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Ch 10: this was a lot #buckleup #homeagain #didntgetintothesummerclass #nobackupplan #randomstoryaboutaneighborwithsixpointfivekids #nosyblackwidowneighbor #didshereallyeatrawmeat #yikes #letswriteanovel #nevermind #letslearnshorthand #nope #letshaveanexistentialcrisis #letsrethunkourentirecareerpath #atleastsheblewoffbuddy #soproud #offtogetsomemeds #uhoh #referraltoashrink #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 3d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 3d

mcctrish All of a sudden the randomness has a Lark Rise vibe #iykyk 3d

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish it really does 🤣 3d

willaful Man, what a depressing chapter. I hope Esther is going to get some help but I kind of doubt it. :-\ 3d

BarkingMadRead @willaful I‘m worried that she will think she doesn‘t need it 3d

Deblovestoread Mrs. Kravitz! 3d

Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead Same! Or that the shrink will be terrible… 3d

Bookwormjillk I‘m with you all hoping she gets the help she needs. 3d

tpixie @Deblovestoread 😝 @BarkingMadRead Mrs Kravitz!!! 🧙 I LOVED Bewitched 3d

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly I think it's almost guaranteed that the shrink will be terrible. 😞 3d

Deblovestoread I loved Bewitched, too! @tpixie I was glad the family doc didn‘t just throw more pills at her. Hopefully her referral is a good one! 3d

dabbe Esther has never had anything below an “A“ in her life. She wins contests, too. Not getting into the summer class was her complete undoing. I'm almost scared now to read more.

BTW, do they live in a house in Boston? If so, why do the mom and Esther share the same bedroom? Or am I wrong in that assumption? 3d

TheAromaofBooks Waaaaaayy too casual about eating raw hamburger + raw egg 😂 2d

ElizaMarie Buddy !!! #RunForYourLifeNurse !! Hopefully he doesn't seduce that poor nurse who he “falls in love“ with. I mean. poor girl to be sucked into him! I am #proud Ester put her foot down with that one! 2d

julieclair @mcctrish Maybe the Lark Rose vibe was why Esther got on my last nerve in this chapter! 😂. But then I reached the end of the chapter and felt guilty about her getting on my nerves. She does need someone who can help her. I do hope the psychiatrist turns out to be a good one. But I'm fearful 14h

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 28: Laura has a bestie #emilyrose #theperfectchild #thatteacherthough #yikes #runfreelittlelaura #nocandlefordthatyear #lauraandEdwanttofarm #momloseshershit #becauseobviouslyfarmersarelowestofthelow 🙄 #momisntverynicetolaura #notafan #poorlaura #shellfigureitout #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie
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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 3w

Cuilin So Tiger Mom Parenting is not a new concept. 3w

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willaful An old saying of my husband's father, “teenage boys should be put in a barrel and fed through the bunghole, and at 18 you either let them out or close up the bunghole.“ Might not have been a terrible joke if he hadn't actually treated his sons with such disdain. 🤬

I have some sympathy with Laura's mom... the “fear of falling“ must have been really strong in her position. But people who love babies so much are annoying! 😂

Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class

mcctrish Just no one serve me lamb‘s tail pie and I‘d rather books than babies any day (edited) 3w

Bookwormjillk @willaful I have sympathy for her mom too- but maybe because I have two teenagers in the house. It‘s hard to let‘s our dreams for our kids go. On the other had she‘s kind of mean. I hope I don‘t sound that way 😂 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 19: #gossiptime #rachelthegossip #harrietshappenings 🤣 #iwantagoldenballtoolaura #pattyandyoungamos #larkrisefrownsoncougars #unlessitspatty 🤷🏻‍♀️ #misshanniganwithouttheattitude #gertieisatrip #shesjustpretty #cameomerton #ilikethenopoliticsthing #bigfan #notafanoftheestablishedrankthough #yikes #sweetoldmaidsandnurses #thiswasafunchapter #hashtagbrigade #oh #iwouldnotwantthesestinkyflowersinmyhouse 🤢

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 1mo

mcctrish Actually felt like a story for once #larkriseisnotcougartown best insult goes to #hermouthislikeahensbackside 1mo

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willaful @mcctrish I'm pretty sure I encountered that same insult in

Here We Go Again: A Novel

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mcctrish @willaful nothing new under the sun 🤣 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🐓🐓🐓🐓 1mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I‘m not even sure what that insult means exactly but I like it 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish I actually laughed out loud when I read it in the book and louder at this post! 😂😂😂 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it can‘t be good 🤣 1mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 👏🏻😂👏🏻 1mo

KAO I‘ve enjoyed these past two chapters! I think that all of the previous details about life in this hamlet enhance my appreciation for the difficulties and hard-won delights of this time period—and I can‘t help but wonder how readers 80+ years from now will read about life in the 2020s with no small amount of amusement! 1mo

BarbaraJean @mcctrish @willaful @Bookwormjillk @dabbe I came here for the hen‘s backside discussion 😂 1mo

dabbe @BarbaraJean 😂🤩😂 1mo

dabbe @KAO Agree 💯! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 10: I was going to post a pic of Mary and Laura but then we were introduced to the #garibaldi #thatchickwasnutsthough #thosegirlsworkedhard #yikes #soyoung #bessieandchokey #newgenerationofhousewives #yougogirls #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

Bookwormjillk I never got to Little House last night but this chapter gave me Downton Abbey vibes so now I really don't know what to watch. #FridayProblems 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yessssss it was very #upstairsdownstairs 1mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead but also those two sisters who make moonshine on The Waltons #WhatToWatch 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk toss two sisters just wanted some money of their own #sistersdoingitforthemselves 1mo

willaful What's a “bedroom utensil?“ From context, I'm guessing a chamber pot? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful I think so? The only other thing I can think of would be one of these heating pans for cold nights 1mo

Bookwormjillk @willaful @BarkingMadRead I was wondering too but was afraid to google 1mo

Bklover I love how the younger generation quit popping out kids by the dozen! Those kids had to start working so young. 1mo

Cuilin The last paragraph about wages finally being raised in the 90s, but then other costs rising too, and it taking a war for it to level out 😳 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin yeah 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 13: so.much.crying. #whoa #somuchhappened #auntiesaysemilycanmarryV #becauseitwouldmakeauntiepopular #obviously #butwait #youknowwhatsbetter #auntieusesthedecorforemilysweddingonherself #becausesheeloped #withmacaroni #yesiknowthatsnothisname #macaronisaysemilycantmarryV #muchcrying #manyletters #mostlyunread #vandemilymeetinthegarden #VWantstoelope #saysmacaroniisbad #emilysaysno #morecrying #morecrying #morecrying #staytuned #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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Bookwormjillk So is Macaroni the bad guy or is V? Or is the aunt just playing them all? Will Emily ever stop crying and find out?? #WeWillHaveAnAnswerLateNextMonth 3mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 3mo

AllDebooks What just happened? 😱 3mo

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks #somanythings 3mo

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead the u-turns from this aunt are making my head spin! 3mo

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks she‘s exhausting! 3mo

mcctrish @AllDebooks I‘ve got whiplash 3mo

mcctrish Sigh. Sob. You must go. Wait, listen to this. Sigh. Sob. Don‘t ever forget me. You must forget me. Sigh. Sob. #putafeatherinhishatandcallhimmacaroni 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Definitely saw Marconi forbidding the marriage coming! There is a lot of sighing and fainting in this chapter. There is no way I would be slogging through this book without the #hashtagbrigade! I *will* learn what Catherine Morland gets so excited about! (edited) 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I just realized I got his name wrong in a completely different way 😂 Montoni! 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Also! Doesn‘t Valancourt have a first name? He calls Emily by her name all the time but she doesn‘t use his name in dialogue. Did Radcliffe just not feel like coming up with a first name? 3mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t think they‘ve mentioned a first name? I‘m not sure! 3mo

dabbe This is the perfect kind of book for me right now. No matter how bad things are or seem to be today, I am quite grateful to not be Emily in the late 1500's with absolutely no money and no say in what she can/can't do in her life. #yikes #andyesshecrieswaytoomuch #scmb 3mo

TheAromaofBooks The aunt being like “suck it up or people will judge you for not being able to get over your completely inappropriate boyfriend“ like 48 hours ago you were totally on his team?!?! Geezy 3mo

AnishaInkspill yeah the uncle 3mo

Bklover And now they‘re both crying. And dear obedient Emily will now be ordered around by Macaroni. 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 7: well, that was hella creepy! #draculaiscoming #avampsgottaeat #thatstormthough #yikes #lucyssleepwalkingisalsocreepy #allthepoorpups #thatbigdogisamenace #staytuned #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 5mo

Bookwormjillk I can‘t decide what‘s creepier- the sleepwalking or the vampire. 5mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk for real. He keeps hinting that it‘s something sinister making her sleepwalk. 🧛🏻‍♀️ 5mo

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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk that sleep walking is taking her straight to a vampire #shesbeenbedazzled why else would she get dressed up ? #vampiresonar 5mo

TheAromaofBooks All the sailors getting picked off! 😨 4mo

rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks Dracula couldn‘t make that long voyage without snacks. 🤣 (edited) 4mo

dabbe The suspense for me is always the idea that Mina has no idea what\'s going on (even though she records the ship\'s information), but we do! Usually one runs across dramatic irony in dramas, but Stoker is exemplary at this technigue since the very beginning. We know exactly what\'s going on, but the characters take forever to get a clue. 4mo

CatLass007 Finally, Tim Curry‘s narration begins! 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @rubyslippersreads - I mean, I can\'t exactly blame him. I do love me some travel snacks 😂 4mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Hotel: A Novel | Elizabeth Bowen

Ch 23: did anyone else get final destination vibes from this #vignette ?!? #wesawitcoming #notthelogs #thebreakup #tessaplansadaytrip #whatcouldgowrong #iguessiputthecartbeforethehorssonthatone #sydneywishesforafatalaccident #becausethatsbetterthanbreakingup #obviously #thatligtruckalmostgaveherwhatshewishedfor #yikes #staytuned #almostthere #hashtagbrigade

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

Bookwormjillk That was dark 5mo

currentlyreadinginCO Definitely the darkest ch.! 5mo

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willaful I was expecting something horrible. I guess Sydney was too.

Kerr continues to be the effing worst. She deliberately tantalized Sydney and then tried to lure her back. Sydney went to a dark place but I\'m glad she has learned better now. Only two chapters left, perhaps she\'s safe? 😬 5mo

mcctrish Kerr is the worst @willaful and if the worst thing that happens is Sydney sees the light of her rushed marriage almost colliding with a logging truck #couldbeworse 5mo

willaful @mcctrish Yes, I think it was the right decision. But I hate the thought of Kerr feeling like she won. 🤬 5mo

peanutnine Calling it off was the right decision but I do feel bad for Milton. He seems like collateral damage in the whole affair 5mo

julieclair Sydney is a hot mess. Calling off the engagement is definitely the right idea. @peanutnine I agree about Milton… I feel very sorry for him. 5mo

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BarkingMadRead

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 13: Sally is not a fan of Ruth #butalso #isitherfaultThatBisdeformed #droppedhimonhishead #yikes #sheknowsthesecret #byebyehair #ruthtakesitwell #staytuned #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

Cuilin Does anybody else feel like in order to make this more palatable to a Victorian reader Ruth had to be punished in some way? Hence the hair being cut, almost like she‘s in prison???? 6mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin I think you‘re right 6mo

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IndoorDame When it says Faith switched to the informal you with Ruth and she didn‘t notice at first… is the implication supposed to be that Faith lost respect for her when she found out about the pregnancy, or that she‘s trying to make the fiction of their distant “family connection” convincing since they gave her a family name and now their reputations are on the line too? 6mo

Ruthiella I think also that Sally is protecting her naive employers. She‘s saying, “if I can see through this ruse, so will others. Let‘s make it work”. 6mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin YES!!!! This exactly. 6mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin absolutely. 6mo

AllDebooks I have read a lot of Victorian fiction and history and never heard of widows cutting their hair. I went down a Google rabbit hole and found this quite interesting 🤔 https://journalofantiques.com/features/the-evolution-of-mourning-wear/ 6mo

currentlyreadinginCO I felt that, too, and how the punishment failing to shame Ruth changed Sally's desire to punish her in the first place @Ruthiella 6mo

dabbe @Ruthiella Agree 💯. 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was skeptical that Sally dropping him could have caused his “deformity” but I searched Wikipedia for “hunchback” and it *can* be caused by trauma! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyphosis 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly @IndoorDame I read it as Sally using the formal “you” with her employers—the Bensons, not Ruth—when they arrived, but as she got comfortable again, switched to the informal “thou” she is used to. I don‘t think she switched pronouns with Ruth. 6mo

IndoorDame @Clare-Dragonfly oh, makes sense. Thanks 6mo

mcctrish “Men on the other hand weren‘t expected to follow the rigid mourning rules” @AllDebooks the world really hates women! Imagine if we didn‘t just want equality and autonomy and decided to get even 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly @AllDebooks Fascinating, thanks for sharing! I‘d heard of deep mourning and half-mourning but somehow I‘d missed the existence of second mourning! 6mo

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly Interesting... I was skeptical too. 6mo

willaful @Ruthiella Also a good point. 6mo

julieclair Such an interesting article, @AllDebooks ! Thanks for sharing. 6mo

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A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 | Kaoru Mori

Love how she's portrayed as "old..." she's 20. ?

Times sure were different back then. Between reading this and Clan of the Cave Bear, I'm pretty damn grateful to be around in this day and age and not when it was normal for 11-13 year olds to have children/get married. #yikes
Also, guy calling her "old" looks to be in his 70s, which makes absolutely no sense ?

Side note: the artwork is absolutely stunning.

#mangaweekly #justmythoughts

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BarkingMadRead

Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys

Part 2: Rochester takes over the tale #becauseAistotallycrazy #rochesterwaspaidtomarryher #theytrickedhimforsure #thatsicknessofhismakesmewonder #Granboiscreepsmeout #AshalfbrowritesRaletter #heconfirmsthatRwastricked #yikes #RGetslost #obeah #voodoo #funtimes And now it‘s back to A narrating! #shevisitsChristophine #sheasksforsomevoodoomagic #RcallsherBerthanow #WTF #allhermoneybelongstoRnow #shestrapped #hashtagbrigade ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead Back to Rochester
#danielwantshushmoney #berthahadathingwithsandi ⁉️ #berthaissadallthetime #shedrugsR #soofcoursehesleepswithamelie #whatcouldgowrong 🤷🏻‍♀️ #Aisnothappy #lotsofbitingandbrokenglass #ChristophineblamesR #shedoesntknowRHasturnedherin #CasksRtopaythemoffandgo #hemakesCleave #offtoajamaicahetakesA #hashtagbrigade 9mo

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @staycurious @peanutnine @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @barbarabb @thebookhippie @thekidupstairs @ruthiella @mcctrish @aimeesue @eeclayton @graciouswarriorprincess
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BarkingMadRead @clare-dragonfly @5feet.of.fury @kwmg40 @dabbe @thebookhippie @willaful @rubyslippersreads @julieclair @currentlyreadinginco @rwmg @daena @larkken @kao @Deblovestoread 9mo

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Aimeesue The Bertha thing is so creepy. NO ONE likes the name Bertha as a lovely and mellifluous name. Liar. (edited) 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Aimeesue it is 💯 messed up. So gross and super passive aggressive 9mo

Aimeesue @BarkingMadRead so controlling. Red flag! Red flag! 🚩 Sigh. Too late. 9mo

Bookwormjillk I keep confusing Rochester with Max DeWinter. We keep reading about these messed up men who believe themselves to be victims. 9mo

Librarybelle I was so confused when the narration kept changing. Admittedly, this one is a bit of a struggle for me…I feel like I‘ve not found a good rhythm yet with the writing, and we‘re near the end! 9mo

mcctrish @Librarybelle I keep wondering if I‘m the crazy one because WTF is happening 9mo

5feet.of.fury The Bertha thing, separating her from Christophine… husband is a creep. Wish the zombi got him 9mo

mcctrish @Aimeesue Bertha is brutal 9mo

5feet.of.fury @Librarybelle yeah, I do not get this one. I read through 2 pages & had no idea whose POV or what had happened. 9mo

Librarybelle Glad I‘m not the only one, @mcctrish @5feet.of.fury 9mo

IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk This actually does remind me a bit of Rebecca in the sense that all of the characters are unreliable, but there‘s still something about all of them that draws you into their worlds when they‘re the ones talking, and the whole place is intoxicating and bordering on fantastical. 9mo

willaful I continue to have no memory at all of having read this.

I'm furious and disgusted with Rochester. He's totally yellow-wallpapering Antoinette. 9mo

willaful @Bookwormjillk yup! 9mo

Clare-Dragonfly I still don‘t get why Richard wanted Antoinette to marry Rochester so badly. She had plenty of money, she could have lived independently! @IndoorDame Yes, I was also reminded of Rebecca, and you‘ve articulated why very well! 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I wonder if he just didn‘t want to feel responsible for her anymore? She would have been fine by herself, I don‘t know why he felt the need to marry her off 9mo

julieclair I am so disappointed in Rochester. He used to be one of my book boyfriends, but now he‘s off the list! 9mo

TheBookHippie Sorry I bailed. Too much life going on to read this darkness. 😵‍💫 9mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie you do you! No judgement here! 9mo

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