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Ch 19: #cynthiacomeshome #mamadoesntevenmeetthecarriage #wontletmollygo #wtf #cynthiaismynewfave #zerofucksgiven #knowsanawfullotaboutthehamleys #doesnotlikehermama #shocker #thiscouldbefuntowatch #ripMrsH #sosad #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 4mo

TheAromaofBooks My inclination is to like Cynthia, but we'll have to see if she ends up taking advantage of Molly's good nature. 4mo

Ruthiella Mrs. Gibson‘s indifference anyone being there to greet Cynthia at the train is sad. She hasn‘t seen her daughter in TWO YEARS? (edited) 4mo

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Bookwormjillk I surprised myself by liking Cynthia today. This is a long book huh? 4mo

mcctrish I don‘t not like Cynthia but anyone who says they don‘t love anyone but will choose to love Molly seems a bit sketch 4mo

ElizaMarie @Ruthiella and the whole sending her away immediately after her daddy died - that Mrs G is not maternal at all!!!! 4mo

Bklover I‘m with all of you! Cynthia seems wonderful in spite of the neglect of her mother. Hope it holds up! A teeny bit concerned that they might end up wanting the same guy. @Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly Hmm, I‘m reserving judgment on Cynthia. I like her forthrightness, but I‘m nervous about her saying she doesn‘t love anyone! 4mo

dabbe I have finally caught up! 🤣🤣🤣 Whew! 😅 Cynthia reminds me of Estella in GREAT EXPECTATIONS: icily cold and knows it. I'm reserving judgment on her as well, though I do like her WAY more than her mother. Holy guacamole on her! 4mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 32: y‘all. This chapter was so random. #townlife #sickfolks #pleasedontmakemethatjelly 🤢#beerbrewing #bathtime #poorjoe #thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #theclergymanandwife #sosad #allsorandom #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 9mo

willaful Yeah, back to the lack of narrative. 😂 Joe's story made me very sad, because my daughter is disabled and I worry so much about what will happen when we're gone, especially now. I bet poor Joe's mother was fretted to death about it. 9mo

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BarkingMadRead @willaful I worked with special needs kids before I retired, and stuff like this makes me crazy. I have zero patience for it 9mo

Bookwormjillk So random. I thought it was because I was sleepy and dozing off, but then I went back to read again and nope. Just random. 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I had so much trouble focusing 🤣 9mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm guessing still no plot? 😆 9mo

TheAromaofBooks I've always read about calf's foot jelly in old books as a great delicacy, and I can see why after reading about how time-consuming and complicated it is to make... but I definitely don't want to try it! 😐 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig I feel like we got teased with some plot and then it was snatched away 🤣 9mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks hard pass 🤣🤣 9mo

AllDebooks Some things belong in the past, like that jelly 🫣 9mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks the jelly and fox hunting!! 9mo

dabbe I gotta admit, I skimmed through this chapter and read like this: the dull green blahblahblah ... the interesting green ... blahblahblah ... fox hunting omg skip ... disgusting jelly omg skip ... blahblahblah reverend and wife then both die + congregation ... blahblahblah done. 😂 9mo

willaful I had trouble concentrating too. Thought it was the ambien. 😂 9mo

mcctrish How we get from #outwiththeoldinwiththenew clergy to Luney Joe to who takes a bath where and when is beyond me @dabbe there‘s skip and then there is skim 9mo

Bklover @willaful This made me laugh!!😂😂 9mo

willaful @Bklover glad to be of service. :-) 9mo

dabbe @mcctrish Perhaps a skip would be better--as in today's chapter as well! #oy 9mo

mcctrish @dabbe maybe skip to the end 🤣🤣🤣 9mo

dabbe @mcctrish If you will, I will. 🤩 But since I did do that for verdant-verdure UDOLPHO, I feel obligated to see this through. Sooooooo close! 😂 9mo

mcctrish @dabbe we are so close it has to count either way 🤣🤣😆 9mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.8: a blessedly short chapter about Valancourt #sosad #sosad #sosad #partytime 🎉🎉🎉 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 11mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 11mo

TheAromaofBooks Mine morning routine is now to count the pages of today's chapter and I was SO HAPPY today 😂 11mo

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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks such a gift 🤣🤣🤣 11mo

TheAromaofBooks Really the #sosad #sosad #sosad #partytime tags kind of describe my feelings towards the last few days' chapters 😂 😂 😂 11mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 11mo

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂😂 11mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks OMG ... so true!!!! 😂😂😂 11mo

mcctrish I realized at the start of my reading today we are only 43% through this nonsense and I could cry. And then we get a short chapter which I should be thrilled about, except we‘ve been reading for 100 years and nothing but crying has happened except V, after moping around in Emily‘s absence has moved to Paris to become a club kid 🤯 #wherethefuckisthisgoing (edited) 11mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 this is scarily accurate 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t like the short chapters! I am updating my reading percentage daily in Storygraph and when the percentage stays the same Storygraph thinks I haven‘t read any of this book 🤣 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly So V hung around until his regiment couldn‘t do without him anymore. And since they needed him so badly he… made social connections and started a gambling habit? 🤨 11mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly boys are dumb and story graph needs to understand that 🤷🏻‍♀️ 11mo

ElizaMarie @MccTrish - YES!!! This book needs to #DOSOMETHING !!! #GOSOMEWHERE !! 11mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly StoryGraph will not like my Serial app micro-aggression reading style 🤣🤣 11mo

mcctrish @ElizaMarie it‘s ridiculous 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish micro-aggression is a good way to read this book 🤣 It isn‘t Storygraph‘s fault, I would be able to use page numbers if I were reading a physical book, but also there‘s *no way* I would read this in hard copy! 11mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly same 11mo

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BarkingMadRead

Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 17: poor Jan, what a disaster #beatriceisagoodfriend #maxisanass #asifjanwoulddothatonpurpose #frankisadarling #hetriessohard #firstandlastballatmanderley #foreshadowing #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair
2y

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 2y

Clare-Dragonfly I think Jan should have gone ahead and stayed in her room. Let Maxim deal with the consequences! He deserves to squirm a little! (edited) 2y

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Clare-Dragonfly I mean, she ALSO should have told Beatrice about Danny setting her up. But let‘s be real, that was never going to happen. 2y

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly and she had the perfect opportunity! Whyyyyyy did she not?!? 2y

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly YES! She should have told Max and Bea about Mrs Danvers. 2y

peanutnine She definitely should have told them about Danvers but like @Clare-Dragonfly I'm not surprised she didn't. She doesn't seem to realize that she has power over her as an employer. But she probably thought they wouldn't believe her 2y

daena Maxim is the worst! As the chapters move forward my disgust of him grows. 2y

willaful @daena I'm really feeling why the author was pissed at this being called a romance. 2y

daena @willaful totally! 💯 2y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @daena same! 2y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly I never under when characters don't tell what happened. I would be yelling it out. And #DreadfulDanny would be packing her bags. Honestly if she just told Bea she would have told Maxim and he would have fired Mrs D immediately. 2y

Crinoline_Laphroaig ^understand. Litsy needs edit option on comments! 2y

dabbe I, too, want the narrator to snap back and have a backbone, but she just doesn't. She's terrified of Danvers (and even Maxim at times) and is so UNSURE of herself that she can't fight back. Max wanted her as Alice in Wonderland--fiitting since Alice is a complete innocent, not worldly like Rebecca or Caroline de Winter. The irony is, though, that Max is primarily responsible for Jan's loss of innocence. #sosad 😞 2y

Ruthiella @dabbe Perfect analysis! 👌 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine @Crinoline_Laphroaig @dabbe @Ruthiella - I'm interested to see if Jan even REALIZES that Danny set her up. I think she is going to excuse Mrs. D with a kind of “oh she didn't know people would be upset/it was an accident“ thing. 2y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks that‘s a good point, although that creepy smile on Mrs D should hopefully clue her in! 2y

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks If she does that, it will totally be a throw-the-book moment for me! 2y

peanutnine @julieclair @TheAromaofBooks omg same! Hopefully she isn't THAT naive by now 2y

dabbe @Ruthiella 😘 2y

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks Agree! Jan wanted so much to believe that Danny was finally being nice to her that she had the rose-colored glasses look in her eyes. And, too true, @BarkingMadRead. That smirk and the closing of the door in the west wing should have been HUGE clues for Jan. What a scene! 2y

ElizaMarie #FireDanny 2y

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BarkingMadRead

Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy

#thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 2y

Cuilin That ending 😢 💔 2y

Deblovestoread I finished a few days ago. What a heartbreaking story. How I wanted happiness for Tess and how I wanted the men who let her down to pay. So glad to have finally read this classic even with its sadness. Thanks for keeping me motivated! 2y

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currentlyreadinginCO This was fun to read together! Poor Tess! 2y

Bookwormjillk That about sums it up. The one thing I remember about reading this in high school is my teacher going into a deep explanation about Stonehenge. I guess because if he told us what this book was really about he would have been fired? 2y

TheBookHippie It‘s just #SOSAD …. Thanks for pulling us through!!! 2y

quietjenn Thanks for leading us through a terrific, and terrifically devastating read. Can't believe I remembered almost nothing of it. 2y

Ruthiella Thank for your fearless leadership @BarkingMadRead ! 👏👏👏🤩 The subtitle to this book should be “a novel of poor communication and bad timing”! 2y

eeclayton Thanks for leading us @BarkingMadRead and thanks everyone for your comments and posts. I couldn't take part in the discussions as much as I had wanted to because it was a really busy period for me both at work and in private, but I was following and enjoying your comments all the while 💕 Hardy broke my heart but I loved the book all the same! 2y

dabbe Thanks @BarkingMadRead for getting us through this. 🤗 Tess will stay with me for a long time. I'd add that the moral of the story is to never fall asleep on the side of the road in the middle of a dark night. 😃 2y

julieclair Absolutely heartbreaking ending. 💔 Thanks, @BarkingMadRead for your (as always) excellent leadership through this sad tale. 2y

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe One of a number of morals, I‘d say! Another might be “don‘t rape women, even if they are asleep, no matter how hot you think they are.” 2y

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🤩 2y

Daisey I knew going in that this was not going to be happy, but it was also quite different from what I expected. I also liked it better than expected. After his treatment of Tess, I was kind of hoping Angel was just going to waste away from his illness, rather than get another chance. 2y

Bklover What a wonderful and brutally sad book! I do find it frustrating that Angel gets another chance with Tess‘s sister! Thanks @BarkingMadRead for your guidance and humor. Definitely the only way I got through this one! 2y

KAO Thanks for the company and much needed comic relief on this journey with poor Tess! This was my first group read done with a paced plan, and the encouragement helped get me through a challenging book. I enjoyed it—even if there was some gnashing of teeth at every tragic turn! 2y

eeclayton @Daisey I was hoping that too! 2y

BarkingMadRead @KAO I wish we had something more fun for you to start with 🤣 2y

Bluebird Thanks @BarkingMadRead i had remembered so little of this book from my prior read that this felt like the first time. So terribly sad! You really helped get us all through this tragic book. I really enjoyed(!?!) this group reading. 2y

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jb72

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

#bookfitnesschallenge #grumpycat
I am a day late posting my weekly update (very sick yesterday-didn‘t want to move). I was able to get in 3 gardening sessions and 1 meditation so I hit my goal. I also read or listened to 7 short stories/books (703 pages). I‘ll count that as 2 books out of 6 for my goal. Points: I‘ll edit once I count them up. My favorite was the Grumpy Cat book. #shewillbemissed #sosad

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JaclynW Sorry you have been sick! I hope a speedy recovery is on its way! 6y

jb72 @JaclynW Thanks! I‘m much better now. Maybe it was food poisoning?! Much to do today (chores - boo!). 6y

JaclynW @jb72 I'm glad you feel better! Chores can wait! Take one more day to recover! 🙂 6y

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wanderinglynn Glad to hear you‘re feeling better! Great first week 🙌🏻 6y

BookwormAHN I'm glad you're feeling better, nice first week 👏🏻 6y

Erin7 Sorry to hear you‘ve been feeling bad. Good for you for pushing through. 6y

alisiakae Hope you're feeling better! So sad that Grumpy Cat passed away this week. 😩 6y

jb72 Thank you all so much! 6y

VanChocStrawberry Sorry you were sick! I was sad to hear about grumpy cat, too. :( here‘s to a healthy week 2! 6y

Clwojick Hope you‘re feeling better now. 💕 6y

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rather_be_reading

Magnolia Story | Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines

I am abt to watch the last episode of Fixer Upper 😭😭 #myfavshow #sosad

BlameJennyJane I‘ve been bingeing on the almost all day. I‘m still a few episodes behind but I‘m not sure I‘m ready to be done yet with the series! 😦 8y

litmuggle1 I feel your pain i don't want to live on reruns 8y

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chavalah

The Chalk Artist | Allegra Goodman

so-so

That feeling you get when a favorite author produces subpar work. :( #sosad Goodman is usually great at criticizing systems we subscribe to--see INTUITION, KAATERSKILL FALLS. This is a shallow books vs video games screed. I wish she'd focused more on her teacher and a three dimensional high school experience. The video corp storyline was contrived and convenient. Startlingly one dimensional villain there, did nothing enlightening for the story

Tanzy13 🐱 8y

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freyaheart

1984 | George Orwell

Rest in peace John Hurt. You brought some of the best literary characters to life. 😭🕯

sprainedbrain 😢 9y

Missusb Oh no. I just went to see Jackie last night, & there he was. #sosad 9y

DGRachel 😭💔 9y

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