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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.8: bring in the older ghostbusters #butfirst #macaronidied #karmasabitch #emilyinheritsfromauntie #finally #andnow #countandhenriareghosthunting #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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AnishaInkspill photo, perfect, v funny 😂 😂 5d

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Clare-Dragonfly Kind of unsatisfying that Emily doesn‘t have to do anything to get her inheritance… 5d

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly right? All that paperwork with Macaroni for nothing. 5d

peanutnine I feel like most everything in this book has been a ton of anticipation and buildup with no satisfying pay out @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 5d

mcctrish @peanutnine absolutely so many words and nothing happens besides crying, fainting and things that can‘t be talked about 5d

Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine Yup. That‘s why I‘m not expecting any exciting ghost reveal with Ludo. 5d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.8: back to the castle we go #deadbodieseverywhere #macaronimakingcreepypromises #emilybeingchasedinthedark 👀 #emilysignsthepapers 🙄 #andofcoursemacaronilies #ludowilltrytoaneakherout #butfirst #themusicisback #isitvalancourt #omgialmostforgot #thecountisinjail 🤣 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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peanutnine Oh lord Emily is so naive 🙄🙄 and Annette really needs to learn how to shut up when necessary! 🙊 3w

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mcctrish @peanutnine like Emily knew he was a cheat and a liar and she stilled signed 🤦🏻‍♀️ why couldn‘t she give Ludacris at least 24 hrs AND Annette is going to get them killed 3w

eeclayton Seriously, Emily 🤦🤦🤦 3w

TheAromaofBooks I'm soooo confused about why she got sent away and then brought back when it's obvious Macaroni doesn't care about her safety at all?? Did he just think she might get killed before he got the paper signed?! 3w

AllDebooks I thought we were done with Annette 🫣😅 3w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I think it said at one point that if she died, he wouldn‘t get the property, it had to be signed over? 3w

Bookwormjillk If I was being held captive in a creepy castle I would hope my true love would do more than play music at night. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #lowstandards 2w

julieclair I couldn‘t believe Emily signed the papers. Soooo disappointing and frustrating. 2w

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BarkingMadRead

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliff

Ch 10: ughhhh she burned the papers!!! #whatdidshepeep #igottaknow #butfirst #valancourtshowsup #selprofessedpeeper #declareshisloves #emilyisntresistant #butsheisbusted #auntieshowsup #suchawitch #emilymustmove #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #creeper

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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Bookwormjillk Of corse auntie shows up just then. But what did the papers say??? 1mo

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AllDebooks This was very frustrating. Spill the T Radclyffe 😕 1mo

mcctrish At present I‘d say the mystery is how anyone reads this 1mo

AllDebooks @mcctrish so much repetition!! 1mo

mcctrish @AllDebooks every time there is a chance of something happening - nope! We see gypsies, ooo what‘s going to happen? Nothing. Dad holding miniature portrait - nothing, papers to read, burn em and nothing 1mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 😂😂😂 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s a lot of words and a lot of crying for nothing 1mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I don‘t mind it when the chapters are short, but sometimes I see 23 minutes in the chapter on my kindle and I want to cry right along with her. A lot of people love this book so hopefully something other than dying parents and crying happens soon. 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I‘m reading on serial and when it says the chapter continues to more than one section I too want to cry 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I can‘t believe it said she read a bit but won‘t tell us what that bit is!!! So unfair. And auntie… she‘s obnoxious but she‘s not wrong about people who look good not necessarily being good. 1mo

Bklover I‘m hoping Auntie spices things up a bit! I do think, though, that Auntie is going to cause more crying and fainting. There has to be some excitement coming soon! 1mo

eeclayton @mcctrish same! I would never get through this if it wasn't for the #hashtagbrigade ! 1mo

eeclayton I was actually proud of Emily for not saying yes to V right away. But this is about the only positive thing I can say about the story so far. 1mo

julieclair So. Much. Crying. I switched to audio and it has helped me to enjoy the story more. (Not sure why…) 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4: ok that was a lot of very beautifully written #blahblahblah and then 💥 #gunshot #butfirst #valancourtsaysgoodbye #emilyandpopstravelon #untiltheyareaccosted #butarethey 💥 #popsshootsvalancourt #ooooops #Vmissedpops #orsohesays #ithinkhemissedemily #hmmmmmm #ishethecreeper #theydecidetotraveltogether #popsistired #totheconventtheygo #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk That was weird. Sounds pretty though. 2mo

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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it does sound pretty but so far they suck as travellers #itistheirfirstrodeo 2mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish totally 2mo

peanutnine I always find it odd that the prescription for illness in this time period is so often travel, like travel is the most exhausting thing I don't get it 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m surprised to see both monks and nuns in a convent. I thought they were always sex-segregated. 2mo

ElizaMarie @peanutnine yes!!!! I always have to take an extra day off after taking days off from vacation! 2mo

Bklover @peanutnine I agree! Not to mention wandering all over the place picking up germs! 2mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I think Radcliffe might have just made that up. 2mo

AnishaInkspill @BarkingMadRead thanks for the add 😍 these 2mo

AnishaInkspill @Clare-Dragonfly me too, I looked this up and found this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_monastery , maybe Radcliffe means one of these double monastry ? 2mo

AllDebooks Lol, great hashtags 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

Ch 2: interesting…… #mamasfuneral #popswantsemilytomoveon #soofcoursehebringshertovisitthefam #whoisthrowingaparty #theweekofthefuneral #thatscold #emilychatswithsomedudes #neitherseemedlikeawinnertome 🤷🏻‍♀️ #popsissadaboutthetrees #thefevercomesback #timetotravel #butfirst #emikycatchespopsmooningoversomeotherladiespic #dude #yeahispelledemilywrong #notfixingit 🤣 #hashtagbrigade

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Cuilin Can you tag me? I read it a few years ago and just realized I‘m gonna enjoy your #‘s 🙏 2mo

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mcctrish I was thinking could it be his mother ? But I‘m all for a trip to the south of France #itwillcurewhatailsyou 2mo

Bookwormjillk Something ain‘t right (talking about Dad not your spelling. Don‘t blame you there 😂) (edited) 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin yes! @mcctrish ohhhh maybe? My cynical soul didn‘t even think of that! 2mo

ElizaMarie @mcctrish Yeah, instantly thought it was his momma. Maybe I am too nieve and trusting :) 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly “Oh, brother, you look sick, you should go to the doctor.” Lady, his wife just died and you‘re making him go to a party! 2mo

Bklover Can you add me back? Finally finished Dracula and starting this tonight. Will try to keep up better! (I posted this comment already but I can‘t find it so who knows where I posted it 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Bklover I got you!! 2mo

AnishaInkspill 💛 💛😔

@BarkingMadRead I read this a few years ago, I'm 😍 your posts, pls tag me in, thank you!!!! 2mo

BarkingMadRead @AnishaInkspill you‘re on the tag list! 2mo

Bklover @BarkingMadRead I must be cynical too- his momma never even occurred to me. I figured it was some mysterious love of his. 2mo

julieclair @Bklover I‘m with you. It‘s a mysterious lover! Much more interesting that way. 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

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

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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! 😆 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2mo

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dabbe @Cuilin THAT is priceless! 🤩😂🤩 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly Van Helsing is such a sexist! 🙄 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin 😂😂😂 2mo

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly and verbose 😴 2mo

mcctrish @Cuilin #praisebe 🤣🤣 ‘The Change‘ has quite a different meaning here 2mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin 😂😂😂 2mo

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?” 🧛‍♂️😝 2mo

mcctrish @Cuilin I‘m going to say vampire from here on out, makes my life more exciting 2mo

CatLass007 🧛‍♂️ 2mo

rubyslippersreads Lucy certainly had a lot of beaux. And three out of the four actually wanted to *give* her their blood. 😂🦇🩸 2mo

Bklover @Cuilin I blame everything on menopause, but maybe I should switch to 🧛‍♀️😂 2mo

BarkingMadRead @bklover @Cuilin 🧛🏻‍♀️ is so much cooler, IMO 🤷🏻‍♀️ nobody would dare come at you for symptoms of being a vampire 🤣 (edited) 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Hotel: A Novel | Elizabeth Bowen

Ch 19: the colonel drives me nuts #butfirst #veronicasdadwontlethermarryvictor #whoapparentlyisworkinginhisdadbod #thecolonelhangswiththegirls #hispoorwife #ronniewalksoffwitheileen #bizarrechapter #vignettes #hashtagbrigade

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Cuilin It‘s vignette after vignette with this novel. I still demand a movie. (edited) 3mo

Ruthiella Oh, I rather like Colonel Duperrier. He strikes me as a sad, wistful figure. I think he see the Lawrence girls as the daughters he never had, nothing more sinister than that…🤔 (edited) 3mo

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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella that‘s definitely possible, I‘m pretty cynical 🤣 3mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin agree. Dare I say it- might be better than the book. 3mo

Bookwormjillk I love the random judgemental quotes though. Two days ago it was middle class words, yesterday it was mustaches, and today it was the sinister yellow glasses. I don\'t always remember all the characters or understand what is going on, but there\'s usually something that makes me laugh. 3mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin YES! Where is our movie 🎥 🍿???? This would make the best movie night ever! 🤣🤣🤣 3mo

willaful Ronald seems to want to be Oscar Wilde. 3mo

mcctrish @Ruthiella I think that‘s what it is, initially it came across as much more sinister probably because of his wife‘s hysterics stomping out of the room 3mo

currentlyreadinginCO Agreed @Bookwormjillk 3mo

rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @Ruthiella I don‘t know; he seems a little more fond of Joan than a father would be. 😏 3mo

mcctrish @rubyslippersreads #creepyunclevibes 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 30: oh snap! #butfirst #Fwantstopayforleonardsschooling #ruthisworkingallthetime #ruthsaysno #thurstondidntgetmoneyhewasowed #Flooksintoit #bradshawtriestoblamethurston #amitheonlyonewhoimmediatelythoughtofdick #vindicated #menotthurston #bradshawwantstodisowndick #thurstonsaysnotto #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Clare-Dragonfly Did Ruth say no to F paying for Leonard to go to school? I missed that. And yes, obviously as soon as Benson said he hadn‘t gotten his bonus I suspected Dick! I‘m sure he finished Bradshaw‘s bottle of wine, too. 4mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I know she said she wasn‘t liking the idea, not sure if it was a hard no 4mo

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AllDebooks Dick is completely leaning into his name there 🙄 4mo

AllDebooks #Dickisprimesuspect 4mo

mcctrish Of course it‘s Dick! But Bradshaw‘s parting words about the world being better off with more people like him instead of Benson sum it up perfectly, his kind made Dick! Following rules out of fear = shitheads and following rules B/c of empathy and community = where I want to live aka Benson ❤️ 4mo

Ruthiella The Chekov‘s gun that was Richard just went off! 😆 🔫 4mo

Cuilin Dick is a dumb ass, first rule of crime, you don‘t 💩 on your own doorstep. Bradshaw is about to see the evidence of his parental failings. (I realize I sound criminally inclined, nope I‘m just married to a prosecutor lol). (edited) 4mo

willaful @Ruthiella yes, phew! I'm glad it wasn't something worse happening to Ruth! 4mo

willaful @Cuilin I sure hope he will! He doesn't seem inclined to as yet. 4mo

Bookwormjillk Finally something bad happened that didn‘t involve Ruth🤣 4mo

willaful @Bookwormjillk Yeah, just to another sympathetic character who didn't deserve it! I hope he gets paid back!

I admit to feeling a touch softer towards Bradshaw for what he said about never planning for Benson to refuse his pew money. His liking to be generous isn't completely without merit. 4mo

Bookwormjillk @willaful I was assuming Bradshaw will pay Benson back. At least I hope he will. Unless he decides it was his own fault for being too nice which is very probable now that I think about it. 4mo

dabbe @AllDebooks #dickisadick 😂 4mo

dabbe @Cuilin 🤩😂🤩 4mo

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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 26: yikes #theshithashitthefan #butfirst #donneisgettingmarried #loveatfirstsight #asif #jemimaisalwayswatching #bradshawfindsoutaboutruth #thatseamstress 🙄 #ruthisthrownout #thurstonisgonnabeintrouble #jemimadefendsruth #didnotseethatcoming #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Cuilin I‘ve so many questions? How did he find out? The seamstress or Donne? Is Donne wanting to marry Ruth? I can‘t understand hating/blaming a child because of their parents, it makes no sense to me. 4mo

mcctrish @Cuilin these are my thoughts too! Bradshaw wouldn‘t be going to the seamstress so who did she tell that it has made it to his ears ? The Donne marriage scenario, is that the backstory for marrying Ruth? And he told her tale so she‘d be in a pickle and have to marry him? But some people have seen her with the Bradshaw family so ?? (edited) 4mo

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mcctrish Also why are all the men so stupid 4mo

Cuilin @mcctrish I think you‘re right about Donne, he is going to try force Ruth‘s hand. I‘m hoping F is going to swoop in and rescue her and put them all to shame but I get the feeling this is not a happy ever after novel. 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly If Donne did tell Bradshaw, I‘m even more pissed off because he‘s fully blaming Ruth and not saying Donne is a bad person at all. I know it was the way of things, but it still makes me mad! I hope he gets some comeuppance for his bribery hypocrisy. 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Right? 😂😂😂😂 4mo

IndoorDame He said the whole town was talking, but my bet is still on Donne starting the rumor mill going not the seamstress. Men like that don‘t like being told no and rarely think through the consequences. Unless he doesn‘t care at all about the kid, and is fine ruining them both and betting she‘ll agree to be his mistress if he makes her life miserable enough. 4mo

mcctrish @IndoorDame there is no way Bellingshit isn‘t pissed off Ruth turned down his proposal and maybe if he‘d led with marriage instead of initially proposing to just pick up where they left off ( like WTF dude) 4mo

IndoorDame @mcctrish 💯😡 4mo

currentlyreadinginCO @Cuilin would be the best possibility but alas we will see 4mo

willaful We knew it was coming but it's not a relief it finally happened. :-( 4mo

dabbe Bradshaw‘s holier-than-thou sanctimonious crap after the bribery scene to get Donne elected is just 💩 without the smiley face. I am beyond enraged. 4mo

Bookwormjillk I am thinking it had to have been Donne. It was just too close to his marriage announcement. I‘m wondering if he‘s trying to ruin Ruth so he and new wife can take Leonard. 4mo

AllDebooks With the glee the seamstress showed in telling Jemima, I think it was her passing gossip onto her customers, and it spread like wildfire. Donne didn't need to tell her as she recognised Ruth from earlier. He's still an ass tho. 4mo

rubyslippersreads @AllDebooks I agree. I think the gossip has spread through the town. Maybe Mrs. B heard it and told Mr. B. (Or Mr. BS, as I like to call him.) 4mo

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Little Women (Little Women, #1) | Louisa May Alcott

Ch 3: today we meet Laurie #theboynextdoor #whoplayeditbetter #ilovethemboth #butfirst #whyyyyyywouldyouletthetomboycurlyourhair #iloveJoandLaurietogether #megstillhasntlearnedanything #staytuned

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @amor4libros @mcctrish @bookwormjillk @indoordame @peanutnine @catlass007 @julieclair @kspenmoll @cuilin @SpellboundReader
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Amor4Libros I need to find a copy of this book. I‘m still on chapter 1 on Serial Reader 🤣 7mo

Bookwormjillk @Amor4Libros do you have a kindle? Pretty sure my copy was under a dollar. 7mo

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Bookwormjillk I always think of this chapter as the mirror image of the ball where Lizzie Bennett met Darcy. 7mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 😍😍 7mo

Librarybelle Oh, that‘s a good thought @Bookwormjillk ! ❤️ 7mo

Amor4Libros @Bookwormjillk I do! I haven‘t been buying any books and didn‘t even think to check and see how much it was 😅…copy secured! Thanks! ❤️ 7mo

BarkingMadRead @Amor4Libros woohoo!!! 7mo

SpellboundReader Giving my totally unfair and biased opinion, but I like Christian Bale's version of Laurie better. This is one of my favorite chapters in Little Women. 7mo

dabbe @SpellboundReader I agree! Bale rocks this role! 🤩 7mo

BarkingMadRead @SpellboundReader I am definitely #teamBale on this one. I also prefer that entire version. The newer one just didn‘t do it for me 7mo

julieclair I just loved this chapter. And… I have never seen this on film (!), so have no opinion on #whoplayeditbetter . But if & when I ever do watch it, I‘m going for the Bale version! 😀 (edited) 7mo

BarkingMadRead @julieclair if I had to suggest an order to watch I would definitely suggest the Bale version. They were both fairly close to the book, but the original movie did a much better job with the characters being accurate 7mo

julieclair @BarkingMadRead That‘s good to know. It always bugs me when the movie differs much from the book. 7mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk What a fun way to think of it! @BarkingMadRead Original movie? There are at least two older versions! 😂 I need to watch the one with Katharine Hepburn. 7mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhh I forgot about that one! 7mo

mcctrish @Amor4Libros my serial reader ap is letting me read 2 instalments a day = 1 chapter in real life 7mo

mcctrish There are quite a few versions I haven‘t seen, maybe it‘s time for a retrospective binge 7mo

Amor4Libros @mcctrish ooh, how nice! I was able to get a Kindle version of the book 😊 7mo

mcctrish @Amor4Libros I almost bought one for .75 but for some reason I can skip ahead this time 🤷🏻‍♀️ 7mo

Amor4Libros @mcctrish Now that you‘ve mentioned it, I think I was able to do that too, but I didn‘t try it 😅 7mo

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