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BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead

Joined May 2016

Book Reviewer, Little Free Library Explorer
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The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas
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We Were Liars by E Lockhart
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Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
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Gravepulse by R Richards
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Forbidden Promises by Synithia Williams
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
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The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
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Look what I just got at Aldi‘s for $5!!

Cuilin Very cool, love the middle aisle at ALDI, you never know what you‘ll find!!! 5h
Ruthiella Cozy! ☺️ 5h
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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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! 1d
TheBookHippie You did AMAZING as always!!!! Sending you allllll the love in the world!!!! Hope you‘re doing okay as you can be. 1d
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TheBookHippie This was a fun scream at the book reread! 1d
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie thanks! I‘m past the crying every day stage and into the doing all the shit he never wanted to do stage 🤣 1d
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.
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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! 1d
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) 1d
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead oh that‘s a fun stage! 1d
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I got the next book all shinny and new! 1d
BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie my copy is brand new as well! 1d
Cuilin @BarkingMadRead You did amazing. Sending love, light, hope and dreams your way. 🩷 1d
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin thank you! 1d
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 💕 1d
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. ❤️ 1d
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Exactly this. 1d
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 💚💚 1d
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! 1d
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!
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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? 😘💛🙌 1d
BarkingMadRead @Chrissyreadit brightly colored furniture, a tree up all year round with seasonal ornaments, Ireland, Alaska, line dancing, the list is endless 1d
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 💛💜🧡. 1d
willaful @BarkingMadRead Sounds absolutely awesome and he is not only a complete douchebag but a stupid one! 1d
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. 1d
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!! 1d
Chrissyreadit @BarkingMadRead i will be cheering you on in checking those things off! 1d
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) 1d
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 9h
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish that‘s so weird, I don‘t know how that happened! I‘m so sorry! 9h
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BarkingMadRead
It (Media Tie-In) | Stephen King
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Five Below coming in clutch this week! #losersclub

Bookwormjillk Love it! 2d
BookwormAHN Cute 🖤 2d
lil1inblue 🤩🤩🤩 I wants. 2d
MartinaLove They‘re cute! 2d
TheBookHippie Omg!!!!! 1d
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Cuilin Archer 0 points May 💯 points!!!! From watching the Gilded Age, divorced women were completely ostracized, so ladies had to have their wits about them. 2d
willaful Archer was always trapped. He's just been feebly struggling instead of gnawing his own leg off like Ellen did. 2d
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lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯🎯🎯 2d
Ruthiella @willaful Totally agree! 👍 2d
lil1inblue @willaful Very true. And in many ways, he's trapped in his own mind, as well! 2d
Bookwormjillk @willaful you got it 2d
Bookwormjillk Also I bailed on this book once before so this is my first time getting to the end. I wish I had known how much I would love this. Thanks @barkingmadread 2d
Clare-Dragonfly At the beginning when one of the moms expressed concern about May overexerting herself I was like oh, she‘s definitely pregnant and got REALLY mad at Archer. But then at the end of the chapter it turns out he had no idea, but she used it to get rid of Ellen! Clever May, self-sacrificing Ellen. 2d
Clare-Dragonfly @willaful Ooh, well put. 2d
dabbe I think I'm the only one here who wishes/ed (I've read it before) that Ellen and Archer would work out. That would mean them both bucking their society for the love they feel for one another. And yes, the only one who would be hurt would be May, but I somehow think she'd find a way to move on--or she'd shoot Archer dead with an arrow. Which is pretty much what her being pregnant has done to him. 🤔 2d
BarkingMadRead @dabbe as someone who was recently cheated on and dumped, i think it all sucks 😆 but if he‘s not happy, he should leave first and then have all the feels. This dancing around and flirting is childish and stupid 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d
dabbe @BarkingMadRead Agree 💯. He knew he had feelings for Ellen BEFORE he married May; he should have never married her. She even gave him an out! He is the most frustrating and egotistical character, and I think I'm biased towards him because of Day-Lewis.
P.S. I am beyond sorry about your ex and what happened to you. It does suck--totally. 🧡🩶💛
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BarkingMadRead @dabbe DDL is a delight for sure 😍 2d
ElizaMarie Ugh @BarkingMadRead cheaters suck - I am so sorry you went through that 2d
mcctrish Archer is so frustrating! I wish like @dabbe that Ellen and he would get together against the odds. May only wins that he stays and is miserable and she‘s worth more than that 2d
dabbe @mcctrish All three of them deserve someone they love and who loves them. So tragic this story is! #channelingyoda 💛💜🧡 2d
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead ugh. Cheaters. Been there done that. Wishing you forever happiness going forward. 1d
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Autumnblings | Douglas Florian
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I dropped off my swap at the UPS store today!! #fffs #fallingforfallswap @Chrissyreadit @Avanders

Avanders 🍁🍂🧡 2d
Chrissyreadit 💛🧡♥️ 2d
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Throw back to last week when I went to a book bedazzling event! I bought this book just for the occasion!

Deblovestoread Beautiful! ❤️ 3d
Sparklemn Adorable! 3d
Cuilin Gorgeous 😍 2d
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Cuilin Well played May!! Well played. Also #CancelCultureIsNotANewThing. 3d
Clare-Dragonfly I think Ellen intended to leave when she made the plan to hook up with Archer! She‘s always sacrificing herself for him (and May), which is good because he can‘t be bothered. And I keep thinking May is pregnant (remember the blushing when someone was making jokes about her children?), but it hasn‘t been made clear yet. 3d
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lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯🎯🎯 3d
lil1inblue It's a shame Archer doesn't recognize how very clever May actually is. 3d
ElizaMarie I kinda felt a little bit better that Archer was potentially gonna confess - but felt it was #TooLate. Also I do like the idea of wearing your wedding dress out- I used to wear mine on anniversaries (I was married by Elvis - my dress is more a summer white lace type of thing - not an extravagant dress) 3d
dabbe @ElizaMarie Okay, I have to hear more about being married by Elvis. Inquiring mind is dying to know! 😂 3d
willaful Oh yeah, I was expecting a knitting needle confession before Archer did his, but clever May didn't even need it... 3d
mcctrish I thought for sure Archer was going to try and confess and then May was going to tell him she‘s pregnant but this is better - archer played by Ellen and May #keepyoureyesinyourowndamnhead 3d
KAO @ElizaMarie @dabbe “Married by Elvis”?!? Please tell us more! 3d
ElizaMarie @KAO @Dabbe ♥️♥️♥️My husband and I eloped and got married in Vegas by an Elvis impersonator. We had been engaged 3 months and while I was on a travel assignment he booked the Vegas trip for us and surprised me (we had already talked about eloping) - so I went to Macys the day before the flight and bought a white summer dress and some white keds. On our 5yr anniversary we renewed our vows (by Elvis) and my mom came (his parents opted not to) 3d
dabbe @ElizaMarie L♥️VE, L♥️VE, L♥️VE! Best story of my day! 🖤🤍🩶 3d
nanuska_153 Also think she's pregnant! Poor May, imagine having that husband and a baby on the way! 3d
Bookwormjillk I think she‘s pregnant too 3d
KAO @ElizaMarie Fabulous story!! Thanks for sharing it! 3d
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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TheBookHippie Ughhhhhhh 😵‍💫 4d
Ruthiella Archer, the time to consider all this was when you were not yet married and Ellen could have divorced. You didn‘t have the stones then and you don‘t now. 4d
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Bookwormjillk Yuck Archer 4d
dabbe @Ruthiella Well said! 🎯🩵🎯 4d
Cuilin Ugh Archer gives me the ick!!! Like build a bridge and get over it!!!! 4d
lil1inblue @Ruthiella 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 4d
lil1inblue @Cuilin Haha! Love that phrase! 😘🤌🏻 4d
mcctrish Why does Archer think his adultery is different from the others? #getoveryourselfman 3d
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Finished my #doublebookspin today! I‘m still working on my #bookspin though! @TheAromaofBooks

AnnCrystal Brilliant bookstaging 📚💝. 5d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4d
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Clare-Dragonfly 😬😬😬 5d
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! 5d
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Bookwormjillk Granny yikes 5d
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly working with her man hands doing womanly crafts - #matchmadeinhell 5d
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish this freaking guy 🙄 5d
Cuilin I know we‘re not supposed to like Archer but May bores me too. She‘s definitely entrenched in old New York thinking. 5d
lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly 🎯🎯🎯 🙌🏻 5d
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). 5d
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. 5d
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. 5d
ElizaMarie If this was a different type of book - I would have worried a lot about Archer‘s fantasies about May‘s death. 5d
BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie 🤣🤣🔪🔪🩸🩸 5d
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Cujo | Stephen King
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Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #cujo
 Please be mindful of spoilers. We have new readers to King who haven‘t read all of his books. When referencing his other work, please keep this in mind for our new-to-King friends. Don‘t forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!
#StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

Bookwormjillk One of my earliest memories is asking my Dad what he was reading and him teaching me what rabies was....

I thought this was okay, but it dragged a bit. I'm pretty sure I've read it before, but didn't remember much.
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk this one always gets me because it‘s something that could totally happen 6d
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BookwormAHN I remember reading this in 4th grade and the first few pages terrified me but I also remember me and my mother getting in an argument on how to spell damn and me showing it to her in the book 😸 6d
BookwormAHN I also agree that this is the most realistic of his terrors and all dogs should be vaccinated for rabies. 6d
BookwormAHN Also the monster/man in the closet is the same as the serial killer in The Dead Zone. 6d
BarkingMadRead @BookwormAHN yesssss I love a good Easter egg! 6d
5feet.of.fury @BookwormAHN lol for the vocal lesson 😂 and I agree, Cujo didn‘t want to be a bad dog. The whole thing is so upsetting. 6d
KathyWheeler I ended up feeling bad for Cujo as well as for the people in this novel. It does drag a little bit though. 6d
AllDebooks This one hit me hardest. I thought the pace was goid and added to the tension. My heart broke for Cujo. I was incensed at Tad's parents for not being more supportive. Both of them had the heebie jeebies around the cupboard and noticed the awful smell. There is no rational explanation, but I would not be putting my child in that room. 5d
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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mcctrish Archer wants to have it all #nothowtheworldworksespeciallyforwomen 6d
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Ruthiella When I first read this book, some decades ago, I was much more sympathetic to Archer…less so now for sure. 6d
Cuilin @Ruthiella It‘s a great line. We‘re just older and wiser now. 😆 6d
dabbe @Ruthiella I was, too. And as much as I love Winona, I was never a fan of May. All three play their parts in this society the way they're supposed to--on the outer level at least. Those stays are tied so tightly around them they can't be and get what they really want. What a frustrating time period. 6d
Ruthiella @dabbe Totally agree. I saw May as manipulative then. Now I consider her position differently. 6d
lil1inblue Archer leaving the carriage felt like such a tantrum. He doesn't get what he wants, so he leaves. #bigbaby 6d
ElizaMarie @Ruthiella I can see May as being manipulative, but.. I feel a lot of her behavior is justified. (But -- I never watched the movie or read the book before this readathon) - I wonder if I would be like a lot of y'all with changes in perspective. 6d
KAO This is also my first time to read the book, and I‘ve never seen the movie. I honestly feel sorry for May, Archer, and Ellen. They all are just so very stifled at the least (or downright trapped at the most) by the society and customs of that era. I guess that‘s the point of it all. #heavysigh 6d
dabbe @Ruthiella I love how our feelings about books can change over time. 🩶🤍🖤 6d
Bookwormjillk It‘s a great line if not for the circumstances 5d
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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TheBookHippie GO !!! 7d
KAO “Busted” is 🎯! 7d
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mcctrish Oh what a wicked web we weave 7d
dabbe IMHO, this is Wharton's magnum opus. 🩶🤍🖤 7d
willaful I wonder at what point did May realize... 7d
Clare-Dragonfly May is sooooo good. And Archer‘s inner monologue just gets worse and worse! 6d
ElizaMarie @willaful I was thinking that too. But I am happy she has pieced a lot of red flags together and figured things out. I love knowing Archer isn't as slick as he thinks he is! 6d
lil1inblue @willaful @elizamarie I hope we find out! 🤔 6d
Cuilin @dabbe agreed!!! 6d
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Bookwormjillk May was AMAZING in this chapter! 1w
willaful May is scary. 1w
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lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk I nearly cheered aloud for May! 😏 😏 😏 #archerisoutmatched 1w
lil1inblue “[Archer] felt, no doubt, more sorry for her than her indignant relatives; but it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, even if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune.“ That's so rich coming from a #cheatingcheaterwhocheats, and it's interesting that he doesn't apply the same logic to Ellen. 1w
dabbe @lil1inblue Amazing how sympathetic one can be towards the one that the heart wants, isn't it? 😏 1w
Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue Archer is playing checkers while May plays chess 1w
lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk 🎯 🎯 🎯 1w
lil1inblue @dabbe And how hypocritical! 😂 #ireallydonotlikearcher 1w
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk for real 🏆 1w
mcctrish @lil1inblue I don‘t think Archer listens to himself when he thinks or talks 😆😆😆 1w
KAO @Bookwormjillk Exactly! May has surprised me in this way! 1w
julieclair @Bookwormjillk @willaful May is amazing AND scary!!! 1w
ElizaMarie So proud of May —- she knows exactly what she is doing!!!! 1w
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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ElizaMarie Okay, so May suspects, but what does she do about it? Do you think she is siding with the family against Ellen because of this suspicion? Like, secretly (or not so), she wants Ellen to be destitute, to financial and societal ruin? Or just to get her to leave? Either way? 1w
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Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie The passage with may at the end where it said what she said in one phrase and then said what she meant in about 2 paragraphs was so interesting. I'm not sure she even knows what she wants though other than to maybe keep up appearances and practice archery in peace? 1w
Cuilin “They smell less if one blows them out”!!!!!!! Methinks May wants rid of Ellen. (edited) 1w
mcctrish I love how Archer knows exactly what May is saying even though she‘s saying nothing, AS IF! Nobody talks about anything, how would he know what goes unspoken #utternonsense but his guilt is talking loud in his head, that‘s for sure 1w
lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯😏 1w
lil1inblue @mcctrish Exactly! His arrogance is beyond the pale. #dick 1w
lil1inblue “Archer's New York tolerated hypocrisy in private relations; but in business matters it exacted a limpid and impeccable honesty.“ So Beaufort can be a #cheatingcheaterwhocheats at home and no one gives a fork, but he can't fail in business! How horrid! #shameshame 1w
mcctrish @lil1inblue at least they are worrying about Beaufort‘s wife now being left penniless ( as opposed to when he was gallivanting around town and throwing money at women who weren‘t her) 1w
lil1inblue @mcctrish I felt like they were less worried about Beaufort's wife, and more worried about the disgrace to the family name. #horrors 1w
Clare-Dragonfly They‘re worried about Beaufort‘s wife being ostracized by his screw-ups. But they could choose not to ostracize her 🙄 1w
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The Assassin's Blade | Sarah J. Maas
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1w
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Thank you @Cuilin for this beautiful card, what a beautiful surprise!

Cuilin 🩷🤍❤️ 1w
wildwoodreads How precious! 1w
AnnCrystal 😍💝. 1w
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Cuilin My gast is flabbered! Did May‘s family acquiesce to the preponed wedding because they knew how Archer felt? #ThePlotThickens #TheWellandsAreSly (edited) 1w
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lil1inblue @Cuilin It does please me if they know. Because he thinks he's so sly. 1w
ElizaMarie @lil1inBlue and @Cuilin - I totally agree! I hope they know. I know Archer is #Delulu but ... come on, people have to see what's going on! --- I so want to read ahead - but so far I am being good #ChapterADay is SO SO HARD! 1w
BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie I feel like I‘m approaching a binge finish 🤣 1w
Cuilin @BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie I foresee a binge read in my future. Lol 1w
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @Cuilin the chapters are so short in this book a binge finish is VERY tempting 1w
Clare-Dragonfly That conversation was really hard to follow but it does seem like the French tutor is not going to blackmail Archer like I feared! 1w
julieclair @Cuilin I think they do know. But how would they have found out? 1w
Cuilin @julieclair he thinks he hides his feelings well, but I think he‘s more demonstrative then he realises. 1w
Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly yeah like when Archer got angry and stood up, I had to reread it. Like what did he say that made you angry? 1w
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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BarkingMadRead
Gravepulse | R Richards
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Starting something a little different

Gissy Sounds interesting! 1w
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Bookwormjillk I hope the guy in the crowd is a close relative of May‘s! 2w
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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk ohhhh I didn‘t even think of that! That would be epic #busted 2w
Ruthiella What I found crazy is that Archer ran into acquaintances in Boston. It really underscored what a small world he moves in. 2w
Clare-Dragonfly I thought the guy in the crowd was the French tutor from London. 2w
ElizaMarie Oooo 👀who can it be!? 2w
lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly 👀 2w
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I love book signings! I went to one today with @Princess.ofthe.pages and scored some great new smut 🤣

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳📚💝. 2w
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BarkingMadRead
Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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mcctrish 🎶don‘t be suspicious, don‘t be suspicious 🎶 (edited) 2w
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TheBookHippie @mcctrish 😂🙌🏼🤣 2w
lil1inblue I just want to play tiny violins for Archer. 😂 🎶🎻 🎶 2w
Cuilin @mcctrish that melody is Archer‘s leitmotif. 😆 2w
Cuilin Parker House mentioned!!!! 2w
mcctrish @Cuilin at varying decibels depending on the proximity of Ellen 😆 2w
ElizaMarie Ugh Archer!!! 2w
willaful Okay, Archer kissing the parasol that turned out the be the other girl's did make me hoot! 2w
Clare-Dragonfly I was really hoping Archer would go to the party! Those people sound actually interesting, and spending time with interesting people does seem to be what he won‘t allow himself to want. @willaful 💯😂 2w
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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh
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The #hashtagbrigade book for September! Drop a comment below if you‘re in! There are only 15 chapters if you include the prologue and the epilogue! I think we will start on September 8th, after the weekend, since Age of Innocence will run into September. Anyone can join, just know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so read the chapter before reading the post each day!

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mcctrish I‘m in! I LOVED this show! Bringing back high school and uni memories 2w
kwmg40 I‘d like to join for this one, thanks! 2w
Librarybelle I‘m in! 2w
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w
Bookwormjillk I'll be there! 2w
Cuilin One of my favourites!!! I‘m in. 2w
BarbaraJean I‘m in! 2w
TheBookHippie I can make it work 😂😅 I need to buy a copy. 👀 2w
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w
Ruthiella I‘m in! 2w
Deblovestoread I'm in! 2w
lil1inblue What the heck - I'm in! 2w
TheAromaofBooks September is looking a lil crazy, so I think I'm going to pass on this one and come back for October!! 2w
julieclair Looking forward to it! 2w
AnneCecilie I‘m in! 2w
rubyslippersreads I‘ve read this, so I‘ll pass. I‘ll be eavesdropping on the comments, though. 😄 2w
Morr_Books I have actually been pretty inactive in all things lately, but I think I would love to join for this 2w
Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm in! I've had this on my TBR forever! 2w
willaful Count me in! 2w
BarkingMadRead 😘😘😘 2w
Daisey I‘m in for this one! 2w
Clare-Dragonfly Count me in! 2w
KAO I found a used copy! I‘m in! 2w
Sparklemn I‘m in! 2w
eeclayton I think I'll sit this one out. Happy reading to everyone who participates! 2w
peanutnine I wanna give this one a go! 2w
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w
Crinoline_Laphroaig I picked up Library print copy and I own audiobook. So I'm ready! 3d
mcctrish I‘m in 9h
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Just a reminder that September‘s #LosersClub read is #gunslinger Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about July 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

Bookwormjillk Ohhhh so excited for this one. One of my favorites. 2w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk me too! I love this series! I think the only ones I like more are the Holly books! 2w
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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead That's a tough call! 2w
Sparklemn I‘m going to join you if I may? (edited) 2w
PaperbackPirate I just got the graphic novel version of The Gunslinger so I might join in with that. I‘ve already read The Gunslinger and am looking forward to a reread now that I know how the series ends. 2w
kwmg40 I‘ll join you in a reread of this one! 2w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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mcctrish Archer is going to implode at this rate 2w
Bookwormjillk Gee wonder why he wanted to go to an isolated island 2w
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Cuilin Interesting how Wharton still refers to May as May Welland and not May Archer or Mrs Newland Archer. 🤔 Why did May blush so? (edited) 2w
TheBookHippie @Cuilin Good catch! I wonder why now too! 2w
lil1inblue @Cuilin I didn't even clock that... Intriguing! 🤔 2w
ElizaMarie The name Ellen drives Archer crazy!!! He has got it bad!!! Better watch out- May is a badass with and arrow 🤭 2w
willaful Archer knows there's more to May, but he can't reach it. I wonder if he's actually tried... 2w
Clare-Dragonfly I think it‘s unfair of him to accuse her of cruelty for saying Ellen would be happier with her husband. She doesn‘t know how awful the Count was to her. 2w
julieclair @Cuilin I think May blushed because she's thinking of what has to be done to have sons or daughters! 😉 2w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 2w
Bookwormjillk Hot mess express 2w
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Ruthiella All this not really talking and assuming things will settle…😱 2w
lil1inblue #dick continues to fit again today! 🙄 2w
mcctrish @lil1inblue 😆 and yet May is a snob so maybe they are a #pairofdicks but for different reasons 2w
lil1inblue @mcctrish 😂 Excellent point. There's just #somanydicks in this book! 2w
willaful @mcctrish Different types. The one who has no idea she's a dick and the one who knows but keeps doing it anyway. 🙄 2w
ElizaMarie The first 6 months of the marriage are the hardest? Really!? 2w
mcctrish @ElizaMarie I mean if you‘ve never been told about sex or been allowed to have an opinion ….. 2w
Clare-Dragonfly Newland seems to expect they‘ll have children but if May‘s features are still “virginal” at the end of their honeymoon I‘m not so sure 😬 2w
Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly yeah the “virginal” and the “6 months” has me 🤔 2w
Cuilin @ElizaMarie Yeah, this is literally the honeymoon!! There‘s a reason we say “the honeymoon is over” to denote the challenging times are next. 🤔 2w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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lil1inblue #dick 🎯🎯🎯 😅 2w
Bookwormjillk You got it!

Got to say I was surprised they actually got married. But I guess that gives him more ways to be a #dick
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lil1inblue #mrsmingotttriestoattend That part was wild. 2w
Cuilin I love the description of all the white flowers like it was a funeral and not a wedding!!! lol 2w
dabbe Why, Archer, why? Just stay single and run away with Ellen! Oh, wait. We're in the Gilded Age--where they're all pretty in their cages. #oy! 2w
TheBookHippie @Cuilin well…. When I was in school we called weddings funerals. 🤣👀🤦🏻‍♀️😳😬🤭 2w
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🎯🎯🎯🎯 2w
dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵🎯🩵 2w
mcctrish Archer has turned into a space cadet 2w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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mcctrish Archer almost had it all 🎶you had my heart inside of your hand …… we could have had it all 🎶 2w
lil1inblue @mcctrish I laughed so hard at this, my co-workers got a little scared. 😂 2w
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Bookwormjillk I finally caught up this morning. I was kind of feeling like I'm driving the hot mess express but Archer made me feel better about myself. 2w
TheBookHippie @mcctrish 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w
TheBookHippie I‘m not sure I should be laughing as hard as I am reading this 👀😅… 2w
Cuilin @TheBookHippie I had to look it up to see if this was considered a comedy of manners because I am also just 😂 2w
Cuilin @mcctrish 😂😂😂 2w
TheBookHippie @Cuilin 🤭 laughter is good for the soul.… glad to have good company in the laughter. 2w
mcctrish @lil1inblue Ellen is more 🎶I can buy myself flowers …… say things you don‘t understand 🎶 2w
lil1inblue @mcctrish 😂 🎯 😂 2w
willaful Awww, I guess I'm a sentimental sucker because I was sad for them... 2w
Clare-Dragonfly Whoa! Suddenly everything is happening! I wonder who sent the flowers? Beaufort? 2w
ElizaMarie 😆 2w
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I think it was her husband trying to woo her back 2w
Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead Ahh, that would explain the anger! 2w
julieclair @willaful I‘m with you in the sentimental sucker camp. 2w
willaful @julieclair let's sob in each others arms! 2w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Cuilin Short chapter with little action yet #thePlotThickens #WhartonisLaconic (edited) 3w
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ElizaMarie Oooo the aunt is on the hubby‘s side??? And Archer rather see her dead, than back in her marriage!? 🤔 3w
willaful Ellen is punishing Archer, I think.... 3w
TheAromaofBooks Okay, so do we all think Ellen is as innocent as she acts? I keep wondering if she's pushing Archer's buttons on purpose. Everything she says/does seems like the EXACT thing to keep him interested. 3w
ElizaMarie @TheAromaofBooks oh I definitely agree! She is totally manipulative and calculating with every move she makes! I think she knows exactly what she is doing. 3w
lil1inblue @mcctrish 🎯😅 3w
lil1inblue @TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie Totally agree. It feels like she's playing a game. 3w
mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks Ellen is teaching a Master Class on manipulation 3w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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mcctrish For a minute she was a real person and then she slipped back into her role - can‘t see this marriage working out 3w
willaful @mcctrish Yeah, that was unexpectedly perceptive of May. I think they maybe could have been happy together, but it'll never work now. 3w
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Clare-Dragonfly Wow! They ALMOST had a real conversation! 3w
dabbe I think there's a lot going on under May's batting eyelashes. 3w
ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly #ThisClose 🤏🏻 3w
lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly She was just about there.... 🫠 3w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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mcctrish I loved the random shenanigans while visiting! And the arrival of a new book called Middlemarch ❤️❤️❤️ poor Ellen has her work cut out for her with Beaufort - this is a comedy 3w
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willaful The subtext is becoming text. 😂 3w
lil1inblue @willaful 😅🎯 3w
Clare-Dragonfly This is just getting more confusing! I wish these people would talk to each other! I got so confused by “dressed a burglar”—I googled and didn‘t get much help but I finally decided it means he “dressed up as” a burglar to scare that poor random aunt. 3w
ElizaMarie Loved all the shenanigans. It felt so out of place! ==== I caught up!!!! Now I am back on #ChapterADay 3w
TheAromaofBooks It was like a random paragraph from a Wodehouse book got inserted into this chapter 😂 3w
Cuilin @lil1inblue Same, he seems predatory. 😣 3w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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TheBookHippie NOFLOWERSFORYOU 🤣🤭 this is the best part of my day currently. This reread is a blast. Thank you. 3w
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mcctrish Poor Archer, he has to pretend to work for a living and the GALL of Ellen taking 3 days to respond to his note AND make no note of the time she took! #nobodyisfollowingtherules 3w
Cuilin I‘m not sure if this is meant to be a comedy but I‘m having all the lols!! 3w
Ruthiella Archer‘s irritation at having to wait three days for a response to his note is like now and getting annoyed if someone doesn‘t text back immediately. 😂 3w
lil1inblue @Cuilin Same! 🤣🤣🤣 3w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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lil1inblue Archer wants to kiss Ellen's ribbon. 🤣🤣🤣 I can't get that out of my head for some reason. Also, I had to look into the symbolism of yellow roses. Apparently, in the Victorian Era they were associated with jealousy and betrayal. 🤔 3w
dabbe @lil1inblue Ooh, that's interesting! 💛🏵️💛 3w
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mcctrish I laughed out loud at archer wants to kiss Ellen‘s ribbon @lil1inblue that is serious code for kink 3w
lil1inblue @mcctrish OMG. I did not even realize what I said. 🙃🙃🙃 But I guess it fits, too. We know what Archer really wants. 🤣🤣🤣 #ithasbeenalongday 3w
Clare-Dragonfly Did he get her to drop the divorce??? They keep saying “I know what you mean” “you know what I mean” and I am concerned they‘re talking about total opposite things. 3w
Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I am also unsure if they really communicated there. Archer takes her silence for an admission of an extramarital affair. But what if she was just being quiet? 3w
lil1inblue @ElizaMarie 😅🙃🤭 3w
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Reading this for #janeaustenthenandnow for the #manasfieldpark adaptation. It‘s starting off slowly, hoping it improves soon! @Crinoline_Laphroaig

Clare-Dragonfly Well, that seems true to the original… 3w
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly of course as soon as I post this, it takes a dramatic turn and now I‘m a little more interested 🤣 we will see if it keeps holding my interest now 3w
Crinoline_Laphroaig Curious to hear your final thoughts. 3w
BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig it‘s slow going, I‘ll keep you posted! 3w
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It | Stephen King
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Thank you @PaperbackPirate for telling me about this duck!!! #losersclub #stephenking #it

PaperbackPirate 🙌🎉 Happy to help! 🤡 3w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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mcctrish I think Ellen had an affair, Beaufort gives big creep factor 3w
julieclair Sounds like Ellen has a scandal or two in her own past. Can‘t wait to find out the juicy details! 😎 3w
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Cuilin @mcctrish Beaufort has designs of his own I fear. 🤔 3w
Cuilin “… bursting with the belated eloquence of the inarticulate” anybody else have “belated” conversations in their head? 3w
Bookwormjillk Popcorn time. Can‘t wait to see how this plays out. 3w
mcctrish @Cuilin I have most of mine in the shower but middle of the night works too 3w
Cuilin @mcctrish same. 🤦‍♀️ 3w
dabbe @Cuilin More than I care to admit. 😂 3w
willaful I think Archer is in kind of fascinating position. He's intrigued by Ellen because she not in the “innocent maid“ trap that May is but he's also still heavily influenced by the double standards of his day. I suspect he'll end up hating himself for wanting her unless he can grow a schmecker. 3w
Clare-Dragonfly I‘m so confused by his comment about the State not liking Ellen‘s plans. Was it illegal then to marry an affair partner? Or to remarry after a divorce? Neither makes sense to me, but maybe the first a little more. 3w
nanuska_153 I am a lawyer and I got really excited when he got the file, to then realise that I wasn't going to read the file and get disappointed for not reading the details 😅 3w
lil1inblue @nanuska_153 I love that. 😅 🍿 3w
lil1inblue @Cuilin So many belated conversations. Like @mcctrish said, the shower and the middle of the night are, of course, the best time to have them. Also, in the car on the way to work. Because you gotta start the day right. 🤣🤯🫠 3w
mcctrish @lil1inblue absolutely start the day strong 🤣 3w
ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly - I was wondering that too. If you can't remarry with the person you had an affair with ... imagine how many people wouldn't have 2nd marriages (in today's cynical world). But also, wonder who she had an affair with? It has to be someone we know? 3w
Clare-Dragonfly @ElizaMarie I don‘t think it‘s someone we know—Archer has referred a couple times to her husband‘s secretary who helped her escape. He thinks that who she had the affair with. 3w
ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly ooo yes that's true!!! I had forgotten about that! 3w
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Some friends sent me this to cheer me up 🥰🧙‍♂️🪄

Ruthiella 💡❤️ 3w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 3w
dabbe 🧡🤎💛 3w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Bookwormjillk Poor lady let her do what she wants. (I know different times) 3w
lil1inblue So many dudes trying to make decisions for her! 3w
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mcctrish Women should be free like men, but not actually free if it means being ‘unpleasant‘ 3w
Cuilin “For the first time he perceived how elementary his own principles had always been” “ I think that‘s for her to decide” a smidgen of growth perhaps? 3w
dabbe @Cuilin One can hope! 🤞🏻 3w
dabbe Lordy, I can just stare at this pic of DDL all day long. #theperfectarcher #theperfectanythingforthatmatter 3w
BarkingMadRead @dabbe he really is delightful looking 😍 3w
TheAromaofBooks I actually don't think Archer is a bad dude (at this point) - he's just always thought what he's been told to always think. And actually we see glimpses of him wanting something more with May - hoping that she will enjoy travel and discussions, but frustrated because she's always been told that she shouldn't enjoy those things. I feel a little bad for him, even knowing I'll probably end up despising him later 😂 3w
willaful @TheAromaofBooks I feel the same. Admittedly the bar is low, but he's not the worst. 3w
Clare-Dragonfly Wow I hate this. If there‘s no difference whether she gets the divorce or not why prevent her from getting a divorce?!?! And deliberately putting the one guy in the firm with a connection to the case on it? Talk about a conflict of interest (that wouldn‘t exist if they were only looking at the legal aspects of the case). I will never hire them, that‘s for sure! 3w
eeclayton @TheAromaofBooks @willaful I feel the same, too. I think it's the first time in his life when he really starts questioning things. 3w
willaful @eeclayton yes, and many people in his situation never get there. 3w
eeclayton @willaful So true! 3w
ElizaMarie This chapter made me value Archer. Although he agrees divorce is unbecoming, I praise him for not wanting to fully speak on this until he speaks with Ellen first. I love that it appears he cares for her thoughts on this matter (unlike her whole family!) 3w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Clare-Dragonfly I can‘t keep track of these people or why I should be offended. 4w
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly so so so many people. 🤣🤣 4w
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Bookwormjillk I think I‘m on the wrong chapter. Must investigate. 4w
Cuilin I love how they said “New York is offended”, like it isn‘t less than 1% that would even care. 🤨 4w
dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 😂🎯😂 4w
dabbe @Cuilin 😂🎯😂 4w
lil1inblue @Cuilin 😂🎯🤣 4w
lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly 😂 Same. 4w
lil1inblue And all the flowers Ellen received... 👀 4w
mcctrish Henry so happy to mansplain the world to Ellen 3w
ElizaMarie @MccTrish - Exactly what I thought - he is all - let me, a man, tell you how women should behave in public- so as not to offend ALL of New York - 3w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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TheBookHippie #withsomechick is sending me OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 4w
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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! 4w
lil1inblue @dabbe 🎯 🎯 🎯 😂 4w
dabbe @lil1inblue 😂😍😂 4w
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 4w
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? 4w
mcctrish @KAO oh I think Archer is crossing all kinds of lines 4w
TheBookHippie @Graywacke I needed to laugh that hard! 🤣 4w
julieclair @dabbe 💯🎯🎯🎯 4w
Clare-Dragonfly And don‘t forget that he didn‘t even tell May he was visiting Ellen 😬 4w
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 3w
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Heir of Fire | Sarah J Maas
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#5joysfriday with @DebinHawaii for my first time!! I‘m trying to focus on joy more, with the beginning of the year being so horrible for me! Good books, Lego kits, my beautiful granddaughter, a solo adventure book for my new solo life, and series 2 of mini books!

Avanders 💛🩵 4w
TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 4w
Cuilin 🩷 thanks for the tag 4w
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Bookwormjillk ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4w
dabbe L😍VE these joys! And thanks for the tag; I'll post mine soon. 🩵💙🩵 4w
mcctrish Books and Lego = joys 4w
5feet.of.fury Love the starry night legos! I have a botanical one I really need to make time for! 4w
AnnCrystal 🫂💝💝💝💝💝. 4w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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lil1inblue Well, this is getting good... 4w
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mcctrish Well I wonder where this is going to go?! 4w
mcctrish 😆😆 4w
Cuilin Ellen singing 🎶 Don‘t be suspicious, don‘t be suspicious 😒 4w
dabbe #theloveplotthickens ♥️👀♥️ 4w
mcctrish @Cuilin I can‘t unhear that tune now 🎶🎶🎶🤣🤣 4w
julieclair Well, what a surprise. Not. 4w
ElizaMarie @Cuilin Ha I love it!!! - Also @MccTrish Iwill be singing it too! 3w
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Emma by Jane Austin | Jane Austen
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Series 2 of the mini brands! I can‘t wait to collect them all!

willaful Eeee, so cute! 4w
Meshell1313 I‘m also obsessed with them! 😍🙌 4w
AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 4w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Clare-Dragonfly More stuff to Google. These chapters are so short that almost nothing happens in them! 4w
lil1inblue Mr. van der Luyden: #andthatwillbethat Also: #thesenames! 😂 4w
mcctrish It‘s like they live sealed off in a tomb ( the van der luydens) but emerge once in a millennia to make a pronouncement 4w
ElizaMarie I really liked the conversation of the appropriate times of when we should be reading the morning paper and the comment “my father abhorred hurry. But now we live in a constant rush“. --- I feel that! I hate HATE HATE rush! 3w
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Cuilin “in reality, they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs” I‘m really loving Wharton‘s writing. 1mo
mcctrish Getting strong Agnes Van Rhijn vibes with the hard pass on the dinner party #thegildedage 1mo
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mcctrish @Cuilin same 1mo
Bookwormjillk Bunch of jerks 1mo
dabbe @Cuilin Isn't it absolutely gorgeous? 1mo
lil1inblue @Cuilin I noted this passage, as well! Such a good one! 1mo
lil1inblue @mcctrish Same! 😅 1mo
lil1inblue I share in the eyeroll regarding Archer's reflections! 😅 🙄 😐 1mo
ElizaMarie 🙄🙄 1mo
KAO I love the writing, but oh my goodness—SO many people to try to keep straight! I glazed over through part of this listing of who‘s in and who‘s out and the family heritage of each. 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly @KAO I really tried but I lost track! The whole genealogy thing of defining people by their last name even though obviously half of every couple previously had a different last name is so nonsensical. 1mo
KAO @Clare-Dragonfly Exactly my sentiments! But—onward! Surely this will get sorted out! 1mo
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Progress on my granddaughter‘s stocking! #litsycrafters #showandtelltuesday @Catsandbooks

lil1inblue Wowza! That's gorgeous! 🤩😍🤩 1mo
peaKnit Fun! I love a show and tell! 1mo
KadaGul Gorgeous 1mo
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ShelleyBooksie Looks awesome!! 1mo
tpixie Omg!!! Great job! What a beautiful stocking! 🎅 1mo
AnnCrystal Beautiful 👏🏼🤩🎅👍🏼💝. 1mo
Catsandbooks You're making great progress!! 🌟 1mo
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The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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mcctrish The short chapters are wonderful because so many people are mentioned 1mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish yes! More time to process all of these introductions 1mo
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Ruthiella I googled “Wardian case”! 1mo
JacqMac I love the short chapters! I read them before I fall asleep every night. This one had great ambiance for my dreams. lol 1mo
lil1inblue #newlandisconfusingme 😂 Also, I love the gossip and drama. I feel like I should read this with tea and popcorn. 🙃 1mo
JenlovesJT47 That last part of the chapter really surprised me! Didn‘t think he had it in him 😳 1mo
TheBookHippie It‘s the petty drama for me. Warms my cynical heart. 🤣 1mo
JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie that‘s what‘s so great about The Gilded Age! 😻 1mo
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Right?!?!?! 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly I googled a few things in this chapter! I‘m glad it was there to hold my interest because otherwise I found it pretty boring. Also, now I want to make a terrarium. 1mo
JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue are you all caught up? I watched it last night and omg 😱 1mo
Bookwormjillk I love the short chapters too but I think I need to make myself a chart of who everyone is 1mo
JenlovesJT47 @Bookwormjillk it‘s confusing isn‘t it? 😵‍💫 1mo
ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk Yes please share with the class! I am so confused! Too many names!!!! 1mo
willaful Archer seemed to change his tune pretty fast! Is Ellen that compelling? 1mo
Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie @JenlovesJT47 I found this- I need to print it big so it‘s right in my face when I read https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/the-age-of-innocence/character-map 1mo
JenlovesJT47 @Bookwormjillk thank you so much!! 🤗♥️ 1mo
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 I started over from the beginning, just because I could, so I'm still catching up! Almost done with the re-watch of Season 2! I'm hoping I'll catch up this weekend. 1mo
JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue I started season 3 when it first aired then decided to go back and do a whole rewatch. So I caught up and now am rewatching the last 4 episodes of season 3 again since I only saw them once 😆. This show is so good! ♥️ 1mo
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Started this one for my neighborhood book club while I waited for bloodwork today

Bookwormjillk Love that cover. Looks so fun. 1mo
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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton
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Cuilin “about to ally himself with one of his own kind” 🤮 Newland Archer is giving me the ick!!! (edited) 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin right? Ugh! 1mo
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julieclair @Cuilin All these people are giving me the ick, lol. Except for Mae, who doesn‘t seem to have much of a personality. 1mo
Cuilin @julieclair hopefully she develops some sort of personality as the narrative moves forward. 🤞 1mo
Bookwormjillk @julieclair agree ick! 1mo
mcctrish Holding court in the throne room vibes 1mo
Ruthiella Also icky about Archer is how he appears to be marrying Meg because as an “object” he likes the aesthetics. And how he just assumes she is thinking as he thinks… 1mo
JenlovesJT47 He‘s a skeeze! Man I‘m going to have to track down this movie, Miriam Margolyes is the perfect person to play Mrs. Mingott! 1mo
ElizaMarie The description of Mrs. Mingott --- wow! I just can't! 1mo
nanuska_153 Oh I bought this book only last month, are you doing a chapter a day? 1mo
BarkingMadRead @nanuska_153 yes! And they are short chapters, you should be able to catch up fast! Do you want me to add you to the daily tag list? 1mo
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