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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 12: I almost forgot to post!
#whew #vanhelsinganddochavetobreakin #lucyisneardeath #morrisshowsupjustintime #hecomescloserthanalmosteveryoneinfiguringthisout #vampirebats #onelasttransfusion #doesntwork #riplucy #maybe #butfirst #renfieldislosinghisshit #whatwasinthathouse #drac 🧛🏻‍♀️ #also #minaandkeanucomehome #keanuinherits #staytuned

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @ruthiella @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @bklover @bookwormahn @graciouswarriorprincess @cuilin 1mo

Cuilin I‘m reading my daughter‘s copy that she read for a class. And her note beside “a brave man‘s blood is the best thing on this earth when a woman is in trouble“ was WTF Bram! 😆 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin 🤣🤣🤣🤣 1mo

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dabbe @Cuilin THAT is priceless! 🤩😂🤩 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Van Helsing is such a sexist! 🙄 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin 😂😂😂 1mo

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly and verbose 😴 1mo

mcctrish @Cuilin #praisebe 🤣🤣 ‘The Change‘ has quite a different meaning here 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin 😂😂😂 1mo

Cuilin @mcctrish on a daily basis due to brain fog I say “is this Covid, ADHD, or menopause?” I‘m now going to add in “or was I bitten by a vampire?” 🧛‍♂️😝 1mo

mcctrish @Cuilin I‘m going to say vampire from here on out, makes my life more exciting 1mo

CatLass007 🧛‍♂️ 1mo

rubyslippersreads Lucy certainly had a lot of beaux. And three out of the four actually wanted to *give* her their blood. 😂🦇🩸 1mo

Bklover @Cuilin I blame everything on menopause, but maybe I should switch to 🧛‍♀️😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bklover @Cuilin 🧛🏻‍♀️ is so much cooler, IMO 🤷🏻‍♀️ nobody would dare come at you for symptoms of being a vampire 🤣 (edited) 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 10: I hate these Bellinghams #bensonasksforhelp #mrsBsmaidtrashtalksRuth #Masonhasthemoney #whew #theywantherinapenitentiary #outofsightoutofmind #whatwillbensondo #hashtagbrigade
#also #dinklageasbenson #yayornay

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @ruthiella @currentlyreadinginCO @amor4libros @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @mcctrish @indoordame @rubyslippersreads @thebookhippie @dabbe @crinoline_laphroaig

@clare-dragonfly @julieclair @aimeesue @quietjenn @kao @bklover @alldebooks @jewright @cuilin @willaful 3mo

mcctrish 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻#peterasbenson 3mo

mcctrish Also “get thee to a penitentiary” is a bit extreme FFS! The Bellinghams are awful people. I‘m not sure which I want more, ‘Mr‘ Bellingham to die OR for him to live and get his ducks in a row 🤞🏼his mother catches the plague next 3mo

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Cuilin @mcctrish “get thee to a penitentiary” lol 3mo

Cuilin A girls life hangs in the balance, but heaven forbid we let Mr. Bellingham get annoyed. 😳 3mo

IndoorDame I thought even at this time a penitentiary was a prison. Is there another meaning? 3mo

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I looked it up, it‘s more of a charitable institution for fallen women, it‘s basically a rehab to make them “fit for society” 🙄 3mo

IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead 😬 better than prison I guess, but we all know those places have super shady track records historically… 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was thinking a penitentiary must be more like a workhouse. A place for “fallen women” makes sense—a place for penitents… I‘m disappointed in my Penguin Classics edition having endnotes, but not one that explains “penitentiary.” 3mo

mcctrish @Cuilin YES! Heaven forbid the boy is annoyed 3mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame @Clare-Dragonfly it‘s giving Magdalene Laundries Scandal. 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🤞🏻 his mother catches the plague 😵‍💫🤣👀 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin yuuuuuup 3mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie can we please try and keep current politics out of the discussion? 3mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead yes. Sorry. 3mo

Bookwormjillk Can someone get that money from Mason PLEASE 3mo

dabbe @Cuilin Or accuse HIM of anything in appropriate. It's ALWAYS the woman hussy, isn't it? 🙄 3mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe @Cuilin obviously she was all by herself when the unspeakable happened 🙄 3mo

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead @Dabbe I overheard a woman say there would be no bad men if it weren‘t for bad women! I had to just walk away. (edited) 3mo

dabbe @Cuilin Oh, lordy be. 😮 #speechless 3mo

rubyslippersreads @Cuilin Definitely. 3mo

rubyslippersreads @Cuilin 😳 3mo

julieclair @Cuilin You‘re joking. In real life? Present day? How is that even possible? 🤯 3mo

Cuilin @julieclair It was the 90‘s, my teenage self bristled. 3mo

currentlyreadinginCO Mrs B is the worst 🤮, def Dinklage as Benson 🤣🤣 3mo

jewright I‘m wondering if Benson will marry her. 3mo

julieclair @Cuilin Your teenage self had every right to bristle! 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Ch 4.1: I thought it would be another boring chapter 🤷🏻‍♀️ #devilseverywhere #dudeneedstoeat #dontsquishthedevil #also #ferapontthrewmajorshadeatthemonk #hewastotallyclueless #themiracleinthebeginningwasnicethough #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @currentlyreadinginco 10mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @peanutnine @bklover @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 10mo

Bookwormjillk Yeah what was that? 10mo

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Cuilin One moment he was talking about eating mushrooms, and the next he‘s seeing demons . Connection, perhaps? 10mo

BarkingMadRead @cuilin 💯 10mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin @BarkingMadRead none of the brothers noticed the monk on shrooms having a slightly paranoid trip for what sounds like years and thought to tell him to lay off? Maybe come to dinner with everyone else and have some wine instead once in a while! 😂😂😂 10mo

AllDebooks @IndoorDame 🍄🤪🤣🤣🤣 10mo

dabbe #shroomsareyourdoom 😃 10mo

dabbe I might have to stop being ahead a day with a chapter because when I read these I'm like “Did I read that yesterday? I don't remember a miracle. Hmm. I better go back and read. Again.“ Time to stick with the correct daily chapter. My mind can't keep track of this plot for some reason. 😅 10mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe in your defense it was in like page one of the chapter and then there were devils everywhere, so it‘s no wonder you forgot 🤷🏻‍♀️ 10mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame lol exactly, lay of shrooms, man. Have some cabbage and potatoes. 10mo

TheAromaofBooks @dabbe - I'm having trouble keeping track of days/chapters because the chapters start over every time we get to a new “book“! 10mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks Oy! That, too! Is it Book 4/ch. 3 or Book 3/ch. 4??? 😱 10mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Thanks for the support; I feel like such a doofus reading this one! 🤩😂😍 10mo

SamAnne Well, this chapter took some turns. Demons and shrooming. 10mo

Aimeesue @IndoorDame Right? 😂 10mo

Aimeesue @SamAnne At least it‘s not boring? 😋 10mo

mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 @Cuilin I was reading along “ blah, blah, blah can I skip this ….. wait what ?” 10mo

Cuilin @mcctrish me too, some I‘m speed reading then he throws in seeing demons and I‘m like, back up! 10mo

mcctrish @Cuilin #stopthecar 👿😈 10mo

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BarkingMadRead

A Glass of Blessings: A Novel | Barbara Pym

Ch 15: Bason is a klepto #somuchdrama #butwherewasrodney #thisfeelssketchy #ithinksybilknows #sybilknowseverything #also #everytimetheymeniontheministryigetharrypotterflashbacks #thestruggleisreal #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade
PS @rwmg posted a great map of where Piers lives #talkaboutsketchy

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @ravenlee @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @indoordame @librarybelle @kspenmoll @annr @cuilin @thebookhippie @ruthiella @eeclayton @crinoline_laphroaig 12mo

BarkingMadRead @bklover @peanutnine @dabbe @annececilie @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @bthegood @graciouswarriorprincess @rwmg @deblovestoread @aimeesue 12mo

Bklover Same question. Where was Rodney?? These people are so weird. 12mo

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Bklover Also he comes home and she doesn‘t ask him a single thing about his day. She has absolutely no interest in Rodney! 12mo

Aimeesue Sybil does know! I think he was with Rowena 😂 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Aimeesue that would be amazing #wifeswap 12mo

AnnR These characters aren't very likeable. My reaction to them is similar to the characters in many of Edith Wharton's novels. 12mo

Bklover @Aimeesue That would be perfect wouldn‘t it?!😆 12mo

Bookwormjillk @Aimeesue ha! Perfect! Sybil knows all. 12mo

dabbe @AnnR I so agree! I think I've mentioned more than once how these people make me think of the Gilded Age New York society snobs. Just living their elegantly rich but humdrum lives. 12mo

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BarkingMadRead

Tess of the D Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy

Ch 3-4 every time her dad says skellington, this is what I imagine 🤷🏻‍♀️ #also #allthehorsepicturesweresad #tessistheonlyadultinthathouse #herparentswanttosendhertoarichrelative #daddrinkstoomuchandcantbringthehoneytotown #obviouslytessmustgo #dontsleepanddrive #poorprince #nowtheyhavenohorse #didimentionpoorprince #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 14mo

julieclair So many sad things going on in these chapters. 14mo

BarkingMadRead @julieclair I had the worst morning, and I‘m sitting in the car dealership waiting for an oil change, reading this 🙄 thanks for nothing Hardy 🤣 14mo

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Bookwormjillk Ew I‘m glad I don‘t have pictures in my copy. They showed the horse? 14mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk mine doesn‘t have pictures, I consulted the google, looking for a pic with the beehives and all that came up was the cart with the horse on the ground 😢😢 14mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead ew 14mo

dabbe Hardy did a similar stunt in FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD with the death of an animal. I can't take that! 😢 #poorprinceindeed #lifeishardinwessex 14mo

KAO This is my first book by Hardy. While I am expecting frustrating events (and no happy ending), I am enjoying the storytelling! If a dog dies, however, I may not be able to take it. (The horse was bad enough.) 14mo

BarkingMadRead @KAO I really hope not! I read this a couple years ago, but details are not fresh in my mind! 14mo

Clare-Dragonfly Heck yeah! Seasonally appropriate! 💀 14mo

Clare-Dragonfly #poorprinceindeed 😭😭😭 @KAO I checked doesthedogdie.com and it only has movies, not books, but over all the movie adaptations there was one vote for no and none for yes. However, nobody marked yes for another animal dying, so it‘s clearly not comprehensive! 14mo

currentlyreadinginCO I am wondering where Tess gets her calm and maturity... and I feel for her! And Prince RIP 😭. Very much enjoying the story so far. 14mo

Bklover Poor Prince. 🐴🪦 14mo

Bklover @KAO I‘m with you. No dogs die!! 14mo

julieclair @currentlyreadinginCO I agree about Tess‘s calm and maturity. It‘s impressive. It will be interesting to see if she retains these traits throughly the book. 14mo

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BarkingMadRead

A Room with a View | Edward Morgan Forster

Chapter 2: the clever woman takes Lucy to Santa Croce #andthensheditchesher #butwait #hernameisLavish #also #theheathensarethere #thedadisanutter #thesonthinksdeepthoughts #lucycantkeepup #sheneedstochill #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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

Bookwormjillk The heathens 🤣 1y

mcctrish #canmremersonspeakanylouder #thepioustourgrouphasbeenoffended #ithinkisprainedmyeyesrollingthemtoohard 1y

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Bklover I‘m with @Bookwormjillk 😂 1y

Ruthiella Ooh, people like Miss Lavish still exist today! Pooh poohing guidebooks and claiming access to the “real” country. Also , thinking democracy means “civility to your inferiors”. 🙄 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk @Bklover #isaidwhatisaid #iliketheheathens #theyaddsomefun 1y

Bklover Yep, they‘re still here @Ruthiella 😊🙄 1y

DebinHawaii I agree! 💯 #heathenshavemorefun #aintnotourlikeaheathentour 1y

dabbe Our heroine is ready for an Italian adventure! If anyone's seen the 1985 movie, Julian Sands played George. His body was found last week on Mt. Baldy. #ripjulian 💙 1y

Morr_Books I was so excited for this chapter as Santa Croce is one of the places I always highly recommend visiting in Florence - second only to the Uffizi 1y

Morr_Books I am fascinated by the interactions between the characters so far. 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe awwwww I‘d heard about that, so sad! 1y

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella for sure 1y

Bookwormjillk @dabbe oh wow I heard about that but didn‘t make the connection 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😢 1y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 😢 1y

julieclair I will take the heathens over Miss Lavish any day! 1y

BarkingMadRead @julieclair me too 1y

TheBookHippie I do so love a good heathen ….. @dabbe I saw that and he‘s been missing so long I‘m glad they found a body! 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton

Chapter 13: there‘s going to be a ball! #mrsjenningshasntchanged #priceiscoming #whoelsewantstoreadahead #also #poorpoorfitz #myheart #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @Staycurious @indoordame @julieclair @cuilin @eeclayton @ravenlee @bookwormjillk @peanutnine @debinhawaii @ruthiella @deblovestoread @allylu @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thearomaofbooks @thebookhippie @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @bklover @carebear23 @morr_books 1y

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm caught up! Darcy still anti ball. 😄 1y

Crinoline_Laphroaig "he did not believe that Pemberley had really been primarily designed for giving balls in; but his family could perceive that his opposition was not intended to be very serious, and the discussion terminated with his promising to talk it over with Elizabeth, and even to consider the middle of November as being a date likely to suit the convenience of both households." 1y

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BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig so many things never change 🙄🙄 1y

Ruthiella I love Mrs. Jennings. So happy to see her again. She has such a big heart. 1y

Bookwormjillk Yay! A ball! 1y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Ruthiella and I liked Elizabeth's defense of her. 1y

ravenlee I can picture Mrs. Jennings trying to play her game, “What letter does his name…” and Kitty rushing in “hisnameisPriceandhe‘salieutenantinthenavyandhe…” 1y

BarkingMadRead @ravenlee 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #deadonballsaccurate 1y

willaful I don't remember Mrs. Jennings! I assume she's from Sense and Sensibility?

I wonder why the book is being so coy about Marianne. It seems a little late to bring her in and give her another husband. 1y

Ruthiella @willaful Yes, she‘s from S&S. She‘s the mother of Lady Middleton. Sir John is Mrs. Dashwood‘s cousin who provides a cottage for Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters once Fanny Dashwood convinces her husband to do nothing for his stepmother and half sisters. She‘s a little low class and makes off color remarks but truly is a kind and generous woman. 1y

dabbe Are we all hoping it'll be Price and Georgianna and Moreland and Kitty? That's what I'm hoping for! And Mrs. Jennings is still a hoot! 😀 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe that‘s what I‘m hoping for! 1y

mcctrish Mrs Jennings makes me think of June George “I‘m not a regular mom. I‘m a cool mom” from Mean Girls 1y

Ruthiella @dabbe That‘s the pairing I‘m thinking of too! 1y

peanutnine @dabbe definitely hoping for Georgiana and Price, they are a much better match. Not sure about Kitty and Morland yet, she needs to mature a bit more first I think 1y

rubyslippersreads @willaful I‘m wondering about Marianne too. 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton

Chapter 7: James Moreland is moving to Kympton #also #theferrarsarebusted #peaceout #lydiaisthesameasalways #kittyiscoming #georgiannaisgoing #headisspinning #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk At least I know who Lydia and Kitty are 🤣 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 1y

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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk SAME 😅 1y

willaful This is truly the #namedrop chapter. 1y

BarkingMadRead @willaful seriously 🙄 1y

TheAromaofBooks I am enjoying this one, but the number of names and connections is truly dizzying! 1y

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 same and I feel like this chapter was a Peter Gabriel song 🎶 Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane
Jane plays with Willy, Willy is happy again🎶 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Agnes Grey: Large Print | Anne Anne Bront�

Chapter 11: Hatfield is an awful human. #thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #westonthough #everyoneloveshim #also #themurraygirlskindasuck #notnewinfo #justnewwaystosuck #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @megnews @bookwormjillk @coffeenbooks @thebookhippie @peanutnine @wordslinger42
@clare-dragonfly @dabbe @kwmg40 @librarybelle @ann_reads @willaful @mcctrish @bklover @ruthiella @kristin_reads @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @morr_books @annececilie @eeclayton @debinhawaii @ravenlee @alldebooks 2y

Leftcoastzen Love the quote! 2y

BarkingMadRead @Leftcoastzen thanks! It wasn‘t what I was initially looking for but it definitely fits! 2y

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AllDebooks 🤣🤣 2y

Ruthiella Yes. Everyone is so superficial in this neighborhood it seems, even the vicar! 2y

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella it surprised me how rude he was to poor Nancy! Ugh!! 2y

Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 2y

Clare-Dragonfly I think Nancy and the other neighbors are hoping the sweet governess marries the good vicar! (Just as we are! Though we haven‘t really seen him speak yet.) 2y

dabbe Hatfield kicked Nancy's cat! Evil is too good a word for him! 👿 2y

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻yes and yes @dabbe Hatfield is a total tosser! For some reason I keep thinking of the PBS show Grantchester, although the vicar in that is extremely nice to look at. The Murray girls are something else 2y

Morr_Books I like this book so far, but I like y'all's comments more. 😆❤️ 2y

peanutnine @dabbe right?? I gasped so loud when that happened. What a horrible man 2y

julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly No matter what he says when he does speak, it has to be better than anything Hatfield has said so far! 2y

julieclair This quote reminds me of that old (and true) Southern saying, “Pretty is as pretty does.” 2y

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BarkingMadRead

Middlemarch: a study of provincial life | George Eliot

Chapter 75: Rosy is positive that Ladislaw must love her more than he loves Dodo. #also #rosyknowsall #shedoesnotbelievelydgateisinnocent #poorlydgate #hecantwin #rosywantstorunaway #shealsowantswill #andtogohome #neverhappy #soselfish #pemberlittens

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 🙄 I do not like her AT ALLLLL….🤢 self-absorbed social climber 😵‍💫 2y

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BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie she has not one redeeming quality 2y

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead seriously ZERO😵‍💫.. 2y

Bklover She amazes me with her ability to turn things around so she is never guilty of anything and everyone (Will) loves her. 🙄 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bklover seriously. She‘s a pro. I totally fell for it in the beginning, but damn! She‘s something else. 2y

ravenlee Rosy is a f***ing toddler. And also emo with her “sigh, what have I to live for?” bs. It took me twice as long to read this chapter as it should have because I was rolling my eyes so much. 2y

Bklover @ravenlee I know what you mean. Your description is perfect. 2y

Bookwormjillk Piece of work. But hey, Will is coming back. Hmmmmm. (edited) 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I have high hopes for Will that do not even remotely involve Rosy 2y

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead same!!! 2y

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