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BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead

Joined May 2016

Book Reviewer, Little Free Library Explorer
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The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
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Christmas in Evergreen by Hallmark Publishing
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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
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Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Bookwormjillk Some stuff happened in this long chapter at least 15h
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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I was just skimming along and then “wait what?! Ludo is here?!” Truthfully I thought for sure they were banditti but then I thought they were hunters and maybe V was with them (edited) 12h
Clare-Dragonfly Something actually happened!!! @mcctrish I also thought V would turn out to be with them. 9h
peanutnine I was like oh now we finally get to hear what happened to Ludo! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Just kidding 7h
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish So we are just supposed to forgive Valancourt‘s whoring around?! #boyswillbeboys? Just ugh! The Victorian novelist kills women for less 😡 2d
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so frustrating! 2d
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I do think the whole point of this book will be we‘re supposed to forgive Val and be happy for Em when she ends up with him. 2d
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk better a loser than being alone #amiright 2d
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish You‘d think she would have learned from her aunt that a loser is NOT better than being alone! 1d
Clare-Dragonfly Raise your hand if you didn‘t know it was Valancourt helping Theresa the moment she said she couldn‘t say who it was 🤛🏻 1d
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I was torn between him and the creeper, it could have gone either way I guess 🤣 I also half wonder if it was the creeper that got shot as well 🤣 1d
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly you‘d think 🤔 😝 1d
mcctrish Ooo @BarkingMadRead maybe the creeper was shot saving Val once again 1d
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My #jolabokaflodswap24 arrived today from @Littlewolf1 in the cutest wrapping! Cannot wait to open it next week!! @MaleficentBookDragon

Littlewolf1 I hope you love it 😊 3d
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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peanutnine #Obviously 🤣🤣 you crack me up! So true though 3d
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Bookwormjillk 10 chapters left! 3d
BarkingMadRead @peanutnine #obviously 🤷🏻‍♀️ this is usually the point where I would binge read the end, but I feel like I still wouldn‘t know anything, so why bother 🤣 @Bookwormjillk #hallelujah 3d
TheAromaofBooks I gotta be honest, I freaking love Annette and her complete inability to keep a secret 😂 3d
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks without Annette, we wouldn‘t know a damn thing 🤣 3d
Clare-Dragonfly There doesn‘t seem to be much acknowledgement that Annette‘s husband has disappeared! 3d
Clare-Dragonfly Linguistic note: I see that Annette has switched from calling Emily “mamselle” to “madam”! This matches up with something I noted in the book I just finished—in English, Mrs was for a long time just a title of respect for an adult woman of a certain class, even if she wasn‘t married. The Mrs versus Miss for marital status distinction wasn‘t solidified until the mid-19th century. Emily is probably Madam now that she‘s inherited. (edited) 3d
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhh that‘s interesting! And poor Ludo ☠️ 3d
mcctrish #obviously 👏🏻👏🏻🤣 2d
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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AllDebooks In the words of Annette, 'such goings on' 🙄 4d
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mcctrish In the words of me “WTF?!” 4d
Clare-Dragonfly So, just like with Ludo, we get the Count‘s POV when nothing interesting is going on, and then something happens and we don‘t get to know anything about it. 🤨 3d
TheAromaofBooks Someone needs to rewrite this book except with the interesting parts actually IN THE STORY 🙄 3d
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Yes! And leaving out 80% of the #verdantverdure . 2d
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Happy birthday Jane!!!

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So glad @Graciouswarriorprincess posted about this on #bookstagram because I missed the tag for #littensloveromance with @StayCurious
I ripped right through the first 10 chapters. This will definitely be hard to put down each day!

Graciouswarriorprincess Hurray! I am feeling the same way about reading it! 4d
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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AnishaInkspill photo, perfect, v funny 😂 😂 5d
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Clare-Dragonfly Kind of unsatisfying that Emily doesn‘t have to do anything to get her inheritance… 5d
Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly right? All that paperwork with Macaroni for nothing. 5d
peanutnine I feel like most everything in this book has been a ton of anticipation and buildup with no satisfying pay out @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 5d
mcctrish @peanutnine absolutely so many words and nothing happens besides crying, fainting and things that can‘t be talked about 5d
Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine Yup. That‘s why I‘m not expecting any exciting ghost reveal with Ludo. 5d
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Thank you so much, @TieDyeDude for this amazing #stockingstufferswap gift! My fave chocolate, two perfect book choices and that gnome book protector 😍😍😍 all the love!!! Cannot wait to light the candle, brew up some tea, and read! (And it‘s actually cold and gross in SC this week, so it‘s a perfect time for it! @Avanders

Avanders 😍🎄♥️ 6d
TieDyeDude 👍 Enjoy 5d
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish So much crying! Now the count is crying. #cryingiscontagious and I swear that nun swished her skirts as she went off to pray 6d
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Bookwormjillk @mcctrish there was some skirt swishing for sure 6d
Clare-Dragonfly The count is so fatherly to Emily! Throwing his buddy Du Pont at her just like her real dad did with Valancourt. 🙄 And pretty condescending to boot. 5d
TheAromaofBooks I just thought it was hilarious that after all the times Ludo locked up Annette in a room, he finally got himself locked up for a change of pace 😂 I'm worried about him, though, because despite his room-locking tendencies, he's actually one of my favorite characters! 5d
peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣 so true! I like him too though 5d
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This week‘s Christmas movies. I feel like I‘m missing 3 or 4 hallmark movies 🤣 plus I‘m pretty sure I watched an episode of Is it Cake? Holiday edition 🤣 #wintergames2024 #holidaybookdragons @LiseWorks my points up until this morning are 10,252

LiseWorks That is awesome 6d
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ch 4.6: this is just getting ridiculous 🤣 #ludoreadsaboutaghost #butdoesntseeone #becausewhywouldhe 🤦🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade

AllDebooks I would have bailed on this long ago if it wasn't for you guys keeping me invested. Your hashtags are brilliant. 😅 7d
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Bookwormjillk Sorry everyone. I jinxed it yesterday when I said things were getting interesting. 7d
BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks you and me both 🤣🤣🤣 7d
AllDebooks Also, who dis guy? ⬆️🔥🔥🔥 7d
BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks 🤷🏻‍♀️ Google found him for me 🤣 6d
AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead Well done, Google 👏 6d
mcctrish As we waited with baited breath for something to happen ………#theusualblahblahblah #nothing 6d
AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead I can certainly understand Jane Austen's satire more now in 6d
TheAromaofBooks I was like oh good another story within a story that won't actually further the real story any more 😂 6d
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The Color of Magic | Terry Pratchett
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Starting this today for #authoramonth and very excited to be starting #discworld from the beginning! @Soubhiville

vlwelser Twins! I just posted about this one. 1w
AlaMich Just a warning that it‘s not generally thought to be one of TP‘s better books. So if you don‘t love it, don‘t give up on Discworld! 1w
BarkingMadRead @AlaMich thanks for that! It‘s good to know!! @vlwelser #twinning 1w
Soubhiville I love this cover! 7d
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Christmas in Evergreen | Hallmark Publishing
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Ruthiella Adorable custom bookmark! 😍 1w
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella my daughter had it made for me, I think for Mother‘s Day one year 1w
AnnCrystal 🔖🤩👍💝. 1w
willaful So sweet! 1w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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TheAromaofBooks The whole situation with Macaroni felt anticlimactic after he was the villain for most of the book. 1w
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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks for real! Like he was just a footnote 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w
mcctrish That‘s was so much blather for nothing 1w
Bookwormjillk This is the kind of chapter that really makes me not like this book. Emily is about to get to the bottom of things but oh wait there‘s music 🙄 1w
Clare-Dragonfly All the hints about Emily looking like the marchioness! But she couldn‘t exactly have a secret kid, could she?! 1w
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I thought at first, until they started talking about her face turning black 🤮 so bizarre 1w
AllDebooks Anyone else losing count of all the Counts? 😅 1w
Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead I thought the same thing!!! 1w
mcctrish @AllDebooks too many counts to count (edited) 1w
AllDebooks @mcctrish far too many 😅 1w
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#wintergames2024 #holidaybookdragons so many #wgwordsearch words, but Christmas only popped up once! 😳

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Starting my #bookspin tonight!

AnnCrystal Tree top 🤩😎👍💝. 1w
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish All hail the queen! 2w
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Bookwormjillk Blissfully short chapter. I really hope this isn‘t winding up to a Jane Eyre ending. 2w
eeclayton #blessed Good riddance V! 2w
TheAromaofBooks I just want Emily to be able to go back and home and live out her days in peace and solitude, but I think she's going to end up saddled with one of these losers for life 😂 2w
julieclair I‘m proud of her for kicking V to the curb. I didn‘t think she had it in her. 1w
Bklover @julieclair Neither did I! @TheAromaofBooks Don‘t you think she‘d be thrilled to just go home and find Theresa(isn‘t that her name?) and the two of them could hang out and she could write poetry all day! 1w
TheAromaofBooks @Bklover - Yes!! And have a little dog?? (I just realized - what happened to the dog?? Did I miss its tragic end, or it did it just fade out of the story??) 1w
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks that poor dog poof 💨 disappears it seems. Abandoned. 1w
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I totally forgot about the dog! 🤔 1w
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A Little Christmas Spirit | Sheila Roberts
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bookish_wookish Yay! 🎄 2w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Bklover 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #emilyisafoolandVisanass (edited) 2w
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mcctrish What just happened? V admits to the debts he could never repay and that he isn‘t worthy of Emily AND is mad that she doesn‘t want to shackle herself to him?! He questions how long the count has been her friend? Meanwhile E has spent about 32 minutes in his actual company and expects her to marry him after whoring and gambling ? RUN AWAY EMILY 2w
Bklover @mcctrish yes! When I think of all the weeping and fainting over V it makes me want to scream. You are right- she doesn‘t even really know him! 2w
mcctrish It‘s nice she had him to focus on while at Udolpho but cut him loose now 2w
Bookwormjillk At first I was kind of on V's side because yeah she just met this Count guy. But then he admitted to it all so bye V. And what is the story of the picture? 2w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk everyone is crying 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I meant the one that Emily's dad had that Dorethee was refusing to talk about. She is just not coming back? 2w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk ohhhhhhhh that picture! We may never know…. 2w
Clare-Dragonfly V keeps going “I‘m terrible and it‘s exactly like the Count says” except no one actually lays out what Emily or V is thinking. I‘d put money on V‘s actual actions not being as bad as what Emily thinks. Of course, I don‘t know whether he‘ll actually TELL HER that before they both die of old age! 2w
julieclair If we don‘t find out about the picture, I‘m going to go nuts. I‘m warming up my book-throwing arm… 1w
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WildAlaskaBibliophile Yay!!! 😍 2w
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A Good Day to Pie | Misha Popp
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish Honestly! D “I can‘t tell you, you tell me” E “no I can‘t tell you, you tell me” FFS you both can rot! Also V was whoring and gambling! What a chapter! Pagan dancing for the win 2w
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AllDebooks If this was published now, it would be a novella once a skilled editor got busy with their red pen 2w
peanutnine "God forbid anyone tells a story immediately" ??? so true. And all these hints to what she saw in the letter, just tell us!!! 2w
Clare-Dragonfly Why the HECK can‘t Emily just say “oh that picture? It was my dad‘s.” It‘s not like she has any more information than that! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Oh man, now I just don't know who Emily is going to marry! All her choices are terrible! I'm kind of leaning towards Henri; at least he hasn't been a stalker yet 😂 2w
Bookwormjillk On one hand this chapter was frustrating because of the non-storytelling but on the other hand at least the picture came back up and V is finally here. On to part 4! #WeAreGettingThere 2w
Bklover @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You nailed it! 2w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Clare-Dragonfly These people are terrible at communicating. 2w
AnishaInkspill poor Emily, just waits and waits for that letter 2w
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A Christmas Vacation | Lisa Wright
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#wintergames2024 #holidaybookdragons @LiseWorks two holiday episodes and a holiday movie!

LiseWorks Nice 2w
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Whiteout | Dhonielle Clayton, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D Jackson, Angie Thomas, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk
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TheBookHippie 🤫🤐😂🩵❄️🩵 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w
PuddleJumper Nice! 🎄🎄 2w
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@Avanders my box arrived today! And, now, I wait. #waitingishard #stuffedstockingswap

Avanders 👏🏼👏🏼☃️🎄❤️ 2w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish At least this whole chunk has a point now #godblessuseveryone 2w
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I was so worried we would never find out 🤣 2w
Bookwormjillk I'm just so glad Emily appeared and we didn't have a whole new castle story. 2w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that would have been devastating 🤣 2w
mcctrish It really could have gone either way at this point 2w
AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk aaaarrrgggh, can you imagine?? 🫣😱 2w
Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks yes I actually can that‘s why I was worried 😂 2w
Clare-Dragonfly I‘m relieved that we made it back to this castle. I spent like 14 chapters wondering when Emily was going to figure out that Udolpho was the creepy castle she saw before. Then I realized it was in Italy so it must be a different castle, and I wondered why they spent so much time being aware of that creepy castle! I also realized that the convent Blanche lived in must be a different one. I think Radcliffe has too many settings! 🙄 2w
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Book Lovers | Emily Henry
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@KadaGul this #auldlangspine list is perfection! So many fun books, I actually have the tagged book but haven‘t read it yet, and I have some Amazon credits to get some ebooks so this is perfect timing!! @monalyisha thank you so much for organizing, you‘re really good at this 😜 I can‘t wait to discuss these books in January!! #timetoshop

KadaGul @BarkingMadRead Book Lovers was a great book 📚. If you have a library card, you can borrow most titles from Libby or Hoopla. 2w
BarkingMadRead @KadaGul ohhhh I have to try that. My physical library is not the best, and most books are shipped from other branches, which can make the line long. I haven‘t done Libby in like a decade! 2w
KadaGul @BarkingMadRead, Most of the titles are soft picks, light, and heartfelt, except for Bee Keeper of Alleppo. It moves at a fast pace, but it's a little more sentimental. 2w
KadaGul @BarkingMadRead My friend, and I live on different ends of Colk County, but her Libby/ Hoopla won't have all the titles my library has. I have the luxury of adding my Pittsburgh Library Card to Libby and Hoopla. So, the titles I don't have from Barrington Library will be Pittsburgh's. 2w
BarkingMadRead @KadaGul ohhhh that‘s smart, I wonder if my daughter‘s library is better than mine, I might be able to get books that way 2w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish It‘s like we‘ve started a whole new book “meanwhile the lesser characters x, y and z have arrived at that place we met once 600 pages ago to kick off subplot c” 2w
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Bookwormjillk Okay so I‘m not the only one who had no clue who these people are? 2w
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I‘m low key pissed about this 🤣🤣 2w
mcctrish They don‘t cry as much 2w
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I mean I can‘t even keep it low key. I want to speak to a manager. 2w
AllDebooks @mcctrish 🤣🤣 2w
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk let‘s get them on speaker phone 2w
TheAromaofBooks Apparently someone just needs to be in a creepy castle so since Emily is out for now, gotta find someone else to chuck into one 😂 2w
Clare-Dragonfly Emily is going back to the convent but Blanche (?) just left the convent so… are they going to meet? Why didn‘t they meet when Emily was at the convent burying her dad? 2w
Bklover Ummmm…who the hell are these people?!?! 2w
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks There‘s a creepy castle around every corner in this book. Somebody has to live in them! So the obvious answer is to introduce more characters. 🤓🤣 2w
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WildAlaskaBibliophile Wonderful! ❄ 🌳⭐ 2w
Avanders Oh I see this now! ☃️🎄❤️ 2w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish Despite being long, and fainting at critical points where creepers are involved 🤦🏻‍♀️ #forfuckssakeemily this chapter has accomplished more than the entire book to day #praisebe also thank goodness ludacris checked under the saddle so E could buy a hat 2w
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish omg the freaking hat 🙄 #priorities 2w
Clare-Dragonfly That‘s why I called him Ludo in the first place 😂😂😂 2w
Clare-Dragonfly And yeah, as soon as the guy wouldn‘t tell Ludo his name, I knew it wasn‘t going to be V. 2w
Bookwormjillk I was a bit shocked it wasn‘t V myself. But then again we still have many chapters to go. 2w
Bklover I wonder where V is? Maybe he‘s moved on! (I sure hope not after all this) 2w
peanutnine I had a feeling the creeper wasn't V cause he would have already admitted it to Emily, he was always really frank about his stalker tendencies lol 2w
mcctrish @Bklover he‘s still partying in Paris 2w
julieclair @mcctrish I sure do hope you‘re wrong about partying in Paris, but my gut tells me you‘re right. 😒 2w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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peanutnine Oh lord Emily is so naive 🙄🙄 and Annette really needs to learn how to shut up when necessary! 🙊 3w
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mcctrish @peanutnine like Emily knew he was a cheat and a liar and she stilled signed 🤦🏻‍♀️ why couldn‘t she give Ludacris at least 24 hrs AND Annette is going to get them killed 3w
eeclayton Seriously, Emily 🤦🤦🤦 3w
TheAromaofBooks I'm soooo confused about why she got sent away and then brought back when it's obvious Macaroni doesn't care about her safety at all?? Did he just think she might get killed before he got the paper signed?! 3w
AllDebooks I thought we were done with Annette 🫣😅 3w
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I think it said at one point that if she died, he wouldn‘t get the property, it had to be signed over? 3w
Bookwormjillk If I was being held captive in a creepy castle I would hope my true love would do more than play music at night. 2w
julieclair I couldn‘t believe Emily signed the papers. Soooo disappointing and frustrating. 2w
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bookish_wookish Yay! 🎄 3w
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Started this for book club, and a buddy read. The first chapter was a lot of fun, this is very promising!

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ShyBookOwl Cute premise! 3w
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L Frank Baum
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Starting this tonight as well, for #beyondtheyellowbrickroad with @BookmarkTavern

Bklover Just reading this first page makes me want to read it! Maybe after Christmas! 3w
BarkingMadRead @Bklover I just love this book, I haven‘t read the whole series since grade school! I‘m looking forward to it 3w
BookmarkTavern Yay! I‘m so excited! 💛💛 3w
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The Whispering Statue | Carolyn Keene
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Started this for #nancydrewbr this is the first 1937 edition I‘ve read so far, I think.

Librarybelle 😁 3w
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Rage | Stephen King, Richard Bachman
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This month‘s book is #Rage 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

5feet.of.fury I found a link on Reddit where you can read the full book online which I would never officially advocate for, but I know this one is hard to find. So, just putting it out there. Happy googling to those impacted (edited) 3w
BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury I feel like if you could buy the book but read it that way, that would be like taking money from the author. But if the book isn‘t available for sale 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3w
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5feet.of.fury @BarkingMadRead yeah, I‘m gonna hit up a couple of the used bookstores near me (on the off chance they don‘t know what they have, because wow those prices) but it‘s my backup plan. King has alot of my money 😂 I‘ll sleep ok this once haha 3w
JenlovesJT47 You can also download it for free here, since it is unavailable for sale: https://annas-archive.org/md5/47f228955fd87588ff9965f1e5cc92cb 3w
TieDyeDude @5feet.of.fury @barkingmadread King has specifically let “Rage“ go out-of-print, so read it wherever you can find it with a clear conscience! https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-rage-book-out-print-controversy-explained/ (edited) 3w
BarkingMadRead @TieDyeDude yes, that is correct 3w
ImperfectCJ I know my mom has a copy of The Bachman Books, but she's 2000 miles away and not at all keen on splitting up her King collection, even temporarily. I'm probably skipping this one for now, although it would be interesting to read again with the context of a few decades. 3w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Ruthiella She never, never, never stops crying…😭😭😭 3w
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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella those are all her tears in that picture 🤣🤣🤣 3w
Ruthiella @BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 3w
ElizaMarie I'm behind but I'm gonna catch up tomorrow. Now I know where I should end up!!! 3w
mcctrish @Ruthiella she is now exhausted by her tears so maybe we can catch a break ( I didn‘t even realize she was crying. Again. ) 3w
Clare-Dragonfly Macaroni obviously isn‘t going to kill her, because he wouldn‘t inherit her estates (I presume her closest living relative would, and that‘s the mom‘s brother, whom it would be a lot harder to get the property from). But this seems like a lovely place so I‘m suspicious of the niceness. 3w
Bklover To me this book feels so much like it was written by a man! All the fainting and crying and weak women. And I mean a man back in that time. (edited) 3w
Bookwormjillk So weird. Glad she made a friend though. Random sea nymph poem inserted here. 3w
julieclair I‘m glad I don‘t have to “analyze” this book for an English class. I don‘t know what I‘d do about that sea nymph song! 😂 Which, by the way, was sung in the audio version and was completely tuneless!But at least Emily has made a friend. 2w
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mcctrish So long. Annette now cries instead Emily. She‘s so helpful. Ludicrous‘ solution to anything is to lock A up (edited) 3w
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish he‘s a nut job for sure 🙄 3w
Clare-Dragonfly Emily did something smart in this chapter!!! 3w
Bklover I‘m sort of sad that they didn‘t bring Annette, although I have no idea why 😬 3w
peanutnine @Bklover because her dramatic monologues are much more entertaining than constant crying 3w
Bklover @peanutnine Yes- she is at least more entertaining! 3w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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peanutnine Definitely thought Emily was gonna fuck up and sign without reading again. She's learning! 3w
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Clare-Dragonfly How did she even almost sign without reading?! She‘d spent all that time thinking about how she wasn‘t going to do what Macaroni said! 3w
mcctrish I mean she can read why does she not read? But as @peanutnine said she has learned one lesson in all this crying and fainting. 3w
TheBookHippie The picture is perfection!!!!! 3w
Bookwormjillk I started reading this chapter about 5 hours ago and just woke up from one of the best naps of my life. I agree with everyone else- Emily read the papers! 3w
TheAromaofBooks She'll read them, faint from horror about what's written on them, and then NEVER TELL US WHAT THEY SAID 😑 3w
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My granddaughter‘s outfit matches the book, but more importantly is that side eye 🤣🤣

vlwelser 😂😍 3w
kspenmoll Adorable! 🥰 3w
AllDebooks Omg 😍 She's beautiful. Scoping the book out from an early age, love it. X 3w
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AnnCrystal 💕😍💖💝. 3w
Ruthiella Oh yeah, she‘s gunning for that book! 😅 Such a cutie! 🥰 3w
dabbe 🤩😂🤩 3w
Deblovestoread Adorable 💜 3w
marleed So cute! 3w
mcctrish Be afraid, be very afraid 😒 3w
Gissy Adorable💖✨💫 3w
bthegood adorable! 3w
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A Good Day to Pie | Misha Popp
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Starting my #seasonalcozies book for November… better late than never 🤣

Ruthiella Nice bookmark! 🔖😱🔪😂 3w
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella seemed appropriate 🤣 3w
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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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mcctrish Macaroni is going to marry Emily 3w
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Bklover No more Auntie! 3w
AllDebooks @mcctrish Euurrgghhh! 3w
Bookwormjillk I was thinking today, what if this book were told from Macaroni‘s point of view? What would he say about Em? 3w
Clare-Dragonfly I‘m intrigued by the flaming lance! But if you‘re a guard literally being paid to walk around outside and someone says “who‘s there,” what kind of response is “a friend”?! 3w
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Salem's Lot | Stephen King
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Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #SalemsLot
 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

5feet.of.fury I liked when Ben Mears is talking about writing his new book and he says something about writing it really gory and detailed to “really rub the reader‘s nose in it” which is funny because that‘s what SK does -but hadn‘t REALLY done yet because this was his 2nd published book. Anyway, I just thought that was interesting, my brain latched on to that tiny detail 3w
5feet.of.fury Way too many townspeople at points. But I really liked the core characters 3w
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BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury definitely a peeve of mine with all the characters, he so loves to do it 🤣 3w
BookwormAHN My copy just came in from the library but since this is a reread, one of the things that drove me nuts the first time around was the endless descriptions of scenery 😸 3w
Bookwormjillk I loved the forward (read by King himself in the audiobook.) It took a while for this book to get going. I was a little surprised he was allowed to get away with that even in his second book. I enjoyed it though. Loved the nods to Dracula that he built in. 3w
Karkar The first time I read this book it scared me more than any other book before. But this being my third time thru it was a different read to pick up details that I did not the past times. 3w
TieDyeDude @barkingmadread @5feet.of.fury @Bookwormahn @bookwormjillk @karkar I get the annoyance with a lot of characters, but I think it helps up the stakes of the story; you're not just concerned about a handful of main characters, you worry about the whole town. I thought the same recently with Billy Summers; with the office workers and neighbors in the first part of the story, there is more dread because there are many people you want to be safe 🙂 3w
TieDyeDude I also enjoyed, in this book, seeing the characters figure out which vampire myths would work or not. I like when his characters live in “our world“ and have the same cultural touchstones. There is less “Why would you do that?!“ and more “Is that what I would have done?“ 3w
5feet.of.fury @TieDyeDude yeah, I can see that! I think some of the personalities were too close in this one, they just didn‘t seem super distinct. 3w
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