Foreshadowing

Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood | Robert Beatty

#Appalachianstrong #foreshadowing
This book was written before the hurricane that destroyed many parts of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.
Thank you to the author for donating all proceeds of this book to Hurricane Helene relief!

I now have power and water.🙌 internet service is still down. This is week 3 I have been unable to work. ( I work from home)

Thank you to everyone who has donated, prayed or volunteered to help in any way.

Scochrane26 I‘ve been worried about WNC Littens. Glad you‘re ok & able to check in. I love the Asheville area & have been keeping up through a few acquaintances. 1mo

Mollyanna Thanks for posting how you are doing and about the book. I‘ll definitely be making a purchase. Best to you and all as you continue to recover from the devastation of Helene. 1mo

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 1mo

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sblbooks @Scochrane26 @Mollyanna @Librarybelle Thank you! 1mo

Bookwormjillk Thank you for posting about this- ordering now. (The author must feel weird about the subject!) I hope your internet comes back soon. (edited) 1mo

megnews I‘ve been thinking of you and hoping you‘re ok. I have family in Old Fort and Marion going thru it too. It‘s devastating. Sending prayers your way. 1mo

sblbooks @megnews it's so good to hear from you! I hope your family didn't have too many damages from the storm. It's the worst natural disaster I've seen in my lifetime. Spectrum is saying we might have internet back Monday, we'll see. Thanks for the prayers! 1mo

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Owls31092

Impeachment: An American History | Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, Peter Baker, Jeffrey A Engel

Interesting how Hillary wrote a memo and did research on presidential impeachment- I love foreshadowing in history. #foreshadowing #irony #hillaryrodham #hillaryclinton #richardnixon #billclinton #impeachment #uspolitics #ushistory #history #politicalscience #presidency #peterbaker

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BarkingMadRead

Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys

Part 1: we meet the characters #notafanofthemom #christophineiswaybetter #thatpoorhorsethough #tiawasabrat #isawthattrickamileaway #thenewluttrellsseemsketchy #momispartyinglikearockstar #findsanewhubby #whatcouldgowrong #mamawantstoleavebutmasonwantstostay #noisesinthebamboo #whatcoulditbe #FIRE #houseisburning #poorCoco #soscary #tia 😳#whyamisurpised #heartbroken #ripPierre #somuchtragedy #momdoesnttwanther #offtotheconvent #corapeacesout ⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #nowantoinetteis17 #momhaspassed #coraisback #soismason #Ahasavisioninadream #willitcometrue #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 6mo

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @staycurious @peanutnine @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @barbarabb @thebookhippie @thekidupstairs @ruthiella @mcctrish @aimeesue @eeclayton @graciouswarriorprincess 6mo

BarkingMadRead @clare-dragonfly @5feet.of.fury @kwmg40 @dabbe @thebookhippie @willaful @rubyslippersreads @julieclair @currentlyreadinginco @rwmg @daena @larkken @kao @Deblovestoread 6mo

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Librarybelle Quite a lot to digest in Part 1! 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle I‘m thinking part two might need multiple posts 🤣 that was a lot (edited) 6mo

Librarybelle 😂 6mo

Bookwormjillk I read this not knowing what was a dream and what was real. I‘ve bailed on this book in the past, but I am determined to finish with the #HashtagBrigade 6mo

5feet.of.fury Poor Coco. I‘m glad Aunt Cora is coming back. I‘m so confused with the Mason/Cosway family tree. 6mo

5feet.of.fury @BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle it was a lot! @Bookwormjillk I know that I read this in high school, and I remember that whole 1st part, and being confused about the races/race relations & our teacher thinking we were all very stupid. Which if she‘s the teacher, teaching us & we all did not understand I think that‘s a her problem lol 6mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury definitely a her problem! 6mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury Mason is Antoinette‘s stepdad, but I didn‘t like her saying nee Cosway, because I always thought that was for marriage 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly I found this quick to read but difficult to follow. If the present-tense portion near the end was a dream, were the other present-tense portions dreams? But I don‘t remember what they were anymore. I guess I‘m following the broad strokes of Antoinette‘s life, though. 6mo

dabbe Rhys writes as if she expects us to know and understand all about British and French colonialism in the Caribbean and the so-called pecking order determined by how much black blood was in you. I admit to having read some study guides for this one, and it helped tremendously. I think the strange man at the end of Part 1 (that Mason alludes to) is Rochester. #oytothevey! 😳 (edited) 6mo

willaful @BarkingMadRead Maybe it's one of those usages that changed? Like in Austen and other books of the time, “stepmother“ and “mother-in-law“ often seem to be switched, IIRC.

@dabbe Yes, it's frustrating! I'm confused too -- and have NO memory of having read this before, though I know I did. Too young no doubt. 6mo

mcctrish I forgot what day we were meeting 🤦🏻‍♀️ this first part felt ripe with ominous vibes and while I get the white negro and black Englishman taunts I hadn‘t realized how angry they were ( although Tia not coming back with the stolen dress should have clued me in) poor Patrick ( and horse and parrot) what in earth will part 2 bring 😳 this is a wild fast ride. The mom was a piece of work but her yelling “no “ when Antoinette went to visit 💔 6mo

mcctrish I am curious what was the matter with Patrick ( some kind of palsy ?) and Antoinette was ill for 6 weeks not from being hit in the head from a stone ( thx Tia) but because her mother tried to kill her?! 6mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish yeah that whole part of her being sick kind of went over my head. Really crazy 6mo

Bookwormjillk @5feet.of.fury a her problem for sure! 6mo

rubyslippersreads Not only is Part One full of drama and tragedy, I feel like what happens in Jane Eyre is hanging over everything. #PoorCoco #foreshadowing #impendingdoom (edited) 6mo

julieclair What a sad early life. Soooo much going on in these chapters. The noise in the bamboo had me wanting to scream “get out of the house”! And the mom‘s rejection of her… just heartbreaking. 6mo

currentlyreadinginCO @rubyslippersreads agreed about what happens in Jane Eyre hanging over the book! 6mo

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BarkingMadRead

Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 17: poor Jan, what a disaster #beatriceisagoodfriend #maxisanass #asifjanwoulddothatonpurpose #frankisadarling #hetriessohard #firstandlastballatmanderley #foreshadowing #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair
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BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 7mo

Clare-Dragonfly I think Jan should have gone ahead and stayed in her room. Let Maxim deal with the consequences! He deserves to squirm a little! (edited) 7mo

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Clare-Dragonfly I mean, she ALSO should have told Beatrice about Danny setting her up. But let‘s be real, that was never going to happen. 7mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly and she had the perfect opportunity! Whyyyyyy did she not?!? 7mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly YES! She should have told Max and Bea about Mrs Danvers. 7mo

peanutnine She definitely should have told them about Danvers but like @Clare-Dragonfly I'm not surprised she didn't. She doesn't seem to realize that she has power over her as an employer. But she probably thought they wouldn't believe her 7mo

daena Maxim is the worst! As the chapters move forward my disgust of him grows. 7mo

willaful @daena I'm really feeling why the author was pissed at this being called a romance. 7mo

daena @willaful totally! 💯 7mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @daena same! 7mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly I never under when characters don't tell what happened. I would be yelling it out. And #DreadfulDanny would be packing her bags. Honestly if she just told Bea she would have told Maxim and he would have fired Mrs D immediately. 7mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig ^understand. Litsy needs edit option on comments! 7mo

dabbe I, too, want the narrator to snap back and have a backbone, but she just doesn't. She's terrified of Danvers (and even Maxim at times) and is so UNSURE of herself that she can't fight back. Max wanted her as Alice in Wonderland--fiitting since Alice is a complete innocent, not worldly like Rebecca or Caroline de Winter. The irony is, though, that Max is primarily responsible for Jan's loss of innocence. #sosad 😞 7mo

Ruthiella @dabbe Perfect analysis! 👌 7mo

TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine @Crinoline_Laphroaig @dabbe @Ruthiella - I'm interested to see if Jan even REALIZES that Danny set her up. I think she is going to excuse Mrs. D with a kind of “oh she didn't know people would be upset/it was an accident“ thing. 7mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks that‘s a good point, although that creepy smile on Mrs D should hopefully clue her in! 7mo

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks If she does that, it will totally be a throw-the-book moment for me! 7mo

peanutnine @julieclair @TheAromaofBooks omg same! Hopefully she isn't THAT naive by now 7mo

dabbe @Ruthiella 😘 7mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks Agree! Jan wanted so much to believe that Danny was finally being nice to her that she had the rose-colored glasses look in her eyes. And, too true, @BarkingMadRead. That smirk and the closing of the door in the west wing should have been HUGE clues for Jan. What a scene! 7mo

ElizaMarie #FireDanny 7mo

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BarkingMadRead

Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

#lastnightidreamtiwenttomanderleyagain
Ch 1: #shortchapter #notmuchelsetosay #whatadrearymanderley #foreshadowing #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40

@thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena 8mo

ElizaMarie 💜💜💜💜💜💜 8mo

Graciouswarriorprincess Please add me. Thanks 8mo

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BarkingMadRead @Graciouswarriorprincess gotcha! 8mo

TheBookHippie #cannotfindmybook #tothelibraryigo 8mo

Ruthiella Very short but not too bad for a dream sequence. I‘m a little nervous about Jasper the dog. I don‘t remember him. 😬 8mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig Such a great opening line. 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I don‘t remember! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 @Crinoline_Laphroaig I love it! @TheBookHippie oh nooooo 8mo

willaful @Ruthiella I don't remember either but according to this spoiler website. it's okay. (Click at your own risk!) https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/20561?index1=-1&index2=-1 8mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead library has it just need to get it to my branch so I should be able to catch up. Supposed to be in by Friday 😅 8mo

IndoorDame Apparently Manderley is based on a house she saw and fell in love with called Menabilly (you can find stunning photos online) and according to what I‘ve read the dream in this chapter could just as easily foreshadow her actual journey with the house, all of which happened after she wrote and published the book. 8mo

Clare-Dragonfly This is gorgeously written! I haven‘t read this before so it‘s all new to me, and I‘m glad to be finally reading it. 8mo

Graciouswarriorprincess Thanks @BarkingMadRead 😀 8mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly Awesome you are reading it for the first time! It‘s a great plot. 8mo

Ruthiella @willaful Thank you! 😊 8mo

Bookwormjillk Woohoo new book! I only have the audio version in my library so I‘m reading it that way. 7mo

dabbe @IndoorDame I read too that she was given a lease by the owner at the time, spent money renovating it, and lived there for 20 years before giving it back to the family. I never knew this, and the last time I read it was in the early 1990s before the Internet. Thank goodness for instant knowledge! 🤩 7mo

dabbe The passage where the narrator talks about the wind coming from the western sea reminded me of Cornwall and the island off of it that is prevalent in AND THEN THERE WERE NONE ... and also P.B. Shelley's “Ode to the West Wind.“ Oh, what a tremendous novel embracing Gothic and Romantic literature from the early 1800s. I'm in heaven! #byebyebadbros 🤩 7mo

5feet.of.fury Add me please 😊 7mo

TheAromaofBooks LOVE how atmospheric this chapter is!! 7mo

IndoorDame @dabbe couldn‘t agree more on both counts! #hailtheinternet #byebyebadbros 7mo

KAO I am excited to start something new! Optimistic here! 7mo

dabbe @IndoorDame 💚🩷💚 7mo

peanutnine This is my first time reading and I'm loving the descriptions so far! 7mo

Roary47 @Clare-Dragonfly I completely agree it is so beautiful already! I‘m also a first time reader with you and @peanutnine it will be fun reading with all of you. 🥰💛 7mo

julieclair Please add me! I was too intimidated to attempt the bros, but now I'm back in the brigade! 7mo

julieclair @IndoorDame Thanks for this great info about Menabilly! My husband and I will be touring Cornwall next month. I wonder if it's visible from the road? 7mo

IndoorDame @julieclair oooh, definitely let us know if it is!!! 7mo

BarkingMadRead @julieclair added you! 7mo

julieclair @IndoorDame Will do! 7mo

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Owls31092

The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III | Peter Baker, Susan Glasser

I love foreshadowing in history. What did Iraq become? Well, it became another Vietnam with Afghanistan that destroyed a Bush presidency. If you would like to read about the Iraq war that I consider another Vietnam that destroyed a Bush presidency, feel free to look back on what we posted and reread Days of Fire also by Peter Baker. #themanwhoranwashington #peterbaker #susanglasser #daysoffire #iraq #conflict #history #foreshadowing #bush

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BarkingMadRead

Middlemarch: a study of provincial life | George Eliot

Chapter 48: y‘all. I‘m going straight to hell, every time there is a chapter with this guy in, my first thought is “isn‘t he dead yet?” #foreshadowing #whoasksforanopenendedpromise #karma #RIP #poordodo #pemberlittens

Tonton 😂 2y

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thearomaofbooks @cogsofencouragement @librarybelle @coffeenbooks @bookwormjillk @samanne @chrissyreadit @eeclayton @caroline2 @aimeesue @deblovestoread @thebookhippie @ravenlee @indoordame @daisey 2y

BarkingMadRead @bklover @kspenmoll @alldebooks @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @addison_reads @kwmg40 @litstephanie @moonwitch94 @larkken @jamiearc @rebelreader @jhod @daena @debinhawaii @melissajayne
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TheBookHippie Like when is he gonna DIE ALREADY?!?!? 2y

peanutnine Right?! I was so happy at the end of this chapter, like FINALLY 2y

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine I‘m glad I‘m not alone 🤣🤣 2y

peanutnine Also the whole time he was pressuring Dodo I was screaming at the book DON'T DO IT!!! 2y

kspenmoll 😂😂😂 2y

Bookwormjillk Ding dong Casaubaum is dead, wicked Casaubaum is dead. Finally. That manipulative old fart. 2y

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine me too! Who asks for a promise without saying what the promise is? It couldn‘t have been good! 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️☠️🪦🪦🪦 2y

ravenlee Yes! Exactly! What a wretched excuse for a person and good riddance. Also - I FINALLY CAUGHT UP! It took me three. Weeks. Y‘all. And I got caught up just in time for Casaubon to go away! 2y

dabbe Casaubon ranks up there as one of the WORST villains in all of literature. Or at least worst JERKS. 🤣 2y

Bookwormjillk @ravenlee perfect timing! 2y

BarkingMadRead @ravenlee welcome to the funeral 🤣🪦☠️ 2y

TheAromaofBooks It's never a good sign when I am SO RELIEVED a character has died! I'm glad he kipped over before he wrangled the promise out of Dodo, but I know she's just going to spend the rest of her life feeling guilty about it 😑 2y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks this poor girl is going to spend her life trying to finish his projects, never knowing he was going to ask her to stay away from Ladislaw 🤣 2y

mcctrish 🤣🤣 2y

TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead - Feeling guilty about all the wrong things 😂 (Although for real, ALL the things are wrong things for her to feel guilty about!!!) 2y

Bklover Oh I had a tiny celebration - also don‘t feel bad @BarkingMadRead - at the beginning of each chapter I wonder if THIS is the chapter it‘ll happen! 2y

CoffeeNBooks What a jerk trying to get Dodo to promise to something, and he won't even tell her what it is. What a manipulate ass! I kept wanting to yell "No Dodo! You don't have to do this!" I don't know that I've ever despised a villain this much. ? 2y

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BarkingMadRead

Longbourn | Jo Baker

Chapter 13: Lydia is married, everything is back to normal, and Wickham will never come back 🙄 #foreshadowing #hescomingback #hidePolly #whatatrainwreck #shortchaptersarekillingme #jaaaaaaames #pemberlittens #chapteraday

BarkingMadRead @sprainedbrain @prairiegirl_reading @peanutnine @crowcah @ruthiella @mcctrish @sparklemn @alamich @moonwitch94 @bklover @jhod @julieclair @debinhawaii @i.besteph @sarahbookinterrupted @coffeenbooks @melissajayne @vansa 2y

CoffeeNBooks Mr. Hill doesn't need all that money, he just wants some wine and parmesan for himself and Mrs. Hill. 😁 Poor Sarah, everyone will soon forget James was ever there. 😢 2y

julieclair @CoffeeNBooks Isn‘t it amazing how little Mr. Hill would need to feel “rich”? He‘s a good example of the concept of “having enough”. 2y

BarkingMadRead @julieclair @CoffeeNBooks I know! Sweet Mr Hill! 2y

CrowCAH Hopefully they never see Wickham again! 2y

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Amiable

Will | Will Smith

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Not sure how I feel about WHAT I read or how to fit any of it into the context of the now-infamous Oscar slap. And I‘m skeptical of Will Smith‘s take on some events because it differs from the public record. I feel sorry for Jada—it can‘t be easy navigating his giant ego. I don‘t like Will Smith any better for getting through this. But I have to say it was a helluva read. I couldn‘t put it down.

#Nonfiction2022
Prompt: I‘m a Rule Breaker

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Cinfhen Great review!!! #ScorchedEarth 😉I really loved the audio but after the slap incident I wonder how I‘d feel now about the book 🤷🏼‍♀️ 3y

Amiable @Cinfhen Early in the book he talks about the time he discovered his high school girlfriend had cheated on him, and he trashes her mom‘s house on his way out. His quote: “I knew I had to do something violent to punctuate my departure.” That made me cringe. 3y

HOTPock3tt I enjoyed this book too. I read it before the slap… I wonder how I would feel too afterwards 3y

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Cinfhen Ohhhhh, #foreshadowing 3y

squirrelbrain Great review! I was more than halfway through this at the time of ‘the slap‘ and I nearly bailed. It was really interesting to put it into a different context. 3y

Amiable @squirrelbrain @HOTPock3tt I almost canceled my library hold on it after the Oscars, but decided to give it a go anyway. (edited) 3y

CoverToCoverGirl Great review! Was never a fan of him or his movies. He actions clearly speak volumes and volumes to his character. 3y

Amiable @CoverToCoverGirl I do love the first “Men in Black” movie, although that has nothing to do with Will Smith and everything to do with Tommy Lee Jones! 😀 3y

S3V3N I loved this one. The audiobook was excellent. 3y

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Owls31092

Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jeffer | Peter Baker

#foreshadowing

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