The Mysteries of Udolpho

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

so-so

Wow, this book. Long and winding, with so many mysteries that could have been wrapped up so much sooner. Thank god for @BarkingMadRead and the #hashtagbrigade for getting us through it together. I'm glad I read it, just for the extra understanding it gives me of Catherine in Northanger Abbey
I think I would have enjoyed it more if it was 50% shorter, and had 50% less fainting 😅
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

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AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead lol, snap 🤣 1d

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BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks #greatminds 1d

Ruthiella I appreciated reading it too if only to understand how Austen was poking fun at it. 1d

peanutnine @Ruthiella yes exactly! 23h

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TheAromaofBooks

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

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Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I low-key enjoyed this one 😂 It was objectively terrible, with a plot that went nowhere, absolutely no sense of suspense or pacing, and wildly unlikely twists. Yet despite her tendency to burst into tears and/or faint in basically every chapter, I found myself liking Emily. I appreciated her commitment to what she believed was right and her determination to follow her morals even when they weren't the easy path. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) This is also a book I've seen referenced so many other places, and it was fun and interesting to read it for myself and see how it's influenced other writers and books. I don't see myself rereading this one, but it was an entertaining one-time read, especially thanks to the team moaning and groaning of the #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead 😂

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks 3d

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 so so bad but maybe a little good? I‘m still conflicted 🤣 3d

Librarybelle I‘m behind on this one, but I‘m not minding it, so I share in your unpopular opinion! It‘s my second read through…I oddly enjoy these over-the-top classics. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3d

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TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle - Once I just started leaning into the absolute absurdity of it, I liked it much better. I don't think Radcliffe intended to make me snort-laugh as often as she did 😂 😂 😂 3d

BarkingMadRead Probably not 🤣🤣🤣 3d

AnishaInkspill When i finished reading this last year, in places it was torture but by the end I couldn't beleive I was thinking of reading this again 😂 there's just something about it 😂 3d

Lcsmcat I‘m with you. I read it years ago, because of Jane Austen, and just decided to go along for the ride rather than take it seriously. 3d

Daisey I recently went back and looked at some of my own posts from reading this and realized I had much the same experience reading it, but I still have no desire to reread it yet. 3d

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kwmg40

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

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Reading this lengthy classic gothic romance was a slog but the process was made more enjoyable with #hashtagbrigade! @BarkingMadRead

#HolidayBookDragons #WinterGames2024 @LiseWorks
#gottacatchemallwinteredition (mountain) @PuddleJumper
#ChristmasAtoZ #letterR @TexReader
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#1001

BarkingMadRead You did it!!! Woohoo! 4d

Ruthiella For me, this became only palatable when I leaned into the silliness of it. 😆 4d

TheAromaofBooks We made it through!! 😂 4d

mcctrish 🎶looks like we made it 🎶 to quote Barry Manilow 🎉🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3d

kwmg40 @BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella @TheAromaofBooks @mctrish Yes, we did make it! Thanks for making the journey more enjoyable! 20h

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Clare-Dragonfly

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

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The best thing I can say about this book is we probably wouldn‘t have Northanger Abbey without it 😂😂😂

TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 6d

BarbaraJean 😂😂 6d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

4.19: #andtheyalllivedhappilyeverafter #withlotsofpropertyexchanginghands #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 6d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish And no crying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6d

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Bookwormjillk WE MADE IT! Thanks @BarkingMadRead 6d

Clare-Dragonfly Finally!!! I never would have gotten through this without @BarkingMadRead and the Hashtag Brigade. 6d

BarkingMadRead This was rough 🤣 I was reading another book and the author used verdant and I was legit pissed 🤣 6d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😂😂😂 6d

AllDebooks Thank god for you guys, this was a tough read 🫣 6d

TheAromaofBooks Verdant is going to give us all reading PTSD forever 😂 Thank you so much for hosting!! I didn't enjoy this one, but it was an interesting read, and I can see why it was so popular in its day. 6d

eeclayton TGIO! Thanks @barkingmadread and #hashtagbrigade I could never have done this without you! 6d

AnishaInkspill yeyyy, what a marathon. I didn't read this with you all and read it last year, and was really with you all, if its any cnsolation this took me months to read. 5d

Bklover Thanks so much @BarkingMadRead ! You always make this fun!❤️❤️ 5d

julieclair This was quite the journey! How will I ever survive without my daily dose of tears and verdure? 😂💚 Thanks for this, @BarkingMadRead , I would have never made it through on my own. 4d

kwmg40 I don't think I would have gotten through this without the #hashtagbrigade and your encouragement, @BarkingMadRead! It was a struggle but I'm glad I finished the book, if only to check another book off my #1001 list. 4d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

4.18: #emilyisplayingtheluteinthetower #thatsnotweird #valancourtappears #somuchcrying #allisfinallywell #thegangisalltogether #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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Bookwormjillk Finally, finally, finally 1w

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mcctrish No weirdness detected at all 🤣🤣🤣 of course it was all a misunderstanding #valancourtwasframed 1w

TheAromaofBooks I'm soooo confused about why Valencourt didn't just say all this to begin with?!?!!? 1w

Ruthiella @TheAromaofBooks Because that doesn‘t sell books! 🤣 1w

AllDebooks 🙄 1w

Clare-Dragonfly This chapter is such a microcosm of the book. “Did you really not know this thing I didn‘t tell you, this thing you didn‘t ask about, and this other thing that I hinted at vaguely?” “Oh, how could you believe I knew something I refused to tell you and something that somebody told somebody else who told my cousin‘s roommate‘s best friend‘s sister-in-law?” 🙄🙄🙄 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Am I dating myself with this photo?
#anyway

4.17: yikes! #laurentiniwaswiththemarquis #heditchedherforthemarchioness #lalagotpissed #shetrickedtheMarquisintopoisoningtheMarchioness #whowasemilysauntie #didnotseethatcoming #lalaspunishmentwasconventlife #somanyparallels #yikesagain #staytuned #almostdone #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover 1w

Ruthiella Yes! But you are in good company ! 😂 1w

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Luke-XVX Jeanne Tripplehorn though, good lord !!! 1w

AllDebooks Lol 🤣 1w

dabbe @Luke-XVX I think it was Anne Archer, though they both look a LOT alike! 🤩 1w

Luke-XVX Haha I stand corrected! (Now I remember her from Patriot Games) 1w

mcctrish Todays chapter could have been the whole book #justsaying 1w

eeclayton At least now we know what was behind the veil. Even if it was a very WTF kinda explanation. 1w

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Right?! 😂 Also, who else was shocked that Laurentini is her first name?! I definitely thought it was a last name. 1w

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly that‘s the mystery right there 🤣🤣🤣 1w

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish The real mystery of Udolpho: Who Are These Udolpho People Who Name Their Kid Laurentini? 1w

TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish - LITERALLY what I was thinking when I was reading this - this is like a synopsis of all the actually interesting parts of this story that we weren't allowed to know about for some reason 😂 1w

peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks I definitely think it would have been more effective if we had learned what Emily read/saw earlier on and then revealed what it all meant at the end. Explaining it away immediately after revealing the mystery made it so much less shocking as a reader 1w

TheAromaofBooks @peanutnine - I totally agree!! I think if we knew what Emily did - that there was a half-decayed body in a hidden room - EVERYTHING would have been way creepier than just “something is there“ - and then in the end we get the big reveal about it not being a real body. As it is it was just kind of - it's a body! PSYCH! The end. lol 1w

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BarkingMadRead

The mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobr�e

4.16: whoa #agnesisLaurentini #emilyisrelatedtothemarchioness #emilycallsheramurderer #rip ☠️ #thedudewhoheardagnesconfessknowsthecreeper #becauseofcoursehedoes #hevisitsandtellaabouthishero #whobailedhimoutofjail #valancourt #whogambledbutnevercheated #thecountfeelslikeshit #aswellheshould #hewritestoapologizetovalancourt #isittoolate #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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Clare-Dragonfly See, I told you V was just misunderstood because THESE PEOPLE WILL NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER!!!! 1w

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BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I‘m so relieved 😰 1w

mcctrish Well that was action packed @Clare-Dragonfly they also don‘t read or finish thoughts or ever let us know what‘s going on! Emily is haunted by papers she burned and didn‘t read except for a few words which she won‘t recount to us 😡 1w

Bookwormjillk This book is almost over and I feel like we‘re still in the introduction. 1w

eeclayton @mcctrish I also really want to know what she saw behind that veil in the castle of Udolpho 😡 1w

mcctrish @eeclayton is this the mystery of udolpho? Unfinished thoughts? Things not described? Conversations not had? Things we missed cuz we fainted ? it‘s certainly not tears not shed #rivershavebeencried #lakeshavebeenfilled 1w

dabbe Your picture says EVERYTHING about this book that I simply could not finish. Absolute kudos to all of you who could! You are my inspiration! 💙❄️💙 1w

AllDebooks @mcctrish 😅🤣🤣 I actually feel cheated. This is supposed to be one of the most iconic, ground-breaking gothic novels and it's pure melodrama eeked out forrrrreeeevvvvvvver #teenagevoiceandeyeroll 👀🙄 Where all the ghosts and mysteries at? 1w

AllDebooks If you use the analogy of a walk in the park for the twists and turns of actual plot alongside all the flimflam melodrama that padded it out, we actually just walked every bloody peak in the Pyrenees. 1w

mcctrish @AllDebooks yay I got my steps in this week/month 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

I just had to be done with it 🤣 #wintergames24 #holidaybookdragons #hashtagbrigade #wintercleardown #longest #winterpokemon #storm #bingoboards #placeintitle #europe #friendstolovers #quirkyolderrelative #BINGO #WGwordsearch

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

4.15: #emilyjoinstheweddingparty #ofcoursethecreeperisthere 🙄 #nobodyeverlistens #emilyvisitstheabbey #agnesisdying #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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Clare-Dragonfly Emily persists in thinking the Count is an honest, nice guy who really cares about her well-being as he repeatedly shoves his obsessed buddy in her face 🙄 1w

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mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 1w

AllDebooks Oh, we are so close to the end. The book, sanity, who knows? 🥳 I'm struck by the difference in writing style between this and Frankenstein, considering there are just over 20 years between publications. Mary Shelley was still in her teens when she wrote it. 1w

eeclayton Not to defend the Count, but I have the impression that he's been friends with Du Pont for much longer than with Emily, so it kinda makes sense to me that he wants to promote his happiness. Which of course doesn't make him any less annoying from E's point of view. 1w

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton that‘s a very good point 1w

TheAromaofBooks @eeclayton - I also think the Count sees sweet, lonely Emily at a time when being a single woman was actually somewhat unsafe & knows that his young friend is an upstanding guy who loves her and would take good care of her (vs taking advantage of her and stealing all her money). Like it's annoying to E because she doesn't want to marry him, but lots of people married for convenience, so unless the Count forces the issue, I can't fault him too much 1w

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Bookwormjillk

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

Catching up on Udolpho at an indoor field hockey tournament today.

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BarkingMadRead

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

Ch 4.14: Ludo is back #annettethoughthewasaghost #andnowweknow #pirates 🏴‍☠️ #anotherghoststorydebunked #theresabringsthering #emilywonttakeit #putstheresarightinherplace #soproud #wantstohookupludoandannettewithahouse #awwwww #timeforawedding #babybaronandnlanche #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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2w

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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Bookwormjillk At least they didn‘t shoot this one 2w

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mcctrish How bright is Annette?! 2w

Clare-Dragonfly We finally get the story! Secret passages in the walls! 2w

Bklover I am behind! My oldest daughter has been in the hospital and I haven‘t read a word in a week. I will catch up, I hope! (She will be fine) 2w

TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly - Apparently any and all ghosts are actually people in walls 😂 1w

TheAromaofBooks @Bklover - Hope you daughter is doing better!!! 1w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks little did we know that this is actually a horror story 🤣 @Bklover I‘m so glad she will be ok, sending hugs! 1w

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BarkingMadRead

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

Ch 4.13: #emilyvisitstheresafornews #nobodyhasseenvalancourt #emilylosesherdamnmind #somuchcrying #knockknockknock #ofcourseitsvalancourt #sowemustfaint #itsamiracle #emilyisallforgiving #butwait #shepusheshimaway #soproud #theresaisconfused #valancourtisdevastated #emilypeacesout ✌️ #valancourtleavesheraring #nevertobeseenagain #maybe 🤷🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade #ps #wtf #ithoughtwewouldgetludostale 🙄

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 2w

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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Bookwormjillk I could have smacked Theresa today 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk in her defense, Emily won‘t tell her anything 🙄 these people need to learn to communicate 2w

kwmg40 I loved Teresa's snide comments about rich people! 😂 2w

mcctrish I mean Theresa isn‘t wrong 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I was really hoping Theresa would ask for an explanation, Emily would give one, and V would go “wait that‘s not accurate!” We only have a few chapters left, guys, get it together! 2w

peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly 💯💯 2w

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mcctrish

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#iykyk #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2w

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AllDebooks

The mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobr�e

I'm currently participating in the final #hashtagbrigade #buddyread of the year. 10ish chapters left, and I just don't care anymore. I've never read a book with more loose ends, dead ends, and 'we won't talk about that' plot devices in my life. Thank goodness for @BarkingMadRead keeping us sane and the humour flowing. Otherwise, I would have bailed around chapter 10!
FYI, I got bored and did a word count. 🙄😅
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AllDebooks @IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish @TheBookHippie @dabbe @zezeki @Deblovestoread @Librarybelle @kwmg40 @Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin @ElizaMarie 2w

AllDebooks @quietjenn @jewright @Larkken @TheAromaofBooks @rubyslippersreads @AnishaInkspill @eeclayton @peanutnine @Bklover 2w

AllDebooks Word count results - Hither 158; Thither -53; Whither - 58; Crying + cry - 36; Weeping + weep + wept - 176; Fainting + faint - 175 😱 2w

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AllDebooks Sorry, I should have been reading tonight's chapter but got distracted 😅 2w

Librarybelle Word count dedication! 2w

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w

BarkingMadRead #wordcountqueen 2w

AllDebooks @Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead Just so you know, it was on Kindle. I didn't sit there with a book and highlighter. I do have a life! 😅 2w

BarkingMadRead But still. You had to do the search 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead 😬 you got me 2w

dabbe I managed to get through THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV thanks to this group and @BarkingMadRead's hilarious posts and @Aimeesue's hysterical dioramas, but this one? I bailed at Book 2. And I had also tried to read it a few years ago. I just couldn't do it. Again. Writing that goes on and on an on and on with tears all over the place and too many descriptions and meandering everywhere ... bleh! I'll be up for the January read, though! 🤩 2w

mcctrish @dabbe The Bros was better ( never thought I‘d say that ) 2w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish you know it‘s a bad book when #thebrosarebetter 2w

mcctrish @AllDebooks the fainting count surprises me, I must have fainted myself and missed then but all those ithers I have felt and I attribute them to the author‘s dithering 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s mind boggling 2w

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 The Bros! Slightly less histrionic than The Mysteries of Udolfo! 2w

mcctrish @Ruthiella there was no crying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Brilliant word counting 😂 2w

eeclayton Wow 😲 2w

AllDebooks @Clare-Dragonfly it's telling that I would rather do that than read the bloody thing. 😅 2w

TheAromaofBooks It honestly seems like there should be more crying 😂 Maybe we should add “tears“ to the word count?? Poor Emily, it just seems like her eyes must be swollen shut all the time! 2w

dabbe @mcctrish Well, that makes me feel a wee bit better. And you even helped me through a few chapters, and I still couldn't get through it! 🤩😂🤩 2w

mcctrish @dabbe you‘ve honestly missed nothing cuz nothing ever happens 2w

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks it‘s amazing she can see anything 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.12: whoa! #buckleup #backtoblancheandco #travelingtovisitemily #lostinthemountains #withthebats #andastorm #obviously #themooncomesout #backontheroad #totallylost #crossingdownedtrees #findacastle #becasueofcoursetheresarandomcastle #huntersinside #blancheoverhearstheirplot #becauseofcoursetheyrebanditti #faintingensues #obviously #thebanditscatchher #swordsclash #thefianceeisbloody #morefainting #ludototherescue #wtfludo ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #thefianceisntdead #countisoktoo #ludogetsthemout #andnowwefinallygettohearhistale #tomorrow #right ⁉️#right ⁉️ #omg #hashtagbrigade 2w

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 2w

Bookwormjillk Some stuff happened in this long chapter at least 2w

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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) 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Something actually happened!!! @mcctrish I also thought V would turn out to be with them. 2w

peanutnine I was like oh now we finally get to hear what happened to Ludo! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Just kidding 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.11: #shortchapter #emilyfindstheresa 😍 #sheisverycomfy #thankstovalancourt 🙄#staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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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 😡 2w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so frustrating! 2w

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. 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk better a loser than being alone #amiright 2w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish #youareright 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish You‘d think she would have learned from her aunt that a loser is NOT better than being alone! 2w

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 🤛🏻 2w

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 🤣 2w

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly you‘d think 🤔 😝 2w

mcctrish Ooo @BarkingMadRead maybe the creeper was shot saving Val once again 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.10: almost home #lotsofcryingandfainting #emilyseessomeoneinthegarden #obviouslyitsvalancourt #thegardenerthinksitsarobber #obviouslyheshootshim #annetteissworntosecrecy #ofcourseshetellsemily #whofaints #obviously #shecantfindoutwhowasshot #wasitvalancourt #ishedead #wewillprobablyneverknow #obviously 🤣 #timetoheadhome #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
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peanutnine #Obviously 🤣🤣 you crack me up! So true though 2w

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Bookwormjillk 10 chapters left! 2w

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 2w

TheAromaofBooks I gotta be honest, I freaking love Annette and her complete inability to keep a secret 😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks without Annette, we wouldn‘t know a damn thing 🤣 2w

Clare-Dragonfly There doesn‘t seem to be much acknowledgement that Annette‘s husband has disappeared! 2w

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.

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

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BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhh that‘s interesting! And poor Ludo ☠️ 2w

mcctrish #obviously 👏🏻👏🏻🤣 2w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.9: the plot thickens #isthecrazynunourmarchioness #willweeveractuallyknow #thecountandhenrisurvivedthenight #buttheywonttalkaboutit #obviously #timeforemilytogohome #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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AllDebooks In the words of Annette, 'such goings on' 🙄 2w

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mcctrish In the words of me “WTF?!” 2w

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. 🤨 2w

TheAromaofBooks Someone needs to rewrite this book except with the interesting parts actually IN THE STORY 🙄 2w

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks ha! Perfect! 2w

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Yes! And leaving out 80% of the #verdantverdure . 2w

BarkingMadRead @julieclair omg so much #verdantverdure 🙄 2w

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The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

Nymph, in thy orisons / Be all my sins remembered.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in‘t.

#hashtagbrigade #hamlet

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.8: bring in the older ghostbusters #butfirst #macaronidied #karmasabitch #emilyinheritsfromauntie #finally #andnow #countandhenriareghosthunting #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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AnishaInkspill photo, perfect, v funny 😂 😂 2w

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Clare-Dragonfly Kind of unsatisfying that Emily doesn‘t have to do anything to get her inheritance… 2w

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly right? All that paperwork with Macaroni for nothing. 2w

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 2w

mcctrish @peanutnine absolutely so many words and nothing happens besides crying, fainting and things that can‘t be talked about 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine Yup. That‘s why I‘m not expecting any exciting ghost reveal with Ludo. 2w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.7: well, this took a turn! #valancourtisstillcreeping #ludohasdisappearedfromalockedroom #dupontisback #stalker 🙄 #countwantaemilytomarrydupont #emilysayshellno #countsaysok #whatanicechange 🤣 #emilygoesbacktotheconvent #thenunsknowsomeshit #theyarenttalking #becausenobodyeverdoes 🙄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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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 3w

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Bookwormjillk @mcctrish there was some skirt swishing for sure 3w

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. 3w

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! 2w

peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣 so true! I like him too though 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.6: this is just getting ridiculous 🤣 #ludoreadsaboutaghost #butdoesntseeone #becausewhywouldhe 🤦🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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AllDebooks I would have bailed on this long ago if it wasn't for you guys keeping me invested. Your hashtags are brilliant. 😅 3w

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Bookwormjillk Sorry everyone. I jinxed it yesterday when I said things were getting interesting. 3w

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks you and me both 🤣🤣🤣 3w

AllDebooks Also, who dis guy? ⬆️🔥🔥🔥 3w

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks 🤷🏻‍♀️ Google found him for me 🤣 3w

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead Well done, Google 👏 3w

mcctrish As we waited with baited breath for something to happen ………#theusualblahblahblah #nothing 3w

eeclayton @AllDebooks same! 3w

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead I can certainly understand Jane Austen's satire more now in

Northanger Abbey

TheAromaofBooks I was like oh good another story within a story that won't actually further the real story any more 😂 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.5: these short chapters 🎄 🎁 #theservantsarefreakedbytheghost #theyallwanttoquit #ludototherescue #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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peanutnine Of course Annette and her big mouth can't keep quiet 🙊🙄 3w

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BarkingMadRead @peanutnine #comedyrelief 3w

Bookwormjillk This book is so weird. I‘m almost interested now? 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it comes and it goes 🤣 3w

mcctrish How are there mysteries but not at udolpho? 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish we may never know 🤣 3w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.4: #themarchionessisaghost 🤷🏻‍♀️ #shortchapter #nocrying #somefainting #blessed #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Woo ghost!!! (Bet there‘s no actual ghost though.) I‘m glad Annette made an appearance—I was wondering about her. 3w

peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly I forgot she was still there honestly 😂 3w

mcctrish Me too @peanutnine 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.3: Ok, it won‘t let me add a pic 🙄 it was a bottle of ☠️ #anyway #macaroniisintrouble #karma #thecountgoesfree 🤷🏻‍♀️ #emilyissad #again #dorotheefinallytalks #sortof #lotsofasubtlehints #marquislovesmarchionessloveschevier #maybepops 🤷🏻‍♀️ #emilylookslikeher #hmmmmm #marquispossiblypoisonedthemarchioness ☠️ #theresanotherportrait #whichofcoursewedontgettohearabout 🙄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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TheAromaofBooks The whole situation with Macaroni felt anticlimactic after he was the villain for most of the book. 3w

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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks for real! Like he was just a footnote 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3w

mcctrish That‘s was so much blather for nothing 3w

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 🙄 3w

Clare-Dragonfly All the hints about Emily looking like the marchioness! But she couldn‘t exactly have a secret kid, could she?! 3w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I thought at first, until they started talking about her face turning black 🤮 so bizarre 3w

AllDebooks Anyone else losing count of all the Counts? 😅 3w

Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead I thought the same thing!!! 3w

mcctrish @AllDebooks too many counts to count (edited) 3w

AllDebooks @mcctrish far too many 😅 3w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.2: short chapter! #blessed #hallelujah #oh #andemilykicksVtothecurb #peaceoutjerk #byeeeeee #soproud #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish All hail the queen! 3w

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Bookwormjillk Blissfully short chapter. I really hope this isn‘t winding up to a Jane Eyre ending. 3w

eeclayton #blessed Good riddance V! 3w

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 😂 3w

julieclair I‘m proud of her for kicking V to the curb. I didn‘t think she had it in her. 3w

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! 3w

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??) 3w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks that poor dog poof 💨 disappears it seems. Abandoned. 3w

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I totally forgot about the dog! 🤔 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.1: everyone is crying now 🙄 #valancourtcomestoseeEmily #somuchbegging #somuchgaslighting #emilyofferstoseehimagain 🙄 #andsomehowconvincesherselfheisthesameoldV 🙄 #also #dorotheestillhasntcomeby 🙄 #myeyeshurtfromrollingsomuch #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bklover 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #emilyisafoolandVisanass (edited) 3w

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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 3w

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! 3w

mcctrish It‘s nice she had him to focus on while at Udolpho but cut him loose now 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Bklover #accurate 3w

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? 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk everyone is crying 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I meant the one that Emily's dad had that Dorethee was refusing to talk about. She is just not coming back? 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk ohhhhhhhh that picture! We may never know…. 3w

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! 3w

julieclair If we don‘t find out about the picture, I‘m going to go nuts. I‘m warming up my book-throwing arm… 3w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.13: bringing this one back 🤣 #letsgetdowntoit #emilyissad #dorotheeseespopspic #itstheladyofthehouse #shocker #emilysrealmom ❓#hmmmmm #dorotheepromisestocomebackandtell #becausegodforbidanyoneevertellsastoryimmediately #timeforsomepagandancing 🤣 #valancourt ‼️ #beingadick #iwonderwhy #thecountcluesusin #finallyastorytoldimmediately #confirmsVisadick #shocker 🙄 #emilyfaints #shocker 🙄 #Vwilldefendhimself #inpart4 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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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 4w

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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 4w

peanutnine "God forbid anyone tells a story immediately" ??? so true. And all these hints to what she saw in the letter, just tell us!!! 4w

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! 4w

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 😂 4w

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 4w

Bklover @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You nailed it! 4w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.12: Languedoc #emilyhangswithblanche #dorotheehintsatghost #butobviouslywonttellthewholestory 🙄 #creepergoeshome #byeeeee #emilygoestotheconvent #Qisadick #isaidwhatisaid #noletteryetfromV #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Clare-Dragonfly These people are terrible at communicating. 4w

AnishaInkspill poor Emily, just waits and waits for that letter 4w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.11: so much thithering going on #thatstotallyaword #thitherhere #thitherthere #boatingaround #blahblahblah #alongcomesastorm #washesemilyandcompanyashore #blanchesfaminvitesthemin #ofcoursethecreeperknowsthecount #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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mcctrish At least this whole chunk has a point now #godblessuseveryone 4w

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I was so worried we would never find out 🤣 4w

Bookwormjillk I'm just so glad Emily appeared and we didn't have a whole new castle story. 4w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that would have been devastating 🤣 4w

mcctrish It really could have gone either way at this point 4w

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk aaaarrrgggh, can you imagine?? 🫣😱 4w

Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks yes I actually can that‘s why I was worried 😂 4w

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! 🙄 4w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.10: oh good, another new character 🙄 #helloblanche #whatsthepoint #iguesswewillfindoutsoon #miserableparents #broseemsnice #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #verdant

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish 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” 1mo

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Bookwormjillk Okay so I‘m not the only one who had no clue who these people are? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I‘m low key pissed about this 🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish They don‘t cry as much 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #silverlining 1mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I mean I can‘t even keep it low key. I want to speak to a manager. 1mo

AllDebooks @mcctrish 🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk let‘s get them on speaker phone 1mo

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 😂 1mo

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? 1mo

Bklover Ummmm…who the hell are these people?!?! 4w

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. 🤓🤣 4w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.9: this is who I picture when Ludo comes around 🤣 #ludofindstheprisoner #whohasemilyspic #valancourt ‼️ #ludoarrangesameeting #notvalancourt #emilyfaints #obviously #valancourtwasneverthecreeper #sorrymydude #verezzishowsup #wait #wasthathisname #whatever #verezzifightscreeper #creeperwins #ludoandcreeperescapewiththegirls #headingbacktofrance #whew #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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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 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish omg the freaking hat 🙄 #priorities 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly That‘s why I called him Ludo in the first place 😂😂😂 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly And yeah, as soon as the guy wouldn‘t tell Ludo his name, I knew it wasn‘t going to be V. 1mo

Bookwormjillk I was a bit shocked it wasn‘t V myself. But then again we still have many chapters to go. 1mo

Bklover I wonder where V is? Maybe he‘s moved on! (I sure hope not after all this) 1mo

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 1mo

mcctrish @Bklover he‘s still partying in Paris 1mo

julieclair @mcctrish I sure do hope you‘re wrong about partying in Paris, but my gut tells me you‘re right. 😒 4w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.8: back to the castle we go #deadbodieseverywhere #macaronimakingcreepypromises #emilybeingchasedinthedark 👀 #emilysignsthepapers 🙄 #andofcoursemacaronilies #ludowilltrytoaneakherout #butfirst #themusicisback #isitvalancourt #omgialmostforgot #thecountisinjail 🤣 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo

peanutnine Oh lord Emily is so naive 🙄🙄 and Annette really needs to learn how to shut up when necessary! 🙊 1mo

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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 1mo

eeclayton Seriously, Emily 🤦🤦🤦 1mo

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?! 1mo

AllDebooks I thought we were done with Annette 🫣😅 1mo

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? 1mo

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. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #lowstandards 1mo

julieclair I couldn‘t believe Emily signed the papers. Soooo disappointing and frustrating. 1mo

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Clare-Dragonfly

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

OK, I‘m satisfied with that information about Morano. Let‘s move along now. #hashtagbrigade #accumulatemoremisfortunesplease #countkidnapper #countdickwad

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.7: all caught up! #well #somuchcrying #alittleverdantverdure #ijinxedmyself 🤷🏻‍♀️ #emilyhasafriend #shesleftatacottagewithanassassin #whatcouldgowrong #lovelywalks #dancingfortheseanymphs #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo

Ruthiella She never, never, never stops crying…😭😭😭 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella those are all her tears in that picture 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

Ruthiella @BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

ElizaMarie I'm behind but I'm gonna catch up tomorrow. Now I know where I should end up!!! 1mo

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. ) 1mo

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. 1mo

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) 1mo

Bookwormjillk So weird. Glad she made a friend though. Random sea nymph poem inserted here. 1mo

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. 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.5: #auntiesfuneralfinallyhappens #macaroniwantsemilytosignpapers #totallyliesaboutthem #emilyrefuses #soproud #andnowwewait #emilythinksitsvalancourttoo #butwhoisitreally #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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peanutnine Definitely thought Emily was gonna fuck up and sign without reading again. She's learning! 1mo

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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! 1mo

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. 1mo

TheBookHippie The picture is perfection!!!!! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #ihavemyshinymoments 1mo

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! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks She'll read them, faint from horror about what's written on them, and then NEVER TELL US WHAT THEY SAID 😑 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.4: more drama #macaroniwantsthosepaperssigned #auntiesayshellno #emilygoestorest #guardwithaflamingsword #wtf #auntiediesduringastorm #thiscantendwellforemily #blessedlyshortchapter #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo

mcctrish Macaroni is going to marry Emily 1mo

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Bklover No more Auntie! 1mo

AllDebooks @mcctrish Euurrgghhh! 1mo

Bookwormjillk I was thinking today, what if this book were told from Macaroni‘s point of view? What would he say about Em? 1mo

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”?! 1mo

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dabbe

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#20in4Readathon
@Andrew65

Hope I'm not too late to join this fabulous party! I hope to finish SOVEREIGN today because the discussion is tomorrow! I also hope to attempt to catch up to the #hashtagbrigade with UDOLPHO. If only the book were actually as interesting as the cover I found above. I'm gonna try.

Welcome back, @Andrew65. You have been missed. 🧡🤎💛

Andrew65 Thanks 😍 Glad to be back. You are welcome to join whenever.

I loved The Sovereign. 1mo

dabbe @Andrew65 I finished it last night--perfect for this readathon! 🤩 1mo

Andrew65 @dabbe Yay!🥳🥳🥳 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.3: some discoveries #macaronirobbingpeople #fightingamongstthieves #auntieisalive #butforhowlong #thecreeperisback #apparentlyhesthedevil 😈 #seemslegit #emilywasalittlebraveforlikefiveminutes #staytuned #happythanksgiving #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish #nobodyeverdies #wearentincranfordanymore Emily needs an Uber 1mo

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Bookwormjillk What exactly is the mystery here? I am impressed by the quotes at the beginning of every chapter. #NoGoogleBackThen (edited) 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m going to be really annoyed if the creeper is Valancourt, when Radcliffe gave us a whole chapter about how he‘s distracted and doing stuff other than pining over Emily. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I thought the same 🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I keep thinking it‘s him too 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.2: The Count is back #kidnapper #well #failedkidnapper #thatsprettymuchit #shortchapter #hallelujah #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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AllDebooks The whither/thither and hithers are really grinding my gears now. 1mo

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Bookwormjillk Is the count counting the tears? 1mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk 😅🤣 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish I laughed out loud learning that the Count‘s revenge fantasy was fuelled by intel gleaned from Annette‘s “thoughtless prattle” anyone who can follow her circuitous rambling and concoct a plan deserves to succeed 1mo

mcctrish @AllDebooks so much unnecessary language 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly 😂😂😂 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.1: I‘m in Disney this week so my posts may be sporadic 🤣 I promise that by Monday night, all the chapters will be posted! #anyway #emilygoestomeetheraunt #Bissupercreepy #heleadsherpastanopengrave #whichistotallynormalandnotatallcreepy #heleavesemilybehindtocheckwithauntie #whoisupstairsbuthegoesdown #thatsnotweird #emilychecksbehindacurtain #auntie? ☠️ #ofcourseshefaints #andwakesupmidkidnap #whichmightnotsuck #macaronitotherescue ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #hethinksemilywasrunningaway #finallybelievesher #faintingandcryingensues #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 1mo

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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Clare-Dragonfly I was just thinking this couldn‘t possibly be set up by Macaroni because he doesn‘t need to be this subtle when he can just threaten her. And I was proven right! I‘m wondering if her aunt is really dead? Was that the body she saw? And if they thought Ludo was dead and he wasn‘t, could that be the case again? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I wonder the same. It‘s dark. And she‘s … Emily… so it could totally be a mistake! 1mo

mcctrish It‘s dark and she‘s Emily 🤣🤣🤣 doesn‘t macaroni want the aunt dead so he can marry Emily and get the property? 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I‘m pretty sure no one in this story has first aid and it shows 1mo

ElizaMarie I am getting super confused with where we are- I get confused when the chapters aren't labeled like just 1, 2, 3.... but when they do Vol and then Ch and then blah! the Crying!!! Where are we!? I thought I was reading #AChapterADay but now I am confused -- anyone have a table? 1mo

Bookwormjillk I thought this was a picture of a chicken nugget at first. Have a good trip! @ElizaMarie I don‘t have a tracker for this one sorry. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie we are reading a chapter a day, the book is divided this way, so I‘ve been posting what volume and chapter every day! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.12: this is how I picture Annette IYKYK #downtonabbey #anyway #stilllookingforauntie #gateguyhasnews #hessosketchy #gateguysayshehasauntie #emilyshouldcomethenextday #whatcouldgowrong #andnowshewaitsfirmysterymusic #apparantlyplayedbyorsini #thehiddendude #staytunedforpart3 #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo

Bookwormjillk Ha! Perfect! 1mo

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Clare-Dragonfly Barnardine is a total jerk! Oh, I will strongly imply I killed her aunt and then get horribly offended when she thinks I killed her aunt. 🙄🙄🙄 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly the most bizarre conversation ever 🙄 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly Banardo and Annette have a shared ability to say nothing but use a lot of words #bothshouldbeshakennotstirred 1mo

mcctrish And why was dumbass Emily so resistant to walking to where Banardo was minding the gate? #annettegetsherstepsin (edited) 1mo

Bklover @mcctrish 😂😂😂. 1mo

Bklover @BarkingMadRead That IS Annette!! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bklover right?!? I can hear her voice in my head whenever Annette talks 🤣 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish 😂😂😂 1mo

Bklover Yes!! Me too! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks My favorite part of today's chapter was when Emily told Annette she needed to stop crying so much 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1mo

peanutnine @mcctrish omg they say nothing but use a lot of words 💯🤣 1mo

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks the pot calling the kettle black 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Emily is such a hypocrite! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.10: #whereisauntie #annetteisrescued #Lisstillalive #shortchapter #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish Honest to god I can‘t believe Emily actually managed to get Annette out! So much dithering! Why on earth did she not go find Carlos to start?! Ludicrous lives 🎉because nobody dies. They just cry 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #andcry #andcry #andcry 1mo

Bookwormjillk 49% through though. #We‘reGettingThere #MaybeSomethingWillHappenSoon 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Very confusing, is L dead or not? And also is he a good guy or a complete asshole? Because if somebody needs to stay in a room to protect themselves, seems to me the thing to do is leave THEM the key, not take it away and go join the fighting. 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk My kindle has me at 50%! #hallelujah #wewillmakeitthrough 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly woo 🎉🎉🎉 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.10: it all started with some #poisonedwine #whotriedtokillmacaroni #heblamesauntie #thatsconvenient #auntieislockedintheturret #fightingensues ⚔️ #emilyrunstohide #shefindsaninjuredman #leaveshimandruns #managestostartherfireandlightherlamp #offtofindauntie #whatcouldgowrong #annetteislockedinaroom #worriedaboutL #wasLtheinjureddude 🤷🏻‍♀️ #tothetower #bloodeverywhere #noanswerfromauntie ☠️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo

mcctrish Everything is so halfassed in this story! Nobody ever gets the whole story out, nobody reads the papers before burning, describes what‘s in the frame, figures out who‘s been left for dead, actually kills the person they want dead! I‘m just supposed to be happy there were no tears 1mo

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Bookwormjillk Long line to poison that dude. Also did I miss why she‘s so determined to find Auntie? Auntie doesn‘t like her except for that one sort of compliment that one time. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I have no idea, if I were Emily, I‘d be trying to escape. Forget auntie. 1mo

AllDebooks Radcliffe is overly fond of the word 'wither'. There has been an awful lot of withering lately 1mo

TheAromaofBooks I honestly kind of admired Emily in this chapter - she's completely terrified but still determined to find her aunt and make sure she's okay. And she seems to be fainting more than crying; haven't decided whether or not that's an improvement 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I know, like what‘s worse? The fainting or the crying? At least the fainting takes less time 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly And then there are the times she almost faints but sits down and breathes through it… 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.9: ok, this was not too bad 🤣 #annetteseesaghost 👻 #faints #macaroniismeantoauntie #faints #emilycracksherheadopen #doesntcry #hmmmmm #auntiemayhavetoliveinthetower #macaroniwantstoleadthenoodlegang #robinhoodheisnot #macaronihassomeonehiddennexttoemily #notaverysmarthidingplace #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish Honest to god, Annette tells the absolute worse recountings #justthefactsmam #itsallgoingtohell #macaroniandthenoodlegang 🍝 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

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zezeki I'm really curious about the dog, he was only mentioned once since arriving to the castle. 😅 1mo

Bookwormjillk Noodle gang 😂 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly The noodle gang 😂😂😂 1mo

peanutnine Annette is definitely my favorite character, her stories are ridiculous but so entertaining, especially when she was sworn to secrecy. Also the line "But the faculty of speech was never long withheld from Annette" had me laugh out loud ? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine #comicrelief for sure! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.8: a blessedly short chapter about Valancourt #sosad #sosad #sosad #partytime 🎉🎉🎉 #hashtagbrigade

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

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Mine morning routine is now to count the pages of today's chapter and I was SO HAPPY today 😂 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks such a gift 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Really the #sosad #sosad #sosad #partytime tags kind of describe my feelings towards the last few days' chapters 😂 😂 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1mo

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂😂 1mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks OMG ... so true!!!! 😂😂😂 1mo

mcctrish I realized at the start of my reading today we are only 43% through this nonsense and I could cry. And then we get a short chapter which I should be thrilled about, except we‘ve been reading for 100 years and nothing but crying has happened except V, after moping around in Emily‘s absence has moved to Paris to become a club kid 🤯 #wherethefuckisthisgoing (edited) 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 this is scarily accurate 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t like the short chapters! I am updating my reading percentage daily in Storygraph and when the percentage stays the same Storygraph thinks I haven‘t read any of this book 🤣 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly So V hung around until his regiment couldn‘t do without him anymore. And since they needed him so badly he… made social connections and started a gambling habit? 🤨 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly boys are dumb and story graph needs to understand that 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

ElizaMarie @MccTrish - YES!!! This book needs to #DOSOMETHING !!! #GOSOMEWHERE !! 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly StoryGraph will not like my Serial app micro-aggression reading style 🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish @ElizaMarie it‘s ridiculous 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish micro-aggression is a good way to read this book 🤣 It isn‘t Storygraph‘s fault, I would be able to use page numbers if I were reading a physical book, but also there‘s *no way* I would read this in hard copy! 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly same 1mo

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