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Ch 14: #phoebegivingmissbatesvibes #butfirst #theweddingwasfine #mollyandharrietstuckwitheachother #harrietiskindofabitch #mollyputherinherplacethough #wtgmolly #rogervisitsmollyatthebrownings #invitetohamley #mollystillprefersosborne #whoshehasntevenmet 🙄 #osborneshowsup #brotherlove #backtothebrownings #whereharriethasvisited #slightdisaster #atleastshebehaved #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 21h

mcctrish No matter what anyone says about Harriet, she can read the room regarding Mr Preston 20h

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish aggghhh I forgot about him! #selectivememory 20h

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mcctrish It was a really long chapter that seemed to go off on tangents but, for me, Preston is bad and everyone is obsessed with Osborne for no reason 20h

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 💯 20h

willaful Yes, Harriet can be trusted on this one, I think.

I wonder if Molly is going to talk herself into being in love with Osborne, even though he's not exactly what she imagined. 19h

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish Harriet did her a solid keeping her away from creepy Mr Preston 19h

mcctrish @willaful Roger is standing right in front of her 👩‍❤️‍👨 17h

willaful @mcctrish I know! 17h

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m hoping that Molly/Roger will be endgame, and if it is, I just love how this romance is developing. I also love the way Mrs. Gaskell writes old maids! The Miss Brownings are delightful to read about! 16h

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 13: #renovationsaredone #offtothewedding #thisprestonguygivesmetheick #sortoftellsmollythatclarekeptcynthiaaway #minormrcollinsvibes #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

AllDebooks I got distracted, Iain Glenn is a very handsome man. 2d

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks 🤣 I feel that! I think he‘s going to disappoint us 2d

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peanutnine Wait, I feel like I missed something. How do we know this Preston guy? 2d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine we don‘t 🤷🏻‍♀️ we just met him today. I‘m just getting bad vibes 2d

peanutnine @BarkingMadRead okay cool, just making sure. There are so many characters to keep track of I thought I missed one 😅 2d

Ruthiella @peanutnine I think he was mentioned briefly earlier as the land manager for this estate who had done Mrs. Kirkpatrick favors like providing her with game or produce from the estate. @BarkingMadRead I agree, this guy feels skeevy.😬 2d

mcctrish Mr Preston is in love with Miss Kirkpatrick? I‘m not sure #mommydearest #notarealclare is going to approve and is Mr Gibson getting cold feet ? I hope so, this marriage is giving #titanicvibes 2d

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead possibly so 😔 2d

willaful Mr. Gibson certainly has plenty of reason for cold feet! But is there anything he can do about it now?

I kept being so uncomfortable every time Molly was allowed to be alone with this guy... what happened to being so careful of her, hmmm? 2d

Bookwormjillk We certainly shouldn‘t trust Preston 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Yes, he‘s a land agent—I had to CTRL+F his name but I did find that 😂 2d

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly gotta love technology - I had gottrm confused too! 1d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 12: #clareisgettingherway #earlywedding #nodaughtervisit #gibsonfundedit #shedidnotreturnthemoney #usedthelordstrousseaugifttopayoffdebt #sosneaky #mollywillstaywiththesisters #poorphoebe #timetorenovate #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

willaful Definitely got some Emma echoes in this chapter, with Lord Whassisface being so proud of his “matchmaking.“ If only NotClare was like Mrs. Weston!
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Bookwormjillk I feel like shaking the doctor and telling him it's not too late. 3d

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mcctrish #whatcouldgowrong #redflagslittertheground #notarealclare 3d

ElizaMarie #AllTheRedFlags !!! 3d

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful My thoughts exactly! 3d

willaful @Bookwormjillk I'm wondering if she actually going to pull off making him happy, just because she's generally so good at it. I'm honestly surprised he's not sick of her already, given he's not much for demonstrations of affection, but then again, he has been single for a long time... 3d

Ruthiella @willaful @Clare-Dragonfly I thought of Emma too! 😂 And yes to @mcctrish @ElizaMarie SO MANY RED FLAGS 🚩‼️ ⛔️⚠️🚨 3d

Bookwormjillk @willaful probably 3d

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totefairie

Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen | Jane Austen

75/100📖🎧🔖🪡🧵✂️
#prideandprejudice #janeausten #classic #ebook #audiobook #goodreads #goodreadsreadingchallenge #crossstitch #thelittleprince #totefairie

AkashaVampie My kid would love those. 💜 little prince. They want tattoos from the book. 3d

totefairie if it were me i'd like the boa constrictor for a tattoo 😅 2d

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Bookbuyingaddict

Emma | Jane Austen

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I thoroughly enjoyed Emma much more after reading Rebecca romneys Jane Austen‘s bookshelf‘s , previously I started it a few times and put it to one side finding Emma annoying , a meangirl match making busy body - Austen herself said she‘d created aheroine “whom no one but myself will much like “ oh but this book is packed with sharp observations of human nature and character, I have aneighbouris Miss bates not financially butwith verbal diarrhoea

Bookbuyingaddict so many wonderful wonderful quote so glad I had another crack at it in the 250th year anniversary . Urge everyone unconvinced 🤨 to give Emma a go . Jane Austen really was a genius 3d

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3d

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willaful

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

It will be very dull when I shall have killed myself, as it were, and live only in trying to do, and to be, as other people like. I don't see any end to it. I might as well never have lived.

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 11: #claregivingjanefairfaxvibes #answerthedamnquestion #idigress #mollyvisitsclare #sheisnotafan #claresaysalltherightthings #almost #wtfisherproblemwithcheese #maam #ladysuggestsmollylivewithclare #hellno #claredoesntwantherowndaughter #whatatrainwreck #thiscannotendwell #evendoclikedtheidea#wtfdude #mollygoesbacktohamleyintears #rogercheersherup #uhoh #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #whewthatwasclose

Lcsmcat Any Keeping Up Appearances fans here? Because Hyacinth! 😂🤣😂 4d

Cuilin I‘m not sure I would want to get between Mr. Gibson and his cheese. Also, I‘m trying to be understanding of Hyacinth, as women in the 19th century if they were not ever so slightly manipulative, they could be coerced into anything. I‘m not sure cheese is the hill I‘d want to die on though. 4d

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mcctrish Good lord help us all from Hyacinth! Is it too late to call the whole thing off? Let‘s just find Molly a husband instead of 4d

Cuilin @Lcsmcat bouquet (Bucket) residence Lady of the house speaking”. I keep thinking of her too. (edited) 4d

BarkingMadRead @cuilin I would definitely choose a better hill 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4d

willaful Cheese is the hill I would die on, as in I will die for cheese!
4d

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin you are so right about the cheese. 4d

peanutnine Uh oh Roger is paying attention to Molly....the squire would not approve 4d

ElizaMarie @willaful I‘ll die right next to you —- #ForCheese #CheeseIsLife 4d

ElizaMarie Does Molly even need a mother? Isn‘t Mr Gibson too late in thinking this would be “good” for her? Excuses? 4d

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie yeah I think he waited a smidge too long 🤣 4d

willaful @ElizaMarie I once told someone that I don't trust people who don't like cheese and I'd say I was justified! 4d

Clare-Dragonfly Some women are dripping with diamonds / Some women are dripping with pearls / Lucky me, lucky me, look at what I‘m dripping with / Little girls! (edited) 4d

eeclayton @ElizaMarie I agree that Mr G is rather late. It's weird that he tends to (both him and Mrs K actually) treat Molly like a little child but expect her to behave in a mature way. Also, Lydia Bennet had been married for over a year when she was Molly's age. Not that she'd be a good role model, I'm just comparing life stages. 4d

eeclayton @Cuilin manipulation is one thing, but what really bugs me is that she doesn't want to invite her own daughter to the wedding so that she can't outshine her. Just awful. And then there's the matter of the cheese!
Come to think of it, I wonder what kind of person Cynthia will turn out to be. 4d

Lcsmcat @Clare-Dragonfly 😂🤣 4d

Cuilin @eeclayton yeah not wanting your daughter around because she might outshine you, is problematic. 4d

Bklover @Clare-Dragonfly 🧡😂🧡😂 3d

rubyslippersreads @Lcsmcat That‘s exactly who I thought of. 3d

rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣 3d

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BarbaraJean

Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

“If you've never read Little Dorrit before, you might want to save this Introduction for an Afterword. There's no way to dance around all of Dickens's secrets and revelations and still make myself intelligible; three sentences from here, I'm going to start letting stuff slip, so if you want to bail, bail now.”

As a compulsively responsible reader who always feels obligated to read the intro, I SO appreciate this spoiler alert! #WhattheDickens

Cuilin, Texreader

willaful YES! The intro to Emma completely spoiled it for me! 4d

Lcsmcat I remember as a kid reading the intro to Romeo and Juliet before I knew the story. I was so confused about who died when! 4d

Cuilin Yeah, I always skip a forward or an introduction for this very reason of spoilers. And I also want to come up with my own impressions. If I really enjoyed the book, I will go back and read the introduction. 4d

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Tamra I usually read Intros after finishing. 😅 4d

BarbaraJean @willaful @Lcsmcat @Cuilin @Tamra Introductions to classic novels have spoiled the ending or key plot twists for me so many times, but I somehow still feel like I HAVE to read it because it‘s an intro. I guess I needed the acknowledgment and permission this editor gave me!! 4d

AnneCecilie @BarbaraJean I‘m like you and have had endings spoiled. I think people writing introductions should acknowledge that there will be a lot of first time reads and not spoil thing. I once read an introduction 50 p before the end of a chunckster and the ending was still spoiled. So now I‘ve learned my lesson 4d

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dysprosium2

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass: In One Volume | Lewis Carroll

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Re-read this book to my daughter. She's only 3 so her attention span isn't great, but she really liked the playing cards, the mock turtle, and the looking-glass insects. I asked what her favorite part of the book was and she said she liked the "slithy toves". A fun book for kids.

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 10: #wellhesgoneanddoneit #gibsonproposed #clareaccepted #youknow #soshewonthavetowork #whatcouldgowrong #mollyreactedbadly #popspitchedafit #rogerfoundmollybawling #offeredsomehelpfuladvice #timeformollytomeetclare #hyacinth #whatever #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

AllDebooks It was such a quick proposal. Talk about a 'you'll do' attitude. 😅 5d

Cuilin Marry in haste, repent at leisure. I‘m not sure this is all going work out. 5d

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mcctrish @Cuilin you said it!!!! Roger is a star ⭐️ #gettingcinderellavibes 5d

willaful Ugh, he doesn't know DIDDLY about her actual character! At least we don't have to call her Clare anymore. #UghHyacinth

Roger is a sweetheart. I'm kind of irritated by Molly, but I tend to hate gooey father-daughter relationships. It's not really her fault she's been spoiled. (edited) 5d

Bklover @willaful I‘m with you on the gooey relationship with Dad. And Dad appears to be an idiot! It‘s not like he‘s poor and marrying for money! 5d

willaful @Bklover It's hypocritical of me because I have a gooey mother-daughter relationship, lol. 5d

Bklover @willaful Me too!!! 5d

willaful @Bklover 😂 😂 😂 💝 5d

LiteraryChanteuse Great book, great mini series. 😊 5d

Clare-Dragonfly #thatescalatedquickly 5d

Ruthiella This is not a good match! 😱 5d

Lcsmcat @Cuilin 😂🤣😂 So true! 4d

ElizaMarie That proposal sucked! 4d

Bookwormjillk I feel like Hyacinth is such a passive aggressive thing to name a character you don‘t like. No offense to any Hyacinths out there. 4d

julieclair Oh Gibson, Gibson…. SUCH a bad idea. Why didn‘t you ask us first? We‘d have told you not to do it. 😵‍💫 3d

rubyslippersreads @Bookwormjillk The only Hyacinth I can think of is Hyacinth Bucket. 😆 3d

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