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That feeling when someone tests covid positive towards the end of the work day… triggering multiple covid policies and all the rat tests expired yesterday…

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Tested anyway and so far so good, new tests should turn up tomorrow.

IndoorDame 🤞🏼 2mo

Soubhiville Uh oh. Fingers crossed for you. 2mo

AmyG Hope you are negative. 🤞🏻 Two dear friends of mine just tested positive. 2mo

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Aims42 Hope you stay negative 🤞 2mo

ravenlee Oh no! I hope you‘re okay and the new tests confirm it. 2mo

LeeRHarry I wouldn‘t stress about the tests being just out of date. 🤞you‘re ok. 2mo

rubyslippersreads Good luck. 🤞 2mo

Ruthiella Agree, the out of date test should still work. Hoping you are all right. 🤞 2mo

Deblovestoread 🤞🏼 2mo

dabbe #fingerscrossed ❤️💜🩷 2mo

LeahBergen I used a slightly out of date test and it worked well when I was Covid positive. 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeeRHarry, it‘s more that it‘s a little bit funny being just a day over the expiry. The email that went around said that they might not pick up the latest Covid variants. The email wasn‘t completely clear on who is considered a close contact either so idk. I barely had any crossover with that colleague, so should be ok. 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, I‘m assuming that the person who tested positive also used the same just out of date test… we all have the same, work provided ones. 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @AmyG, this latest strain has claimed a couple of my friends and colleagues too - hope everyone is doing ok in the aftermath. 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @IndoorDame @Soubhiville @Aims42 thanks! 🤞🏼 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @ravenlee @rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread @dabbe - thank you! 🤞🏼 2mo

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dabbe

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#SundayFunday
@BookmarkTavern

As a 5th grade hooked on Pippi Longstocking, I asked my teacher if I could read one of those books for the 1970s-done-to-death book report. She replied, “If it's not on the list, you can't read it.“ What a thing to say to a kid who loved to read!

I would love for children to experience a series of their own choosing so they can see why they're so fulfilling. 🧡💜💛

mabell The McGurk series by E.W. Hildick! Such fun mysteries, with great characters - smart go-get-em kids! 7mo

BookmarkTavern Pippi is a delightful answer! Thank you for sharing! 7mo

MissyD Pippi. I read all the pippi books. 😍😍😍. 7mo

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MissyD Teachers can kill a love for reading without meaning to do it. My son had to take those stupid AR TESTS in elementary school. The teacher decided that she would ASSIGN the books for them to read. But she didn‘t allow any chance for him to read what HE enjoyed and found interesting. 🙄. Now he hates to read 😢 7mo

dabbe @mabell 🧡💜💛 7mo

dabbe @BookmarkTavern 🧡💜💛 7mo

dabbe @MissyD 🧡💜💛 7mo

dabbe @MissyD Oh, the dreaded AR. We fought NOT to have that but lost anyway. I also hated reading after my Pippi episode, but I came back to loving it again when I got to choose my own books; I bet your son will end of the same. Just in case, I'll keep my #fingerscrossed 🤞🤩😍 7mo

MissyD @dabbe he‘s 21. In college. So reading is not high on his list of fun things. 🙄😢. I hated having to force my students to take AR tests. I just let them read and take the tests. My son‘s school used their goal as a grade 🙄. Sooo not how AR was intended to be used. He never met his goal because he hated being “forced” to read things he didn‘t like. He wanted: sports/survival topics/historical fiction/war books 7mo

dabbe @MissyD My love of reading didn't come back until after college, so there's still hope! 🤩 Too many textbooks to read during that time--just like high school. All of our elementary teachers use AR, but I don't know if they have to count the tests as a grade; I certainly hope not. 7mo

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BarkingMadRead

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton

Chapter 8: Emma is at it again #matchmaker #kittyandprice #kittystillafteramilitaryman #possibleimpendingdrama #fingerscrossed #charactersiactuallyremember #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @Staycurious @indoordame @julieclair @cuilin @eeclayton @ravenlee @bookwormjillk @peanutnine @debinhawaii @ruthiella @deblovestoread @allylu @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thearomaofbooks @thebookhippie @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @bklover @carebear23 @morr_books 10mo

Bookwormjillk Yay for characters I know. #RIPWoodhouse 10mo

Librarybelle I rolled my eyes over Emma‘s scheming! 10mo

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BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle she never learns 10mo

Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead And you think she would have learned…😂 10mo

ashlynn.majeske I agree. Can't she just learn for once? 10mo

Deblovestoread London, a much bigger playground for Emma‘s tricks and I think Kitty shouldn‘t be thinking William Price is her beaux yet…. 10mo

BarkingMadRead @Deblovestoread I‘m waiting for him to prefer Georgiana 💥 10mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk #RIPColonelBrandon too. Where‘s Marianne???? 10mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin right? I‘ll have to check my character list and see if she‘s on it 10mo

willaful Surely there must be a nice, #noflannel wearing man for Marianne in this?

I'm also expecting William to prefer G, though I had previously thought she and James would be the match. Kitty and James certainly doesn't seem very likely. Who else is at a loose end, matrimony-wise? 10mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead the whole time I‘m reading this I‘m thinking “oh no, is this going to go all J Geils band ‘love stinks‘ 🎶he loves her, but she loves him, and he loves somebody else, you just can‘t win🎶 also why does every chapter make me think of a song? 10mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣 I love that! 10mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead I am, too! We already know she prefers him; it's hard to pin down Price's feelings though just yet. 10mo

dabbe @mcctrish Your songs are awesome! 🤩🤩🤩 10mo

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BarkingMadRead

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton

Chapter 5: my head is spinning and I had to #consultthegoogle #somuchdrama after a ton of drama, Lizzie gets Mary invited to Catherine‘s reception #enterMrYates #sosalty #sinsofthebrother #poorColonel #fingerscrossed #flashbacktoLizziesGarden #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #almostcaughtup

Bookwormjillk I feel like I‘m going to have to re-read all the books now 10mo

willaful I'm curious about Mrs. Grant's saying “If you only knew the real truth of the matter--if you only knew who had suffered and who was to be blamed!“ What do you suppose she's referring to? I don't think Mary should be blamed for her brother's actions but I also don't think that was the reason Edmund broke with her. I don't mind seeing Mary redeemed but I don't like her being whitewashed. 10mo

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peanutnine @willaful I think that is just bias from Mrs Grant on her sister's behalf, seeing her heartache. I hope that Mary recognizes how she acted poorly and learned from it 10mo

TheAromaofBooks I finally had to sit down and write out little mini family trees to help me remember who is who! Part of the problem is Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey are the two Austens I have read the fewest times and a LOT of the characters are from those two books!! 10mo

ravenlee I was doing all right keeping everybody straight until Mr. Yates showed up. I knew, from the guide at the beginning, he was from MP, but I couldn‘t place him. When he became important, though, I got frustrated and had to look up “who the hell is Mr. Yates?!” 10mo

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks brilliant. I‘m going to do the same so I don‘t wear the Google out 😅😂 10mo

TheBookHippie @ravenlee 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😅😂🤷🏻‍♀️same. 10mo

mcctrish Lady Catherine “I know things, but I‘m not telling you what! Suffice to say you should be ashamed. But I‘m not getting into it. So get out of my house and feel badly. And no I won‘t say why!” For the love of god, women, spit it out!!!! 10mo

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BarkingMadRead

Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 11: ok, I know this has nothing to do with this chapter, but I found this today on the Google and had to share it 🤣🤣 also, I leave tomorrow for Florida, and then to the cruise ship! Woohoo! I have wifi paid for, but don‘t know how good it will be, so I‘m reading ahead today, and hope to post every day, but no promises! If I can‘t, I‘ll pick up when I get back. There are only 16 chapters! Hashtags in comments

BarkingMadRead #herewego #andsowefindsambrown #andhistwin #andtherobberieshavestopped #coincidenceornot #youdecide #mrsbrownisabadass #butwait #petersighting #coulditbe #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade 11mo

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 11mo

Bookwormjillk I really want the ladies to go to India. Enjoy your cruise! 11mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #fieldtrip 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly The robberies have stopped or they never started or something 😂 11mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly these ladies 🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄🙄 11mo

AllDebooks Bon voyage x 11mo

peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly lolol 11mo

Morr_Books ? Also..."they had escaped marriage...she thought it argued great natural credulity in a woman if she could not keep herself from being married" 11mo

julieclair I am sure it had to be a #petersighting ! 11mo

dabbe I'm really starting to like Miss Matty. #herheartbreak #dreamsofacindylouwhowhoisnomorethantwo 😥 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Morr_Books Yesssss 🤣🤣🤣 11mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig Yay I'm caught up! 11mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I think there were no robberies to start with. 😂 It was just rumor. The cat and the leg of mutton… 11mo

willaful @bookwormjillk Yes! The narrator and Miss Matty go to India to visit Peter. #fingerscrossed 11mo

IndoorDame Have a fab trip!!! And how much do I love that you found this photo?! 11mo

TheAromaofBooks @dabbe - In a chapter that was mostly fun, that confession of Miss Matty's really got me!! 😞 11mo

mcctrish This group is truly looking for the drama 🤣🤣 11mo

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rockpools

Beautiful Disaster | C.J .

Guess who just accidentally permanently deleted all of her work-related emails from 6 years of (now ended) self-employment? 🤦🏻‍♀️ Hope there was nothing vital in there. Guess I‘ll find out. Probably when HMRC come querying something.

For some reason I‘m not finding this pretty minimal white screen as calming as I maybe could. 🙀

I‘d quite like my ‘home‘ mailbox to look like this tho…

AmyG Yikes 😬 12mo

BarbaraBB Ooh that‘s scary. A real fresh start though 😅 12mo

batsy Oh no! 12mo

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RaeLovesToRead Is there a recycle bin you can retrieve them from? If not, just bask in the clean inbox. Nothing you can do about it now 🧘🏼‍♀️ 12mo

SamAnne Oh, I‘ve done this. Life went on! It was like a fresh start. 12mo

TrishB Oh dear 😯 sh** happens!! Fresh start indeed! 12mo

squirrelbrain Oopsy. 😬 12mo

julesG Whoopsidaisy! 😬 12mo

dabbe #fingerscrossed 🤞🏻 12mo

BookwormM Arrggghhh 12mo

LeahBergen Eek! 12mo

Hooked_on_books Oooohhhhh 😧 12mo

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BarkingMadRead

Agnes Grey: Large Print | Anne Anne Bront�

Chapter 21: Agnes can‘t stop thinking about Weston #timetomoveon #Rosalieisback #talksmoreaboutherpoodlethanherbaby #timeforavisit #possiblyawestonsighting #fingerscrossed #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @megnews @bookwormjillk @coffeenbooks @thebookhippie @peanutnine @wordslinger42
@clare-dragonfly @dabbe @kwmg40 @librarybelle @ann_reads @willaful @mcctrish @bklover @ruthiella @kristin_reads @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @morr_books @annececilie @eeclayton @debinhawaii @ravenlee @alldebooks
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IndoorDame I have suuuch a bad feeling about this “visit” 12mo

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame seriously 12mo

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Bookwormjillk I hope it works out for her. It‘s got to be better than waiting to die 🤷‍♀️ #LiterallyLoveSick 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk exactly!!! 12mo

Ruthiella Why does Rosalie even bother with this relationship with Agnes? Doesn‘t she have any friends of her own (hint hint I‘ll bet she doesn‘t because who can stand her unless they‘re paid to do so?) 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella for real, a person guaranteed to put up with your crap 12mo

AllDebooks Why would you go? Would a chance meeting with Weston be worth putting up with Rosalie's nonsense? 🤔 12mo

eeclayton @Ruthiella I guess she's just used to ordering Agnes around, and it's definitely easier than putting any effort into making real friends? 12mo

peanutnine @Ruthiella exactly. She's probably only reaching out now cause she's bored and thinks Agnes has nothing better to do than entertain her 12mo

dabbe I'd like to think that Agnes is like us and is curious to see how Rosalie has been faring. And she might care about Rosalie. A little bit. 12mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 12mo

mcctrish This was not what I thought was going to happen but Agnes needs a kick in the pants so it works for me 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly @eeclayton That does make sense! I was wondering when Rosalie had shown any actual sign of the great fondness for Agnes she professes in this letter. 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly Also, I love Rosalie being all “my baby is the best ever, I guess, I can‘t be bothered interacting with her” 😂 12mo

willaful Maybe Rosalie is hoping that Agnes will be impressed with her luxurious new life, and that would make her feel a little better about how miserable she is? I wanted Rosalie to get hers but now I feel sorry for her. I'm still not sure she isn't going to cause more trouble though -- but we are pretty close to the end, so maybe not. 12mo

julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly Yes! Not to mention the fact that “unfortunately, the baby is a girl”. Ugh! 12mo

AnnR I'm not even sure why Agnes felt compelled to go. Agnes could have easily said she was busy helping her mother (which was true) and couldn't possibly visit. 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly @julieclair Yeah… unfortunately I‘m not even surprised by that attitude. Except for the whole “he will never forgive me” thing, which I hope is a joke because they‘ve got plenty of time to have a boy! 12mo

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Lollymya

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Sorry for the bad photo....As you can see I have added to my card....hopefully these books will help me get out of my funk... #fingerscrossed #LitsyLove #bookspinbingo #august

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looks great!! 3y

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FashionableObserver

Everything Changes | Jonathan Tropper

Just a little reading while I wait for the USATF Regional Championships to start. The Kid does long jump in about 30 minutes!!! I am, of course, on tenterhooks. Tropper‘s humor should calm me down...I hope. #FingersCrossed #TrackMommy #KeepABookHandy

FashionableObserver Update: HE WON!!!! We are heading to nationals in at least one event. Best of all: he said “I‘m exhausted. Let‘s get food and go to the hotel to read for a while”. #RaisingHimRight #SnacksAndStacks 5y

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