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Linsy
Wuthering Heights | Emily Brontë
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Excellently written and the nature writing was stunning, but this is not a romance! I feel like popular culture let me down. Or, as Claire O'Callaghan said much better in Emily Brontë Reappraised:

“I felt that the level of violence Heathcliff perpetrates was hugely troubling, and I couldn‘t understand why this rather demonic male lead (sorry, Heathcliff- ites) was celebrated as a romantic figure.“

#taintedlove #littensdressedinblood #classics

melissajayne The Diving In podcast recently talked about the book and came to the same sort of conclusion. 3y
ravenlee When I hear Heathcliff described as a romantic hero, I assume either you haven‘t read the book or I should worry about you. Also, Romeo and Juliet as the exemplary love story. 3y
hissingpotatoes @ravenlee 💯 💯 💯 3y
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Cinfhen
Lost Children Archive | Valeria Luiselli
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#AyUpAugust Playing catch-up 😉Lots of #TaintedLove in this deeply contemplative story of a family on the brink of implosion. It‘s not an easy read but I‘m taking my time & allowing the authors‘ tone to simmer & boil.

DrJAdMerricksson Love the moose bookmark! 5y
squirrelbrain Sounds great - stacked... 😘👍😁 5y
Cinfhen Thanks @DrJAdMerricksson it‘s my Canadian moose bookmark ❤️I‘m loving this book @squirrelbrain but it‘s HEAVY to read 5y
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DebinHawaii
Jar of Hearts | Jennifer Hillier
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#AyupAugust
“Once I ran to you...Now I‘ll run from you...” the lyrics made me think of these thrillers by Jennifer Hiller that feature #TaintedLove or relationships gone (very) bad. 🖤

allureofbeauty I actually started jar of hearts but I still need to finish it. 5y
squirrelbrain Jar of Hearts sounds really good... and I love the picture montage! 🖤❤️ 5y
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GatheringBooks
Daughter of Fortune | Isabel Allende
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#AyUpAugust Day 24: In this epic story, the plot thickens, boils, and bubbles over with passion laced with lewdness, lust tainted with sadomasochism or #TaintedLove, lovemaking styles edged with just the tiniest ounce of violence. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-35

Lcsmcat This was my first Allende, and it totally hooked me on her writing. 5y
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erzascarletbookgasm
Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy
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Of love triangles and #taintedlove . #ayupaugust

And it‘s an #X-cellentRead #augustabc

(Illustration by Jody Hewgill).

AmyG I love the illustration. 5y
Eggs This illustration 💗👏🏻🤗👏🏻💗 5y
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Andrew65
The Phantom of the Opera | Gaston Leroux
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Is Paris the home of #TaintedLove?
#AyUpAugust

AlaMich Sounds about right! 😊 5y
Cinfhen Oui 🤗absolument❣️❣️❣️❣️ 5y
squirrelbrain Bien sur! 👍😁 🇫🇷 5y
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Cathythoughts
Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn
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#AyUpAugust #TaintedLove I enjoyed this when I read it. I wouldn‘t be going for the reread though. ! Tainted love times a million 😱

Cinfhen Gone Girl is still one my favorites!! 5y
squirrelbrain Great choice! 👍😁❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain I thought this one would be gone by the time I thought of it 😊 5y
youneverarrived One of my faves 🖤 5y
Cathythoughts @youneverarrived a great page turner 👍🏻 5y
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Librarybelle
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#TaintedLove #ayupaugust

Need I say more?? 😂

Cinfhen 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💕 5y
rustoryhuf I‘m slowly working my way through Henry‘s wives. 5y
Librarybelle @rustoryhuf I‘m still reading Katherine of Aragon and hope to get through the rest Weir has written by the end of the year 5y
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Eggs
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Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you🎶

#taintedlove

#ayupaugust @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain

Cinfhen Total 👂🏼🐛🎶❤️ 5y
squirrelbrain ❤️👍😁 5y
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