy all the morning making tea-bread and sponge-cakes."?

#Pemberlittens
#HashtagBrigade
@BarkingMadRead

Ruthiella I thought the “she knew we knew…” was hilarious. 😆 12mo

dabbe Who remembers Friends, too? “They don't know that we know that they know that we know.“ 🤣🤣🤣 12mo

rwmg I'd forgotten that. Maybe it's time for a re-read 12mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I was totally thinking that! 12mo

peanutnine @dabbe 🙋🏼‍♀️my first thought! 🤣 12mo

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

#TitlesandTunes
#IslandVibe
Book Choice: Because England is part of Great Britain and ... that's an island with a North Atlantic cold vibe, but still! (plus it also fulfills my current #pemberlittens read as well. 😃).
Song: After just reading Ch. 1, 'nuff said. #cranfordladiessingthissong

Thanks for being fabulous hostesses, @Cinfhen and @BarbaraBB! 🤗

Bookwormjillk Love it! 12mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🤗💚😃 12mo

BarbaraBB Clever chosen! Thanks for playing 🤍 12mo

Cinfhen Cyndi!!! Loving all the 80s throwbacks 💖🎊🎶 12mo

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Daisey

Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

I listened to the first chapter of Cranford on my way home today and thoroughly enjoyed it! A town full of women and a cow in flannel is definitely an intriguing start.

#PemberLittens #ChapterADay #HashtagBrigade #audiobook #1001books

Ruthiella I‘m gonna love this one, I know it. 12mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Ruthiella it's the cow in flannel. 🐮 12mo

Daisey @Ruthiella @Crinoline_Laphroaig I‘m pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the first two chapters. 12mo

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Clare-Dragonfly

Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

“In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears…”

A very promising beginning, though I doubt this is going in the direction my imagination went 😂 #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

TheBookHippie 😅😂 12mo

Ruthiella Not that kind of book! 😂 12mo

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