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Ch 34: #26yearslater #kidsareallgrown #mayhaspassedaway #archerdidpoliticsforlikefiveminutes #kidsareallmarryingthenextgeneration #archeranddallastakeatriptofrance #dallassaysmayalwaysknew #appreciatedarcherstaying #timetoseeellen #excepthedoesnt #interesting #theend #hashtagbrigade ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead Y‘all. I hope I didn‘t let my life change my view on this book, I tried to stay impartial. Right after my hysterectomy to remove my endometrial cancer, my husband left me for another woman. (Early June) This book was kind of hard for me, so I hope I did it justice as your fearless hashtagging leader! 1w

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 1w

TheBookHippie You did AMAZING as always!!!! Sending you allllll the love in the world!!!! Hope you‘re doing okay as you can be. 1w

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TheBookHippie This was a fun scream at the book reread! 1w

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie thanks! I‘m past the crying every day stage and into the doing all the shit he never wanted to do stage 🤣 1w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead you did great! And don't we all view books through what's happening at the time? Thanks for sticking with it. Maybe the next one will be better...oh no, wait. Well, we always have Grapes of Wrath.

I thought that was a satisfying ending. They all lived happily ever after, sort of. 1w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I was kind of conflicted about the ending. As frustrated as I was with all of the drama, I wanted to see them together at the end! 1w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead yeah he kind of wimped out there. But then again I‘m not sure I wanted him to get what he wants. (edited) 1w

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead oh that‘s a fun stage! 1w

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I got the next book all shinny and new! 1w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes!! 1w

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie my copy is brand new as well! 1w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead You did amazing. Sending love, light, hope and dreams your way. 🩷 1w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin thank you! 1w

nanuska_153 @BarkingMadRead sorry to hear that you're going through such a tough time, although if your ex is the kind of person to do that: good riddance! You did great with the buddy read! Sending lots of love 💕 1w

Ruthiella You did a fantastic job, as always. Thank you for your dedication to the brigade. I know you have had a lot going on personally and I admire your attitude toward moving forward and healing. ❤️ 1w

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Exactly this. 1w

CBee I didn‘t participate but LOVE your posts and the hashtags always make me laugh. So, in that limited scope, I think you did amazing. Oh, and screw your ex. What an absolute shit thing to do. Thinking of you and sending love 💚💚 1w

lil1inblue You did a fabulous job! I had a great time re-reading this! (Although the first time was in 8th grade and I remembered very little.) Sending so much love. 💓 Enjoy every single second of doing the things he never wanted to do! 1w

ElizaMarie As always, you did an amazing job! Thank you for hosting this group! You are an amazing person, and I am sorry you went through what you went through. Your #LitsyFam is here for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Also --- I agree @BookWormJillK, I am not sure I wanted Archer to get what he wanted either! Ha! 1w

Chrissyreadit I just saw this- and ultimately suspect you are 1000000000 times better off! what is on your bucket list that YOU want to do? 😘💛🙌 1w

BarkingMadRead @Chrissyreadit brightly colored furniture, a tree up all year round with seasonal ornaments, Ireland, Alaska, line dancing, the list is endless 1w

dabbe As always, you were BRILLIANT! Thank you for leading us and for sharing what you're going through. I want to hit your ex with a crowbar! Or something to that effect. I hope you embrace some of your bucket list items ASAP: put that tree up! Put color into your home! You do YOU. Sending you 💛💜🧡. 1w

willaful @BarkingMadRead Sounds absolutely awesome and he is not only a complete douchebag but a stupid one! 1w

Clare-Dragonfly Wow! You did a great job and I wouldn‘t have been at all offended if you‘d decided you couldn‘t handle this book at this time. Sounds like you had a Beaufort, not an Archer. 1w

TheAromaofBooks 💕 💕 💕 Thank you for sticking with us even through a hard time!!! What he did is beyond the pale. I admire you for working on focusing on the positives!! 1w

Chrissyreadit @BarkingMadRead i will be cheering you on in checking those things off! 1w

KAO @BarkingMadRead Thank you, thank you, thank you for leading us on through these messy relationships in this book! (I did find the last chapter oddly and surprisingly satisfying.) May our own personal next chapters be filled with MUCH better relationships than these! Thanks again. (edited) 1w

mcctrish I fell off the list 😢 thank you for everything always, you‘ve had more than enough to deal with personally, I hope we were distracting in a good way. I hope you have recovered well from the surgery and I hope your ex gets some nasty karma 1w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish that‘s so weird, I don‘t know how that happened! I‘m so sorry! 1w

eeclayton I've just caught up and finished. Thanks for leading us @BarkingMadRead you did amazing as usual ❤️
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julieclair You did great leading us! As always. 💙 You‘re an amazing, smart, witty, wonderful person, and we‘re all blessed by your presence here on Litsy. Go embrace your bright, colorful future! I‘d love to see pics of your seasonal trees as the year goes on. 💖 5d

BarkingMadRead @julieclair thank you!! 5d

julieclair 💙💝💙 5d

Bklover I fell off the list towards the end- I lost this one. I have had some health issues that have me distracted so I have just been reading all the hashtags and comments. I am so so sorry to hear about your ass husband bailing on you. Can‘t imagine who‘d want him after that!!! You take care of yourself right now. He doesn‘t deserve you anyway! We all love you! 💙💙💙 4d

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Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

ch 60: #rogerlovesmolly #hewillwaittilhereturnstopropose #docapproves #rogerstalksthehousetosaygoodbye #ofcoursemammaruinsir #cynthiawillvisitonherwaybackhome #theend ⁉️ #wtf #ifeelsochated #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 1mo

BarkingMadRead The pic won‘t load! 1mo

mcctrish I had no idea this wasn‘t finished - after all Molly went through this is the ending we get ?! 1mo

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willaful SO MADDENING! How did we not know this?! I wanna see Molly happy! I wanna see Dr. Gibson slough off NotClare somehow! I guess we can watch a filmed version to get some kind of closure.. 1mo

Bookwormjillk So I'm guessing she died before she finished? Too bad. Still liked this book but kind of melancholy over the ending. The characters were great in this one. 1mo

peanutnine Yes I was so surprised at the abrupt end of the last chapter! But my version had an afterword that gave details about where Gaskell planned to go with the story before she died, so it was nice to know Molly gets her happy ending @mcctrish @willaful @Bookwormjillk 1mo

Ruthiella @peanutnine My book had this too. It does have a HEA! 1mo

Bookwormjillk @peanutnine my book had that too but it wasn‘t really clear where the information came from. But there was something about Cynthia‘s new husband being like “Wait you know Rodger???” and I got a kick out of that. 1mo

eeclayton I had the afterword, too. But even without it, Mrs Gaskell set up the HEA nicely, and she was no Charlotte Brontë to kill off Roger somewhere in Africa 😂 1mo

mcctrish @peanutnine mine had the afterward and thank god - I really was in a panic with how much book there was left and how much story there was to tell - but it felt too abrupt. All this ongoing story ( especially #notclare with her long winded double speak) ending with “dear reader, Roger married Molly. The end” 1mo

Ruthiella @eeclayton OH MY! ??? I she had pulled a Charlotte Brontë trick like the end of Villette? ? 1mo

peanutnine @eeclayton I am SO GLAD she didn't!! @mcctrish I agree, it was abrupt and I wanted all the details like we got for the whole rest of the story! I'm sure it would have been much more satisfying 1mo

ElizaMarie Yes!!! Actually if I had knownn- I probably would have skipped this book because it irked me soon much!!! 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Sooooo, some of you didn‘t know that Gaskell died before finishing this book 😅 I have the edition with the ending written by her publisher but I was saving that for tomorrow! 1mo

Bklover Well, I am glad for the HEA, but I would have loved to have seen Cynthia have children and love them madly! 1mo

Lcsmcat @peanutnine That‘s how my edition handled it too. Still disappointed that we didn‘t get to see how Gaskell would have gotten us there. 1mo

AnnCrystal @PageShifter is having the same difficulty with images. 1mo

Bookwormjillk Forgot to say thanks @BarkingMadRead 1mo

dabbe I‘m in the minority, but I liked how it ended with both Molly and Roger seeing one another, saying nothing, but knowing where their hearts were and where their future lay. To me, their souls said more to each other than their spoken words ever could. Thanks for hilariously leading us again, @BarkingMadRead. 😍 1mo

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The End | Lemony Snicket

104/100🎧📖
Book 13
Finally completed the series. I love the movie and tv adaptations and equally enjoyed the books/audiobooks.
#theend #aseriesofunfortunateevents #lemonysnickett #ebook #audiobook #goodreads #goodreadsreadingchallenge

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Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 5: #yall #thatwasalot #stephenwritestomaggie #beggingtomarryher #shealmostgivesin #flood ⁉️⁉️ #itallmakessensenow #thatfearofdrowning #maggieescapesinaboat #managestogettotom #theyheadforlucy #crash #rip #stephenmarrieslucy #phillipmournsforever #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @mcctrish @deblovestoread @dabbe @julieclair @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @thearomaofbooks @daisey @quietjenn @morr_books @leftcoastzen @kwmg40 @alldebooks @eeclayton @sparklemn @elizamarie @kao @jenlovesjt47 4mo

Bookwormjillk I was kind of surprised they both went. I thought it would just be her. Thanks @barkingmadread 4mo

mcctrish Thank you for leading us #iwillnevernotbemad 4mo

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TheAromaofBooks Thank you for guiding us through this one!! This is my second George Eliot book and I am here to say that it will also be my last 😂 What even was the point of this. 4mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣 4mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 💯 4mo

dabbe The ending infuriated me. All the pages ... on and on ... such descriptions ... blah blah blah ... then BAM! Dead in one chapter. The end. #wtf? 😳 And what kind of marriage will Lucy and Stephen have. I'd always think that his true love was Maggie. What kind of marriage can come from that? At least MIDDLEMARCH had a happy ending! 4mo

mcctrish @dabbe I am so mad!!! Maggie is smarter than her father, smarter than her brother, Philip is her intellectual match but he‘s a cripple so that‘s a no, Stephen is a lightweight and her cousin‘s choice so that‘s a no, let‘s kill her off cuz that‘s the fitting thing to do #knowyourplacegirls ENRAGED I am 4mo

KAO Stunned! It actually crossed my mind that the author was tired of this story or didn‘t know how to end it—so, ta daa! A dangerous flood occurs to shut it all down with fatal consequences! The End. Argh! Ah well, thanks for leading us through this one, @BarkingMadRead! 4mo

Ruthiella Thank you @BarkingMadRead for once again leading us through the breach! I likely would have not read this otherwise. I‘m glad to have it under my belt, even though it was a frustrating read at times. 4mo

eeclayton Joining the #wtf club. It was interesting to realize that out of the 3 times we saw Maggie in a boat, the only time she was safe was when she was threatened by the flood, floating with no male companion in the vessel. But the I still don't understand why the siblings had to be killed off like this.
Thanks @barkingmadread for leading us through another difficult read that I would probably have given up on without our lovely group 💕 3mo

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

dabbe @KAO 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

dabbe @Ruthiella 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

dabbe @eeclayton 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

dabbe All hail @BarkingMadRead, the hostess with the mostest! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Thanks for leading us yet again through a challenging read with an unbelievable #wtf ending. On to Ms. Gaskell! Love this #hashtagbrigade! 😍 3mo

ElizaMarie #WTF 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Bleh! All the flooding and drowning was definitely foreshadowed effectively… but bleh! Thanks for leading us @TheAromaofBooks 😘 3mo

AllDebooks Wow, what a cop out of an ending. Thank you @BarkingMadRead for keeping us sane and amused through yet another chunker 😊 3mo

Leftcoastzen Thank you @BarkingMadRead all that for that ending ?😡🤬 3mo

BarkingMadRead @Leftcoastzen @AllDebooks @dabbe that ending was garbage 🙄 3mo

julieclair @AllDebooks I agree 💯. So disappointing after aaaalllllll those pages. @BarkingMadRead You are the best leader ever! 3mo

BarkingMadRead @julieclair thank you!! 3mo

kwmg40 I feel the same way as everyone else about that ending. Thank you @BarkingMadRead for hosting! I'm sorry I didn't contribute much to the discussion but I did enjoy following along with the #hashtagbrigade. 3mo

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The Woman in White | Wilkie Colli

#butfirst #waltersmissionissuccessful #uncleuselessacknowledgeslaura #marianstayswiththem #asonisborn #porkchopmeetshisend #ratherdramatically #uncleuselesspassestoo #ratherundramatically #littlewaltistheheir #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 6mo

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 6mo

Bookwormjillk I kept waiting for something shocking to happen but I guess they‘re all just happy and all the evil people are dead. Oh well 🤣 6mo

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Bklover I feel bad for Marian. Forever the aunty. 6mo

BarbaraJean It was a bit anticlimactic! More dramatic vindication would have been nice. Or at least a hilarious dramatic deathbed scene with dear Uncle. I‘m just glad Pesca didn‘t have to kill Porkchop. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean I definitely hoped for better deaths 🤣 6mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk #atleastthebadpeopledied small mercies and @BarbaraJean silver lining for Pesca 👏🏻👏🏻 6mo

Bookwormjillk @BarbaraJean good point- happy for Pesca 6mo

ElizaMarie @Bklover YES! I feel so badly for Marian. Like she was a super amazing woman, and if only she wasn't so ugly - ha! I mean, she kinda gets a happily ever after, but... only kinda? 6mo

dabbe It creeped me out how #countporkchop lusted/loved Marian. There has to be someone out there for her! But you know what? She's Wilkie's independent woman, so maybe it's fitting that she ends up happily on her own. She, Walt, and Anne were my favorites. Oh, and Pesca, too!

Thanks for another fabulous read, #hashtagbrigade and our wittiest leader, @BarkingMadRead! 🤩🙌🏻🤩 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly Heck yeah they did! I suspected that foreigner with a scar on his face might be the Brotherhood‘s vengeance but when he left the Count alone when Walt arrived at his house, I wasn‘t sure. He got the ending he deserved! 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly Does anyone remember, if Laura hadn‘t managed to produce a son, would someone else have inherited Limmeridge? Or would a daughter have done the trick? Or could she have inherited in her own right? 6mo

Ruthiella @Bklover @ElizaMarie @dabbe We can all write our own ending for Marian. I see her meeting Mr. Gilmore‘ son (or nephew or daughter or niece, whatever your flavor) and starting a beautiful partnership both personally and professionally as private detectives. 6mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I think she would have inherited in her own right. 6mo

TheAromaofBooks I ended up loving this one!! Thanks so much for hosting @BarkingMadRead - this one was an unexpected win for me 😂 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I love that ending!! @TheAromaofBooks I was pleasantly surprised as well! I really loved this one! 6mo

dabbe @Ruthiella Love this! 🤩🤩🤩 6mo

KAO I enjoyed this a lot! Thanks so much! 6mo

Leftcoastzen What a wonderful book ! Glad for the happy ending (it‘s about time) so many of the characters are so well crafted, they could have a book of their own ! Yay,Marian! Thanks @BarkingMadRead 6mo

Bklover @Ruthiella That‘s a perfect ending!! I love it! 6mo

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

chapter 20: freaking Buddy #yeahbuddythisisallaboutyou #whataloser #peaceout ✌🏻#esthergoestojoansfuneral #suchbeautifulwriting #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 6mo

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 6mo

mcctrish Loved it ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6mo

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Clare-Dragonfly Bahaha, perfect 😂 I hope Esther goes on to live a happy life! Certainly I hope it‘s better than her creator‘s. 6mo

Bookwormjillk Go to hell buddy. She should have let him dig out his own dang car. Thanks @BarkingMadRead for another great read. 6mo

Ruthiella Buddy, Buddy, Buddy! Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! 6mo

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for hosting!! This is one of those books I always felt like I “should“ read but never have. I didn't love it, but some of the writing was amazing. 6mo

Deblovestoread So glad to have finally read this book! 6mo

kwmg40 Perfect comment about Buddy. Thank you for hosting! I needed this group read to motivate me to start this book, which had sat on my shelves for a long time, but once I got into it, it was easy if sad reading. 6mo

Andrea313 Thanks for hosting! It's always the right time to read The Bell Jar, and I'm so glad I got to read it with this group. ❤️ 6mo

ElizaMarie Thank you all again for this wonderful group—especially @BarkingMadRead for hosting. I have wanted to read this book for a while now, and I am glad I experienced it with a group. 6mo

dabbe @Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 6mo

dabbe Esther truly reminded me of Holden in CATCHER IN THE RYE, and both books ended on a hopeful note--both of them hopefully on the road to recovery. I only wish Plath had been able to keep that bell jar off of her for good. 🥺 Couldn't have read this without this fantastic group, and thanks again, @BarkingMadRead, for seeing us through. 💚 6mo

DieAReader @BarkingMadRead 🤓💖Thanks for a great group read! 6mo

tpixie @BarkingMadRead thanks for hosting this event. This is a book that felt I really needed to read, and I‘m glad I was able to do it with you as a host and with other#Littens. SP did have a way with words. I could see how she was a poet in her prose. 6mo

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

4.19: #andtheyalllivedhappilyeverafter #withlotsofpropertyexchanginghands #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 8mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish And no crying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8mo

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Bookwormjillk WE MADE IT! Thanks @BarkingMadRead 8mo

Clare-Dragonfly Finally!!! I never would have gotten through this without @BarkingMadRead and the Hashtag Brigade. 8mo

BarkingMadRead This was rough 🤣 I was reading another book and the author used verdant and I was legit pissed 🤣 8mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😂😂😂 8mo

AllDebooks Thank god for you guys, this was a tough read 🫣 8mo

TheAromaofBooks Verdant is going to give us all reading PTSD forever 😂 Thank you so much for hosting!! I didn't enjoy this one, but it was an interesting read, and I can see why it was so popular in its day. 8mo

eeclayton TGIO! Thanks @barkingmadread and #hashtagbrigade I could never have done this without you! 8mo

AnishaInkspill yeyyy, what a marathon. I didn't read this with you all and read it last year, and was really with you all, if its any cnsolation this took me months to read. 8mo

Bklover Thanks so much @BarkingMadRead ! You always make this fun!❤️❤️ 8mo

julieclair This was quite the journey! How will I ever survive without my daily dose of tears and verdure? 😂💚 Thanks for this, @BarkingMadRead , I would have never made it through on my own. 8mo

kwmg40 I don't think I would have gotten through this without the #hashtagbrigade and your encouragement, @BarkingMadRead! It was a struggle but I'm glad I finished the book, if only to check another book off my #1001 list. 8mo

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 27: the movie ends differently, but this is a badass photo so I‘m still posting it 🤷🏻‍♀️ #travelingtothecastle #minaisgettingworse #allsleepandnofoodmakesminaseemlikeavamp #minaandvanhelsingmeetthewives #poorhorsies 💀 #peaceoutwives #herecomesdrac #andalsothewholecrew #dracisslain #dusttodust #butalsoquincey #poorquincey #everyoneelsegetsanHEA #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @ruthiella @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @bklover @bookwormahn @graciouswarriorprincess @cuilin 11mo

mcctrish #peaceoutvamps✌🏻#minaforpresident 11mo

Bookwormjillk My husband wanted to watch the movie last night. I was like nope, you gotta give me another day. Great book. Thanks @BarkingMadRead 11mo

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TheBookHippie Mina!!!! 11mo

CatLass007 Mina was pretty badass in the book. I don‘t remember that she was this badass in the movie. 11mo

TheAromaofBooks I really enjoyed reading this, but the ending felt a little abrupt after all that chasing!! 11mo

Cuilin This was a fun read thanks to all #hashtagbrigade On another note Quincey Harker is a great name. (edited) 11mo

rubyslippersreads It‘s hard for me to imagine Drac having (or deserving) a moment of peace. 10mo

rubyslippersreads I just looked at the description of the Keanu movie, and I think they borrowed that whole “vampire in search of his lost love” thing from Dark Shadows. Drac didn‘t seem particularly romantic in the novel, just out for blood. 10mo

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The Hotel: A Novel | Elizabeth Bowen

Ch 25: that‘s how it ended?!? #miltonandronnieleft #someladieswentforawalk #theend #theyalllivedeverafter #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @graciouswarriorprincess @mcctrish @ruthiella @cuilin @jewright @julieclair @quietjenn @thebookhippie @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @deblovestoread @dabbe @catlass007 @willaful @debinhawaii @peanutnine @Tineke 12mo

IndoorDame I agree, such a weird note to end on. But it totally fits in with the slightly quirky vibe of the book. The whole thing reminds me of the way you remember a vacation, but written as it‘s happening instead of looking back. 12mo

Bookwormjillk So weird. I was reading this morning that this was her first book and later ones are better. Maybe worth another try.

What a long strange trip it\'s been. Thanks @barkingmadread and #HashtagBrigade 12mo

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mcctrish I just finished the chapter and was startled to see it‘s the end, I said it out loud “oh, that‘s it?” Surely a weird way to end I agree @IndoorDame but I‘m happy to be done with this strange group of holidayers ( happy too that the final poke at Kerr happened ) 12mo

currentlyreadinginCO Same reaction 😂😂 12mo

willaful I spent the whole book wondering when we\'d find out what Miss Pym was upset about... 12mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful 🤣🤣🤣 12mo

peanutnine I did like that it called back to the very first chapter and the two ladies' quarrel 12mo

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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 36: Donne 🙄 #ihatehim #whataselfcenteteredass #peaceoutloser #leonardwillberaisedbythevillage #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @ruthiella @currentlyreadinginCO @amor4libros @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @mcctrish @indoordame @rubyslippersreads @thebookhippie @dabbe @crinoline_laphroaig
@clare-dragonfly @julieclair @aimeesue @quietjenn @kao @bklover @alldebooks @jewright @cuilin @willaful 12mo

mcctrish Victorian justice is a sham! #donneisadouche 12mo

IndoorDame Somewhat surprised to learn he has no legal rights to the kid at this time. Still such a creep!!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬 12mo

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Ruthiella But kudos to Mr. Benson for dressing Donne/Bellingham down and shutting the door in his face. I think Gaskell wrote the whole novel so she could get away with that condemnation of the penis that started it all. 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 12mo

Cuilin @Ruthiella Yes!!!! I loved the dress down!! 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Ruthiella Hahaha, yes! Benson is perfection in this chapter. Still so sad though 😭😭😭 Definitely makes me want to read the rest of Gaskell‘s books—I‘ve only read two others. 12mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly me too. I think next year will be a Gaskell binge year for me. 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk we will have to add some to next year‘s schedule 12mo

rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella 👍🏻 12mo

dabbe I'm going to try to look at this positively. The hero of a story usually saves or changes the community for the better. Look what Ruth did and how her village changed because of her--even Bradshaw! Unfortunately, she was a sacrificial hero, but Leonard will be okay and turn out well. I hope. 🤞 12mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead woo! 12mo

julieclair @dabbe I love your positivity! 😊 12mo

dabbe @julieclair 🤩😂😘 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead Excellent! 12mo

KAO Thanks to all for helping me to get through this one! The tragedy was almost too much to bear. @dabbe I like your take though! 12mo

dabbe @KAO I tried, but I‘m still all 😭! 12mo

currentlyreadinginCO I just finished because I was vacationing and got behind and you have to be kidding me! Definitely agree w @dabbe though 12mo

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