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Mysteries of Udolpho - The Original Classic Edition
Mysteries of Udolpho - The Original Classic Edition | Ann Radcliffe
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I fear I dont have the words to fully explain just how important, enjoyable, and breath-taking this novel is to me; The Mysteries of Udolpho is simply one of the greatest written works ever produced. While this is a Gothic novel, arguably the greatest Gothic novel ever written, it is so much more than that. Gothic denotes dark castles, spectral haunts, dastardly deeds performed by cruel, mysterious men--certainly these elements are here. However, a large portion of this novel is simply beautiful--no one I know of has ever described the simple grandeur of life and nature or waxed more poetically on the noble merits of love and honor as does Ann Radcliffe. Emily is one of the most memorable characters in all of fiction. To be frank, I simply fell in love with her. Through her, I was able to not only see but to better appreciate life itself and the simple beauties it manifests. When she was hurt or pained, I shared her sorrow; many times, I felt compelled to jump up and somehow defend her against the monstrous injustices inflicted upon her. I admired her morality and deep commitment to honor, a commitment so deep that she sacrificed in deference to it her own deep love for Valancourt, a love so deep that it alone allowed her to withstand the horrors of Count Montoni and the castle of Udolpho. Certainly, Emily is very sensitive and overdramatic, and she does tend to faint a lot, but she is a pure angel to someone like myself who is a Victorian at heart. I wish I could mention all of the wonderful characters and all of the scenes and events, both beautiful and horrific, to be found in these pages. These were times when I literally had to put one hand across the page to keep from jumping ahead to see what was about to happen. I do want to stress the beauty and romance of the novel because these aspects are overshadowed by the perception people have of Gothic literature. The story of Emily and Valancourt is one of the greatest love stories in literature. Future readers, please dont pick the novel up until such a time as you are truly committed to reading it; it is rather long, and this is not a novel you will want to lay aside for several days at a time. Also, the first 100 pages or so are somewhat hard to get through. Radcliffe paints a living portrait of nature in these pages, describing more details than I could ever even hope to witness. You wont encounter the Gothic horror you may be expecting until you get rather deeply into the story, so keep that in mind. Approach this novel as you would a work of art because that is exactly what it is.
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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4.18: #emilyisplayingtheluteinthetower #thatsnotweird #valancourtappears #somuchcrying #allisfinallywell #thegangisalltogether #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Am I dating myself with this photo?
#anyway

4.17: yikes! #laurentiniwaswiththemarquis #heditchedherforthemarchioness #lalagotpissed #shetrickedtheMarquisintopoisoningtheMarchioness #whowasemilysauntie #didnotseethatcoming #lalaspunishmentwasconventlife #somanyparallels #yikesagain #staytuned #almostdone #hashtagbrigade

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Ruthiella Yes! But you are in good company ! 😂 23h
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Luke-XVX Jeanne Tripplehorn though, good lord !!! 23h
AllDebooks Lol 🤣 23h
dabbe @Luke-XVX I think it was Anne Archer, though they both look a LOT alike! 🤩 23h
Luke-XVX Haha I stand corrected! (Now I remember her from Patriot Games) 22h
mcctrish Todays chapter could have been the whole book #justsaying 22h
eeclayton At least now we know what was behind the veil. Even if it was a very WTF kinda explanation. 19h
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Right?! 😂 Also, who else was shocked that Laurentini is her first name?! I definitely thought it was a last name. 15h
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly that‘s the mystery right there 🤣🤣🤣 15h
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish The real mystery of Udolpho: Who Are These Udolpho People Who Name Their Kid Laurentini? 15h
TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish - LITERALLY what I was thinking when I was reading this - this is like a synopsis of all the actually interesting parts of this story that we weren't allowed to know about for some reason 😂 4h
peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks I definitely think it would have been more effective if we had learned what Emily read/saw earlier on and then revealed what it all meant at the end. Explaining it away immediately after revealing the mystery made it so much less shocking as a reader 2h
TheAromaofBooks @peanutnine - I totally agree!! I think if we knew what Emily did - that there was a half-decayed body in a hidden room - EVERYTHING would have been way creepier than just “something is there“ - and then in the end we get the big reveal about it not being a real body. As it is it was just kind of - it's a body! PSYCH! The end. lol now
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
The mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobre
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4.16: whoa #agnesisLaurentini #emilyisrelatedtothemarchioness #emilycallsheramurderer #rip ☠️ #thedudewhoheardagnesconfessknowsthecreeper #becauseofcoursehedoes #hevisitsandtellaabouthishero #whobailedhimoutofjail #valancourt #whogambledbutnevercheated #thecountfeelslikeshit #aswellheshould #hewritestoapologizetovalancourt #isittoolate #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 2d
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Clare-Dragonfly See, I told you V was just misunderstood because THESE PEOPLE WILL NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER!!!! 2d
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BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I‘m so relieved 😰 2d
mcctrish Well that was action packed @Clare-Dragonfly they also don‘t read or finish thoughts or ever let us know what‘s going on! Emily is haunted by papers she burned and didn‘t read except for a few words which she won‘t recount to us 😡 2d
Bookwormjillk This book is almost over and I feel like we‘re still in the introduction. 2d
eeclayton @mcctrish I also really want to know what she saw behind that veil in the castle of Udolpho 😡 2d
mcctrish @eeclayton is this the mystery of udolpho? Unfinished thoughts? Things not described? Conversations not had? Things we missed cuz we fainted ? it‘s certainly not tears not shed #rivershavebeencried #lakeshavebeenfilled 2d
dabbe Your picture says EVERYTHING about this book that I simply could not finish. Absolute kudos to all of you who could! You are my inspiration! 💙❄️💙 2d
AllDebooks @mcctrish 😅🤣🤣 I actually feel cheated. This is supposed to be one of the most iconic, ground-breaking gothic novels and it's pure melodrama eeked out forrrrreeeevvvvvvver #teenagevoiceandeyeroll 👀🙄 Where all the ghosts and mysteries at? 2d
AllDebooks If you use the analogy of a walk in the park for the twists and turns of actual plot alongside all the flimflam melodrama that padded it out, we actually just walked every bloody peak in the Pyrenees. 2d
mcctrish @AllDebooks yay I got my steps in this week/month 2d
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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I just had to be done with it 🤣 #wintergames24 #holidaybookdragons #hashtagbrigade #wintercleardown #longest #winterpokemon #storm #bingoboards #placeintitle #europe #friendstolovers #quirkyolderrelative #BINGO #WGwordsearch

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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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4.15: #emilyjoinstheweddingparty #ofcoursethecreeperisthere 🙄 #nobodyeverlistens #emilyvisitstheabbey #agnesisdying #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 3d
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Clare-Dragonfly Emily persists in thinking the Count is an honest, nice guy who really cares about her well-being as he repeatedly shoves his obsessed buddy in her face 🙄 3d
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mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 3d
AllDebooks Oh, we are so close to the end. The book, sanity, who knows? 🥳 I'm struck by the difference in writing style between this and Frankenstein, considering there are just over 20 years between publications. Mary Shelley was still in her teens when she wrote it. 3d
eeclayton Not to defend the Count, but I have the impression that he's been friends with Du Pont for much longer than with Emily, so it kinda makes sense to me that he wants to promote his happiness. Which of course doesn't make him any less annoying from E's point of view. 3d
BarkingMadRead @eeclayton that‘s a very good point 3d
TheAromaofBooks @eeclayton - I also think the Count sees sweet, lonely Emily at a time when being a single woman was actually somewhat unsafe & knows that his young friend is an upstanding guy who loves her and would take good care of her (vs taking advantage of her and stealing all her money). Like it's annoying to E because she doesn't want to marry him, but lots of people married for convenience, so unless the Count forces the issue, I can't fault him too much 3d
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Bookwormjillk
Bookwormjillk
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe
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Catching up on Udolpho at an indoor field hockey tournament today.

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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe
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Ch 4.14: Ludo is back #annettethoughthewasaghost #andnowweknow #pirates 🏴‍☠️ #anotherghoststorydebunked #theresabringsthering #emilywonttakeit #putstheresarightinherplace #soproud #wantstohookupludoandannettewithahouse #awwwww #timeforawedding #babybaronandnlanche #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk At least they didn‘t shoot this one 4d
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mcctrish How bright is Annette?! 4d
Clare-Dragonfly We finally get the story! Secret passages in the walls! 4d
Bklover I am behind! My oldest daughter has been in the hospital and I haven‘t read a word in a week. I will catch up, I hope! (She will be fine) 3d
TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly - Apparently any and all ghosts are actually people in walls 😂 3d
TheAromaofBooks @Bklover - Hope you daughter is doing better!!! 3d
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks little did we know that this is actually a horror story 🤣 @Bklover I‘m so glad she will be ok, sending hugs! 3d
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe
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Ch 4.13: #emilyvisitstheresafornews #nobodyhasseenvalancourt #emilylosesherdamnmind #somuchcrying #knockknockknock #ofcourseitsvalancourt #sowemustfaint #itsamiracle #emilyisallforgiving #butwait #shepusheshimaway #soproud #theresaisconfused #valancourtisdevastated #emilypeacesout ✌️ #valancourtleavesheraring #nevertobeseenagain #maybe 🤷🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade #ps #wtf #ithoughtwewouldgetludostale 🙄

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@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 5d
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Bookwormjillk I could have smacked Theresa today 5d
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk in her defense, Emily won‘t tell her anything 🙄 these people need to learn to communicate 5d
kwmg40 I loved Teresa's snide comments about rich people! 😂 5d
mcctrish I mean Theresa isn‘t wrong 5d
Clare-Dragonfly I was really hoping Theresa would ask for an explanation, Emily would give one, and V would go “wait that‘s not accurate!” We only have a few chapters left, guys, get it together! 5d
peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly 💯💯 5d
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mcctrish
mcctrish
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe
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#iykyk #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 5d
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AllDebooks
AllDebooks
The mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobre
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I'm currently participating in the final #hashtagbrigade #buddyread of the year. 10ish chapters left, and I just don't care anymore. I've never read a book with more loose ends, dead ends, and 'we won't talk about that' plot devices in my life. Thank goodness for @BarkingMadRead keeping us sane and the humour flowing. Otherwise, I would have bailed around chapter 10!
FYI, I got bored and did a word count. 🙄😅
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AllDebooks @IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish @TheBookHippie @dabbe @zezeki @Deblovestoread @Librarybelle @kwmg40 @Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin @ElizaMarie 6d
AllDebooks @quietjenn @jewright @Larkken @TheAromaofBooks @rubyslippersreads @AnishaInkspill @eeclayton @peanutnine @Bklover 6d
AllDebooks Word count results - Hither 158; Thither -53; Whither - 58; Crying + cry - 36; Weeping + weep + wept - 176; Fainting + faint - 175 😱 6d
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AllDebooks Sorry, I should have been reading tonight's chapter but got distracted 😅 6d
Librarybelle Word count dedication! 6d
BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 6d
BarkingMadRead #wordcountqueen 6d
AllDebooks @Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead Just so you know, it was on Kindle. I didn't sit there with a book and highlighter. I do have a life! 😅 6d
BarkingMadRead But still. You had to do the search 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6d
AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead 😬 you got me 6d
dabbe I managed to get through THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV thanks to this group and @BarkingMadRead's hilarious posts and @Aimeesue's hysterical dioramas, but this one? I bailed at Book 2. And I had also tried to read it a few years ago. I just couldn't do it. Again. Writing that goes on and on an on and on with tears all over the place and too many descriptions and meandering everywhere ... bleh! I'll be up for the January read, though! 🤩 6d
mcctrish @dabbe The Bros was better ( never thought I‘d say that ) 6d
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish you know it‘s a bad book when #thebrosarebetter 6d
mcctrish @AllDebooks the fainting count surprises me, I must have fainted myself and missed then but all those ithers I have felt and I attribute them to the author‘s dithering 6d
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s mind boggling 6d
Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 The Bros! Slightly less histrionic than The Mysteries of Udolfo! 6d
mcctrish @Ruthiella there was no crying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6d
Clare-Dragonfly Brilliant word counting 😂 6d
eeclayton Wow 😲 5d
AllDebooks @Clare-Dragonfly it's telling that I would rather do that than read the bloody thing. 😅 5d
TheAromaofBooks It honestly seems like there should be more crying 😂 Maybe we should add “tears“ to the word count?? Poor Emily, it just seems like her eyes must be swollen shut all the time! 5d
dabbe @mcctrish Well, that makes me feel a wee bit better. And you even helped me through a few chapters, and I still couldn't get through it! 🤩😂🤩 5d
mcctrish @dabbe you‘ve honestly missed nothing cuz nothing ever happens 5d
mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks it‘s amazing she can see anything 5d
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 4.12: whoa! #buckleup #backtoblancheandco #travelingtovisitemily #lostinthemountains #withthebats #andastorm #obviously #themooncomesout #backontheroad #totallylost #crossingdownedtrees #findacastle #becasueofcoursetheresarandomcastle #huntersinside #blancheoverhearstheirplot #becauseofcoursetheyrebanditti #faintingensues #obviously #thebanditscatchher #swordsclash #thefianceeisbloody #morefainting #ludototherescue #wtfludo ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #thefianceisntdead #countisoktoo #ludogetsthemout #andnowwefinallygettohearhistale #tomorrow #right ⁉️#right ⁉️ #omg #hashtagbrigade 6d
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@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 6d
Bookwormjillk Some stuff happened in this long chapter at least 6d
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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I was just skimming along and then “wait what?! Ludo is here?!” Truthfully I thought for sure they were banditti but then I thought they were hunters and maybe V was with them (edited) 6d
Clare-Dragonfly Something actually happened!!! @mcctrish I also thought V would turn out to be with them. 6d
peanutnine I was like oh now we finally get to hear what happened to Ludo! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Just kidding 5d
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 4.11: #shortchapter #emilyfindstheresa 😍 #sheisverycomfy #thankstovalancourt 🙄#staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish So we are just supposed to forgive Valancourt‘s whoring around?! #boyswillbeboys? Just ugh! The Victorian novelist kills women for less 😡 7d
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so frustrating! 7d
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I do think the whole point of this book will be we‘re supposed to forgive Val and be happy for Em when she ends up with him. 7d
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk better a loser than being alone #amiright 7d
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish #youareright 7d
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish You‘d think she would have learned from her aunt that a loser is NOT better than being alone! 7d
Clare-Dragonfly Raise your hand if you didn‘t know it was Valancourt helping Theresa the moment she said she couldn‘t say who it was 🤛🏻 7d
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I was torn between him and the creeper, it could have gone either way I guess 🤣 I also half wonder if it was the creeper that got shot as well 🤣 7d
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly you‘d think 🤔 😝 7d
mcctrish Ooo @BarkingMadRead maybe the creeper was shot saving Val once again 7d
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 4.10: almost home #lotsofcryingandfainting #emilyseessomeoneinthegarden #obviouslyitsvalancourt #thegardenerthinksitsarobber #obviouslyheshootshim #annetteissworntosecrecy #ofcourseshetellsemily #whofaints #obviously #shecantfindoutwhowasshot #wasitvalancourt #ishedead #wewillprobablyneverknow #obviously 🤣 #timetoheadhome #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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peanutnine #Obviously 🤣🤣 you crack me up! So true though 1w
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Bookwormjillk 10 chapters left! 1w
BarkingMadRead @peanutnine #obviously 🤷🏻‍♀️ this is usually the point where I would binge read the end, but I feel like I still wouldn‘t know anything, so why bother 🤣 @Bookwormjillk #hallelujah 1w
TheAromaofBooks I gotta be honest, I freaking love Annette and her complete inability to keep a secret 😂 1w
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks without Annette, we wouldn‘t know a damn thing 🤣 1w
Clare-Dragonfly There doesn‘t seem to be much acknowledgement that Annette‘s husband has disappeared! 1w
Clare-Dragonfly Linguistic note: I see that Annette has switched from calling Emily “mamselle” to “madam”! This matches up with something I noted in the book I just finished—in English, Mrs was for a long time just a title of respect for an adult woman of a certain class, even if she wasn‘t married. The Mrs versus Miss for marital status distinction wasn‘t solidified until the mid-19th century. Emily is probably Madam now that she‘s inherited.
[tagged book]Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words
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BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhh that‘s interesting! And poor Ludo ☠️ 1w
mcctrish #obviously 👏🏻👏🏻🤣 1w
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 4.9: the plot thickens #isthecrazynunourmarchioness #willweeveractuallyknow #thecountandhenrisurvivedthenight #buttheywonttalkaboutit #obviously #timeforemilytogohome #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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AllDebooks In the words of Annette, 'such goings on' 🙄 1w
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mcctrish In the words of me “WTF?!” 1w
Clare-Dragonfly So, just like with Ludo, we get the Count‘s POV when nothing interesting is going on, and then something happens and we don‘t get to know anything about it. 🤨 1w
TheAromaofBooks Someone needs to rewrite this book except with the interesting parts actually IN THE STORY 🙄 1w
Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks ha! Perfect! 1w
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Yes! And leaving out 80% of the #verdantverdure . 1w
BarkingMadRead @julieclair omg so much #verdantverdure 🙄 1w
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Clare-Dragonfly
Clare-Dragonfly
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

Nymph, in thy orisons / Be all my sins remembered.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in‘t.

#hashtagbrigade #hamlet

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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 4.8: bring in the older ghostbusters #butfirst #macaronidied #karmasabitch #emilyinheritsfromauntie #finally #andnow #countandhenriareghosthunting #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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AnishaInkspill photo, perfect, v funny 😂 😂 1w
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Clare-Dragonfly Kind of unsatisfying that Emily doesn‘t have to do anything to get her inheritance… 1w
Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly right? All that paperwork with Macaroni for nothing. 1w
peanutnine I feel like most everything in this book has been a ton of anticipation and buildup with no satisfying pay out @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 1w
mcctrish @peanutnine absolutely so many words and nothing happens besides crying, fainting and things that can‘t be talked about 1w
Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine Yup. That‘s why I‘m not expecting any exciting ghost reveal with Ludo. 1w
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Ch 4.7: well, this took a turn! #valancourtisstillcreeping #ludohasdisappearedfromalockedroom #dupontisback #stalker 🙄 #countwantaemilytomarrydupont #emilysayshellno #countsaysok #whatanicechange 🤣 #emilygoesbacktotheconvent #thenunsknowsomeshit #theyarenttalking #becausenobodyeverdoes 🙄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish So much crying! Now the count is crying. #cryingiscontagious and I swear that nun swished her skirts as she went off to pray 2w
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Bookwormjillk @mcctrish there was some skirt swishing for sure 2w
Clare-Dragonfly The count is so fatherly to Emily! Throwing his buddy Du Pont at her just like her real dad did with Valancourt. 🙄 And pretty condescending to boot. 2w
TheAromaofBooks I just thought it was hilarious that after all the times Ludo locked up Annette in a room, he finally got himself locked up for a change of pace 😂 I'm worried about him, though, because despite his room-locking tendencies, he's actually one of my favorite characters! 1w
peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣 so true! I like him too though 1w
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BarkingMadRead
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Ch 4.6: this is just getting ridiculous 🤣 #ludoreadsaboutaghost #butdoesntseeone #becausewhywouldhe 🤦🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade

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AllDebooks I would have bailed on this long ago if it wasn't for you guys keeping me invested. Your hashtags are brilliant. 😅 2w
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Bookwormjillk Sorry everyone. I jinxed it yesterday when I said things were getting interesting. 2w
BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks you and me both 🤣🤣🤣 2w
AllDebooks Also, who dis guy? ⬆️🔥🔥🔥 2w
BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks 🤷🏻‍♀️ Google found him for me 🤣 2w
AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead Well done, Google 👏 2w
mcctrish As we waited with baited breath for something to happen ………#theusualblahblahblah #nothing 2w
eeclayton @AllDebooks same! 2w
AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead I can certainly understand Jane Austen's satire more now in
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TheAromaofBooks I was like oh good another story within a story that won't actually further the real story any more 😂 2w
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BarkingMadRead
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Ch 4.5: these short chapters 🎄 🎁 #theservantsarefreakedbytheghost #theyallwanttoquit #ludototherescue #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead
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Ch 4.4: #themarchionessisaghost 🤷🏻‍♀️ #shortchapter #nocrying #somefainting #blessed #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.3: Ok, it won‘t let me add a pic 🙄 it was a bottle of ☠️ #anyway #macaroniisintrouble #karma #thecountgoesfree 🤷🏻‍♀️ #emilyissad #again #dorotheefinallytalks #sortof #lotsofasubtlehints #marquislovesmarchionessloveschevier #maybepops 🤷🏻‍♀️ #emilylookslikeher #hmmmmm #marquispossiblypoisonedthemarchioness ☠️ #theresanotherportrait #whichofcoursewedontgettohearabout 🙄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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TheAromaofBooks The whole situation with Macaroni felt anticlimactic after he was the villain for most of the book. 2w
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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks for real! Like he was just a footnote 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w
mcctrish That‘s was so much blather for nothing 2w
Bookwormjillk This is the kind of chapter that really makes me not like this book. Emily is about to get to the bottom of things but oh wait there‘s music 🙄 2w
Clare-Dragonfly All the hints about Emily looking like the marchioness! But she couldn‘t exactly have a secret kid, could she?! 2w
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I thought at first, until they started talking about her face turning black 🤮 so bizarre 2w
AllDebooks Anyone else losing count of all the Counts? 😅 2w
Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead I thought the same thing!!! 2w
mcctrish @AllDebooks too many counts to count (edited) 2w
AllDebooks @mcctrish far too many 😅 2w
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Ch 4.2: short chapter! #blessed #hallelujah #oh #andemilykicksVtothecurb #peaceoutjerk #byeeeeee #soproud #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish All hail the queen! 2w
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Bookwormjillk Blissfully short chapter. I really hope this isn‘t winding up to a Jane Eyre ending. 2w
eeclayton #blessed Good riddance V! 2w
TheAromaofBooks I just want Emily to be able to go back and home and live out her days in peace and solitude, but I think she's going to end up saddled with one of these losers for life 😂 2w
julieclair I‘m proud of her for kicking V to the curb. I didn‘t think she had it in her. 2w
Bklover @julieclair Neither did I! @TheAromaofBooks Don‘t you think she‘d be thrilled to just go home and find Theresa(isn‘t that her name?) and the two of them could hang out and she could write poetry all day! 2w
TheAromaofBooks @Bklover - Yes!! And have a little dog?? (I just realized - what happened to the dog?? Did I miss its tragic end, or it did it just fade out of the story??) 2w
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks that poor dog poof 💨 disappears it seems. Abandoned. 2w
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I totally forgot about the dog! 🤔 2w
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Ch 4.1: everyone is crying now 🙄 #valancourtcomestoseeEmily #somuchbegging #somuchgaslighting #emilyofferstoseehimagain 🙄 #andsomehowconvincesherselfheisthesameoldV 🙄 #also #dorotheestillhasntcomeby 🙄 #myeyeshurtfromrollingsomuch #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bklover 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #emilyisafoolandVisanass (edited) 2w
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mcctrish What just happened? V admits to the debts he could never repay and that he isn‘t worthy of Emily AND is mad that she doesn‘t want to shackle herself to him?! He questions how long the count has been her friend? Meanwhile E has spent about 32 minutes in his actual company and expects her to marry him after whoring and gambling ? RUN AWAY EMILY 2w
Bklover @mcctrish yes! When I think of all the weeping and fainting over V it makes me want to scream. You are right- she doesn‘t even really know him! 2w
mcctrish It‘s nice she had him to focus on while at Udolpho but cut him loose now 2w
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Bklover #accurate 2w
Bookwormjillk At first I was kind of on V's side because yeah she just met this Count guy. But then he admitted to it all so bye V. And what is the story of the picture? 2w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk everyone is crying 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I meant the one that Emily's dad had that Dorethee was refusing to talk about. She is just not coming back? 2w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk ohhhhhhhh that picture! We may never know…. 2w
Clare-Dragonfly V keeps going “I‘m terrible and it‘s exactly like the Count says” except no one actually lays out what Emily or V is thinking. I‘d put money on V‘s actual actions not being as bad as what Emily thinks. Of course, I don‘t know whether he‘ll actually TELL HER that before they both die of old age! 2w
julieclair If we don‘t find out about the picture, I‘m going to go nuts. I‘m warming up my book-throwing arm… 2w
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Ch 3.13: bringing this one back 🤣 #letsgetdowntoit #emilyissad #dorotheeseespopspic #itstheladyofthehouse #shocker #emilysrealmom ❓#hmmmmm #dorotheepromisestocomebackandtell #becausegodforbidanyoneevertellsastoryimmediately #timeforsomepagandancing 🤣 #valancourt ‼️ #beingadick #iwonderwhy #thecountcluesusin #finallyastorytoldimmediately #confirmsVisadick #shocker 🙄 #emilyfaints #shocker 🙄 #Vwilldefendhimself #inpart4 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Honestly! D “I can‘t tell you, you tell me” E “no I can‘t tell you, you tell me” FFS you both can rot! Also V was whoring and gambling! What a chapter! Pagan dancing for the win 3w
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AllDebooks If this was published now, it would be a novella once a skilled editor got busy with their red pen 3w
peanutnine "God forbid anyone tells a story immediately" ??? so true. And all these hints to what she saw in the letter, just tell us!!! 3w
Clare-Dragonfly Why the HECK can‘t Emily just say “oh that picture? It was my dad‘s.” It‘s not like she has any more information than that! 3w
TheAromaofBooks Oh man, now I just don't know who Emily is going to marry! All her choices are terrible! I'm kind of leaning towards Henri; at least he hasn't been a stalker yet 😂 3w
Bookwormjillk On one hand this chapter was frustrating because of the non-storytelling but on the other hand at least the picture came back up and V is finally here. On to part 4! #WeAreGettingThere 3w
Bklover @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You nailed it! 3w
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BarkingMadRead
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Ch 3.12: Languedoc #emilyhangswithblanche #dorotheehintsatghost #butobviouslywonttellthewholestory 🙄 #creepergoeshome #byeeeee #emilygoestotheconvent #Qisadick #isaidwhatisaid #noletteryetfromV #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Clare-Dragonfly These people are terrible at communicating. 3w
AnishaInkspill poor Emily, just waits and waits for that letter 3w
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Ch 3.11: so much thithering going on #thatstotallyaword #thitherhere #thitherthere #boatingaround #blahblahblah #alongcomesastorm #washesemilyandcompanyashore #blanchesfaminvitesthemin #ofcoursethecreeperknowsthecount #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish At least this whole chunk has a point now #godblessuseveryone 3w
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I was so worried we would never find out 🤣 3w
Bookwormjillk I'm just so glad Emily appeared and we didn't have a whole new castle story. 3w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that would have been devastating 🤣 3w
mcctrish It really could have gone either way at this point 3w
AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk aaaarrrgggh, can you imagine?? 🫣😱 3w
Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks yes I actually can that‘s why I was worried 😂 3w
Clare-Dragonfly I‘m relieved that we made it back to this castle. I spent like 14 chapters wondering when Emily was going to figure out that Udolpho was the creepy castle she saw before. Then I realized it was in Italy so it must be a different castle, and I wondered why they spent so much time being aware of that creepy castle! I also realized that the convent Blanche lived in must be a different one. I think Radcliffe has too many settings! 🙄 3w
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BarkingMadRead
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Ch 3.10: oh good, another new character 🙄 #helloblanche #whatsthepoint #iguesswewillfindoutsoon #miserableparents #broseemsnice #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #verdant

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mcctrish It‘s like we‘ve started a whole new book “meanwhile the lesser characters x, y and z have arrived at that place we met once 600 pages ago to kick off subplot c” 3w
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Bookwormjillk Okay so I‘m not the only one who had no clue who these people are? 3w
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I‘m low key pissed about this 🤣🤣 3w
mcctrish They don‘t cry as much 3w
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #silverlining 3w
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I mean I can‘t even keep it low key. I want to speak to a manager. 3w
AllDebooks @mcctrish 🤣🤣 3w
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk let‘s get them on speaker phone 3w
TheAromaofBooks Apparently someone just needs to be in a creepy castle so since Emily is out for now, gotta find someone else to chuck into one 😂 3w
Clare-Dragonfly Emily is going back to the convent but Blanche (?) just left the convent so… are they going to meet? Why didn‘t they meet when Emily was at the convent burying her dad? 3w
Bklover Ummmm…who the hell are these people?!?! 3w
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks There‘s a creepy castle around every corner in this book. Somebody has to live in them! So the obvious answer is to introduce more characters. 🤓🤣 3w
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BarkingMadRead
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Ch 3.9: this is who I picture when Ludo comes around 🤣 #ludofindstheprisoner #whohasemilyspic #valancourt ‼️ #ludoarrangesameeting #notvalancourt #emilyfaints #obviously #valancourtwasneverthecreeper #sorrymydude #verezzishowsup #wait #wasthathisname #whatever #verezzifightscreeper #creeperwins #ludoandcreeperescapewiththegirls #headingbacktofrance #whew #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Despite being long, and fainting at critical points where creepers are involved 🤦🏻‍♀️ #forfuckssakeemily this chapter has accomplished more than the entire book to day #praisebe also thank goodness ludacris checked under the saddle so E could buy a hat 3w
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish omg the freaking hat 🙄 #priorities 3w
Clare-Dragonfly That‘s why I called him Ludo in the first place 😂😂😂 3w
Clare-Dragonfly And yeah, as soon as the guy wouldn‘t tell Ludo his name, I knew it wasn‘t going to be V. 3w
Bookwormjillk I was a bit shocked it wasn‘t V myself. But then again we still have many chapters to go. 3w
Bklover I wonder where V is? Maybe he‘s moved on! (I sure hope not after all this) 3w
peanutnine I had a feeling the creeper wasn't V cause he would have already admitted it to Emily, he was always really frank about his stalker tendencies lol 3w
mcctrish @Bklover he‘s still partying in Paris 3w
julieclair @mcctrish I sure do hope you‘re wrong about partying in Paris, but my gut tells me you‘re right. 😒 3w
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Ch 3.8: back to the castle we go #deadbodieseverywhere #macaronimakingcreepypromises #emilybeingchasedinthedark 👀 #emilysignsthepapers 🙄 #andofcoursemacaronilies #ludowilltrytoaneakherout #butfirst #themusicisback #isitvalancourt #omgialmostforgot #thecountisinjail 🤣 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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peanutnine Oh lord Emily is so naive 🙄🙄 and Annette really needs to learn how to shut up when necessary! 🙊 3w
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mcctrish @peanutnine like Emily knew he was a cheat and a liar and she stilled signed 🤦🏻‍♀️ why couldn‘t she give Ludacris at least 24 hrs AND Annette is going to get them killed 3w
eeclayton Seriously, Emily 🤦🤦🤦 3w
TheAromaofBooks I'm soooo confused about why she got sent away and then brought back when it's obvious Macaroni doesn't care about her safety at all?? Did he just think she might get killed before he got the paper signed?! 3w
AllDebooks I thought we were done with Annette 🫣😅 3w
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I think it said at one point that if she died, he wouldn‘t get the property, it had to be signed over? 3w
Bookwormjillk If I was being held captive in a creepy castle I would hope my true love would do more than play music at night. 3w
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julieclair I couldn‘t believe Emily signed the papers. Soooo disappointing and frustrating. 3w
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Clare-Dragonfly
Clare-Dragonfly
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe
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OK, I‘m satisfied with that information about Morano. Let‘s move along now. #hashtagbrigade #accumulatemoremisfortunesplease #countkidnapper #countdickwad

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Ch 3.7: all caught up! #well #somuchcrying #alittleverdantverdure #ijinxedmyself 🤷🏻‍♀️ #emilyhasafriend #shesleftatacottagewithanassassin #whatcouldgowrong #lovelywalks #dancingfortheseanymphs #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Ruthiella She never, never, never stops crying…😭😭😭 3w
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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella those are all her tears in that picture 🤣🤣🤣 3w
Ruthiella @BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 3w
ElizaMarie I'm behind but I'm gonna catch up tomorrow. Now I know where I should end up!!! 3w
mcctrish @Ruthiella she is now exhausted by her tears so maybe we can catch a break ( I didn‘t even realize she was crying. Again. ) 3w
Clare-Dragonfly Macaroni obviously isn‘t going to kill her, because he wouldn‘t inherit her estates (I presume her closest living relative would, and that‘s the mom‘s brother, whom it would be a lot harder to get the property from). But this seems like a lovely place so I‘m suspicious of the niceness. 3w
Bklover To me this book feels so much like it was written by a man! All the fainting and crying and weak women. And I mean a man back in that time. (edited) 3w
Bookwormjillk So weird. Glad she made a friend though. Random sea nymph poem inserted here. 3w
julieclair I‘m glad I don‘t have to “analyze” this book for an English class. I don‘t know what I‘d do about that sea nymph song! 😂 Which, by the way, was sung in the audio version and was completely tuneless!But at least Emily has made a friend. 3w
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Ch 3.5: #auntiesfuneralfinallyhappens #macaroniwantsemilytosignpapers #totallyliesaboutthem #emilyrefuses #soproud #andnowwewait #emilythinksitsvalancourttoo #butwhoisitreally #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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peanutnine Definitely thought Emily was gonna fuck up and sign without reading again. She's learning! 4w
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Clare-Dragonfly How did she even almost sign without reading?! She‘d spent all that time thinking about how she wasn‘t going to do what Macaroni said! 4w
mcctrish I mean she can read why does she not read? But as @peanutnine said she has learned one lesson in all this crying and fainting. 4w
TheBookHippie The picture is perfection!!!!! 4w
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #ihavemyshinymoments 4w
Bookwormjillk I started reading this chapter about 5 hours ago and just woke up from one of the best naps of my life. I agree with everyone else- Emily read the papers! 4w
TheAromaofBooks She'll read them, faint from horror about what's written on them, and then NEVER TELL US WHAT THEY SAID 😑 4w
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 3.4: more drama #macaroniwantsthosepaperssigned #auntiesayshellno #emilygoestorest #guardwithaflamingsword #wtf #auntiediesduringastorm #thiscantendwellforemily #blessedlyshortchapter #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 4w
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 4w
mcctrish Macaroni is going to marry Emily 4w
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Bklover No more Auntie! 4w
AllDebooks @mcctrish Euurrgghhh! 4w
Bookwormjillk I was thinking today, what if this book were told from Macaroni‘s point of view? What would he say about Em? 4w
Clare-Dragonfly I‘m intrigued by the flaming lance! But if you‘re a guard literally being paid to walk around outside and someone says “who‘s there,” what kind of response is “a friend”?! 4w
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dabbe
dabbe
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe
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#20in4Readathon
@Andrew65

Hope I'm not too late to join this fabulous party! I hope to finish SOVEREIGN today because the discussion is tomorrow! I also hope to attempt to catch up to the #hashtagbrigade with UDOLPHO. If only the book were actually as interesting as the cover I found above. I'm gonna try.

Welcome back, @Andrew65. You have been missed. 🧡🤎💛

Andrew65 Thanks 😍 Glad to be back. You are welcome to join whenever.

I loved The Sovereign. 4w
dabbe @Andrew65 I finished it last night--perfect for this readathon! 🤩 4w
Andrew65 @dabbe Yay!🥳🥳🥳 4w
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 3.3: some discoveries #macaronirobbingpeople #fightingamongstthieves #auntieisalive #butforhowlong #thecreeperisback #apparentlyhesthedevil 😈 #seemslegit #emilywasalittlebraveforlikefiveminutes #staytuned #happythanksgiving #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 4w
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish #nobodyeverdies #wearentincranfordanymore Emily needs an Uber 4w
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Bookwormjillk What exactly is the mystery here? I am impressed by the quotes at the beginning of every chapter. #NoGoogleBackThen (edited) 4w
Clare-Dragonfly I‘m going to be really annoyed if the creeper is Valancourt, when Radcliffe gave us a whole chapter about how he‘s distracted and doing stuff other than pining over Emily. 4w
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I thought the same 🤣🤣 4w
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I keep thinking it‘s him too 4w
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 3.2: The Count is back #kidnapper #well #failedkidnapper #thatsprettymuchit #shortchapter #hallelujah #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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AllDebooks The whither/thither and hithers are really grinding my gears now. 1mo
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Bookwormjillk Is the count counting the tears? 1mo
AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk 😅🤣 1mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 1mo
mcctrish I laughed out loud learning that the Count‘s revenge fantasy was fuelled by intel gleaned from Annette‘s “thoughtless prattle” anyone who can follow her circuitous rambling and concoct a plan deserves to succeed 1mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks so much unnecessary language 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly 😂😂😂 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
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Ch 3.1: I‘m in Disney this week so my posts may be sporadic 🤣 I promise that by Monday night, all the chapters will be posted! #anyway #emilygoestomeetheraunt #Bissupercreepy #heleadsherpastanopengrave #whichistotallynormalandnotatallcreepy #heleavesemilybehindtocheckwithauntie #whoisupstairsbuthegoesdown #thatsnotweird #emilychecksbehindacurtain #auntie? ☠️ #ofcourseshefaints #andwakesupmidkidnap #whichmightnotsuck #macaronitotherescue ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #hethinksemilywasrunningaway #finallybelievesher #faintingandcryingensues #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 1mo
BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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Clare-Dragonfly I was just thinking this couldn‘t possibly be set up by Macaroni because he doesn‘t need to be this subtle when he can just threaten her. And I was proven right! I‘m wondering if her aunt is really dead? Was that the body she saw? And if they thought Ludo was dead and he wasn‘t, could that be the case again? 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I wonder the same. It‘s dark. And she‘s … Emily… so it could totally be a mistake! 1mo
mcctrish It‘s dark and she‘s Emily 🤣🤣🤣 doesn‘t macaroni want the aunt dead so he can marry Emily and get the property? 1mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I‘m pretty sure no one in this story has first aid and it shows 1mo
ElizaMarie I am getting super confused with where we are- I get confused when the chapters aren't labeled like just 1, 2, 3.... but when they do Vol and then Ch and then blah! the Crying!!! Where are we!? I thought I was reading #AChapterADay but now I am confused -- anyone have a table? 1mo
Bookwormjillk I thought this was a picture of a chicken nugget at first. Have a good trip! @ElizaMarie I don‘t have a tracker for this one sorry. 1mo
BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie we are reading a chapter a day, the book is divided this way, so I‘ve been posting what volume and chapter every day! 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
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Ch 2.12: this is how I picture Annette IYKYK #downtonabbey #anyway #stilllookingforauntie #gateguyhasnews #hessosketchy #gateguysayshehasauntie #emilyshouldcomethenextday #whatcouldgowrong #andnowshewaitsfirmysterymusic #apparantlyplayedbyorsini #thehiddendude #staytunedforpart3 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo
Bookwormjillk Ha! Perfect! 1mo
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Clare-Dragonfly Barnardine is a total jerk! Oh, I will strongly imply I killed her aunt and then get horribly offended when she thinks I killed her aunt. 🙄🙄🙄 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly the most bizarre conversation ever 🙄 1mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly Banardo and Annette have a shared ability to say nothing but use a lot of words #bothshouldbeshakennotstirred 1mo
mcctrish And why was dumbass Emily so resistant to walking to where Banardo was minding the gate? #annettegetsherstepsin (edited) 1mo
Bklover @mcctrish 😂😂😂. 1mo
Bklover @BarkingMadRead That IS Annette!! 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover right?!? I can hear her voice in my head whenever Annette talks 🤣 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish 😂😂😂 1mo
Bklover Yes!! Me too! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks My favorite part of today's chapter was when Emily told Annette she needed to stop crying so much 😂 1mo
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1mo
peanutnine @mcctrish omg they say nothing but use a lot of words 💯🤣 1mo
mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks the pot calling the kettle black 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Emily is such a hypocrite! 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 2.10: #whereisauntie #annetteisrescued #Lisstillalive #shortchapter #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish Honest to god I can‘t believe Emily actually managed to get Annette out! So much dithering! Why on earth did she not go find Carlos to start?! Ludicrous lives 🎉because nobody dies. They just cry 1mo
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #andcry #andcry #andcry 1mo
Bookwormjillk 49% through though. #We‘reGettingThere #MaybeSomethingWillHappenSoon 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Very confusing, is L dead or not? And also is he a good guy or a complete asshole? Because if somebody needs to stay in a room to protect themselves, seems to me the thing to do is leave THEM the key, not take it away and go join the fighting. 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk My kindle has me at 50%! #hallelujah #wewillmakeitthrough 1mo
Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly woo 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 2.10: it all started with some #poisonedwine #whotriedtokillmacaroni #heblamesauntie #thatsconvenient #auntieislockedintheturret #fightingensues ⚔️ #emilyrunstohide #shefindsaninjuredman #leaveshimandruns #managestostartherfireandlightherlamp #offtofindauntie #whatcouldgowrong #annetteislockedinaroom #worriedaboutL #wasLtheinjureddude 🤷🏻‍♀️ #tothetower #bloodeverywhere #noanswerfromauntie ☠️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo
mcctrish Everything is so halfassed in this story! Nobody ever gets the whole story out, nobody reads the papers before burning, describes what‘s in the frame, figures out who‘s been left for dead, actually kills the person they want dead! I‘m just supposed to be happy there were no tears 1mo
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Bookwormjillk Long line to poison that dude. Also did I miss why she‘s so determined to find Auntie? Auntie doesn‘t like her except for that one sort of compliment that one time. 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I have no idea, if I were Emily, I‘d be trying to escape. Forget auntie. 1mo
AllDebooks Radcliffe is overly fond of the word 'wither'. There has been an awful lot of withering lately 1mo
TheAromaofBooks I honestly kind of admired Emily in this chapter - she's completely terrified but still determined to find her aunt and make sure she's okay. And she seems to be fainting more than crying; haven't decided whether or not that's an improvement 😂 1mo
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I know, like what‘s worse? The fainting or the crying? At least the fainting takes less time 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly And then there are the times she almost faints but sits down and breathes through it… 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 2.9: ok, this was not too bad 🤣 #annetteseesaghost 👻 #faints #macaroniismeantoauntie #faints #emilycracksherheadopen #doesntcry #hmmmmm #auntiemayhavetoliveinthetower #macaroniwantstoleadthenoodlegang #robinhoodheisnot #macaronihassomeonehiddennexttoemily #notaverysmarthidingplace #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish Honest to god, Annette tells the absolute worse recountings #justthefactsmam #itsallgoingtohell #macaroniandthenoodlegang 🍝 🤣🤣🤣 1mo
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zezeki I'm really curious about the dog, he was only mentioned once since arriving to the castle. 😅 1mo
Bookwormjillk Noodle gang 😂 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly The noodle gang 😂😂😂 1mo
peanutnine Annette is definitely my favorite character, her stories are ridiculous but so entertaining, especially when she was sworn to secrecy. Also the line "But the faculty of speech was never long withheld from Annette" had me laugh out loud ? 1mo
BarkingMadRead @peanutnine #comicrelief for sure! 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 2.8: a blessedly short chapter about Valancourt #sosad #sosad #sosad #partytime 🎉🎉🎉 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Mine morning routine is now to count the pages of today's chapter and I was SO HAPPY today 😂 1mo
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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks such a gift 🤣🤣🤣 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Really the #sosad #sosad #sosad #partytime tags kind of describe my feelings towards the last few days' chapters 😂 😂 😂 1mo
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1mo
Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂😂 1mo
dabbe @TheAromaofBooks OMG ... so true!!!! 😂😂😂 1mo
mcctrish I realized at the start of my reading today we are only 43% through this nonsense and I could cry. And then we get a short chapter which I should be thrilled about, except we‘ve been reading for 100 years and nothing but crying has happened except V, after moping around in Emily‘s absence has moved to Paris to become a club kid 🤯 #wherethefuckisthisgoing (edited) 1mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 this is scarily accurate 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t like the short chapters! I am updating my reading percentage daily in Storygraph and when the percentage stays the same Storygraph thinks I haven‘t read any of this book 🤣 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly So V hung around until his regiment couldn‘t do without him anymore. And since they needed him so badly he… made social connections and started a gambling habit? 🤨 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly boys are dumb and story graph needs to understand that 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
ElizaMarie @MccTrish - YES!!! This book needs to #DOSOMETHING !!! #GOSOMEWHERE !! 1mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly StoryGraph will not like my Serial app micro-aggression reading style 🤣🤣 1mo
mcctrish @ElizaMarie it‘s ridiculous 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish micro-aggression is a good way to read this book 🤣 It isn‘t Storygraph‘s fault, I would be able to use page numbers if I were reading a physical book, but also there‘s *no way* I would read this in hard copy! 1mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly same 1mo
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dabbe
dabbe
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe
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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee

To find a worthier definition of the word SUBLIME, here's a link: https://shorturl.at/x9St5

TheSpineView This is a great word! 1mo
CBee I love this word 😊 And the comic is just…. Wow. (edited) 1mo
dabbe @TheSpineView 💙💙💙 1mo
dabbe @CBee I found it when I taught British Romanticism to my sophomore honors students. Stunning, isn't it? 💙💙💙 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 2.7: more drama in a shorter chapter! #emilyseesapaintingoftheoriginalowner #shesworriedthatmacaroniisdangerous #macaronieantsauntiesmoney #becauseheisbroke #karmaforauntie #sheisnotprotectingemily #creeperseverywhere #macaronitellsthestoryoftheladyinthepainting #assumeddeadbysuicide #nobody #strangevoiceintheroom 👻👻👻 #isthischicklivinginthewalls 😳 #thatwouldbeamazing #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo
Bookwormjillk So many creepers, and of course Macaroni says it was suicide. 1mo
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk methinks he lent a helping hand #hesagiver (edited) 1mo
mcctrish #hesagiver 🤣🤣🤣 1mo
mcctrish I think her remains are in the veiled portrait 1mo
mcctrish Also could the aunt shut up for one second and let Emily finish a thought on how to handle macaroni?! And could Emily shut up and listen to Annette ?! 1mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish nobody listens to anybody 🙄 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Right?! Emily is always making fun of Annette for talking a lot but just like… have a dang conversation. 1mo
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AnishaInkspill
AnishaInkspill
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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#Two4Tuesday is my fav question, thanks @TheSpineView

1/ I tend to plan ahead what I read, one of my favourite things is lining up future reads.

2/ I'm going to go for the #currentread for #hashtagbrigade, this one didn't go to plan, it took me 5 months to read and I was sure when I finished I'd think never again but no, it's left an impression and I would definitely read again, next time I'm hoping it doesn't take this long.

TheSpineView So glad you enjoy #Two4Tuesday Thanks for playing along! 😘 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 2.6: omg endless chapter! #emilysroomiscreepy #someoneboltedthebackdoor #timetocheckthatpainting :::faints::: #omgscariestthingever ::::swoons:::: #wtfisit #tellllllme #shetriestotellauntie #changeshermind #weepsalittle #takesawalk #themacaronigangarrives #stillnocount #letsfaintanyway #somuchbetterthancrying #bedtime #thecountarrives #swoon 👻👻👻 #butno #itsthefreakingcount #inemilysroom #macaronisoldemilytohim #thenchangedhidmind ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #butwhy #countiagoingtokidnapemily #screamingandyelling #countaccusesemilyoflovingmacaroni 🤮 #macaronitotherescue #enguard #slashslashslash ⚔️ #countisinjured #thecounthasleftthebuilding 🏰 #whew #backtobed #hashtagbrigade 1mo
BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo
BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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AllDebooks #backtobed 🤣🤣🤣 1mo
mcctrish This. Was. Bonkers. Also does Ann use up all her words describing the scenery and has none left over for the actual stuff? And by stuff I mean papers that get burned and portraits that make you faint 1mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish for real though! 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly This was such a long chapter but at least stuff happened? Very annoyed that we don‘t get to see what‘s behind the curtain. My money is on a dead body. ☠️ 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I would love it if it was a dead body, we need some action. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks I literally looked up spoilers to see what was behind the curtain because I couldn't deal with not knowing! 😂 1mo
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks Omg you know?!? Don‘t tell me. But omg. No. Don‘t tell me. Ahhhhhhh 1mo
Bklover @TheAromaofBooks I think you just gave me my justification to peek. 🫣 😊😊 1mo
Bookwormjillk Finished this chapter at exactly 11:59 pm. You know it‘s a long one when the hashtags extend into the comments. I giggled a bit when Auntie was like”whatever.” 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @Bklover - I have to confess to the fact that I'm a spoiler lover 😂I don't like being stressed when I'm reading so sometimes I just gotta know! 😆 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly I was glad to see that Manchon is still around! 1mo
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dabbe
dabbe
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe
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#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 💛🤎🧡)

1. I love to plan and make lists. Actually performing the lists, though ... well, that's another story entirely. 😂
2. If you want to read an early Gothic novel where everything (at least so far) just happens to our heroine while she weeps unendingly, then this is the book for you! 😄

If you read all of this, you're 🔖!

TheSpineView So get #1!! Thanks for playing 1mo
dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 🧡🤎💛 1mo
Susanita I feel ya with the lists! 😄 1mo
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dabbe @Susanita 🤩😂😄 1mo
mcctrish I love lists, this book not so much 1mo
dabbe @mcctrish 🎯!!! 1mo
AnishaInkspill 💛💛 you can't beat those lists 1mo
dabbe @AnishaInkspill You said it! 💛🤎🧡 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 13: so.much.crying. #whoa #somuchhappened #auntiesaysemilycanmarryV #becauseitwouldmakeauntiepopular #obviously #butwait #youknowwhatsbetter #auntieusesthedecorforemilysweddingonherself #becausesheeloped #withmacaroni #yesiknowthatsnothisname #macaronisaysemilycantmarryV #muchcrying #manyletters #mostlyunread #vandemilymeetinthegarden #VWantstoelope #saysmacaroniisbad #emilysaysno #morecrying #morecrying #morecrying #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk So is Macaroni the bad guy or is V? Or is the aunt just playing them all? Will Emily ever stop crying and find out?? #WeWillHaveAnAnswerLateNextMonth 1mo
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 1mo
AllDebooks What just happened? 😱 1mo
BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks #somanythings 1mo
AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead the u-turns from this aunt are making my head spin! 1mo
BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks she‘s exhausting! 1mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks I‘ve got whiplash 1mo
mcctrish Sigh. Sob. You must go. Wait, listen to this. Sigh. Sob. Don‘t ever forget me. You must forget me. Sigh. Sob. #putafeatherinhishatandcallhimmacaroni 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Definitely saw Marconi forbidding the marriage coming! There is a lot of sighing and fainting in this chapter. There is no way I would be slogging through this book without the #hashtagbrigade! I *will* learn what Catherine Morland gets so excited about! (edited) 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly I just realized I got his name wrong in a completely different way 😂 Montoni! 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Also! Doesn‘t Valancourt have a first name? He calls Emily by her name all the time but she doesn‘t use his name in dialogue. Did Radcliffe just not feel like coming up with a first name? 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t think they‘ve mentioned a first name? I‘m not sure! 1mo
dabbe This is the perfect kind of book for me right now. No matter how bad things are or seem to be today, I am quite grateful to not be Emily in the late 1500's with absolutely no money and no say in what she can/can't do in her life. #yikes #andyesshecrieswaytoomuch #scmb 1mo
TheAromaofBooks The aunt being like “suck it up or people will judge you for not being able to get over your completely inappropriate boyfriend“ like 48 hours ago you were totally on his team?!?! Geezy 1mo
AnishaInkspill yeah the uncle 1mo
Bklover And now they‘re both crying. And dear obedient Emily will now be ordered around by Macaroni. 1mo
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The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe
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I didn‘t read any nonfiction yesterday but inspired by our chapter of Udolpho I did look up the definitions of verdant and verdure.

Verdant- green with grass or other rich vegetation
Verdure- lush green vegetation

#NFN #Hashtagbrigade

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