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Epoch 1, ch 1-5: y‘all. What a start! #waltersavespesca #pescaissofun #iwanttokeephiminmypocket #pescagetswalterajob #waltisnttoosure #thefampressureshim #offhegoes #takingthelongroadhome #thewomaninwhiteisdeliciouslycreepy #sheknowsthefamhewillworkfor #butsaystheyredead ☠️ #wut #hehelpshergetacab #overhearsthatshescapedfromanasylum #sosocreepy #arrivesathisnewjobafterbedtime #becauseofcoursehedoes #staytuned #hashtahbrigade #whew

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @catlass007 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @willaful @kwmg40 @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll 22h

CatLass007 Thank you for the reminder! I had forgotten that I was supposed to read some of this today. 22h

Ruthiella Such a delightfully creepy beginning! 22h

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Clare-Dragonfly This is exciting! Pesca is such a delight. I‘ll be disappointed if the rest of the book is all at Limmeridge and he doesn‘t show up. 20h

Clare-Dragonfly I do have to say, the description of “a woman in white” is not exactly calculated to get the right person back to the asylum 😂 20h

Bklover Ooh, this is fun! Pesca is wonderful! Mom was fun too, although Sis is a stuffy thing! 19h

Bookwormjillk Super creepy. I loved it. 19h

Leftcoastzen Wonderful! So happy I joined in ! Great intrigue in this beginning. Love Pesca . 17h

TheAromaofBooks This one is off to a great start!! I also loved Walter's sister vs mom - isn't it funny how as you get older, you're less concerned about what people think, so you start having fun again? 😂 17h

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 💯 17h

ElizaMarie I love how quickly something happens! I‘m excited to read more!!! 16h

mcctrish Another great start #wearentinlarkriseanymore 14h

julieclair Off to an intriguing, creepy start. Love it! 12h

dabbe @mcctrish You mean we're not going to read 40 pages on just farming equipment? 🤩 12h

mcctrish @dabbe or the endless ramblings of drunk Russians or the lack of mysteries in verdant valleys 11h

dabbe @mcctrish #verdantverdureoverload #notothebros 11h

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Good Night New Orleans | Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper

My granddaughter understands what the egg chair is for #readingonly #readingchair

AnnCrystal Too Sweet 😍📚💝💝💝. 2d

Ruthiella That the ticket! ❤️ 2d

Bklover Cutie pie!!❤️ 2d

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marleed Absolutely!💕 2d

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2d

Cupcake12 Such a cutey 😊 1d

tpixie Adorable 🥰 food and hugs! In NOLA 13h

Gissy Adorable 💖 ✨💫 1h

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

#hashtagbrigade #mycopy #hashtagscomingsoon

BarbaraBB Such a great read! 2d

Leftcoastzen Hi! Can I join in? I have never read it and happened to find a copy at yard sale! 😁👏 2d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen You're in for a treat! 🤩 2d

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BarkingMadRead @Leftcoastzen absolutely! 2d

kspenmoll Please add me as well!!! 2d

tpixie Pretty cover? What edition? 13h

BarkingMadRead @tpixie I‘ve never heard of the publisher, Arcturus, it‘s printed in the UK 12h

tpixie @BarkingMadRead I always love UK covers! 9h

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Night Shift | Stephen King

Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #nightshift
Please be mindful of spoilers. We have new readers to King who haven‘t read all of his books. When referencing his other work, please keep this in mind for our new-to-King friends. Don‘t forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!
#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 @julies_bookshelf_adventures @bekakins 2d

Bookwormjillk It was fun to revisit his earlier stories and see him start to play with some of his longer books and themes. My dad had the version with the eyeball hand on the cover when I was a kid and I always had nightmares about it. Also Children if the Corn was a sleepover favorite so yay for nostalgia. 2d

AllDebooks I enjoyed this collection. As @Bookwormjillk said, it's fun seeing the formation of his longer works. Children of the corn was so creepy. X 2d

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TieDyeDude I was surprised to see him flirt with sci-fi with I Am the Doorway. He doesn't seem to play in that sandbox too often. I liked the "bad deal" stories, Quitters Inc, The Ledge, Lawnmower Man. Lawnmower, Trucks, and Mangler were pretty silly ? I found Last Rung ? maybe the most memorable. It had an aching sweetness to it, but I seem to like unrequited/unreciprocated love stories for some reason... 2d

BarkingMadRead @alldebooks children of the corn has always creeped me out! The movie is so messed up! @TieDyeDude yes! Mangler was so silly at the end 🤣 2d

Balibee146 Oh I love that edition. I didn't pick up Night Shift last month sadly but I do like it as a collection. I really enjoy King short stories 😍 2d

LoverOfLearning Just recently started reading SK! Long list of books to read 😩 2d

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The Stand | Stephen King

This month‘s book is #theStand Grab your copy and check back at the end of the month for open discussion! Don‘t forget to tag me so I can see which version you have! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead

AllDebooks I'm going to skip this one as I read it recently and loved it. So good. Enjoy. 😊 2d

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The Stand | Stephen King

I realized I never posted this! My #bookspinbingo stack is ready to go, and a little precarious in my front window 🤣 @TheAromaofBooks

Ruthiella One good breeze and it‘s gonna topple! 😆 4d

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I keep waiting for my granddog to knock it over! She is so careful of it, though 🤣 3d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3d

LoverOfLearning What a great stack!! 2d

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The Woman in White | Wilkie Colli

Wilkie Freakin Collins. God forbid he uses actual chapters to make our lives easy 🙄 #thisfreakingguy #anyway take a look at how I divided it up and let me know if this doesn‘t work. I can always spread out some of the longer sections an extra day. For the multiple day chapters… they are divided into sections, so the numbers at the end are how many sections each day. Hope this makes sense. Drop your thought below #hashtagbrigade we start Saturday

Bookwormjillk How dare you Wilkie. 4d

Librarybelle Wilkie was a strange guy. I‘m happy to go with the consensus of the group. 4d

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Ruthiella Wilkie took a lot of opium. Give him a break. 😂 4d

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella well that bodes well 😂 4d

willaful @Bookwormjillk 😂 4d

LitsyEvents @LitsyEvents 3d

julieclair I think you‘ve done a brilliant job trying to wrangle dear Wilkie‘s opium-induced non-chapterism into submission! 👍🤪😂 3d

Bklover I actually followed the plan (I think!). Sounds good to me. Oh, and maybe the opium will make this interesting! 3d

KathyWheeler Can I be added to this event? I‘ve owned this book for years and would like to get motivated to actually read it! 3d

kwmg40 Looks good. I'll try to follow as best I can! 3d

BarkingMadRead @KathyWheeler absolutely! 3d

TheAromaofBooks Looks great!! Sooo complicated when a book doesn't have just regular chapters!! 3d

Clare-Dragonfly Eep! I‘ll do my best to keep up! 😅 3d

KAO I don‘t really follow. “March 2-4 5 per day”? Isn‘t this 96 pages for the first section divided by 3 days=32 pages per day? What does “5 per day” mean? Edited: Oh!! This must mean five parts labeled with Roman numerals! I see now. (edited) 2d

KAO I‘m not so sure I‘ll keep up with the rest of the books I have going! I‘ll give it a shot though. 2d

BarkingMadRead @kao that chapter is split into sections, so it‘s 5 sections of that chapter per day. If I split it into pages, it might have us stopping mid- mini chapter. There are 15 mini chapters (edited) 2d

CatLass007 Well thank goodness the free Audible copy has the same table of contents. 2d

BarkingMadRead @catlass007 I had real stress that the different copies would be set up different 🤣#freakingwilkie (edited) 2d

BarbaraJean This looks good to me! Thank you for divvying up all of Wilkie‘s eclectic “chapters” for us! Of course, I still have to check the TOC in my library ebook copy… because I could have SWORN I owned a copy but it is nowhere to be found. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d

KAO @BarkingMadRead I get it now! I just finished reading sections 1-5 of the first part this morning. I‘m enjoying it so far! 2d

BarkingMadRead @kao yayyyyyyy 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Are we starting today (Saturday, March 1) or tomorrow (March 2)? 😅 2d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhhh I said tomorrow, so we are starting tomorrow 🙈 sorry y‘all! 2d

Graciouswarriorprincess Please add me. Thanks. @BarkingMadRead 14h

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

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

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 4d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 4d

mcctrish Loved it ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4d

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Clare-Dragonfly Bahaha, perfect 😂 I hope Esther goes on to live a happy life! Certainly I hope it‘s better than her creator‘s. 4d

Bookwormjillk Go to hell buddy. She should have let him dig out his own dang car. Thanks @BarkingMadRead for another great read. 4d

Ruthiella Buddy, Buddy, Buddy! Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! 4d

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for hosting!! This is one of those books I always felt like I “should“ read but never have. I didn't love it, but some of the writing was amazing. 4d

Deblovestoread So glad to have finally read this book! 3d

kwmg40 Perfect comment about Buddy. Thank you for hosting! I needed this group read to motivate me to start this book, which had sat on my shelves for a long time, but once I got into it, it was easy if sad reading. 3d

Andrea313 Thanks for hosting! It's always the right time to read The Bell Jar, and I'm so glad I got to read it with this group. ❤️ 3d

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

dabbe @Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 3d

dabbe Esther truly reminded me of Holden in CATCHER IN THE RYE, and both books ended on a hopeful note--both of them hopefully on the road to recovery. I only wish Plath had been able to keep that bell jar off of her for good. 🥺 Couldn't have read this without this fantastic group, and thanks again, @BarkingMadRead, for seeing us through. 💚 3d

DieAReader @BarkingMadRead 🤓💖Thanks for a great group read! 3d

tpixie @BarkingMadRead thanks for hosting this event. This is a book that felt I really needed to read, and I‘m glad I was able to do it with you as a host and with other#Littens. SP did have a way with words. I could see how she was a poet in her prose. 15h

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 19: well, that went well #atleasthewasintelligent 🤷🏻‍♀️ #shehandleditsowell #joandidherasolid #imworriedabouthowthatdocfixedit #oneinamillion #poorjoan #shewasdoingsowell 😢 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 5d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 5d

BarkingMadRead I feel bad using MGGs pic, but he came to when I googled nerdy hot guy in tweed, which is how I pictured this dude 🤣 5d

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ElizaMarie #AllThatBlood - terrifying! And didn't sound like she enjoyed it in the slightest. Ugh. I also noticed how a lot of these chapters end in a #CliffHanger. (I will finish the book now - since I am doing a 12 tomorrow. 5d

dabbe I really missed something because I had no idea Joan was in such sorry shape. Unbelievably sad. 🥺 Was she attracted to Esther and despondent when she found out Esther had slept with a man? I'm sure it goes a lot deeper than that, but wow. And of course, I had to read Ch. 20 right away after that. Definitely more of a page-turner than LARK RISE. 5d

dabbe I love the pic and Spencer from CMs! 🤩 5d

Bookwormjillk @dabbe I don‘t think we‘re supposed to know. Esther is so self centered (I don‘t mean that as a criticism exactly.) But from her point of view we had no clue what Joan was going through. Esther doesn‘t know what‘s going on with herself never mind being able to consider that Joan might have feelings. 5d

Clare-Dragonfly I love the picture of Reid for this chapter 😂 Though I doubt this guy told the truth about being a professor of mathematics—he certainly doesn‘t seem like he‘s actually paid well! I wonder if we will find out what exactly went wrong with Esther. Did her diaphragm puncture something? 5d

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I want to know too! Is she one in a million that bleeds out after sex the first time or is the diaphragm the problem ? Or being ‘tipsy‘? All this mental health care just seems so random and half assed 5d

julieclair @dabbe Joan took me completely by surprise. So sad. 4d

dabbe @julieclair IKR? 😳🥺😔 3d

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Tuesday ch 18: I‘m liking Joan less and less #onesecondshesameangirl #thenextshesnot #fightingoverbuddysmom 🤣 #joancanhaveher #estherstakingbackherlife #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 6d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 6d

ElizaMarie Wasn't sure if we were reading Ch 18 today --- I just finished and commented on 17 - But I am gonna read 18 right now (and adjust my timeline) 6d

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BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie sorry! Everyone was saying they were caught up so I posted! 🙈 6d

ElizaMarie So - I am proud of Esther here and her doc appointment. Good for her doing what she needs to do to feel confident in her future and falling into a stuck #BabyMommaLife 6d

dabbe I do like this doctor and believe she is helping Esther to get well. Even though she didn't tell Esther the day before about the ECT, she had a good reason--not wanting to have Esther worry all night. Even Esther says that's what she would have done. In hugging Esther “like a mother,“ Dr. Nolan finally provides Esther with the female healer who can deliver the road map into adulthood that Esther has lacked. 6d

Bookwormjillk Glad to see Esther doing something! Seems promising! 6d

julieclair @dabbe Love your thought about Dr. Nolan being the female healer Esther needs. I‘m hoping that turns out to be the case. This is my first time reading this book, and so far, I‘ve been feeling pretty bleak. 6d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk YES! 🙌🏻 6d

dabbe @julieclair I have everything crossed that I can in hopes that Esther gets better. 🤞🏻🙌🏻🤞🏻 6d

mcctrish The dr does seem to be caring and empathetic and thoughtful aka a wonderful dr. The electric shocks seem to be working too and obviously done well ( that first zap was torture not health care) I love that Esther is thinking about the future too now that she‘s been ‘fitted‘ and good on that dr for his caring manner 6d

Clare-Dragonfly The correctly done shock treatments are working! Esther feels the air, she is confident enough to tell Joan what she thinks, AND she resists the urge to tell the doctor a long story to justify herself. You go, girl! 5d

tpixie 🍀🍀🍀 16h

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ok, so I messed up somehow, and didn‘t post chapter 15. So, should I not post tomorrow and let everyone catch up? Sorry y‘all, I was in NOLA, the days just ran together!

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 7d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 7d

mcctrish I am caught up now 7d

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CogsOfEncouragement I didn‘t look at the chapter numbers you posted, just read the remarks. The remarks are correct aren‘t they? You just skipped 15, marking it as 16? Yeah? Your photo of a bell jar is perfect for chapter 15, it is just marked 16. 7d

BarkingMadRead @CogsOfEncouragement I think that‘s what I did wrong, but I‘m not sure 🙈 7d

willaful It seems to me you skipped chapter 16. I could be confused though. 7d

CogsOfEncouragement Chapter 15: “…would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air.” and “The air of the bell jar wadded round me and I couldn‘t stir.”
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BarkingMadRead @willaful that‘s possible. I know I read it, but I may have forgotten to post and then read the next chapter on the same day! There was a lot of drinking going on 🤣 7d

CogsOfEncouragement I think the Spam photo is better for chapter 17, yes, but to me your hashtags worked for chapter 16. 7d

CogsOfEncouragement AND this is a VERY enjoyable BR, thank you so much for hosting. This is no big deal. I didn‘t even notice, as you see I happily commented today. It‘s all good. ✌🏻♥️📚 7d

CogsOfEncouragement Esther had compared something to Spam. I hadn‘t read chapter 17 yet, so I thought it was a reference to that, not realizing the Spam comparison was actually in an earlier chapter. 🤷‍♀️ Again, soooooo not a big deal. 7d

DieAReader I hadn‘t even noticed😂 All good here to keep going. So close to being done that I might just have to finish it tonight🤭 7d

dabbe Ch. 16 ended with Dr. Nolan telling Esther she will no longer have visitors, especially her mother. This pleases Esther greatly, which is why I ended up liking the doctor at the end of this chapter. I think Ch. 17 is where the spam comes in and other perhaps not-so-great things that the doctor does. I only read to Ch. 16 because that was the chapter for today. No worries at all. I'm tempted to finish the entire book today anyway. 💚 (edited) 7d

Bookwormjillk No worries- whatever works for you. 7d

Ruthiella I didn‘t even notice! 😂 Just keep on keeping on. ✌️ 6d

tpixie @BarkingMadRead hope you got some great gumbo! I love New Orleans!! 20h

BarkingMadRead @tpixie gumbo, beignets, jambalaya, red beans and rice, hurricanes….. 20h

tpixie @BarkingMadRead perfect!!! 🤩 16h

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 17: on to the next place #spam #alittleswankier #joanisthere #meangirlsareeverywhere #thatdocfrustratesme #pooresther #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 7d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 7d

Bookwormjillk She was never so happy as when the doctor said no more visits. 7d

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mcctrish Did I miss a chapter ? I thought today was #16 I just read about the dr saying no more visitors and learning about who the ‘friend‘ is, not a friend, just a fan #goodgrief 7d

mcctrish I‘m not a fan of the dr 7d

CogsOfEncouragement I thought handing Esther the newspaper articles was messed up, but I also thought it was an interesting way to tell us what happened when we have been relying on Esther to give us the scoop. 7d

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish ugh did I misnumber?!? 7d

dabbe I totally see the doctor differently. Esther's mom views everything Esther does as a rebuke against her, which makes Esther feel alienated from the one woman who should serve as her guide into adulthood. When Doctor Nolan realizes that seeing her mother and others only harms Esther and ends the visits, to me she becomes a mother figure to Esther—one who is warmer and more accepting of Esther's conflicts than Esther's real mother. ⬇️ 7d

dabbe Though this may seem cruel to Mrs. Greenwood, it seems to be a necessary step toward Esther's recovery and is evidenced by how relieved Esther is by the doctor's choice. Somebody finally noticed what she needed and willingly gave it to Esther. 7d

mcctrish @dabbe oh I totally think the mom should be banned, Esther doesn‘t need to explain to her why she feels the way she does ( as if she could) I‘m mad at the dr for springing the electric shocks on Esther - I don‘t feel they are on the same page with how “I will let you know if and when we go that route” plays out 7d

dabbe @mcctrish Is Esther in for more electric shock treatment? I've only read to Ch. 16, so my thoughts were based on that. I guess my views will change with Ch. 17. #ruhroh 7d

mcctrish @dabbe I‘m mixed up with the chapters 🤦🏻‍♀️ 7d

dabbe @mcctrish Easy to do; they flow quickly in this one. 🤗 I might even finish tonight. 🤞🏻 7d

Bookwormjillk Ok yeah now I don‘t like that doctor anymore. 6d

ElizaMarie So, #InTheDoctorsDefense I get why she didn't tell her the night before. I think Esther should have a say in if/when she gets shock treatment, but.. in this world/time/hospital she doesn't, so telling her and letting her freak out about it all night could have caused her to hurt herself, whereas springing it on her, is a bit more kind (in a - kind even though we are subjecting you to a treatment you don't consent to kind of way) 6d

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie good point! This is one of those situations where you can‘t really win! 6d

Clare-Dragonfly @ElizaMarie That‘s fair, but I‘m still pretty mad at the doctor, because as I see it she broke her promise. She told Esther, but not until Esther had figured it out herself. She should have given her a few days of warning. 6d

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Stopped at 6 indie bookstores in NOLA #shopsmall

Ruthiella Nice haul! I thought “The Trees” was amazing. 1w

dabbe THE AGE OF INNOCENCE is my favorite Wharton. Oh, and the movie, too! 💚🩶💚 1w

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella the blurb sucked me in, I can‘t wait to read it! @dabbe there‘s a movie?!?! 🎥 1w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Heck ya, there is! It stars Daniel Day-be-still-my-heart Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder. And it was directed my Martin Scorsese! 🤩 1w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

#hashtagbrigade next month‘s book is the Woman in White, drop a comment below if you‘re joining us! Everyone is welcome, but just remember that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers. You should always read the chapter before you read my post!
We star my reading a chapter a day on March 2!

BarkingMadRead @litsyevents
@catlass007 @indoordame @librarybelle @tineke @bookwormjillk @rubyslippersreads @sace @currentlyreadinginco @annr @annececelie @barbarajean 1w

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @jacqmac @lapreader 1w

BarkingMadRead @daisey @morr_books @covertocovergirl @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @larkken @samanne @5feet.of.fury @crinoline_laphroaig @daisey @kao @i.besteph @elizamarie @dieareader @AnishaInkspill 1w

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Bookwormjillk I‘m in! 1w

Bklover I will be joining for this one! I have been dealing with my oldest daughter‘s health issue so I‘ve been away for a while. She is now on the path to recovery so hopefully I can be here a lot more! I‘ve really missed the #hashtagbrigade 1w

mcctrish I‘m in 1w

Librarybelle I‘m in! This has been on my tbr forever! 1w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1w

peanutnine I'm gonna skip this month. Have fun y'all! 1w

Sace I have a copy of this book somewhere. If I can find it, I‘m in! 1w

Clare-Dragonfly Yes, I‘m in! 1w

Ruthiella Definitely in! Another re-read for me. 1w

Roary47 Ooo yay! I‘ve been wanting to read that one. 😍 1w

CatLass007 I‘ve already got it in my Audible library. 1w

Deblovestoread I‘m skipping this one. Tried to read a few years ago and bailed. Hope you love it and see you in April! 1w

eeclayton I'm going to sit this one out, but I'm planning to join you for the rest of the year. Have fun, see you in April! 1w

dabbe @Bklover Glad your daughter is recovering, and glad to see you again! 🤩🤗🤩 1w

dabbe Love this book! I'm going to try to reread it again with all of you lovely people, so please include me! Even if I only reread parts, I want to know what y'all think! 🤩 1w

ElizaMarie Found this one free on Kindle. Hopefully, it syncs up well. I plan on joining. @BkLover I am glad to hear your daughter is doing better. 1w

quietjenn Yes, I've been meaning to revisit this for ages. 1w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1w

Bklover @dabbe @ElizaMarie Thank you! ❤️🩷❤️🩷She finally had surgery last week so at least now we are headed in the right direction. It‘s amazing how young a 38 year old daughter can seem when she‘s sick! 1w

willaful @Bklover no matter how old, they're still our babies. I'm so glad she's doing better.

I'll tentatively join, not sure I'm really up for it. 1w

dabbe @Bklover Or a 66-year-old hubby! 🤣🤣🤣 1w

Bklover @willaful Yes they are!! Thank you!🩷 1w

BarkingMadRead @willaful I can always remove your later, if you want! Added… for now 1w

kwmg40 I'm going to try to join for this one. 1w

KAO Count me in! 1w

KAO @Bklover I‘m sorry to hear that your daughter has been sick! I hope the recent surgery proves to be a total success! Here‘s to a speedy recovery. 1w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1w

BarbaraJean Please tag me! I can't miss out on re-reading this with Hashtag Brigade commentary! 1w

TheAromaofBooks I own this one, so I'm going to try and join!! 1w

julieclair I‘m in! I have always wanted to read this. 6d

SamAnne I‘m in! 6d

Bklover @KAO Thanks Kathy! Her surgery went really well, and she is feeling really good! 3d

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The Stand | Stephen King

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

Bookwormjillk Last time I read The Stand was February 2020 😳 1w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I read this almost every year, I have four copies 🙈 (edited) 1w

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5feet.of.fury It‘s soooo long,but I‘ve wanted to read this one for a long time…. 😩 1w

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury it‘s my favorite book of all time, it‘s so epic! 1w

kwmg40 I'm not sure if, like @BarkingMadRead, I'd call this my favourite book of all time (though I can certainly appreciate readers making that argument) but it's definitely my favourite of the Stephen King books I've read. I'm looking forward to the reread. 1w

bekakins Just discovered this readalong! King is my favourite author so would love to join in! I last read the stand during Covid….. Scarrrryyyyyyyy!!! 1w

BarkingMadRead @bekakins yikes! Not the best timing! I will add you to the tag list! 7d

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 16: a new hospital #thankstophilomina #hopefullythisswankyplacehelps #notsureabouttheinsulinthing #orthisdoctor #letsjustblameitonmom #staytuned

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 1w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 1w

mcctrish I had to Google insulin therapy after reading this to see if it was a thing and it was. I know health care is a science, and science is based on experiments but holy crap with the mental health care. Where are the questions? Where is the talking? 1w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I keep waiting for it, but it seems like they‘re talking to everyone but her! 1w

Bookwormjillk The insulin thing puzzled me too. Her friend that popped up at the end- do we know her? 1w

Ruthiella I also googled Insulin Shock Therapy for treating depression…apparently it was a thing. It‘s been since discredited. 1w

Clare-Dragonfly This place certainly seems better than the last. At least the people who work there are nice to Esther, even if she doesn‘t deserve it. Her unreliability is quite stark in this chapter—Valerie says hello and she ignores her, then she says hello to the other lady and is hurt and paranoid when there‘s no response! 1w

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Joan has definitely been mentioned before. I think perhaps she‘s the one she went on the double date at the beach with? 1w

CogsOfEncouragement Chapter 5 “Oh, I can‘t do that. I‘m up here for the Sophomore Prom with Joan.” I felt like a prize idiot. “How is Joan?” I asked coldly. Joan Giling came from our home town and went to our church and was a year ahead of me at college. She was a big wheel—president of her class and a physics major and the college hockey champion.” 1w

CogsOfEncouragement ⬆️ @Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly 1w

Bookwormjillk @CogsOfEncouragement @Clare-Dragonfly thanks! 1w

dabbe These therapies were definitely far-fetched and dangerous. However, isn't this what modern day doctors do, too, in a way? “Oh, you're depressed. Let's immediately put you on an anti-depressant medication. Anxiety, too? There's a pill for that also.“ Discussion with mentally fragile patients is so necessary but also probably so difficult. Look at how tough it is just to try to break through Esther's shell. Soooo sad! 🥺 1w

willaful So do all of Buddy's dates wind up with mental illness?! 1w

ElizaMarie When I worked at Oregon State Hospital, they had a museum on their premises (it was where they filmed One Flew Over The Cuckoo Nest), anyway, they had all these articles on mental health treatment and reasons people (mostly women) were sent to live in asylums. It was terrifying! Insulin Shock therapy was one of the horrors. 1w

Clare-Dragonfly @CogsOfEncouragement Ooh, yet another person from her past that she doesn‘t know well or like. Lucky Esther! 1w

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Skeleton Letters | Laura Childs

When in NOLA, be must read a book that takes place there!! #cozymystery

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Night Watch: A novel | Jayne Anne Phillips

It isn‘t a visit to NOLA unless you stop at Faulkner‘s House!

AnnCrystal 🆒📚💝. 1w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 14: yikes, these nurses are not nice! #estherisnotapeepshowgeorge #dontbethatguy #whyyyyydidthatnursegiveheramirror #yikes #momisgonnatryandgetherout #imnotsurethatswise #butalsothisplacesucks #ijustwanttohugher #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 1w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 1w

mcctrish What the fuck happened to Esther ?! She took pills but now she looks like she‘s been in a car accident? They shaved her head? #oneflewoverthecuckoosnest for real! The pendulum has swung completely in the other direction and we just let people self medicate with their poison of choice and give them no care at all 🥲💔 1w

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Bookwormjillk I wish the entire #hashtagbrigade could get in a car and go rescue Esther. 1w

Librarybelle Agreed, @Bookwormjillk ! 1w

Ruthiella @mcctrish I think the bruises are from the botched electro-shock therapy. (edited) 1w

ElizaMarie #AMirrorReally !? I love how she mentions she knows perfectly well you don‘t serve #BeansWithBeans 1w

Clare-Dragonfly Everyone is awful in this chapter! Why on earth didn‘t the nurse try harder to convince her she didn‘t want a mirror? “You don‘t look very pretty” is a huge understatement. Or the nurse could have held the mirror herself. But also, the old nurse who told her seven years‘ bad luck is making things worse if anything. 🙄 1w

Clare-Dragonfly And the racism makes my skin crawl ☹️ 1w

CogsOfEncouragement So much to take in and attempt to decipher. The beans remark was too funny. The food being gross but Esther finally eating again. There is probably some symbolism there too. 1w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly soooooo bad, I‘m not a fan 1w

willaful Esther is such an unreliable narrator, I have no idea whether people are actually as awful as she thinks they are or not. 1w

BarkingMadRead @willaful I wonder the same, this is all seen through her very unreliable eyes 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯! 1w

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯! 1w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead @willaful Excellent reminder of the #1 problem with 1st-person POV. The narrator will always be unreliable. The best thing, though, about 1st-person POV (IMHO) is how much we get to know the character who's telling her story, and if we care about her (which I think we all do), we really become involved in her story and wanting to see her survive. We're behind you, Esther! ❣️ 1w

tpixie @dabbe well said! Love all the comments! 21h

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 13: this is so sad! This chapter was giving Better off Dead vibes, so many unsuccessful attempts #cryforhelp #momistryingsohard #daytripswithfriends #volunteeringatthehospital #weknowherlatestattemotwontwork #itdoesnttakeawayfromthetragedyifit #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 1w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 1w

CogsOfEncouragement I thought the EXACT same thing! That movie kept coming to mind. I thought this particular chapter read as a dark comedy, but had to wonder if it was just me. Was I just in a weird mood? I googled it and discovered I‘m certainly not alone in feeling this way. 1w

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mcctrish @CogsOfEncouragement absolutely a dark comedy, just start a conversation with someone “so if you were going to kill your sled, how would you do it?” Not a single red flag flying from that pick up line 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1w

Bookwormjillk Reminded me of a Man Called Ove. I might need to finish this one early. Reading a chapter a day is stressful. 1w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I was thinking the same! 1w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads To me, it‘s the most depressing book I have ever read. 1w

CogsOfEncouragement I‘m reading two other very light books right now. The Seven Year Slip is a whimsical rom-com and a book in the Cedar Cove series by Debbie Macomber which is easy reading. Though there is certainly something to be said for not spending too many days with a character that you can tell is dragging you down to the depths. 1w

mcctrish I‘ve got ACOTAR, From Dust to Stardust and Fishbowl on the go while I read this, every one but fishbowl is a Buddy read so it‘s easy for me to stick to a chapter of this and not get overwhelmed, that said we are past the halfway mark and I honestly can‘t see where this is going #couldgetworse #mightgetbetter 1w

ElizaMarie I think the more I read, the more I feel bad for his mother. She doesn't know what to do or how to help. I feel so bad for Esther. She is so lost - and I don't see her getting the help she needs. - I don't know how I would have faired reading this in my late teens/early 20s. I am glad I am reading this now and not then. - I might not have had the perspective. 1w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I keep telling myself it‘s first person so hopefully it gets better? 1w

willaful This is really bumming me out. 1w

dabbe One of my students in high school years ago committed suicide. I still think of her often and wish I could have done something--anything. This book is ripping all of us to shreds. I so wish I could hug Esther and tell her how lovely she is and that life does get better--or at least, as you age, perspective helps you grow and get strong. She has NO ONE who is able to reach her! AUGHHHHH!!!! 😞 1w

BarkingMadRead @CogsOfEncouragement I‘ve read them all! 1w

CogsOfEncouragement @BarkingMadRead All the Cedar Cove? I‘m on book 10, so nearing the end of my time with these endearing characters. 1w

BarkingMadRead @CogsOfEncouragement all of Cedar cove and also I‘ve read Seven Year Slip! I was volunteering at a used book store some years back and they had the whole series so I just zipped through them! 1w

CogsOfEncouragement @BarkingMadRead Very cool. I‘m about halfway through Seven Year Slip. I saw Elyse Myers good-crying over it on a reel and it sounded like a good pairing with Bell Jar! 1w

CogsOfEncouragement @BarkingMadRead Oh, wait. Just found out how her aunt passed. I still think Elyse was happy crying at the end of this! 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I also feel the dark comedy of this, but emphasis on the DARK! I so wish Esther had access to modern pharmaceuticals. 1w

ElizaMarie @dabbe you are such an amazing person! I just wanted to say that 1w

dabbe @ElizaMarie You just made my day, week, month ... you are, too, yaknow! 💚🩶💚 1w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 12: I feel like hashtags are too disrespectful for this chapter 😢 #letstryanddothisright #immadatmom #ifeellikeshediminishedthesituation #thatnursesucked #sodidthedoctor #thatsallimgonnasayaboutthat #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 2w

Librarybelle Definitely a hard chapter to read today. 2w

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Bookwormjillk Yup, a toughie. 2w

kwmg40 Agree with everyone here. This was difficult to read. 2w

mcctrish Does the dr even know who she is ? How much of his medical practice is for profit ? The mom and her “I knew you weren‘t that kind of girl” not “that was fucking terrifying I should have turned you right around when we got here” 2w

Cuilin I got halfway through this chapter and put the book down. I don‘t think I can read this right now. I‘m not in the right headspace or something. 2w

Cuilin @mcctrish oh the mom, she made me so angry. 😠 2w

ElizaMarie That mother!!! Anyway my heart goes out for our girl. She is struggling 😞 2w

willaful I'm tempted not to finish as well. 2w

CogsOfEncouragement I‘m not mad at the mom. I feel like she is worried about her daughter, and this is the medical help of the time. She doesn‘t understand, she wants her daughter better, she is relieved that Esther has said something to allow her to believe she has snapped out of it. Her mom is trying to help. Our mom‘s thought pouring hydrogen peroxide on our scraped knees was helping. 2w

dabbe So hard to read these last two chapters. It's even harder when you know it's Plath who wrote it. 😞 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Oof, definitely hard to read. And unfortunately quite relatable (from my memories—I‘m doing emotionally well these days, thank goodness). It seems like all the electric shock “therapy” did was get her moving, without improving her mental state at all. 2w

TheAromaofBooks @CogsOfEncouragement - I feel bad for the mom, too. This is a time when people didn't understand really even the concept of depression. If you feel sad, stop feeling sad. Her mom is doing what the doctor says, but has no basis to know that what he is saying is complete BS. She knows something is wrong with Esther, but doesn't have any tools to help her. She's struggling in the dark, too. 1w

BarkingMadRead @CogsOfEncouragement @TheAromaofBooks such good points! I think she annoyed me because I‘ve had people react that way to me when I‘ve been depressed. Like I had no right to be and should just be happy 1w

TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead - I definitely can see that!! I think I have seen older family members get bullied by medical professionals so I felt a lot of empathy for Esther's mother. He's a doctor so he must be right, even if it doesn't seem right... my grandma suffered for years because she trusted a doctor who was worse than useless because she was poor and uneducated so he must know what's best. 😞 Esther's mom - and Esther! - seem the same way. 1w

tpixie @BarkingMadRead yes people still don‘t understand that we don‘t control our feelings and can‘t always just “snap out of it” @TheAromaofBooks @CogsOfEncouragement yes I agree the mother didn‘t know better and relied on ‘ the expert doctor‘. We now have more sources to learn what standard of treatment is, although still can be misled by the Internet and some medical professionals… 21h

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 11: this doctor 💥 💥 🤬🤬#anyway #randomsailorstory #didheevenlistentoher #howdoesheexpecthertoimprove #ohyeah 💡 ⚡️ #ugh #readingaboutsuicideisnthelping #dontgetonthebus #atleastnowtherandomstorymakessense #offtochicago #maybe #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 2w

Cuilin I‘m not sure I want to read anymore but I will. It‘s triggering something. Can you get secondhand melancholy from a book? 2w

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ElizaMarie The part - “It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next. It made me tired just to think of it.“ - Made me so so sad for her!

@Cuilin I feel a bit of the blahs too after reading this chapter. (edited) 2w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @ElizaMarie for sure! It‘s gloomy and snowy here in SC and she‘s definitely got me feeling the blues 2w

mcctrish This might not be the best book for February blahs - I went outside for the first time in days today. I was putting on a bit of a protest against winter and left to my own devices I could have held out longer but my husband was grousing that we had no apples left for his lunch. Or bananas. Or berries. Anyways I went to the grocery store and I survived. I feel Esther‘s pain. Adulting is hard. I don‘t think electric shock is the answer 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish we have like zero food in our house 🤣 I have hated the grocery store ever since Covid, I‘m scarred for life 2w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead I want to know why the cashiers don‘t bag groceries for you anymore?! It just makes me lose my mind with rage! I‘m spending $260 on groceries in a store, I could go anywhere, I‘ve chosen this one, appreciate my business UGH 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish you need to move to SC 🤣 they bag your groceries and will push your cart to the car and unload them too 2w

willaful @mcctrish They found out how much they could get away with during lockdown. 🤬 I'll never forget the gas station that had closed down its public bathrooms “for your safety“ but of course didn't require masks. Security theater, so much of it.

This was definitely a depressing chapter. Esther seems pretty seriously mentally ill to me, but damn, shock treatment is a lot before trying something else, *anything* else! 2w

mcctrish @willaful or how little 😡 2w

Bookwormjillk This chapter was really hard to take. 2w

dabbe How does this doc only see her TWICE before recommending shock therapy? Was that the 1st answer in the 60s? A very difficult chapter to read. She reminds me in so many ways of Holden Caulfield. 😞 2w

Ruthiella @mcctrish The supermarket doesn‘t bag your groceries? They do here in Southern California. We do have to put them on the conveyor belt ourselves. When I was a kid, the cashier also emptied the cart for the shopper. (edited) 2w

mcctrish @Ruthiella 🤯 I‘m conducting a poll on FB of what stores bag or if anyone even cares 🤦🏻‍♀️ my usual store does bag but I went to a store close to home today instead of the one on the way home from school and no bagging, even though I gave her my bins to load 2w

mcctrish @dabbe RIGHT? 2w

ElizaMarie @mcctrish @dabbe @willaful yeah I don‘t think she really needs ECT (I have treated patients pre and post ECT and—- try something first! ) like 2 doc appointments and they already gave up!? (edited) 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Yikes, as I expected—the shrink sucks. Going straight to electric shocks is not wise! Do you really think she‘s going to Chicago? There was something about a stop two blocks from her house. Sadly I just don‘t think she has the chutzpah to do something so bold. 2w

CogsOfEncouragement I finished this chapter after a short walk in the sunshine. Very helpful. 2w

julieclair This chapter made me so sad. Her depression, the shock treatment, the overall feeling of flatness. Just sad. 1w

tpixie @julieclair yes a very sad chapter. @Cuilin here story and the horrible treatments We still are behind the eight ball 🎱 in testing depression. @dabbe I live in Kansas & the groceries here bagged ( for free) and they will take out your groceries to your car, if you‘d like. (edited) 21h

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

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 2w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 2w

mcctrish All of a sudden the randomness has a Lark Rise vibe #iykyk 2w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish it really does 🤣 2w

willaful Man, what a depressing chapter. I hope Esther is going to get some help but I kind of doubt it. :-\ 2w

BarkingMadRead @willaful I‘m worried that she will think she doesn‘t need it 2w

Deblovestoread Mrs. Kravitz! 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead Same! Or that the shrink will be terrible… 2w

Bookwormjillk I‘m with you all hoping she gets the help she needs. 2w

tpixie @Deblovestoread 😝 @BarkingMadRead Mrs Kravitz!!! 🧙 I LOVED Bewitched 2w

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly I think it's almost guaranteed that the shrink will be terrible. 😞 2w

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! 2w

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? 2w

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

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! 2w

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 1w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 9: Esther‘s last night in NYC #iwouldbeemotionaltoo #tackypicsforthemagazine #bilegreen 🤮 #doreenwantstoparty #estherwantstopack #ofcoursertheyparty #esthergetsstuckwithawomanhater #sheshouldhavestuckhimwiththatpin 💎 #rightintheeye #ihopeheneverfindsit #ofcoursedoreenisnowheretobefound #estherdumpsallherfrumpyclothes #ilegitthoughtshewasgonnajump 😰 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 2w

Cuilin I wasn‘t prepared for the assault. Ugh. This though 🤛 👃 🩸 👍 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin me either, but she was totally badass 2w

mcctrish Absolutely badass and for real she should have stabbed him with the pin 2w

Ruthiella I‘m surprised I don‘t remember this at all from reading this before. It‘s traumatizing ! 2w

dabbe @mcctrish In a place where the sun don't shine! 💪🏻 2w

dabbe That green shirt, skirt, and stocking are giving me total Ali McGraw vibes from LOVE STORY! 💚 2w

mcctrish @dabbe the green doesn‘t make me unhappy and I totally agree with Love Story vibes 2w

tpixie @dabbe yes!! 💚💚💚 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I love green, although maybe not quite this much and also not called bile green 🤣 2w

willaful I loved the line “It was a face that needed soap and water and Christian tolerance.“ 2w

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella I don‘t remember it either 2w

tpixie @willaful lol great line 2w

ElizaMarie @willaful yes!!!! 2w

julieclair This chapter was rough. I'm impressed by her presence of mind. 👊 1w

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Skeleton Letters | Laura Childs

We are traveling to NOLA on Friday, so of course I picked my travel books today 🤷🏻‍♀️ am I the only one, who packs books first? I will probably bring my kindle as well 🤣 round trip flights plus down time while the hubby parties with his friends leaves me with plenty of reading time 🤣 I love NOLA, but I‘m not a late night kinda gal…. Unless it‘s reading!

Bookwormjillk Clothes are just clothes. Books make the whole trip, 2w

rachelsbrittain Gotta pack the books! I always overestimate the number of physical books I could possibly get through, especially since I always bring my kindle too 😂 2w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 8: this freaking guy 🙄 #esthervisitsbuddyattheclinic #buddychubbedup #proposaltime #becausethissettingiswaybetterthanaletter 🙄 #timetogoskiing #buddyteachesesther #becausewatchingpeopleskimakeshimapro 🙄 #myeyeshurtfromrollingsomuch #whatcouldgowrong #letmetellyou #abrokenleg #jerk #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 2w

TheAromaofBooks Why is everyone in this book so unlikable 😂 2w

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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks seriously! She‘s an asshole magnet 🤣 2w

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks thank you for saying that I wholeheartedly agree! 2w

Cuilin The line let me fly with you would have been very sweet and cute if the question had not been “how would you like to be Mrs. Buddy Willard?” and completely erasing her. 😣 2w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin everything about this chapter made me want to scream 🤣 2w

Bookwormjillk Usually I‘m annoyed with her but firmly on Team Ester in this chapter. Was that jerk happy she broke her leg?? 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I totally got that vibe, like he was glad to be able to do some doctoring 🙄 2w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk seemed like a metaphor for breaking her, now doesn‘t get to run away!!! 2w

mcctrish First how does one get well in such an absolutely disgusting sounding place, second who the hell trusts someone to teach them to ski who doesn‘t know how?! Who stepped in front of her? Buddy? Honest to god Ester, stay away from this dumbass (edited) 2w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I read it twice and couldn‘t figure out who stepped in front of her 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it was the man saying “you were doing fine until the guy stepped in your path” not skied, stepped made me think it was Buddy (edited) 2w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish good clue 2w

willaful I was kind of caught in wondering why Esther seemed more upset about Buddy's hypocrisy than about what happened in this chapter. But maybe she's letting herself realize things slowly because they're so freaking awful. 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Wow, Buddy is an idiot! He shakes her hand when she comes in, tries to give her an ashtray he made, and then asks her to marry him in the most unromantic way possible?! Not to mention the skiing failure. Esther said in the last chapter that she broke her own leg but Buddy clearly broke it! 😂 2w

CogsOfEncouragement I‘m enjoying the reading and all of your comments. This is my first time reading, and I‘m glad I‘m among friends to do so! 2w

ElizaMarie Ugh!!! Buddy Buddy Buddy —- He is such a pompous man. 2w

AnishaInkspill @BarkingMadRead thanks for tagging me into these posts, this is brilliant as I don't have the to read this this year but i could never get tired of reading this and what always comes to mind is Esther's dry wit. 2w

DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks 💖I thought I was alone in not liking anyone😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @AnishaInkspill 😍😍 2w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement 🩶💚🩶 2w

dabbe This part teared me up: “I felt my lungs inflate with the inrush of scenery--air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, 'This is what it is to be happy.' I plummeted down past the zigzaggers, the students, the experts, through year after year of doubleness and smiles and compromise, into my own past.“

Wow, can she write. 2w

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The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah

Omg I‘m broken now. This book broke my heart, I actually borrowed it from the library just to read the end, I‘ve been listening to it on audible. So beautiful. So tragic.

Bookwormjillk Even though some parts were a little too unbelievable for me, I‘m really glad she wrote this book. I thought the ending was great. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 💯 2w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 7: #constantinwasinteresting #UNandasammie #estherisobsessedwiththerussiangirl #andfiganalogies #girl #focusonwhatyoucando #notwhatyoucant #easiersaidthandone #obsessedwithsex #shemeetsthestrangestpeople #weirdomagnet #balalaicamusicandanap #sobizarre #soletsdropabombandendthechapter #staytunedforthesagaofthebrokenleg #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 2w

mcctrish Some of the things she can‘t do I figure she could if she put her mind to it - winning all the prizes must mean she can memorize shit like a boss ( I‘m not talking about shorthand - she can write her own letters) the white, black and yellow men comment was 😳 2w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so 😳 the things people said back then 🙄🤮 2w

willaful @BarkingMadRead @mctrish Not to mention the “suspiciously thick lips.“ 😬 2w

Cuilin @mcctrish talk about a lack of belief in yourself!! The homemade rug made me think about the current conversation about trad wives. Some podcast bros think their grandmothers were perfect not understanding they didn‘t want to stay home or have their lives controlled too. Some had less options. 2w

mcctrish Ah the podcast bros who know everything @Cuilin 2w

Clare-Dragonfly The famous fig tree metaphor! And then on the next page she goes “oh, maybe I was just hungry.” 😂😂😂 I love it. 2w

dabbe As I go deeper into this story with Esther, I want to rush to her NYC hotel, give her a hug, and tell her that it'll be alright. 💚 2w

tpixie It was funny reading about the rug- a coinkydink- my kindergartner granddaughter was reading a reading assignment that mentioned a rag rug. I was explaining to her what a rag rug was. The next day I read this chapter! That sure was another weird date! (edited) 2w

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

I wore my fourth wing sweatshirt to Starbucks…..

peaKnit Love it!! 🐉 2w

BarkingMadRead @peaKnit we both fangirled over the books, it was awesome 2w

AnnCrystal 👏😎🆒📚💝. 2w

Meshell1313 🙌🐉💛 2w

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The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah

I‘m listening to this on audible whenever I‘m in the car. I‘ve sat in a LOT of parking lots 🤣 I still have 5 hours to go, and I‘m worried about the ending 🤣 this girl cannot catch a break, she needs a shrink to help her with her ptsd, and she has the worst luck with men! Her parents also suck. Everyone sucks. Ugh! It‘s so good

mcctrish She really can‘t and all the people do suck! I wanted to scream for her 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘m irrationally angry about it 🤣 I hate the way she was treated when she came back from Vietnam, and the double standards, and her parents, and just everything. I may have to binge listen this weekend and finish it 🤣 2w

mcctrish Her dad especially! Just 🤬🤬🤬🤬 2w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 6: well. Now we know. #nothingsaysromancelikeadatetothehospital #thatwillguywasanass #peoplewholiveinglasshouses #notsureiwouldwantthatviewofabirth #buddyshowedhis #esthersaidnaw #soproud #thatTBwashiskarma #psychosomaticmyass #esthergiveszerofucks #goesther #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 2w

Cuilin Perfect meme!! 😆 plus, I don‘t care for buddy, but seriously “a double life”. I know it was a different time. 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin for real. But also. Every time period had people having random sex, I always wonder why people are so shocked 🤣 especially when it‘s a guy (the old double standard) 🙄 2w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead I for real thought he was going to say the baby was his!! Now that‘s a double life. (edited) 2w

BarkingMadRead @cuilin 🤣🤣🤣 2w

Bookwormjillk I liked her more in this chapter. 2w

dabbe I can't believe how many times I've laughed out loud at Plath's wit as shown through Esther. I'm sad as all hell, too, but laughter does come in the darkest of places sometimes. 2w

mcctrish Esther really does give zero fucks 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Plath twisted it around on me again! I think Esther‘s reaction is a bit over the top but I love that he gets TB so she doesn‘t have to deal with him 😂 2w

ElizaMarie Love the description of his junk!!! How lackluster that was!!! Also- I had to assist in deliveries for nursing school — not a date activity at all!!!!! 2w

tpixie @Clare-Dragonfly who knew how convenient TB could turn out to be! @Cuilin I was thinking the baby might be his, also! @ElizaMarie what a weird way to strip!! @BarkingMadRead not my kind of date! 2w

tpixie @BarkingMadRead I‘m glad Ester said no to Buddy! 2w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 5: a glimpse at the Buddy relationship #letscollectweirdnamedguys #itsoktosayno #sobuddyisahypocrite #whyyoumightask 🤷🏻‍♀️ #whoknows #maybenextchapter #pooresthercantcatchabreakanywhere #tooselfconscious #herstudyinggivesoffroryvibes #notsurehowifeelaboutbuddy #hesdefinitelynocatch #andacrappykisser 👄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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

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

Cuilin I wouldn‘t mind a tour of the UN 🇺🇳 3w

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tpixie @Cuilin Yes! The UN would be fascinating 🧐 3w

Bookwormjillk I also wouldn‘t mind a tour. Or a sandwich actually. 3w

mcctrish I am curious about the baby. And I‘d love for someone to make me a sandwich 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish the first time she mentioned the baby, my mind went into so many dark places 🤣 pretty sure I jumped to major conclusions though 3w

mcctrish Oh me too. I thought she‘d had a baby and he blew her off or he‘s impregnated someone or fainted at the sight of blood or vaginas 3w

willaful We are getting to the *one* thing I remember from this book when I read it at 12ish. At the time, I thought I was scarred for life!

Honestly, at this point I've prepared to believe Buddy didn't do a blessed thing wrong, because Esther is such a Diva, but we shall see. 3w

Bookwormjillk @willaful Buddy delivered a bay with one hand and made her a sandwich with the other and he is THE WORST. His name isn't even interesting. 3w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I initially thought he had impregnated and abandoned another woman. But now I think the baby thing is probably a med school thing and it‘s totally banal. I am very much prepared to believe Buddy didn‘t do a blessed thing wrong @willaful 😂 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I also thought all this “everyone thinks Buddy and I are getting married” was because they grew up together and their parents are friends, and that Esther didn‘t find him appealing at all, but she had a huge crush on him! Plath is certainly twisting my expectations. 3w

CogsOfEncouragement What killed me was the casual: Of course, our mothers were good friends. They had gone to school together and then both married their professors… 3w

BarkingMadRead @CogsOfEncouragement right?!? That‘s so normal?! 2w

Andrea313 @CogsOfEncouragement YES! Never ceases to make me do a double take! 2w

ElizaMarie Also tipping culture is so difficult to understand! I get this! But yeah, poor Buddy with his boring name! 2w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 4: well this took a turn #timeforabadmovieaboutfootball #technicolor #spoton 💃🏻 #butwait 🤮🤮 #alllllthepuking #byalllllthegirls #maybedoreenisthesmartoneafterall #soupforeveryone #andabook #youknow #sotheydontsue 🤷🏻‍♀️ #seemslegit #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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

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

Bookwormjillk I should not have saved this chapter to read during lunch. Nice of Doreen to not leave her in the hall. Feeling bad for the cleaning staff who have had to clean puke several times in just a few chapters. 3w

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dabbe I can't think of a book I've read where there's so much 🤮 in the first few chapters! 🥴 3w

tpixie Nothing like reading about 🤮 during lunch 🥗! 💚💚💚 3w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk why did I read it before breakfast? I need to take medication with food. I risked it with a couple of bites of toast after reading this I couldn‘t stomach anything else. Ugh nasty 3w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @tpixie @Bookwormjillk I was eating breakfast, it was berry oatmeal, it was pink, and now it‘s in the garbage 3w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead @cuilin @tpixie @dabbe still better than The Bros. 3w

mcctrish I knew the food was bad!! The descriptions yesterday of it and her shovelling it in made me queasy. I feel bad for everyone who had to clean up all the vomit 🤮 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 💯💯 3w

Deblovestoread So I made the mistake of reading all this before I‘ve started today‘s chapter. I‘m afraid, very afraid! 3w

willaful Glad I leave my daily chapter for bedtime!

Doreen is kinder to her than she was to Doreen. She seems to be a kind of nasty person in fact. Deliberately stomping on people's feet. Admittedly she was very sick.

So this is weird: Ptomaine poisoning is a myth. Did anyone know that? 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Pretty much anything beats #thebros, right? 😂 3w

tpixie @BarkingMadRead lol 😝 bye bye oatmeal 🥣 3w

tpixie @willaful yes, Doreen treated her kindly. She did seem to take glee and stomping on their feet. I read that it was a myth too. That was surprising. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly There has been a LOT of vomiting in this book considering we‘re less than 50 pages in! @willaful I knew that… once I googled it to find out what it was 😂 3w

ElizaMarie I find her super mean spirited. Like she isn‘t a kind person at all. 3w

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie - I agree, she's SO self-absorbed. All of her actions seemed based on “what will people think about me“ 3w

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Incense and Sensibility: A Novel | Sonali Dev

Started this today for #janeaustenthenandnow with @Crinoline_Laphroaig

KAO I love the title! 3w

BarkingMadRead @KAO I‘ve read one other by this author, it looks fun! 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I think I've read this one or another from series 3w

AnishaInkspill title, that's funny and clever 3w

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Monster's Kiss | C D Gorri

If you‘ve read any of these and need to finish the series, they are all 99 cents on Amazon right now! I got the half that I haven‘t read and now I‘m set!

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 3: Esther likes to eat #allthecaviarallthetime #eatlikethatpoetgirl #liveyourbestlife #jayceegaveherawhoopin #sheneedstostandupforherself #easiersaidthandone #thosecollegestoriesthough #socrafty #channelthatcraftinessnow #andlearnsomelanguages #languagesarehard #hashtagbrigade

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

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

Deblovestoread Oh to be young again and eat whatever I want😂 but I don‘t think I want avocado with claret sauce 😬 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Deblovestoread yeah that would be a hard pass for me, too 🤣 3w

Bookwormjillk The whole avocado pear terminology confused me for a hot minute. Then they put grape jelly in it and then I was really confused. Moving on.

As a teen I probably sympathized with Ester but I think I'm Jay Cee years old because man it frustrates me to supervise people who just want to be brilliant but not actually work. Good for her eating that caviar though. 3w

Cuilin @Deblovestoread I also was wistful for the eat whatever I want days. 3w

Cuilin I think chemistry formulas made me dizzy too. 3w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk the grape jelly really threw me. 🥴 3w

mcctrish The eating made me feel sick 3w

dabbe Am I such a hard-ass that I'm finding it difficult to be sympathetic with her as she eats caviar while having an all-expenses-paid trip to NYC, and she's still not happy? She reminds me of Hubbell Gardner from THE WAY WE WERE, whose 1st line in his college creative writing class that was read out loud was the following: “In a way, he was like the country he lived in. Everything came to easily to him.“ 3w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe nope, I‘m with you 3w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I‘m definitely with you on that 3w

JacqMac @dabbe Right? 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead @JacqMac ... thanks, ya'll! 🩶🩷🩶 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I wonder if the other apprentices are getting lectures from their bosses. It doesn‘t seem like it! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly At least we got some confirmation that Doreen actually likes Lenny and isn‘t traumatized! 3w

Andrea313 @dabbe The all-expenses paid trip and loads of caviar seem to signal her being spoiled but I think there's also a sense of alienation there from her more modest upbringing- she never ate in a "proper" restaurant before this trip, and her grandfather works as a waiter. She benefits from proximity to wealth, but doesn't fully inhabit that world and is trying to make sense of it all. I'm feeling a lot of empathy for this 19 year old kid- anyone else? 3w

willaful I may be biased because of knowing about Plath's life, but I think Esther is likely clinically depressed. 3w

dabbe @Andrea313 Agree 💯. Thanks for reminding me of these things, too. The fact that she's 19 says a lot, too. The cynical way-older me got in the way of seeing the world through her eyes. 🩶🩷🩶 3w

Andrea313 @dabbe And I think Esther believes she's old and world-weary, too. Part of what I love so much about this book is the way that her experiences are given a very adult gravity, despite her youth. Being in those "on the precipice of your future but not quite there" years can be really overwhelming. But I'm also a biased reader- I've loved this book for years! It's been fun to read everyone's comments, especially folks reading it for the first time. 3w

dabbe @Andrea313 I'm so glad you're sharing such excellent thoughts with us. You've also reminded me that POV is so important--not just through the character or author's eyes, but the reader's as well. I'm way past the precipice of my future and am now looking back. But there's still the young me who remembers. Thanks for that reminder. 3w

Andrea313 @dabbe Thanks for the discussion and the lovely comments! I love what you said about "the young me who remembers". I am a big re-reader and love to both confront and appreciate the young me's who explored the stories I love. This one takes me straight back to being 17- maybe more than any other novel! 3w

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Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries | Emma Thompson

#watchparty with @Crinoline_Laphroaig

Lucasken1 Cute 🥰 3w

Sparklemn Love love love this movie! 🎹 👒 3w

AnishaInkspill brilliant movie, I've seen it several times 3w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 2: our girl was third wheeling it! #untilshewasnt #ilegitthoughtdoreenwasbeingattacked #ourgirlbails #becausewalkingfortynycblocksissosafe #girl #bathtime #ifeelthisinmysoul #sadnessneedsbathtime #doreenisback 🤮 #ourgirlplanstohangwiththecalmergirls #letsseehowthatgoes #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @graciouswarriorprincess
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BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 3w

Cuilin Is this a first time read for anyone? The bath bit was so real. (edited) 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin this is a first time read for me 3w

mcctrish 43 by 5 blocks is a lot to walk. I love that she was no worse for the wear shoe wise afterwards and that she knows a bath cures everything. I feel like letting Doreen in would have been a bad idea but leaving her outside the door in a puddle of her own vomit is a level of No fucks to give I need to aspire to 😳 3w

mcctrish First time for me 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 3w

Cuilin @mcctrish @BarkingMadRead oh good, I had heard of it, of course, but I didn‘t really know much about it and it‘s turning out to be completely different than what I thought. I‘m intrigued. But also worried. 😟 3w

Cuilin @mcctrish I don‘t know I could‘ve left a friend with a Lenny!! 3w

mcctrish @Cuilin I love it so much - after udolpho and the bros and Lark Rise it just feels like the words are precise and measured and specific and the story just zips right out and grabs me ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 3w

mcctrish @Cuilin Doreen has a bit of Mike Tyson in her, I think she‘s going to be fine 🤣🤣 (edited) 3w

willaful @mcctrish Not so much in New York. Long walks are easy there.

This chapter was disturbing and I kind of wished I was back in Candleford. Doreen could easily have died. 3w

Cuilin @mcctrish The writing style is so much more accessible, it‘s fabulous because we can focus on the plot, oh and it has a plot. Looking at you Lark Rise. 👀 3w

mcctrish @Cuilin 🤣🤣🤣 3w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @willaful I 💯 agree, I don‘t think I could have left her there. She was obviously not in a position to make any kind of decision or to fight back! 3w

mcctrish @willaful sensible shoes for the win 3w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead @willaful She also asked her not to leave her alone with him!!! (edited) 3w

Librarybelle My first time reading this too, @Cuilin , and it‘s different than what I anticipated. I‘m not sure what I thought this would be, but it‘s just different. However, I‘m liking it so far! 3w

Cuilin @mcctrish I hope so 🤛 3w

Cuilin @Librarybelle I had images of a domestic setting for some reason 🤷‍♀️ 3w

Bookwormjillk I wouldn‘t have left Doreen there, but also I probably wouldn‘t have left the hotel in the first place and just skipped right to the bath. Lenny- what a goof ball. (edited) 3w

Bookwormjillk Also I read this as a teen, so my memory is only foggy and I might be getting details confused with a Christopher Pike book. 3w

DieAReader 🙋🏻‍♀️First time for me. 😱😳Never would‘ve left Doreen like that. I also think leaving her in the hallway like that was both dangerous & irresponsible. The whole situation kinda pissed me off tbh🤬🤷🏻‍♀️ 3w

dabbe This is my first read, but I know a bit about it. Plath died just one month after its publication in the UK. 😟 And it's semi-autobiographical. I'm already noticing so many allusions to death and dying just in the first two chapters. And I'm worried, too, @Cuilin. 😱 3w

tpixie @dabbe @cullin it‘s my first read also. This book is bringing on a lot of feels!! 😅🥺😳 3w

TheAromaofBooks Could you add me to the tag list, please? My copy came from the library - I've never read this one so I have no idea where it's going! 3w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks gotcha! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly This is a first-time read for me, too. Our girl is making a lot of bad decisions but she is very young! 3w

ElizaMarie @Cuilin First time read for me --- and The bath bit -- yes! #Truth! 3w

ElizaMarie I mean, I get that Doreen asked her not to leave her - but... also, Doreen is not a good friend either. I mean, leaving your friend and putting your friend in that position to leave you --- it just is all messy! 3w

CogsOfEncouragement My first read. What was in those drinks? I‘m not necessarily holding it against her that she left, because it seems something else was at play. When she was seeing her drink was below the design on the glass, then above it. What was real? Did Doreen really bite his ear? She is super groggy when she leaves Doreen in the hallway, just hungover? or something more? Anticipating not getting answers to any of these questions though. 3w

BarkingMadRead @CogsOfEncouragement so many unanswered questions! We are scarred from previous books 🤣 #zerotrust 3w

tpixie @CogsOfEncouragement that drink level made me think Lenny was over pouring her… 2w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 1: #ourgirlisobsessedwiththerosenbergs #inNYConscholarship #doreensoundslikeapill #everythingourgirlwantstobe #shetriessohard #neverquitehitsthemark #alwaysontheoutsidelookingin #offtoaparty #idonttrustthesecowboys #doreeniscalmcoolcollected #afewdrinksandmovingon #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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

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

Bookwormjillk I‘m worried for our girl. Hard to stop at one today! (edited) 3w

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mcctrish It sure was a fast start 😬 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish more happened in this chapter than the whole last book 🤣 It was hard to stop reading! 3w

TheKidUpstairs One of my all time favourite books, with one of my all time favourite first lines ❤ 3w

BarkingMadRead @TheKidUpstairs it is truly an epic first line! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly What @Bookwormjillk said! 😱 No, no, getting out of the cab to hang out with some guys in a bar is always a bad idea, and going with them to a second location is a worse one! 3w

CogsOfEncouragement This is my first read, and that first line had me googling the Rosenbergs before I moved on to the next. @TheKidUpstairs Such a great opening. I agree @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk theater traffic is a much better choice. eek 3w

willaful Very nervous.

Anyone else finding the sense of time off? Not quite sure how to describe it but she's apparently in the present at some points and in the past at others and I seem to have missed the transitions. Might be careless reading on my part.

There was some recent news about Ethel Rosenberg's son trying to prove her innocence.... 3w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead #truth 😂😂😂 3w

Cuilin @dabbe @mcctrish something tells me we‘re not in Lark Rise no more!!! (edited) 3w

mcctrish @Cuilin 😂😂 3w

tpixie @willaful interesting about the son. I was just wondering if they were scapegoats or really guilty…. @BarkingMadRead thanks for the article. (edited) 3w

willaful @tpixie Here's a piece on it: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ethel-rosenbergs-family-pushes-biden-to-exoner... 3w

tpixie @willaful thanks! 3w

dabbe @Cuilin Hell no! 😱 3w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

#hashtagbrigade I know there‘s no break, but tomorrow we start this one!! Anyone is welcome to join us, just know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read the post until you‘ve read that day‘s chapter. We read a chapter a day!

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @bklover @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @Bookwormjillk 3w

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

mcctrish I‘m in 3w

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Bookwormjillk See you tomorrow! 3w

Ruthiella I‘m in. This will be a reread for me. I even have my own copy! No need to wait for it from the library. 3w

Librarybelle Looking forward to starting this! 3w

bumpinthenight What a beautiful edition! 3w

BarkingMadRead @bumpinthenight it‘s so pretty! I love unique covers! 3w

DieAReader 🤗So excited to be reading this!! 3w

Deblovestoread My copy has been in my shelf for years. So glad to be reading along with you. 3w

JenlovesJT47 I‘ve read The Bell Jar a few years ago (and loved it) but I didn‘t get to the January pick in time so I‘m going to read that one this month.🙃 3w

MatchlessMarie This is the edition I am reading too, but on kindle. 🩷 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Yay! I just picked up my copy at the library! 3w

peanutnine I'm ready! Haven't read this since college so excited to revisit 3w

tpixie @BarkingMadRead yay!! Thanks! I‘ve also have the 50th anniversary addition from Libby! As well as the audiobook. 🦋🩵🦋 3w

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 3w

JacqMac I‘ve been looking forward to this one. It has been years. 3w

ElizaMarie Need to get this one off my shelves! I'm excited to read this one. I have been meaning to for YEARS!!!! 3w

julieclair @ElizaMarie Me too! 3w

Graciouswarriorprincess @BarkingMadRead Please tag me. How are we reading it? Chapter a day? 3w

BarkingMadRead @Graciouswarriorprincess yes! 3w

Graciouswarriorprincess @BarkingMadRead Thank you. 😊 3w

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

Ch 39: I almost used the legally blonde meme #wedidit #whew #anyway #theendingthatwasnt #newmeldingwithold #thispiccametomindformrsgreenssmile #lesskidsperfamily #laurawantsthree #misslanewantslauratostaysingle 🙄 #everyoneshoulddotheirownthing #whatdidweallthink #imgivingitasoftpick #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 That ending was a bit underwhelming. I would also give it a soft pick as a novel, but the amateur historian in me #FullSend I‘m definitely gonna check out the TV series. 3w

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mcctrish I am happy to be out of this #underwhelmedonallcounts what happened to Laura? Not even flora cares 3w

Ruthiella I really liked this book a lot! I didn‘t mind that it was slow and plotless. 😆😍 3w

Bookwormjillk I think this would probably be a better TV show. Was afraid to watch before I finished so I wouldn‘t spoil the ending…but there was no ending? Anyway I would read the phone book with you all so I still enjoyed it for all my complaining. 3w

rubyslippersreads @Bookwormjillk @cuilin The TV show is great. I‘m still working on the book. Like @Ruthiella I don‘t mind the lack of plot, but I‘m marveling at how they made a series out of this. (edited) 3w

Bookwormjillk Also Miss Lane gives Misery vibes and I would have liked to hear more about that. #ImYourBiggestFan 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk omg she 💯 does! 🤣🤣🤣 3w

willaful Also a soft pick for me.

I was just reading some of Flora's history... not only did her favorite brother die in WWI but her son died in WWII. 😭 It was a hard time to be alive. 3w

Deblovestoread Glad to have read it chp a day. I don't think i would have finished otherwise. I would have liked an epilog with how the rest of Laura's life went. I loved the show and am looking forward to a re-watch starting tonight. 3w

KAO I really did enjoy this—though I would not likely have made it through without the daily accountability and all of your comments! Thank you! I just started watching episode 1 of season 1 of the 2008 series from PBS—and I can completely understand your frustration if you had seen the series before reading the book! So much drama in episode 1 already! Whoever wrote the script had modern audiences in mind, I‘m sure. 3w

TheAromaofBooks I did like this but I do wish some of it had been a bit more focused on Laura, as those were my favorite parts. But it was all very interesting - although I'm not sure I would have finished if it wasn't for this group!!! 3w

dabbe We got the most detailed explanations for pretty much every single thing in Lark Rise and Candleford--plus extreme details for every little thing Laura did, every flower she saw, every game she played, ... yet we don't know why she just up and leaves? #wth? The ending made me go 🤯!!! 3w

Bklover I actually enjoyed this somewhat, and I‘m glad we read it. Particularly enjoyed reading it with the #hashtagbrigade ! However I will admit that the idea of watching the show now is painful! 😂 3w

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Deep End | Ali Hazelwood

Fangirling over this month‘s probably smut book!

mcctrish I‘ve got it in a cart 3w

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

Ch 38: one more day! #maildelivery #naturewalks #misslanescaptive 🤣 #novisitingforlaura #unlessyourephillip 🙄 #whatacharacter #peaceoutphillip #soproud #staytuned #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

mcctrish This was a wonderfully fast chapter, from workplace harassment to the greatest mansplained romance of all time 👍🏻👍🏻 #dontletthedoorhityouonthewayout (edited) 3w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #eloquentlyput 3w

Cuilin I feel a little guilty knowing Mrs Macey‘s business. 🤫 as to Mr Phillip #ILoveTheSoundOfMyOwnVoice White, good for Laura saying thanks but no!!! 3w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin ahhhhhhh I totally left that out! That was so sad, and I liked it better thinking he was off traveling 3w

willaful I was half-expecting you to use the “why are men?“ meme for this chapter. 😂 Thank goodness Laura didn't let herself get caught up in that! I wonder why she didn't stay at the post office though.... will we actually find out, or will it just end with her tombstone? 😂 3w

BarkingMadRead @willaful #andlaurawenttoafricaanddiedtheend 3w

KAO I was stunned that we actually got the mystery regarding Mrs. Macey‘s absent husband solved—but what a sad turn of events there! (edited) 3w

KAO I‘m so relieved that Laura didn‘t settle for Philip White. No, thank you, but your egotism has been amusing anyway, Sir. 3w

dabbe @willaful My lips are sealed. Until tomorrow. 😂 3w

Bookwormjillk I finally finished this chapter, and it‘s close enough to midnight so I might as well finish the book. I had to chuckle when Laura pictured herself happy in the cottage but then realized Phillip would be there too #recordscratch 3w

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The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah

I showed up for a prescription just after they closed for lunch 🙄 so now I‘m waiting in line after sitting in the parking lot for 30 minutes 🤣 this book is killing me

annahenke This one broke my heart. But in a good way. I also learned a ton! 3w

BarkingMadRead @annahenke it‘s so sad! There are so many things I didn‘t know about, as well. I‘ve been listening a little each day, I think I‘m only halfway through 3w

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

Ch 37: #anotherrandomchapter #happylaura #matthewandhislaudanom #flirtingwiththeblacksmiths #laundrydays #oscarwildedrama 🙄 #titbits #thiscrazysong #missingthegreatoutdoors

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

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

willaful I knew you'd find an interesting pic for this chapter! 4w

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BarkingMadRead @willaful #mygooglegameisstrong 4w

TheAromaofBooks It was kind of interesting to hear about the Oscar Wilde trial from someone of the same era, but completely disconnected from it, kind of like we are with any Hollywood drama that comes up. 4w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks yes! That‘s a perfect comparison, I felt the same way! 4w

Bookwormjillk The laundry parts were soothing to me and got me to finally put away the towels that have been sitting in the basket for two weeks. Loved the little hidden treasures from her mom. 4w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk the letters from her mom 💗 “ they deserved a wider public than that one young daughter” So sweet. 4w

Cuilin Also, what is wrong with the word Plimsolls? 4w

mcctrish My complete takeaway from this chapter :
Ta rah rah boom de ay
I met a girl today
I paid her fifty cents
To go behind the fence
Her mother was surprised
To see her tummy rise
Her father jumped for joy
It was a baby boy #isangthisandimnot100yearsold 4w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 4w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 🤣🤣 4w

dabbe @Cuilin I marked that quote as a keeper to go in my reading journal! 🩶🩷🩶 4w

dabbe @mcctrish I so needed this today! 😂😂😂 4w

mcctrish @dabbe pretty sure it was the inspiration for 🎶Jack and Diane🎶 4w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish thanks for the ear worm 🤣🤣 4w

dabbe @mcctrish OMG, you almost made me pee my pants. Translates to: you almost made me read the Pirates of Penzance. 🤩😂🤩 4w

mcctrish @dabbe 🤣🤣😆 4w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead one ear worm begets another 4w

willaful I was sad about the two men who lived together being harrassed. What's that line about history rhyming? 😒 3w

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

Ch 36: I really thought that story about the guy beating his wife was going to take a dark turn 🤣 #heranintomyknife #heranintomyknifetentimes #anyway #thedarksideofcandleford #theycouldgetawholeseasonoutofthisonechapter #tragedies #rampantgossip #poachers #susieandsammy #shameonhim #badasssusieshowedhim #saythattentimesfast #elizavsoldjames #evilvalentines #ghoststories #lilycouldseeall #hashtagbrigade

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

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

Bookwormjillk A lot happened today. None of it was related to anything. But you‘re right- a whole darn season. 4w

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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk a season I‘d watch with popcorn!! 4w

willaful Team Susie! 4w

BarkingMadRead @willaful 💯 #hehaditcoming 4w

mcctrish I‘m behind because of my obsession with Fourth wing/Iron Flame and then I read this chapter - opening with a death roll, poor choices, pig wash theft ( I don‘t even know what it is but for shame), then spousal abuse and a forerunner for todays political arena where if you yell lies loud and long enough people believe them #goodgrief 4w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘m reading Iron Flame right now, although I‘m not getting through it as fast as I‘d like! 4w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead I read Fourth Wing basically in a day with a break for sleeping - I‘m taking longer with this one and I‘m almost at the end and now I have slowed down because I‘m afraid of a cliff hanger. I grabbed Onyx Storm from Costco but I have ACOTAR to start and irl book club too so I have to push OS out 4w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #booknerdproblems 4w

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