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I finally feel caught up (for now). So I finally got around to my July wrap up. I had 5, 5 star reads!!! It was a great month with being able to sit and read while my kids either played outside, watched their favorite shows, or played nicely in their room. Knowing that I‘m not going to read as much as this, now that I‘m back to work is sad, but so glad I get to be in a few buddy reads. 🥰💛

5✨ I first read this in high school and enjoyed its writing. I‘m pretty sure I never finished it then. There is a lot of similar of reused names so it was a little hard to follow. There is a lot of abuse written in here for the children. Others are trying to break the cycle. There is love and companionship through their suffering. Another Serial read that I had to finish early. 🥰

#VolumesAndVocals

Pretty sure I don‘t need to explain why this book was my first thought for a #BadRomance 😱🖤

“You know that I want you
And you know that I need you
I want it bad, your bad romance

I want your love, and I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
I want your love and all your lover's revenge
You and me could write a bad romance”

“Emily” is a lovely film 💁🏻‍♀️.

Da fuck was that! Someone care to explain to me why this is tagged as "Romance"? ??? I don't think so! ?

In the 6 months I've taken to read it, according to Mrs B I've done nothing but complain how horrendous all the characters are (other than Nellie Dean: Victoria Wood in my mental casting ?). I finished the last 20% in one go today, mainly while picnicking at Rufford Old Hall to finally get it over with, and thank goodness, it's done! ?⬇️

Beautiful written, but such crazy characters...

#20in4 @Andrew65
Finished my first of four books that I'm in the middle of ..

Oh my goodness, it's beautifully written, but all these characters belong on the Jerry Springer show.... 😬😅

I noticed that this biopic of my favorite Bronte is playing this weekend. There doesn't seem to be a critical consensus. Any fans of WH or other Bronte novels see it and recommend?

Of course seeing the stage production made me want to read the book again…and since my husband, who has never read it, expressed interest in doing so, I picked up an edition I‘ve long had my eye on. Love, love, love Reuben Toledo‘s cover!

#BookMail

So exciting to see a favorite book on stage & this production—both incredible AND something else—which comes from a renowned group of UK theatres was a treat. By turns engrossing & head shaking, it was fun seeing the story of Catherine & Heathcliff played out on stage in a production that included puppets, a Greek Chorus, singing, dancing, & yes, even a short rock interlude. I don‘t know if there are other US stops but it‘s an entertaining show.

At the theatre tonight and this is either going to be the most awesome thing ever…or something else…I‘m hoping for awesome. Love the book. I hope a stage production (with music I hear) does it justice. 🤞

#Explosion #InQuotes
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I haven't read this one since high school! Let's see what I think of it now 📖

I've seen a few reviews complaining about Nelly Dean as the narrator, saying this structural remove of the events to a past mediated by a third party is distancing, but I'm finding her role fascinating. Nelly seems to be in contention with Cathy's tendency to distort and filter reality; she seeks to help Cathy see others as beings with their own intention and agency, rather than as objects moving through her own perceptual field and existing ⬇️

"Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.”

This quote could be from Pedagogy of the Oppressed, but it was said by Heathcliff to Cathy.

Whilst this isn't usually my favoured genre, I've heard so many people rave about this gothic romance tragedy, so I've always been intrigued. The drama in this book was so woefully written and I enjoyed the tense atmosphere between all the characters. Heathcliff was such an interesting yet dislikeable character, utterly obsessed with Catherine. The direction of the story towards the end wasn't how I would have liked it, but still worth the read!

“I believe language to have been given us to make our meaning clear, not to wrap it in dishonest doubt."

Charlotte Brontë in her Preface to "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë

Well, it's certainly not before time that I read Wuthering Heights given how much I love both Kate Bush and Victorian gothic. This edition is from a set of books by the Brontë sisters that I bought Mrs. B on one of our visits to the Brontë Parsonage in Haworth, which is nifty.
There's an 1850 preface by Charlotte in which she seeks to justify the novel's perceived shortcomings, but which to me reads like a sustained dig at Emily. I'm sure that ⬇️

A perfect afternoon. ☕️🫖

I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.

I got this lovely copy of ‘Wuthering Heights‘ and I just cannot wait to start it!

I read this novel long time ago. I forgot how terrible Mr Heathcliff was and how dysfunctional, violent, co-dependent these relations were. But thinking about the author, how brave she was to write in a novel about these topics was incredible and she was young. I think I need to re-read it in the future after maybe read more about the author. I will need, of course, another beautiful edition. I read the Thomas Nelson edition. 4⭐️

1801- I have just returned from a visit to my landlord— the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.
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From now on calling this The Real Housewives of Wuthering Heights. I missed this in school and have always been intimidated by it. WHY? These people are crazy as hell.

“You said I killed you—haunt me then. The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe—I know that ghosts have wandered the earth. Be with me always—take any form—drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!“

#ghost #scarathlondailyprompts #teamslaughter

I know we're on Jane Eyre right now, #PemberLittens, but every time I see this making the rounds on social media, I absolutely screamlaugh. Someone find the woman who wrote this tweet and give her an award. Or, at the very least, some hot applesauce to throw in an enemy's face. #Brontussy

This is one of the best-loved classic novels of all time. I think it's also a cracking ghost story.

I've posted a fuller review at my blog, John C Adams Reviews.

https://www.johncadamsreviews.com/single-post/wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte-...

#ghoststory #literature

Because I'm an English Lit teacher there are an absurd amount of books I've reread an absurd amount of times, but purely for pleasure I've read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry multiple times. I've also read Wonder by RJ Palacio both in school and at home with my own kids 💛

I've read some crazy books, but this was... indescribable. A good book, but damn were those characters horrible and some a bit dumb. Felt exasperated here and there. The things that went on, unpunished.. Kate Bush' song was perfect, it fit so well and gave me some much needed lightness to persevere. They're not pretty, but I do enjoy the Penguin Popular Classics.
TBR since February 19th. 2019; 279 pages.

Today‘s thrifts haul for $3.50

“He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.”

Remembering Emily Bronte on her birthday.

This is probably one of my favorite classics. The novel was so well-written. I enjoyed all the characters, even Heathcliff surprisingly, but my favorites were Mrs. Dean and Hareton. The relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine was beautiful and yet disastrous. I was so engrossed in wanting to learn everything about Heathcliff, I couldn‘t put the novel down. In some sickly twisted way, I really enjoyed his character. Overall, wonderful read.

I finally read Wuthering Heights and honestly I think some of the movies are better (especially the one with Timothy Dalton). The book was just so dark and Heathcliff so monstrous. I am glad I finally read it though.
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Can anyone guess what book I'm reading at the moment with this beautiful inlay? Clue: This novel shares something with the tagged book above. First published in 2020, it's easily one of my favorites and I should've read it sooner!

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#Two4Tuesday

1. Yes, I do enjoy moody or emotional books.
2. I consider the tagged book moody and atmospheric. Also Jane Eyre fits this category too.

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Thanks for the tag @Eggs

⭐️ Do you enjoy books that are moody? For you, what is a moody book? ⭐️

Tagged is the first book that came to mind. Pictured is my old paperback copy. My moody teenage self loved Wuthering Heights. Broody, temperamental, filled with angst and drama.

I still love the Brontës, but the relationship between Heathcliff and Cathy doesn‘t seem quite as romantic to me now as it did then.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!

1. Yes I do enjoy moody books.

2. Wuthering Heights to me is a moody book. It has the gloom and sullenness that goes along with being moody.

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Haven‘t DNF‘d a book in a while. I found this one boring, and all the characters to be just insufferable to read about.

I have no words. My love for classical literature has has increased in masses, and I am amazed at what skill there was in the Bronte sisters. I wish I could travel to the past and visit some of the amazing authors which were present during this time. This book sent me on quite the rollercoaster. My love for gothic literature has grown - if even possible. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

You loved me—then what right had you to leave me?

I‘m tired of being enclosed here. I‘m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it.

Honest people don‘t hide their deeds.

Be with me always—take any form—drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!

#Pemberlittens this showed up in my Google News: Crisis Magazine: Wuthering Heights in a Nutshell.
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2022/wuthering-heights-in-a-nutshell
Some twaddle about how "This happy ending serves as the final judgment on the novel itself, confirming that Emily Brontë, like the indomitable Nelly Dean, is on the side of the angels."

WTF! Wuthering Heights had a happy ending??? I'm off to read one about Pride and Prejudice.

Seen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sotherans/status/1510361300945321994?s=20&t=X3xM-vXLAL738K8A...

Very well written but very bleak, a sense reaching out for the most pessimistic response to anything internal or external within the confines of the book. I can‘t help but think that Emily had a very sordid view on humanity and in life in general. I not sure if I would pick this one back up as I need to be lifted out of the lull this book has shimmed me into. If I had to pick my favorite Brontë sister, Charlotte from what I read thus far.