Litsy

chapter 20: freaking Buddy #yeahbuddythisisallaboutyou #whataloser #peaceout ✌🏻#esthergoestojoansfuneral #suchbeautifulwriting #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 19h

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 19h

mcctrish Loved it ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 19h

See All 11 Comments

Clare-Dragonfly Bahaha, perfect 😂 I hope Esther goes on to live a happy life! Certainly I hope it‘s better than her creator‘s. 19h

Bookwormjillk Go to hell buddy. She should have let him dig out his own dang car. Thanks @BarkingMadRead for another great read. 19h

Ruthiella Buddy, Buddy, Buddy! Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! 18h

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for hosting!! This is one of those books I always felt like I “should“ read but never have. I didn't love it, but some of the writing was amazing. 18h

Deblovestoread So glad to have finally read this book! 16h

kwmg40 Perfect comment about Buddy. Thank you for hosting! I needed this group read to motivate me to start this book, which had sat on my shelves for a long time, but once I got into it, it was easy if sad reading. 14h

Andrea313 Thanks for hosting! It's always the right time to read The Bell Jar, and I'm so glad I got to read it with this group. ❤️ 14h

ElizaMarie Thank you all again for this wonderful group—especially @BarkingMadRead for hosting. I have wanted to read this book for a while now, and I am glad I experienced it with a group. 3h

41 likes11 comments

BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

4.19: #andtheyalllivedhappilyeverafter #withlotsofpropertyexchanginghands #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 2mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
2mo

mcctrish And no crying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo

See All 14 Comments

Bookwormjillk WE MADE IT! Thanks @BarkingMadRead 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly Finally!!! I never would have gotten through this without @BarkingMadRead and the Hashtag Brigade. 2mo

BarkingMadRead This was rough 🤣 I was reading another book and the author used verdant and I was legit pissed 🤣 2mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😂😂😂 2mo

AllDebooks Thank god for you guys, this was a tough read 🫣 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Verdant is going to give us all reading PTSD forever 😂 Thank you so much for hosting!! I didn't enjoy this one, but it was an interesting read, and I can see why it was so popular in its day. 2mo

eeclayton TGIO! Thanks @barkingmadread and #hashtagbrigade I could never have done this without you! 2mo

AnishaInkspill yeyyy, what a marathon. I didn't read this with you all and read it last year, and was really with you all, if its any cnsolation this took me months to read. 2mo

Bklover Thanks so much @BarkingMadRead ! You always make this fun!❤️❤️ 2mo

julieclair This was quite the journey! How will I ever survive without my daily dose of tears and verdure? 😂💚 Thanks for this, @BarkingMadRead , I would have never made it through on my own. 2mo

kwmg40 I don't think I would have gotten through this without the #hashtagbrigade and your encouragement, @BarkingMadRead! It was a struggle but I'm glad I finished the book, if only to check another book off my #1001 list. 2mo

38 likes14 comments

BarkingMadRead

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 27: the movie ends differently, but this is a badass photo so I‘m still posting it 🤷🏻‍♀️ #travelingtothecastle #minaisgettingworse #allsleepandnofoodmakesminaseemlikeavamp #minaandvanhelsingmeetthewives #poorhorsies 💀 #peaceoutwives #herecomesdrac #andalsothewholecrew #dracisslain #dusttodust #butalsoquincey #poorquincey #everyoneelsegetsanHEA #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @ruthiella @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @bklover @bookwormahn @graciouswarriorprincess @cuilin 4mo

mcctrish #peaceoutvamps✌🏻#minaforpresident 4mo

Bookwormjillk My husband wanted to watch the movie last night. I was like nope, you gotta give me another day. Great book. Thanks @BarkingMadRead 4mo

See All 9 Comments

TheBookHippie Mina!!!! 4mo

CatLass007 Mina was pretty badass in the book. I don‘t remember that she was this badass in the movie. 4mo

TheAromaofBooks I really enjoyed reading this, but the ending felt a little abrupt after all that chasing!! 4mo

Cuilin This was a fun read thanks to all #hashtagbrigade On another note Quincey Harker is a great name. (edited) 4mo

rubyslippersreads It‘s hard for me to imagine Drac having (or deserving) a moment of peace. 4mo

rubyslippersreads I just looked at the description of the Keanu movie, and I think they borrowed that whole “vampire in search of his lost love” thing from Dark Shadows. Drac didn‘t seem particularly romantic in the novel, just out for blood. 4mo

35 likes9 comments

BarkingMadRead

The Hotel: A Novel | Elizabeth Bowen

Ch 25: that‘s how it ended?!? #miltonandronnieleft #someladieswentforawalk #theend #theyalllivedeverafter #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @graciouswarriorprincess @mcctrish @ruthiella @cuilin @jewright @julieclair @quietjenn @thebookhippie @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @deblovestoread @dabbe @catlass007 @willaful @debinhawaii @peanutnine @Tineke 5mo

IndoorDame I agree, such a weird note to end on. But it totally fits in with the slightly quirky vibe of the book. The whole thing reminds me of the way you remember a vacation, but written as it‘s happening instead of looking back. 5mo

Bookwormjillk So weird. I was reading this morning that this was her first book and later ones are better. Maybe worth another try.

What a long strange trip it\'s been. Thanks @barkingmadread and #HashtagBrigade 5mo

See All 8 Comments

mcctrish I just finished the chapter and was startled to see it‘s the end, I said it out loud “oh, that‘s it?” Surely a weird way to end I agree @IndoorDame but I‘m happy to be done with this strange group of holidayers ( happy too that the final poke at Kerr happened ) 5mo

currentlyreadinginCO Same reaction 😂😂 5mo

willaful I spent the whole book wondering when we\'d find out what Miss Pym was upset about... 5mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful 🤣🤣🤣 5mo

peanutnine I did like that it called back to the very first chapter and the two ladies' quarrel 5mo

26 likes8 comments

BarkingMadRead

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 36: Donne 🙄 #ihatehim #whataselfcenteteredass #peaceoutloser #leonardwillberaisedbythevillage #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @ruthiella @currentlyreadinginCO @amor4libros @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @mcctrish @indoordame @rubyslippersreads @thebookhippie @dabbe @crinoline_laphroaig
@clare-dragonfly @julieclair @aimeesue @quietjenn @kao @bklover @alldebooks @jewright @cuilin @willaful 6mo

mcctrish Victorian justice is a sham! #donneisadouche 6mo

IndoorDame Somewhat surprised to learn he has no legal rights to the kid at this time. Still such a creep!!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬 6mo

See All 18 Comments

Ruthiella But kudos to Mr. Benson for dressing Donne/Bellingham down and shutting the door in his face. I think Gaskell wrote the whole novel so she could get away with that condemnation of the penis that started it all. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 6mo

Cuilin @Ruthiella Yes!!!! I loved the dress down!! 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Ruthiella Hahaha, yes! Benson is perfection in this chapter. Still so sad though 😭😭😭 Definitely makes me want to read the rest of Gaskell‘s books—I‘ve only read two others. 6mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly me too. I think next year will be a Gaskell binge year for me. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk we will have to add some to next year‘s schedule 6mo

rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella 👍🏻 6mo

dabbe I'm going to try to look at this positively. The hero of a story usually saves or changes the community for the better. Look what Ruth did and how her village changed because of her--even Bradshaw! Unfortunately, she was a sacrificial hero, but Leonard will be okay and turn out well. I hope. 🤞 6mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead woo! 6mo

julieclair @dabbe I love your positivity! 😊 6mo

dabbe @julieclair 🤩😂😘 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead Excellent! 6mo

KAO Thanks to all for helping me to get through this one! The tragedy was almost too much to bear. @dabbe I like your take though! 6mo

dabbe @KAO I tried, but I‘m still all 😭! 6mo

currentlyreadinginCO I just finished because I was vacationing and got behind and you have to be kidding me! Definitely agree w @dabbe though 5mo

34 likes1 stack add18 comments

Super_Jane

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J.K. Rowling

pick

5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 #harrypotter #thedeathlyhallows #finale #theend

15 likes

BarkingMadRead

Middlemarch: a study of provincial life | George Eliot

Chapter 42 #casaubonisanass #theend #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thearomaofbooks @cogsofencouragement @librarybelle @coffeenbooks @bookwormjillk @samanne @chrissyreadit @eeclayton @caroline2 @aimeesue @deblovestoread @thebookhippie @ravenlee @indoordame @daisey 2y

BarkingMadRead @bklover @kspenmoll @alldebooks @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @addison_reads @kwmg40 @litstephanie @moonwitch94 @larkken @jamiearc @rebelreader @jhod @daena @debinhawaii @melissajayne 2y

TheBookHippie 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2y

See All 7 Comments

Aimeesue 100% correct! 2y

Bookwormjillk Yup a big one 2y

CoffeeNBooks Yes, yes he is. 2y

Bklover He‘s an insecure little worm. (Not meant to offend worms) (edited) 2y

46 likes7 comments

MicrobeMom

A Completing of The Watsons | Rose Servitova

#pemberlittens #thewatsonsreadalong #theend Emma and Mr. Howard final get to talk about everything. She tells him about Penelope‘s lies, he tells her about Sis scandal and his delay in seeing her. The conversation ends in a proposal of marriage. My. Howard and Emma court where it is decide that Emma will start a school the poor children of the village. The book ends with Mr. Watsons marriage!

I am sorry for the delay in posting. I am

MicrobeMom Away with any good cell service and WiFi! I will post my overall book review next week when return. 3y

MicrobeMom @Julsmarshall, @BarkingMadRun, @sprainedbrain, @TheBookHippie, @mklong, @Kdgordon88, @Librarybelle, @batsy, @LeahBergen, @Clare-Dragonfly, @eeclayton, @Christyco125, @staci.reads, @Ruthiella, @ravenlee, @AnnCecilie, @MoonWitch94, @nanuska_153, @mollyrotondo, @Sparklemn, @peanutnine, @julieclair, @AllDebooks, @Crinoline_Laphroaig @debinhawaii @nanuska_153 @myellenbee 3y

sprainedbrain I didn‘t read a completed one, but I‘ve loved following you, and I‘m glad Emma ended up where I was hoping for her. ❤️ 3y

See All 6 Comments

julieclair I totally enjoyed this book. I love a good happy ending! 3y

BarkingMadRead I loved this ending, I was cheering for it the whole time! 3y

Ruthiella It was a very satisfying ending! ❤️ 3y

30 likes6 comments

Crinoline_Laphroaig

Excellent Women | Barbara Pym

pick

Thoughts on the Ending⁉️

I was bit underwhelmed. Felt like I needed another Chapter and Epilogue to wind up the story. Especially since I read a Spoiler here for Mildred from her next book Jane & Prudence.
http://agirlwalksintoabookstore.blogspot.com/2013/03/six-degrees-of-barbara-pyms...

Or is that point. 'Mildred is an Excellent Women" and will continue to be one?

#ExcellentWomenandBoiledPotatoes
#Pemberlittens #TheEnd

Crinoline_Laphroaig That being said I definitely want to read more Pym. This is arriving today

Quartet in Autumn: Picador Classic

Crinoline_Laphroaig @mollyrotondo @eeclayton @Ruthiella @BarkingMadRun @Kdgordon88
@Librarybelle @MeganAnn @willaful
@TheAromaofBooks @nanuska_153
@staci.reads @Sparklemn @rubyslippersreads
@sarahbellum @mklong @AllDebooks
@BarkingMadRun @Julsmarshall
@DivineDiana @mollyrotondo @Vansa @TheAromaofBooks @erzascarletbookgasm @MoonWitch94 @julieclair @TheBookHippie @ScientistSam @AnneCecilie @DebinHawaii @eeclayton @peanutnine @sprainedbrain 3y

See All 31 Comments

DivineDiana I just received my copy from the Library, but I will look back at the posts and comment. ❤️ 3y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @DivineDiana Yay! I'm excited to hear your thoughts. 3y

BarkingMadRead I thought it was kind of vague and abrupt lol I like imagining the ending but also I would have like to read it 🤣 it kind of reminded me of the end of My Fair Lady lol 3y

julieclair At first the abrupt (perfect word @BarkingMadRun ) ending bothered me, but the more I thought about it, I kind of liked the open-ended-ness of it. In my mind, Mildred ends up with Everard Bone, and improves his social awkwardness. I'm kind of tired of Julian Mallory, lol. I didn't realize there were more Mildred books. But I didn't read the link, thanks for the heads up about the spoiler, @Crinoline_Laphroaig . And I agree, need to read more Pym! 3y

Ruthiella @julieclair There aren‘t any more books featuring Mildred. She just gets a one line mention in Less Than Angels which lets the reader know if she married or not. 3y

Ruthiella I like the open ended-ness. I think part of the point of the book is that marriage isn‘t a HEA. It‘s just a different kind of burden for an Excellent Woman. 3y

TheBookHippie @Ruthiella I agree with the open ended-ness like. I am definitely reading more Pym! Where to start?!?! I loved your daily synopsis and our discussion so much fun I looked forward to it every day! 3y

Ruthiella @TheBookHippie I would read Less Than Angels next and then No Fond Return of Love only because there are cameos providing glimpses of characters from previous books. Quartet in Autumn is good, but I don‘t think there is any connection to other books. 3y

TheBookHippie @Ruthiella that sounds like a plan! 3y

sarahbellum @Ruthiella thanks for the suggestions for what to read next! I also want to keep reading Pym, but didn‘t know where to start 🙂 3y

peanutnine I was surprised with the ending at first because nothing seemed to have changed really. But overall I really enjoyed this look into Mildred's life. And @Ruthiella I love that idea of marriage as a different kind of burden. So true! 3y

AnneCecilie I think that is the point, that nothing really changes for Mildred. 3y

Crinoline_Laphroaig Sorry for all the tags. Litsy was being weird this morning 3y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @julieclair @BarkingMadRun at first I was What⁉️ but then after I thought about it I was like yeah I get it. Not exactly more Mildred books she just is mentioned I think. 3y

julieclair @Ruthiella Thanks for letting me know there are not any more Mildred books. I like the advice you gave to @TheBookHippie and will follow that Pym Reading Plan. My only question is when to read Less Than Angels. I‘m not sure I‘m emotionally ready yet to find out whether Mildred gets married. 😉 3y

Crinoline_Laphroaig Thanks for reading order @Ruthiella @TheBookHippie @peanutnine Opened End is a good way to describe. I think you're right with nothing really changes @AnneCecilie 3y

julieclair @peanutnine @AnneCecilie @Ruthiella Interesting thoughts about marriage being a different kind of burden, and nothing ever changing for Mildred. Perhaps Excellent Women will always carry burdens, no matter their life situation; that‘s just who they are. They are drawn to help people, are reliable, and have difficulty saying no. 3y

DebinHawaii Vague & a bit depressing to me—the ending, not the book which I enjoyed. I don‘t care whether Mildred married but I wanted her to want & get more from her life. But true to the era for unmarried (Excellent) women I suppose. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I will look into reading more from Pam too. Thanks for the suggestions @Ruthiella And thanks for hosting @Crinoline_Laphroaig 🤗 3y

Vansa I liked the ending,with Everard Bone dumping work that she doesn't even want to do,on her.It seems very in keeping with his character.Mildred actually is fairly content with her life,and I like that the more she sees of the married state, the less alluring it seems to her!If you hadn't found someone who made it all worth it,she seems to accept that she was ok in her own way. 3y

Vansa The book and it's ending feel very timeless to me.This is still the case for single women,in most of the world.Finding love has always been difficult,and continues to be so,and single women are still looked on as people with nothing better to do than be at the Beck and call of others,without reciprocal help. 3y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Vansa Everard Bone's way of courting? 3y

Vansa @Crinoline_Laphroaig no,I don't think so at all,really.He's not the socially awkward geek or modern romcoms, he's genuinely a quite self centred man who would look on her as unpaid editorial assistant plus housekeeper! 3y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Vansa true!!! 3y

eeclayton @Vansa I feel the same way about Everard Bone. He never contacted Mildred for the sheer pleasure of her company, he always wanted something, news about the Napiers if nothing else. I also agree with @AnneCecilie that the ending suggests that nothing changes and nothing probably will. 3y

willaful I'm really not a fan of that kind of ending -- I'm glad to see from the article above that more interesting times were possibly in store for Mildred.

3y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @willaful I gave it 4stars on Goodreads. Would have been 5 with better ending 3y

Sparklemn I also found the ending rather depressing. All that's really changed for Mildred is the number of her acquaintances grew with each one being a burden in their own way. My wish for Mildred is that she take advantage of these new relationships to expand, not narrow, her world. Take Italian lessons from her new neighbors. Join the Learned Society or the Prehistoric Society or whatever interests her and become a scholar in her own right. 🙂 3y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Sparklemn yes! 3y

38 likes31 comments

stonedbookworm

Wall of Silence | Tracy Buchanan

who uses #bookly ? I have always loved this app! I always come back to it and Litsy when I start reading again!
#reading #finished #finish #theend

1 like

Welcome to Litsy!

Trending Hashtags

Trending Books