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This was a fun graphic novel of Northanger Abbey.

Mid-month check in. Read any good Northanger Abbey retellings? Anything you've hated?

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Bookwormjillk I still need to start Ghosted! 3d

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BarkingMadRead I loved

The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel

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BarkingMadRead Also, I read Ghosted awhile back and it was really good! (edited) 3d

Andrea313 Northranger by Rex Ogle was lots of fun, and I'm enjoying Ghosted so far. But I did a re-read of the following and any silly charm it may have once held drastically faded into sheer stupidity:

Northanger Alibi

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TheBookHippie Not yet 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ it‘s been a bit wild here. 3d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @TheBookHippie same! Last few days I read one graphic novel. 3d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @BarkingMadRead I've started as well. I'm really enjoying so far. 3d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Andrea313 there's a vampire. Makes me want to read. 3d

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Raw Material: A Family Biography | Alan Sillitoe

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An odd format, described as a novel but containing much biography and thoughts on the life of a writer. Thoroughly enjoyable mostly but the literary critical segments sometimes get a little convoluted. Definite pick though.

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oddandbookish

Wives Like Us: A Novel | Plum Sykes

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This book was a ton of fun!

Many years ago (like when I was 12 or 13) I read one of the author‘s other books, Bergdorf Blondes, and remember enjoying it. It‘s no surprise that I loved this one!

This book is like Crazy Rich Asians but with rich Brits in the English countryside. I am a sucker for books about rich people.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/06/04/review-wives-like-us/

oddandbookish #book #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #bibliophile #bookobsession #bookish #bookreviewer #booktok #doublespin #bookspinbingo #bookspin #humor #britishliterature #richpeople #fiction #chicklit 2w

Bklover Pretty background 😊 (edited) 2w

oddandbookish @Bklover Thanks! 2w

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

Northanger Abbey | Nancy Butler

#JaneAustenThenAndNow
My June Northanger Abbey - Now plans: Graphic Novel
Movie
Fullerton Parsonage by Laura Simons is a retelling told from the perspective of Henry Tilney. Free on author's website.
https://www.laurasimons.com/portfolio/regency-stories/

Continuing to read Rational Creatures and Dangerous To Know Anthologies

#Pemberlittens what are you reading?

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BarkingMadRead

The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel

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willaful I'm thinking about the Val McDermid book. Oh, and I didn't realize the new Claudia Gray was almost here! (edited) 2w

TheBookHippie Trying to decide what to read for the month! Thanks for the list. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @willaful in my humble opinion the Val McDermid book is 💩. 2w

willaful @Crinoline_Laphroaig well, another one off the list! 2w

BooksandCoffee4Me @TheBookHippie @Crinoline_Laphroaig Me too so yes, thank you for sharing that link. Just what I‘m looking for! 💛 2w

julieclair I‘ll be reading

Midnight in Austenland

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eeclayton I'll be reading

Searching for Mr Tilney

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CaramelLunacy Maybe

Northranger

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Crinoline_Laphroaig @CaramelLunacy I saw that one. Looked interesting. 1w

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Ruthiella

The Black Prince | Iris Murdoch

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Murdoch is for me an acquired taste and only to be enjoyed in measure. She‘s impossible to read quickly.

This is farce set in late sixties London, Bradley Pearson is a retired civil servant and unsuccessful novelist. Told from his POV, which is questionable, it‘s what happens when instead of writing his magnum opus, his life falls apart, with no little help from his own ineptitude, jealousy, and solipsism. Wickedly funny at times and quite dark.

BarbaraBB I loved this one!! 3w

Ruthiella @BarbaraBB It was a #blameitonLitsy read because of you! 3w

CarolynM My favourite of the Murdochs I‘ve read. I love those alternative perspectives at the end😊 3w

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Ruthiella @CarolynM The letters at the end are interesting (if contradictory! 😂). My favorite Murdoch (so far) is

A Severed Head

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sarahbarnes I already have this one stacked! I haven‘t read anything by her yet. 3w

Ruthiella @sarahbarnes She‘s a great writer, but definitely I can only read her a little at a time. Next I want to read

The Bell

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 14: #yikes #maggieandstephensleepontheboat #scandalous #stephenarrangedaninn #thatsnotsuspiciousatall #maggiewontgiven #stepheninsiststheymarry #maggiewontdoit #soobviouslystephenkicksherout #alone #atnight #ass #maggietakesthewrongcab #anothernightswayfromhome #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish I don‘t even know what to think at this point - Maggie won‘t marry Stephen because of Lucy, she can‘t be with Philip because of Tom and his lines in the sand so she will be alone ? There are probably more fish in the sea but we are running out of chapters 4w

Bookwormjillk Maggie doesn‘t seem to have any good options and now everyone will blame her for Stephen‘s assery. 4w

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dabbe Yep, Maggie gets to go back and face the music while Stephen literally can ride off into the sunset. Damn what these women had to go through in the 1800s! 4w

Leftcoastzen Oh man ! Poor Maggie! Few choices to begin with and now this ! 4w

Leftcoastzen Too all ! Enjoying the read along and all the great comments! 4w

ElizaMarie @dabbe Yes! The 1800s were so brutal for a young woman. She is screwed, Stephen is an ass, he doesn't care about her reputation, and practually blackmails her into marriage for the “sake“ of her reputation - ugh! I hate boys! I feel bad for Maggie. Worried this book will end and she won't find happiness. 4w

dabbe @ElizaMarie 🩵🎯🩵 4w

KAO @ElizaMarie @dabbe Agreeing with you on all points!! (edited) 4w

dabbe @KAO 🎯🩵🎯 4w

Clare-Dragonfly I would like to give Stephen a smack! I don‘t know what options Maggie has now. Someone saw her and Stephen together who knows them 😨 (I‘m guessing and hoping Ben!) She can‘t even get a decent teaching situation if they hear she‘s been alone with a man. 4w

kwmg40 What a chapter! Poor Maggie. 4w

Clare-Dragonfly (Bob, not Ben. I don‘t know if there‘s even a Ben in this book 😂) 4w

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 14: #boatridetime #stephenrowsformaggie #toofar #lotsofdeclarathonsoflove #snagarideonabiggerboat #wontthiswreckmaggiesrep #hmmmmm #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Two days on the water? No one knows where they are? #whatcouldgowrong 4w

dabbe Maggie is now in DEEP waters. #punintended 4w

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Bookwormjillk @dabbe 😂

And how could Stephen screw this up so bad that they got there in like an hour but now it will take 2 days to get back. Maggie is cooked for sure. 4w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯 4w

KAO This can‘t go well!! 4w

Clare-Dragonfly He kidnapped her!!! THIS IS NOT OKAY. 4w

Clare-Dragonfly I think it would ruin Maggie‘s reputation if they don‘t get married. So he‘s pretty much forced her hand at this point. 4w

Leftcoastzen Uh oh ! Not fair! 4w

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly I agree - I don't like this Stephen guy. He feels so entitled to do whatever, consenquences be damned. He claims to care for her, but then he puts her in a lot of situations a young lady shouldn't be in. AND doesn't listen when she tells him to stop/leave her alone. 4w

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The Rainbow | D. H. Lawrence

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@dabbe #TLT #ThreeListThursday
DH Lawrence is one of my favourite writers,so all 3 of his books in this list would be my favourite -Sons and Lovers,Lady Chatterleys Lover and The Rainbow,my review is below!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4997984958

dabbe Thanks for sharing your reviews, too! I can't believe it, but I have yet to read a novel by Lawrence, only some short stories. #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 4w

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