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Chapter 15: lavish publishes under a pen name…. #anotherkiss #butfirst #ceciliaapretentiousass #ihatehim #GEORGE #evenLucydislikesCecil #didimentionthekiss #kisssssssss #GEORGE #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @librarybelle @dabbe @thebookhippie @mcctrish @crinoline_laphroaig @debinhawaii @morr_books @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @ruthiella @bklover @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @peanutnine @julieclair @ravenlee @indoordame @allylu @clare-dragonfly @rubyslippersreads 1y

Ruthiella OMG, the second kiss. 🥰 I had forgotten it. 1y

Cuilin When it gets a little autobiographical “Even men might suffer from unexplained desires, and need help.” Oh Forster 😔 1y

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Cuilin Also apparently the Weald is beautiful or is it George? 1y

mcctrish @Cuilin 🤣🤣 George is getting quite forward with his kiss stealing ( is Miss Bartlett acting all nuts because she‘s already read this bodice ripper of Miss Lavish‘s ?) (edited) 1y

julieclair George is so bold! The kiss! 😍 #DitchCecil 1y

TheBookHippie @mcctrish BODICE RIPPER 💀 1y

TheBookHippie @Cuilin 😝 and need help 😵‍💫😵‍💫 1y

mcctrish @TheBookHippie it doesn‘t take much for Charlotte 🤣🤣 1y

TheBookHippie It‘s very nice of you to put up a pic of my hair style in 1993 😅 1y

TheBookHippie The kiss stealing is life. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I think it‘s George 😍 1y

TheBookHippie @mcctrish it is the exact phrasing my mind was hunting for while reading!!! 1y

Crinoline_Laphroaig That hair!😍 1y

Cuilin @mcctrish Charlotte knows!! 1y

Cuilin @TheBookHippie He was gay and had lovers but of course couldn‘t be very public about it. “ unexplained desires” I find it interesting when self disclosure finds an outlet or slips in a novel. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Cecil is insufferable. @Cuilin Very interesting, I didn‘t know that! 1y

dabbe Oh, these characters and their drama! I love it! 🤩🤣😀 1y

Bklover @Cuilin I didn‘t know that! 1y

Bklover George is becoming quite the kisser! 1y

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BarkingMadRead

A Room with a View | E.M. Forster

Chapter 13: Cecil doesn‘t like anyone and nobody likes Cecil 🤷🏻‍♀️ #sameoldstory #whydoesthischaptergetaname #notevenagoodname #solame #GEORGE #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk #RunLucyRun #ShutUpFred middle class twit ha! 1y

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk #RUNLUCYRUN also yes #twit 1y

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TheBookHippie The chapter titles are as entertaining as the story … 👀😂😅 #norhymeorreason 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie seriously!! Everything that went on and the title is about a boiler?!?! 1y

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I‘m laughing every morning with my chapter 😅😂😵‍💫 #makeitmakesense 1y

Cuilin “We don‘t want no dessert” speak for yourself Cecil. #whataLoadofTwaddle 1y

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I was highly offended by this comment. Don‘t ever speak for a girl and her dessert! 🎂 🧁 🍪 1y

Bklover “We don‘t want no dessert”? How about “We don‘t want dessert” or “We don‘t want any dessert”!! If you‘re going to be such a prig at least use proper grammar! Oh, and I laughed through this whole chapter. Poor Lucy trying to appease everyone and at the same time hide all her little secrets. Go Lucy for finally speaking the truth about Charlotte and Go Freddy for being endlessly entertaining. I‘m getting very attached to Freddy! 1y

julieclair I am still mystified as to why Lucy agreed to marry Cecil. 1y

peanutnine @Bklover Freddy is the best 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Cecil… please go away. @Bklover I took that as him parodying uneducated people, or maybe children? I know he wasn‘t just being straightforward because he‘s too much of a jerk 🙄 1y

dabbe I love how Lucy perceives George greeted her “with the shout of the morning star.” What a lovely line! And I think it was important that their next meeting took place out in nature, a place with many views. Back at home, she goes to change for dinner, looks through a window, and can't find a view. C'mon, Lucy. Figure it out! We're all pulling for you! #lasttimeaboilerwasinastoryformewastheshining 🔥 1y

Bklover @dabbe And we all know how That boiler turned out! I have faith in Lucy. She can‘t possibly marry Cecil. She just can‘t. 1y

mcctrish Charlotte is set to stir the pot ( I find her insufferable but if she sets the demise of Cecil in motion 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻) also Mrs Honeychurch DOES NOT get to diss Cecil after all the fuss about getting Lucy engaged to him 1y

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BarkingMadRead

A Room with a View | E.M. Forster

Chapter 12: #anotherunnamedchapter #whatshouldwecallit #boysinapond #freddymeetsgeorge #georgerelaxesforfiveminutes #busted #cecilthebore #GEORGE #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella This is the funniest scene! It totally made me laugh. 😂 1y

Crinoline_Laphroaig 😂I can't wait to rewatch the movie when we are done. 1y

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Crinoline_Laphroaig Also does anyone know why some of the Chapters aren't named? 1y

Bookwormjillk This chapter was so funny 1y

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig to drive us crazy 🤣🤣🤣 1y

peanutnine This chapter was bonkers in the best way 1y

mcctrish I was hoping for a #mrdarcyemergesfromthelake moment but with George and a pond but these hijinks will do 1y

Bklover Finally a chapter that made me laugh! George seems to have found his spark! 1y

peanutnine @mcctrish 💯 1y

Clare-Dragonfly This is a pretty ridiculous chapter! 😂 1y

dabbe @Crinoline_Laphroaig I was thinking the same thing! 🤣🤩😍 1y

julieclair This chapter was so surprising - in a very fun way! 🤪😃 1y

ravenlee I loved George pulling pants on in a hurry and then jumping out of the bushes to greet Lucy. 🤣 1y

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BarkingMadRead

A Room with a View | Edward M. Forster

Chapter 10: #vittoriacorombona #incaseyouwerecurious #shewasveryscandalous #anyway #cecilarrangesbettertenants #shothimselfinthefoot #clueless #GEORGE #iamnotafanofcecil #teamGEORGE #staytuned #whatDIDhappeninRome #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

TheBookHippie #TEAMGEORGE 1y

Bookwormjillk Cecil you dummy #TeamGeorge 1y

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Bookwormjillk Also as soon as work ends today I am going home to name all my tennis balls 1y

mcctrish #GEORGE #temper #THEemersonsarecoming I just want to read and read and read now #mrbeebeknows 1y

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I mean, do you even play tennis #bumblepuppy if your tennis balls aren‘t named 😂😂 1y

mcctrish Also the BEST thing about Cecil is referring to him as Fiasco 1y

Ruthiella Ha ha! Cecil has totally shot himself in the foot by inviting the Emersons instead of the harmless Miss Alans. 1y

eeclayton #teamgeorgealltheway 1y

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂😂 1y

julieclair @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 1y

julieclair #dumpCecil 1y

Morr_Books Maybe I wouldn't have stopped playing tennis if I had named my balls.... which just sounds dirty 🤷‍♀️ 1y

Bookwormjillk @Morr_Books 🤣🤣🤣🤣 1y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Morr_Books 🤣🤣🤣🤣 1y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @TheBookHippie #TEAMGEORGE!!! 1y

Cuilin @Morr_Books 😂 💀 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Cecil is such a jerk! I look forward to him getting his comeuppance! 1y

Bklover It seems to be an awfully small world, doesn‘t it? What are the chances???! 1y

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BarkingMadRead

A Room with a View | Edward M. Forster

Chapter 9: 🤮 Cecil judges Lucy‘s family, and …. Well…. Everyone 🤷🏻‍♀️ #ihatehim #wheresgeorge #sopretentious #haveimentionedgeorge #thatkisswasawkward #unlikegeorge #george #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella Such an awkward kiss. 😱 1y

eeclayton What is wrong with her? How could she get engaged to this man? 1y

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mcctrish #cecilkissesworsethanafish 1y

mcctrish Also Cecil “when you think of me, where am I?” Lucy #inaroomwithoutaview 1y

dabbe Instead of being on the end of the kite-string of Charlotte, she'll be on the end of Cecil's. Guess his last name says it all: Vys-->Vice. #runlucyrun 1y

Cuilin #whatreallyhappenedinRome? #whyshesayYes #CecilbadKisser #cringe 1y

Crinoline_Laphroaig That kiss is so cringe and sus. 🤢 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Umm, Cecil, has anyone ever mentioned to you that you‘re supposed to LIKE the person you‘re marrying? And she‘s supposed to like you, so maybe stop insulting her and her family? 1y

Bookwormjillk Cecil yuck. And also beware of canaries 🐤🐦🐤🐦🐤🐦 1y

dabbe Class distinctions here, class distinctions there, class distinctions everywhere! Gee, why does Lucy see you only in a room without a view, Cecil? And we all know what Lucy yearns for--a room WITH a view--if only she can cut the proverbial strings! Mr. Bebe knows this: “If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting both for us and for her.“ That's what we're waiting for, right? #teamgeorge #georgeandlucy #byececil 1y

Bklover @dabbe Exactly! I can‘t stand Cecil, and I‘m getting quite annoyed at Lucy too! 1y

julieclair Wake up, Lucy! #inaroomwithoutaview is your future of you marry #CecilbadKisser . #ditchCecil 1y

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm a chapter behind but #CecilIsSoObviouslyGay. 1y

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1984 | George Orwell

Ep. 38: https://bit.ly/3Y4Q2yo - - George Orwell, 1984

#mindduckbooks #podcast #book #quote #1984 #george #orwell #big #brother #thought #police #mind #duck #books

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sarahbellum

Middlemarch | George Eliot

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With just a couple of hours to spare, I finished Middlemarch in 2022! 🎉 #1001books

Thank you for understanding, @Graywacke , as I dealt with some curveballs that delayed my reading. That middle was a slog, but Eliot‘s sparkling wit and insight came back in full force for the final book and made it worthwhile for me. So glad I decided to give this DNF from college another shot and join you on this journey! #george

Cheers to 2023, everyone! 🥂

vivastory Impressive! 👏👏 2y

batsy Yay! 🙌🏾 2y

erzascarletbookgasm 👏 well done! I‘ll continue my journey with #george this year. 2y

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Graywacke Kudos! You did it! And happy new year 2y

BkClubCare 👏👏👏🎉🌟🎆 2y

Ruthiella Wow! 🤩 Well done! 👏👏👏 2y

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Graywacke

Middlemarch | George Eliot

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Finally, I finished. 57 days. I would love to say something profound after finally reading one of the most famous Victorian novels. It‘s a smart insightful novel on community, family and marriage with some carefully worked out structure. It‘s playful, humanizing the hero and everyone else with humor. I loved Dorothea. I think Rosamond might have been a key inspiration for Edith Wharton‘s Undine. For some reason I just didn‘t fully take to it.

Graywacke Some thoughts on my mind: it has less literary power than Austen or Dickens, less foundation than Austen (but much more than Gaskell). It‘s gently feminist, but less so than Austen or Wharton, IMO. It‘s a thoughts-out-front sort of novel, another link to Wharton. I suspect Wharton was very much a student of Eliot. It‘s a novel that I enjoy thinking about much more than i did reading it. #george 2y

Graywacke @vivastory @kspenmoll @erzascarletbookgasm @sarahbellum 2y

kspenmoll Sorry I had to bail on rereading this with you! 2y

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Graywacke @kspenmoll no worries. Maybe you‘ll get back to it at a better time. 2y

sarahbellum Great job! I‘m still plugging away, just rather slowly. Life‘s been throwing me some major curveballs lately, so my reading has taken a nosedive the last few weeks. My plan is to finish by the end of the year- less than 300 pages to go! 2y

erzascarletbookgasm Congrats!👏 🎉Thank you for the insight/comparisons to the other authors. I‘ve only completed Book 1, and somehow find it difficult to pick up again. Not because of the book, but my state of mind lately. I‘ll probably continue the journey after the holiday season. 2y

Graywacke @sarahbellum @erzascarletbookgasm i wish you both some life peace and mental zen soon. Sarah - I found these later pages easier reading than everything before. 2y

bnp Congratulations! I loved this the first time I read it, but have tried a couple of rereads since and not been able to get into it. 2y

Graywacke @bnp thanks and interesting. I‘m not sure how a reread would go if i were to start soon. It might be better but might not. (edited) 2y

AnnR Nice review! Maybe you've already read it, but if not, do you think at some point you might tackle

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Graywacke @Ann_Reads I would like to, yes. I haven‘t read it. Middlemarch was my first by Eliot. 2y

vivastory Impressive 👏👏 I've enjoyed your posts & I hope to read it in the next year or so (there is a Middlemarch street that I drive by a couple of times per week and it always makes me smile) 2y

Graywacke @vivastory thanks! Hope you find the right time. It‘s a little funny that you have a weekly reminder. 2y

merelybookish Late to say congrats! And interesting to see your comparisons to the women novelists who came.before and who followed. Eliot was snobby about other women writers. She wrote a famous essay called Silly Novels by Lady Novelists She didn't attack Austen but included Charlotte Bronte and Gaskell in her attack. 2y

Graywacke @merelybookish thanks and thanks for mentioning that essay by Eliot. I haven‘t read any Brontes since high school, but I read Gaskel‘s North and South earlier this year, and I have my own rant on it. I suspect I would like what Eliot wrote. 2y

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