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Ch 2.2: #juliaandrex #whataguyheis #juliawantstomarryhim #hewantstomarryjulia #butalsohavehismistress #somuchdrama #rexbecomescatholic #butooops #hehasanexwife #uhoh #nocatholicweddingnow #noneofthegoodfamilywillcome #protestantwedding #ohtheshame 🙄 #thatlastlittlebitthough #whathappenstorex #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #omg #ialmostforgot #thosetalescordeliatoldtorex 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 12h

Bookwormjillk Cordelia 😂😂 12h

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk best part of the whole chapter 🤣🤣 12h

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willaful Oh man. Charles falls for Julia because she's the closest he can get to Sebastian. UGH.

Cordelia is a beam of sunshine. 💛 12h

lil1inblue Cordelia was excellent in this chapter. ??? I also found Rex's whole "I'll just become a Catholic" thing hilarious. 11h

Cuilin @lil1inblue that was so funny, especially with Cordelia interfering. 😆 11h

ElizaMarie Rex doesn‘t seem to get it. I would think Julia would have been insulted that he didn‘t take the Catholicism seriously and dismissed it. Like to say he would throw money at the fact his x wife existed - he is cocky. —- oh and Cordelia is a hoot!!! 11h

mcctrish I quite liked Rex until he went back to his mistress because Julia wouldn‘t put out - she was 20? In an era that frowned on extra marital sex AND didn‘t talk about sex to know what to expect 10h

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 21m

Clare-Dragonfly Cordelia is the best. I want to say Rex and Julia deserve each other, but that might be a little harsh on Julia. The bit where she catches him with his mistress so pointedly avoids him, and then when she‘s talked into seeing him she emerges engaged, cracked me up! 20m

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mcctrish

Kills Well with Others | Deanna Raybourn

Just heard “dressed like Anthony Andrews in “Bridsehead Revisited” “I‘m not sure I could kill anyone carrying around a teddy bear” ❤️❤️❤️ I love it when my reads intersect #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 2.1: #yikes #christmasatbrideshead #samgrasslostsebastianabroad #butheliedaboutittom #everyoneishidingthebooze #exceptforcharlieandcordelia #charliegetskickedout #cordeliagetsintrouble #rexwillbringsebastiantoafacility #excepthelosessebastiantoo #rexwantstomarryjulia #askingpopssincemomdoesntlikehim #lookslikehewins #butdoesjuliawin #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

willaful I don't think I care much about Julia making a stupid mistake, she's kind of a horrible person. 2d

BarkingMadRead @willaful yeah, I‘m not a big a fan either. I thought she was fun at first, but not so much anymore! 2d

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Cuilin Oh Sebastian, 😔 I love how Charles is unbothered by Lady M‘s disappointment in him. (edited) 2d

willaful The whole family is so toxic, even Cordelia at times. Though that's from her upbringing and she's sweet enough that she might overcome it.
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lil1inblue The discomfort in this chapter was palpable! Oof! 2d

Cuilin @lil1inblue Yes, that‘s a really good way of putting it. I‘m not a fan of Lady M. 2d

Bookwormjillk Ooof the fun is over. 2d

mcctrish The money is all gone - oof 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Is Brideshead‘s first name actually Brideshead?! I thought he was Lord Brideshead but probably has a real first name and the last name Flyte like Sebastian (you know, like George Gordon, Lord Byron)… but even his mom calls him “Bridey.” 2d

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful I‘d have hope for Cordelia if she were to be spirited away to some other family. 2d

ElizaMarie EESH this family is A LOT! I‘d be drinking all the time too!!! 1d

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly Bridey does have a Christian name. Brideshead is just the title and Bridey his nickname. But the book never reveals what it is. 1d

BarbaraJean I‘ve been catching up and discovered today that my copy combines Book I and Book II (chapters 1-8) and therefore Book III has become Book II (chapters 1-5). As if I wasn‘t confused enough already by falling behind 🥴 Also I miss Aloysius. 🧸 6h

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Daisey

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

I‘ve been listening to Brideshead Revisited this past week, but I‘ve felt like I‘m not listening closely enough when I read the posts and comments. Today, I found this podcast and listened to a few episodes. They look at it from more of a religious aspect, and they also discuss a variety of passages that help me consider it in more depth. I‘ll put a link to the first episode in the comments.

#HashtagBrigade #1001books #audiobook

Daisey Close Reads Episode 53 from May 2017
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ORq4deZtFkMNw1riR08hn?si=U1hu7Be9R2iyuuylhfom4... 2d

Ruthiella Awesome! Thanks for the link! 😊 2d

Bookwormjillk Cool! 2d

Cuilin Fabulous, thank you for sharing. 2d

ElizaMarie Oooo thank you!!!! 1d

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 5: #backtoschool #actinglikeoldmen #juliaandrexinvitethemtolondon #timeforaball #whichtheyhate #timeforabrothel #whatcouldgowrong #fairies 😳 #ugh #timeforapartywiththegirls #askullandaconsumptive #bustedbythecops #timeforjail #rexbailsthemout #samgrassissomethingelse #christmasatbrideshead #backtoschool #sebastianisdrinkingtoomuch #beingsentdown #nowcharliehasnoroommate #hedecidestopursuepainting #sebastianwillgoabroad ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #untilnextterm #andthenhewillbebabysat #whatcouldgowrong #whatwillcharliedo ⁉️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 3d

TheBookHippie Fell behind catching up today! Am loving it! 3d

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mcctrish I‘m pretty sure everything will go wrong 3d

willaful Fascinating chapter! To me, Charles and Sebastian are clearly in love... But do they know it themselves?

The ending is heartbreaking. Sebastian's family is doing the absolute worst thing they could do in the name of taking care of him. I'm afraid they're driving him to his death. 3d

Cuilin The juxtaposition of the helicoptering of Sebastian‘s family and The “hey you‘re 22, no? you‘re 20, I thought it was longer but, live your own life” from Charles‘s father is something. (edited) 3d

Clare-Dragonfly I do not foresee good things for Sebastian. 3d

Bookwormjillk I left this and Nancy Drew until 7:45 tonight. Why do I feel like a kid who procrastinated on their homework 😂 2d

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 2d

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk Haha. Same. 😂 2d

lil1inblue @willaful They're definitely in love. 😍 2d

ElizaMarie @willaful yes!!! I don‘t think they understand the feelings they have but know they feel intense and all consuming. 2d

Sparklemn @Cuilin I thought so, too. And yet they‘re both so lonely. 5h

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Ruthiella

The Silencers | Donald Hamilton

#weekendreads

Definitely enjoying the cooler temperatures today.

📕I will finish the Matt Helm today. I picked it up at a FLL along with the James Bond books last week.

📘Handling Sin is my last #Roll100 for September and a bit of a struggle.

📗Loving my revisit to Brideshead for #HashtagBrigade and am reading far, far ahead of planned as a result.

Leftcoastzen 🥰love Brideshead 4d

Ruthiella @Leftcoastzen It‘s a true classic.👌 3d

RamsFan1963 I remember the Matt Helm movies with Dean Martin. He's played like an American James Bond, Martin wasn't much of an actor, but they could still be enjoyed for their campiness. 3d

Ruthiella @RamsFan1963 I used to love Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis movies as a kid. 😅 Apparently the Matt Helm movies were quite different from the books. But for sure I can see a tie to Fleming‘s Bond, who is also quite different from his film counterpart. (edited) 3d

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Cuilin

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

@Ruthiella It‘s amazing what a little closer reading will do, I must‘ve missed this on previous reads or else I was just too sympathetic to Charles.

There‘s a parenting lesson in this somewhere. lol #hashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

Ruthiella Yes, me too! I was also much closer in age to Charles when I first read it which no doubt also affected my interpretation. 😅 4d

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AnneCecilie

Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... a Memoir of Sorts | Nigel Slater

#BookReport

I continued my yearlong reads on the right

I continued Tombland #ShardlakeBR, Emma #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow & started Brideshead Revisited #HashtagBrigade

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I finished The Healing Season of Pottery

I started Krakk, but I didn‘t get that much reading in & it was due back at the library yesterday, so I put it on hold.I‘m on the wait list again

I read Ambjørnsen‘s latest short story collection

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Y‘all. @dabbe made us a beautiful schedule to get us through the longer chapters. I will probably only post on the days we finish a chapter, in case anyone reads it all at once or in a different way, but one never knows 🤷🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Thanks @barkingmadread @dabbe these chapters are delightful but some are so long! 5d

mcctrish Okay posting when we finish a chapter makes me breath a happy sigh, I‘m on my kindle and I legit have no tracking vibes with it - I really do love paper books best 😆 5d

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Cuilin 👍 5d

Librarybelle Screenshotting this! Thanks @dabbe and @BarkingMadRead ! 5d

dabbe 🧡💜💛 5d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk IKR? I want to savor it a bit more. 🧡💜💛 5d

dabbe @Librarybelle 🧡💜💛 5d

Clare-Dragonfly Sounds great! Thanks @dabbe ! I‘ve been scrambling to keep up and have had a hard time getting to my other books. 5d

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 💛💜🧡 4d

willaful Fantastic! This last chapter was a doozy! (edited) 4d

kwmg40 This plan sounds good to me! 4d

BarbaraJean Oh, yes please—this is fantastic!! 💜💜 Thank you, @dabbe !! 4d

ElizaMarie I love this thanks!!!! 4d

dabbe @willaful 💛💜🧡 4d

dabbe @kwmg40 💛💜🧡 4d

dabbe @BarbaraJean 💛💜🧡 4d

dabbe @ElizaMarie 💛💜🧡 4d

Sparklemn Perfect! 4d

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.4: #painting #winetasting #camelopard #dude #thatsagiraffe #anyway #wemeetthefam #bigfanofcordelia #offtovenice #onsebastiansdime #hisdadisintereating #caraseesall #veryastute #lotsoffuntheories #backhomeagain #popswasworriedaboutsebastian 🤣 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Pop was worried 😂

I'm a Cordelia fan too. 5d

willaful Haven't finished the chapter yet, but the wine tasting scene is hilarious! “Like the last unicorn.“
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dabbe @BarkingMadRead I was looking over the chapters, and a few of them are 40-60 pages. I'm okay powering through, but I do have a modified reading schedule if anyone is interested; we'd still finish well before the end of September. Starting with tomorrow, here it is:
9/13: Ch. 5, first half
9/14: Ch. 5, second half
9/15: Book 2/Ch. 1
9/16: Ch. 2
9/17: Ch. 3
9/18: Book 3/Ch. 1, first half
9/19: Ch. 1, second half
9/20: Ch. 2
9/21: Ch. 3 ⬇️
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dabbe 9/22: Ch. 4
9/23: Ch. 5, first half
9/24: Ch. 5, second half
9/25: Epilogue

This is only a suggestion that I thought I'd share. 🧡💜💛 5d

Cuilin I can‘t remember if this is my third or fourth time reading this book, but I cannot figure out Ryder‘s father!! he just exudes sarcasm, right? Also, Cordelia is hilarious. “I can‘t spare you a whole rosary you know. Just a decade.” 5d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I love this, thanks for figuring it out! I will make a separate post and tag everyone so that nobody misses it 5d

Ruthiella @Cuilin This is only my second time reading it. I do recall on first reading it how I thought Charles relationship was his father was sad and lonely, but on the second reading I kind of think that Ryder Sr. is doing the right thing by encouraging (in his way) Charles to live within his means (which are very generous 740 in 1925!?!!) and get him out of the house and living his own life. Plus, he likes Sebastian - later chapters will prove. 5d

mcctrish I love Cordelia! Sebastien stuttering “Charles, Charles! It‘s Mr Ryder” Cordelia “Charles, meet me ……” I‘m getting Flavia vibes! I love a precocious tween girl 5d

Cuilin @Ruthiella yeah I agree with this assessment. I do think he was trying to encourage Charles to live within his means and also to use his summer appropriately, maybe get a job and then he could afford go to the theater, etc.. plus I also think Charles though aware of his father‘s loneliness, doesn‘t write to him. 5d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😘 5d

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯♥️🎯 5d

Clare-Dragonfly I love Cordelia! She knows what she wants and goes for it. 5d

ElizaMarie I love Cordelia and her rosary!!! She is such a fun character 4d

lil1inblue @willaful Loved the wine tasting! 🤣🤣🤣 I just love this book. 4d

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