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Bookwormjillk

Shirley | Charlotte Bront�

#breakfastandabook although this chapter is so long it will probably turn into #lunchandabook too #hashtagbrigade

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Andrea313

Shirley | Charlotte Bront�

Shakespeare has entered the chat! Caroline spends the evening with Hortense and Robert, and Coriolanus becomes the driver of romance, admonition, and maybe a bunch of foreshadowing?? Will the citizens rebel and will Moore refuse to heed their suffering? Will he be overthrown? Will a female family member push him to be peaceful at last?? Anyway, cast your vote for your fave bloody general of the 4 above - McKellen, Hiddleston, Fiennes, or Branagh?

Andrea313 #HashtagBrigade #HortenseLovesNeedlework #BelgianStereotypes #CarolineIsFlirtingForHerLife #GirlToneItDown #ReadingIsRomantic #ThatArmOnTheBackOfTheCouch #Suggestive #RobertIsFeelingIt #CarolineCallsHimOutOnTreatmentOfTheWorkers #GoodForHer 19h

eeclayton Following up on yesterday's conversation: Moore actually went the Willoughby way and enjoyed some literature with her 😁
Definitely Hiddleston. 17h

Andrea313 @eeclayton Next we'll see them wax rhapsodic about the sonnets. 😂 Solid choice on Hiddleston, though I'd just about give an arm or leg to have seen McKellan. 16h

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mcctrish

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Where is Shirley? asks the #hashtagbrigade taking a minute out of my wheel spinning aka starting a million things, getting nothing done to read today‘s chapter ‘Coriolanus‘ Shakespeare? and no Shirley no doubt and I‘m wondering “is this where heavens to Murgatroyd “ came from? I‘ve never seen this name in print before but I‘ve heard it ( Bugs Bunny I‘m sure, where all my knowledge comes from )

BookishMarginalia Love the pic and the mug! 21h

mcctrish @BookishMarginalia I bought one for my sister too, they were table favours at Christmas and we drank our wine from them 21h

Bookwormjillk Bugs Bunny for the win 21h

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BarkingMadRead

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Ch 6: #thecoriolanusimpicturing #shakespeare #hortenseistheworst #carolinehasacrush #robertleadsheron #whatadick #thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #countdowntoshirley #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @kwmg40 @thebookhippie @eeclayton @jacqmac @daisey @mcctrish @elizamarie @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @thearomaofbooks @larkken @bklover @barbarajean @dabbe @cuilin @lil1inblue 24h

BarkingMadRead @willaful @austen_meets_annie @cindymylifeislit @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @quietjenn @melissajayne @tineke @alldebooks @julieclair @kao @andrea313 @deblovestoread @librarybelle 24h

Bookwormjillk Chapter 6 and I am finally starting to understand who some of these people are. 24h

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Ruthiella I wonder if C and R will marry and are Shirley‘s parents? 22h

mcctrish How old is Robert? Not that things like this matter in these olden times 🙄 and #horriblehortense IS insufferable 21h

eeclayton @Ruthiella that's a good theory! 20h

eeclayton @mcctrish in his early thirties, if I remember well 20h

ElizaMarie So I was confused about Moore, like does he like her or just likes her attention and is playing with her. Up till the end of the chapter I thought that he was playing with her- but then his last comment —- 20h

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk #ditto 🙃 19h

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella Oh, good thought! 19h

lil1inblue @ElizaMarie I get so many shady vibes from Moore! I think he likes that she likes him, but doesn't necessarily like her. But I guess we shall see! 19h

willaful @lil1inblue I'm a romantic so I prefer to think he's in love against his will and will find out! On the other hand, I see no happy ending for them. 18h

lil1inblue @willaful I could see that, as well, now that you mention it! I dislike his inconsistency with her, but I see where it could be because of conflict. But since it's a Bronte, I agree that there will be no happy ending. 😂 17h

Clare-Dragonfly I cackled out loud—don‘t know why I didn‘t think of this Coriolanus 🤣 They read an ENTIRE Shakespeare play and still had time for music and poetry?! I guess these English winter evenings are long but wow… 15h

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Andrea313

Shirley | Charlotte Bront�

We have a LOT to unpack in today's chapter! We meet Moore's self-important sister, Hortense who venerates her brother but hates the local villagers. To be fair, they laughed in her face when my good sis rocked up to church in her finest wooden clogs. But in between the family talk, we see that Robert engages in the practice of the day of hiring literal CHILDREN in his mill and also is maybe hitting on a child, 17 year old Caroline Helstone. 😬

Tamra Can you imagine breaking those in? 😅 2d

Andrea313 #HashtagBrigade #HortenseTheImperious #SeriouslyGirlNobodyOwesYouDeference #RobertHiresChildren #ButHeDoesntHitThem #NiceGuyShit #CarolineRun #NoForRealGTFO 2d

BarkingMadRead Those shoes are 🔥🔥 I don‘t know what anyone is complaining about 🤣 2d

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Andrea313 @Tamra It would be such hell! 2d

Andrea313 @BarkingMadRead Right?? Anyone coming to the function in those has my total admiration. 2d

eeclayton Well, agewise it's similar to the Marianne/Brandon situation. 2d

Andrea313 @eeclayton Definitely! And of course not generally uncommon at the time. Let's hope Moore wears a flannel waistcoat and turns Caroline right off! 2d

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willaful

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

My thoughts while reading chapter 5.

#HashTagBrigade #IGuessSomeThingsNeverChange @BarkingMadReads

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 2d

lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 23h

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BarkingMadRead

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Ch 5: #childrenworkinginthemill #mooreliveswithhissis #hortensehatesitthere #aheseemsabitparanoid #cousincarolinecomesforlessons #morefrench #carolineandmoore ⁉️ #wheresshirley #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @willaful @austen_meets_annie @cindymylifeislit @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @quietjenn @melissajayne @tineke @alldebooks @julieclair @kao @andrea313 @deblovestoread @librarybelle 2d

willaful I keep wanting to go look up who Shirley is and then thinking, “no, no, I'm keen to guess!“ 2d

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Ruthiella Definitely something going on between Caroline and Moore! Also, see how times have changed. Brontë has apparently no issue with child labor as long as they are not mistreated. 2d

BarkingMadRead @willaful exactly! When she arrives, we will have to throw a party 🤣 2d

Bookwormjillk Some day Shirley is going to show up and I hope we‘re not disappointed 2d

melissajayne Shirley arrives in Chapters 11 2d

eeclayton @Ruthiella that's a great point. She mentions it as something completely normal and acceptable. 2d

Bklover @Ruthiella Yes!!! 2d

melissajayne @Bookwormjillk she shows up in Chapter 11 2d

Clare-Dragonfly @eeclayton Of course. It was, at the time. I have been on a ghost tour of an old cotton mill many times and the number of child ghosts… 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Apparently I was wrong about Shirley being Moore‘s sister! 2d

ElizaMarie I like the comment about asking the teen about attire. Caroline seems like a fun character 2d

mcctrish @Ruthiella I had to reread it, I was thinking why are all the children coming to the mill? Did I misread something? Is this school? Wait? Child labour? Oh it‘s okay to be dinged a penny for being the last to arrive cuz no one gets hit 🤷🏻‍♀️🤯 2d

Deblovestoread Sis has a very high opinion of herself… 1d

lil1inblue @mcctrish I kind of lost the thread for a minute myself. And your last sentence was almost my exact thought last night. 😳 23h

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Andrea313

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

These dudes, with their love triangles, infighting, and grudges! Don't ever let anyone tell you men are not full-on bringing the drama all. the. damn. time. We learn more about Yorke today, and you know what? I mostly love him; I can hardly ever resist a "rebel and blasphemer". Alas, he also succumbs to the drama and the chapter ends with him angrily throwing everyone out of his house. These men - so emotional! #HashtagBrigade

Andrea313 #HearMeOut #YorkeIsWellEducatedAndWellTraveled #HeBowsToNoMan #HatesTheExploitativeRich #KnowsKingsAreBullshit #KnowsPriestsAreJustAsBad #StandsUpToPushyAssholes #LoveForMaryStandsTheTestOfTime #HatesAManOnHerBehalf #ThatsOnAllyship #MaybeTooProudAndJudgemental #ButIDontHateHim #Yet 3d

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣 3d

willaful You just can't trust men at that time... of ever. 😂 3d

Austen_meets_Annie 🤣 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Ch 4: #wahwahwah #helstonegotthegirl #ignoredthegirl #thegirldied #wahwahwah #yorkehateshelstoneforit #helstoneisclueless #wahwahwah #yorkekicksthemout #wheresshirley #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @willaful @austen_meets_annie @cindymylifeislit @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @quietjenn @melissajayne @tineke @alldebooks @julieclair @kao @andrea313 @deblovestoread @librarybelle 3d

Bklover No kidding! Where IS Shirley?! And is Shirley female? Back then (until the Shirley Temple era) Shirley was a man‘s name. Who knows. 🤔 3d

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dabbe I thought LARK RISE was hard to get going ... but this ... 😳 3d

Bookwormjillk I‘m glad I‘m not the only one struggling with this. I thought it was just a post holiday potato coma or something 3d

lil1inblue @dabbe @bookwormjillk If I didn't know better, I would wonder if I'm reading the right book. Such a slow start! 3d

KAO Every time that the narrator addresses us directly as readers, I hear the voice of Lady Whistledown from the “Bridgerton” series in my head: “Dear Reader…”! 3d

ElizaMarie @KAO ooo me too! I kinda liked her addressing us throughout! 3d

Deblovestoread Same! It reminds me why I didn‘t make it very far the first time. She‘s got to be showing up soon! Was Brontë hoping this beginning would draw in the men? ? 3d

julieclair I‘m on the struggle bus too. Surely things will pick up soon… 2d

mcctrish I skipped reading yesterday because taking down Christmas sucked up all my time - lord above this is dry as a desert! @KAO I really wish some salacious gossip from Lady Whistledown would get interspersed with this #yorkeisintolerantofeverybody #shirleymustbeinudolpho @dabbe who knew we‘d miss Lark Rise @Deblovestoread does Charlotte not hate men? She writes them all as utter boors 2d

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dabbe

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

#12BooksOf2025 @TheEllieMo

October: BRIDESHEAD REVISITED

LOVED reading this with the #hashtagbrigade! 🩶🤍🩶

Leftcoastzen Awww ! A favorite of mine! 3d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen I loved it! 🩶 3d

TheEllieMo That‘s my book for 1945 in the #192030 challenge sorted! 3d

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dabbe @TheEllieMo I'd like to start this. What did you or are you reading for 1920? 3d

TheEllieMo @dabbe I haven‘t started it yet but I‘m planning on reading

The Age of Innocence

dabbe @TheEllieMo Ooh, excellent choice. I wonder if I can count it if I've already read it? 🤔 That's my favorite Wharton, and the movie is sublime as well. 3d

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