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Sometimes, Phoenix, I actually like you. Even when the power went out, it was cool enough tonight to be able to handle it.
#since1914
#thankyouweathergods
Current temp: 71. #heaven

TEArificbooks I have hot wind and dust in the air. Early May though it rained measurably for four days in a row and we had the wettest May ever for our area. It didn‘t rain again though and in total we got less than inch in the four days. 2w

AmyG Oh wow! 2w

dabbe @TEArificbooks Oh, I feel your pain! We're in for that soon as well. Today was just a #wtf kind of day in all the best ways possible. Where do you live? 2w

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dabbe @AmyG IKR? 2w

TEArificbooks @dabbe I am between Death Valley and Vegas 2w

TheBookHippie Is now the time to say it‘s 41F- I‘m afraid for my garden and turned on my electric blanket 😵‍💫🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ supposed to be low of 38F 😩 2w

dabbe @TEArificbooks Oh, W🔥WZA! I bow to your wow. 2w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Oh, no! What is it with the Michigan weather? My SIL lives in Port Huron, and she just texted and said it was 43F there. Holy shit. I'm saying a prayer to Mother Nature that your garden hangs in there. 💚💚💚 2w

Roary47 It rained here too! It felt like the best day. 🥰 2w

AnnCrystal Amazing 🌧️💝💝💝. 2w

dabbe @Roary47 🎯🩵🎯 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal It was! 😍 2w

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The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

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A richly detailed and emotionally complex novel that explores themes of family, societal expectations, personal freedom, and the tension between individual desires and communal obligations. Eliot presents flawed characters with nuanced motivations, making their conflicts deeply human. ⬇️

dabbe However, so much time was spent developing the characters, town, and story, that I felt the ending to be almost too abrupt and melodramatic. And a major #wtf ending! 😱 While imperfect, it remains a moving and thought-provoking work. 2w

julieclair Excellent review. 2w

Bklover Love your review!! 2w

dabbe @julieclair @Bklover TY! 😍🤩🤗 2w

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ElizaMarie

The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

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Ugh! I am going to say this one is a blah! It was super long, for that ending THAT ending!? #WTF
Anyway, thanks to the #HashtagBridgage and @BarkingMadRead fpr hosting :) I wouldn't have been able to finish this one alone.

My baby Lazlo

Bookwormjillk That ending was one of the worst I‘ve ever read 2w

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w

ShelleyBooksie I cannot with this picture ♡♡♡♡♡ I want the goofy puppy snuggle s. 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 5: #yall #thatwasalot #stephenwritestomaggie #beggingtomarryher #shealmostgivesin #flood ⁉️⁉️ #itallmakessensenow #thatfearofdrowning #maggieescapesinaboat #managestogettotom #theyheadforlucy #crash #rip #stephenmarrieslucy #phillipmournsforever #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @mcctrish @deblovestoread @dabbe @julieclair @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @thearomaofbooks @daisey @quietjenn @morr_books @leftcoastzen @kwmg40 @alldebooks @eeclayton @sparklemn @elizamarie @kao @jenlovesjt47 2w

Bookwormjillk I was kind of surprised they both went. I thought it would just be her. Thanks @barkingmadread 2w

mcctrish Thank you for leading us #iwillnevernotbemad 2w

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TheAromaofBooks Thank you for guiding us through this one!! This is my second George Eliot book and I am here to say that it will also be my last 😂 What even was the point of this. 2w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 💯 2w

dabbe The ending infuriated me. All the pages ... on and on ... such descriptions ... blah blah blah ... then BAM! Dead in one chapter. The end. #wtf? 😳 And what kind of marriage will Lucy and Stephen have. I'd always think that his true love was Maggie. What kind of marriage can come from that? At least MIDDLEMARCH had a happy ending! 2w

mcctrish @dabbe I am so mad!!! Maggie is smarter than her father, smarter than her brother, Philip is her intellectual match but he‘s a cripple so that‘s a no, Stephen is a lightweight and her cousin‘s choice so that‘s a no, let‘s kill her off cuz that‘s the fitting thing to do #knowyourplacegirls ENRAGED I am 2w

KAO Stunned! It actually crossed my mind that the author was tired of this story or didn‘t know how to end it—so, ta daa! A dangerous flood occurs to shut it all down with fatal consequences! The End. Argh! Ah well, thanks for leading us through this one, @BarkingMadRead! 2w

Ruthiella Thank you @BarkingMadRead for once again leading us through the breach! I likely would have not read this otherwise. I‘m glad to have it under my belt, even though it was a frustrating read at times. 2w

eeclayton Joining the #wtf club. It was interesting to realize that out of the 3 times we saw Maggie in a boat, the only time she was safe was when she was threatened by the flood, floating with no male companion in the vessel. But the I still don't understand why the siblings had to be killed off like this.
Thanks @barkingmadread for leading us through another difficult read that I would probably have given up on without our lovely group 💕 2w

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 2w

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks 🎯🩵🎯 2w

dabbe @KAO 🎯🩵🎯 2w

dabbe @Ruthiella 🎯🩵🎯 2w

dabbe @eeclayton 🎯🩵🎯 2w

dabbe All hail @BarkingMadRead, the hostess with the mostest! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Thanks for leading us yet again through a challenging read with an unbelievable #wtf ending. On to Ms. Gaskell! Love this #hashtagbrigade! 😍 2w

ElizaMarie #WTF 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Bleh! All the flooding and drowning was definitely foreshadowed effectively… but bleh! Thanks for leading us @TheAromaofBooks 😘 2w

AllDebooks Wow, what a cop out of an ending. Thank you @BarkingMadRead for keeping us sane and amused through yet another chunker 😊 2w

Leftcoastzen Thank you @BarkingMadRead all that for that ending ?😡🤬 2w

BarkingMadRead @Leftcoastzen @AllDebooks @dabbe that ending was garbage 🙄 2w

julieclair @AllDebooks I agree 💯. So disappointing after aaaalllllll those pages. @BarkingMadRead You are the best leader ever! 2w

BarkingMadRead @julieclair thank you!! 2w

kwmg40 I feel the same way as everyone else about that ending. Thank you @BarkingMadRead for hosting! I'm sorry I didn't contribute much to the discussion but I did enjoy following along with the #hashtagbrigade. 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 3: #mumcomparesmaggietoherfurniture #wtf #phillipwritesabeautifulletter #hestilllovesandbelivesinmaggie #yetmaggiestillhatesherself #iblametom #also #moredrowningreferences #thisdoesnotbodewell #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish It was a beautiful letter ❤️❤️❤️ I‘m so infuriated! All these people pushing and pulling Maggie around and she‘s just trying to do her best 3w

AllDebooks This is grinding my gears now. Maggie should tell them all to feck off. She should ask Tom for a small allowance and get gone to a new life with found family and better friends. 3w

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BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks for real! 3w

dabbe It's hard to believe, but if only Maggie had gone through with the elopement with Stephen, she would have caused less damage, and Philip and Lucy would have eventually moved on with their lives. Now that Maggie is determined to stay in town, she is making it impossible for Stephen to have a possible reconciliation, either with herself or with Lucy. Moreover, her presence in town will keep the wound open in Philip's heart. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t love Philip telling her he would have committed suicide if he didn‘t love her so much. Keep that to yourself, my man. I‘m glad you had something to hold onto but don‘t make Maggie feel guilty. 3w

Leftcoastzen Maggie can‘t get a break. It was a lovely letter, everyone seems stuck cuz Maggie is stuck .😞 3w

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dabbe

1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Well, this one oughta be fun! I'm such a sucker for book lists. 🤣
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging Littens who played last week. 🤩

BkClubCare, DebinHawaii, peaKnit, melissajayne, Soubhiville, BarkingMadRead, tpixie, AmyG, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Kshakal, CogsOfEncouragement, Susanita, Lynnsoprano, BethM, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, TheLudicReader, jenniferw88, julesG, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, Eggs, Amor4Libros, Bookwormjillk, Read4life, MonicaLoves2Read, rwmg, CSeydel, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, Butterfinger, ChaoticMissAdventures, Cupcake12, lil1inblue, Lesliereadsalot, willaful, AnnCrystal, BooksandCoffee4Me

Librarybelle I got 16, but there are so many I‘m in the middle of but did not count because I did not finish them. Some I‘ve not heard of before and others are on my to read list. 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead 27 for me (I counted two that I‘m currently reading) 1mo

lil1inblue Uh oh. This era does not bode well for me... 😂 1mo

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BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, 22 only! Jane Austen saved me on this one. So many I‘d not heard of but look interesting! Remembered how much I loved Woman in White. Thanks for the tag @dabbe 💛 1mo

CSeydel Just 11. Not bad for a STEM major, though, right? … right?? 1mo

CSeydel Probably another 11 on my TBR. But most of them I hadn‘t heard of 😔 1mo

Amor4Libros I got 1…Moby Dick! 🤣🤣 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle 🎯🩵🎯 Most from the 1700s, I'm like 😳! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Thank goodness for the #hashtagbrigade! We were able to count quite a few! (and I included MILL ON THE FLOSS since we will be finished soon). Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯🩵🎯! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me #ditto! I adored WOMAN IN WHITE! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @CSeydel R.I.G.H.T.! 🤣😍🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @CSeydel 🎯🩵🎯! 1mo

dabbe @Amor4Libros And I only read “Call me Ishmael“ and called it a day! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Got 22, which is not too bad for a Lit major focusing on contemporary texts! 1mo

dabbe @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards I think you'll kick some serious ass as we move forward in years! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵📚🩵 1mo

willaful Only 20 for me! Would be a bit higher if I had participated in *all* the #HashtagBrigade reads. ;-) Nothing I especially want to read but certainly might if the brigade does them. :-) 1mo

peaKnit I know face slaps are not allowed but @dabbe…I got 4 😂 thank gosh for Jane Austen. 1mo

shortsarahrose I got 12, which is honestly better than I expected (thanks mostly to actually liking 19th century American lit - Melville, Hawthorne, Poe). Sorrows of Young Werther should count twice cause I read it in German 😆 (surprised that with three Goethe texts on the list, Faust wasn‘t one of them! I guess maybe because it‘s technically a play?) 1mo

Bklover 18- thanks to #hashtagbrigade and Jane Austen. There are quite a few I hadn‘t even heard of! 1mo

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 🥰💛🏷 1mo

Bookwormjillk Lucky 13. Grateful for#PemberLittens and #HashtagBrigade 🤣 1mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I definitely counted Mill on the Floss. We‘re almost done! 1mo

Read4life Thanks for the tag!! 💙📚💙 1mo

tpixie @Daisey 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh! It is too bad they couldn't find a few more 😂 thanks for the tag! 1mo

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! I‘m going to get my book out before I do the survey as my memory was much better back then. 1mo

Daisey @tpixie I went through and have read 39 (including currently reading Mill on the Floss). I‘ll have to watch for these the next few weeks. 1mo

dabbe @willaful The #hashtagbrigade saved my sorry ass! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @peaKnit I think the only one I read from the 1700s was GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. The others I was like 😳. 🤣 We'll get better as the list moves forward a few years!
Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @shortsarahrose Yep, I think plays don't count, though they should. And you should count it twice! I read COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO in French, and I counted it twice. I needed all the help I could get! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @Bklover IKR? 1700s was like 😳!!! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😍 1mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk IKR? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I did, too! 🤣 1mo

dabbe @Read4life YW! 😍 1mo

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures 🤣😍🤣 1mo

dabbe @Deblovestoread You have this book? How cool is that? I'm thinking of getting it! 😍 1mo

dabbe @Daisey You beat my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

AnnCrystal Thank You For The Tag 📚😉👍🏼💝. (edited) 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 1mo

Lesliereadsalot Thanks for the tag but I can barely remember what I had for lunch let alone books from my far past! 🩷 1mo

AnnCrystal Whispering again...👀...Zero!

I did watch many as movies, but it's been years.

1 - Carmilla. Long Time TBR book (I'm horrible, still need to read Dracula too).

Movies

2- North and South I saw one version of this many years ago and fell in love with the story

3- Orson Welles In Jane Eyre 💝💝💝.

📚💝. (edited) 1mo

melissajayne 17/100 1mo

rwmg 39 including 2 I DNF-ed (Clarissa and Tristam Shandy).
1mo

Eggs 6 🙀🙄!!! 1mo

julesG I might have read 13 books from that list. 1mo

julesG @shortsarahrose I had similar thoughts about Goethe and was wondering why a few others were missing. Them being plays might be the reason. 1mo

Amiable I don‘t even care about my score —the fact that I could check off “Clarissa” caused me to shout “YES!!” and pump my fist in celebration. 🎉 ☝🏼😀 1mo

tpixie 12. It said the average was 18! 1mo

TheLudicReader Hahahahaha. 8. 1mo

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 😍 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal I adored OW as Rochester! That's my favorite version, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @melissajayne Those 1700s! #oy 😳 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @rwmg You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @Eggs Thank goodness we're past the 1700s! I was like 😳 when I saw those books! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @julesG I was all about the “might“ on this list. 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @julesG I think you're right. 🎯 1mo

dabbe @Amiable Is that like the longest book in the English language? I don't think I could even attempt--nor would I want to! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @tpixie Together we average 18.5, so we're good! 😍 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader Reading with the #hashtagbrigade and loving Austen are the only two things that gave me a few more books. 1700s? #wtf 😳 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 1mo

Amiable @dabbe It is the longest! I couldn‘t have gotten through it without the Litsy #Clarissa crew. 1mo

dabbe @Amiable I barely made it through WAR AND PEACE, so I don't know if I could even fathom reading this one! Was the writing good? 1mo

tpixie @dabbe I like your math! 1mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🤩👍🏼😍🎬💝. 1mo

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Only 8 from these. I should check a few of these out. I don't remember much about A Modest Proposal other than a one line plot description, but I know I thought it was clever. Wild that we read it in school. I enjoy Edgar Allan Poe, so those two are probably the favorites. I've seen Emma on film and read a graphic novel. I'm counting that in my tally because I've decided that Austen novels just aren't for me. 1mo

dabbe This was me looking through the ones from the 1700s: 😳😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1mo

ImperfectCJ I'm late taking this quiz, but I got 21. I want to read Candide and The Sorrows of Young Werther. I've read everything by Austen so if there'd been a few more of those, I would have gotten a higher score. :-) 1mo

dabbe @ImperfectCJ 🎯 re: Austen. I have WERTHER on my TBR, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 1mo

RaeLovesToRead 5 :/ 1mo

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead For pretty much all of the 1700 books, I was like 😳. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 1mo

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Hooked_on_books

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism | Sarah Wynn-Williams

According to Sarah, Mark Zuckerberg believes Andrew Jackson was the best president of the US. WOW. That says so very much.

Aims42 😂😂😂 2mo

Librarybelle OMG. That definitely says a lot! Ugh! 2mo

BookmarkTavern Oh look, I CAN think less of him. 😂 Gross. (edited) 2mo

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Hooked_on_books @BookmarkTavern 😂 2mo

TheBookHippie Lord. 🫣😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ 2mo

Ruthiella No. Not possible! 😱 2mo

lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 I didn't think I could loathe this man more. I guess I was incorrect. But also, color me unsurprised. 2mo

dabbe #wtf? And like @lil1inblue ... not surprised. 🙄 2mo

Chrissyreadit @BookmarkTavern 🤣🤣🤣 2mo

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