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I needed to find this for @DieAReader so I figured I would post it again. Who is in for the Bell Jar? Drop a comment below! Note that we start in the 9th, and remember that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read the post each day until you‘ve read the chapter! Chapter a day! #hashtagbrigade
Amanda, I have two tag lists. One at the beginning of each new month, and one for each individual book, opt ins only.

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@catlass007 @indoordame @librarybelle @tineke @bookwormjillk @rubyslippersreads @sace @currentlyreadinginco @annr @annececelie @barbarajean
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BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @jacqmac @lapreader
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BarkingMadRead @daisey @morr_books @covertocovergirl @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @larkken @samanne @5feet.of.fury @crinoline_laphroaig @daisey @kao @i.besteph @elizamarie 4h

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mcctrish I‘m in 4h

Librarybelle I‘m in! 4h

Ruthiella I‘m in! Thank you. 😊 4h

MatchlessMarie Ooh I‘ve never done hashtag brigade before but I am in! I used to read this one on a somewhat annual basis and it‘s been a while 4h

BarkingMadRead Welcome to the nuthouse @MatchlessMarie 🤣 4h

CogsOfEncouragement In. 4h

Sace I‘m in! 4h

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m in! I‘ve been meaning to read this since I was a teenager. 4h

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 4h

Cuilin I‘m in! 4h

emz711 Woman in white 🤍 4h

DieAReader 🤗You‘re awesome! I‘m in for ‘The Bell Jar‘ for sure🤓 I‘ll check my shelves ‘cause I might also have ‘The Gapes of Wrath‘. Thanks so much💖 3h

Bookwormjillk I‘m in! 3h

peanutnine Have to make sure I can find the book, but I'm in! 3h

dabbe I'll give 'er a try! 🤩 3h

Bklover Oh yay! @MatchlessMarie ! Sometimes the #hashtags are what keeps us going😊😉 3h

Deblovestoread 🙋‍♀️ 2h

Andrea313 I'll jump in! One of my favorites. 2h

Larkken I own it and have never finished it - I'm in :) 1h

willaful I'm in, though if it's too depressing I may need to be out again. Can't handle much these days. 48m

Morr_Books So excited for this list of upcoming reads! now

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 now

kwmg40 I‘m in for this one. Thanks! now

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

Ch 26: laughing because this is what came up when I tried to google that game Laura was playing 🤣 #uncletomsvisitors #queerfishindeed #peoplewatchingFTW #thatyounghubbythough #catlady #tomgavegreatadvice #eventohimself #shortchapter #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 7h

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 7h

mcctrish Best chapter yet and not the game I pictured or what I ever thought it was called 6h

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘m picturing one of those wooden boards with divots in them, and you have to try and roll marbles into the divots 6h

mcctrish I was thinking more of the game you get in Christmas crackers made of plastic with little silver balls but of course it would be wood in these Lark Rise times 6h

Bookwormjillk I had that game! That brings back memories of flinging things at my brother. Anyway, good chapter. Love Uncle Tom and the lady with all the cats who thought everyone was out to get her. 6h

willaful @mcctrish That's what I'm thinking. We have (had?) a large one made with mercury, which of course isn't used anymore! 47m

willaful So this chapter referenced Villette, which I guess is a call-out to #LiteraryCrew, which is reading it next. :-) 47m

BarkingMadRead @willaful #hashtagbrigade read Villette a couple years back as well! 40m

mcctrish @willaful I started Villette today on audio ( I am wondering if I should be reading it ) 37m

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Butcher and Blackbird | Brynne Weaver

This month‘s home library book stack sculpture #pinkandred

Ruthiella Perfect! 👌 5h

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sing is fabulous ❤️🖤 4h

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

My #bookspinbingo stack is missing two books, one is being delivered on Monday and one is on my kindle. It‘s a fun stack! @TheAromaofBooks

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

Ch 25: #letsjustletourkidswalk8milesalone #candlefordvisit #mamaispregnantbutwedonttalkaboutthat #livingtheirbestcandlefordlives #eatingboatingshoppingcharades #boooooooks #cranfordFTW #ilovetheiruncle #hashtagbrigade

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

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

Bookwormjillk I was so excited when they read Cranford. Felt like a shout out to the #hashtagbrigade 1d

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it 💯 was! 1d

Ruthiella No big deal. There were plenty of other people out and about on the eight mile journey and only a slim chance that they‘d be kidnapped! 😂 1d

AnneCecilie This has been the chapter I‘ve enjoyed the most so far, all the books and chat about books. Cranford, Pilgrim‘s Progress and a Richardson 1d

willaful @Bookwormjillk same! 1d

mcctrish The highlight of this entire book for me is they are reading Cranford @AnneCecilie @willaful @Bookwormjillk #shoutouttohashtagbrigade for real!!!! Imagine thinking calling someone a bookworm is a slur 😱🤭🙄 1d

Bklover This was a good chapter!! I bailed on the #hashtagbrigade for Cranford, so now I need to finish it! 5h

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Confessions of the Dead: From the Authors of Death of the Black Widow | James Patterson, J D Barker

These edges though 🩸🩸🩸

julieclair 😳🫣 2d

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 😍 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Nice! 1d

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Night Shift | Stephen King

Just a reminder that February‘s #LosersClub read is #nightshift Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about February 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

BarkingMadRead @jessclark78 @kathywheeler @imperfectcj @roary47 @fortifiedbybooks @kwmg40 @bookwormjillk @maddustkitties @tiedyedude @jenlovesjt47 @5feet.of.fury @balibee146 @bookwormahn @addison_reads @sconsinbookybadger @alldebooks @paperbackpirate @sace @bklover @Karkar 2d

BookwormAHN A lot of my favorites are this year 🖤 2d

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures Oooo a lot of my favorite King books are here. I‘d love to join in on the read! 2d

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BarkingMadRead @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures would you like me to add you to the tag list? I tag usually 3 times a month 2d

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @BarkingMadRead sign me up! I‘d love to be added to the tag list. 🩶 2d

BarkingMadRead @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures will do!! 2d

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

Ch 24: I‘m digging these shorter chapters #schoolvisitors #teawithteacher #readingallthebooks #politicsinschool 🙄 #notafan #nobodyshouldtellanyonehowtovote #especiallyateacher #anyway #backtothebooks #ilovehowtheyplayact #momhidingthebooks #laurashouldbesewing 🙄 #imwithlaura #sewingishqrd #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 2d

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 2d

Bookwormjillk Sewing is hard! 2d

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Cuilin Edmund is my favorite!!!!!! I laughed so hard at “take up your bonnie bridegroom!” It reminds me of my sister and I quoting Monty Python sketches. (edited) 2d

julieclair I am hopelessly behind, but please keep tagging me. 🙄🤪💙 2d

TheBookHippie I highly suggest the illustrated version 😂😂😂😂😂 2d

Bookwormjillk I feel like this book is getting a lot better. Is it just me? 2d

willaful @Bookwormjillk It so helps to have an actual narrative and main character!

My heart just broke over her mom seeing her writing as “wasting her time“ when she should be SEWING! I guess it made sense at the time, but how awesome that “Laura“ turned out to be a writer with a zillion editions of her books. 2d

Ruthiella I really loved the sweet moment with Miss Spencer. 2d

mcctrish @Cuilin Edmund makes me laugh too 2d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s better but it‘s not good 🤣🤣 2d

BarbaraJean @willaful Yes! An actual main character and additional recognizable characters that sometimes appear in more than one chapter! 😆 I felt the same about Laura‘s writing. 2d

BarbaraJean @Bookwormjillk I was thinking today that it‘s getting better, so it‘s not just you—but then it also occurred to me that maybe I‘m just used to it now. So I guess I‘m also in agreement with @mcctrish 😆 2d

Bklover @TheBookHippie I ordered the Illustrated version about a week ago from ThriftBooks. Can‘t want till it gets here. This is, of course, after I purchased a regular copy on ThriftBooks plus a different version from Amazon (I forgot I‘d ordered ThriftBooks) So I now own three copies of a book that I kind of doubt I‘ll read a second time! 😂 2d

TheBookHippie @Bklover I have done that … more than once 😂😵‍💫🤪 2d

dabbe I am so glad you posted the Python pic! That's exactly what I thought of when I read that part! 😂🤩😂 And yay to the shorter chapters! Though the next one is looonnnnnggggg. 😱 1d

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

Ch 23: Laura goes to school #snipesnipelongleggedsnipe #kidscanbesomean #thatethelthough #pieceofwork #poorpolly #andletsendwithaneardrowning 🙄 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3d

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 3d

Cuilin I think we‘ve all experienced that person who was your friend, but wasn‘t your friend? #EthelPinch #WhoNeedsEnemies. 3d

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Bklover When I saw Nellie Olsen in the photo I heard her say “country girls” in that nasty Nellie voice. 😂😅 3d

JacqMac lol I‘m still a little bit behind. But I love reading this before bed. It‘s perfect. 3d

willaful @JacqMac That's what I do too.

We're almost having a story now? At least somewhat linear? Huzzah! 3d

Bookwormjillk Is that it for Candleford then? It is getting more linear and I‘m interested in what Laura does in the future. From the hints it doesn‘t seem like she goes into service. 3d

BarkingMadRead @Bklover same 🤣 3d

KAO @Cuilin Definitely remembering an Ethel or two from my early grades in school! 3d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk well Candleford wasn‘t all it was expected to be so …..?! 🤣🤣 2d

mcctrish Also, how about those friends who ran for help and left Laura to drown when she fell through the ice ? 2d

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

Ch 22: #muchbetterfamily #poorlittlejohnny #spoiledandthensenttowar #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 4d

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 4d

mcctrish Not sure candleford is all it‘s cracked up to be 🤣🤣 also children who like school? #willwondersevercease 4d

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KAO I loved the last couple of sentences of this chapter—on how we remember our friends from childhood. 4d

dabbe @mcctrish The grass rarely is greener on the other side, isn't it? 💚 4d

mcctrish @dabbe absolutely 4d

willaful I liked the sly bit of social commentary with Laura's mother... so many people like to cry over situations in book and ignore them in real life! 4d

Bklover @willaful I have probably been guilty of that at times myself!!😉 4d

Bookwormjillk @KAO me too 3d

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

Ch 21: finally! #wemadeitovertocandleford #snobbyrelations #politicaruinseverything #thefoodsoundedgoodthough 🤷🏻‍♀️ #lauracantcatchabreakanywhere #thistimeitsherfreckles #imlookingatyouLIW #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 5d

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 5d

Cuilin This Irish girl is on team #Laura‘sFather as I find it interesting that the rich comfortable person says “it‘s just politics” like it isn‘t life and death for some people. Rant over. 5d

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dabbe @Cuilin 💚🍀💚 5d

willaful @Cuilin 👏👏 5d

TheAromaofBooks @Cuilin - I haven't been a big fan of Laura's father up until this point, but I was impressed with his determination to stand his ground on an issue where he would have been in the minority at that time/place. 5d

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks exactly. 5d

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin good point 5d

mcctrish I have to say I laughed out loud at the horse, the brother in law not so much 👎🏻👎🏻 Robert is the better man in this situation 5d

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

Ch 20: Mrs Herring giving me HO feels 🤣 #lauraisscaredofthecloset #hermomtreatsherlikecrap #notafan #anyway #mrsHcomestocleanitout #mumwonttakegandmedowns #sheplanstopickthegarbageinstead #becausethatsbetter 🤣 #tomorrowwegotocandleford #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 6d

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 6d

dabbe Candleford is “civilized,“ which means we won't find Huckleberry Finn there. 😂 6d

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mcctrish What?! We are finally going to Candleford! #itsamiracle #followtheyellowbrickroad 6d

Bookwormjillk If you look in the mirror at midnight and say lumber 3 times you‘ll see a ghost. 6d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣👻👻👻 6d

willaful I always had terrible closet fears, so I really felt for Laura with this one! 6d

Ruthiella We see in this chapter that hoarding as a pathology is quite old. 😱 6d

Ruthiella @mcctrish I believe it when I read it! 😂 #wevebeenburnedbefore 6d

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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 1w

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

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

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

Here We Go Again: A Novel

mcctrish @willaful nothing new under the sun 🤣 1w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🐓🐓🐓🐓 1w

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

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

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

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 👏🏻😂👏🏻 1w

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! 1w

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

dabbe @BarbaraJean 😂🤩😂 1w

dabbe @KAO Agree 💯! 1w

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

Ch 18: apparently mom tells good stories 🤷🏻‍♀️ #poorjimmythough #thathadtohurt #chancerymoney #talkaboutatalltale #andthosedarnpigsagain #stillnotincandleford #butwegettohearaboutit #sortof #andpoacherswiveswithlotsofbutter #sososorandom #hashtagbrigade

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

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

Ruthiella I‘m desperate now to see Candlefort! 😅 Let‘s get out of this hamlet! 1w

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mcctrish First #godblesscanada for the pension although I‘m not sure why canada was paying it Second I had to look up quick lime #helpswiththesmellnotthedecomposition 🐖☠️ #madpigdisease ? Poor Jimmy #couldntjumptheshark 1w

mcctrish @Ruthiella are we just going to talk about Candlefort? #everythingisbetterincandlefort #nonehaseveractuallybeenthere 1w

Bookwormjillk Poor Jimmy #GonnaNeedABiggerBoat 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I read through Volume 1. I'm bailing for now and just going to enjoy the Hashtags. If y'all spot a plot I'll join back in. 🤪 1w

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig I am not optimistic 🤣 1w

willaful When are we going to get to the fireworks factory!

Poor Edmund's mom though... what a monkey's paw for her. 😭 1w

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J.K. Rowling

My son got me this Lego set for Christmas, isn‘t he the cutest?!? #dobbythehouseelf

AnnCrystal 🎁👏🤩👍💝💝💝. 1w

Seabreeze_Reader Dobby! So cute! 🪄 1w

AkashaVampie I also have him. He's on my bookshelf 1w

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Cupcake12 Love this x 1w

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1w

Gissy 😍👌 1w

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The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel | Stephen King

The hubs and I are on a #stephenking movie kick 🤷🏻‍♀️ #losersclub #booktomovie

Karisimo Love all the pop figures! 1w

BarkingMadRead @Karisimo thank you!! 1w

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Priory of the Orange Tree | Samantha Shannon

Happy birthday @wanderinglynn 🎉🎊🎁🎂🎈 #49bdaygiveaway

wanderinglynn Thanks for entering! 🥳 1w

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

Ch 17: 230 pages in and NOW we get a storyline? #laurasoriginstory #uglyduckling #peoplearemean #andletsnotforgetpattyandhershotgunwedding #andofcourseweendwiththepig #wheresfernwhenyouneedher #hashtagbrigade

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

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

Cuilin I used to think that the hashtags were just fun and quirky and now I‘m so glad for the recapping because I forget what I read two hours ago. I could blame a book without a plot but I actually think it‘s me. lol 1w

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BarkingMadRead @cuilin #ifeelthisinmysoul I had to go back and confirm patty‘s name, I thought it was Peg 🤣🙈 1w

AllDebooks @Cuilin no, it's me too. Lol 😅 1w

dabbe @Cuilin Nope, it's the lack of plot. I do the exact same thing. I've been skimming a lot, too. A while back one of the chapters was called “Farming“, and I just skimmed and thought “Oh, with a moo moo there, and an oink oink there ... Old McDonald had a farm ... chapter over. 🙄 1w

Bookwormjillk It‘s me too! I know I read this but all I remember is the pig 😂 1w

willaful The book did it just to prove me wrong! 😂 1w

mcctrish @dabbe I‘m laughing at that Old MacDonald reference out loud 1w

mcctrish With no intent to sound sacrilegious, this book reminds me of the Bible 🤣🤣 this second book is just a different apostle‘s take on the Lark Rise to Boredom 1w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #epic 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1w

dabbe @mcctrish Lark Rise to Randomness, too! 🤩😂🤗 1w

dabbe @mcctrish I aim to please! 🤩😂😘 1w

Bklover @dabbe 😂😂😂 Between you and @BarkingMadRead ‘s hashtags I am still finding myself completely entertained! 😂😘 1w

eeclayton I really admire your patience, I haven't been able to pick up the book since I finished chapter 7. I guess it's officially a DNF now. 1w

dabbe @Bklover Nobody does 'em better than @BarkingMadRead! She keeps all of us sane and laughing! 🤩😂😘 1w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe awwwwwww thanks #imheretohelp 1w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🩶🖤🩶 1w

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

Ch 16: this chapter was all over the place #thebicyclethough #somethingsneverchange #stillinlarkrisethough #maybewewillseemoreofcandlefordtomorrow 🤷🏻‍♀️ #staytuned #whoamikidding #staytunedforwhat 🤣 #hashtagbrigade

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

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

AllDebooks Looks like an instrument of torture. No doubt it was 🫣 1w

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mcctrish Previously on Lark Rise ……. 1w

willaful Hehehe...

What on EARTH was that saying about dogs and butter? I couldn't make heads or tails of it. 😂 1w

Bookwormjillk I know I read this chapter but I can‘t remember it. Sounds like it probably doesn‘t matter. Like The Hotel last year I think this probably is better on TV. 1w

BarkingMadRead @willaful your guess is as good as mine 🤣 1w

RamsFan1963 Every time I see one of these bikes, it reminds me of the TV series The Prisoner. 1w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk this chapter was all over the place!! 1w

dabbe This chapter was definitely a skimmer one. And I totally missed the butter saying--that was one of the paragraphs I just gave a glance to. C'mon, Flora, please give us a plot! 😂 1w

willaful @dabbe second verse, same as the first... I don't think there's a plot a'comin'! 1w

BarbaraJean @willaful @dabbe I suppose it would be odd if the second book suddenly veered into a plot with actual character development instead of random unconnected tidbits of life in Lark Rise… but a girl can dream 😆 1w

dabbe @willaful 😭😭😭 ... oops, that's for MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO. 😂 1w

dabbe @BarbaraJean Boy, you said it! #randomnesseverywhere!!! 1w

Ruthiella @willaful I guess what is meant is don‘t waste something worthwhile (butter) when there is an easier way to get what you want? 1w

Bklover At least no one is weeping or fainting! 1w

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

Ch 15: holidays #somuchyummyfood #gingerbreadandchocolate #queensjubilee #livingtheirbestlives #untiltheywerent #thatlastline #ripedmund #offtocandleford #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2w

mcctrish What a bloody chapter! Party Party Party 🎉 oh and Edmund died 2w

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Cuilin I was nervous when she mentioned the Irish coming to help. Usually branded during this time (propaganda) as unreliable drunkards and agitators but no, the opposite, happy to help, work, party Saturday night and mass on Sunday. ☘️ 2w

TheAromaofBooks That last sentence! Sheesh. What a way to end the book! 2w

dabbe @Cuilin Éirinn go Brách! ☘️ 2w

Ruthiella Lots of meat and puddings. 2w

willaful @TheAromaofBooks So this was the end? My edition has the next chapter continuing the numbering so I wasn't sure.

The rather ironic view of the Queen reminded me of this song from the British series “Rock Follies“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_GMgPo5J8Q 2w

Bookwormjillk What a buzz kill 2w

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - Yes, my edition has the three books separated, so this was the end of Lark Rise, and tomorrow we'll start Over the Candleford. 2w

Bklover We made it 1/3!! 2w

AnneCecilie That last sentence. 1w

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

Ch 14: church, this reminded me of the second episode of LHOTP where the Rev lectures the wives because the husbands stayed home 🤣 #godunderstandsfarmers #somanycustoms #notmuchchanges #poormissellison #ripmarley #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2w

TheBookHippie Can you remove me from the lists please. Thanks. 2w

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AllDebooks Poor Marley, that was sad 😔 2w

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie for this book or the #hashtagbrigade as well? 2w

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead For all of it thanks. 2w

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie we will miss you! 2w

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead sorry too much going on here!!! If I can pop back in I‘ll let you know. 2w

TheAromaofBooks I love Laura going to the “weird“ church service just for something to do 😂 2w

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks me too. Actually I like this book whenever Laura is mentioned, then it feels like a story and less like an accounting 2w

willaful @mcctrish Yes, that helps. 2w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish you are so right 2w

dabbe @mcctrish Bam! That's the word for this book. It's an ACCOUNTING of every single aspect of daily life. I'm close to saying #uhCOUNTmeout! 😂 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk what really funny is I did my reading at school today during silent reading time. I have this and my Sunday Buddy Read on my kindle and I decided I‘d knock my chapter off using the kindle app on my phone. But it was queued up to Grand Hotel and I was so perplexed as to where the German dancer came from and who was he backing into a corner 2w

mcctrish @dabbe I mean, it certainly is a glimpse into a day in the life but my god it‘s dry as toast 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #plottwist 2w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead #laurawenttotheball 😳 2w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish lol 2w

TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish - It's true!! I honestly can't decide whether or not I like this book!? But I love the more personal glimpses we get with Laura's opinions/thoughts/actions vs. the overview. 2w

KAO I found it remarkable that there was a lot to say about the role of church (including the rector‘s practices outside of services) in this hamlet. Nowhere near this amount of detail was given about school! Then again, the actual church building was often located at the center of a village (or is that true only in Germany, Austria, and other European countries where I‘ve seen it so often?). I can imagine how the church was figuratively central too. 2w

KAO I do agree that my interest is sparked when I get a glimpse of Laura or Edmund‘s behaviors! Or of particular background stories on occasionally introduced characters. Poor Rev. Marley! 2w

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The Shining | Stephen King

Ok #losersclub I watched the miniseries of the Shining with Rebecca DeMornay and Steven Weber and it‘s way more accurate than the original. I still like the original better, but this was really good! #stephenking #kingfromthebeginning #booktomovie

Bookwormjillk Where did you find it? 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I rented it on Amazon prime, I think it was $4? It took us two nights to watch it 2w

5feet.of.fury I like the miniseries, it is more psychological. Kubrick‘s version is just so good (no matter what SK thinks 😂😅) 2w

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

Ch 13: I couldn‘t find any pics on google that showed #mayday with a #creepydoll 🤷🏻‍♀️ #beautifulchapter #shortchapter #perfectspringday #exceptthatcreepydoll #isaidwhatisaid #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2w

Ruthiella Nice and short! 2w

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Bookwormjillk Lol holding the creepy doll up to the window. This chapter reminded me of when certain neighbors turn to our listserve to be cranky about Halloween. According to them the kids never do it right. 2w

AllDebooks Dolls really creep me out 2w

mcctrish I love a short chapter, sucks it was ruined by the creepy doll 2w

TheAromaofBooks I've read about May Day festivities in many old books, but I don't remember ever hearing about a doll before. 2w

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

Ch 12: school testing #someveryinterestingcharacters #iseethatschoolteachersnevergotrespect 🙄 #theconcertattheendthough #everyconcertateveryschooleverywhereforever 🤣 #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2w

Bookwormjillk Some things never change! 2w

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Cuilin Poor teacher couldn‘t even enjoy a cup of tea. As an early childhood educator we learned never to attend a child‘s party out of school hours as parents would use us as babysitters or entertainers. 2w

willaful Interesting commentary on the class issues for the teachers. Kind of an extension of that for governesses I guess. I chortled at “3 ladies, 3 women, and a teacher.“ 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk for real 2w

dabbe @Cuilin That would happen when Matt and I would be escorts at middle school dances. We always had to stay until every kid was picked up, and sometimes parents would come 1-2 hours later--probably because of their own so-called date night! No wonder all the teachers then went to the bar and drank. 🤩 2w

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

Ch 11: school #everybodywaskungfufighting #poormisshiggs #lauradidntfaretoowell #savages #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2w

Bklover Good grief they‘re all little monsters!! 2w

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Bklover Perfect photo too! 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bklover it‘s the first thing I thought of when she talked about everyone rolling around in the dirt 🤣 2w

AllDebooks I was feeling sorry for them, being sent out into the world at 12. But, OMG,I bet those parents were pulling their hair out! 😱 2w

willaful This reminded me so much of Understood Betsy -- though weirdly, more the city school than Betsy's idyllic country school. Also brought to mind the Anne books, and the Little House books... it's fun to read this with a strong background in children's literature. 😁 2w

AllDebooks Best photo match, ever 😅 2w

mcctrish Glad to see nothing‘s changed #savages 🤣🤣 2w

Ruthiella This chapter reminded me of the schoolroom battle portrayed in Laura Ingalls Wilder‘s

Farmer Boy

dabbe I cracked up when Miss Higgs told the class she wanted to be their friend, and the students “scented weakness ... from one whose office it was to rule.“ There's a reason why teachers don't smile until 2nd semester. 😂

My first year teaching I had an 8th grade class from hell. I literally begged them to be good and promised them an ice cream party EVERY Friday if they were. Did it work? Nope. Major lesson learned. By me. 😂 2w

KAO As a retired teacher myself, I was looking forward to this chapter! I am fascinated by accounts of school life from the past! I had a distant relative who was a teacher in a one room schoolhouse in Canada many decades ago—and man oh man, but she had stories to tell! (edited) 2w

Bookwormjillk I was kind of happy Laura wasn‘t top in her class. Nothing wrong with smart girls of course but it seems like every girl in every book ends up number one in her class. Kind of relatable to read about one who was good at some things and not at others. 2w

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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 2w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2w

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 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yessssss it was very #upstairsdownstairs 2w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead but also those two sisters who make moonshine on The Waltons #WhatToWatch 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk toss two sisters just wanted some money of their own #sistersdoingitforthemselves 2w

willaful What's a “bedroom utensil?“ From context, I'm guessing a chamber pot? 2w

BarkingMadRead @willaful I think so? The only other thing I can think of would be one of these heating pans for cold nights 2w

Bookwormjillk @willaful @BarkingMadRead I was wondering too but was afraid to google 2w

Bklover I love how the younger generation quit popping out kids by the dozen! Those kids had to start working so young. 2w

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 😳 2w

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin yeah 2w

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The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts | Mary Claire Haver, MD

Ugh I hate that I need to read this 🤣

LapReader I‘m hearing you. 2w

ravenlee I found this one to be informative and helpful, if you‘re looking for more. I‘m still waiting for the “pause” to hit, but I felt better informed after reading it (not so the Menopause Manifesto, though). Good luck!

Mayo Clinic The Menopause Solution: A doctor's guide to relieving hot flashes, enjoying better sex, sleeping well, controlling your weight, and being happy!

BarkingMadRead @ravenlee thank you! 2w

peaKnit Amen! I have read it also…and started HRT. So many fun things for women all along the journey lol! 2w

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

Ch 9: playground games #thiswasfun #untiltheend 🐦 🐰 #icomefromahuntingfamily #thisdidntfeellikehunting #butthegameswerefun #ifnotalittleodd #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 2w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2w

Bookwormjillk Kind of like duck duck goose until it wasn‘t 2w

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dabbe The bird killings just about killed me and reminded me of AGNES GREY. 😱 2w

Bookwormjillk Oh hey good news past me bought Little House on prime. I know what I‘m doing tonight. 2w

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk 😍 2w

Cuilin Loved the games, hated the bird torture. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I love this for you! 2w

willaful I'm some behind because of travel! Hope to catch up tonight. 2w

Bklover Bunch of little serial killers! 2w

mcctrish I‘m thinking of introducing some of these games when I‘m on yard duty tomorrow #imgoingtobeabighitwiththekids 🤣🤣 2w

mcctrish Usual tangents in this chapter imo 🤦🏻‍♀️ @Cuilin 🙄 2w

Cuilin @mcctrish they Work!! I did this years aga with K - 5 and they loved them!! We had some different names but some of the same games. You can find lots of them online. I put a binder of them together for other teachers to use. I hope the school still uses it because the kids love them. It worked for a theater group too. 2w

julieclair @Cuilin How fun! I can see where they‘d be quite a novelty to today‘s kids. @mcctrish Did you try them with the kids today? 2w

mcctrish @julieclair no, I was on the intermediate yard ( grade 7&8 ) they only want to walk around in their tee shirts and shiver 🥶 2w

julieclair Tee shirts! You have got to be kidding! 2w

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

Ch 8: I have so many things to say 🙄🤣 #melodeon #thiswholechapterwasbassackwards #somanyconflictingtheories #hesterprynnewantsherABack #thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #readysetgo #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 3w

Cuilin The lodger and the couple that followed him. Yeah I want that story!! 😉 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin important details were totally left out 🤣 3w

ElizaMarie Ya'll I tried. I fell behind, then caught up (mostly) but just couldn't. Its so.. not for me. I am bailing! See you next month :) 3w

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie it happens! 3w

Bookwormjillk This chapter was a little grim. Let's get back to the food and the grandparents. (edited) 3w

mcctrish Okay, do the unwed mothers get to borrow the box? 3w

Bklover It seems that there are some inconsistencies in whether you are considered a harlot, or that it “just happens.” And it helps if you can play a musical instrument. 3w

Ruthiella Too me, this chapter isn‘t really that different from how society judges women having children now. 3w

julieclair I liked the idea of The Box. Unless, as @mcctrish asks, the unwed mothers are excluded. That would be awful. 2w

willaful I'm surprised by the “pink for girls, blue for boys.“ My understanding is it wasn't codified until the 20th century and it was the other was around when it was! 2w

mcctrish @willaful I wondered about that too 2w

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Hamilton's Choice | Jack Casey

Finally seeing this! I didn‘t want to watch it on tv before seeing it live!

Ruthiella Fun! I really enjoyed it! 🤩 3w

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

Ch 7: callers #tinkerjones #gipsies #thesejobssoundexhausting #thatteaservicethough 😍 #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 3w

AllDebooks I'm really enjoying this social history of village life. ☺️ 3w

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mcctrish He really sold those tomatoes 🍅 😆 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so random 🤣 3w

Cuilin @mcctrish right? 😆 3w

Cuilin @AllDebooks I‘m loving the sense of community. 3w

Bookwormjillk So glad when the dad bought that china or whatever it was. Love the image here too. Maybe I should binge watch Little House tonight?

This book is growing on me now that I know it's not really about anything. Kind of like Seinfeld. 3w

AllDebooks @Cuilin reading it alongside Hard Times has definitely shown the extraordinary differences in life, both rural and city over such a short period of time. 3w

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk I had a nostalgia attack for LHOTP from that image. 😍 3w

KAO I was hungry when I started this chapter, and all of the food references were noted with particular interest! And thank goodness for the glossary at the back of my book, so I can find out what “bloaters” and other terms mean! 3w

KAO I‘m ready to bring back the name “love apples” for tomatoes! 3w

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk so much of this gives me little house vibes 3w

Bklover I‘ve had little house vibes too! @Bookwormjillk It‘s growing on me too! Once you stop waiting for something to happen it‘s all rather lovely. 3w

Sparklemn @Bklover That is a perfect one-sentence review! Made me chuckle. 😆 (edited) 3w

julieclair I was surprised by the number of unhoused people wandering through the hamlet. Even families. So sad. But I loved how generous the women were. 2w

rubyslippersreads I‘m finding this book rather comforting, and am thinking maybe it‘s the lack of action. 🙂 2w

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads 💯 2w

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

Ch 6: basically a chapter about all the ways you can gossip 🤷🏻‍♀️ #worksforme #whiledoinglaundry #lookingforthepostman #whatacrank #teaparties #visiting #borrowing #butnotthemethody #shewasjustsweet #swappingflowercuttings #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 3w

dabbe God forbid Mrs. Mullins shows up on your doorsteps or the end-of-the-month borrowers! 😂 3w

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dabbe It would explain a LOT if Mrs. Mullins turned out to be the narrator. 🤩 3w

mcctrish @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 3w

mcctrish I did think it was so sweet they shared cuttings of their plants 💚💚💚 3w

willaful I was struck by how the belongings of the older folks were disregarded, because I've seen the exact same thing happen... my husband's mom spent years preserving furniture and antiques that are family history and now she's gone, absolutely nobody wants them or has room for them. :-( 3w

Ruthiella @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 3w

Ruthiella @willaful There‘s a lot in here that is repeated from new generation to new generation and it‘s only by reading that we understand this. I was thinking about how probably the worst factory made furniture of the 50s is still better than throw away IKEA furniture of today. (edited) 3w

Ruthiella Did anyone notice that “wide mouths, high cheek bones and snub noses” were not considered “feminine good looks”? How our beauty standards have changed. 3w

Cuilin I love the phrase rheumaticky limbs and will be using it from now on. 3w

Bookwormjillk I loved this chapter but kept falling asleep. This book is too soothing. Tomorrow (today now) I need to read in the morning. Uncle Rubey is a boobie! 3w

Bklover I love the inscriptions on the insides of the book covers. Kind of a fun idea! 3w

willaful @mcctrish perhaps especially the pennyroyal?! Interesting to come across a reference to that. 3w

julieclair Reading through these comments makes me realize there was a lot to think about in this chapter. More than I realized when I was reading it 3w

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Middle of the Night: A Novel | Riley Sager

Omg so many yummies in my #littlechristmasswap package! Thank you @bookish_wookish

bookish_wookish 🎄🎄 3w

KadaGul Adorable Hot chocolate packs and REESES YES PLEASE #Hello2025 🍀💜🌅💙🎆 3w

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Truly, Madly, Steeply Brew | J P Sterling

This is such a fun novella! If you haven‘t read any of the coffee loft books, I highly suggest them, if you‘re into sweet romance 😍

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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros

My December book for #12booksof2024 was also my fave for the year!

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

Ch 5: such a sweet chapter! #sallyanddickgivingoffharrietandnelsvibes #notthemoneyaspect #thehenpeckedhubbyaspect #queenieandherbees #twisterwasquitethecharacter #tellingthebeeshedied 😭 #grandpawassosweet #mypopwaslikethat #mynanwaslikethegrandmatoo 🤣 #somanyfunpersonalities #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 3w

Bklover Yes to Harriet and Nels! I also checked out a video of lace making the old fashioned way. Hope this link works! https://youtu.be/Mr4t1sgXAA4?si=Ge72E_iyd0aRgwDm 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Bklover that‘s insane! I would get so confused! 3w

Bklover I know! I would too. I wanted to see what “throwing bobbins” was all about. 3w

Bookwormjillk I‘m here for the bees. And Twister. Glad he didn‘t stab that baby though. 3w

Ruthiella @Bklover Thank you for the link. That is amazing work. (edited) 3w

TheAromaofBooks I've done some basic bobbin lace making myself (mostly bookmarks 😂) but some of the complicated patterns are just amazing. This chapter was loads of fun. 3w

willaful I love the old legends around informing the bees! 3w

Bklover @Ruthiella 🩷 @TheAromaofBooks Wow!! It looks incredibly confusing! 3w

mcctrish Finally it feels like we meet some people and not just towns/hamlets/villages I laughed out loud at ladies over 50 being into snuff 3w

dabbe @mcctrish Boys gotta have their pints, gals gotta have their snuff! Love the old men being controlled by their women, too! 😂 3w

Deblovestoread Glad to get to know the citizens a bit. 3w

mcctrish @dabbe glad they have something 3w

julieclair This is the first chapter I have been able to get through without falling asleep. Perhaps this book is growing on me. 3w

KAO @Bklover Thanks for the video link showing bobbin lace-making! That‘s amazing! 3w

Bklover @KAO You‘re welcome! I thought it looked fascinating. And difficult!! ❤️ 3w

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Listen for the Lie: A Novel | Amy Tintera

Another great one! November‘s top choice, a great thriller, probably top 5 of the year! #12booksin2024 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Looks good. 3w

Andrew65 Just started this one. 3w

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Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 | Stephen King

We used to watch this every year during the first snow…. And then we moved to SC 🤣 so now we watch it during the first cold snap 🥶 #losersclub #stephenking #borninsincomeonin

Liatrek Love this movie! 3w

KathyWheeler I love this movie! 3w

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You've Been Warned - Again: BookShots | James Patterson

#bookstack

AnnCrystal 📚🤩🪜📚💖..your library has a ladder! Epic 🆒! 3w

Ruthiella Too cute! 3w

BarkingMadRead @AnnCrystal yes! My husband‘s friend built the shelves and he made the ladder from scratch. It‘s my favorite part! 3w

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TheBookgeekFrau That is the cutest snowman ever!! 3w

AnnCrystal @BarkingMadRead that is just spectacular 📚🪜📚😎👍💝. 3w

Gissy 📚😍Ladder👌❤️ 3w

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

Ch 4: this is william Gladstone #ifyouactuallycare 🤣 #meninbars #notmuchchanges 🤷🏻‍♀️ #drinkingbeerwithallthatsparemoney 🙄 🍻 #drunkenbarsinging #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 3w

Cuilin I may be in the minority here, but I‘m loving this book. It‘s like looking at a huge pastoral painted masterpiece and seeing all the details. 3w

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Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I actually don‘t mind it but I think it would be better read in chunks or all at once. To me chapter a day is kind of weird for a book like this. 3w

dabbe I did love reading the songs today. They were like ballads--or maybe they were actually ballads. 😂 3w

mcctrish It‘s just a lot of words setting the scene for an episode of All Creatures Great and Small imo and I‘d like it to start already 3w

willaful @dabbe It's definitely ballads! I'm interested in folk music, so I enjoyed this chapter. I recognized a few of these because they made it to Appalachia and Jean Ritchie sang them. 3w

Bookwormjillk I was trying to figure out the tunes for each one but in my mind they all sounded like Chumbawumba. 3w

dabbe @willaful 🤩🤗🤩 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🤩😂🤗 3w

Bklover @Cuilin The way this is written reminds me of the early Little House books minus any drama. The difference being the target audience. 3w

willaful @Bookwormjillk Here's a bit of Jean Ritchie singing Lord Lovell: https://folkways.si.edu/jean-ritchie/lord-lovel/american-folk-old-time-world/mus...

And here's a version of “False Sir John“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAT5mDCwKpE 3w

KAO I enjoyed some of the songs that I found on YouTube—especially “The Outlandish Knight”! https://youtu.be/bq6RldgW7NQ?si=bX_O2D6mjk1HasWB (edited) 3w

KAO @Cuilin I‘m with you! I‘m enjoying the book so far (though I‘m not usually so patient with long descriptions), and the word “pastoral” seems perfect. Maybe it‘s just what my anxious mind needs right now! 3w

Cuilin @KAO exactly, it‘s so relaxing. 3w

julieclair @Cuilin I love your perspective! I think I need to change the lens through which I have been viewing this book. 3w

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The Unmaking of June Farrow | Adrienne Young

This one melted my brain 🤣 #12booksof2024 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Looks a good read. 3w

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Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Continued | Anna Elliott, Laura Masselos

My #readyourkindle books for January…. Thanks to @CBee for organizing!

CBee You‘re welcome! 3w

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

Ch 3: men farming #superexciting #inowknowmorethanieverwantedto #momsgettingtheirsonsoutthedoor #christmasstoryvibes #icantputmyarmsdown #starvingpeopleinchina #staytuned #maybethenextchapterwillhavemoredrama #otherthanthatoneladyhavingakidoutofwedlock #andalgyhavingptsd #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 3w

Bookwormjillk I don‘t even need drama- just some sense of a connected story would be nice! But you‘re right on the Christmas Story connection 😂 3w

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mcctrish This made me flinch 3w

TheAromaofBooks I did think it was interesting that the “mother village“ was smaller than the “hamlet.“ I get that it's the location of the home farm, which makes it more important, but it also seems like more people would live there! 3w

Librarybelle While I don‘t mind very minute details about every day life, a part of me is wondering how in the world they came up with a TV series for this. I guess lots of TV magic, unless we get into storylines in the book very soon. 3w

julieclair @mcctrish 😂😂😂👍 3w

julieclair 🥱😴💤😪 3w

Deblovestoread @Librarybelle. Same! 3w

dabbe I almost wrote this yesterday and am in agreement with all of you so far: is there a plot anywhere in our future? 🙏🏻 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig It made for a wonderful sleep story. I fell asleep to audiobook almost immediately. 3w

willaful @dabbe I looked it up on wikipedia and from what I can glean... no. How did they make an entire show about this?! 3w

Bklover @Crinoline_Laphroaig I keep falling asleep too! I keep thinking how different this is from our last adventure. No crying or fainting here! 3w

BarbaraJean @willaful Noooo!! I keep thinking there will be a semblance of a story when we get to the next chapter… you have shattered my hopeful delusion 😩 3w

eeclayton @willaful 😳 3w

dabbe @willaful I don't know if I can read 500+ pages of that. 😬 3w

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Pardon My French Press | J. P. Sterling

Reading at the zoo #wildlights display. These things swing! So much fun!

Ruthiella Neat! 🤩 3w

willaful oooo! 3w

Cupcake12 Great photo 🌟 3w

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Seven Year Slip | Ashley Poston

I love Ashley Poston! This was so fun and frustrating and romantic and annoying 🤣 #12booksof2024 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Sounds good. 3w

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

Ch 2: I have a great pic of a pram with a creepy doll in it, but Litsy won‘t let me add it 🤣 #anyway #thesearesomeseriouslywellasjustedkids #thegrownupsnotsomuch #ihopethisisntboring #thedescriptionsarestunning #thevillagekidsarenightmares #theauntsoundsdelightful #howdidthecupbreakthough #andwhyaretheysopoor #thesearethequestionsihave #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 3w

eeclayton I've been enjoying the descriptions so far, but I wouldn't mind if things started happening sooner rather than later. 3w

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Ruthiella I‘m enjoying this look at a lost time and place, but taking it with a grain of salt regarding things like children grew up without neuroses because they played outside in all weathers etc. 3w

TheAromaofBooks Yes, this is interesting but... not very story-ish as of yet 😂 3w

Bookwormjillk I hope this isn‘t boring too. I was getting invested in Edward and what‘s her name today but then it said we‘re not going to talk about them any more. PS I can see the pram in the preview but not the post. (edited) 3w

mcctrish @eeclayton it‘s pretty wordy for not much happening @TheAromaofBooks it‘s pretty much just a written accounting of a day in the life @Ruthiella kind of makes you think the author time travelled back from our current phone raised generation to make sweeping generalities 3w

Bklover @Ruthiella Yes! And also that being “soundly spanked” made them not repeat the behavior as opposed to “laying up complexes” that will spoil their later lives. 🙄. I‘m starting to think that there may not be much plot here. @TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish @eeclayton 3w

willaful All valid complaints but I am actually enjoying it. I hope we do get some story soon though.

I kind of feel the author is a little dishonest? She's writing like it's perfectly fine that the two intellectually curious kids get no encouragement or help but I don't believe it left no scars. And I don't believe there weren't any other “different“ kids who had a hard time with their way of life, either. 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm caught up! Although I did skip over Chapter 1 pig killing. 3w

julieclair I keep falling asleep as I read. I think this might be boring. Hoping for a plot to emerge soon. 3w

rubyslippersreads @Bookwormjillk It seems odd that we wouldn‘t hear more about Laura; she‘s the main character in the TV show. 🫤 3w

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The Bodyguard: A Novel | Katherine Center

My #bookspin and #doublebookspin for #bookspinbingo my DBS is also my #readordonate book for January! @TheAromaofBooks @julieclair

julieclair And I think your BookSpin is your #FictionalTraveler pick, right? 👍😃 3w

BarkingMadRead @julieclair Omg yes 🤣 amazing! 3w

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 3w

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Nancy Drew 15: The Haunted Bridge | Carolyn Keene

Starting this today for #nancydrewbr I thought I had recently read it, but nope 🤣 this is printed in 1972, hence the sassy scarf 🤣

Librarybelle OMG that cover! 😂 4w

BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle right? 🤣🤣🤣 4w

dabbe And that titian hair! 🤩 4w

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

Ch 1: we meet the town #pigs 🐷#outhouses #crops #allthefunstuff #noverdantorverdure #nocryingorfainting #iykyk #winning #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 4w

mcctrish I am completely in the “WTF day is it” part of the holidays and forgot all about it becoming a new month 4w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I feel that in my soul 🤣 4w

Cuilin Lots of pig talk!! 🐖 4w

Cuilin @mcctrish it‘s still twixtmas! 4w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin yessssss 4w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Cuilin @mcctrish Twixmas has got me too! 4w

AllDebooks I just got triggered by reading reposed in the intro! Too much of that in Udolpho 4w

mcctrish I have to say I share Laura‘s decor style, every summer I decorated the inside of outhouse at the cottage with pictures from magazines my aunt got from her friend who worked for Air Canada. Every summer had a theme- once it was food, once flowers, once each wall a different colour. The pig running away mid kill made me laugh out loud 4w

rubyslippersreads @mcctrish I‘m glad I‘m not the only one. 4w

Bklover I was feeling quite lazy and spoiled as I ate my caramel/cheese popcorn mix while reading about the children sucking on pigs toes. Raw pigs toes. 🤨 4w

Bookwormjillk @Bklover caramel and cheese is the best popcorn mix 4w

Bklover @Bookwormjillk Yes it is! I made myself half sick by eating waaay too much of it! 4w

mcctrish @Bklover I laughed out loud even louder at your comment 4w

Bklover @mcctrish ❤️😉 4w

dabbe And they're all nice to the pigs and love them and pet them and then slaughter them! #wtf? #charlotteswebtrigger There may be no crying so far in this one, but I was crying! Ooh, look, bacon! #twisted 4w

JacqMac I read this in my bed when I couldn‘t sleep. And now I‘m so hungry. lol 4w

Cuilin @dabbe 😢 for 🐖 4w

julieclair I love how they all seem happy, despite not being wealthy. And the pigs definitely have a great life… until they don‘t. 🐷😱😢 3w

ElizaMarie Behind… starting this tonight —- the #MouthWatering 3w

rubyslippersreads Catching up. I have to say, putting pictures of politicians in the “little house” is quite appropriate. 🤣 3w

rubyslippersreads @Bklover The “shoes” were revolting. 🤢 3w

rubyslippersreads @dabbe My grandfather made the mistake of having a pet chicken as a little boy. After an unfortunate incident (dinner), he never ate chicken his whole life. 😢 3w

dabbe @rubyslippersreads 😞😞😭 3w

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