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Brideshead Revisited (75th Anniversary Edition) (Special) | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 3.3: I had just seen a video of Jennifer Coolidge and it made me think of Beryl 🤷🏻‍♀️ #anyway #twoyearslater #juliawantsaweddingandababy #brideyisgettingmarried #wontbringhertomeetjulia #rexandjuliawillhavetomove #charlieandjuliakindofflauntitinfrontofrex #imconflicted #talkofhitler #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 1d

Cuilin “He seems to have a penchant for my children” says Papa Flyte. lol 1d

willaful @Cuilin that made me lol too! 1d

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willaful So I spent most of this chapter diagnosing people. 🙄 Brideshead, autistic. Charles... I dunno but very cold in a perturbing way. Julia, maybe pregnant? She seems like the only person with understandable human feelings and I wonder if it's her curse to fall for men who can't properly support her. 1d

ElizaMarie @Cuilin 😂 1d

mcctrish @willaful Julia being pregnant makes sense because she is all over the place in her emotions 1d

Clare-Dragonfly I guess I was wrong about Celia pushing for divorce. They have to stay together for the children he never sees 🙄 Maybe she just didn‘t want him around at home begging for sex. 1d

Sparklemn @Cuilin Loved this! 😂 1d

Sparklemn @mcctrish @willaful I agree. Pregnant totally makes sense. (edited) 1d

Sparklemn @BarkingMadRead I pictured Kathleen Turner 1d

BarkingMadRead @Sparklemn ohhhhh that‘s a good one! 1d

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly I think she's setting things up so that however things go, she comes out smelling like roses. 1d

lil1inblue @willaful Totally agree about Brideshead. And an argument could be made that Sebastian has ADHD. 13h

lil1inblue @Cuilin That gave me a good chuckle, as well. 😅 13h

willaful @lil1inblue And/or what they now call PDA. He reminds me of my daughter. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-mental-health/202410/5-things-to-... 9h

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.4: #painting #winetasting #camelopard #dude #thatsagiraffe #anyway #wemeetthefam #bigfanofcordelia #offtovenice #onsebastiansdime #hisdadisintereating #caraseesall #veryastute #lotsoffuntheories #backhomeagain #popswasworriedaboutsebastian 🤣 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 1w

Bookwormjillk Pop was worried 😂

I'm a Cordelia fan too. 1w

willaful Haven't finished the chapter yet, but the wine tasting scene is hilarious! “Like the last unicorn.“
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dabbe @BarkingMadRead I was looking over the chapters, and a few of them are 40-60 pages. I'm okay powering through, but I do have a modified reading schedule if anyone is interested; we'd still finish well before the end of September. Starting with tomorrow, here it is:
9/13: Ch. 5, first half
9/14: Ch. 5, second half
9/15: Book 2/Ch. 1
9/16: Ch. 2
9/17: Ch. 3
9/18: Book 3/Ch. 1, first half
9/19: Ch. 1, second half
9/20: Ch. 2
9/21: Ch. 3 ⬇️
1w

dabbe 9/22: Ch. 4
9/23: Ch. 5, first half
9/24: Ch. 5, second half
9/25: Epilogue

This is only a suggestion that I thought I'd share. 🧡💜💛 1w

Cuilin I can‘t remember if this is my third or fourth time reading this book, but I cannot figure out Ryder‘s father!! he just exudes sarcasm, right? Also, Cordelia is hilarious. “I can‘t spare you a whole rosary you know. Just a decade.” 1w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I love this, thanks for figuring it out! I will make a separate post and tag everyone so that nobody misses it 1w

Ruthiella @Cuilin This is only my second time reading it. I do recall on first reading it how I thought Charles relationship was his father was sad and lonely, but on the second reading I kind of think that Ryder Sr. is doing the right thing by encouraging (in his way) Charles to live within his means (which are very generous 740 in 1925!?!!) and get him out of the house and living his own life. Plus, he likes Sebastian - later chapters will prove. 1w

mcctrish I love Cordelia! Sebastien stuttering “Charles, Charles! It‘s Mr Ryder” Cordelia “Charles, meet me ……” I‘m getting Flavia vibes! I love a precocious tween girl 1w

Cuilin @Ruthiella yeah I agree with this assessment. I do think he was trying to encourage Charles to live within his means and also to use his summer appropriately, maybe get a job and then he could afford go to the theater, etc.. plus I also think Charles though aware of his father‘s loneliness, doesn‘t write to him. 1w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😘 1w

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯♥️🎯 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I love Cordelia! She knows what she wants and goes for it. 1w

ElizaMarie I love Cordelia and her rosary!!! She is such a fun character 1w

lil1inblue @willaful Loved the wine tasting! 🤣🤣🤣 I just love this book. 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 31: #ihatethewayhetalksaboutmay 🙄 #doublestandards #anyway #archergoesafterellen #makesadateatthemuseum #hewantstorunawaytogether #ellensaysno #offersaoneanddone #hefinallyaccepts #whatcouldgowrong #mayistryingtolikeellen #shesuspectssomethingisoffwitharcher #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 3w

TheBookHippie Ughhhhhhh 😵‍💫 3w

Ruthiella Archer, the time to consider all this was when you were not yet married and Ellen could have divorced. You didn‘t have the stones then and you don‘t now. 3w

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Bookwormjillk Yuck Archer 3w

dabbe @Ruthiella Well said! 🎯🩵🎯 3w

willaful @Ruthiella Yup.
3w

Cuilin Ugh Archer gives me the ick!!! Like build a bridge and get over it!!!! 3w

ElizaMarie @Cuilin 🤣 3w

lil1inblue @Ruthiella 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 3w

lil1inblue #ihatethewayhetalksaboutmay - #hardsamesister 🎯 3w

lil1inblue @Cuilin Haha! Love that phrase! 😘🤌🏻 3w

mcctrish Why does Archer think his adultery is different from the others? #getoveryourselfman 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 29: #howdidinotmaketheconnectionwiththetutor 🙄 #anyway #archerpicksupellen #someromance #akiss #dick #ellengiveshimawakeupcall #heleavesthecarriage #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 4w

mcctrish Archer wants to have it all #nothowtheworldworksespeciallyforwomen 4w

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🎯 4w

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willaful @mcctrish #EllenKnowsBetter 4w

mcctrish @willaful Ellen is all #beentheredonethat 4w

Ruthiella When I first read this book, some decades ago, I was much more sympathetic to Archer…less so now for sure. 4w

Cuilin @Ruthiella It‘s a great line. We‘re just older and wiser now. 😆 3w

dabbe @Ruthiella I was, too. And as much as I love Winona, I was never a fan of May. All three play their parts in this society the way they're supposed to--on the outer level at least. Those stays are tied so tightly around them they can't be and get what they really want. What a frustrating time period. 3w

Ruthiella @dabbe Totally agree. I saw May as manipulative then. Now I consider her position differently. 3w

lil1inblue @mcctrish 🎯 3w

lil1inblue Archer leaving the carriage felt like such a tantrum. He doesn't get what he wants, so he leaves. #bigbaby 3w

ElizaMarie @Ruthiella I can see May as being manipulative, but.. I feel a lot of her behavior is justified. (But -- I never watched the movie or read the book before this readathon) - I wonder if I would be like a lot of y'all with changes in perspective. 3w

KAO This is also my first time to read the book, and I‘ve never seen the movie. I honestly feel sorry for May, Archer, and Ellen. They all are just so very stifled at the least (or downright trapped at the most) by the society and customs of that era. I guess that‘s the point of it all. #heavysigh 3w

dabbe @Ruthiella I love how our feelings about books can change over time. 🩶🤍🖤 3w

Bookwormjillk @KAO same 3w

Bookwormjillk It‘s a great line if not for the circumstances 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 23: #herdic #anyway #archerfindsellen #herhubbywantsherback #offeredmoney #archerconvincedhertoblowoffthemeeting #whowasthedudeinthecrowd #webetterfindout #boatride #cheatingcheaterwhocheats #thisguy 🙄 #messingwithmywinona #willtheyworwontthey #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 1mo

TheBookHippie #MESSINGWITHOURWINONA #HEISTRASH 1mo

Bookwormjillk I hope the guy in the crowd is a close relative of May‘s! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk ohhhh I didn‘t even think of that! That would be epic #busted 1mo

Ruthiella What I found crazy is that Archer ran into acquaintances in Boston. It really underscored what a small world he moves in. 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I thought the guy in the crowd was the French tutor from London. 1mo

mcctrish #cheatingcheaterwhocheats ✊🏻 1mo

ElizaMarie Oooo 👀who can it be!? 1mo

lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly 👀 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 9: #yikes #archervisitsellen #whokeepshimwaiting #becausesheswithbeaufort #howmanytakenmendoesshehave ⁉️ #anyway #sheinsultseveryone #startscrying #manipulatesarcher #inwalksthedukewithsomechick #whoassumesarcherandellenareathing #andnobodycorrectsher #becausewhywouldthey 🙄 #archergoestosendmayflowers #whichheforgottodoearlier #amdsendssometiellenaswell #sir #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 1mo

TheBookHippie #withsomechick is sending me OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #isaidwhatisaid 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 1mo

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dabbe I feel guilty so I'm going to send my betrothed some flowers because that'll make me feel better but I have to send Ellen some too because I can't stop thinking about her and I hate this time period I'm living in because I have to be all prim and proper and follow the norms of the day and .... #oy! 1mo

lil1inblue @dabbe 🎯 🎯 🎯 😂 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 😂😍😂 1mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie @barkingmadread #withsomechick is just gold. 😂 1mo

mcctrish Archer wants to send yellow roses to May but they‘d be too much for her so I will send them to Ellen cuz sending flowers to someone other than my fiancé is an okay thing to do 1mo

KAO @mcctrish Sure, because that seems entirely reasonable…except—if it‘s that innocent and reasonable, why remove the card at the last minute, eh? 1mo

mcctrish @KAO oh I think Archer is crossing all kinds of lines 1mo

Graywacke @TheBookHippie 😂 1mo

TheBookHippie @Graywacke I needed to laugh that hard! 🤣 1mo

Graywacke @TheBookHippie oh… @BarkingMadRead nailed it 🙂 1mo

julieclair @dabbe 💯🎯🎯🎯 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly And don‘t forget that he didn‘t even tell May he was visiting Ellen 😬 1mo

ElizaMarie I love how he can't send the roses to May because they are “too rich, too strong, in their fiery beauty“ - but they are perfect for Ellen! #TskTskArcher #BadFiance 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 5: so many beautiful things mentioned. #americanrevolutionaryglazedware #anyway #gossipatthearchers #verypettytheserichpeople #newlanddefendingellen #thattookaturn #imlovingthedrama #andtheshortchapters #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks 2mo

mcctrish The short chapters are wonderful because so many people are mentioned 2mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish yes! More time to process all of these introductions 2mo

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Ruthiella I googled “Wardian case”! 2mo

JacqMac I love the short chapters! I read them before I fall asleep every night. This one had great ambiance for my dreams. lol 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella same! 2mo

lil1inblue #newlandisconfusingme 😂 Also, I love the gossip and drama. I feel like I should read this with tea and popcorn. 🙃 2mo

JenlovesJT47 That last part of the chapter really surprised me! Didn‘t think he had it in him 😳 2mo

TheBookHippie It‘s the petty drama for me. Warms my cynical heart. 🤣 2mo

JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie that‘s what‘s so great about The Gilded Age! 😻 2mo

TheBookHippie @JenlovesJT47 AGREE!!! 2mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 🎯🙃 2mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Right?!?!?! 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly I googled a few things in this chapter! I‘m glad it was there to hold my interest because otherwise I found it pretty boring. Also, now I want to make a terrarium. 2mo

JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue are you all caught up? I watched it last night and omg 😱 2mo

Bookwormjillk I love the short chapters too but I think I need to make myself a chart of who everyone is 2mo

JenlovesJT47 @Bookwormjillk it‘s confusing isn‘t it? 😵‍💫 2mo

ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk Yes please share with the class! I am so confused! Too many names!!!! 2mo

willaful Archer seemed to change his tune pretty fast! Is Ellen that compelling? 2mo

Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie @JenlovesJT47 I found this- I need to print it big so it‘s right in my face when I read https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/the-age-of-innocence/character-map 2mo

JenlovesJT47 @Bookwormjillk thank you so much!! 🤗♥️ 2mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 I started over from the beginning, just because I could, so I'm still catching up! Almost done with the re-watch of Season 2! I'm hoping I'll catch up this weekend. 2mo

JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue I started season 3 when it first aired then decided to go back and do a whole rewatch. So I caught up and now am rewatching the last 4 episodes of season 3 again since I only saw them once 😆. This show is so good! ♥️ 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 2: I love these short chapters 🤣 #anyway #cousinellen #abitrisque #allthegossipisabouther #ourboysupportswinona 🤣 #maybeheisntsobad ⁉️ #heprobablyis #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks 2mo

Bookwormjillk He probably is 😂😂😂 2mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #isaidwhatisaid 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo

Cuilin Snobs IRL ❎ Snobs in classical literature ✅ 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly Ellen is my favorite so far. She got out of a bad marriage and doesn‘t care what anyone thinks of her! 2mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin 🎯♥️🫣🤣 2mo

julieclair He totally is. 2mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly same 2mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin Right?!?!?! 😅 2mo

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk I mean, #theyusuallyare 🤣 2mo

willaful I liked how the class understanding between the characters was depicted. They can speak without words. Ellen grew up there but apparently doesn't have it? She's even acquired an accent... 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 33: my fave science geek 😍 #anyway #osborneisstillactingill #thedocsayshesfine 🤷🏻‍♀️ #rogergotthejob #thesquireissaved #docisntthrilled #squirewantsthedoctokeepthesonsawayfromthegirls #docismildlyoffended #asonewouldbe #docsaysthesquirecandoithimself #rogerisofftoadventure #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 3mo

willaful I KNEW IT! About why NotClare her mind about Roger. She is so gross! 3mo

Cuilin This book is so good. My mind is going in so many different directions. But what if…. And then…, and therefore…that would mean …. Fabulous!! 3mo

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willaful NotClare absolutely deserves to marry Cynthia off to Roger and then be upstaged by Osborne's heir. Except that would be too cruel to Roger. I hope he gets over this infatuation. 3mo

mcctrish @willaful I hope #notarealclare marries Cynthia off in the next 2 years #rogerhastomarryformoney 3mo

dabbe I'm still in the hopeful Molly + Roger camp. 🤞🏻 3mo

Bookwormjillk Doc handled the squire perfectly. That‘s the kind of thing I would only think to say hours later when I was fuming in bed unable to sleep. 3mo

Butterfinger I adore Jonathan Bailey. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Yikes. I hope Mr. Gibson is wrong about Osborne‘s illness. After all, he doesn‘t have the full picture. 3mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly if Osborne is sick Roger needs to make sure all the paperwork is legit re:the marriage 3mo

rubyslippersreads @Butterfinger Me too. This picture certainly brightened up my day. 😁 3mo

BarkingMadRead @Butterfinger @rubyslippersreads I‘m obsessed, he was really good in Jurassic world, so fun to watch 3mo

Lcsmcat @dabbe Me too! Cynthia would not make anyone happy ultimately. She‘s too shallow. 3mo

willaful @dabbe Oh absolutely! That would be the happy ending. But I also don't want him to marry Cynthia, because she's not capable of making him happy. 3mo

dabbe @Lcsmcat 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

dabbe @willaful 🩵🎯🩵 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish But Roger has just gone off on his new dangerous job… 😬 3mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I know! Did he have time ? If Roger is Jonathon Bailey, and I sure hope he is despite the squire‘s descriptions of him, he needs to stay safe and come home and marry Molly 3mo

ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk :) I like to relive convos in the shower 🚿 3mo

julieclair I am definitely on Team Molly + Roger! 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 32: random pic of Roger and Molly #anyway #harrietvisits #somammasendsmollyaway #godforbidsheshares #harriettellsthemabouttheexpedition #mammahintsthatrogerisconnectedtocynthia 🙄 #mammatellsherversionatdinner #poormolly #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 3mo

Bookwormjillk The whole Ozzy I let my friend who can't tell the difference between France and Rome take care of the paperwork it's fine thing had me rolling. Poor Roger. 3mo

mcctrish Why is Osborne so dumb? Aimee needs to give her head a shake 3mo

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willaful I loved this line: “if this ungenerous though of Osborne's had been set clearly before his conscience, he would have smote his breast and cried 'Mea culpa' with the best of them; it was only that he was too indolent to keep an unassisted conscience.“ 3mo

julieclair I feel like I‘m saying #poormolly in every chapter. I just want to reach through the pages and give her a hug! And give everyone else a good talking to. 3mo

dabbe And the fact that Molly wants Roger to be happy--even at the expense of her happiness-- just gets me. 😩 Harriet sees what a gem she is. I cling to that. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly OSBORNE. 3mo

Lcsmcat @willaful “unassisted conscience” isa great phrase! 3mo

willaful @dabbe Harriet seems very perceptive, except she seems to accept #NotARealClare at face value... 3mo

ElizaMarie @julieclair and @dabbe Molly is too good for all of them! 3mo

julieclair @ElizaMarie 🎯 3mo

Bklover @dabbe Those are my thoughts exactly. I think Cynthia sees Molly too. Cynthia just seems to be rather broken. 3mo

dabbe @Bklover Agree 💯. 3mo

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