HashtagBrigade

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

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 🙄

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 15h

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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Bookwormjillk I could have smacked Theresa today 15h

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk in her defense, Emily won‘t tell her anything 🙄 these people need to learn to communicate 15h

kwmg40 I loved Teresa's snide comments about rich people! 😂 14h

mcctrish I mean Theresa isn‘t wrong 13h

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! 12h

peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly 💯💯 10h

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mcctrish

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#iykyk #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 14h

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AllDebooks

The mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobr�e

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 2d

AllDebooks @quietjenn @jewright @Larkken @TheAromaofBooks @rubyslippersreads @AnishaInkspill @eeclayton @peanutnine @Bklover 2d

AllDebooks Word count results - Hither 158; Thither -53; Whither - 58; Crying + cry - 36; Weeping + weep + wept - 176; Fainting + faint - 175 😱 2d

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AllDebooks Sorry, I should have been reading tonight's chapter but got distracted 😅 2d

Librarybelle Word count dedication! 2d

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2d

BarkingMadRead #wordcountqueen 2d

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! 😅 2d

BarkingMadRead But still. You had to do the search 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead 😬 you got me 2d

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! 🤩 2d

mcctrish @dabbe The Bros was better ( never thought I‘d say that ) 2d

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish you know it‘s a bad book when #thebrosarebetter 2d

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 2d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s mind boggling 2d

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 The Bros! Slightly less histrionic than The Mysteries of Udolfo! 1d

mcctrish @Ruthiella there was no crying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1d

Clare-Dragonfly Brilliant word counting 😂 1d

eeclayton Wow 😲 1d

AllDebooks @Clare-Dragonfly it's telling that I would rather do that than read the bloody thing. 😅 1d

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! 1d

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! 🤩😂🤩 19h

mcctrish @dabbe you‘ve honestly missed nothing cuz nothing ever happens 18h

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks it‘s amazing she can see anything 18h

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

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 2d

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 2d

Bookwormjillk Some stuff happened in this long chapter at least 2d

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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) 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Something actually happened!!! @mcctrish I also thought V would turn out to be with them. 1d

peanutnine I was like oh now we finally get to hear what happened to Ludo! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Just kidding 1d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.11: #shortchapter #emilyfindstheresa 😍 #sheisverycomfy #thankstovalancourt 🙄#staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin
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BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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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 😡 3d

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so frustrating! 3d

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. 3d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk better a loser than being alone #amiright 3d

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish #youareright 3d

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish You‘d think she would have learned from her aunt that a loser is NOT better than being alone! 3d

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 🤛🏻 3d

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 🤣 3d

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly you‘d think 🤔 😝 3d

mcctrish Ooo @BarkingMadRead maybe the creeper was shot saving Val once again 3d

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TheAromaofBooks

Reading Challenges Journal: Let's Do Some Reading Challenges! | J&c Publishing

Cannot BELIEVE I am working on a reading journal for ***2025*** That's not a real date!!!! @PuddleJumper is responsible for most of my challenges this year, although @lauredhel is also doing some work 😂 This year: #ISpyBingo #100YearsofBooks (and finishing @Librarybelle 's #192025 ), #Pantone2025 #Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll and #BookChain

Not pictured - #ReadtheUSA #WickedWords @AsYouWish #FourFoursin25 @lauredhel #FictionalTraveler @julieclair ⬇

BookishMadHatter I've started on my 2025 book journal too, but I'm scaling it back a little this year. I find I have to use a bunder because if I run out of space and need to split a section in a bound journal my poor brain has a meltdown and I end up having to start all over. 3d

TheAromaofBooks Plus numerous ongoing buddy reads -
#BobWhiteBuddies
#OokBookClub @julesG
#ChristieCapers and #NancyDrewBR @librarybelle
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead @BarbaraJean
#IDLR @StayCurious @LiseWorks
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
and the much-beloved #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead despite dragging me through books I loved to hate to read 😂 3d

TheAromaofBooks @BookishMadHatter - I feel that!! For the last couple of years I've used a quad-lined composition book. Because it's sewn, I can add lots of washi tape and other pieces of paper taped in and it just gets fatter without falling apart 😂 All my ongoing, year-long challenges are in the front. Then I skip to the second half of the notebook and create my monthly #BookSpinBingo lists as I go along, plus any short-term readathons or challenges. 3d

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PuddleJumper I like organizing things! Looks amazing 3d

BarkingMadRead So honored to be on the list 🤣🤣🤣 3d

Librarybelle This looks so amazing! Good luck on all of your challenges and buddy reads! 3d

julieclair This looks great! 👍😃 3d

Gissy Amazing🤩👌 Well I can say I also started to organize my reading goals…🤔I chose which journal and reading Planner I‘m going to use😜it is a start😂😂😂 58m

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.10: almost home #lotsofcryingandfainting #emilyseessomeoneinthegarden #obviouslyitsvalancourt #thegardenerthinksitsarobber #obviouslyheshootshim #annetteissworntosecrecy #ofcourseshetellsemily #whofaints #obviously #shecantfindoutwhowasshot #wasitvalancourt #ishedead #wewillprobablyneverknow #obviously 🤣 #timetoheadhome #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 4d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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peanutnine #Obviously 🤣🤣 you crack me up! So true though 4d

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Bookwormjillk 10 chapters left! 4d

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 4d

TheAromaofBooks I gotta be honest, I freaking love Annette and her complete inability to keep a secret 😂 4d

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks without Annette, we wouldn‘t know a damn thing 🤣 4d

Clare-Dragonfly There doesn‘t seem to be much acknowledgement that Annette‘s husband has disappeared! 4d

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.

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

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BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhh that‘s interesting! And poor Ludo ☠️ 4d

mcctrish #obviously 👏🏻👏🏻🤣 4d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.9: the plot thickens #isthecrazynunourmarchioness #willweeveractuallyknow #thecountandhenrisurvivedthenight #buttheywonttalkaboutit #obviously #timeforemilytogohome #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 5d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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AllDebooks In the words of Annette, 'such goings on' 🙄 5d

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mcctrish In the words of me “WTF?!” 5d

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. 🤨 5d

TheAromaofBooks Someone needs to rewrite this book except with the interesting parts actually IN THE STORY 🙄 5d

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks ha! Perfect! 4d

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Yes! And leaving out 80% of the #verdantverdure . 3d

BarkingMadRead @julieclair omg so much #verdantverdure 🙄 3d

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