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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) | Louisa May Alcott
276 posts | 117 read | 5 reading | 24 to read
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Butterfinger
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I read 47. As an elementary teacher who loves books, I am so tickled for Out of My Mind and Brown Girl Dreaming. My childhood was centered on the series - Mary Poppins, Little House, Anne of Green Gables, and Wizard of Oz. These are still my comfort reads. It's my connection to my grandmother. I was disappointed by not seeing The Borrowers (beloved series) or Christopher Paul Walker (one of my current faves) #TLT @dabbe Tagging @Chrissyreadit

dabbe I loved THE BORROWERS, too! And you kicked my sorry high-school-English-teacher's butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2w
Chrissyreadit TAMMY!!!!! I‘m so glad to see you are back! I have missed you ❤️ 2w
Butterfinger @Chrissyreadit 😘 I am slowly, but surely, reading again. 2w
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BibliophileLibrarian
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Enjoying the last weekday of my winter break listening to this classic while cuddling with my puppy dog 🐶💜

dabbe #dacutestfloof 🖤🐾🖤 2w
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Clare-Dragonfly
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I have no idea why Storygraph thinks Little Women is longer than The Mysteries of Udolpho. 😂 But here‘s my 2024 wrap-up!

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dabbe
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sblbooks This is one of my favorites. I'm currently reading Little Men. 3w
dabbe @sblbooks I've never read that one. How does it compare? 3w
sblbooks I like little women a little more, but I'm still giving it five stars. 3w
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Vansa @dabbe not as good as Little Women! Interesting to read to see how the characters lives proceed though. 3w
Eggs Stunning illustration 🖤🤍🖤 3w
dabbe @sblbooks 🤩🤗🤩 3w
dabbe @Vansa 🤩🤗🤩 3w
dabbe @Eggs I love older drawings. 🖤🖤🖤 3w
Eggs @dabbe Moi aussi 🙌🏻 3w
dabbe @Eggs 🩵💙🩵 3w
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Chrissyreadit
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#fridaynightshare Hope your December is going well- this weeks share is your favorite child hood book. It is hard for me to choose tbh… #midwintersolace

TheBookHippie Little Women & December is zen. 3w
DogMomIrene Hard for me to choose too, but based off my memories of the posters and pictures all over my bedroom walls, I‘m going with 3w
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thewallflower0707
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I hope I packed enough books for my #Christmas break! I‘ve picked a wide variety of genres. I‘ve already reread #FourthWing and started #LittleWomen yesterday.

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Vansa
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@Eggs @thespineview #Two4Tuesday sorry about the late post!
1. Neither actually, Christmas at home! Failing which a city with nice Christmas markets!
2. Tagged book has multiple Christmases at home😃
Thank you for tagging me!

Eggs 🩵🩵 1mo
TheSpineView ❤️🎄❤️ Thanks for playing 1mo
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OutsmartYourShelf
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Day 13 Prompt - Family

#ChristmasCheer @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs
#WinterGames2024 #XmasChaCha #ChristmasChapterChasers @staycurious

I immediately thought of Little Women. The 1994 film is my favourite screen version & I love the book.

Eggs Some great actors👏🏻 1mo
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Teresereading
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1. I‘ve never had Christmas in the snow, so I‘d like to experience that
2. Little Women. Not a Christmas novels per se but the Christmas scenes are iconic
#two4Tuesday
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TheSpineView 🤍❄️🤍 Thanks for playing 1mo
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cewilf
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Finally embarking on reading Little Women after visiting the Alcotts‘ Orchard House last weekend. Excited for this special edition!

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caffeinated
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My introduction to the classics was through the Apple Classics. I was always on the lookout for these yellow volumes from the school library, and even spent all my allowance on getting my own copies. Little Women was my favorite, and I read it over and over again.

#SchoolSpirit #apple

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 💛 5mo
Leftcoastzen Nice! I had forgotten about them! 5mo
Eggs Oh yes i remember 🍎💛🍏 Apple Classics👌🏼 5mo
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dabbe
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Pickpick

Finally finished, #hashtagbrigade. Having not read this since I was in my 20s, I was surprised to find I did not love it now as much as I did then. I still adored the sisters, Marmee, and Laurie, but I grew weary of the sanctimonious speeches of the narrator on how to be a loving wife and mother in 1800s New England. I guess as a 59-year-motherless-old lady, I didn't want or need to hear them, and there were too many. Still 💜'ed the stories.

TheBookHippie LOL I reread it every December with my Grandmas snarky comments in my head. We had so much fun reading this book together. Probs not what you‘re suppose to do with the story 😵‍💫😭🤣 6mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie Now, that's a fabulous idea! I'll picture a Mrs. Grundy reading those parts. 🤩😂🤪 6mo
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie that may be the best way to read it 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6mo
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I enjoy it every December 🤣♥️ 6mo
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dabbe
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Read4life 💙💙💙 6mo
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peanutnine
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Catching up on reviews. Finished this last week with the #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead
Overall I enjoyed this. I remember trying to read it when I was 10 or so but I couldn't connect with the characters. I felt I could appreciate it more as an adult. I liked the character growth throughout the story, seeing them mature and finding their own paths (even if my inner feminist balked at certain life choices) Now to watch the movie(s)

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Cuilin
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Unpopular opinion. The moralizing was just too much. While reading classical literature I understand it‘s a reflection of the times, this was different for me. Alcott had an agenda. “Ladies you may have dreams, but be ready to put them away to serve a husband. Or die, that‘s also an option” This was served in nauseating endearments like sugar coated evangelism. Rather like trad-wife content today. I‘m glad I read it. I prefer the adaptations.

Cuilin Thanks to the #hashtagBrigade and @BarkingMadRead for creating a safe space for varying opinions. (edited) 6mo
BarbaraBB I felt the same when I read it a few years ago. And I love your view 😍 6mo
Cuilin @BarbaraBB thank you 😊 6mo
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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian Ha, I loathed this too! 6mo
dabbe I feel differently having read this as a 58-year-old as well and am more on your page than I was when I was younger. And thank goodness for varying opinions! That's the richness of discussing literature. 🩵💙🩵 6mo
Cuilin @dabbe I can‘t believe the book that I just finished is the same novel I read when I was 12!! (edited) 6mo
Cuilin @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian loathers unite 🫶 6mo
dabbe @Cuilin I felt the same way reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS. I couldn't believe how much I disliked Heathcliff and Cathy this time around! Romance? Hell, no! Obsession? Hell ya! 6mo
Cuilin @dabbe I think I‘ll skip a reread of Wuthering Heights for now. lol (edited) 6mo
TracyReadsBooks Alcott actually made a living writing serialized sensationalist stories for a newspaper and they are so much better. Entertaining and definitely over the top but generally a lot of fun. 6mo
Cuilin @TracyReadsBooks Glad to hear this. I‘ll have to check out one of these stories. Thanks 🙏 😊 6mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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I'm always down for a reread of one of my heart-books, so I was happy when this came up as a #HashtagBrigade read. I know its old-fashioned sensibilities aren't for everyone, but I think many of Alcott's lessons on love, patience, kindness, and selflessness are timeless. This one has been hugely influential for me throughout my life, so while I understand some of the criticisms of it... I don't accept them 😂

I'm not sure how old this particular⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) edition is, but Mary Steele wrote her address in it in 1933!! 6mo
Cuilin Sorry, 😬 scroll right past my review. Lol 6mo
TheAromaofBooks @Cuilin - haha no worries, I know everyone comes to every book from their own perspective. I generally just let reviews I don't like roll on by 😂 Reading a book is a very subjective experience, and I've definitely hated on books that other people love!! 6mo
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Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks thanks. I feel the same way about Jane Austen as you do about this book. I have a hard time with people saying they read Pride and Prejudice and hated it. I‘m like what are you talking about? What I do appreciate is Litsy being a safe space for all opinions. 🩷 6mo
Clare-Dragonfly I agree with you so much! 😍 Heart book is a great way to describe my relationship with it. I have criticisms of it, certainly, but it also taught me a lot of good lessons, and I disagree with many of others‘ complaints. (Like apparently a lot of people hate Bhaer??? I think they‘re reading him differently than I do.) 6mo
Clare-Dragonfly I wonder if your Mary Steele read the book because of the Katharine Hepburn film? That‘s the year it came out! I just watched it and it was absolutely gorgeous. And I don‘t just mean the costumes 😂 Hepburn is a pitch-perfect Jo. 6mo
AvidReader25 I love this book so much. One of my favorites to reread! 6mo
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mcctrish
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I enjoyed the #hashtagbrigade reread of Little Women. Jo is still my favourite but Amy comes a close second - she is pretty fearless in charting her own destiny. We talked a bit about LMA having a bit of an agenda re:gender roles in LW. Old eyes can see the problems easier sometimes

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Librarybelle Thanks for another fun #HashtagBrigade ! 6mo
Bookwormjillk Thanks for hosting us once again! Jo collecting boys read a little weird, but having people chorus from trees on my birthday is new #LifeGoals 6mo
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Cuilin The teacher in me loved the idea of the boys school, not sure that ever made it into any adaptation? Thanks for hosting, but I‘m glad this one is done. 6mo
mcctrish And they ( and we ) lived happily ever after. Thank you for hosting it was nice to revisit the Little Women 6mo
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I feel like it was hinted at but not actually shown (edited) 6mo
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead @BarkingMadRead I think there‘s a Jo‘s Boys book. 6mo
peanutnine What an unexpected ending! I'm not mad about it though. This was a fun read overall! I'm glad I finally read this one, I'm grateful for the buddy read giving me the incentive! 🤗 6mo
willaful @Cuilin Bookwormjillk There are two sequels to Little Women -- Little Men, which is about the school, and very fun, and Jo's Boys, which is about the kids grown up and marrying off. 6mo
Clare-Dragonfly I am always disappointed by this ending. Jo says she is going to write still, but she doesn‘t actually do it that we see. She claims to have this long-cherished dream of opening a boys‘ school but it‘s never been mentioned before! 6mo
julieclair The ending was a bit out of left field, but I actually liked the idea of the boys school. Thanks for hosting, @BarkingMadRead . I would never have re-read this without the #hashtagbrigade . 😘 6mo
Graciouswarriorprincess Thanks for hosting! 6mo
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Librarybelle
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I came to this #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade #buddyread having read Little Women a couple times in the past. With this reading, I picked up on Alcott‘s casual mention of domesticity for women—so 19th century! 😂 I still like the book, but I think my love for it has quieted a bit. My feelings may change again if I reread this 10 years from now—who knows!

#52BookClub24 #IncludesAWedding

BarkingMadRead I think this is why I love the movie so much, it doesn‘t focus on that so much 6mo
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IndoorDame
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@BarkingMadRead thanks for shepherding the #hashtagbrigade through one of my favorites! I‘d been feeling like it was time to pick this up again. I love that with much cherished favorites you notice different things with each subsequent reading. This time I read out of a copy with the original illustrations and it really kept the intended audience in the forefront of my mind. 👇🏼

IndoorDame It was so clear that this was released as a proper children‘s book with one or two small illustrations per page. But even more interesting was that book 2 (released separately a year later) was not only about older girls, but clearly written for readers as they grew up with one or two illustrations per chapter now. 6mo
BarkingMadRead That‘s such a beautiful version!!! Mine was illustrated but there was usually only one illustration per chapter with the occasional color illustration thrown in 6mo
IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead color illustrations would be cool! These were definitely all b&w 6mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Tuesday ch 46: Bhaer is getting ready to go west #averywetproposal #happilyeveraftereventually #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Nobody ever wants to actually say what they are thinking 🤦🏻‍♀️ 6mo
Bookwormjillk I love the Jo/Behr thing this time around 6mo
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Clare-Dragonfly “Not empty now” 🥰🥰🥰😭😭😭 6mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I knowwwwwwww 6mo
willaful @Clare-Dragonfly 😍😍😍 6mo
julieclair I thought this chapter was absolutely perfect! 🤩😍 6mo
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It‘s a local Michigan author friend who has these dolls and would like them to go to a loving home!

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BarkingMadRead
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ch 45: Daisy and Demi get their own chapter? #iprotest #bringonthebhaer #bidinghistime #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

peanutnine It killed me how they go on and on about how well behaved the children are, after detailing how very spoiled and a menace Demi was as a toddler 😂 6mo
mcctrish @peanutnine Demi is an absolute menace 😆 6mo
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mcctrish Daisy is all sweetness pretending to make house and Demi is lording over all of them #boywillbeboys #hardpass 6mo
Bookwormjillk Their baby talk drove me nuts 6mo
TheAromaofBooks I generally enjoy small children in real life, but they never seem to work in books, even coming from one of my favorite authors 😂 This is pretty much my least favorite chapter, partially because it doesn't really add anything to the story. 6mo
julieclair This chapter felt like a “commercial break” from the real story. 😂 6mo
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Books 140-146 of the year.

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BarkingMadRead
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Amy and Laurie want to help Jo and Bhaer #itskindofsweet #ilikethemtogether #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Clare-Dragonfly She really does call him “my lord” 😂 6mo
peanutnine I wasn't sure at first but I do like these two together. They seem better suited for each other than him and Jo 6mo
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mcctrish I think I‘m caught up, I like Amy and Laurie together- she puts him in his place although their names for each other are cringe 6mo
julieclair They‘re starting to grow on me as a couple. 😉 6mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish haha yes I like them together but I wouldn‘t necessarily be able to stay in the same room as them with that cutesy name calling. 6mo
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peanutnine This chapter was real cute, but what a weird coincidence that Laurie and Bhaer both show up in the span of two days lol 6mo
Bookwormjillk I somehow forgot about this chapter. It was a good one. 6mo
julieclair I‘m rooting for Bhaer. 6mo
mcctrish So much of this I forgot but I am so glad Bhaer arrived 6mo
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Librarybelle I‘ve always wondered about this pairing too. It never quite fit my imagination for a viable possibility. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6mo
Bookwormjillk Yeah this was always weird to me too, and shocked me the first time I read it. This time it seemed okay. 6mo
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Clare-Dragonfly I think I was pretty shocked by this pairing the first time I read it, but I love it now. I think he does love her, and that‘s why he gets over Jo so quickly—but he sure justifies it to himself strangely! 6mo
TheAromaofBooks I've actually always shipped them. Partially because I think he and Jo are a terrible match. Maybe partially because I was SO convinced that my best friend in high school was going to be my husband & was heartbroken when he didn't agree 😂 But like Laurie I realized that a lot of my feelings were romanticizing him/glossing over reasons we weren't a good match. I think that's a lot of what this chapter reflects - Laurie realizing that he was more ⬇ 6mo
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) in love with an idea of Jo than her as a real person who would be his life-partner. Alcott also glosses over the correspondence and deepening relationship between Laurie and Amy, so I think that adds to making their romance feel more abrupt than it was. But I think they are so well-matched and complement each other well. 6mo
quietjenn I think that Amy and Laurie are a much better match, so I'm good with it. He and Jo always felt like Just Friends to me. 🤷‍♀️ 6mo
IndoorDame I hated it when I was really young, but on subsequent readings Ive always really seen it 6mo
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Bookwormjillk I would have been okay just skipping this one 🥹🥹🥹 6mo
TheAromaofBooks I love the reminder that we don't have to do huge “important“ things to live a life that is useful and remembered when we're gone. Small kindnesses do make a big difference. 6mo
mcctrish 💔💔💔 6mo
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Bookwormjillk Glad to see one of the guys getting yelled at for a change! I thought Amy was really sweet when he told her about Jo though. 6mo
Clare-Dragonfly I love how Amy bosses Laurie around. 6mo
julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly I do, too! She treats him just like an older brother. 6mo
mcctrish Amy is a bossy boots 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6mo
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Cuilin My question is this, if they had an Irish lady in to help, plus kitty was doing the cooking, what was Meg struggling with? Why couldn‘t John parent with her? It seems Alcott wrote this chapter as a lesson to women to not forget their husbands even if they have twin toddlers? I just can‘t with the moralizing. 6mo
Bookwormjillk I felt for Meg in this chapter. Everyone‘s telling her she‘s doing it wrong and she‘s just trying to hang on. But yeah I thought she said 6 months but then he was acting like he was 2 or 3. 6mo
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Librarybelle I had similar thoughts, @Cuilin . 6mo
willaful @Cuilin It read to me that she wasn't letting him co-parent, which was a big part of what had to be worked out. And she was over doing it and neglecting herself too. I actually think it's pretty decent advice for a new mom.

From the beginning of the chapter, I think they're about a year old; Demi is precocious. It says she didn't have a problem until about a year, and the 6 months is how long John has been being absent from home.
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Cuilin @willaful Yes agree, taking care of yourself and also accepting help is great advice for a new mom. Alcott centering John‘s loss of wifely attention seems purposeful and that‘s what really irritates me. I know I‘m judging from a contemporary feminist viewpoint. I love classical literature, but I seem to be struggling with this novel more than others. It‘s triggering me. I‘ll unpack that sometime soon lol 6mo
Clare-Dragonfly I hate how it‘s all Meg‘s fault that John is unhappy! He should have been stepping up all along so she had some time and space for herself! I‘m sure it wasn‘t at all expected in the time period, but he‘s clearly capable of it. 6mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin Kitty is the Irish lady; they just have one person in to help (I guess). But I‘m also puzzled why she‘s worn so thin when she‘s not cooking for the family or doing the housework. Not to denigrate her effort or say that twin babies are easy! 6mo
Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly oh that makes sense. I missed that. Thanks. 6mo
julieclair It bothers me that it‘s viewed as Meg‘s fault that John “has to” find companionship at the neighbors‘ house. 6mo
mcctrish I‘m behind and catching up. I‘m with @Cuilin and the moralizing. First time moms do make mistakes ( you don‘t know what you don‘t know) and I know everything took 100 times more effort to do so of course Meg would need help but Jeez Louise the about when John says enough is enough Meg listens 😬 6mo
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Bookwormjillk What happened to Fred? 6mo
mcctrish Here we go 6mo
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk he went home because his brother was sick and we haven‘t heard from him since 6mo
Clare-Dragonfly I loooove this chapter! 😍 Except for all the weird national stereotypes and the antisemitism… 😥 6mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 😂😂 I‘m laughing at your comment not the racism #uglyrussians #meekjews LMA ain‘t mincing words 6mo
julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly 💯 6mo
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Bookwormjillk Poor Laurie. Poor Jo. (Also I admire LMA as an author for not putting them together. She probably got hate mail about this.) 7mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I bet she did too 🤣 7mo
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peanutnine I'm so proud of Jo for standing her ground and not caving under the pressure to accept, especially because she does care about him in some way 7mo
TheAromaofBooks I always feel so bad for Jo in this chapter. She really does care deeply about Laurie, and it's hard to tell someone you love that you can't give them the one thing they really, really want. I really admire the way she looked at the long-term of what a marriage would really be like between them, and recognized that it wouldn't really be happy for either of them. Ah Laurie - young love always thinks there is no other path! 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly So sad! But Jo‘s right, she gave Laurie every sign that she did not want to marry him, and yet he persisted! He‘s pretty childish in this chapter. @Bookwormjillk I‘m certain she did! I know she got lots of letters after the first part was published from girls begging for Jo and Laurie to get married. 7mo
julieclair I‘m getting more and more certain that I never read part 2. I always thought Jo and Laurie did get married! At least in my youthful mind, they did. 😂 6mo
BarkingMadRead @julieclair 🤣🤣🤣 6mo
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Cuilin I 100% agree with Mr Dashwood. Has Jo really stopped writing, like for good? I don‘t remember this. 7mo
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I didn‘t remember this part either! 7mo
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Bookwormjillk Bhaer looks a lot younger than I pictured him in this picture 7mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk the book definitely makes him out to be older 7mo
Cuilin @Bookwormjillk if I had to choose between Christian Bale as Laurie or Gabriel Byrne as Bhaer. I‘m choosing Gabriel Byrne. 7mo
Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I‘ve never seen the movies 🫢 7mo
Cuilin @Bookwormjillk it‘s been years since I‘ve seen it. I also liked the more recent one. I just recognize Gabriel Byrne‘s picture and then I looked up who played Laurie, I did not remember. 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly Jo! Swinging between extremes and then giving up entirely is not the answer to your pangs of conscience! 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Both of the recent movies make him so much younger! I say this with love, because I honestly love Professor Bhaer and his romance with Jo, but the actor in the Greta Gerwig movie is way too young and hot 😂 7mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 💯 7mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly so true! He‘s a rumpled old man 7mo
julieclair Bhaer seems like such a good man. I don‘t remember any of this. I think when I read Little Women as a kid, it must only have been Part I. 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Rumpled old man is a perfect description even though he‘s like my age 😂 (but the idea of marrying a 21-year-old is horrifying! Bhaer and Colonel Brandon, you are incomprehensible!) 7mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Cuilin This is my favorite chapter. I love the atmosphere of the house and all the guests. 7mo
mcctrish @Cuilin me too 7mo
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TheAromaofBooks I have so much love for Bhaer and the way he is so kind and good to everyone around him. 7mo
Bookwormjillk The nicknames for Bhaer cracked me up especially Ursa Major 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly Jo has mentionitis! 🤭 7mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk Nothing could go wrong. I‘m sure it will all be fine. 7mo
peanutnine But does Beth *actually* love Laurie? Seems sus 7mo
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BarkingMadRead @peanutnine right? She just doesn‘t seem the type 7mo
mcctrish Laurie is just a pawn 7mo
julieclair Beth doesn‘t love Laurie, and Laurie doesn‘t love Beth. Wake up, Jo! 7mo
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Cuilin OK Alcott maybe not all is forgiven but your compliments to Ireland were noted. (if you‘re ever in Ireland, do not look for Queenstown as it is known by its Irish name Cobh pronounced Cove) I really enjoyed this epistolary chapter. 7mo
Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I liked this chapter too! 7mo
mcctrish What a whirlwind Amy is on!!! I love the epistolary chapter too 7mo
julieclair I, too, enjoyed this chapter. Amy sounds like she‘s having the time of her life! 😃 7mo
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🤣😂😅😆😳😱 I took a picture of my little reading buddies cause they‘re being especially sweet, they almost never both come to sit with me at the same time, but when I saw the photo Cass looked so fearsome! Maybe the camera knows something I don‘t!? #catsoflitsy

PuddleJumper Haha still adorable! 7mo
CBee She‘s telling you something juicy - or maybe venting 😂😂😂 7mo
dabbe She's gearing up for Halloween! 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤 7mo
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IndoorDame @dabbe 😂😂🧛🏻‍♀️🐈‍⬛🖤🖤 7mo
IndoorDame @CBee she has been suuuper chatty lately! 7mo
IndoorDame @PuddleJumper ❤️🖤❤️ 7mo
CBee @IndoorDame see, she just needed to dish 😂😂 7mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Ch 30: laughing about this pic because the aunts do not look good in the background 🤣 #anyway #morepettygirlsatthefair #amyisabettergirlthanme #laurieandcompanysavedtheday #andnowamyisofftoeuropewiththeaunts #allbecausejoisjo 🤷🏻‍♀️ #staytuned

Librarybelle 😂 7mo
julieclair I totally loved how Laurie and his friends came in and rallied around Amy! And now she‘s off to Europe. Jo lost out because yes, #joisjo. 🙃 7mo
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TheAromaofBooks I really enjoyed how these chapters have showcased how much Amy has matured, and how intentional she is about working to be a better person. Also love the mental image of Laurie walking around with May's vases 😂 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly I forgot that it‘s Aunt Carroll—who has barely been in the book up until now—and not Aunt March who takes Amy to Europe! 7mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I know! In both new movies, it‘s Aunt March 7mo
mcctrish I feel for Jo. My aunt took my younger sister to Scotland back in the day because she thought she‘d be more amiable than me, who was a teenager at the time. My sister and I are 5 years apart so I think she was 10 - I‘m not sure what my aunt thought I‘d get up to on my own or even with them. 7mo
Bookwormjillk I feel for Jo but also think she‘ll be better off figuring out how to go on her own terms. I can‘t imagine she‘d enjoy having to behave for Aunt Carroll. 7mo
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julieclair Poor Amy. I imagine she regrets forcing Jo to go with her. 😳🥴😂 7mo
TheAromaofBooks Jo taking Amy's instructions literally at every stop just cracks me up every time 😂 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly I love that they‘re so different and drive each other crazy but have respect for each other in the end. 7mo
mcctrish Oh Jo 🤦🏻‍♀️ #wereapwhatwesow poor Amy 7mo
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So, on Tuesday night we found out my daughter might be induced a week before her due date, so Wednesday morning I binge read so I could post every day. I didn‘t get far enough though, so I will post about today‘s chapter either tonight or tomorrow, depending on when I get to it!
But let me introduce Rhiannon Marvel, born Thursday morning at 6:03 am!! This pic is from today!

Ruthiella Beautiful baby! Congratulations. ❤️ 7mo
Amor4Libros What a cutie, congratulations!! ❤️ 7mo
ElizaMarie The most adorable baby! She is beautiful! Congrats. Her name is exquisite! 7mo
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AmyG Congrats! She is beautiful! 7mo
Bookwormjillk Congratulations 🎉 Don‘t worry about the chapters. This is great news. 7mo
Librarybelle Congratulations!! 7mo
hannah-leeloo Shes gorgeous congratulations, love her name ❤️ 7mo
AnnCrystal 😘💕💖What A Wonderful Gift, Congratulations 🌞💝. 7mo
JessClark78 Congratulations! 7mo
Cupcake12 Absolutely perfect. Congratulations xx 7mo
Meshell1313 Congrats! ❤️ 7mo
TheDaysGoBy Congrats! 7mo
GinaKButler What a blessing! Congratulations! 7mo
Nessavamusic Congratulations! 7mo
IndoorDame Congratulations! 💕💗💓 7mo
kspenmoll So precious! Congratulations!🎉 7mo
BarbaraJean 💜Congratulations!! 🎉 7mo
Deblovestoread Congratulations! She is beautiful 💜 7mo
TheBookgeekFrau She's beautiful!! Congratulations!!!🎊🎊💕 7mo
LiteraryinPA Oh my gosh, what a cutie!! Congratulations!! 7mo
marleed Oh, she‘s beautiful and I love her name! 7mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 Congrats! 7mo
mrp27 Congrats! 7mo
wanderinglynn How precious! Congratulations! 🩷🎉🎊 7mo
PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ Congrats! 7mo
Roary47 Dawww congrats! 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly 🥰🥰🥰 7mo
Cuilin Congratulations, 💗 7mo
julieclair Oh wow... Congratulations! She is absolutely beautiful! 💕💖 7mo
kezzlou85 Congratulations she's beautiful. I love the name. 7mo
mcctrish Congratulations ( I am so behind but catching up) this is wonderful news 💝 7mo
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kspenmoll I cannot keep up! Sorry will not continue. 7mo
BarkingMadRead @kspenmoll awwww I‘m sorry! Should I remove you from the tag list? 7mo
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Librarybelle I was exasperated with both John and Meg in this chapter. Newlywed squabbles! 7mo
Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle agree! Also why does freaking Laurie get to name their twins? 7mo
TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - I think the twins were already being named after their parents (John and Margaret), with Margaret Jr getting called Daisy as a nickname, so Laurie just came up with a diminutive nickname for John Jr. “Demi“ means half/partial, so basically Little John haha 7mo
TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - Although actually you inspired me to look up and see why “Daisy“ is a nickname for “Margaret“ and apparently it's because Margaret=Marguerite in French and Marguerite=oxeye daisy. Talk about convoluted 😂 7mo
Cuilin I‘m not giving up but I‘ll be honest, I‘m not liking it. 7mo
Librarybelle Oh! Thanks for the meaning of Margaret, @TheAromaofBooks ! I was wondering how Laurie got Daisy for Margaret! Laurie has to be involved in everything, @Bookwormjillk . 🙄😂 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly THE JELLY. I always felt for Meg so much in this chapter. I would have been crying, too. And John never seems to actually apologize for what he did wrong! 7mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I know! She one of asked for it, but dude, read the room! 7mo
mcctrish This chapter is like a year in the life 7mo
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peanutnine Okay, but actually, what does their dad do?? Now that he's not in the army they haven't mentioned his profession that I can recall 7mo
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IndoorDame I think it said dad became a minister after the war, but I don‘t know enough about the church to have any idea who or what subsidies a minister (now or back then) 7mo
Cuilin @IndoorDame @peanutnine I think he was a minister too. I believe he was a chaplain in the army also. (edited) 7mo
Bookwormjillk He kind of said he‘s been waiting 30 years for someone to recognize his genius like that was a good thing. 7mo
dabbe I don't think ministers made diddly squat back then. I don't think they make much today either. In the book CLEAR for #CampLitsy, one of the main characters was a minister in the 1800s who needed side jobs just to get by--one of which was removing a man from an island during the Scottish Clearances. 7mo
willaful @Bookwormjillk 🤣

He's a minister so I guess he has some kind of “living“?
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Clare-Dragonfly I have always wondered if the quotes from Jo‘s reviews are actual quotes from reviews of the original first book of Little Women. Some of them certainly sound like it! 7mo
julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly I also wondered if the whole writing and editing process was autobiographical. 7mo
mcctrish @dabbe in Clear the side gigs were to raise money to rent a space to attract a congreagation that would then tithe the church and fund the minister 7mo
mcctrish Mr March would only be as wealthy as his congregation so he‘d be wanting a wealthy benefactor and he‘d use his own money to help and support the poor within his parish 7mo
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dabbe I totally forgot just how much comical relief Amy provides--even more than Jo! 😂 7mo
Bookwormjillk The history of salads 🤣🤣🤣 7mo
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk scintillating conversation! 🤣🤣 7mo
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead shhhh I almost liked Mr March for a second there 7mo
mcctrish Such deadpan descriptions of Amy‘s oil paintings 🤣🤣🤣 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly This chapter seems to be making fun of Amy but I love that she works so hard! And that she takes her failure in stride! 7mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly exactly! She was such a good sport when everything started going wrong! 7mo
julieclair I think I was more upset by the snooty friends‘ rudeness than Amy was! 🙃 7mo
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peanutnine I loved their little dance party! So cute 7mo
Bookwormjillk Loved Aunt March tucking her cane under her arm and dancing. 7mo
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TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - and the part where Aunt March got all misty when she saw John and Meg steal a kiss ❤ 7mo
Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks yes! Some parts of this book make me so irritated but there are so many sweet parts I‘ll never stop reading it. 7mo
dabbe And they simply walk off into the sunset to their new home all ready and waiting for them. 💚💙💚 7mo
julieclair I totally loved the simplicity of this wedding. 👰‍♀️💗🤵‍♂️ 7mo
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Clare-Dragonfly I found it interesting that they‘re putting all the stuff in the house and getting it fitted up before Meg and John actually get married and move in. 7mo
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dabbe It's been so long since I last read this. I totally don't remember the 2nd-person POV when the narrator talks directly to us as various points in the story. It's an interesting way to write and definitely brings us into the fold of the March family household. 7mo
Bookwormjillk I wish someone would have set up my house like that! I don‘t know why the thought of a lifetime supply of linens is so soothing! 7mo
mcctrish I love that Meg‘s favourite room in her new house is the linen closet 🤍🤍🤍 I do not remember this part 7mo
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