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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 3m

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 2m

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The Mailman | Bentley Little

This arrived today and I‘m pretty sure it‘s my #fffs box!! @Chrissyreadit @Avanders

Avanders 🍁🍂🧡 21h

Chrissyreadit 💛🧡🤎🧡💛 18h

LeslieO It is indeed your #FFFS. (Never sure if I should mark the outside or not.) Glad it got there safely and in time. Happy waiting! 2h

BarkingMadRead @LeslieO 😍😍😍 2h

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Y‘all. @dabbe made us a beautiful schedule to get us through the longer chapters. I will probably only post on the days we finish a chapter, in case anyone reads it all at once or in a different way, but one never knows 🤷🏻‍♀️ #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 2d

Bookwormjillk Thanks @barkingmadread @dabbe these chapters are delightful but some are so long! 2d

mcctrish Okay posting when we finish a chapter makes me breath a happy sigh, I‘m on my kindle and I legit have no tracking vibes with it - I really do love paper books best 😆 2d

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Cuilin 👍 2d

Librarybelle Screenshotting this! Thanks @dabbe and @BarkingMadRead ! 2d

dabbe 🧡💜💛 2d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk IKR? I want to savor it a bit more. 🧡💜💛 2d

dabbe @Librarybelle 🧡💜💛 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Sounds great! Thanks @dabbe ! I‘ve been scrambling to keep up and have had a hard time getting to my other books. 2d

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 💛💜🧡 2d

willaful Fantastic! This last chapter was a doozy! (edited) 2d

kwmg40 This plan sounds good to me! 2d

BarbaraJean Oh, yes please—this is fantastic!! 💜💜 Thank you, @dabbe !! 2d

ElizaMarie I love this thanks!!!! 2d

dabbe @willaful 💛💜🧡 2d

dabbe @kwmg40 💛💜🧡 2d

dabbe @BarbaraJean 💛💜🧡 2d

dabbe @ElizaMarie 💛💜🧡 2d

Sparklemn Perfect! 2d

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.4: #painting #winetasting #camelopard #dude #thatsagiraffe #anyway #wemeetthefam #bigfanofcordelia #offtovenice #onsebastiansdime #hisdadisintereating #caraseesall #veryastute #lotsoffuntheories #backhomeagain #popswasworriedaboutsebastian 🤣 #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 2d

Bookwormjillk Pop was worried 😂

I'm a Cordelia fan too. 2d

willaful Haven't finished the chapter yet, but the wine tasting scene is hilarious! “Like the last unicorn.“
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dabbe @BarkingMadRead I was looking over the chapters, and a few of them are 40-60 pages. I'm okay powering through, but I do have a modified reading schedule if anyone is interested; we'd still finish well before the end of September. Starting with tomorrow, here it is:
9/13: Ch. 5, first half
9/14: Ch. 5, second half
9/15: Book 2/Ch. 1
9/16: Ch. 2
9/17: Ch. 3
9/18: Book 3/Ch. 1, first half
9/19: Ch. 1, second half
9/20: Ch. 2
9/21: Ch. 3 ⬇️
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dabbe 9/22: Ch. 4
9/23: Ch. 5, first half
9/24: Ch. 5, second half
9/25: Epilogue

This is only a suggestion that I thought I'd share. 🧡💜💛 2d

Cuilin I can‘t remember if this is my third or fourth time reading this book, but I cannot figure out Ryder‘s father!! he just exudes sarcasm, right? Also, Cordelia is hilarious. “I can‘t spare you a whole rosary you know. Just a decade.” 2d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I love this, thanks for figuring it out! I will make a separate post and tag everyone so that nobody misses it 2d

Ruthiella @Cuilin This is only my second time reading it. I do recall on first reading it how I thought Charles relationship was his father was sad and lonely, but on the second reading I kind of think that Ryder Sr. is doing the right thing by encouraging (in his way) Charles to live within his means (which are very generous 740 in 1925!?!!) and get him out of the house and living his own life. Plus, he likes Sebastian - later chapters will prove. 2d

mcctrish I love Cordelia! Sebastien stuttering “Charles, Charles! It‘s Mr Ryder” Cordelia “Charles, meet me ……” I‘m getting Flavia vibes! I love a precocious tween girl 2d

Cuilin @Ruthiella yeah I agree with this assessment. I do think he was trying to encourage Charles to live within his means and also to use his summer appropriately, maybe get a job and then he could afford go to the theater, etc.. plus I also think Charles though aware of his father‘s loneliness, doesn‘t write to him. 2d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😘 2d

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯♥️🎯 2d

Clare-Dragonfly I love Cordelia! She knows what she wants and goes for it. 2d

ElizaMarie I love Cordelia and her rosary!!! She is such a fun character 2d

lil1inblue @willaful Loved the wine tasting! 🤣🤣🤣 I just love this book. 1d

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Avatar Book One | S.D. Perry

My sister made this for me! I‘m painting the words and the books, but should I paint the cubes or the numbers?!

PuddleJumper What a great idea! 2d

dabbe I like the numbers being painted so that they really stand out. What a cool gift! 💜🧡💛 2d

Bookwormjillk Cool! I agree with @dabbe 2d

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ImperfectCJ What an awesome counter! I can imagine it looking cool either way, but like others, I'm leaning towards painted numbers. 2d

TheBookHippie So cool!! 2d

Ruthiella Definitely paint the numbers in black or some contrast colors! 🌈 2d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼 I also vote to paint the numbers 🎨💝💝💝. 2d

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Autumnblings | Douglas Florian

So many beautiful cards hanging on my bookshelves right now!! #fallcardswap

dabbe 🧡💜🩶 3d

TheBookHippie Yay!!! 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 it‘s so calming. 3d

Gissy 😍 l 2d

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.3: #summervacay #ryderisbroke #dadissomethingelse #sebastianisdying ⁉️ #immediatelyonthetrain #whydoilovejuliasomuch #sebastianisnotdying #croquetaccidentsarenotoriouslyhorrible #obviously #ryderissavedfromboredom #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 3d

Bookwormjillk I haven‘t finished the chapter yet but those dinner scenes had me rolling. I love this book. 3d

Ruthiella In my limited experience, this chapter with its snarky humor is more typical of his other novels (The Loved One and A Handful of Dust). 3d

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mcctrish If surviving dinners with his father does not encourage savings going forward, nothing will 3d

willaful Dad is a piece of work! Though given that he already provided Charles with an ample allowance, I can't entirely blame him for playing dumb.

So I'm guessing Charles used up the last of his money rushing to Sebastian's bedside? Hmmm.... 3d

dabbe @mcctrish 😂😂😂 3d

dabbe I can't help but compare Charles and Sebastian's relationship to Gene and Finny's in A SEPARATE PEACE, though this one they're in college, and there's definitely more humor. Pretty much similar time periods as well. And how dumb am I? I had no idea Mr. Waugh pronounced his name as EVE-luhn. I'm thoroughly enjoying this book. 3d

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t believe a word anyone says in this book. This is not a complaint. 3d

Clare-Dragonfly Why didn‘t Sebastian invite Charles earlier if he wanted him around so badly?! 😂 Also, dunno if Dad is thinking explicitly “hmm, perhaps my son is gay” but I love him commenting that he wouldn‘t turn up at his friend‘s deathbed because the friend‘s wife wouldn‘t like it. 3d

KAO I chuckled aloud when I read Sebastian‘s brief letter to Charles actually dated: “I wonder what day it is”—and I thought to myself that I could easily and honestly date my next letter to a friend this same way instead of checking my calendar to give the impression that I have my life under control with an accurate date! (edited) 3d

KAO I‘m enjoying this book too—and am pleasantly surprised by the amount of humor! 3d

ElizaMarie @willaful I agree! I think the dad is purposely playing dumb about the $ because he knows his son squandered it away —- I love the dad‘s attitude! (edited) 3d

ElizaMarie So far the book is pretty funny! These characters! @Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t believe anyone either!!!! All the dramatics! 3d

Sparklemn @KAO This was my favorite line of the chapter! 😆 3d

lil1inblue I so agree with @bookwormjillk the dinner scenes were uproariously hilarious. I love Waugh's humor! 2d

lil1inblue @dabbe You're nailing these comparisons! It's been a while, but I definitely feel hints of A Separate Peace. 2d

willaful @KAO yes, that was a hoot... And very Sebastian, I think. 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue IKR? 💜🧡💛 2d

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.2: #ryderisgettinglectured #cuzwantshimtobeabetterhuman #anthonywarnshimaboutsebastian #somanystories #butaretheyalltrue ⁉️ #anthonyisfabulousijustgottasay #althoughidontbelieveitall #sebastiansfamilythough #theysounddelightful 🙄 #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 4d

Cuilin I flagged so many things today!!! If I showed up at a party and Anthony was there, I would definitely be thinking this is gonna be good!!! 🤪 Did he just call Sebastian stupid? 4d

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin i think he may be my fave, he‘s definitely the most fun. 4d

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Cuilin @BarkingMadRead I get the feeling we‘re not meant to like him, but I do. 4d

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin 🤣 for sure, which makes it more fun 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4d

lil1inblue @cuilin @barkingmadread I want to sip tea and eat popcorn every time Anthony enters a scene. 😂 4d

Cuilin @lil1inblue 🍿& 🫖 yes!!!! 4d

willaful A chapter that is almost entirely a monologue! And he predicted what would happen perfectly... 4d

ElizaMarie Anthony is just a delightful story teller :) 4d

mcctrish @willaful he sure did 4d

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t have much to say besides I agree with you all 😂 3d

julieclair Anthony is definitely entertaining, but I actually feel a little sorry for him. 3d

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.1: #andsowemeetsebastian 🤮 🪟 #pollypeachum #inetrestingwaytomeet #hiscrewseemsfun 🤷🏻‍♀️ #charliebecomeshisbestie #daytriptobrideshead #soundsstunning #dyingtoknowthebackstory #nannyistheonlyonewemeet #intriguedaboutjulia #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 5d

Cuilin There‘s so much commentary online about this novel that I decided to annotate it!! Loved “The sun was behind us as we drove, so that we seemed to be in pursuit of our own shadows.” 5d

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I have never read this. I'll have to go back and read all the commentary after. 5d

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TheBookHippie @Cuilin I got a new copy so I could flag it up 🤣🙌🏼 5d

Cuilin @TheBookHippie We need to share what we‘re flagging somehow. I have five different themes that I‘m annotating. I don‘t want to put spoilers in the chat! I‘ll tag you in a spoiler post perhaps 🤔 5d

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I think flagging is my book love language 🤣😅 I generally do quotes to print out -quotes to write on and quotes to ponder 😅🙃😊 5d

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I‘m also tracking the LGBTQIA undercurrent 5d

mcctrish I‘m here for the flagging - I only watched this before and I replaced my childhood teddy with a brand new Gund at the time and named him Elliot. He went everywhere with me. 5d

Cuilin @mcctrish 🧸 cute. I loved the TV adaptation more than the movie. 5d

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I recommend, it‘s interesting. 5d

mcctrish @Cuilin I only watched the mini series - I was in Grade 12 but now I might try and dig up the movie 5d

Cuilin @mcctrish It‘s good. I think Emma Thompson (love) plays Sebastian‘s mom, but I don‘t think anybody can play Ryder like Jeremy Irons. 5d

ElizaMarie I‘m enjoying the ride so far —- but have no idea what I‘m reading or where this story is going. I feel like I‘m reading into the “friendship” as more? But maybe it‘s just me. We will see —- also have not seen the movie or read any reviews so fresh eyes here! —- these books yall pick are generally not something I‘ve ever ventured towards before (part of the fun) 5d

Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie not just you 5d

dabbe @mcctrish 💜🩶🧡 5d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie #ditto 5d

dabbe The way Ryder describes Sebastian re: his beauty reminds me of Nick describing Jay Gatsby. Definitely more feelings going on here. 💜🩶🧡 5d

willaful @Bookwormjillk yup 5d

Bookwormjillk @dabbe do you think Nick had feelings for Gatsby? 5d

lil1inblue @Cuilin I highlighted the same passage. Such stunning writing. 😍 5d

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie "flagging is my book love language" makes me feel seen. ? #hardsame 5d

lil1inblue @dabbe Ooh. Interesting comparison. I also got Dorian Gray vibes. Definite feelings. 💖 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue Ooh, good one, too! 🧡🩶💜 5d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I seriously do. There is also an inference to a sexual encounter between Nick and Mr. McKee in chapter 2. The narrative ends with an ellipsis (...) after Nick and Mr. McKee leave a party, suggesting a passage of time and a sexual encounter. This is supported by details like Nick being in the bedroom and Mr. McKee being in his underwear, which would have been unusual for two heterosexual men to be in that situation in the 1920s. (edited) 5d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I also think so because of his relationship with Jordan, a tomboy-ish female who plays golf. And that relationship doesn't work out, nor did his one with the girl back home. He seems in love with Gatsby or the idea of him. All inferences, but hard ones to ignore. 5d

lil1inblue @dabbe @Bookwormjillk Now I want to re-read Gatsby. I read it in school in the 90s, so we obviously didn't explore homosexual themes (gasp! 😱🤣 ). I see what you mean, Denise, but don't remember details. 🤔 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💜🩶🧡 5d

Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue @dabbe I‘ll have to pay more attention next time I re-read! 5d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Whoah! Please forgive the overzealous teacher in me! I never picked up on that when I first read it. It's only after YEARS of teaching it that my brain (and wormhole digging) got me to this point. I hate sounding like a know-it-all. I'm so sorry. 🧡💜💛 5d

Bookwormjillk @dabbe no! I appreciate it. I love Gatsby and I re-read it every year so I‘m happy to have a new angle to look at. Thank you! 4d

Clare-Dragonfly Oh good, I‘m so glad I‘m not the only one seeing the subtext (and that it will get even more explicit)! When Sebastian was wearing Ryder‘s tie I was like “it can‘t be, this is a WWII novel” and then the teddy bear and he‘s weird but charms everyone and one of his friends at the party is an aesthete… and then the aesthete tells SEBASTIAN that he‘d like to fill him full of ARROWS… and I‘m delighted that it‘s totally gay. 🏳️‍🌈😁 4d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🧡🩶💜 4d

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🧡🩶💜 4d

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Prologue: #whoipicturewhenhesayshooper #rightyoh #servantsinwartime #roughsoldierlife #obsessedwithcocoa #igetthat #itooenjoycocoa 🤷🏻‍♀️ #beautifuldescriptions #lazysoldiers #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 6d

Cuilin I forgot this started with Ryder‘s disillusionment with army life. I love the writing. 6d

Bookwormjillk You are so right about Hooper and cocoa. 6d

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willaful Urgh, my ebook tricked me and I missed the prologue! 6d

BarkingMadRead @willaful oh no!! 6d

Clare-Dragonfly Well, I hate Hooper, but hopefully there isn‘t too much of him. (I‘m highly displeased with Ryder‘s assessment of the folks in the institution as happily oblivious, too, but I suppose it‘s the times.) 6d

ElizaMarie Oo can you add me to the list ::) please - I got the audible version with all the music and sound effects - really sucks you in 6d

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie absolutely! 6d

mcctrish I feel like the vibe so far could easily be transferred to an office in the Midwest ( no offence to the Midwest) 6d

julieclair The writing is fabulous. I‘m invested already! 6d

Cuilin @ElizaMarie did you get the one with Jeremy Irons narrating? I love his voice. 6d

lil1inblue @mcctrish I'm midwestern through and through and this tracks. 🤣 6d

lil1inblue @cuilin @julieclair The descriptions are just amazing. Fantastic writing! 🤩 6d

ElizaMarie @Cuilin yes!!! It‘s so good ;) 6d

Crinoline_Laphroaig I've got print and Jeremy Irons. It's lovely except he says reveille unlike anything I've ever heard. 6d

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly yeah, not a fan! The times and the POV, I suppose. 6d

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 😝👀🎯 @mcctrish 5d

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Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen

This was a fun musical! Highly recommend! #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Sparklemn Sounds fun! Where did you see it? 7d

BarkingMadRead @Sparklemn Charlotte! 7d

Sparklemn @BarkingMadRead Hopefully it will make its way to Minneapolis! (edited) 7d

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AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳👍🏼🎭💝. 6d

peanutnine Lol were we at the same show?? 6d

BarkingMadRead Omg @peanutnine were we?!? I was at Knight Theater on Sunday at 1:30 6d

peanutnine @BarkingMadRead yes me too!! And I was sitting in the mezzanine as well! 6d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine that‘s crazy!!! 6d

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Blanket: Journey to Extreme Coziness | Loryn Brantz

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!!! 1w

Ruthiella Cozy! ☺️ 1w

AnnCrystal
Cozy 🆒 find 👏🏼🤩🫖📚. 1w

Velvetfur Ooh I hope they get them in UK Aldi stores too, I want one! ☺️ 1w

Bklover I love Aldi!!! Looks so cozy and fall-ish! 7d

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

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

BarkingMadRead Y‘all. I hope I didn‘t let my life change my view on this book, I tried to stay impartial. Right after my hysterectomy to remove my endometrial cancer, my husband left me for another woman. (Early June) This book was kind of hard for me, so I hope I did it justice as your fearless hashtagging leader! 2w

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 2w

TheBookHippie You did AMAZING as always!!!! Sending you allllll the love in the world!!!! Hope you‘re doing okay as you can be. 2w

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TheBookHippie This was a fun scream at the book reread! 2w

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie thanks! I‘m past the crying every day stage and into the doing all the shit he never wanted to do stage 🤣 2w

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. 2w

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! 2w

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) 2w

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead oh that‘s a fun stage! 2w

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I got the next book all shinny and new! 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes!! 2w

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie my copy is brand new as well! 2w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead You did amazing. Sending love, light, hope and dreams your way. 🩷 2w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin thank you! 2w

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 💕 2w

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. ❤️ 2w

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Exactly this. 2w

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 💚💚 2w

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! 2w

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! 2w

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? 😘💛🙌 2w

BarkingMadRead @Chrissyreadit brightly colored furniture, a tree up all year round with seasonal ornaments, Ireland, Alaska, line dancing, the list is endless 2w

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 💛💜🧡. 2w

willaful @BarkingMadRead Sounds absolutely awesome and he is not only a complete douchebag but a stupid one! 2w

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. 2w

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!! 2w

Chrissyreadit @BarkingMadRead i will be cheering you on in checking those things off! 2w

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) 2w

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

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

eeclayton I've just caught up and finished. Thanks for leading us @BarkingMadRead you did amazing as usual ❤️
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julieclair You did great leading us! As always. 💙 You‘re an amazing, smart, witty, wonderful person, and we‘re all blessed by your presence here on Litsy. Go embrace your bright, colorful future! I‘d love to see pics of your seasonal trees as the year goes on. 💖 1w

BarkingMadRead @julieclair thank you!! 1w

julieclair 💙💝💙 1w

Bklover I fell off the list towards the end- I lost this one. I have had some health issues that have me distracted so I have just been reading all the hashtags and comments. I am so so sorry to hear about your ass husband bailing on you. Can‘t imagine who‘d want him after that!!! You take care of yourself right now. He doesn‘t deserve you anyway! We all love you! 💙💙💙 7d

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It (Media Tie-In) | Stephen King

Five Below coming in clutch this week! #losersclub

Bookwormjillk Love it! 2w

BookwormAHN Cute 🖤 2w

lil1inblue 🤩🤩🤩 I wants. 2w

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MartinaLove They‘re cute! 2w

TheBookHippie Omg!!!!! 2w

PaperbackPirate 👀 1w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 33: #sneakymay #timeforadinnerparty #tosaygoodbyetoellen #archerdecidestotraveltheworld #hesconvincedthatthewholefamilyknows #theyallobviouslyconspiredagainsthim #hetellsmaythatheplanstotravel #shesaysshemustgowithhim #becauseshespreggers #whichiswhatshetoldellen #sneakysneakysneaky #archeristrapped #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 2w

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. 2w

willaful Archer was always trapped. He's just been feebly struggling instead of gnawing his own leg off like Ellen did. 2w

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lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯🎯🎯 2w

Ruthiella @willaful Totally agree! 👍 2w

lil1inblue @willaful Very true. And in many ways, he's trapped in his own mind, as well! 2w

Bookwormjillk @willaful you got it 2w

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 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #imheretohelp 2w

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. 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful Ooh, well put. 2w

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. 🤔 2w

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 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

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. 🧡🩶💛 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe DDL is a delight for sure 😍 2w

ElizaMarie Ugh @BarkingMadRead cheaters suck - I am so sorry you went through that 2w

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 2w

dabbe @mcctrish All three of them deserve someone they love and who loves them. So tragic this story is! #channelingyoda 💛💜🧡 2w

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead ugh. Cheaters. Been there done that. Wishing you forever happiness going forward. 2w

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Autumnblings | Douglas Florian

I dropped off my swap at the UPS store today!! #fffs #fallingforfallswap @Chrissyreadit @Avanders

Avanders 🍁🍂🧡 2w

Chrissyreadit 💛🧡♥️ 2w

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Pride and Prejudice | Austen

Throw back to last week when I went to a book bedazzling event! I bought this book just for the occasion!

Deblovestoread Beautiful! ❤️ 2w

Sparklemn Adorable! 2w

Cuilin Gorgeous 😍 2w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 32: #operanight #archerdecidestoconfesstomay #leavingearly #amitheonlyonewhothinksmayispregnant ⁉️ #maytellshimellenisleaving #ithinkmayscaredheroff #boldoraccidental #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 2w

Cuilin Well played May!! Well played. Also #CancelCultureIsNotANewThing. 2w

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. 2w

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lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯🎯🎯 2w

lil1inblue It's a shame Archer doesn't recognize how very clever May actually is. 2w

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) 2w

dabbe @ElizaMarie Okay, I have to hear more about being married by Elvis. Inquiring mind is dying to know! 😂 2w

willaful Oh yeah, I was expecting a knitting needle confession before Archer did his, but clever May didn't even need it... 2w

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 2w

KAO @ElizaMarie @dabbe “Married by Elvis”?!? Please tell us more! 2w

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) 2w

dabbe @ElizaMarie L♥️VE, L♥️VE, L♥️VE! Best story of my day! 🖤🤍🩶 2w

nanuska_153 Also think she's pregnant! Poor May, imagine having that husband and a baby on the way! 2w

Bookwormjillk I think she‘s pregnant too 2w

KAO @ElizaMarie Fabulous story!! Thanks for sharing it! 2w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 31: #ihatethewayhetalksaboutmay 🙄 #doublestandards #anyway #archergoesafterellen #makesadateatthemuseum #hewantstorunawaytogether #ellensaysno #offersaoneanddone #hefinallyaccepts #whatcouldgowrong #mayistryingtolikeellen #shesuspectssomethingisoffwitharcher #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 2w

TheBookHippie Ughhhhhhh 😵‍💫 2w

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. 2w

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Bookwormjillk Yuck Archer 2w

dabbe @Ruthiella Well said! 🎯🩵🎯 2w

willaful @Ruthiella Yup.
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Cuilin Ugh Archer gives me the ick!!! Like build a bridge and get over it!!!! 2w

ElizaMarie @Cuilin 🤣 2w

lil1inblue @Ruthiella 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 2w

lil1inblue #ihatethewayhetalksaboutmay - #hardsamesister 🎯 2w

lil1inblue @Cuilin Haha! Love that phrase! 😘🤌🏻 2w

mcctrish Why does Archer think his adultery is different from the others? #getoveryourselfman 2w

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Murder in the Reading Room | Ellery Adams

Finished my #doublebookspin today! I‘m still working on my #bookspin though! @TheAromaofBooks

AnnCrystal Brilliant bookstaging 📚💝. 2w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w

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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 2w

Clare-Dragonfly 😬😬😬 2w

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! 2w

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Bookwormjillk Granny yikes 2w

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly working with her man hands doing womanly crafts - #matchmadeinhell 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish this freaking guy 🙄 2w

Cuilin I know we‘re not supposed to like Archer but May bores me too. She‘s definitely entrenched in old New York thinking. 2w

lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly 🎯🎯🎯 🙌🏻 2w

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). 2w

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. 2w

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. 2w

ElizaMarie If this was a different type of book - I would have worried a lot about Archer‘s fantasies about May‘s death. 2w

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie 🤣🤣🔪🔪🩸🩸 2w

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Cujo | Stephen King

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

BarkingMadRead @jessclark78 @kathywheeler @imperfectcj @roary47 @fortifiedbybooks @kwmg40 @bookwormjillk @maddustkitties @tiedyedude @jenlovesjt47 @5feet.of.fury @balibee146 @bookwormahn @addison_reads @sconsinbookybadger @alldebooks @paperbackpirate @sace @bklover @karkar @julies_bookshelf_adventures @bekakins @elizamarie 2w

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. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk this one always gets me because it‘s something that could totally happen 2w

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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 😸 2w

BookwormAHN I also agree that this is the most realistic of his terrors and all dogs should be vaccinated for rabies. 2w

BookwormAHN Also the monster/man in the closet is the same as the serial killer in The Dead Zone. 2w

BarkingMadRead @BookwormAHN yesssss I love a good Easter egg! 2w

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. 2w

KathyWheeler I ended up feeling bad for Cujo as well as for the people in this novel. It does drag a little bit though. 2w

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. 2w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 29: #howdidinotmaketheconnectionwiththetutor 🙄 #anyway #archerpicksupellen #someromance #akiss #dick #ellengiveshimawakeupcall #heleavesthecarriage #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 2w

mcctrish Archer wants to have it all #nothowtheworldworksespeciallyforwomen 2w

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🎯 2w

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willaful @mcctrish #EllenKnowsBetter 2w

mcctrish @willaful Ellen is all #beentheredonethat 2w

Ruthiella When I first read this book, some decades ago, I was much more sympathetic to Archer…less so now for sure. 2w

Cuilin @Ruthiella It‘s a great line. We‘re just older and wiser now. 😆 2w

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. 2w

Ruthiella @dabbe Totally agree. I saw May as manipulative then. Now I consider her position differently. 2w

lil1inblue @mcctrish 🎯 2w

lil1inblue Archer leaving the carriage felt like such a tantrum. He doesn't get what he wants, so he leaves. #bigbaby 2w

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. 2w

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 2w

dabbe @Ruthiella I love how our feelings about books can change over time. 🩶🤍🖤 2w

Bookwormjillk @KAO same 2w

Bookwormjillk It‘s a great line if not for the circumstances 2w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 28: #betterlatethannever #archersendsthetelegram #beaufortisdisgraced #ellenwillcometomorrow #butthatsnotgoodenough #archerofferstopickherup #butmayisontohim #gowinonago #shecatcheshiminalie #dick #busted #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 2w

TheBookHippie GO !!! 2w

KAO “Busted” is 🎯! 2w

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mcctrish Oh what a wicked web we weave 2w

dabbe IMHO, this is Wharton's magnum opus. 🩶🤍🖤 2w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe agree! 2w

willaful I wonder at what point did May realize... 2w

Clare-Dragonfly May is sooooo good. And Archer‘s inner monologue just gets worse and worse! 2w

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! 2w

lil1inblue @willaful @elizamarie I hope we find out! 🤔 2w

Cuilin @dabbe agreed!!! 2w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 27: #beaufortmessedup #somanypeoplearescrewed #wifeybegsgrannytobackthemup #grannysaysGTFO #andpromptlyhasastroke #timetobringellenhome #probablytousethedeathbedtogettheirway 🙄 #winonapointsoutthatarcherwillmissher 🤣🤣🤣 #WTGwinona #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 3w

Bookwormjillk May was AMAZING in this chapter! 3w

willaful May is scary. 3w

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lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk I nearly cheered aloud for May! 😏 😏 😏 #archerisoutmatched 3w

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. 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue Amazing how sympathetic one can be towards the one that the heart wants, isn't it? 😏 3w

Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue Archer is playing checkers while May plays chess 3w

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk 🎯 🎯 🎯 3w

lil1inblue @dabbe And how hypocritical! 😂 #ireallydonotlikearcher 3w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk for real 🏆 3w

mcctrish @lil1inblue I don‘t think Archer listens to himself when he thinks or talks 😆😆😆 3w

KAO @Bookwormjillk Exactly! May has surprised me in this way! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Yuuuup @mcctrish So true 😂 3w

julieclair @Bookwormjillk @willaful May is amazing AND scary!!! 3w

ElizaMarie So proud of May —- she knows exactly what she is doing!!!! 2w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 26: #beaufortisinfinancialtrouble #whichwillaffectellen #thefamilycutheroff #mayseemstostronglysuspect #archerisofftowashington #eventhoughellensaidnotyet #whatcouldgowrong #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 3w

TheBookHippie #imsureitwillbefine 😝 3w

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? 3w

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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? 3w

Cuilin “They smell less if one blows them out”!!!!!!! Methinks May wants rid of Ellen. (edited) 3w

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 3w

lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯😏 3w

lil1inblue @mcctrish Exactly! His arrogance is beyond the pale. #dick 3w

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 3w

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) 3w

lil1inblue @mcctrish I felt like they were less worried about Beaufort's wife, and more worried about the disgrace to the family name. #horrors 3w

mcctrish @lil1inblue true 3w

Clare-Dragonfly They‘re worried about Beaufort‘s wife being ostracized by his screw-ups. But they could choose not to ostracize her 🙄 3w

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The Assassin's Blade | Sarah J. Maas

#bookspinbingo stack for September! #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3w

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Natsume's Book of Friends, Volume 19 | Yuki Midorikawa

Thank you @Cuilin for this beautiful card, what a beautiful surprise!

Cuilin 🩷🤍❤️ 3w

wildwoodreads How precious! 3w

AnnCrystal 😍💝. 3w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 25: #backtony #theresthestrangeragain #exceptnotastranger #thetutorworksforthecount #fornow #hemadetheoffer #buthedoesntwanthertotakeit #hethinksshesbetterwheresheis #winonasfamilyhasleftarcheroutofdiscussions #theyseehowhefeels #wompwomp #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 3w

Cuilin My gast is flabbered! Did May‘s family acquiesce to the preponed wedding because they knew how Archer felt? #ThePlotThickens #TheWellandsAreSly (edited) 3w

mcctrish #wompwomp 😆 3w

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lil1inblue @Cuilin It does please me if they know. Because he thinks he's so sly. 3w

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! 3w

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie I feel like I‘m approaching a binge finish 🤣 3w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie I foresee a binge read in my future. Lol 3w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @Cuilin the chapters are so short in this book a binge finish is VERY tempting 3w

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! 3w

julieclair @Cuilin I think they do know. But how would they have found out? 3w

Cuilin @julieclair he thinks he hides his feelings well, but I think he‘s more demonstrative then he realises. 3w

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? 3w

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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 3w

mcctrish #cheatingcheaterswhocheat 3w

willaful This chapter reminded me of Rules of Civility by John Towles; I wonder if he was inspired by it. 3w

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Bookwormjillk @willaful oh, good connection 3w

ElizaMarie I feel so bad for his wife :( ❤️‍🩹 3w

lil1inblue #ugh 3w

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Gravepulse | R Richards

Starting something a little different

Gissy Sounds interesting! 3w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 23: #herdic #anyway #archerfindsellen #herhubbywantsherback #offeredmoney #archerconvincedhertoblowoffthemeeting #whowasthedudeinthecrowd #webetterfindout #boatride #cheatingcheaterwhocheats #thisguy 🙄 #messingwithmywinona #willtheyworwontthey #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 3w

TheBookHippie #MESSINGWITHOURWINONA #HEISTRASH 3w

Bookwormjillk I hope the guy in the crowd is a close relative of May‘s! 3w

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk ohhhh I didn‘t even think of that! That would be epic #busted 3w

Ruthiella What I found crazy is that Archer ran into acquaintances in Boston. It really underscored what a small world he moves in. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I thought the guy in the crowd was the French tutor from London. 3w

mcctrish #cheatingcheaterwhocheats ✊🏻 3w

ElizaMarie Oooo 👀who can it be!? 3w

lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly 👀 3w

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Gift Wrapped Protector: A holiday Paranormal Fantasy Romance featuring a Wyvern Shifter and his Curvy Girl Mate with a pinch of humor. | C.D. Gorri

I love book signings! I went to one today with @Princess.ofthe.pages and scored some great new smut 🤣

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳📚💝. 3w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 22: #apartynobodywantstoattend #lazyarcherpretendshesbuyingahorse #sohecandoapaychodrivebyofellenshouse #butshesinboston #obviouslyarcherneedstogotobostontoo #goodthinthatgirlwasclueless 🙄 #dick #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 3w

TheBookHippie What a #dick 3w

mcctrish 🎶don‘t be suspicious, don‘t be suspicious 🎶 (edited) 3w

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lil1inblue @mcctrish 😂 3w

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 🎯 3w

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 😂🙌🏼🤣 3w

lil1inblue I just want to play tiny violins for Archer. 😂 🎶🎻 🎶 3w

Cuilin @mcctrish that melody is Archer‘s leitmotif. 😆 3w

Cuilin Parker House mentioned!!!! 3w

mcctrish @Cuilin at varying decibels depending on the proximity of Ellen 😆 3w

ElizaMarie Ugh Archer!!! 3w

willaful Okay, Archer kissing the parasol that turned out the be the other girl's did make me hoot! 3w

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 💯😂 3w

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

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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@indoordame @librarybelle @tineke @bookwormjillk @rubyslippersreads @sace @currentlyreadinginco @annr @annececelie @barbarajean 3w

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @jacqmac @lapreader 3w

BarkingMadRead @daisey @morr_books @covertocovergirl @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @larkken @samanne @5feet.of.fury @crinoline_laphroaig @daisey @kao @i.besteph @elizamarie @dieareader @anishainkspill 3w

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mcctrish I‘m in! I LOVED this show! Bringing back high school and uni memories 3w

kwmg40 I‘d like to join for this one, thanks! 3w

Librarybelle I‘m in! 3w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 3w

Bookwormjillk I'll be there! 3w

Cuilin One of my favourites!!! I‘m in. 3w

BarbaraJean I‘m in! 3w

TheBookHippie I can make it work 😂😅 I need to buy a copy. 👀 3w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 3w

Ruthiella I‘m in! 3w

Deblovestoread I'm in! 3w

lil1inblue What the heck - I'm in! 3w

TheAromaofBooks September is looking a lil crazy, so I think I'm going to pass on this one and come back for October!! 3w

julieclair Looking forward to it! 3w

AnneCecilie I‘m in! 3w

rubyslippersreads I‘ve read this, so I‘ll pass. I‘ll be eavesdropping on the comments, though. 😄 3w

Morr_Books I have actually been pretty inactive in all things lately, but I think I would love to join for this 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm in! I've had this on my TBR forever! 3w

willaful Count me in! 3w

BarkingMadRead 😘😘😘 3w

Daisey I‘m in for this one! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Count me in! 3w

KAO I found a used copy! I‘m in! 3w

Sparklemn I‘m in! 3w

eeclayton I think I'll sit this one out. Happy reading to everyone who participates! 3w

peanutnine I wanna give this one a go! 3w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I picked up Library print copy and I own audiobook. So I'm ready! 2w

mcctrish I‘m in 1w

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The Dark Tower, the Gunslinger | Stephen King

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

BarkingMadRead @jessclark78 @kathywheeler @imperfectcj @roary47 @fortifiedbybooks @kwmg40 @bookwormjillk @maddustkitties @tiedyedude @jenlovesjt47 @5feet.of.fury @balibee146 @bookwormahn @addison_reads @sconsinbookybadger @alldebooks @paperbackpirate @sace @bklover @karkar @julies_bookshelf_adventures @bekakins @elizamarie 3w

Bookwormjillk Ohhhh so excited for this one. One of my favorites. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk me too! I love this series! I think the only ones I like more are the Holly books! 3w

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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead That's a tough call! 3w

Sparklemn I‘m going to join you if I may? (edited) 3w

BarkingMadRead @sparklemn absolutely 3w

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. 3w

BarkingMadRead @PaperbackPirate I love that! 3w

kwmg40 I‘ll join you in a reread of this one! 3w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 21: #oneyearlater #archerseemsmostlycontent #inadenialsortofway #mayisanarcherybadass #beaufortisstillaroundanslookingawful #ofcourseellenismentioned #denialshattered #soletsvisitgranny #whoalsomentionsellenisvisiting #ofcourseshesendsarchertofetchellen #butheisbutthurtthatshedoesntsensehispresence 🙄 #awaytheygo #fornow #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 3w

mcctrish Archer is going to implode at this rate 3w

Bookwormjillk Gee wonder why he wanted to go to an isolated island 3w

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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) 3w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin Good catch! I wonder why now too! 3w

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 👀 3w

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin hmmmm 3w

lil1inblue @Cuilin I didn't even clock that... Intriguing! 🤔 3w

ElizaMarie The name Ellen drives Archer crazy!!! He has got it bad!!! Better watch out- May is a badass with and arrow 🤭 3w

lil1inblue So many #marilynversusjackie vibes. 3w

willaful Archer knows there's more to May, but he can't reach it. I wonder if he's actually tried... 3w

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. 3w

julieclair @Cuilin I think May blushed because she's thinking of what has to be done to have sons or daughters! 😉 3w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 20: #honeymoon #somanyawkwardmoments #thiswontendwell #heissocondescending #thattutorthough #neitherofthemwerekind #snobby #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 4w

TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 4w

Bookwormjillk Hot mess express 4w

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Ruthiella All this not really talking and assuming things will settle…😱 4w

lil1inblue #dick continues to fit again today! 🙄 4w

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🎯 4w

mcctrish @lil1inblue 😆 and yet May is a snob so maybe they are a #pairofdicks but for different reasons 4w

lil1inblue @mcctrish 😂 Excellent point. There's just #somanydicks in this book! 4w

willaful @mcctrish Different types. The one who has no idea she's a dick and the one who knows but keeps doing it anyway. 🙄 4w

ElizaMarie The first 6 months of the marriage are the hardest? Really!? 4w

mcctrish @ElizaMarie I mean if you‘ve never been told about sex or been allowed to have an opinion ….. 4w

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 😬 4w

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly yeah the “virginal” and the “6 months” has me 🤔 4w

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. 🤔 4w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 19: #thewedding #archerspendsthewholetimelookingforellen #thinkingaboutellen #wishingforellen #dick #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 4w

lil1inblue #dick 🎯🎯🎯 😅 4w

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 4w

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lil1inblue #mrsmingotttriestoattend That part was wild. 4w

Cuilin I love the description of all the white flowers like it was a funeral and not a wedding!!! lol 4w

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! 4w

TheBookHippie @dabbe #OY also #DICK 4w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin well…. When I was in school we called weddings funerals. 🤣👀🤦🏻‍♀️😳😬🤭 4w

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🎯🎯🎯🎯 4w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵🎯🩵 4w

mcctrish Archer has turned into a space cadet 4w

ElizaMarie #Archer=Dick 4w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 18: #wellthattookaturn #archerconfrontsellen #confesseshislove #ellenpusheshimaway #atelegramarriveslate #sosolate #mayiswillingtogetmarriednow 😳 #epictiming #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 4w

mcctrish Archer almost had it all 🎶you had my heart inside of your hand …… we could have had it all 🎶 4w

lil1inblue @mcctrish I laughed so hard at this, my co-workers got a little scared. 😂 4w

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lil1inblue #ellensaysIdontwantyourflowers 😅 4w

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. 4w

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4w

TheBookHippie I‘m not sure I should be laughing as hard as I am reading this 👀😅… 4w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie I had to look it up to see if this was considered a comedy of manners because I am also just 😂 4w

Cuilin @mcctrish 😂😂😂 4w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin 🤭 laughter is good for the soul.… glad to have good company in the laughter. 4w

mcctrish @lil1inblue Ellen is more 🎶I can buy myself flowers …… say things you don‘t understand 🎶 4w

lil1inblue @mcctrish 😂 🎯 😂 4w

willaful Awww, I guess I'm a sentimental sucker because I was sad for them... 4w

Clare-Dragonfly Whoa! Suddenly everything is happening! I wonder who sent the flowers? Beaufort? 4w

ElizaMarie 😆 4w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I think it was her husband trying to woo her back 4w

Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead Ahh, that would explain the anger! 4w

julieclair @willaful I‘m with you in the sentimental sucker camp. 4w

willaful @julieclair let's sob in each others arms! 4w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 17: #archerisbackhome #inmediatelyseesellen #sheaskshimtodropby #butshehasguests #auntiemedoraisvisiting #farewellparty #beaufordgotellenahouse 🙄 #andthehusbandwantsherback #auntieisonhisside 🙄 #pathetic #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 1mo

mcctrish #everybodywantsellen 1mo

Cuilin Short chapter with little action yet #thePlotThickens #WhartonisLaconic (edited) 1mo

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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!? 🤔 1mo

willaful Ellen is punishing Archer, I think.... 4w

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. 4w

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. 4w

lil1inblue @mcctrish 🎯😅 4w

lil1inblue @TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie Totally agree. It feels like she's playing a game. 4w

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks Ellen is teaching a Master Class on manipulation 4w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 16: #archervisitswinona #heaskstopushupthewedding #mayasksiftheresanyoneelse 😳 #archeralmostshitshimself #winonathinksitshisoldaffair #whew #thatwasclose 🙄 #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 1mo

mcctrish For a minute she was a real person and then she slipped back into her role - can‘t see this marriage working out 1mo

willaful @mcctrish Yeah, that was unexpectedly perceptive of May. I think they maybe could have been happy together, but it'll never work now. 1mo

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Clare-Dragonfly Wow! They ALMOST had a real conversation! 1mo

dabbe I think there's a lot going on under May's batting eyelashes. 1mo

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly #ThisClose 🤏🏻 1mo

lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly She was just about there.... 🫠 4w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 15: #randomopeningparagraph 🤣 #archerhuntsdownellen #shehidfrombeaufort #buthefoundher #foundherahouse 🙄 #middlemarchreference #ellenwantstoexplaintoarcher #soobviouslyherunstowinona 🤷🏻‍♀️ #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 1mo

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 1mo

lil1inblue #iwouldhidefrombeauforttoo 1mo

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willaful The subtext is becoming text. 😂 1mo

lil1inblue @willaful 😅🎯 1mo

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. 1mo

ElizaMarie Loved all the shenanigans. It felt so out of place! ==== I caught up!!!! Now I am back on #ChapterADay 1mo

TheAromaofBooks It was like a random paragraph from a Wodehouse book got inserted into this chapter 😂 1mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue Same, he seems predatory. 😣 1mo

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 14: #archerisapieceofwork #ellenhelpedalittleboy #whichobviouslymakesheranangel 😇 #nedtriestoputarcherinhisplace #fail #nooriginalthoughtsthere #butthensheignoresanotefromarcher #noflowersforyou #shesoffwiththeoldies #becausesheneedspeace #archerisnothappy #poorwinonahasnoclue #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #thatwasalittleoutoforder #sorry

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

TheBookHippie NOFLOWERSFORYOU 🤣🤭 this is the best part of my day currently. This reread is a blast. Thank you. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #imheretohelp #outoforder 1mo

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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 1mo

Cuilin I‘m not sure if this is meant to be a comedy but I‘m having all the lols!! 1mo

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. 😂 1mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Hilarious! 1mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin Same! 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin SAME! 1mo

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 13: #archergotellentodropthedivorce #winonakeepspushingthemtogether #gurl #watchyourman #winonaisinfloridawithherparents #whatcouldgowrong #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 1mo

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. 🤔 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue Ooh, that's interesting! 💛🏵️💛 1mo

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dabbe #winonamay #winonamaynot #winonamayormaynot 😂 1mo

mcctrish I laughed out loud at archer wants to kiss Ellen‘s ribbon @lil1inblue that is serious code for kink 1mo

lil1inblue @mcctrish OMG. I did not even realize what I said. 🙃🙃🙃 But I guess it fits, too. We know what Archer really wants. 🤣🤣🤣 #ithasbeenalongday 1mo

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. 1mo

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? 1mo

ElizaMarie @Lil1InBlue --- #RibbonKiss #ExtraKink 1mo

lil1inblue @ElizaMarie 😅🙃🤭 1mo

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Outmatched: A Mansfield Park / Sense and Sensibility Vagary | Jayne Bamber

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… 1mo

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 1mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig Curious to hear your final thoughts. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig it‘s slow going, I‘ll keep you posted! 1mo

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It | Stephen King

Thank you @PaperbackPirate for telling me about this duck!!! #losersclub #stephenking #it

PaperbackPirate 🙌🎉 Happy to help! 🤡 1mo

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 12: #archervisitsellen #beaufortbeathimtoit #timetogetridofhim #sohecanlectureellen 🙄 #iwanttoknowthebackstoryhere #whatistheexsayingaboutellen ⁉️ #ellenisnthavingit #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 1mo

mcctrish I think Ellen had an affair, Beaufort gives big creep factor 1mo

julieclair Sounds like Ellen has a scandal or two in her own past. Can‘t wait to find out the juicy details! 😎 1mo

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Cuilin @mcctrish Beaufort has designs of his own I fear. 🤔 1mo

Cuilin “… bursting with the belated eloquence of the inarticulate” anybody else have “belated” conversations in their head? 1mo

Bookwormjillk Popcorn time. Can‘t wait to see how this plays out. 1mo

mcctrish @Cuilin I have most of mine in the shower but middle of the night works too 1mo

Cuilin @mcctrish same. 🤦‍♀️ 1mo

dabbe @Cuilin More than I care to admit. 😂 1mo

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. 1mo

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. 1mo

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 😅 1mo

lil1inblue @nanuska_153 I love that. 😅 🍿 1mo

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. 🤣🤯🫠 1mo

mcctrish @lil1inblue absolutely start the day strong 🤣 1mo

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? 1mo

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. 1mo

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly ooo yes that's true!!! I had forgotten about that! 1mo

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | J.K. Rowling

Some friends sent me this to cheer me up 🥰🧙‍♂️🪄

Ruthiella 💡❤️ 1mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 1mo

dabbe 🧡🤎💛 1mo

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 11: #archerhastodealwithellensdivorce #nobodywantshertofile #notevenarcher #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 1mo

Bookwormjillk Poor lady let her do what she wants. (I know different times) 1mo

lil1inblue So many dudes trying to make decisions for her! 1mo

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mcctrish Women should be free like men, but not actually free if it means being ‘unpleasant‘ 1mo

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? 1mo

dabbe @Cuilin One can hope! 🤞🏻 1mo

dabbe Lordy, I can just stare at this pic of DDL all day long. #theperfectarcher #theperfectanythingforthatmatter 1mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe he really is delightful looking 😍 1mo

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 😂 1mo

willaful @TheAromaofBooks I feel the same. Admittedly the bar is low, but he's not the worst. 1mo

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! 1mo

eeclayton @TheAromaofBooks @willaful I feel the same, too. I think it's the first time in his life when he really starts questioning things. 1mo

willaful @eeclayton yes, and many people in his situation never get there. 1mo

eeclayton @willaful So true! 1mo

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!) 1mo

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