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Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Reposting for @barkingmadread
Ok #hashtagbrigade here is our 2026 schedule! A chapter a day for all but the Count of Monte Cristo. Since the chapters are shorter, we will do 3 a day. Anna Karenina is our very first #hashtagbrigadesidequest and we will start her on February 1, a chapter a day, alongside whatever other books we are reading at the time. I‘ll post again in December to see who wants to read Shirley!

BarkingMadRead Thank you for sharing! 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Ok #hashtagbrigade here is our 2026 schedule! A chapter a day for all but the Count of Monte Cristo. Since the chapters are shorter, we will do 3 a day. Anna Karenina is our very first #hashtagbrigadesidequest and we will start her on February 1, a chapter a day, alongside whatever other books we are reading at the time. I‘ll post again in December to see who wants to read Shirley!

BarkingMadRead @litsyevents
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Bookwormjillk Thank you! I love a good side quest! 2w

BarbaraJean 🎉🎉Thanks for doing this!! 2w

DieAReader 🥳💖Love it!!! THANK YOU!! 2w

lil1inblue What a fantastic line-up! 😎 2w

mcctrish I‘m so excited and thankful AK is a side quest, once was enough 😂😂 (edited) 2w

Ruthiella Wonderful! Thank you for all the work you put in to this! 👏👏👏 1w

Deblovestoread Looks great! 1w

SamAnne Great list! 1w

Clare-Dragonfly Excellent! Thanks for doing all this, it must have been a lot of work! 1w

eeclayton An amazing reading list, as usual 😍 Thanks for your work @BarkingMadRead ! 1w

Librarybelle Yay!! 1w

Bklover Great list! Thank you for all you do for us🩷 1w

Daisey Looks like a great list! Thank you for all you do to make these readalongs work! 1w

Lcsmcat I‘m in for January and August for sure, and maybe May. Thanks for putting this together! 1w

dabbe @mcctrish I so 🎯🎯🎯! 1w

dabbe L🎃VERLY list! Thanks for all your hard work--as always! 🧡🎃🖤 1w

Sace Definitely in for April, May and June! Perfect timing for the end of the school year! 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig The Shell Seekers ‼️🥳 1w

Cuilin This is fabulous!!! Great choices. Thank you. 🙏 1w

quietjenn Thanks for figuring it all out! 1w

peanutnine There's a few here I've never heard of, so will do some research on them. The rest I'm excited for! Thanks for hosting each year ☺️ 1w

Seabreeze_Reader Thank you for hosting and hashtagging. 🙂 1w

AnishaInkspill that's a nice mix 1w

julieclair What a great list! Thank you for all you do! 1w

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Andrea313

A New System of Domestic Cookery | Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell, Mrs Rundell

so-so

I'm counting this as an Emma-adjacent read, as Persephone's edition dates from 1816 when Emma was published, and they often recommend it to Austen lovers. It was fun to read and imagine what would resonate with our characters: for Robert Martin, certainly the sections on keeping livestock; for Mr. Woodhouse, the part about recipes for the sick; and as for Emma herself, as the lady of the house, how much do you think she consulted on menus, etc.?

Andrea313 #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow #PersephonePick 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig She probably had lots of opinions that had to be talked down. 2w

Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig And probably very impractical ones! This book is fairly dry but reminds me how much knowledge and skill was needed to properly run and feed a household in those days. My weak, 21st-century ass is so grateful for grocery stores and refrigerators! 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig And electric kettles for tea! 1w

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quietjenn

Hester | Margaret Oliphant

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This was the Victober group read for this year, which I finished this week and really liked! I will definitely read more Oliphant, maybe even this month to fit some other prompts ...

LeahBergen I‘ve been meaning to try her for ages (and even have a couple on my shelves 😆). 2w

Cathythoughts Sounds interesting, stacked ❤️👍🏻 2w

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads

Les Miserables - Volume I - Fantine | Victor Hugo

AmyG Yep 2mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads 😍 2mo

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shanaqui

Ninteenth Century Fashion in Detail | Lucy Johnston

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As usual with these “fashion in detail“ books, it's beautifully illustrated, and the line drawings are helpful, but arrrghhh please show photos of the whole garment as well as the details!

Clare-Dragonfly Oh, that‘s frustrating! 2mo

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lil1inblue

Shelley's Poetry and Prose: Authoritative Texts, Criticism | Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman, Neil Fraistat

#poemaday

dabbe One of my favorites by Shelley! Have you seen this animation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPlSH6n37ts
🧡🤎💛 3mo

lil1inblue @dabbe Mine too! I'm trying to manifest the legacy of the #fluorescentfascist! 😅 I love the animation - I had not seen it before! Thank you for sharing it with me! 💓 💓💓 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue You did it brilliantly! If only the #fluroescentfascist could actually read or understand poetry. 🧡🤎💛 3mo

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lil1inblue

The Gilded Age: Overture to the American Century | Alan Axelrod

@jenlovesjt47 - I'm on season 3, episode 3. Had to share a rough haiku because the change in dynamic between these two is hilarious! 🤣

#haikuhive #haikuaday

JenlovesJT47 Ohh how the turn tables!! 😅😅😅 When I tell you, the scream I scrumpt the first time I saw it when Bannister addresses Ada as head of the house 😍😍😍 3mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 And then when they print Ada's name as the donor and not Agnes' - I nearly peed laughing during that scene. 🤣😍🤣 3mo

JenlovesJT47 Ooh so you‘re just now watching these eps for the first time?! Ohhhh you are in for a treat, season 3 is the best so far imo! Can‘t believe there‘s only one episode left this season 😭 BUT luckily they already got renewed for season 4 🤓 3mo

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JenlovesJT47 I watch this show on my kindle so I can rewind certain scenes with ease. This season has had me cackling multiple times! 😅 3mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🎬🐝💝. 3mo

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 🤣🤣🤣🎯 3mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 It's so good! I can't stop watching. 🙃 Oh, and I watch it on my tablet for the same reason. 😅 3mo

JenlovesJT47 Great minds! ☺️ 3mo

dabbe Excellent #haikureview! 🖤🐝🖤 3mo

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shanaqui

The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker: The Story of Britain Through Its Census, Since 1801 | Roger Hutchinson

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I found this surprisingly riveting at times, though some parts are slow. It charts both the census itself and the things it recorded, touching on things like industrialisation, the Highland Clearances, the Potato Famine, emigration, immigration, WWI, WWII... all kinds of things which affected the population of the UK. Also there's a bit on the wider “British Empire“.

Today's reading is getting me off to a good start with #BookSpinBingo!

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