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BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ruthiella She never, never, never stops crying…😭😭😭 3w
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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella those are all her tears in that picture 🤣🤣🤣 3w
Ruthiella @BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 3w
ElizaMarie I'm behind but I'm gonna catch up tomorrow. Now I know where I should end up!!! 3w
mcctrish @Ruthiella she is now exhausted by her tears so maybe we can catch a break ( I didn‘t even realize she was crying. Again. ) 3w
Clare-Dragonfly Macaroni obviously isn‘t going to kill her, because he wouldn‘t inherit her estates (I presume her closest living relative would, and that‘s the mom‘s brother, whom it would be a lot harder to get the property from). But this seems like a lovely place so I‘m suspicious of the niceness. 3w
Bklover To me this book feels so much like it was written by a man! All the fainting and crying and weak women. And I mean a man back in that time. (edited) 3w
Bookwormjillk So weird. Glad she made a friend though. Random sea nymph poem inserted here. 3w
julieclair I‘m glad I don‘t have to “analyze” this book for an English class. I don‘t know what I‘d do about that sea nymph song! 😂 Which, by the way, was sung in the audio version and was completely tuneless!But at least Emily has made a friend. 2w
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BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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AllDebooks The whither/thither and hithers are really grinding my gears now. 3w
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Bookwormjillk Is the count counting the tears? 3w
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 3w
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 3w
mcctrish @AllDebooks so much unnecessary language 3w
Clare-Dragonfly 😂😂😂 3w
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LitsyEvents
The Hotel: A Novel | Elizabeth Bowen
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Ch 1: we meet the characters #well #someofthecharacters #pymisashylittlething #mrskerrisinteresting #pymsreactiontobeingseenwithkerr #shouldgetinterestingquickly #shortbook #hooray #hashtagbrigade
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BarkingMadRead
The Hotel: A Novel | Elizabeth Bowen
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Ch 1: we meet the characters #well #someofthecharacters #pymisashylittlething #mrskerrisinteresting #pymsreactiontobeingseenwithkerr #shouldgetinterestingquickly #shortbook #hooray #hashtagbrigade
Be sure and tag me in your post if you make one, you know i love seeing the different colors! Anyone can join in, just know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers

Ruthiella Still waiting on my copy. Will catch up later! 😀 4mo
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Graciouswarriorprincess I will start when I get off work this afternoon. Thanks for the tag! 😊 4mo
Bookwormjillk This seems like a lighter read than Ruth? Maybe? We‘ll see. 4mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I‘m hoping! It seems so 4mo
mcctrish I forgot what day it was so got my kindle copy 🙏🏻 so Miss Pym thinks she‘s a hedonist? I‘m curious about what she and Emily came apart over. It sounds like a lovely place to spend the winter sucks that I have to spend mine at work 4mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I hope we find out about the quarrel, I‘m also intrigued! 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly Take me off the tag list for this. I‘m just too busy ☹️ 4mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly gotcha 4mo
Cuilin I think the quarrel is a case of familiarity breeding contempt. Imagine wintering in a luxury hotel on the Italian Riviera though. 4mo
willaful I'm definitely intrigued about the friendship. Miss Pym seems to be a bit of a status chaser? But perhaps will realize she's happier with someone she can be herself with. 4mo
TheBookHippie My book arrives Tuesday! I‘ll catch up! 4mo
rubyslippersreads I‘m just catching up, but enjoying it so far. I think the quarrel is due to too much togetherness. I live the novel‘s setting, but am not so sure I‘d love vacationing with this group of people. 😏 3mo
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BarkingMadRead
Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell
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rubyslippersreads Wouldn‘t Bradshaw giving Ruth something as personal as a dress be considered extremely improper? Maybe if Mrs. Bradshaw had given it to her, or Mr. & Mrs., or even as a gift from the two little girls (not Jemima, though!) 😏 (edited) 4mo
mcctrish Bradshaw is absolutely the most pompous self interested patronizing ass in the history of literature 🤯 he wants to buy a dress for Ruth because her best realty isn‘t and it would be totally okay if she told everybody that he treated her @rubyslippersreads no, because he‘s a righteous prick so no one could think that 🙄 4mo
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AllDebooks Not a fan of Bradshaw and his manipulations 4mo
currentlyreadinginCO Not a fan of any of this!! 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t like Bradshaw, but he‘s not that awful—he just wants the whole world to see him as rich and generous! @rubyslippersreads He already gave her fabric and the Bensons persuaded her to accept it—I‘m pretty sure that‘s what the gift would be this time as well, silk fabric, and she can make it into a dress herself. 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly Also, I‘m now worried that F is going to propose to Ruth and either she‘ll accept and go down Tess‘s road, or tell him why she can‘t accept him and be thrown out of her job. There‘s no winning for poor Ruth! 4mo
willaful Getting a Mr. Knightly/Emma vibe here, though neither of them is nearly as interesting. And inviting Ruth definitely backfired. 🙄

I wonder what a “red-hot Valentine“ consisted of in Gaskell's time. 😂
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Bookwormjillk Whelp 4mo
rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish You‘re right; he‘s set himself up as being completely righteous and beyond contempt. 😠 4mo
Ruthiella Honestly I find Jemima a breath of fresh air in her temper Ruth is just too GOOD. I know Gaskell had her reasons, but for this modern reader, she‘s a little too perfect. 4mo
julieclair The deeper we get into this book, the sadder I‘m becoming. Ruth is so good, and she just seems trapped by her past (most of which was beyond her control). I hope @willaful is right and we get a Knightly/Emma ending. 4mo
rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella I agree with you about Jemima. Ruth is sweet, but such a goody-two-shoes, she seems almost one-dimensional. 4mo
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BarkingMadRead
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BarkingMadRead
Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy
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currentlyreadinginCO #hardymadethiscrapup 😂😂😂, sooo do we think that Alec has actually repented and seen the light ... ? 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1y
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dabbe @BarkingMadRead Alec reminds me of the evil Robert Mitchum who faked it as a preacher in THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. #hellnoindeedy

And I knew we'd see that asshole again, right? Just when Tess is at her weakest. #notagoodsign #atall
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Bookwormjillk Tess has to suffer when Alec gets to “repent” 1y
Clare-Dragonfly I did not see that coming! I thought the preacher would be the paint guy. 1y
Ruthiella It was the boots that set me off. She doesn‘t even get to keep her boots. Come on, Hardy! 😢 1y
KAO I‘m with you, @Ruthiella ! Come on, not the boots too! Just when you think things can‘t get any worse. 1y
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Lizwarnerpdx
Pickpick

I don‘t read many self help type books. Not my favorite genre. But once in a while one catches my eye. This was quite an interesting read. The stronger relationships you have, the happier you are, and the longer you live. I‘m going to focus on building & maintaining my relationships because I want to live a long time and enjoy my life.