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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell
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Clare-Dragonfly Did Ruth say no to F paying for Leonard to go to school? I missed that. And yes, obviously as soon as Benson said he hadn‘t gotten his bonus I suspected Dick! I‘m sure he finished Bradshaw‘s bottle of wine, too. 2w
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I know she said she wasn‘t liking the idea, not sure if it was a hard no 2w
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AllDebooks Dick is completely leaning into his name there 🙄 2w
mcctrish Of course it‘s Dick! But Bradshaw‘s parting words about the world being better off with more people like him instead of Benson sum it up perfectly, his kind made Dick! Following rules out of fear = shitheads and following rules B/c of empathy and community = where I want to live aka Benson ❤️ 2w
Ruthiella The Chekov‘s gun that was Richard just went off! 😆 🔫 2w
Cuilin Dick is a dumb ass, first rule of crime, you don‘t 💩 on your own doorstep. Bradshaw is about to see the evidence of his parental failings. (I realize I sound criminally inclined, nope I‘m just married to a prosecutor lol). (edited) 2w
willaful @Ruthiella yes, phew! I'm glad it wasn't something worse happening to Ruth! 2w
willaful @Cuilin I sure hope he will! He doesn't seem inclined to as yet. 2w
Bookwormjillk Finally something bad happened that didn‘t involve Ruth🤣 2w
willaful @Bookwormjillk Yeah, just to another sympathetic character who didn't deserve it! I hope he gets paid back!

I admit to feeling a touch softer towards Bradshaw for what he said about never planning for Benson to refuse his pew money. His liking to be generous isn't completely without merit.
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Bookwormjillk @willaful I was assuming Bradshaw will pay Benson back. At least I hope he will. Unless he decides it was his own fault for being too nice which is very probable now that I think about it. 2w
dabbe @Cuilin 🤩😂🤩 2w
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BarkingMadRead
Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell
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Cuilin I‘ve so many questions? How did he find out? The seamstress or Donne? Is Donne wanting to marry Ruth? I can‘t understand hating/blaming a child because of their parents, it makes no sense to me. 3w
mcctrish @Cuilin these are my thoughts too! Bradshaw wouldn‘t be going to the seamstress so who did she tell that it has made it to his ears ? The Donne marriage scenario, is that the backstory for marrying Ruth? And he told her tale so she‘d be in a pickle and have to marry him? But some people have seen her with the Bradshaw family so ?? (edited) 3w
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mcctrish Also why are all the men so stupid 3w
Cuilin @mcctrish I think you‘re right about Donne, he is going to try force Ruth‘s hand. I‘m hoping F is going to swoop in and rescue her and put them all to shame but I get the feeling this is not a happy ever after novel. 3w
Clare-Dragonfly 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 3w
Clare-Dragonfly If Donne did tell Bradshaw, I‘m even more pissed off because he‘s fully blaming Ruth and not saying Donne is a bad person at all. I know it was the way of things, but it still makes me mad! I hope he gets some comeuppance for his bribery hypocrisy. 3w
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Right? 😂😂😂😂 3w
IndoorDame He said the whole town was talking, but my bet is still on Donne starting the rumor mill going not the seamstress. Men like that don‘t like being told no and rarely think through the consequences. Unless he doesn‘t care at all about the kid, and is fine ruining them both and betting she‘ll agree to be his mistress if he makes her life miserable enough. 3w
mcctrish @IndoorDame there is no way Bellingshit isn‘t pissed off Ruth turned down his proposal and maybe if he‘d led with marriage instead of initially proposing to just pick up where they left off ( like WTF dude) 3w
IndoorDame @mcctrish 💯😡 3w
currentlyreadinginCO @Cuilin would be the best possibility but alas we will see 3w
willaful We knew it was coming but it's not a relief it finally happened. :-( 3w
dabbe Bradshaw‘s holier-than-thou sanctimonious crap after the bribery scene to get Donne elected is just 💩 without the smiley face. I am beyond enraged. 3w
Bookwormjillk I am thinking it had to have been Donne. It was just too close to his marriage announcement. I‘m wondering if he‘s trying to ruin Ruth so he and new wife can take Leonard. 3w
AllDebooks With the glee the seamstress showed in telling Jemima, I think it was her passing gossip onto her customers, and it spread like wildfire. Donne didn't need to tell her as she recognised Ruth from earlier. He's still an ass tho. 3w
rubyslippersreads @AllDebooks I agree. I think the gossip has spread through the town. Maybe Mrs. B heard it and told Mr. B. (Or Mr. BS, as I like to call him.) 3w
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Amor4Libros I need to find a copy of this book. I‘m still on chapter 1 on Serial Reader 🤣 3mo
Bookwormjillk @Amor4Libros do you have a kindle? Pretty sure my copy was under a dollar. 3mo
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Bookwormjillk I always think of this chapter as the mirror image of the ball where Lizzie Bennett met Darcy. 3mo
Librarybelle Oh, that‘s a good thought @Bookwormjillk ! ❤️ 3mo
Amor4Libros @Bookwormjillk I do! I haven‘t been buying any books and didn‘t even think to check and see how much it was 😅…copy secured! Thanks! ❤️ 3mo
SpellboundReader Giving my totally unfair and biased opinion, but I like Christian Bale's version of Laurie better. This is one of my favorite chapters in Little Women. 3mo
dabbe @SpellboundReader I agree! Bale rocks this role! 🤩 3mo
BarkingMadRead @SpellboundReader I am definitely #teamBale on this one. I also prefer that entire version. The newer one just didn‘t do it for me 3mo
julieclair I just loved this chapter. And… I have never seen this on film (!), so have no opinion on #whoplayeditbetter . But if & when I ever do watch it, I‘m going for the Bale version! 😀 (edited) 3mo
BarkingMadRead @julieclair if I had to suggest an order to watch I would definitely suggest the Bale version. They were both fairly close to the book, but the original movie did a much better job with the characters being accurate 3mo
julieclair @BarkingMadRead That‘s good to know. It always bugs me when the movie differs much from the book. 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk What a fun way to think of it! @BarkingMadRead Original movie? There are at least two older versions! 😂 I need to watch the one with Katharine Hepburn. 3mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhh I forgot about that one! 3mo
mcctrish @Amor4Libros my serial reader ap is letting me read 2 instalments a day = 1 chapter in real life 3mo
mcctrish There are quite a few versions I haven‘t seen, maybe it‘s time for a retrospective binge 3mo
Amor4Libros @mcctrish ooh, how nice! I was able to get a Kindle version of the book 😊 3mo
mcctrish @Amor4Libros I almost bought one for .75 but for some reason I can skip ahead this time 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3mo
Amor4Libros @mcctrish Now that you‘ve mentioned it, I think I was able to do that too, but I didn‘t try it 😅 3mo
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BarkingMadRead
Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier
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TheBookHippie But did they push the beds together on Saturday nights? #couldnthelpmyself #alsowhewevilbitch #seebeckylooksbetterallthetimefromvanityfair 5mo
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Clare-Dragonfly I was thinking of I Love Lucy too! 😂 5mo
TheAromaofBooks So was Rebecca's intent to GOAD Maxim into murdering her ON PURPOSE??? Also, side note, I'm just not sure what I would do if my husband confessed to killing his first wife, no matter how terrible she was. I'm not confident I would be as “obviously I love you and will stay with you“ as our narrator is! 😂 5mo
kwmg40 @TheAromaofBooks I would have trouble with that too! 5mo
kwmg40 The doctor offered them cigarettes and sherry! What doctor would do that these days? It was a different time! 5mo
Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks yeah, I don‘t think that would have the same effect on me as it had on Jan. 5mo
peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks yeah it seemed like Rebecca's way of taking him down with her, not realizing he would get away with it 5mo
peanutnine The narrator is so desperate to be loved that she'll overlook some HUGE red flags. She's so worried about what others think of her, she can't imagine leaving him even for a good reason 5mo
IndoorDame Totally agree about both of them! If Rebecca wants to off herself, go for it, but suicide by proxy totally makes her an #evilbitch And Jan staying with her husband who‘s perfect except for the whole I‘m a murderer thing is just nuts, like I‘m worried the girl has no basic self preservational instincts! 5mo
5feet.of.fury I was so surprised by the doctor‘s report. What the heck? But, it gives everyone a good reason to believe the suicide… 5mo
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Yes to everything you said! Rebecca is evil and Jan is not a great decision-maker. 😂 5mo
Roary47 Big reveals! 5mo
ElizaMarie Wow. So… Suicide by proxy!? Makes sense. Rebecca seems like a “if I am not happy nobody can be happy” type of person. #Vile 5mo
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BarkingMadRead
Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier
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IndoorDame The intro to my copy points out that she is only ever “the second Mrs de Winter” (and it has some very pointed things to say about that 😂) but that‘s quite a mouthful so I think she‘s gonna need a nickname 5mo
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BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I totally agree. We have to call her something 🤷🏻‍♀️ poor thing never has a name, although we know it‘s a pretty one and also unique. Super helpful. 5mo
IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead I‘ve often wondered what constitutes a “unique” name for a white woman in England in the 30s 5mo
BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame probably something so chill now 5mo
Ruthiella Her name is Jan Brady, forever doomed to be overshadowed by Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! I mean, Rebecca. 5mo
IndoorDame @Ruthiella 👏👏👏 Sold! call her Jan 🤣 (edited) 5mo
Ruthiella Also, it‘s so awkward when your first date is an attempted murder/suicide! 😱😆 5mo
CatLass007 @Ruthiella You have a wicked sense of humor! I like that in a person. 5mo
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella 🤣☠️🤣☠️ 5mo
Bookwormjillk Jan 😂 🏈 5mo
rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella Jan is perfect! 5mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig I need to find a book about gardens in DDuM books. "The daffodils were in bloom, stirring in the evening breeze, golden heads cupped upon lean stalks, and however many you might pick there would be no thinning of the ranks, they were massed like an army, shoulder to shoulder. On a bank below the lawns, crocuses were planted, golden, pink, and mauve, but by this time they would be past their best, dropping and fading, like pallid snowdrops.⬇️ 5mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig The primrose was more vulgar, a homely pleasant creature who appeared in every cranny like a weed. Too early yet for bluebells, their heads were still hidden beneath last year‘s leaves, but when they came, dwarfing the more humble violet, they choked the very bracken in the woods, and with their color made a challenge to the sky....People who plucked bluebells from the woods were vandals; he had forbidden it at Manderley." 5mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig So many flowers in this Chapter. I highlighted so many. 5mo
Roary47 @Ruthiella I love it! Jan is who I will imagine her to be. Plus we don‘t know her actual age either. Are they on a date showing she‘s older than a child? 5mo
BarkingMadRead @Roary47 I get the idea that she‘s an adult, but maybe a bit younger than Max 5mo
Ruthiella @Roary47 I am reading a bit ahead. I think in chapter five it‘s confirmed she is 21. 👍 But Maxim is “old enough to be her father”, so 35 to 40 years old, I imagine. 🤔 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Crinoline_Laphroaig Yes, the descriptions are so vivid and wonderful! I can see the flowers so clearly! 5mo
Bookwormjillk These chapters are long but they don‘t feel like it. 5mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I totally agree! 5mo
Graciouswarriorprincess @Crinoline_Laphroaig These descriptions are so vivid! 5mo
julieclair I am really appreciating du Maurier‘s beautifully descriptive prose this time around. I don‘t remember noticing it as much the first time I read this. 5mo
ElizaMarie I agree with “Jan“ as her name for now... But wouldn't it be wild if her name is Daphne? I mean, if I were an author, maybe I would name a character after myself and then say how beautiful the name is repeatedly. 5mo
BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie that‘s a brilliant point! 5mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk Oh, my nose! Oh,my nose! 😂😂😂 5mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk As opposed to our last book! #oy 😂🤗🤩 5mo
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BarkingMadRead
Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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mcctrish “Gentlemen… that money … was my own…. or rather not my own, but stolen, stolen by me…and I had it on me.” Honest to god Mitya, can you hear yourself talk?! Bruh, you are not sane! 6mo
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Bookwormjillk I wish the book had just started with the murder. 6mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk Amen! (religious word intended!) Did we need all the monastery stuff? 🤩😂😃 6mo
BarkingMadRead @dabbe it better all tie together in the end or I‘m gonna lose my 💩 6mo
dabbe @mcctrish I bet he wishes he wasn't such a braggart either. I have 3000 rubles (when I really only have 1500). C'mon Mitya, what is it? #iamsoconfused 😳 6mo
Ruthiella Dmitry is totally credible…totally. It‘s not stealing if you mean to give 1/2 of it back. 🙄 6mo
dabbe @BarkingMadRead I'll join you! 🤩 6mo
mcctrish @dabbe he needs to stop talking 🤦🏻‍♀️ 6mo
mcctrish @Ruthiella possession is 9/10s of the law #hehadthemoneythemoneywashis 6mo
dabbe @mcctrish At least it's somewhat entertaining--unlike good ol' Ivan. 😂 6mo
mcctrish @dabbe it is 100 times more enjoyable to read Mitya 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6mo
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BarkingMadRead
A Passage to India | E. M. Forster
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Ruthiella I have to say Adela got on my last nerve from the start. 12mo
Morr_Books Am I the only one surprised that they didn't ship Adela back to England immediately? Maybe that was the first available boat? 12mo
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Bookwormjillk @Morr_Books yes that was weird. Must have been the weather. 12mo
jenniferw88 @Ruthiella I knew what was coming from the start as it's a re-read - I so wanted my first hashtag about Adela to be #ihateadela, but wanted everyone to discover her toxicity for themselves. 12mo
willaful Adela is kind of a perfect Nice White Lady stereotype isn't she. Not because she's malicious, but way too much in her fee fees without noticing what she's doing to others. (edited) 12mo
dabbe @jenniferw88 And I might be dense here, but WHY oh WHY did she blame Aziz in the first place? What was her motive? Will we ever know? I'm having a difficult time understanding her and pretty much everyone else's actions in the story. An awkward read for me at best. 12mo
Daisey @dabbe I completely get the confusion here. When she‘s talking about the incident at one point she can‘t even clearly say whether anything really happened at all, so why blame someone? I really want more specific answers than the British are colonizers and therefore horrible people. 12mo
Ruthiella @jenniferw88 Now we can start a club! #Ihateadela 😂 12mo
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BarkingMadRead
Vanity Fair | William Thackeray
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AnnR Poor Dobbin. Maybe he is actually the hero of the story. 13mo
Cuilin Papa Osbourne is not going to happy! 13mo
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BarkingMadRead @Ann_Reads he certainly is at the moment #nogooddeedgoesunpunished 13mo
TheBookHippie Poor thing …. 13mo
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin neither will George when reality sets in! 13mo
mcctrish @Ann_Reads #dobbinismyhero #georgesucks papa osbourne is such an a-hole that I‘d be thrilled about George going behind his back with Amelia if only #georgewasntapig 13mo
dabbe George is worse than Cecil from A ROOM WITH A VIEW--if that is even possible. 🤬 #teamdobbinandemmy 13mo
willaful @mctrish Word!

I thought the psychology in these chapters was really well drawn. Cognitive dissonance 100+ years before it was defined.
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Bookwormjillk These chapters are like blah blah blah Napoleon blah then bam! 13mo
Bookwormjillk Was the elephant picture of Jos? I was confused. 13mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I feel like it was hinted but never said that it was Jos 13mo
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I‘m going to assume it was Jos then 🤣 13mo
Cuilin @BarkingMadRead true, though methinks he‘ll find distractions. 🙄 13mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 13mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe 🤣😳😅 13mo
TheAromaofBooks I'm so scared Amelia is going to throw herself away on jerk-face George!!! But Becky is living the exact life I thought she would - she's got her man completely wrapped around her finger! 😂 13mo
rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks But I‘m sure she‘s kicking herself that she didn‘t hold out for his father. 😂 13mo
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BarkingMadRead
A Room with a View | E.M. Forster
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Ruthiella OMG, the second kiss. 🥰 I had forgotten it. 1y
Cuilin When it gets a little autobiographical “Even men might suffer from unexplained desires, and need help.” Oh Forster 😔 1y
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Cuilin Also apparently the Weald is beautiful or is it George? 1y
mcctrish @Cuilin 🤣🤣 George is getting quite forward with his kiss stealing ( is Miss Bartlett acting all nuts because she‘s already read this bodice ripper of Miss Lavish‘s ?) (edited) 1y
julieclair George is so bold! The kiss! 😍 #DitchCecil 1y
TheBookHippie @mcctrish BODICE RIPPER 💀 1y
TheBookHippie @Cuilin 😝 and need help 😵‍💫😵‍💫 1y
mcctrish @TheBookHippie it doesn‘t take much for Charlotte 🤣🤣 1y
TheBookHippie It‘s very nice of you to put up a pic of my hair style in 1993 😅 1y
TheBookHippie The kiss stealing is life. 1y
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I think it‘s George 😍 1y
TheBookHippie @mcctrish it is the exact phrasing my mind was hunting for while reading!!! 1y
Crinoline_Laphroaig That hair!😍 1y
Cuilin @mcctrish Charlotte knows!! 1y
Cuilin @TheBookHippie He was gay and had lovers but of course couldn‘t be very public about it. “ unexplained desires” I find it interesting when self disclosure finds an outlet or slips in a novel. 1y
Clare-Dragonfly Cecil is insufferable. @Cuilin Very interesting, I didn‘t know that! 1y
dabbe Oh, these characters and their drama! I love it! 🤩🤣😀 1y
Bklover @Cuilin I didn‘t know that! 1y
Bklover George is becoming quite the kisser! 1y
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