Litsy

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 30: #wtf #ishouldhaveknownitwouldnthaveanHEA #yikes #thatendingthough #thisbookwasbannedforthatending #imgivingthisasoftpick #ineedapalatecleanser #mysoulhurts #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie @bklover @lauraisntwilder 2h

ElizaMarie Wow!!! Didn't expect that! 2h

BarbaraJean I knew about the controversial ending, but I didn‘t realize it would be the ending ending. Like the last scene. All of this and then THAT. I can‘t. And what was up with Rose of Sharon‘s little mysterious smile?!? 😳 That took it over the edge from uncomfortable to creepy. Still. This was a relentlessly sad and infuriating masterpiece. 2h

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eeclayton #mysoulhurtstoo What a heartbreaking story. Thanks @BarkingMadRead and #HashtagBrigade for this buddy read. It's a beautifully written and tragically relevant book, but I wouldn't have been able to finish it if it wasn't for you. 2h

Crinoline_Laphroaig I had to finish before Thanksgiving, I didn't want to be reading with family here. My reaction was WTF? That's it? 1h

lauraisntwilder While the ending is unexpected, Steinbeck was setting us up for something like that the whole time. It's another example of how the poor are only able to rely on other poor people, to the point of sacrificing their own comfort or propriety. There are no strangers anymore and everyone is family. I think Rose of Sharon is glad for something good to come from her heartbreak. Just my take. What a book!!! 26m

Bookwormjillk I had remembered the ending but not the scene with Uncle John and the baby. That hit me hard this read. Also reading this made want to try to do better about my bitterness towards my husband‘s cousin living in my basement 😂 Thanks as always @BarkingMadRead looking forward to starting something short tomorrow. now

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GingerAntics

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage | Rachel E. Gross

TMI ALERT (keep scrolling if you don‘t want to know)

I got my first period in January. I skipped in February. In March, I was hoping for early menopause. I. Was. Over. It. I also didn‘t tell a soul until April when someone finally noticed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Who are these lunatics wanting MORE of this madness? WTF is wrong with these people?!

In hind sight, I was struggling with my gender identity already. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Catholic school did NOT warn me about that

GingerAntics #RachelEGross #VaginaObscura #audiobook #period #menopause 1mo

GingerAntics #WTF 1mo

TheBookHippie I don‘t get it either. 1mo

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie sometimes I really worry about people! 1mo

ravenlee Wait, what? I‘m hating the whole perimenopause thing, but I an absolutely ready for the periods to go away - which is, of course, the one thing that isn‘t happening. 😖 1mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee right? I got an IUD for hormone imbalance and I hardly ever (like maybe once a year for like a day, but it‘s mostly like spotting) get a period. Let me tell you, the IUD is the most awesome invention ever!!! I don‘t care what people say. Come at me!!! 1mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee perimenopause is insane. I hate it. I feel like a kid on a really long road trip. Is it over yet?! Negative 5 stars. Do not recommend!!! 1mo

Cuilin I think this is connected to youth obsession and maybe an idea of losing your “function” either way it‘s fucked up. 1mo

GingerAntics @Cuilin oh, she definitely tied it to that. Some women have delayed menopause so they could focus on their careers and have children later. Others are literally doing it for youth. The first reason I get. It‘s similar to freezing your eggs to use later or use a surrogate later. Just to be young. Eh That‘s extreme. 1mo

GingerAntics @Cuilin the procedure she was specifically talking about was having strips of your ovaries removed and preserved when you‘re young (like in your 20s) and then having those strips grafted back onto your ovaries later (like late 30s or early 40s) and apparently it can let you have children later. Just for the youth, dude that is just so extreme. 1mo

ravenlee I had an IUD when my kid was young, and I was the opposite. I ended up having so many periods so close together and miserably long, I confused a GYN PA. She asked the dare of my last period and I almost cried, because I‘d had six or seven in three months and the last one (which was ongoing at the time) was already at 18 days. Yeah…I had that removed… 1mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee yeah, it‘s crazy how differently people react to things. I have a friend who had one put in about the same time I did, and she has spotted every day since. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Of course, who knows what IUD we all had and if we each had/have the one that‘s best for us. I don‘t know. It gets REALLY confusing. 1mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee it does confuse the hell out of time though. Every time they check my meds at the doctor‘s they always ask “are you still on the Kyleena?” And I‘m like, that‘s that? I probably have a generic, and they have to tell me no, it‘s my IUD. Like, I‘m pretty sure it‘s still in there. No one has gone looking for it lately, but I did get an X-ray of my hip and in the final report it said all these things about my hip joint… 1mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee and then the very last sentence: “IUD is in place.” Like, thanks? 🤣😂🤣 Good to know? 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

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GingerAntics

Different Seasons | Stephen King

After finally getting myself to finish this collection after the third story bombed, I actually enjoyed this one. Talk about a trip. I probably won‘t ever use “the breathing method” if I somehow end up having kids after this though. It has a rather interesting description of birth and pregnancy in it that lawmakers should be forced to meditate on. Just saying.
#StephenKing #DifferentSeasons #Audiobook #SpookySeason #TheBreathingMethod #WTF

GingerAntics Not so much spooky as weird, but it had a breathing head! 2mo

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Susanita

Sweater Weather | Cam Higgins

We do not care that it‘s “almost” autumn. It‘s still summer! Don‘t try to sell me a sweater! #wdncw

dabbe

Amiable I love fall, but I don‘t want to see the Halloween decorations in the store right now! 4mo

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼😂👌🏼💝. 4mo

AmyG @Amiable Same. 4mo

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Aims42 Same!! 4mo

TheKidUpstairs I'm the opposite - gimme ALL the sweaters! 4mo

dabbe As someone who's slowly melting away in Phoenix, I am literally counting the days until fall--though that won't matter because my grandma always said the weather here wouldn't change until the new moon in October. And yep, I've looked that up, too: Oct. 21st. But a big YES to the Halloween decorations! #wtf 🧡🤎💛 4mo

mcctrish It‘s hot here ( London, On) and I basically live in the same three shirts/tees sets and I don‘t care anymore. There will be clothes still for sale when it finally gets cooler 4mo

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

ch 60: #rogerlovesmolly #hewillwaittilhereturnstopropose #docapproves #rogerstalksthehousetosaygoodbye #ofcoursemammaruinsir #cynthiawillvisitonherwaybackhome #theend ⁉️ #wtf #ifeelsochated #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 4mo

BarkingMadRead The pic won‘t load! 4mo

mcctrish I had no idea this wasn‘t finished - after all Molly went through this is the ending we get ?! 4mo

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willaful SO MADDENING! How did we not know this?! I wanna see Molly happy! I wanna see Dr. Gibson slough off NotClare somehow! I guess we can watch a filmed version to get some kind of closure.. 4mo

Bookwormjillk So I'm guessing she died before she finished? Too bad. Still liked this book but kind of melancholy over the ending. The characters were great in this one. 4mo

peanutnine Yes I was so surprised at the abrupt end of the last chapter! But my version had an afterword that gave details about where Gaskell planned to go with the story before she died, so it was nice to know Molly gets her happy ending @mcctrish @willaful @Bookwormjillk 4mo

Ruthiella @peanutnine My book had this too. It does have a HEA! 4mo

Bookwormjillk @peanutnine my book had that too but it wasn‘t really clear where the information came from. But there was something about Cynthia‘s new husband being like “Wait you know Rodger???” and I got a kick out of that. 4mo

eeclayton I had the afterword, too. But even without it, Mrs Gaskell set up the HEA nicely, and she was no Charlotte Brontë to kill off Roger somewhere in Africa 😂 4mo

mcctrish @peanutnine mine had the afterward and thank god - I really was in a panic with how much book there was left and how much story there was to tell - but it felt too abrupt. All this ongoing story ( especially #notclare with her long winded double speak) ending with “dear reader, Roger married Molly. The end” 4mo

Ruthiella @eeclayton OH MY! ??? I she had pulled a Charlotte Brontë trick like the end of Villette? ? 4mo

peanutnine @eeclayton I am SO GLAD she didn't!! @mcctrish I agree, it was abrupt and I wanted all the details like we got for the whole rest of the story! I'm sure it would have been much more satisfying 4mo

ElizaMarie Yes!!! Actually if I had knownn- I probably would have skipped this book because it irked me soon much!!! 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly Sooooo, some of you didn‘t know that Gaskell died before finishing this book 😅 I have the edition with the ending written by her publisher but I was saving that for tomorrow! 4mo

Bklover Well, I am glad for the HEA, but I would have loved to have seen Cynthia have children and love them madly! 4mo

Lcsmcat @peanutnine That‘s how my edition handled it too. Still disappointed that we didn‘t get to see how Gaskell would have gotten us there. 4mo

AnnCrystal @PageShifter is having the same difficulty with images. 4mo

Bookwormjillk Forgot to say thanks @BarkingMadRead 4mo

dabbe I‘m in the minority, but I liked how it ended with both Molly and Roger seeing one another, saying nothing, but knowing where their hearts were and where their future lay. To me, their souls said more to each other than their spoken words ever could. Thanks for hilariously leading us again, @BarkingMadRead. 😍 4mo

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 37: #coxeisback #sofickle #cynthiaisridiculous #docletherhaveitthough #ifweareevermarried #wtf #someprestonbackground #ismammasellingcynthiatopreston ⁉️ #poorrogerwassick #cynthiadidntsharethatinfo #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish What a shit show!!!! Poor Molly 5mo

Bookwormjillk Coxe- rich now but hair is still red. 5mo

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dabbe The drama keeps thickening! I'd like to pull Cynthia's hair to make her really cry. 5mo

mcctrish I think we should rename this Men Being Dumb instead of wives and daughters 5mo

eeclayton @Bookwormjillk That comment cracked me up, too 😂 5mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 😂🎯😂 5mo

dabbe @mcctrish 😂🎯😂 5mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘ve said it before (and got put in facebook jail for hate speech) #boysaredumb 5mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead Zuckerberg is a case in point 5mo

Cuilin @mcctrish agreed. All of the male characters are lacking in the smarts department. 5mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead maybe you should have said boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider 5mo

willaful @Bookwormjillk lol! 5mo

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Hahahaha, yes! After reading this you‘ll want to go to Cranford where the men all die! 5mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly if only we‘d read this one first, we‘d have felt so justified with every death in Cranford 5mo

ElizaMarie I can't with Cynthia- ugh!!! She is the worst 5mo

Bklover You‘re correct! There really isn‘t a man in this book who isn‘t a bit thick in the head. @mcctrish 5mo

julieclair These comments are cracking me up! 😂😂😂 5mo

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5feet.of.fury

The Testaments: A Novel | Margaret Atwood

Why am I trying to read this now? I am concerned. *gestures broadly at everything* 🇺🇸🇺🇸🫡🫥🤯😭

TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 5mo

5feet.of.fury @TheBookHippie they need an emoji for existential dread 5mo

TheBookHippie @5feet.of.fury I know!!!! 5mo

AmyG A horror book. 😬 5mo

dabbe #wtf #existentialdreadindeed 💙 5mo

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

#ranttime Sorry to interrupt, but this just happened.
President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening that US military forces had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear facilities, ending a weeklong deliberation period over joining Israel‘s campaign against Tehran and thrusting the United States squarely into an escalating Middle East conflict (CNN).

I have no comments (yet), just facts.

Lands I can‘t 🤦🏻‍♀️ 5mo

Susanita Thank you for your attention to this matter. 5mo

Deblovestoread Because that's how you win a Noble Peace Prize. Sorry for the flippant response. I can't wrap my head around the horror of it all. 🤯🤬🤯 5mo

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Eggbeater Congress is supposed to declare wars, aren't they? I feel sick. I don't want any humans to be hurt. 5mo

Cupcake12 There are no words 5mo

Prairiegirl_reading This is just so sickening. 5mo

Aims42 😔💔 I have no words, I‘m speechless and sick to my stomach 5mo

Librarybelle It‘s horrifying 5mo

dabbe @RoyReads1 @Susanita @Deblovestoread @Eggbeater @Cupcake12 @Prairiegirl_reading @Aims42 @Librarybelle I know I'm supposed to be happy and post about happy books and happy pets, but how can we ignore this? History is happening before our eyes, and history is a genre in reading. According to MSNBC, he did this without any congressional approval. And his message tonight leaves A LOT unanswered. #wtf? 😤 5mo

Aims42 @dabbe I didn‘t even bother watching his message, I knew it wouldn‘t be coherent and nothing would be answered 🙄 The US is being run by a 7 year old upset that nobody came to his birthday parade. Please also know that you don‘t have to be happy and post about happy books & pets all the time. You‘re right, history is happening and we can‘t ignore it. We gotta take care of each other ♥️♥️♥️♥️ (edited) 5mo

Eggbeater My books are sometimes political, and I need to know that I'm not alone right now, so thank you. 5mo

IriDas This is so terrible. No congressional approval. Going to war, for what? His ego. You don‘t always have to be happy. We live in a terrible timeline and ignoring this reality is only for the privileged. 5mo

FashionableObserver God help us all. Congress needs to put a stop to this. There are legal, constitutional ways to do so. We need to contact our representatives en masse. This is bad. In fact, this may be as bad as it gets, I fear. 5mo

MemoirsForMe I appreciate you letting us know. I‘m speechless. 🤯😩 5mo

BarbaraJean I can‘t either right now. I saw this news, read a few headlines and had to stop. Also: I appreciate that you don‘t only post about happy things. These are not happy times, although God knows I need to look for joy where I can in the midst of this madness. There is a place for happy posts and there is a place for keeping it real and Litsy can be both. Thank you for doing both! 💜 (edited) 5mo

Jari-chan Can't put a Like at this post, because I really don't like what's happening... 😩 5mo

5feet.of.fury Reminds me of Bush saying Iraq had wmds to justify the invasion. This is atrocious. So much for “the Peace President” 5mo

LiseWorks Wow! I knew he couldn't help himself 5mo

julesG I have no words. Just letters. TF? WTAF? 5mo

AnnCrystal I expected it, yet couldn't believe it. I'm just going to say the word that needs to be said, “Impeach!“ 😢🙏🏼. 5mo

Bookwormjillk I intentionally let my phone die last night. This is just horrifying. 5mo

AmyG I have many thoughts on this. God help us all. 5mo

Bookwomble 😥 5mo

Amiable @Eggbeater Amen. I‘m with you. Reading is political. Banning books brings politics into the reading sphere. And like @dabbe said, history is being written as we speak. We should not ever be made to feel like we can‘t post anything about what‘s happening in the world. 5mo

Roary47 I was at two dance recitals for my girls and left that high to see this. I also didn‘t watch his speech. I‘m worried what this will mean. I‘m glad you are being real. We need to stick together in good times and bad. Praying for safety for us all because of one man‘s actions. 🥺 5mo

dabbe @Aims42 Thank you for this. I needed it. ♥️♥️♥️ 5mo

dabbe @Eggbeater You are not! We need to stick together now more than ever! BTW, I just followed you! 🤩😍🤗 5mo

dabbe @IriDas W🤩WZA. Well said, and thank you! 🩵🎯🩵 5mo

dabbe @FashionableObserver I fear that it could get even worse. And you're right; I'm contacting my representatives. Thanks for the reminder. 💙♥️💙 5mo

dabbe @MemoirsForMe #same 💙♥️💙 5mo

dabbe @BarbaraJean You have no idea how much this means to me. Thank you. 💙♥️💙 5mo

dabbe @Jari-chan 🎯🩵🎯 5mo

dabbe @5feet.of.fury 🎯🩵🎯 5mo

Aims42 @dabbe ???? Sending you all the hugs I can right now, or fist bumps if it‘s also 90°F where you‘re at too 5mo

dabbe @LiseWorks As @Aims42 said, no one came to his horrific birthday parade, so he's taking his anger out on the whole world. 😤 5mo

dabbe @julesG 🩵🎯🩵 5mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal And after that, “LOCK HIM UP!“ #convictedfelon 😤 5mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯 5mo

dabbe @AmyG You said it. 🎯🩵🎯 5mo

dabbe @Bookwomble 😢🎯😢 5mo

dabbe @Amiable 🩵🎯🩵 5mo

dabbe @Roary47 Thank you; this means so much. I'm glad you enjoyed the recitals; finding the good in life is more important now than ever. 💙♥️💙 5mo

dabbe @Aims42 Currently, it's 92º, but it's not even noon. Sending 🤗😍🤗 right back to ya! 5mo

Aims42 @dabbe 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 5mo

AmyG You‘ll love this one. I just read someone calling him Emperor Hirocheeto. 🤣 5mo

JenlovesJT47 💙❤️💙 5mo

PuddleJumper This is truly the darkest timeline. This has been the only thing on our news in the UK. There's a lot of anger over what may happen, what we may get pulled into, because a foreign leader is delusional and having a dick swinging contest against people that think he's a moron. 5mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe ✊🏼🐻🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲. 5mo

dabbe @AmyG OMG. Adding that one to the list: #emphirocheeto 🤣 5mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 #bluecanmeetredinthemiddle 💙♥️💙 5mo

dabbe @PuddleJumper Brilliantly stated! 🎯✊🏻🎯✊🏻🎯 5mo

MemoirsForMe @AmyG 🤣🤣🤣 5mo

CarolynM What @PuddleJumper said 5mo

CBee @AmyG 😂😂😂😂😂 it‘s perfect 5mo

dabbe @CarolynM 🎯🩵🎯 5mo

TheBookHippie @5feet.of.fury EXACTLY 5mo

TheBookHippie @AmyG OMG 🤣 5mo

TheBookHippie @Aims42 as I rule I never watch him. 5mo

Aims42 @TheBookHippie It‘s a new rule for me, zero regrets 👍 I actually just followed an account on Threads that they put his “speech” transcript over his face and muted it so you didn‘t have to see or hear him but still knew what was being said 😆 That account got followed so fast by me lol Finding the balance between being informed and sane is very tricky 😵‍💫🥴🤢 5mo

TheBookHippie @Aims42 oh that‘s a good idea and yes I just read the transcript. And that makes me sick. 🤦🏻‍♀️😵‍💫 5mo

Aims42 @TheBookHippie I know, right? 🥴🤢🤮 5mo

AmyG @Aims42 @TheBookHippie We mute him. It‘s all bullsh** anyway. 5mo

Aims42 @AmyG 👍👍👍👍👍👍 it 100% is 5mo

TheBookHippie @AmyG it sure is. 5mo

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 19: #cynthiacomeshome #mamadoesntevenmeetthecarriage #wontletmollygo #wtf #cynthiaismynewfave #zerofucksgiven #knowsanawfullotaboutthehamleys #doesnotlikehermama #shocker #thiscouldbefuntowatch #ripMrsH #sosad #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

TheAromaofBooks My inclination is to like Cynthia, but we'll have to see if she ends up taking advantage of Molly's good nature. 5mo

Ruthiella Mrs. Gibson‘s indifference anyone being there to greet Cynthia at the train is sad. She hasn‘t seen her daughter in TWO YEARS? (edited) 5mo

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Bookwormjillk I surprised myself by liking Cynthia today. This is a long book huh? 5mo

mcctrish I don‘t not like Cynthia but anyone who says they don‘t love anyone but will choose to love Molly seems a bit sketch 5mo

ElizaMarie @Ruthiella and the whole sending her away immediately after her daddy died - that Mrs G is not maternal at all!!!! 5mo

Bklover I‘m with all of you! Cynthia seems wonderful in spite of the neglect of her mother. Hope it holds up! A teeny bit concerned that they might end up wanting the same guy. @Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks 5mo

Clare-Dragonfly Hmm, I‘m reserving judgment on Cynthia. I like her forthrightness, but I‘m nervous about her saying she doesn‘t love anyone! 5mo

dabbe I have finally caught up! 🤣🤣🤣 Whew! 😅 Cynthia reminds me of Estella in GREAT EXPECTATIONS: icily cold and knows it. I'm reserving judgment on her as well, though I do like her WAY more than her mother. Holy guacamole on her! 5mo

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