Litsy

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Ch 2: #holyheck #thesemenhatewomen #ugh #karmacomesfast #starvingvillagersrevolt #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @kwmg40 @thebookhippie @eeclayton @jacqmac @daisey @mcctrish @elizamarie @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @thearomaofbooks @larkken @bklover @barbarajean @dabbe @cuilin @lil1inblue 4h

BarkingMadRead @willaful @crinoline_laphroaig @cindymylifeislit @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @quietjenn @melissajayne @tineke @alldebooks @julieclair @kao @andrea313 @deblovestoread @librarybelle 4h

mcctrish I hope the villagers were led by women 4h

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ElizaMarie These men are so full of themselves! 3h

Clare-Dragonfly Not sure what the point was of having Malone with his guns and shillelagh at the mill when the attack came on the road! 3h

lil1inblue I love how the Brontës always remind me that men have not changed one bit in 200 years. 2h

dabbe @mcctrish 🤣🎯🤣 2h

dabbe And Moore just whips out a full meal in his mill? 😳 2h

Bklover @lil1inblue 🎯🎯🎯 2h

Andrea313 @lil1inblue THIS. I'm reading these first two chapters going, "Wait, I know these guys!" now

BarkingMadRead @Andrea313 omg he even said Humbug at one point. I was dying 🤣 now

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 5: #backtoschool #actinglikeoldmen #juliaandrexinvitethemtolondon #timeforaball #whichtheyhate #timeforabrothel #whatcouldgowrong #fairies 😳 #ugh #timeforapartywiththegirls #askullandaconsumptive #bustedbythecops #timeforjail #rexbailsthemout #samgrassissomethingelse #christmasatbrideshead #backtoschool #sebastianisdrinkingtoomuch #beingsentdown #nowcharliehasnoroommate #hedecidestopursuepainting #sebastianwillgoabroad ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #untilnextterm #andthenhewillbebabysat #whatcouldgowrong #whatwillcharliedo ⁉️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 4mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 4mo

TheBookHippie Fell behind catching up today! Am loving it! 4mo

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mcctrish I‘m pretty sure everything will go wrong 4mo

willaful Fascinating chapter! To me, Charles and Sebastian are clearly in love... But do they know it themselves?

The ending is heartbreaking. Sebastian's family is doing the absolute worst thing they could do in the name of taking care of him. I'm afraid they're driving him to his death. 4mo

Cuilin The juxtaposition of the helicoptering of Sebastian‘s family and The “hey you‘re 22, no? you‘re 20, I thought it was longer but, live your own life” from Charles‘s father is something. (edited) 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly I do not foresee good things for Sebastian. 4mo

Bookwormjillk I left this and Nancy Drew until 7:45 tonight. Why do I feel like a kid who procrastinated on their homework 😂 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 4mo

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk Haha. Same. 😂 4mo

lil1inblue @willaful They're definitely in love. 😍 4mo

ElizaMarie @willaful yes!!! I don‘t think they understand the feelings they have but know they feel intense and all consuming. 4mo

Sparklemn @Cuilin I thought so, too. And yet they‘re both so lonely. 4mo

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 24: #shortchapter #declarationsmade #poorwinona #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 4mo

mcctrish #cheatingcheaterswhocheat 4mo

willaful This chapter reminded me of Rules of Civility by John Towles; I wonder if he was inspired by it. 4mo

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Bookwormjillk @willaful oh, good connection 4mo

ElizaMarie I feel so bad for his wife :( ❤️‍🩹 4mo

lil1inblue #ugh 4mo

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dabbe

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#WDNCW @dabbe

We do not care that we had a hysterectomy almost three years ago and are supposed to not be having menopausal symptoms anymore. Weird facial growths, chin hairs, EAR HAIRS!!! 😱, crepey skin, saggy skin, hot flashes (still), and banging into things because we're so damn clumsy (and now we bruise too easily)--nah--we just do not care. Luckily our hubby doesn't care what we look like anymore, either. #aging #notforthefaintofheart

Aims42 Love this hashtag so much! It‘s just what we needed 🤗 #Whocares 5mo

LiseWorks 🤣🤣 5mo

dabbe @Aims42 #whocares #indeedy 😂🤗😍 5mo

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lil1inblue Ear hairs?!?! #isthiswhatihavetolookforwardto Random question since we're on the weird symptom subject: Has anyone else developed tinnitus? Also, itchy dry ears? #ifeellikeihavelostmymind #butistilldonotcare 5mo

Suet624 😂😂😂 5mo

mcctrish Youth is wasted on the young imo 5mo

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue yes. Both. 5mo

TheBookHippie If it helps I still have symptoms…. 17 years later…. 5mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 5mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie It feels weird to say thank you, but thank you! Every day, I'm wondering what the actual fuck is happening to me! 🙃🫠 5mo

mcctrish @lil1inblue I woke up in the night last week with one ear so itchy for so long I wanted to stab myself 5mo

Prairiegirl_reading @lil1inblue yes! Tinnitus and itchy ears are both symptoms of peri/menopause. 5mo

dabbe @LiseWorks 🤩😍🤩 5mo

dabbe @lil1inblue OMG! Don't get me started on my ears ... though I also have eczema inside both of them! I can't tell you the number of prescribed medications I have tried; all bring little relief. I have battled this for 30 years. And it's gotten WORSE since menopause. Couple soothing tips: Aquaphor/vaseline (just on the outer skin layers); mineral oil works well, too, and is fast-absorbing. 🩵💙🩵 5mo

dabbe @Suet624 😂😍😂 5mo

dabbe @mcctrish I couldn't agree more! 🎯🩵🎯 5mo

dabbe @mcctrish Oh, don't get me started on what I have stuck in my ears to itch them. My favorite is the cap on a Bic ballpoint pen. Seriously. 5mo

dabbe @Prairiegirl_reading Boy, are they! 🎯🩵🎯 5mo

Sace I feel your pain! 5mo

dabbe @Sace 🩵🎯🩵 5mo

marleed Not for the faint of heart - for sure! 5mo

dabbe @marleed 🩵🎯🩵 5mo

Mimi28 So those are symptoms of perimenopause? I just thought I was weird, lol. My primary care doctor fired my pain clinic doctor and wants me to see his spine specialist. He‘s funny I kind of have a crush on him. 5mo

Lesliereadsalot Was it Mae West said getting old ain‘t for sissies? I‘m sure Matt only sees the girl he married. @mcctrish Your comment made me laugh out loud. 5mo

dabbe @Mimi28 Yay for the primary care doctors! And yes, those are just a FEW of the symptoms. #ugh 💙🩵💙 5mo

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Aww, thanks! 😘 And I bet I know which @mcctrish comment made you laugh. I spit out some of my drink. 😂😍😂 5mo

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🤭👌🏼💝. 5mo

lil1inblue @mcctrish @dabbe @thebookhippie Thanks for confirming that I'm not nuts! There's times where my ears itch so bad, I feel like there's bugs in them. I also appreciate the tips, Denise! 5mo

melissajayne Are you still doing #tlt? 5mo

dabbe @melissajayne I am; I'm just behind because I just got back from vacation. I'll see if I can put something together today. If not ... definitely next week! 🩵💙🩵 5mo

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IriDas

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time | Jonathan Weiner

All over the place. Medical insurance headaches that are already negatively impacting my kids. Over an hour trying to figure out that my daughter can‘t go to her scheduled appointment with the specialist tomorrow. I have been fighting insurance companies since my oldest was born over 28 years ago. I‘m so tired.

On the good side, my youngest son enjoyed the summer reading kickoff and I won for best speaker at Toastmasters.

#mentalhealthmonday

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willaful So sorry. It's such a grind. 7mo

Bookwomble ❤️‍🩹🫂❤️‍🩹 7mo

Kerrbearlib I am so sorry you‘re dealing with that with the insurance company. They are awful. 7mo

dabbe I have no words for insurance companies. Except #ugh. Hang in there. 💙 7mo

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dabbe

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. I still can cry over BREAKING THE CHAIN: THE GUARD DOG STORY: a comic book by Patrick McDonnell, the creator of MUTTS. So poignant!
2. The tagged: THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO. #ugh I couldn't even get through this one with the #hashtagbrigade! That's really saying something! 🤣

Eggs Not familiar with either one ☝️ Thx for joining in 💖 9mo

dabbe @Eggs You're lucky re: the 2nd one. 🤩 9mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 11: this doctor 💥 💥 🤬🤬#anyway #randomsailorstory #didheevenlistentoher #howdoesheexpecthertoimprove #ohyeah 💡 ⚡️ #ugh #readingaboutsuicideisnthelping #dontgetonthebus #atleastnowtherandomstorymakessense #offtochicago #maybe #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 10mo

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 10mo

Cuilin I‘m not sure I want to read anymore but I will. It‘s triggering something. Can you get secondhand melancholy from a book? 10mo

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ElizaMarie The part - “It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next. It made me tired just to think of it.“ - Made me so so sad for her!

@Cuilin I feel a bit of the blahs too after reading this chapter. (edited) 10mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @ElizaMarie for sure! It‘s gloomy and snowy here in SC and she‘s definitely got me feeling the blues 10mo

mcctrish This might not be the best book for February blahs - I went outside for the first time in days today. I was putting on a bit of a protest against winter and left to my own devices I could have held out longer but my husband was grousing that we had no apples left for his lunch. Or bananas. Or berries. Anyways I went to the grocery store and I survived. I feel Esther‘s pain. Adulting is hard. I don‘t think electric shock is the answer 10mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish we have like zero food in our house 🤣 I have hated the grocery store ever since Covid, I‘m scarred for life 10mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead I want to know why the cashiers don‘t bag groceries for you anymore?! It just makes me lose my mind with rage! I‘m spending $260 on groceries in a store, I could go anywhere, I‘ve chosen this one, appreciate my business UGH 10mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish you need to move to SC 🤣 they bag your groceries and will push your cart to the car and unload them too 10mo

willaful @mcctrish They found out how much they could get away with during lockdown. 🤬 I'll never forget the gas station that had closed down its public bathrooms “for your safety“ but of course didn't require masks. Security theater, so much of it.

This was definitely a depressing chapter. Esther seems pretty seriously mentally ill to me, but damn, shock treatment is a lot before trying something else, *anything* else! 10mo

mcctrish @willaful or how little 😡 10mo

Bookwormjillk This chapter was really hard to take. 10mo

dabbe How does this doc only see her TWICE before recommending shock therapy? Was that the 1st answer in the 60s? A very difficult chapter to read. She reminds me in so many ways of Holden Caulfield. 😞 10mo

Ruthiella @mcctrish The supermarket doesn‘t bag your groceries? They do here in Southern California. We do have to put them on the conveyor belt ourselves. When I was a kid, the cashier also emptied the cart for the shopper. (edited) 10mo

mcctrish @Ruthiella 🤯 I‘m conducting a poll on FB of what stores bag or if anyone even cares 🤦🏻‍♀️ my usual store does bag but I went to a store close to home today instead of the one on the way home from school and no bagging, even though I gave her my bins to load 10mo

mcctrish @dabbe RIGHT? 10mo

ElizaMarie @mcctrish @dabbe @willaful yeah I don‘t think she really needs ECT (I have treated patients pre and post ECT and—- try something first! ) like 2 doc appointments and they already gave up!? (edited) 10mo

Clare-Dragonfly Yikes, as I expected—the shrink sucks. Going straight to electric shocks is not wise! Do you really think she‘s going to Chicago? There was something about a stop two blocks from her house. Sadly I just don‘t think she has the chutzpah to do something so bold. 10mo

CogsOfEncouragement I finished this chapter after a short walk in the sunshine. Very helpful. 10mo

julieclair This chapter made me so sad. Her depression, the shock treatment, the overall feeling of flatness. Just sad. 10mo

tpixie @julieclair yes a very sad chapter. @Cuilin here story and the horrible treatments We still are behind the eight ball 🎱 in testing depression. @dabbe I live in Kansas & the groceries here bagged ( for free) and they will take out your groceries to your car, if you‘d like. (edited) 10mo

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reading.rainb0w

White Horse: A Novel | Erika T. Wurth

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DEBBIE & JACK. What is this unnecessary and ENRAGING relationship I have to hear about between y'all (constantly) when you're not even the main characters and it detracts from the actual plot?? I get it. Jack is an alcoholic insecure POS. And Debbie.. Debbie has no backbone or was manipulated to the point she deserves this because she ain't leaving nor listening to reason. #ugh #rant

reading.rainb0w Like... it's LITERALLY Debbie's fault for getting Keri involved in this mess, and now she wants to act like Keri is in the wrong and she needs to be the "good wife and mom"... for her alcoholic husband, and stop talking to Keri completely (who is like her sister) for a whiskey obsessed insecure man who for some GODFORSAKEN reason has manipulated her into thinking he would be a better guardian and could get full custody of the kids over her. #dumb 2y

reading.rainb0w Can we get a plot twist where Jack dies? Please? 70% through and holding onto hope 🤞🏽 2y

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AllDebooks

World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed | James Hoffman

#LitSolace #MidsummerSolace

Let's make Saturday a day for coffee and chats. Join in our #SaturdayChatterday event. Grab a drink and start chatting.
☕️ Are you having a good weekend?
☕️ What are you up to today?
☕️ Where are you?
☕️ What are your plans for next week?
☕️ Any recommendations - books, places, films/tv shows etc?

Have a great day 🌞

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

Librarybelle Good morning! I‘m very excited for the $5.00 bag sale at my favorite independent bookstore and plan to go today. It‘s a lovely sunny day in my part of PA, so a good day for a book sale! 2y

kspenmoll Hello! It‘s a gorgeous morning in CT- blue skies, breeze- on my way to Brooklyn to see a Paul McCartney photo exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. Meeting a friend who lives there. There have been protests pro Gaza so we will see what transpires today. Living history. https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/paul-mccartney (edited) 2y

kspenmoll @Librarybelle What fun! Enjoy the bookstore!📚📚 2y

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AllDebooks @Librarybelle sounds fun, enjoy x 2y

AllDebooks @kspenmoll oooh that looks a good exhibition. Have a great day with your friend. Living history indeed, stay safe x 2y

AllDebooks I've got rained off gardening. It is so cold here in Derbyshire. I've snuggled up with list making of garden jobs and our #buddyread

Prodigal Summer

TheBookHippie @Librarybelle ooooo FUN!!!! 2y

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll HOW LOVELY 2y

TheBookHippie Current have two loaves of bread in the oven. 👀 @dabbe …. Laundry and sitting on the patio for today it‘s been a flare week so I need to behave. 🫣 2y

dabbe @TheBookHippie Is it in the 60s-70s? I hope so, and I hope you relax on your patio and rejuvenate yourself! 💚💙💚 We're hibernating inside and also having a relaxing day of reading. 2y

TheBookHippie @dabbe NO it‘s 80 WTH 🫣😵‍💫😝 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️ so… I‘m inside until the supper hour I guess… 😩 2y

dabbe @TheBookHippie 80 with humidity is like 100 here. #ugh! 2y

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie flare-ups are so frustrating. Wishing you a speedy recovery. I bet your home smells lovely, nothing like freshly baked bread x 2y

AllDebooks @dabbe it's easy to forget how blissful a day of reading truly is. x 2y

dabbe @AllDebooks #truth 🤩 2y

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dabbe

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#WhatsNewWednesday
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDieDue @Read4Life (thanks for the tag! 😘)

Been on the phone all morning and online dealing with banking issues. Our bank account had fraudulent activity, so we had to close that account and open a new one and change everything. I have a headache the size of Texas. Why is signing in such a pain these days? P/W's are no longer good enough; they have to text for codes, too. #ugh Time for happy hour.

Mimi28 My mom went through something like that in September. I know it‘s a pain 😞it will get better 🤗🫶🏽🩷🫶🏽😊😉 2y

Librarybelle Oh my! You deserve a relaxing evening! 2y

monkeygirlsmama Good luck! That sucks. 2y

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TheBookgeekFrau Oh that really sucks 😖 My happy hour soothe you 🍻🥂 2y

dabbe @Mimi28 💚💙💚 2y

dabbe @Librarybelle 💚💙💚 P.S. Letter on its way! 2y

dabbe @monkeygirlsmama #suckoramaindeed 🤩😃😍 2y

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 💚💙💚 2y

random_michelle I can actually answer that question #ITgeek but I know that you don't want answers, you just want to vent. Which I totally understand. But if it helps, there are good reasons for it. And it IS a giant PITA.

❄ 🐱 2y

dabbe @random_michelle You were right. It was a rhetorical question intended to vent sarcastically. And Litsy shouldn't be the place for negativity. Thanks for helping me to see that and for sympathizing. 💚💙💚 2y

Librarybelle Yay! I‘ll watch for it! 2y

ShelleyBooksie Boo - totally a no fun morning. Glad you got it sorted ♡ 2y

random_michelle @dabbe Nah! It's not negativity! One of the first things I learned in IT support is sometimes they just needed to vent, & once they got that out the problem solving went easier.

It's hard to move past frustration when it's at the front of your mind. You just gotta clear the decks before you can move on.

& I also know that sometimes knowing there is a REASON for why something is a PITA, helps. It feels less like an act of god or punishment! :) 2y

AnnCrystal Scary and tedious 🫂💝. (edited) 2y

PaperbackPirate 💙 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m so sorry!!! Thieves 🤬😡 2y

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 💚💙💚 2y

dabbe @random_michelle You made my day much better. 💚💙💚 2y

dabbe @AnnCrystal Two excellent words! 💚💙💚 2y

dabbe @PaperbackPirate 💚💙💚 2y

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💚💙💚 2y

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