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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.6: omg endless chapter! #emilysroomiscreepy #someoneboltedthebackdoor #timetocheckthatpainting :::faints::: #omgscariestthingever ::::swoons:::: #wtfisit #tellllllme #shetriestotellauntie #changeshermind #weepsalittle #takesawalk #themacaronigangarrives #stillnocount #letsfaintanyway #somuchbetterthancrying #bedtime #thecountarrives #swoon 👻👻👻 #butno #itsthefreakingcount #inemilysroom #macaronisoldemilytohim #thenchangedhidmind ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #butwhy #countiagoingtokidnapemily #screamingandyelling #countaccusesemilyoflovingmacaroni 🤮 #macaronitotherescue #enguard #slashslashslash ⚔️ #countisinjured #thecounthasleftthebuilding 🏰 #whew #backtobed #hashtagbrigade 1d

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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AllDebooks #backtobed 🤣🤣🤣 1d

mcctrish This. Was. Bonkers. Also does Ann use up all her words describing the scenery and has none left over for the actual stuff? And by stuff I mean papers that get burned and portraits that make you faint 1d

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish for real though! 1d

Clare-Dragonfly This was such a long chapter but at least stuff happened? Very annoyed that we don‘t get to see what‘s behind the curtain. My money is on a dead body. ☠️ 1d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I would love it if it was a dead body, we need some action. 1d

TheAromaofBooks I literally looked up spoilers to see what was behind the curtain because I couldn't deal with not knowing! 😂 1d

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks Omg you know?!? Don‘t tell me. But omg. No. Don‘t tell me. Ahhhhhhh 1d

Bklover @TheAromaofBooks I think you just gave me my justification to peek. 🫣 😊😊 1d

Bookwormjillk Finished this chapter at exactly 11:59 pm. You know it‘s a long one when the hashtags extend into the comments. I giggled a bit when Auntie was like”whatever.” 1d

TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @Bklover - I have to confess to the fact that I'm a spoiler lover 😂I don't like being stressed when I'm reading so sometimes I just gotta know! 😆 22h

Clare-Dragonfly I was glad to see that Manchon is still around! 22h

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BarkingMadRead

The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

Ch 6: of I‘m up, I may as well read 🤷🏻‍♀️ #anyway #popsandemleaveVbehind #heswappedbooksonthesly #romanticorcreepy #youdecide #popsgetsnewsthathesbroke #ibetthatgaveQMuchjoytotell 🙄 #popstakesabadturn #nowheretogobutacreepychateau #popspassesoutsoemgoesforhelp #finallyfindsomehelp #dudetellsastoryaboutamarchioness #popsisoddlymoved #hmmmmm #timetogohome #staytuned #whew #imadeit #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish I think we have another clue to the picture pops was kissing fervently ( truth be told, first thing I thought of when they spied the turret in the forest was “vampires, get the fuck away!” 2w

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Bookwormjillk Long chapter. #FreeMichael he deserves a raise. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk poor Michael! 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🧛🏻🧛🏻🧛🏻 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Very mysterious! 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk #freemichael it‘s like he‘s one of the donkeys 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2w

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BarkingMadRead

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

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 8: so much drama #lucyisstillsleepwalking #shegetsdowntothecemetary #minaseessomeonewithher 🧛🏻‍♀️ #yeahmina #thoseholesarefromapin 🧷 #lucyseemstogetbetter #butdracisfinallyhere #andnowlucyisunwell#coincidence #renfieldtruestoescape #anothercoincidence #butwait #keanuhasescaped #wtgkeanu #thenunsaskminatocome #whew #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Seabreeze_Reader Sleepwalking and weird stuff going down. Oh ya, as a reader, I'm totally buying into the whole blame it on a pin theory. 🤨🤣 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Seabreeze_Reader 🤣🤣🤣🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️🧷🧷🧷 1mo

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Bookwormjillk So much going on in this chapter! Bram keeps it moving! 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I made a connection on this read that Lucy‘s strange attacks start out specifically on the grave of a suicide. I don‘t know exactly what that would have meant to the CoE of the time, but from their comments earlier it‘s obviously a particularly bad place to be. 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk he sure does! So Renfeld has escaped, his dr is Lucy‘s betrothed? She‘s now addicted to vampire bites, Keanu is checked into the same hospital as Renfeld? Or sent to recover farther afield? Dracula‘s house is beside the hospital where Renfeld is hence the escape #themasterhascometohim #somuchbiting 1mo

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly I was just looking up vampire lore and came across other ways to become a vampire excluding being bitten by one, and suicide is on the list. (edited) 1mo

julieclair @Cuilin Interesting! I didn‘t realize there were other ways besides being bitten. 1mo

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BkClubCare

September | Rosamunde Pilcher

#Sept2024 #BookSpinBingo

More open spots AND my current reads are here. (#whew) Also some library holds that I expect to hit.

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BarkingMadRead

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 10: I hate these Bellinghams #bensonasksforhelp #mrsBsmaidtrashtalksRuth #Masonhasthemoney #whew #theywantherinapenitentiary #outofsightoutofmind #whatwillbensondo #hashtagbrigade
#also #dinklageasbenson #yayornay

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 3mo

mcctrish 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻#peterasbenson 3mo

mcctrish Also “get thee to a penitentiary” is a bit extreme FFS! The Bellinghams are awful people. I‘m not sure which I want more, ‘Mr‘ Bellingham to die OR for him to live and get his ducks in a row 🤞🏼his mother catches the plague next 3mo

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Cuilin @mcctrish “get thee to a penitentiary” lol 3mo

Cuilin A girls life hangs in the balance, but heaven forbid we let Mr. Bellingham get annoyed. 😳 3mo

IndoorDame I thought even at this time a penitentiary was a prison. Is there another meaning? 3mo

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I looked it up, it‘s more of a charitable institution for fallen women, it‘s basically a rehab to make them “fit for society” 🙄 3mo

IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead 😬 better than prison I guess, but we all know those places have super shady track records historically… 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was thinking a penitentiary must be more like a workhouse. A place for “fallen women” makes sense—a place for penitents… I‘m disappointed in my Penguin Classics edition having endnotes, but not one that explains “penitentiary.” 3mo

mcctrish @Cuilin YES! Heaven forbid the boy is annoyed 3mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame @Clare-Dragonfly it‘s giving Magdalene Laundries Scandal. 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🤞🏻 his mother catches the plague 😵‍💫🤣👀 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin yuuuuuup 3mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie can we please try and keep current politics out of the discussion? 3mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead yes. Sorry. 3mo

Bookwormjillk Can someone get that money from Mason PLEASE 3mo

dabbe @Cuilin Or accuse HIM of anything in appropriate. It's ALWAYS the woman hussy, isn't it? 🙄 3mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe @Cuilin obviously she was all by herself when the unspeakable happened 🙄 3mo

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead @Dabbe I overheard a woman say there would be no bad men if it weren‘t for bad women! I had to just walk away. (edited) 3mo

dabbe @Cuilin Oh, lordy be. 😮 #speechless 3mo

rubyslippersreads @Cuilin Definitely. 3mo

rubyslippersreads @Cuilin 😳 3mo

julieclair @Cuilin You‘re joking. In real life? Present day? How is that even possible? 🤯 3mo

Cuilin @julieclair It was the 90‘s, my teenage self bristled. 3mo

currentlyreadinginCO Mrs B is the worst 🤮, def Dinklage as Benson 🤣🤣 3mo

jewright I‘m wondering if Benson will marry her. 3mo

julieclair @Cuilin Your teenage self had every right to bristle! 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 8: holy heck, so much happened in this chapter! #henrygetsbetter #mrsBgivingoffLCDvibes #lecturinghimaboutruth #hedefendsher #forlikefiveseconds #heasksmomtosendruthaway #coward #sneaksawayimmediately #mrsBsendsruthanastyletterwithapayoff #ruthrunsafterthecarriage #totalmeltdown #thedeformedmanfindsher #justasshesabouttodosomethingdrastic #hesavesherfromherself #amitheonlyoneworriedthatsheleftthatmoneybehind 🤷🏻‍♀️ #whew #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk That 5 seconds of defending her was more than I thought she was going to get. Yes very worried about the money. 3mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I thought the money may have been for the bill at the Inn? His behavior is unforgivable. 3mo

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IndoorDame 🙋🏻‍♀️ Having major anxiety about the money! 3mo

AllDebooks Urgh, he's so awful. Sending Mummy in to clean up his mess, no doubt, again!! 3mo

mcctrish @IndoorDame I totally said “take the money with you dumbass” in a Jennifer Coolidge voice 3mo

IndoorDame @mcctrish I was doing the horror movie thing, but substituting “don‘t go into the dark creepy basement!” for take the money!/go back and see if the money is still there!” She may have no experience with men, but she has some experience with poverty already, so she it‘s not naïveté that keeps her from realizing how close she is to slipping into abject poverty and what that is. I‘ve decided to blame this character flaw on her being a teenager. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Mrs. B is so awful!! She is absolutely determined to see Ruth as bad and Henry as totally innocent, even though Henry tells her straight-up that it‘s his fault (which is far better than I expected of him). I‘m sure Gaskell is just using her to show the prevailing attitude of the time but I can still hate her 😡😡😡 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m not worried about the money—it‘s in her own room and I‘m pretty sure the landlady and her servants are honest, good people. I‘ve been wrong before though 😂 And I love the “deformed man” saving Ruth by needing help himself—just like when Clarence jumps in the river in It‘s a Wonderful Life! 3mo

willaful LOL, I'm glad I'm not the only one freaking about the money. The people in this book are very good at justifying their own terrible behavior, so I just see it being taken. 3mo

mcctrish @willaful I totally think it could be taken to cover Ruth‘s extra expenses or Mrs B could be charged enough to cover all of it #inaperfectworld and Ruth will have a small sum to start just above the gutter. Ruth is a bit too Blanche Dubois for me (although women can‘t actually do anything for themselves so of course they have to depend on the kindness of men/strangers #somuchforasisterhood ) 3mo

currentlyreadinginCO things really took a turn here 😳😳😳 3mo

Ruthiella OMG Please keep the money Ruth! I remember Tess also being stupid/too proud/too timid to go to Angel‘s family once they were married. 3mo

Aimeesue Excellent pic of the awful Mrs. B! That‘s her all over. 3mo

jewright Good grief this chapter made me so angry. The double standard is awful. 3mo

willaful @mcctrish She's a lot, lot younger than Blanche. 3mo

julieclair There was so much going on I. This chapter that I never even thought about the money! 😂 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 2: Ruth meets Bellingham #theballisfuntowatch #thebelletreatsruthlikecrap #bellinghamgivesruthaflower #hehasalittlecrush #masonisonarampage #ruthfinallyescapestorunerrands #shestopstowatchboysplayingintheriver #onefallsin 😳 #shetriestohelp #bellinghamtotherescue #heevenpaysthedoc #whilelookingdownhisnose 🙄 #whew #hemakesplanstomeetruth ⛪️ #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade

Cuilin We need to keep an eye on Mr. Bellingham. He‘s not to be trusted. On another note the writing is beautiful, I loved the description of the ball. 4mo

AllDebooks Poor Jenny. I'm getting Helen (Jane Eyre) vibes. 4mo

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I 💯 agree! @AllDebooks yessss I‘m worried for Jenny! 4mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig Bellingham: OMG Poor people! 4mo

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig such a jerk! 🙄🙄 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly Eeeee I do not like Bellingham. He has the superficial trappings of a hero but he‘s all about Ruth just because she‘s pretty, when he must know their status in life is too different for any romance! And then he literally calls a poor person‘s house a pigsty! He‘s so thoughtless. 4mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin Bellingham can not be trusted 4mo

mcctrish @Crinoline_Laphroaig 🤣🤣🤣 4mo

mcctrish Bellingham was half okay when he seemed shook at his supposed betrothed lack of regard for Ruth helping her but is absolutely clueless to how little time Ruth has to herself 🤷🏻‍♀️ like it takes a village for him to have tea, what does he think it takes for actual full time living?! 4mo

currentlyreadinginCO Getting Tess vibes, personally 🙄. Love the writing, though, and I've never read this one before so I'm interested 4mo

KAO @currentlyreadinginCO I agree about Tess vibes! Also already very aware of red flags with Bellingham. 4mo

rubyslippersreads @currentlyreadinginCO Definitely Tess vibes. 4mo

dabbe Your summary today was STUPENDOUS!!! You know, there's a book there re: your witty hashtags. 🤔🤩🤗 4mo

dabbe @currentlyreadinginCO #tessheretoo But I cared about Tess, and now I care about Ruth. Damn. 😂 4mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe #myhashtaggameisstrong 🤣🤣😘😘 4mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe @rubyslippersreads @currentlyreadinginCO 💯 Tess vibes! 4mo

rubyslippersreads I have a feeling Mr. Bellingham is as respectful of women as Mr. Wickham. 😏 4mo

dabbe @rubyslippersreads #oytotheultimatevey! 😏
4mo

currentlyreadinginCO Same 😍😍😭 @dabbe 4mo

TheBookHippie OMG #WHATCOULDGOWRONGINDEED #OYTOTHEVEY 4mo

Ruthiella @AllDebooks Yes, I‘m afraid Jenny is a goner. I see it coming! 😢 4mo

julieclair Only two chapters in and my heart is already breaking in advance for Ruth. 🥹 4mo

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@Eggs
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Suet624 I was so excited to see this post! 💕 4mo

dabbe @Suet624 LOVE them! 🩶🖤🩶 4mo

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BarkingMadRead

Little Women (Little Women, #1) | Louisa May Alcott

Ch 8: Amy and Jo have a fight #joandmegseeashowwithlaurie #jowontletamygo #amyvowsrevenge #amyburnsjosbook 🔥 #joleavesamybehindaticeskating #theiceisthin #whatcouldgowrong #amyfallsin #laurietotherescue #whew #amyissaved #marmiegivesjoadvice #icantpicturemarmiewithanattitude 🤣 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @amor4libros @mcctrish @bookwormjillk @indoordame @peanutnine @catlass007 @julieclair @kspenmoll @cuilin @spellboundreader
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SpellboundReader I never blame Jo for her reaction. Shame on Amy for being so spiteful and spoiled. 5mo

BarkingMadRead @SpellboundReader I‘ve always felt the same. To burn something that Jo worked on for years, it‘s too much. 5mo

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Librarybelle I agree, @SpellboundReader ! 5mo

dabbe I think the sourness of sucking on those limes went straight to Amy's head. 🍋‍🟩 5mo

Clare-Dragonfly @SpellboundReader Right?! It would be impossible not to be furious after your sister did such a horrible thing. She was rude to Amy, but Amy‘s reaction was way over the top. 5mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead @SpellboundReader agree 100% That was not a proportional response. And then to act like Jo‘s temper was the problem. This chapter really bothers me. 5mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk yes, this chapter really bothers me too. I think an apology needs to come with some sort of reparation. Amy offered nothing. Jo‘s feelings are entirely valid 5mo

dabbe @Cuilin Agree 💯! It reminds me of someone who apologizes by saying something like “I'm sorry IF I offended you,“ meaning it is still the other person's fault for being offended. #backhandedapology 5mo

julieclair I totally agree with everyone. Amy‘s reaction was completely disproportionate. And the way the family reacts bothers me too. Even Jo seemed to think her own anger wasn‘t justified. The family really seems to be coddling Amy here, and she‘s the one who was totally in the wrong. 5mo

mcctrish @dabbe I laughed out loud and Amy just makes me so mad absolutely book throwing mad 5mo

dabbe @mcctrish What an effin prima donna! How did she get such airs in that family? 😂 5mo

TheAromaofBooks I agree that Amy was way out of line, but Jo did literally almost let Amy die because she was angry. She didn't have to forgive her to warn her about the thin ice; by turning away she went from just being angry to wishing active harm on Amy. I don't think anyone expected Jo to just act like nothing had happened, but nursing and encouraging anger and bad feelings towards someone, no matter what they did to you, isn't a healthy response. 5mo

TheAromaofBooks All that being said, I think Marmee needed to have the same conversation with Amy about HER temper, because Amy's fit of temper is what started the whole problem in the first place! 5mo

kspenmoll @SpellboundReader I agree! Amy is a brat prima donna! 5mo

kspenmoll @TheAromaofBooks Yes, Amy is coddled too much/ youngest? Pretty golden hair? 5mo

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