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Crinoline_Laphroaig People who hit turtles on purpose are evil 7d
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Cuilin I‘ll admit it, I‘m glad this was a short chapter cause I‘m not yet connecting with this book. 7d
lil1inblue #youarenottheonlyonestressingoveraturtle I gasped audibly when he got hit. 7d
BarbaraJean I was SO invested in the turtle. Relief when the first car missed him. Shocked when the truck swerved to intentionally hit him! Relief again when he made it across. I‘m going to need future turtle updates, Steinbeck. 7d
SamAnne I‘m looking forward to this reread. I‘ve also been doing a slow read of East of Eden. I‘m on a 6 week road trip and have traveled through southern Central Valley, the orange groves, Visalia, where Steinbeck traveled and spent in before writing GOW. 7d
SamAnne And I loved a chapter devoted to the trials and tribulations of a turtle. Perseverance! 7d
lauraisntwilder I tried to read this once WAY before I was ready and didn't finish. It's been so long that I'd just about convinced myself that I made up the turtle chapter! I've since read and enjoyed East of Eden, so I should give this one another try 7d
BarkingMadRead @lauraisntwilder would you like me to add you to the tag list? We are reading a chapter a day, and the first few were very short! It would be easy to catch up 7d
willaful So shocked! People, ugh. 6d
willaful I guess it makes a great metaphor though. 6d
Bklover Poor turtle. 🐢 but he‘s hanging on! 6d
ElizaMarie Because he writes so beautifully, I was totally invested in this turtle. Also, people are shitty 6d
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell
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willaful Ugh, Mr. Gibson making Molly lump it yet again... 4mo
mcctrish I just feel so bad for Molly and her dad, I‘m not sure they even realized they needed to watch for this conniving drama but papa seems to fit right in “you aren‘t the only one who can change their mind” #bitchplease 4mo
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Clare-Dragonfly #notarealclare can squeeze drama into anything! 4mo
ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly she has a gift 4mo
Bklover #notarealclare seems to create drama just to entertain herself. 4mo
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Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell
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mcctrish What a gong show! He likes her, she likes him, he‘s married to a French girl and Molly is left out 5mo
Bookwormjillk Poor Molly indeed 5mo
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dabbe @mcctrish I see some major emotional explosion coming soon down the Hollingford road! 5mo
willaful Before I was getting Emma vibes, now I'm getting Mansfield Park vibes. 5mo
Bklover Osborne and Roger can be such idiots! Poor Molly! 5mo
Lcsmcat @willaful Very Mansfield Park-like! Except Molly has more spirit than Fanny. 5mo
willaful @Lcsmcat She's no Fanny but she may be just as bad at being in a love-triangle. No idea what to do at all, poor dear. 5mo
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Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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ElizaMarie I like Maggie and Phil being besties too! 7mo
Leftcoastzen See , I knew something bad would happen! Tom can‘t help himself. 7mo
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mcctrish If only Mr Tulliver would shut his mouth 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly I wonder if Maggie and Phil will get married when they‘re adults and piss off their parents. 7mo
AllDebooks Tom is a liability 🙄 7mo
dabbe A hashtag for Tom: #tomthetwerp What a jerk! 🙄

BTW, @BarkingMadRead, BEST photo ever to describe this chapter! 🤣🙌🏻🤩
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BarkingMadRead @dabbe I was worried that nobody would get it 🤣 7mo
dabbe @BarkingMadRead And Monica only brought a 🥕!!! 🤣 7mo
mcctrish @dabbe #tetchytully needs a filter 7mo
dabbe @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 7mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish yes on the filter 7mo
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Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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Bookwormjillk Bye Tom 👋 The short chapters made this a good pick for chapter a day IMO. 7mo
mcctrish That chapter just went downhill fast 7mo
Leftcoastzen I feel for Tully ,where else could you borrow from than your family, yet so often used as manipulation. 7mo
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Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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Bookwormjillk This was a pretty chapter. Perfect for spring. 7mo
Morr_Books I loved the opening descriptions. 7mo
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Leftcoastzen Forgot to start 🙄😳 7mo
mcctrish benumbed arms - this a going to be lovely 7mo
Ruthiella The first chapter was a breeze. ❤️ 7mo
dabbe I think “moist“ was used in different forms more than once! 🤣 I love the setup to a long flashback of what happens at Dorlcote Mill on the Floss River. No dental floss here whatsoever! 🤩 7mo
Sparklemn “There is a remnant still of last year‘s golden clusters of beehive-ricks rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows…” Such beautiful writing! 7mo
Bklover So far so good! 7mo
AllDebooks This was a perfect opening, such evocative writing. 7mo
Leftcoastzen Very descriptive, I‘m interested. 7mo
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Ch 26: laughing because this is what came up when I tried to google that game Laura was playing 🤣 #uncletomsvisitors #queerfishindeed #peoplewatchingFTW #thatyounghubbythough #catlady #tomgavegreatadvice #eventohimself #shortchapter #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Best chapter yet and not the game I pictured or what I ever thought it was called 9mo
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘m picturing one of those wooden boards with divots in them, and you have to try and roll marbles into the divots 9mo
mcctrish I was thinking more of the game you get in Christmas crackers made of plastic with little silver balls but of course it would be wood in these Lark Rise times 9mo
Bookwormjillk I had that game! That brings back memories of flinging things at my brother. Anyway, good chapter. Love Uncle Tom and the lady with all the cats who thought everyone was out to get her. 9mo
willaful @mcctrish That's what I'm thinking. We have (had?) a large one made with mercury, which of course isn't used anymore! 9mo
willaful So this chapter referenced Villette, which I guess is a call-out to #LiteraryCrew, which is reading it next. :-) 9mo
BarkingMadRead @willaful #hashtagbrigade read Villette a couple years back as well! 9mo
mcctrish @willaful I started Villette today on audio ( I am wondering if I should be reading it ) 9mo
tpixie Reminds me of Puff n Stuff … 9mo
tpixie @willaful fun coinkydink about Villette, just as we are about to read it! Synchronicity 9mo
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Ch 13: I couldn‘t find any pics on google that showed #mayday with a #creepydoll 🤷🏻‍♀️ #beautifulchapter #shortchapter #perfectspringday #exceptthatcreepydoll #isaidwhatisaid #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella Nice and short! 10mo
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Bookwormjillk Lol holding the creepy doll up to the window. This chapter reminded me of when certain neighbors turn to our listserve to be cranky about Halloween. According to them the kids never do it right. 10mo
AllDebooks Dolls really creep me out 10mo
mcctrish I love a short chapter, sucks it was ruined by the creepy doll 10mo
TheAromaofBooks I've read about May Day festivities in many old books, but I don't remember ever hearing about a doll before. 10mo
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish So we are just supposed to forgive Valancourt‘s whoring around?! #boyswillbeboys? Just ugh! The Victorian novelist kills women for less 😡 11mo
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so frustrating! 11mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I do think the whole point of this book will be we‘re supposed to forgive Val and be happy for Em when she ends up with him. 11mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk better a loser than being alone #amiright 11mo
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish You‘d think she would have learned from her aunt that a loser is NOT better than being alone! 11mo
Clare-Dragonfly Raise your hand if you didn‘t know it was Valancourt helping Theresa the moment she said she couldn‘t say who it was 🤛🏻 11mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I was torn between him and the creeper, it could have gone either way I guess 🤣 I also half wonder if it was the creeper that got shot as well 🤣 11mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly you‘d think 🤔 😝 11mo
mcctrish Ooo @BarkingMadRead maybe the creeper was shot saving Val once again 11mo
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