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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

The Brothers Karamazov (Classic Unabridged Edition): A Philosophical Novel by the Russian Novelist, Journalist and Philosopher, Author of Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The House of the Dead, Notes from Underground and The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

ch 12.14: Dmitry speaks up #heswearshedidntdoit #thejurydeliberates #guilty #omgwemadeittotheepilogue #itsamiracle #staytuned #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

In my defense, I chose this pic before I realized the epilogue had three parts 🙄

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @dabbe @currentlyreadinginco 8mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 8mo

mcctrish #praisebe 8mo

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5feet.of.fury Lmaooooo 8mo

Bookwormjillk Ha! Who makes an epilogue with 3 chapters?? 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk sick demented weirdos , that‘s who 🙄 8mo

TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅 8mo

Ruthiella 🥳🥳🥳 8mo

mcctrish FD is still writing this book in hell with Freud (edited) 8mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 8mo

dabbe “The epilogue had three parts“ because ... of course it did. FD= #mostlongwindedgasbaginliteraryhistory 8mo

dabbe @mcctrish 😂😂😂 8mo

mcctrish @dabbe I don‘t even know why he leads with these nonsensical statements about what is coming cuz we know BLAH BLAH BLAH 8mo

dabbe @mcctrish And how many times did he say he was going to be succinct with his words and then BLAH BLAH BLAH again to infinity. 😂 8mo

mcctrish @dabbe he has absolutely no chill when it comes to words 8mo

currentlyreadinginCO @mcctrish laughing so hard at your first comment 8mo

currentlyreadinginCO I think that I liked the last chapter best, everyone waiting around for the verdict unexpected by most. Although, weren't we told early on that Alyosha is the hero of this story 🤔, perhaps I misunderstood and he meant like .... the good one ... 8mo

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BarkingMadRead

Rebecca | Daphne Du Maurier

Ok #hashtagbrigade it‘s time to start thinking about our April book! We will be reading Rebecca, which only has 27 chapters 🎉🎉 we will finish with a few days off before our May book. Anyone can join us, so if you‘d like to read along, please know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read the hashtags until you‘ve read the chapter! I am tagging the whole brigade, so let me know if you‘re in! #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @catlass007 @indoordame @librarybelle @tineke @bookwormjillk @rubyslippersreads @currentlyreadinginco @annr 8mo

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright 8mo

BarkingMadRead @daisey @morr_books @covertocovergirl @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @larkken @samanne @5feet.of.fury @crinoline_laphroaig @daisey @kao @i.besteph @rwmg 8mo

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willaful Haven't read this one in a long time, so I'm in! 8mo

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 8mo

Bookwormjillk I‘m in! This one will seem like a breeze after #TheBros 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk seriously! Should be delightful 🤣 8mo

Librarybelle I‘m so excited for this! And I second @Bookwormjillk ! 😂 8mo

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 8mo

mcctrish This means we will actually not be reading #thebros FOREVER #praisebe 8mo

CatLass007 I think I‘m going to sit this one out. The library hold list says that it will be available in 25 weeks. But please keep me on your tag list. I love your posts. 8mo

Cuilin I‘m still behind in #TheBros but will still join in the Rebecca read. It‘s been a while but I‘m sure I can find my copy. 8mo

dabbe I'm in. Can't wait to visit Manderley again. And to say “до свидания“ to #thebros! 🤩 8mo

Ruthiella @dabbe 😂😂😂 It‘s a reread for me to and will be a welcome change from the Bros! 8mo

IndoorDame Looking forward to this one! I love Rebecca! 8mo

peanutnine I'm in!! 8mo

quietjenn Can't wait to reread this one! 8mo

TheBookHippie Oh why not -I‘ll reread it it‘s been so long I‘ve no memory of it 😅🤣👀 8mo

kwmg40 I plan to reread this one! 8mo

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 you‘re on my master list, do you want to be tagged for rebecca? 8mo

CatLass007 Yes I still want to be tagged. Thank you. 8mo

Clare-Dragonfly Ah! I thought somebody was doing a readalong of Rebecca coming up soon! Excellent, I‘ve had it on hold but have been saving it. 8mo

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 8mo

dabbe I don't know if anyone needs this, but I have a pdf copy of REBECCA available online. Maybe you, @CatLass007?

Here's the link: https://bit.ly/3xfFPY4 8mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe thank you for sharing that, hopefully @CatLass007 can use it!! 8mo

Aimeesue Oh, what the heck, count me in. Haven‘t read it in ages. 8mo

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 8mo

CatLass007 @dabbe Thank you so much for thinking of me. I can‘t read ebooks, no matter their format. Too much eye strain leads to migraines.😘😘 8mo

rubyslippersreads Please tag me. I don‘t know if I‘ll get a chance to read along, but I‘ve read it so many times that your hashtags will be fun no matter what. 😂 #lastnightiwenttomanderleyagain 8mo

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 8mo

eeclayton I'll sit this one out, but I wish you all happy reading, you'll love it 🙂 8mo

eeclayton Can you repost this year's book list, please? Or just give me the link to the original post? I can't find it. 8mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I'm in for this one - it's a fave and I haven't read it in several years!! 8mo

IndoorDame @CatLass007 I don‘t know if you like audio, but sometimes I switch to that for migraines, and this one seems to be available for me on audio via hoopla and Spotify premium 8mo

CatLass007 @IndoorDame I listen to a lot of audiobooks but it‘s not available through Libby. I‘ve never used Hoopla. I‘ll take a look at it. Thank you. (edited) 8mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Count me in! I first read as a teen. Rereading a few years ago, I got so much more out of it. Looking forward to Discussion. 8mo

julieclair I‘m excited to read this one again! 8mo

Daisey You can leave me off the list for this one. I‘m not going to read it daily, although depending on how the month goes, I may listen to it again and check in with the posts. 8mo

ElizaMarie I have been wanting to read this one forever! I am not “part“ of the #HashTagBrigade, but... can I join? Not sure what y'all do, but I know I want to read this one :) 8mo

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie I will add you to the list for this one! The #hashtagbrigade is reading classics this year, one chapter a day. I post recaps every day, and the hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read the post until you‘ve read the chapter! We have a lot of fun! 8mo

ElizaMarie @BarkingMadRead oooo im excited! I'm purchasing the book tomorrow ❤️❤️ 8mo

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie fabulous!!! 8mo

daena Please add me in this one too. I‘m ready for this after the mountain climb that was the bros! 8mo

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 8mo

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BarkingMadRead

Ch 7.4: Alyosha leaves the monastery #donthateme #waterintowine #alyoshahasamoment #everythingisclearnow #timetopeaceout #thebros #shortchapter #anothermiracle #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

Bookwormjillk Miracles do happen 😂 9mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it‘s the little things 🤣 like little chapters 🤣 9mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 😅🤣🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 9mo

TheBookHippie The picture, made my day. 9mo

currentlyreadinginCO Not reading any comments or hashtags bc I'm behind - but using this comment to motivate myself to catch up!! 9mo

Ruthiella That image! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 💦➡️🍷💥💥💥 9mo

SamAnne 😂😂😂😂. Love the image! 9mo

BarkingMadRead I‘m so glad you all like the pic 🤣 I was worried I might I have gone a little too far 🤣 @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @SamAnne 9mo

Bookwormjillk That pic is everything 9mo

dabbe #theperfectpic 🤩😂😂🤩 9mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead not for me but that‘s not a ruler to use … 😅👀🫣 9mo

mcctrish This is the Jesus I‘m here for, especially on a Friday after a looooonngggg week and #praisebe for short chapters 9mo

Graciouswarriorprincess That picture and thank goodness for little chapters. 9mo

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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego

The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood

Off to the ballet. #PraiseBe 📖🩰

KristiAhlers Oh how awesome. I adore the ballet 🩰 2y

IndoorDame I love that this is a ballet! I bet it suits really well! 2y

LeahBergen How was it? I was thinking of going! 2y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @LeahBergen It was really good! 2y

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Cinfhen

Magician�s Lie: A Novel | Greer Macallister

I‘m getting serious Margaret Atwood “Alias Grace” vibes ♥️#PraiseBe 🙏🏼 loving this audio/ novel #WrittenByALitten @theladygreer

Velvetfur Great photo, I love those flowers 🌷😊 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @Velvetfur when I went out to buy eggs ( #Necessities ) I took a side trip to my flower shop 🤫🤫🤫 (#Necessities ) I was so HAPPY they were open although I think by today they will be forced to shut 😢 5y

theladygreer Alias Grace is one of my favorite books of all time! And a major influence on TML. Did you see the Netflix adaptation of Alias Grace? I thought it was excellent. 5y

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Cinfhen Not yet @theladygreer but thanks, you just gave me an activity!!!! I‘m on my final 4 hours of the audio and I‘m completely spellbound 🖤🎩🐇I‘m really LOVING this book❣️❣️❣️ 5y

Centique Freesias are my favourite! 😍 5y

Cinfhen Their scent is exquisite @Centique 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 5y

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julesG

The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World | Jacques Bosser

This is my church (well, not actually mine, but you get my meaning), so reading to me is #LikeAPrayer.

#MOvember @Cinfhen

Pic from internet

Cathythoughts I get your meaning 👍🏻❤️ 5y

eraderneely Amen to that! 5y

Hooked_on_books 😍 5y

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Caroline2 Beautiful 😍 5y

Cinfhen #PraiseBe 5y

BethM 😍😍😍 5y

Amiable Is that heaven? 😍 5y

Sace I'm in love 😍💕 5y

GingerAntics That is just gorgeous!!! 5y

Kalalalatja I just want to live there 😍 5y

Deifio 😍❤️❤️❤️ 5y

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McGonagall

The Testaments: A Novel | Margaret Atwood

pick

Wow! #praisebe

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mrp27

The Testaments: A Novel | Margaret Atwood

so-so

#booked2019 #newin2019

⭐️⭐️⭐️ This started off strong, if not a little predictable, and I was really enjoying it but by the end I was rolling my eyes. Whereas Handmaids Tale felt disturbingly real and plausible, this at times just felt silly. I didn't hate it but I didn't love it.

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

alisiakae A lot of people are feeling So-So about this one. 😞 Hey @cinfhen, your #unpopularopinion is becoming a bit more popular! 😃 5y

Cinfhen #PraiseBe @4thhouseontheleft 😉❣️I‘m no longer the odd duck 🦆 🙌🏻 (edited) 5y

Cinfhen I wanted to love this book fully but for me it was glaringly flawed 😥😥😥 5y

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mrp27 @Cinfhen Totally agree and I don't really feel I learned learn anything new about Gilead except it's dirty secrets. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage It felt like a sell out book, with none of the gravity of HT. 5y

mrp27 @BarbaraTheBibliophage Agreed, and I was so hoping that it wouldn't! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @mrp27 Definitely! 5y

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Cinfhen

The Testaments: A Novel | Margaret Atwood

so-so

#UnpopularOpinion Yes, in this case you can call me a cynic but I‘m pretty sure what drove Margaret Atwood to finally pen a sequel to her brilliant dystopian novel, The HandMaid‘s Tale,is the wildly popular success of the Hula TV series adaptation. The Testaments reads like a made for TV screenplay. This book was FUN but it wasn‘t flawless. After 35 years, I was expecting a more refined novel & less of a YA caper #PraiseBe 🙏🏼 #GoodNotGreat

TrishB, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Cinfhen I get what you were saying now @KarenUK this was entertaining but not fully satisfying 5y

Martyn_J_Pass Ouch! This is the huge danger of being a victim of your own popularity, hence the recent chaos over GOT and JK Rowling‘s failed prequels. I‘m tempted not to read it now and avoid spoiling my love for Handmaid. 5y

Cinfhen @Martyn_J_Pass was I a little harsh?? 🙈it‘s just Margaret Atwood has written so many brilliant novels with stunning prose that my expectation were of a higher standard from this particular author. 5y

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Martyn_J_Pass @Cinfhen No, I totally agree with you. When the bar has been set so high, authors need to keep it there. I‘m a huge fan of Cormac McCarthy but ‘All the pretty horses‘ was terrible and it put me off reading any more. When you‘ve been through The Road and Blood Meridian, he cant be giving us less than his best ha ha ha 5y

TrishB I‘m not rushing anytime soon and I suspect I‘ll see a #99ponkindle offer and suddenly jump off the fence! 5y

Cinfhen @Martyn_J_Pass TRUTH!!! Although my review shouldn‘t stop you from reading The Testaments. I don‘t think the sequel “harms” the Handmaid‘s Tale and there is a sense of resolution. I also believe Atwood wanted to give us her version before Hula gave us theirs 😊😉 5y

Martyn_J_Pass @Cinfhen That‘s a good point! Shame George R R Martin didn‘t think the same way ha ha. Thanks for the helpful review! 5y

Cinfhen @TrishB I‘m thinking some nice Litten or your wonderful hubby will gift you this book as you have a bday very soon!!!! ❤️ 5y

TrishB @Cinfhen ♥️ it wasn‘t on hubby‘s pre-approved list! 5y

charl08 It would be super boring if we all liked the same things. (I just finished it, loved it!) 5y

Cinfhen My opinion is obviously not in sync with most of Litsy @charl08 so what do I know 🤷🏼‍♀️ 5y

AceOnRoam It's ok to just go with your gut feeling @Cinfhen - It got way too YA for me as well. 5y

Cinfhen Hi @AceOnRoam !!!! Thanks for the moral support 💕but luckily Litsy is a warm place where one can voice their opinion with ease 😁 5y

AceOnRoam @Cinfhen true true. Onward to your next great read hopefully 😘 5y

marleed I completely understand how you would feel that way. For me, I was thrilled, Ms Atwood was able to write her own conclusion - whatever that was. But about the YA thing, I get that. I felt that way about Where the Crawdad‘s sing. I love seeing opposing views as it makes me contemplate my own reading experience. 5y

Billypar Interesting- I remember being surprised about how much Maddadam seemed like purely entertaining fiction compared to her other stuff (though I liked that one, not a criticism). I wonder how much of a conscious decision the change in style was for both novels (I haven't read Testaments yet). 5y

Billypar @Martyn_J_Pass I'm with you on AtPH, but his follow-ups, The Crossing and Cities of the Plain are two of my favorites of his and favorite novels period. Even better than The Road and Blood Meridean imo, and I loved both of those too. (Sorry for the aside Cindy... Nothing to do with Atwood or The Testaments 😳). 5y

KarenUK Exactly! 👍 5y

Hooked_on_books Bravo to you for your honesty about a rabidly anticipated book by an author with a broad fan base. Truthfully, I‘m not even interested in reading this. 🤷🏼‍♀️ (edited) 5y

Cinfhen My criticism is my opinion as a reader but I would never speak for anyone else or try to persuade another to skip a book. This was just a case of my own expectations not being met @marleed @Billypar @Hooked_on_books @KarenUK but I absolutely understand why others are LOVING IT!! 5y

Hooked_on_books I completely agree and feel the same way about my own reviews. I just know it can be hard to express a dissenting opinion about a book/author everyone else seems to love. So I‘m glad you did that, as we all should when that‘s our opinion. I feel like I sometimes see apologetic reviews, and we shouldn‘t have to apologize for our opinions. Every book doesn‘t work for every person. 5y

Martyn_J_Pass @Billypar That‘s a bold claim lol. Now I‘m going to have to go back and take a look at them again! 5y

Cinfhen @Hooked_on_books Thanks so much, Holly!!! It is hard to sometimes disagree with the masses especially on a book that is being lauded by almost all readers. I do think most people on Litsy are very respectful of differing views so I felt comfortable #SpeakingMYTruth 😘😘😘 5y

alisiakae I fully admit that my 💜 for The Testaments is tied up in my love for HT and Atwood. It‘s definitely not her finest work, but I still enjoyed the ride. 😃 I think it helped that I went into it not looking or expecting the same level of literary writing I found in HT. 🙌🏽 to you for voicing an #unpopularopinion! (edited) 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @4thhouseontheleft I think expectations were not properly checked and I think I approached this novel with a bit of cynicism. But I‘m glad diehard Atwood fans are not feeling the sting 💕😁 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks We are so opposite that I‘ll probably love it!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 5y

Redwritinghood Totally agree, but I just really enjoyed reading it. 5y

Reviewsbylola The Litsy reviews on this have me a bit nervous. Then again, I‘d say my expectations are pretty low. 5y

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