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Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 7: #goodusedcars #cheatsandliars #somethingsneverchange #staytuned #palatecleanser #niceeasychapter #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie @bklover @lauraisntwilder 23h

Bookwormjillk Some things never change indeed. 22h

TheAromaofBooks I was honestly laughing, like apparently slimy used car salesmen appeared out of thin air as soon as used cars existed 😂 22h

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ElizaMarie I hate this! How true it is to swindle and cheat people. 17h

Crinoline_Laphroaig So what do we call these chapters that don't follow Tom Jobe but give overview of the world of the story? 15h

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig that‘s a good question! We definitely need a hashtag for it! 15h

willaful @TheAromaofBooks LOL!

Spider Robinson has a story about people doing good in the world and the form they choose is to sell actually good used cars! 14h

dabbe @Crinoline_Laphroaig @BarkingMadRead Here's a few hashtag suggestions for the parts that don't contain the Joads but contain history:
#wrathsnack #grapeless #joadfree #dustbreak #dustdetour 11h

BarkingMadRead @dabbe omg I love these! Especially #wrathsnack 🤣 11h

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Snack as in “gotta have more knowledge!“ 🤣 10h

lil1inblue @TheAromaofBooks I was laughing a bit, myself. 😅 7h

lil1inblue @dabbe @BarkingMadRead I'm obsessed with #wrathsnack 😘🤌🏻 Also a big fan of #grapeless 🤣 7h

dabbe @lil1inblue 🤣😘🤣 6h

Bklover I‘m not sure what I was expecting, but a used car salesman wasn‘t it! #wrathsnack 5h

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 6: #thehouseisempty #poortom #muleyshowsupwithalllllthenews #thefamilyisatuncleohns #butfirst #dinnerandarompinthecorn #hidingfromthelaw #campingout #offtojohnstomorrow #staytuned #andbewarethebabyeatingpigs #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie @bklover @lauraisntwilder 2d

lil1inblue #thatbabyeatingpig #imsorrywhatnow Also, I'm quite glad this is only a chapter a day. #sobleak 2d

willaful @lil1inblue seriously! 2d

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Crinoline_Laphroaig I was so glad the Turtle was safe! And then the poor rabbit. That was enough. I stopped reading and will start with tomorrow's chapter. 2d

ElizaMarie @lil1inblue me too!!!! I think I‘d be super bummed if I pushed through this one 1d

Bklover 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢👍 1d

lauraisntwilder Don't know what I did to deserve reading about that pig in this chapter and a scene with leeches in it in a different book on the same day. 😳 1d

Bklover 🐇🔥🍽️👎 1d

BarkingMadRead @lauraisntwilder are you reading both of those books with me? 😳 1d

lauraisntwilder @BarkingMadRead No! Definitely wasn't blaming you in any way. I'm reading The Ladies of Missalonghi. Did you read about leeches yesterday, too? My sympathies!

The Ladies of Missalonghi

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BarkingMadRead @lauraisntwilder I‘m reading the Body, they made the movie Stand By Me based on the book, and there‘s a scene with leeches

The Body

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lauraisntwilder @BarkingMadRead That's in my TBR. I'll get to it one day. 17h

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 5: #devastatingchapter #somuchsadness #somuchunfairness #morejoadsinthenextchapter #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie @bklover @lauraisntwilder 3d

KAO This chapter makes me so sad. Such helplessness in the face of devastating loss. 3d

willaful This kind of infuriated me because it made me so aware of history rhyming. These books are full of accumulated wisdom and yet we keep doing the same things over and over. Reading it at this very moment in history really drives it home. 2d

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BarkingMadRead @willaful 💯💯 2d

SamAnne @willaful exactly. We continue to relive it. One of my clearest memories of high school is our amazing English teacher have us read this. Context: redneck timber town highschool mid-80s. All of us were “whew glad that doesn‘t happen anymore.” And then she showed us a documentary on the plight of orchard workers in CA in relatively current times. Have never forgotten. (edited) 2d

Bookwormjillk @willaful yup 2d

willaful @SamAnne I'm glad you had such a good teacher. 2d

BarbaraJean @willaful My thoughts exactly. All the bank stuff. All the faceless non-human/inhuman entities. All the shifting of blame. 😡 (edited) 2d

dabbe @willaful @SamAnne Same here! 🧡🍁💛 2d

lil1inblue @willaful 🎯🎯🎯 2d

lil1inblue @SamAnne What a powerful lesson. And what an amazing teacher. 💓 2d

SamAnne @willaful @dabbe @lil1inblue Raise a glass to Eleanor Dinkins. She terrified me at first. Then I loved her. And what a treat to get to know her when I was an adult. Even in my conservative red neck timber town, what freedom our teachers had to teach us! The 80s. Now I raise a glass to all the teachers out there doing the difficult work under difficult circumstances. I always thought it would get better, not worse. 2d

dabbe @SamAnne I always took it as a compliment when I student would tell me that I terrified them ... at first. And I always waited for the magic word “But“ ... music to my ears! Here's to you, Eleanor Dinkins! 🍸 2d

ElizaMarie This chapter gutted me. @davbe - I am sure you are one of those teachers people still talk about :) @SamAnne you are right back when we were in school I felt teachers were able to be so much more truthful now- it‘s walking on egg shells 2d

lil1inblue @SamAnne Here's to Eleanor Dinkins! 💓🍸💓 My Ms. Dinkins was Mr. Joe Locascio. Teachers are so amazing. 2d

lil1inblue @dabbe I think I would have loved having you as a teacher. I can see hints of it in the buddy reads you host. 💓💓💓 2d

dabbe @ElizaMarie In both positive and negative ways! I didn't anoint myself as #crabbyabbe for nothing! 🤣🤣🤣 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue You are too kind. I can sometimes come across as too teachery! 🤣😍🤣 2d

SamAnne @dabbe new adverb . Teachery! 1d

dabbe @SamAnne 🤪🤣😘 1d

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 4: #jimcasy #tomtakestheturtle #iwasworriedhewasgonnamakesoup #nope #agiftforhissibs #awwww #meetsjimcasyontheroad #interestingdude #losthissperit #lotsoffuninthegrassthough #philosophicaldiscussion #thenbackontheroad #thepigstorythough 🐷 #thehouseisempty #poortom #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie @bklover @lauraisntwilder 4d

ElizaMarie GEEZE that former preacher! Ha! I loved his rationalization of his sex life :) We aren't too far in, and again, I am going in blind, so I have no clue whats going on, but its odd. I am looking forward to keep reading and exploring where the story takes us! 4d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie I‘ve started it but not finished it, so I‘ll be curious in a little while 🤣 the writing is beautiful but it‘s such a sad story so far! 4d

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Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm glad nothing happened to the turtle. Anymore turtle meaness and I'm out. 4d

Bookwormjillk This was the only assigned reading in High School I actually finished. I‘ve read it a few times since. But since I have a Swiss cheese brain when it comes to what I‘ve read I don‘t remember the details. 4d

Cuilin Ok I was this 🤏 close to DNFing but something happened when he started talking about being in prison that made me interested. Especially the guy who returned because life was better in prison then out. Sticking with it for now. 4d

willaful I was fascinated by this chapter. I think the Preacher's take has a lot to be said fo it.

But I'm so worried about the poor turtle! Even if he's meant for a pet, I fear he wil wind up food. 4d

dabbe Jim Casey. Initials JC. Just like ... 🧐 4d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe 💯 4d

SamAnne @dabbe could catch. Yes. I enjoyed this chapter. Oh that poor turtle! 4d

lil1inblue @willaful I, too, was intrigued by the preacher's viewpoint. Especially when combined with the JC initial observation that @dabbe pointed out! 3d

lil1inblue I'm way too invested in the turtle. 3d

Bklover @Crinoline_Laphroaig @lil1inblue I agree! This turtle business is making me crazy. 3d

lauraisntwilder The story about stealing the house! 😂 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 2: #tomjoad #hitchhiking #headedhomefromtheslammer #homicide #maybedontbragmyguy #poortruckdriver 🤣 #awkard #stilllovingthebeautifulwriting #driverisntoptomisticaboutjoadsfarm #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie @bklover 6d

Bookwormjillk Not gonna lie I loved the way Tom leaned in and said homicide. 6d

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk Me too. 😅 6d

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KAO Me three! 6d

Bklover Kinda felt sorry for the driver. 6d

Bklover Gotta tell you- I was talking to my daughter and telling her we‘re reading The Grapes of Wrath. I just said it was the Litsy group and she wanted to know if that‘s the group with all the women fainting. Made me laugh. 😆 6d

BarkingMadRead @Bklover 🤣🤣🤣 6d

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm catching up. It's interesting to read place you know. Drive past prison in McAlester so many times. It's right on Hwy 69. 5d

ElizaMarie @Crinoline_Laphroaig oooo post some pics ! 4d

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 1: #beautifulwriting #devastating #notagreatstart #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie 7d

lil1inblue So evocative! I needed a glass of water after reading. 7d

Cuilin I felt asthmatic reading this chapter. 😷 7d

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Bookwormjillk The truth of the children looking to see what the adults would do 7d

TheAromaofBooks When I read this several years ago, I remember enjoying the not-story chapters even more than the story chapters. I think Steinbeck's writing is so beautiful. 7d

dabbe Oh, this novel. My heart weeps not just at the story of the Joads but at Steinbeck's sublime writing. 🩶🖤🩶 7d

BookNAround I love that so many people like this book so much. It 100% is not for me (I loathe it). In fact, no Steinbeck book I‘ve ever read has been for me (I do still have high hopes for Travels with Charley though). 😂 7d

BarkingMadRead @BookNAround this is my second attempt. Now I have to finish it 🤣 7d

Crinoline_Laphroaig As a gardener from Oklahoma this makes me sad. 7d

Bklover I love East of Eden so much that I am worried this one will be disappointing. 🤨 6d

willaful This opening reminded me of the terrible fires of 2020, and a day when the sky was so red it felt apocalyptic. :-( 6d

Bklover Hiya! Can you add me to the list? 6d

BarkingMadRead @bklover absolutely 6d

ElizaMarie I am behind - I ended up getting the Audio, because I went everywhere BUT a bookstore this weekend. Anyway, listening to Chapter 1 - I can tell I am going to enjoy this so far. It feels ominous (Also kinda going in blind, never tried to read it, never saw any of the screen adaptation - not sure how many there are). Excited to be in this group! 5d

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 3.6: #frankiesendselizabethofftobed #happyhoneymoon 🙄 #creaturekillsher #frankieloseshisshit #achaseensues #creatureescapes #frankiebringsthebadnewshome #popsdiesofabrokenheart #frankiegoesmad #finallyrevives #askamagistrateforhelp #magistratesaysnope #smartguy #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @bklover @peanutnine @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads @dabbe @willaful @crinoline_laphroaig @lapreader @kao @thearomaofbooks @seabreeze_reader @sparklemn @librarybelle @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @bookwormahn @roary47 @elizamarie @jenlovesjt47 @julieclair 2w

ElizaMarie Do y'all think the creature would have spared Elizabeth if he didn't marry her? Victor is so selfish. I think he knew that the creature will kill her, and didn't do enough to protect her. Like maybe getting out of her life, it's not like he seemed super excited about getting married anyway. 2w

Bookwormjillk And yesterday I was so sure everything would be ok 😣 2w

dabbe You destroy the only thing the creature will love; then YOU get married and think you'll be all happy? THEN you let her go off to bed on her own? This is where one has to suspend their disbelief just a tad. 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 3.4: #riphenry #frankieloseshisshit #somuchguilt #sickfromit #rantingandraving #luckilythejudgedidsomedigging #contactedpops #helpedfrankiedefendhimself #backtogeneva #towaitforthecreature #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @bklover @peanutnine @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads @dabbe @willaful @crinoline_laphroaig @lapreader @kao @thearomaofbooks @seabreeze_reader @sparklemn @librarybelle @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @bookwormahn @roary47 @elizamarie @jenlovesjt47 @julieclair 2w

Bookwormjillk Kind of mad at Frankie for spending 2 months in bed instead of cleaning up his mess. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk seriously! Swooning is for the ladies, my guy 2w

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dabbe @BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk Those are the dark Romantics for you ... all the angst. Angst everywhere. Run and hide in bed. 🛌 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Frankie basically confessed when he saw Henry! He‘s lucky the judge didn‘t take it as such and was willing to dig. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig What's with this guy always falling into a fever when something bad happens? Is this the male equivalent of a Regency heroine catching a cold and almost dying every time she gets caught in a bit of rain? 2w

Sparklemn @BarkingMadRead 😂😂 2w

Sparklemn @Crinoline_Laphroaig Honestly, it feels like half the book has been Frankie moping around in bed. 2w

ElizaMarie Victor's fever = man cold. Like wow buddy.... He is TOO much with the drama. CLEAN up your mess!!! It's like, he should be hunting the creature down rather than hiding and letting the creature kill everything/one he loves. 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 3.3: #frankiestartshiswork #creatureappears #frankiefreaksout #asonedoes #destroysmrscreature #creatureismaaaaaad #threatensfrankiesweddingnight #yikes #frankiestandsfirm #throwshisworkintotheocean #fallasleepanddriftsaway #karma #finallyfindsland #accusedofmurder #omgwhodied ⁉️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @bklover @peanutnine @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads @dabbe @willaful @crinoline_laphroaig @lapreader @kao @thearomaofbooks @seabreeze_reader @sparklemn @librarybelle @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @bookwormahn @roary47 @elizamarie @jenlovesjt47 @julieclair 3w

Bookwormjillk Bad luck to wash up there. 3w

dabbe Lots of wandering in this book ... all kinds of people/creatures who have lost their way. 🚶🚶‍➡️🚶 3w

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peanutnine Frankie needs some impulse control. He really should have come up with a plan before revealing to the creature that he wasn't going through with the new creation, instead of letting him go off and wreak havoc (again) 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Oh, now he decides that he‘s not going back on his word? 🙄 I think the description of him dropping the bag of body parts into the ocean was the creepiest part of this book so far. 2w

ElizaMarie Where I am confused... He destroys the female creature, okay, how much was put together? Is he just throwing random organs and limbs in the ocean? Nobody cares? 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 3.2: #traveltime #frankieisparanoid #moretravel #moreparanoia #leaveshenryinedinburgh #paranoid #settlesintheorkneys #paranoid #timetomakeawife #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @bklover @peanutnine @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads @dabbe @willaful @crinoline_laphroaig @lapreader @kao @thearomaofbooks @seabreeze_reader @sparklemn @librarybelle @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @bookwormahn @roary47 @elizamarie @jenlovesjt47 @julieclair 3w

ElizaMarie I‘m kinda glad he is paranoid. He really needs to think things through before he does them 3w

dabbe Gee, what could he be paranoid about? A creature on the loose? A wife he has to make so the creature won't kill anyone else? No one to tell this to? Though one may forget that this entire story is being narrated by Walton as Victor is telling him his story. Why won't he tell Henry? I think Henry might understand. Might. 3w

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Bookwormjillk Paranoid and kind of procrastinating too 3w

Sparklemn Frankie acts like he‘s the victim. As if! 3w

ElizaMarie So, like he is luging around body parts right? Like just hey, we are collecting them as we go? 2w

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