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Ch 26: laughing because this is what came up when I tried to google that game Laura was playing 🤣 #uncletomsvisitors #queerfishindeed #peoplewatchingFTW #thatyounghubbythough #catlady #tomgavegreatadvice #eventohimself #shortchapter #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Best chapter yet and not the game I pictured or what I ever thought it was called 2mo
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘m picturing one of those wooden boards with divots in them, and you have to try and roll marbles into the divots 2mo
mcctrish I was thinking more of the game you get in Christmas crackers made of plastic with little silver balls but of course it would be wood in these Lark Rise times 2mo
Bookwormjillk I had that game! That brings back memories of flinging things at my brother. Anyway, good chapter. Love Uncle Tom and the lady with all the cats who thought everyone was out to get her. 2mo
willaful @mcctrish That's what I'm thinking. We have (had?) a large one made with mercury, which of course isn't used anymore! 2mo
willaful So this chapter referenced Villette, which I guess is a call-out to #LiteraryCrew, which is reading it next. :-) 2mo
BarkingMadRead @willaful #hashtagbrigade read Villette a couple years back as well! 2mo
mcctrish @willaful I started Villette today on audio ( I am wondering if I should be reading it ) 2mo
tpixie Reminds me of Puff n Stuff … 2mo
tpixie @willaful fun coinkydink about Villette, just as we are about to read it! Synchronicity 2mo
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Ch 13: I couldn‘t find any pics on google that showed #mayday with a #creepydoll 🤷🏻‍♀️ #beautifulchapter #shortchapter #perfectspringday #exceptthatcreepydoll #isaidwhatisaid #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella Nice and short! 2mo
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Bookwormjillk Lol holding the creepy doll up to the window. This chapter reminded me of when certain neighbors turn to our listserve to be cranky about Halloween. According to them the kids never do it right. 2mo
AllDebooks Dolls really creep me out 2mo
mcctrish I love a short chapter, sucks it was ruined by the creepy doll 2mo
TheAromaofBooks I've read about May Day festivities in many old books, but I don't remember ever hearing about a doll before. 2mo
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish So we are just supposed to forgive Valancourt‘s whoring around?! #boyswillbeboys? Just ugh! The Victorian novelist kills women for less 😡 3mo
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so frustrating! 3mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I do think the whole point of this book will be we‘re supposed to forgive Val and be happy for Em when she ends up with him. 3mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk better a loser than being alone #amiright 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish You‘d think she would have learned from her aunt that a loser is NOT better than being alone! 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly Raise your hand if you didn‘t know it was Valancourt helping Theresa the moment she said she couldn‘t say who it was 🤛🏻 3mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I was torn between him and the creeper, it could have gone either way I guess 🤣 I also half wonder if it was the creeper that got shot as well 🤣 3mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly you‘d think 🤔 😝 3mo
mcctrish Ooo @BarkingMadRead maybe the creeper was shot saving Val once again 3mo
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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AllDebooks The whither/thither and hithers are really grinding my gears now. 4mo
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Bookwormjillk Is the count counting the tears? 4mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 4mo
mcctrish I laughed out loud learning that the Count‘s revenge fantasy was fuelled by intel gleaned from Annette‘s “thoughtless prattle” anyone who can follow her circuitous rambling and concoct a plan deserves to succeed 4mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks so much unnecessary language 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly 😂😂😂 4mo
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish Honest to god I can‘t believe Emily actually managed to get Annette out! So much dithering! Why on earth did she not go find Carlos to start?! Ludicrous lives 🎉because nobody dies. They just cry 4mo
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Bookwormjillk 49% through though. #We‘reGettingThere #MaybeSomethingWillHappenSoon 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly Very confusing, is L dead or not? And also is he a good guy or a complete asshole? Because if somebody needs to stay in a room to protect themselves, seems to me the thing to do is leave THEM the key, not take it away and go join the fighting. 4mo
Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly woo 🎉🎉🎉 4mo
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The Hotel: A Novel | Elizabeth Bowen
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BarkingMadRead I‘m traveling this week (again!) to Disneyland! I‘m going to read ahead in the airport but my posts may be weirdly timed depending on the plans for the day 🤣 7mo
Cuilin I do love the people watching. Everyone is so self-conscious. 7mo
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Bookwormjillk The people watching is fun. And the overthinking about omelets. 7mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk so much omelette angst 7mo
julieclair Poor Miss Pym arrived late and lost her chance at an omelette. She had to eat macaroni from the staff lunch. Such a shame. 😂 I wonder what Mrs. Kerr will have to eat - she arrived even later than Pym! 😬 7mo
julieclair @BarkingMadRead Have a blast at Disney! 7mo
BarkingMadRead @julieclair thank you!! 7mo
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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell
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Ch 9: why is this who I picture for sweet Mr Benson?! #shortchapter #ruthissick #shecantcatchabreak #bensonisasaint #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Not only did that stupid entitled manchild leave her without a backward glance, he‘s given her the plague 8mo
Aimeesue @mcctrish Right? Dispicable boy. 8mo
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TheBookHippie @mcctrish BECAUSE OF COURSE HE DID. 😵‍💫 8mo
Ruthiella I‘m picturing Peter Dinklage. I understood dwarf before hunchback… 8mo
mcctrish @Ruthiella I am very pro Peter Dinklage in this role 8mo
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella ohhhhhhh I love that. Yes! 8mo
TheBookHippie @Ruthiella ohhhhh yes. Good pick. 8mo
Bookwormjillk Did Baby B get her sick or is she just heart broken? I guess we'll find out. 8mo
currentlyreadinginCO Wondering the same! @Bookwormjillk 8mo
Clare-Dragonfly Ahh so perfect! A sweet, generous hunchback! 8mo
julieclair #BensonOfNotreDame is the sweetest, kindest man. 💝 8mo
rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella Perfect casting! 7mo
AllDebooks I'm so glad he now has a name cos I was getting really hacked off with deformed/hunchback. So demeaning 7mo
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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier
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ElizaMarie 💜💜💜💜💜💜 12mo
Graciouswarriorprincess Please add me. Thanks 12mo
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Ruthiella Very short but not too bad for a dream sequence. I‘m a little nervous about Jasper the dog. I don‘t remember him. 😬 12mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig Such a great opening line. 12mo
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I don‘t remember! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 @Crinoline_Laphroaig I love it! @TheBookHippie oh nooooo 12mo
willaful @Ruthiella I don't remember either but according to this spoiler website. it's okay. (Click at your own risk!) https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/20561?index1=-1&index2=-1 12mo
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead library has it just need to get it to my branch so I should be able to catch up. Supposed to be in by Friday 😅 12mo
IndoorDame Apparently Manderley is based on a house she saw and fell in love with called Menabilly (you can find stunning photos online) and according to what I‘ve read the dream in this chapter could just as easily foreshadow her actual journey with the house, all of which happened after she wrote and published the book. 12mo
Clare-Dragonfly This is gorgeously written! I haven‘t read this before so it‘s all new to me, and I‘m glad to be finally reading it. 12mo
Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly Awesome you are reading it for the first time! It‘s a great plot. 12mo
Ruthiella @willaful Thank you! 😊 12mo
Bookwormjillk Woohoo new book! I only have the audio version in my library so I‘m reading it that way. 12mo
dabbe @IndoorDame I read too that she was given a lease by the owner at the time, spent money renovating it, and lived there for 20 years before giving it back to the family. I never knew this, and the last time I read it was in the early 1990s before the Internet. Thank goodness for instant knowledge! 🤩 12mo
dabbe The passage where the narrator talks about the wind coming from the western sea reminded me of Cornwall and the island off of it that is prevalent in AND THEN THERE WERE NONE ... and also P.B. Shelley's “Ode to the West Wind.“ Oh, what a tremendous novel embracing Gothic and Romantic literature from the early 1800s. I'm in heaven! #byebyebadbros 🤩 12mo
5feet.of.fury Add me please 😊 12mo
TheAromaofBooks LOVE how atmospheric this chapter is!! 12mo
IndoorDame @dabbe couldn‘t agree more on both counts! #hailtheinternet #byebyebadbros 12mo
KAO I am excited to start something new! Optimistic here! 12mo
dabbe @IndoorDame 💚🩷💚 12mo
peanutnine This is my first time reading and I'm loving the descriptions so far! 12mo
Roary47 @Clare-Dragonfly I completely agree it is so beautiful already! I‘m also a first time reader with you and @peanutnine it will be fun reading with all of you. 🥰💛 12mo
julieclair Please add me! I was too intimidated to attempt the bros, but now I'm back in the brigade! 12mo
julieclair @IndoorDame Thanks for this great info about Menabilly! My husband and I will be touring Cornwall next month. I wonder if it's visible from the road? 12mo
IndoorDame @julieclair oooh, definitely let us know if it is!!! 12mo
BarkingMadRead @julieclair added you! 12mo
julieclair @IndoorDame Will do! 12mo
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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky
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mcctrish Blah, blah, blah is all I hear 12mo
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Bookwormjillk Short chapters for the win 12mo
Ruthiella I think he did a good job of demolishing the prosecution‘s arguments. 👍 12mo
dabbe De-do-do-do de-de-blah-blah-blah is all I want to say to many long-winded chapters (thanks for the assist, The Police). 😃 12mo
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