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Crime at Black Dudley | Margery Allingham

Ch 8: #yikes #beethovenispissed #somethingismissing #everyoneistrapped #beethovenisarmed #buthey #thedaggerisback 🥚🥚🥚#staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @mcctrish @bookwormjillk @larkken @ruthiella @rubyslippersreads @eeclayton @dabbe @crinoline_laphroaig @bklover @librarybelle @willaful @kwmg40 @kathywheeler @kao @cuilin @elizamarie @alldebooks @lil1inblue @daisey @kspenmoll 1d

Ruthiella Sh** just got real. Is this a whodunnit or a hostage situation? 😱 1d

lil1inblue @Ruthiella I was so not expecting a hostage situation! 😮#dontmesswithbeethoven 1d

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Bookwormjillk Worst party ever 1d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk absolutely #worstpartyever 1d

mcctrish Hopefully the gas is in containers and no one lights a match 1d

AllDebooks Honestly, all I see is David Niven saying, 'Now, see here'. It's all very jolly hockeysticks, ain't it? 1d

willaful I suppose the missing item is the mysterious wallet... or is that just what they're EXPECTING us to think! 1d

ElizaMarie Way way ahead! So I‘m gonna refrain from comments - excited to read yalls 1d

Bklover @Bookwormjillk That‘s for sure!!💀 23h

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 30: #wtf #ishouldhaveknownitwouldnthaveanHEA #yikes #thatendingthough #thisbookwasbannedforthatending #imgivingthisasoftpick #ineedapalatecleanser #mysoulhurts #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie @bklover @lauraisntwilder 1w

ElizaMarie Wow!!! Didn't expect that! 1w

BarbaraJean I knew about the controversial ending, but I didn‘t realize it would be the ending ending. Like the last scene. All of this and then THAT. I can‘t. And what was up with Rose of Sharon‘s little mysterious smile?!? 😳 That took it over the edge from uncomfortable to creepy. Still. This was a relentlessly sad and infuriating masterpiece. 1w

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eeclayton #mysoulhurtstoo What a heartbreaking story. Thanks @BarkingMadRead and #HashtagBrigade for this buddy read. It's a beautifully written and tragically relevant book, but I wouldn't have been able to finish it if it wasn't for you. 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I had to finish before Thanksgiving, I didn't want to be reading with family here. My reaction was WTF? That's it? 1w

lauraisntwilder While the ending is unexpected, Steinbeck was setting us up for something like that the whole time. It's another example of how the poor are only able to rely on other poor people, to the point of sacrificing their own comfort or propriety. There are no strangers anymore and everyone is family. I think Rose of Sharon is glad for something good to come from her heartbreak. Just my take. What a book!!! 1w

Bookwormjillk I had remembered the ending but not the scene with Uncle John and the baby. That hit me hard this read. Also reading this made want to try to do better about my bitterness towards my husband‘s cousin living in my basement 😂 Thanks as always @BarkingMadRead looking forward to starting something short tomorrow. 1w

dabbe I just couldn't reread it this time. After having to teach it in high school (as well as OF MICE AND MEN), I couldn't face the bleakness this time. But, oh, how I love Steinbeck's writing. Here's for a short read in December! Thanks @BarkingMadRead for your on-point #hashtags--as always. 🩵☃️💙 1w

KAO I had never read this, and I‘m so glad I did it this month with you all. I found the writing truly wonderful, even though the unfolding of events really brought heartbreak after heartbreak. I do wish Steinbeck could have given us more hope for these tough characters at the end. Tragic! 1w

Bklover Well. I‘m glad I read it. @BarkingMadRead made it possible, but I am glad it‘s over. Beautiful writing. East of Eden I could read again- this one nope. Thanks @BarkingMadRead ❤️ 1w

KAO @Bklover I loved East of Eden too—and agree that I could read it again. This Grapes of Wrath journey was just so endlessly sad. I‘m still glad that I read it though. 1w

Bklover Me too, @KAO I know that this was the only group I‘d get through it with! 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 18: #travelingjoads #stoptocamp #morebadnewsaboutcali #copcallsthemoakies #maalmostusedhercastironpan 🍳 #yikes #noahwalksoff #thewilsonsstaybehind #poorsairy #finallyincali #ripgranma #roseandconnie #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

dabbe 💔 3w

SamAnne Well, oof. 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm a little bit behind. Interested in this chapter because now days we proudly call ourselves Okies. 3w

ElizaMarie This was a rough chapter! Also Ma is so strong- the amount to trauma this woman experiences and then to take care of everyone! Wow 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Ch 3.7: I made these in a bake off class today and we chose light green in honor of the Creature! #anyway #frankiedeclareswaronthecreature #creepylaughtereverywhere #yikes #andsoweendupbackattheboat #frankieneardeath #askingwaltontotakeoverthehunt #waltonsboatgetsstuck #mutiny #frankietrieatoconvincethemtocarryon #nope #timetoheadback #ripfrankie #creaturecomesback #vowstoendhisownlife #theend #sadbuttrue #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 1mo

KAO What a fabulous baking project! 🎃 And a fitting tribute! @BarkingMadRead (edited) 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Frankie is a bit of a hypocrite! At the beginning he was all “oh don‘t do science, let me tell you my story of how science is bad” and then he‘s telling him to go on! The creature is a hypocrite too… 1mo

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Bookwormjillk Great work 👏 1mo

AnnCrystal
👏🏼🤩😳🤩👍🏼💝. 1mo

Bklover Well. That was cheery. Love the fingers! Thanks as always ❤️ 1mo

BookwormAHN 💜🐈‍⬛💜 1mo

kwmg40 I love these! Very appropriate for the conclusion of this book. 1mo

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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

Bookwormjillk Bad luck to wash up there. 2mo

dabbe Lots of wandering in this book ... all kinds of people/creatures who have lost their way. 🚶🚶‍➡️🚶 2mo

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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) 2mo

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. 2mo

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? 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Letters: #captainwalton #boundforthenorthpole #insteadofsantahegetsdrfrank #nowwegettohearthetale #imaginewritingletterslikethat #beautiful #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk “Remember me with affection should you never hear from me again.” #yikes 2mo

ReadingInTheRealWorld The writing is so elegant that it's making my other books sound simplistic. An #unfaircomparison and yet it's so. 2mo

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ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk Ha yeah!!! I loved this quote! 2mo

dabbe #mytwocents Having “The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner“ be one of Walton's favorite poems is crucial to his meeting of the “stranger.“ Just like the mariner, who has a tale to tell (a la Jacob Marley in A CHRISTMAS CAROL), the stranger also has a story to tell to ward off the ambition of Walton in his pursuit of seaworthy excellence. In one of the most famous frame tales every written, we're now going to go back to hear the tale. 2mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe thanks! Love these insights 🐦 (closest I could find to an albatross emoji) 2mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig Struck by how desperate he was for a friend and how quickly he became enamored. 'I love him like a brother. ' 2mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk We need an albatross emoji!!! 🧡💜💛 2mo

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 3.5: #popsiscominghome #everyonemustmove #popsisnotafanofberyl #shesoundslikealot #popsishometodie #doesnotewantberylinhishouse #planstochangethewill #hugedebateoverlastrites #wariscoming #popstakesaturn #itsalmostover #juliacallsthepriest #absolution #breakup #yikes #almostthere #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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 3mo

BarbaraJean This chapter kind of made me want to throw the book across the room. Or at multiple characters. 3mo

Bookwormjillk Pops cracked me up every time he said Beryl. That breakup seemed abrupt to me but then again Charlie doesn‘t really show emotion. Kind of a weird chapter. 3mo

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willaful That's pretty much how I expected it would go. :-( Their religion is such a strange and powerful force in their lives. 3mo

Cuilin @willaful Yes, it‘s like another character in the novel. 3mo

willaful @Cuilin another member of the family, and Charles always underestimates that. 3mo

willaful A thought I just had. Julia's marriage to Rex wasn't sanctioned by the church because he was divorced. A conniving person could probably have had that marriage annulled. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Jeez, what the heck? Talk about an anticlimax! I thought Julia would at least talk to Charles about what a condescending jerk he‘s being about her religion. And is he just forgetting about Sebastian?! @BarbaraJean 💯💯💯 3mo

ElizaMarie @willaful but—- I don‘t think Charles‘ marriage could be annulled. I might not know the rules of annulment though 3mo

willaful @ElizaMarie Well she married a divorced man once, surely she's got a mulligan for that. ;-) 3mo

mcctrish I thought the beginning with Lord Marchmain‘s conflicting letters was hilarious which led to the dominoes of who‘s moving where but Julia being unable to marry Charles because of her religion is just a cop out after her first marriage to Rex ( poor Charles is the only one who really wants the house imo) 2mo

ElizaMarie @mcctrish He truly loves the house! 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 2.1: #yikes #christmasatbrideshead #samgrasslostsebastianabroad #butheliedaboutittom #everyoneishidingthebooze #exceptforcharlieandcordelia #charliegetskickedout #cordeliagetsintrouble #rexwillbringsebastiantoafacility #excepthelosessebastiantoo #rexwantstomarryjulia #askingpopssincemomdoesntlikehim #lookslikehewins #butdoesjuliawin #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

willaful I don't think I care much about Julia making a stupid mistake, she's kind of a horrible person. 3mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful yeah, I‘m not a big a fan either. I thought she was fun at first, but not so much anymore! 3mo

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Cuilin Oh Sebastian, 😔 I love how Charles is unbothered by Lady M‘s disappointment in him. (edited) 3mo

willaful The whole family is so toxic, even Cordelia at times. Though that's from her upbringing and she's sweet enough that she might overcome it.
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lil1inblue The discomfort in this chapter was palpable! Oof! 3mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue Yes, that‘s a really good way of putting it. I‘m not a fan of Lady M. 3mo

Bookwormjillk Ooof the fun is over. 3mo

mcctrish The money is all gone - oof 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Is Brideshead‘s first name actually Brideshead?! I thought he was Lord Brideshead but probably has a real first name and the last name Flyte like Sebastian (you know, like George Gordon, Lord Byron)… but even his mom calls him “Bridey.” 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful I‘d have hope for Cordelia if she were to be spirited away to some other family. 3mo

ElizaMarie EESH this family is A LOT! I‘d be drinking all the time too!!! 3mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly Bridey does have a Christian name. Brideshead is just the title and Bridey his nickname. But the book never reveals what it is. 3mo

BarbaraJean I‘ve been catching up and discovered today that my copy combines Book I and Book II (chapters 1-8) and therefore Book III has become Book II (chapters 1-5). As if I wasn‘t confused enough already by falling behind 🥴 Also I miss Aloysius. 🧸 3mo

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean would it help if I started off with the chapter title? Aaaand I‘m just now realizing those are only in my table of contents (edited) 3mo

BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead Yeah, I don‘t have chapter titles at all 😆 I‘m planning to read the last two chapters in my Book I / your Book II today, which will put me back on track with the group and should help with the clarity! It‘s just such an odd difference to have between editions (and makes me suspicious of mine!) (edited) 3mo

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean yes! We finish our book 2 today! So crazy that yours is so different! 3mo

Sparklemn My sympathies lie with the tortoise. 😜🐢💎 3mo

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 30: #grannycallsforarcher #whowishesmaywasdead ☠️ #yikes #heshopingtoseeEllen #butellenisout #visitingmrsbeaufort #thatsnotawkwardatall #grannyewantsarchertohelpkeepelleninnyc #hmmmmm #thatsnotsawkwardeither #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 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly 😬😬😬 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Archer is so nonsensical about May. He can‘t stand to read her poetry because she‘ll come up with her own opinions. But he also can‘t stand to talk to her because he knows everything she‘s thinking and he‘s bored! Make up your mind, jerk! 3mo

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Bookwormjillk Granny yikes 3mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly working with her man hands doing womanly crafts - #matchmadeinhell 3mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish this freaking guy 🙄 3mo

Cuilin I know we‘re not supposed to like Archer but May bores me too. She‘s definitely entrenched in old New York thinking. 3mo

lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly 🎯🎯🎯 🙌🏻 3mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin I do have a smidgeon of sympathy for May because she's a woman in a misogynistic world. Yes, she's entrenched in the old ways, but look what happens to women who aren't (like Ellen). 3mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue of course you‘re right. Though I admire Ellen for dancing outside the lines. But yes it wasn‘t easy for May either. 3mo

willaful I think they were all doomed to be unhappy but it's largely Archer's fault. He knew better and he still went ahead and married May. 3mo

ElizaMarie If this was a different type of book - I would have worried a lot about Archer‘s fantasies about May‘s death. 3mo

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie 🤣🤣🔪🔪🩸🩸 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 9: #yikes #archervisitsellen #whokeepshimwaiting #becausesheswithbeaufort #howmanytakenmendoesshehave ⁉️ #anyway #sheinsultseveryone #startscrying #manipulatesarcher #inwalksthedukewithsomechick #whoassumesarcherandellenareathing #andnobodycorrectsher #becausewhywouldthey 🙄 #archergoestosendmayflowers #whichheforgottodoearlier #amdsendssometiellenaswell #sir #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

TheBookHippie #withsomechick is sending me OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 4mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #isaidwhatisaid 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 4mo

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dabbe I feel guilty so I'm going to send my betrothed some flowers because that'll make me feel better but I have to send Ellen some too because I can't stop thinking about her and I hate this time period I'm living in because I have to be all prim and proper and follow the norms of the day and .... #oy! 4mo

lil1inblue @dabbe 🎯 🎯 🎯 😂 4mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 😂😍😂 4mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie @barkingmadread #withsomechick is just gold. 😂 4mo

mcctrish Archer wants to send yellow roses to May but they‘d be too much for her so I will send them to Ellen cuz sending flowers to someone other than my fiancé is an okay thing to do 4mo

KAO @mcctrish Sure, because that seems entirely reasonable…except—if it‘s that innocent and reasonable, why remove the card at the last minute, eh? 4mo

mcctrish @KAO oh I think Archer is crossing all kinds of lines 4mo

Graywacke @TheBookHippie 😂 4mo

TheBookHippie @Graywacke I needed to laugh that hard! 🤣 4mo

Graywacke @TheBookHippie oh… @BarkingMadRead nailed it 🙂 4mo

julieclair @dabbe 💯🎯🎯🎯 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly And don‘t forget that he didn‘t even tell May he was visiting Ellen 😬 4mo

ElizaMarie I love how he can't send the roses to May because they are “too rich, too strong, in their fiery beauty“ - but they are perfect for Ellen! #TskTskArcher #BadFiance 4mo

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