Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood

Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Barnabas and Willie are lighting your birthday candles, @UwannaPublishme 😄 Have a great day! 🎉🎂🎉

AmyG Happy Birthday! (Ha- Dark Shadows) 🎂 5y

MemoirsForMe If these two show up, that would be quite a memorable party! 😁🙌🏻You‘re the coolest, @rubyslippersreads 😘😘😘 5y

MemoirsForMe @AmyG Thank you! 😘 5y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

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Thrilled to meet more Dark Shadows fans during the #DSbuddyread. Our discussions really enhanced this haunting story. Loved delving into Victoria Winter's past & her deeper connection to the Collins family. Plus Lara's alter ego Angelique was bound to show up & wreak more havoc for Barnabas.
Thx @rubyslippersreads 🤗 for all the fun! Would ❤️to do another one. Maybe Wolf Moon Rising with Quentin?
(Lara photo from:collingsporthistoricalsociety.com)

rubyslippersreads I'd ❤️❤️❤️ to do another #dsbuddyread! I was excited to find out how many #DSLittens there are here. 😊❤️🦇 7y

MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads Yay! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻When you do another #DSbuddyread, count me in! 😊🙌🏻 P.S. Did you notice my Josette music box under Barnabas' chin? 😁 7y

rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme I did notice your music box. You have a nice DS collection. 😊🦇 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Ch 19 - 25 Discussion

Vicki is rescued by Willie, but soon finds herself a patient (more like a prisoner) in Stephon's house. Does Vicki's vision of a woman standing over her, brandishing a knife and laughing maniacally, remind anyone else of Mr. Rochester's first wife?

She runs to Barnabas, but he's having trouble resisting his vampiric urges. He wants to reminisce (perhaps more), and then leave Vicki to carry out his last request. ⬇️

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rubyslippersreads Barnabas to the rescue. We find out Elizabeth is Vicki's mother, but who was her father? Liz mentions in the diary that he's also a Collins. I haven't read all of Lara Parker's books; it might be revealed in a previous DS novel. ⬇️ 7y

rubyslippersreads Who thought Stephon's wife was Angelique all along? This storyline seems a bit like Dr. Lang meets Claus von Bulow. (There was a tiny hint near the beginning of the book, the phrase "reversal of fortune," which was the name of the movie about the scandal in which Alexandra Moltke was slightly involved.) ⬇️ (edited) 7y

rubyslippersreads Vicki suggested earlier that perhaps Barnabas and Angelique were always meant to be together, and it seems as though Lara Parker has left the door open for that possibility (though if I were Vicki, I would have already decided Barnabas was my Mr. Rochester). ❤️🦇😄 7y

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rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme Thought I'd show off Josette's music box, along with a Barnabas bookmark a friend sent for my birthday. 😊🦇 7y

AmyG I thhought the second haf of the book was better. I didn‘t see Angelique coming back. Yeah, Barnabas and Angelique should just get together already, right? 7y

Dragon 🧛‍♂️🖤 7y

Laura317 I was surprised to see Angelique, but Barnabas needs someone less crazy. 7y

rubyslippersreads @Laura317 I think anyone would be less crazy than Angelique. 😏 7y

Readerann Barnabas and Angelique are certainly my most memorable characters from the show, so it was fun to revisit them here. After all the scrapes Vicki got herself out of, though, I was somehow disappointed she needed Barnabas to rescue her at the end! 7y

MemoirsForMe I loved the backstory of Vicki being Elizabeth's daughter. I hope this storyline is further developed in Lara's future novels. I did have to yell at Vicki a few times while reading this since she was foolishly too trusting of Stephon. 🙄 7y

MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads Great catch on the "reversal of fortune" hint. Didn't see that one coming. ???? I did suspect Angelique toward the end only because she always shows up in Lara's books. ? 7y

MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads I smiled as soon as I saw your music box! 😍🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

I'm behind on the last section of the #dsbuddyread. I'll catch up in a couple of days. 🦇 #darkshadows

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

I've been busy with real life, so I think we're a week behind on our discussion. Hope no one minds. #DSBuddyRead #darkshadows

After Stephon's visit, Vicki has a horrendous hangover and sees ghosts (pretty normal for Collinwood—the ghosts and the drinking ?). And the opossums are back. Maybe Mrs. Johnson too.

Don't you think it's fun to "borrow" Joan Bennett's film career for Liz's past? She was so glamorous. ⬇️⬇️

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rubyslippersreads Vicki meets up with Maggie again, and just like in the first episode (I just rewatched it), has a roast beef sandwich. Maggie warns her about Stephon, the way she warned her about Collinwood. (At least she doesn't call Vicki a jerk this time. 😄)

Barnabas finally appears! But there are a lot of mixed emotions on both sides, and he makes an unusual request. ⬇️⬇️ 7y

rubyslippersreads Vicki visits the gypsy camp, makes a interesting discovery involving Magda the gypsy, and has a "date" with Stephon. If Barnabas is her potential Mr. Rochester, Stephon is a very scary St. John. ? 7y

AmyG I am all finished. This book brought back so many memories. 🦇 7y

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rubyslippersreads @AmyG I know—for me too! 🦇❤️ 7y

CocoReads No worries on my end—I‘ve been super busy as well and haven‘t made it past the gypsy camp. 7y

Readerann I just finished Chapter 6, so am way behind. I hope to catch up this week, though. This is making me want to watch the show all over again! And, yes, Joan Bennett was very glamorous. (edited) 7y

MemoirsForMe I was really surprised about Maggie's attitude toward Vicki when they saw each other after all those years. I always thought Maggie was sugary sweet. 😁 Everyone seems to be out of character from their original roles. Except Barnabas. He always knows how to steal the scene. 😍🙌🏻 7y

MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads Do you own the complete DS series. I must invest! 7y

Laura317 Ha! I finished the book already. No spoilers here. I was confused with the possums appearing/disappearing again. Stephon certainly acted odd on their “date”. I still want to shake some sense into Vickie. Barnabas is great, though. 7y

rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme Maggie's character here is more like it was at the beginning of the show , not as it evolved throughout the series, which I found kind of disappointing. But you and @Laura317 are right—Barnabas is great. 🦇❤️ 7y

rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme My mom had bought all the DVDs, so I have the set. 😊 7y

rubyslippersreads @Readerann I read a fascinating NF book about Joan and her famous acting family,

Bennetts: An Acting Family

Dragon 🖤🧛‍♂️ 7y

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FlowerFairy

Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

It‘s #Caturday! Time to catch up on this one for the #DarkShadows buddy read!

Gina Ohmygosh! ♡ Dark Shadows... I even have a t-shirt... 7y

rubyslippersreads @Gina it's not too late to join our #DSBuddyRead. 😊🦇 7y

rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 mug! 7y

Gina @rubyslippersreads awww thanks but I am a single mom of 3 active boys and my time is so limited. Some day I will launch some amazing men into the world and then it's ON! 7y

Dragon 🖤🧛‍♂️ 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

It's nice to revisit the Blue Whale. Tho Vicki considering picking up a boy toy seems a bit out of character. ?

The flashbacks to Vicki's orphanage days are interesting, but harrowing. And we meet an old "friend," Charity Trask. She would have fit right in at Lowood School.

Vicki also encounters Willie Loomis. Anyone else disappointed that, although Vicki thinks of him rather wistfully, Barnabas still hasn't made an appearance?

#dsbuddyread

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MemoirsForMe I agree. I can't imagine prim and proper Vicki being so flirty and man hungry. Very unlike the Vicki from the original show. I don't remember Mrs. Trask, but she's just as nasty as the Reverend Trask. 7y

MemoirsForMe And I guess Lara likes to tease us so we'll keep anticipating the arrival of Barnabas. Is anyone else a John Karlen fan? I loved him on DS and Cagney & Lacey. Good old Harv! 7y

rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme Charity was Rev. Trask's daughter in 1897. And yes, she's a chip off the old block. 😏 7y

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rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme She's going to make us wait for Barnabas. 😄 And I thought John Karlen made a great Willie. But I think Carl Collins might have been his best role. 😊 7y

MemoirsForMe Oh yes, Carl Collins. That's taking me back. 😊👍🏻 7y

Mollyanna Again playing catch up... I too thought it a little odd that Vicki considered using Nick as a boy toy. I‘m also a little piqued that every man that comes across Vicki instantly falls in love with her. 7y

Mollyanna Does anyone else think Vogelsang might be a Nazi? Life force experiments started in Germany in the 1940s? Historically we know that the Nazis were big into the occult and medical experiments. 7y

rubyslippersreads @Mollyanna This definitely crossed my mind too. 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Yes, I‘m at work. Yes, those are my feet on my desk. Yes, it‘s dead. So what do I do? Read a book of my favorite old shows, Dark Shadows. Victoria is her own worst enemy. #darkshadowsbuddyread

rubyslippersreads Dead is appropriate for DS. 😄🦇 7y

Laura317 @rubyslippersreads I thought so! I‘m enjoying this so much - thinking of watching some of the show again. 🦇 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Trying to Stay Narly like the guy on my mug. Fueling up with a bit of caffeine while sprucing up my resume and doing a little job shopping. Ready for a change of scenery. Then playing catch up with #darkshadowsreadalong #DarkShadows #BarnabasDoesntSparkle

LinaLovesLit Are you enjoying this book? I have a copy of The Salem Branch, but I haven‘t started it. 7y

FlowerFairy I have the Salem Branch as well and haven‘t started it. I‘m loving this one, though. 7y

MemoirsForMe I loved The Salem Branch. If you're a DS groupie, I think you'll love it too. @LinaLovesLit 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Because Barnabas is a #vampire, these will probably soon be #deadroses. However Victoria Winters is an orphan so no #papadontpreach, and listening to Josette's music box makes her #quietlyhappy. #thisremindsmeof #heartsandhardcovers #fiercefeb #happinessisresistance #dsbuddyread #darkshadows #multitasking (Image from Pinterest.)

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🌹🌹🌹 7y

Cinfhen Too bad this isn‘t a game show...you have a real talent for daily mashups!!! 7y

rubyslippersreads @Cinfhen Thanks! I wish it were a game show where the prizes were books. 😄 7y

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rubyslippersreads @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😊 7y

Cinfhen Hahaha!!! How awesome would that be 7y

MemoirsForMe Love this photo! I still have my original Josette's music box. I ordered it ages ago and it still works! 7y

rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme I have mine too! 😊🦇❤️ 7y

MemoirsForMe Cool! I think you're the only person I know who also has the music box. Oh, you ARE a DS groupie! 😁🙌🏻 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

1. Getting together with old friends who are in town, going to see another friend in the play "Nunsense," watching Olympics ?
2. 5'8" ??
3. 4 years in our cozy house, 30 years in California ?
4. #dsbuddyread that's tagged, Cinder ?
#friyayintro

??to @jesshowbooks

PurpleyPumpkin Great selfie!👍🏽 7y

MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin 🤗💕 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Ch 1-6 discussion. 😊🦇

We open in 1797. I always knew Peter Bradford would be a boring husband. 😄 No wonder Vicki has regrets about what might have been with Barnabas. And time travel isn't all it's cracked up to be. No modern conveniences, even by 1970s standards.

In the present, Vicki returns to an empty Collinwood. Where is the Collins family? And where did the opossums come from? 😱

What do you think so far?

#dsbuddyread #darkshadows

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AmyG Remember there was a room that if you entered, you went into another time? I wondered if the Collins family was escaping something/someone and are in another time. Or...vampires. As for the opposums...no idea. 7y

rubyslippersreads @AmyG I vaguely remember a plot line in the series (maybe parallel time) where Barnabas and Julia found Collinwood empty. But I can't remember what happened after that. 7y

AmyG I vaguely remember most of the show. I kept googling. Characters to remind myself what hey looked like. Ah, parallel time. 7y

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Arcana I LOVE Dark Shadows! ❤️❤️❤️ 7y

Dragon Barnabas 🦇🖤 7y

CocoReads I‘m having trouble getting into it😧 I think it‘s been too long since I‘ve seen the show. I‘m thinking of spending some quality time with amazon prime this weekend so I can refresh my memory of who everyone is. 😬 7y

rubyslippersreads @Arcana Feel free to join our buddy read. We're just getting started. 😊🦇 7y

rubyslippersreads Anyone who is confused (and it's hard not to be 😄) might find this link helpful. I would suggest reading Sections 1, 6, and 9, and skipping the rest. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows_(televised_storylines) 7y

rubyslippersreads @AmyG To confuse everyone even more, the Vicki Winters in this photo isn't the original actress. The first one left to have a baby, and they recast a couple of times, but finally gave up and sent Vicki to the past with Peter Bradford. 7y

rubyslippersreads @CocoReads That sounds like fun. 😄🦇 7y

Laura317 I think the Collins family is locked up in the basement. Or dungeon. Or attic. The possums were supposed to ruin evidence of a vampire attack. 7y

Arcana If I can find it at my local library, I‘ll join. Sounds like a great read! 😊 7y

MemoirsForMe I keep thinking that they're stuck back in time. Maybe she wasn't the only one that slipped back into the past. 🤔 7y

MemoirsForMe I love how in the Acknowledgments Lara mentioned the actors and actresses she pictured in her mind as she wrote each character. Makes it so much more fun for us! 7y

rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme Me too. It's kind of a tribute to the way DS used the same actors in multiple roles. 7y

rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme Could be. And I find it interesting that Vicki is aware that, if it happened once, it could happen again. 7y

Mollyanna So I‘m playing catch up on the read and discussion. I‘m wondering if the opossums are symbolic of something? As for the family. I‘m also on board with the thought that they are in the attic or dungeon. 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Yay, it‘s here!!! Can‘t wait to start it tonight and catch up with the rest of you! Happy to have found fellow #Darkshadows fans! #Darkshadowsbuddyread #darkshadowsreadalong

AmyG Yay! 7y

GarthRanzz Dark Shadows actually give me some of the fondest memories of my father. He used to come home at lunch to watch the show with me. And yes. I‘m taking about the original. I‘m that old. 😋 7y

minkyb I know I have scene every episode! 7y

rubyslippersreads @GarthRanzz I used to watch with my mom. 😊 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

I love this bit! #Darkshadows #darkshadowsbuddyread #giftofreading

rubyslippersreads I ❤️ that Victoria ❤️ Jane Eyre! (I'm sure Dan Curtis had Jane in mind when creating the character and the show. 😊) #dsbuddyread (edited) 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Looking forward to starting this for the #DarkShadowsbuddyread #Darkshadows

FlowerFairy Excited! 7y

rubyslippersreads 😊🦇 7y

Mollyanna Me too! I‘ve got my all set. Just need to finish the book I‘m reading. Hopefully tonight or tomorrow. 7y

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Readerann I got it from the library, but will definitely be behind on the schedule with work/Olympics/travel/books already in progress. I‘ll still pop in now and then. I did read the first 10 pages and am intrigued. I don‘t really remember Victoria. I may have mostly watched the show before she came on the scene. 7y

rubyslippersreads @Readerann She was on the show from the beginning, but was written out later, so you might have started watching after she left. 😊 7y

Readerann @rubyslippersreads Ah. Could be. I don‘t have strong memories of all the characters. The ones I remember most are Barnabus, Quentin, Carolyn, and Angelique. 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Victoria Winters is obviously anxious to start the #DSBuddyRead. #darkshadows I think I've tagged everyone who was interested, but all Littens are welcome. 😊

Here's a suggested schedule. Shall we discuss each section as we start the next, to avoid spoilers? This is my first time organizing a buddy read, so please feel free to suggest other ideas. 😊🦇

Ch 1 - 6: Feb 16
Ch 7 - 12: Feb 23
Ch13 - 18: Mar 2
Ch 19 - 25: Mar 9

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Librarybelle I think this is so cool! I really want to read the books, but for now I‘m going to “read” vicariously through the posts. 🖤🖤🖤 7y

suvata Me .. Me .. I‘m in! 🖤 Dark Shadows. 7y

AmyG Thanks for the schedule. I am way ahead. I honestly thought I wouldn‘t like it....but it‘s not bad. I keep googling the characters from the show to remember what they look like. This turned out to be fun. (edited) 7y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LitsyHappenings 7y

CocoReads Sounds good. The schedule is great. I‘ve been tied up in other reads and haven‘t even started it yet but was planning to this afternoon. 7y

rubyslippersreads @CocoReads I have to finish the book for my IRL book club; then I'll start this. 7y

rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle Lurkers are welcome! (And feel free to comment too. 😊🦇) 7y

rubyslippersreads @suvata Yay! 😊🦇 7y

rubyslippersreads @AmyG I'm glad to hear it's good. Watching the reruns is one of my guilty pleasures, so hopefully I'll remember all the characters. 😄 7y

Mollyanna The schedule is great! I look forward to discussing with everyone! 7y

MemoirsForMe Yay! I'm in! I also googled Victoria Winters so I could remember her role in the show. Schedule sounds great! 👏🏻👏🏻 7y

FlowerFairy Schedule looks awesome! 7y

Kaye Thanks for the tag. I think I‘ll keep tabs on the sidelines of this one. I‘m just not much good at group reads anymore. I‘ll be interested in hearing how the rest of you like the book, though. 7y

rubyslippersreads @Kaye Feel free to jump in with comments, since I know you were a fan of the original show. 😊 7y

Kaye Thanks. Will do @rubyslippersreads 7y

Laura317 I‘m starting tonight! 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Just a reminder that our #DSBuddyRead is coming up soon! Good thing that vampires are one of my #favoritebookishtropes. 😄🦇 #darkness #febinbooks18 #darkshadows #readingresolutions

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AmyG Are we discussing it on the 16th? 7y

rubyslippersreads @AmyG I was thinking we'd all start reading on the 16th. I may post a reading schedule; maybe break it into three sections, since it's not that long. But I would say that anybody could jump in with comments/questions at any time, as long as they use spoiler tags where needed. 7y

CatLass007 Not doing the buddy read but it still looks like fun! I loved Dark Shadows as a child! 7y

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AmyG Thank you! Will start readimg it then. I just didn‘t want to miss anything. 7y

rubyslippersreads @CatLass007 Me too! 7y

Mollyanna I got my book and am ready to read! So excited. 7y

Laura317 I‘m ready, too! 🙂 7y

MemoirsForMe Just heard about this! Hope it's not too late to join in. Love DS and Lara Parker's books. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y

rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme Not too late at all! The more, the merrier! (Or should that be scarier? 😄) 7y

MemoirsForMe 😁👍🏻👍🏻 Just ordered the book! 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Nothing like a little #bookmail to perk up my spirits! Also some music and a new tote!

AmyG Ah, you are doing the Dark Shadows read! 👍🏻 (edited) 7y

CocoReads @AmyG I am! Pretty excited about it as well. 7y

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Should be here Saturday! Ready for a fun #dsbuddyread! Oh, and I ordered some new music too. 🤘

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood | Lara Parker

Vampires and witches and ghosts, oh my! Who knew so many Littens are also fans of the vintage Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows? 😊🦇

Join us for a buddy read of Heiress of Collinwood, beginning February 16—if you dare!

#DSbuddyread #darkshadows #litsyhappenings

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CocoReads I‘m excited! Ordering mine as soon as I get home from work today! 7y

MidnightBookGirl I became a fan after the brief 1990s reboot. I actually have a few comic books based on the reboot. 7y

Kaye Very pretty. I like the new design for the readalong ! Nice job @rubyslippersreads 7y

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AmyG I just nixed one of the buddy reads that just won‘t happen for me. So I will give this a try. I did love DS so much. Thanks @rubyslippersreads 7y

Kaye @AmyG Glad you decided to give it a go. ✨☠️✨ 7y

rubyslippersreads @Kaye I haven't read it yet but, just reading the first couple of pages, it appears to be Victoria Winters narrating, I think after the part of the TV series where she stayed in 1797 with Peter Bradford (the actress had left the show by then, and after recasting a couple of times, they wrote out the character). This isn't the first book in the series, but I don't think they're very inter-related. 7y

rubyslippersreads @AmyG So glad you're joining us. 😊 7y

Kaye Thanks @rubyslippersreads 👍🏻 7y

Kaye For those with Hoopla, they have several books, all 9 seasons of the show and 44 ? I think, audio ? of another version. I haven‘t had time to go through them all. Photos to follow. 7y

MKbookworm My grandma used to talk about this show. It recently popped up on my suggested amazon prime watch list so I gave it a try. Only about 30 episodes in but I‘m hooked. Love the gothicness and the creepy background music. 7y

rubyslippersreads @MKbookworm Hope you can join us for the group read. 😊 7y

Dragon Have fun 🖤Barnabas Collins ! 7y

CocoReads @MidnightBookGirl that‘s when I became a fan as well. I remember watching it and then my mom told me about the real originals. Took along time to track those down because we only had basic cable but I wasn‘t disappointed! 7y

Readerann Oh my. What a blast from the past! Alas, I am old enough to have watched the ‘real originals‘ (although I was VERY young). 😉 I‘ll have to order this. 7y

rubyslippersreads @Readerann Excited that you're going to join us. 😊 7y

rubyslippersreads @MidnightBookGirl I remember that version too. Hope you can join us for the group read. 7y

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Group read, anyone? 😄 #darkshadows

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CocoReads Which? I‘m in—I need to do an Amazon order anyway. 7y

FlowerFairy Oh yeah! Count me in! 7y

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rubyslippersreads @CocoReads I'm leaning toward Heiress of Collinwood because I haven't read it yet. 7y

CocoReads @rubyslippersreads that sounds good to me. Just let me know. 7y

AmyG I would love to....but.....I am swamped with buddy reads and 2 2018 challenges. Thank you, though, for thinking of me. Maybe some day I can pick a book I don‘t need to read...and can slip one of these in. ;) 7y

AWahle I'd love to, but what exactly does a buddy read entail? (Sounding like a newbie...)😉 7y

Laura317 Count me in! Thanks! 7y

rubyslippersreads @AWahle I've never set one up before, but I think everyone reads the book on the same schedule and makes comments along the way. 😊 7y

rubyslippersreads @AmyG I understand perfectly—I'm already so over-committed myself that I shouldn't even have suggested it, but I couldn't resist. 😂 (edited) 7y

Kaye Yea, I think you can have discussion questions if you want, plus we do spoilers, right, in case we are ahead of others ? Are we going with the first book then ? 7y

Kaye Plus when would you want to start ? 7y

Dragon Thanks but I‘m supposed to be reading Anna Karenina. Perhaps later ? 🐉💚 7y

Pamwurtzler I‘m in!!! 7y

Mollyanna I‘m in if I can find the book. 7y

FlowerFairy The Heiress of Collinwood is available on kindle for $9.99 and paperback on amazon for $9.98. 7y

FlowerFairy Can‘t wait to get started! I‘m a lone DS fan, don‘t know any others. So I‘m overjoyed to get to read this and discuss with others 😁 7y

rubyslippersreads @Kaye @CocoReads @AWahle @Laura317 @Dragon @Pamwurtzler @Mollyanna @FlowerFairy Why don't we go with Heiress of Collinwood? And to give everyone a chance to get the book and catch up on their other reads, what do you think about picking a date in February? 7y

CocoReads @rubyslippersreads sounds good to me—I‘ll order either today or tomorrow. Feb sounds good to me. 7y

FlowerFairy February sounds great! Will order my copy today. 😁 7y

Laura317 February works for me! Ordering today. 7y

Pamwurtzler February is great for me! Ordering ! 7y

Kaye I‘ll Possibly be in. You guys please go forward with the plans and I‘ll jump in if I can. (edited) 7y

rubyslippersreads @Kaye Even if you don't have time to read the book, maybe you can follow along with our comments. 😄🦇 (edited) 7y

rubyslippersreads @CocoReads @AWahle @Laura317 @Dragon @Pamwurtzler @Mollyanna @FlowerFairy @Kaye How about February 16? What should we use as a # ? (edited) 7y

Kaye @rubyslippersreads Will definitely follow along. Will see how things go before fully committing . Could we just use #Darkshadowsbuddyread or do we need something shorter ? DSbuddyread ? Whatever everyone else chooses is fine with me. 7y

AWahle February sounds good for me! 7y

rubyslippersreads @Kaye I like DSBuddyRead, if that works for everyone else. I'll also post to @LitsyHappenings in case anyone else would like to join in. 7y

Kaye Sounds good. 👌 @rubyslippersreads 7y

CocoReads Feb 16 is good and I like #DSbuddyread or #DarkShadowsReadalong. Something like that. 7y

Mollyanna Sounds good. I‘ll look to order this weekend. Thanks for organizing. 7y

Bette Thanks! I'll order and hope I can fit it in between the books I need to read for work. What a blast from the past. 😀 7y

rubyslippersreads One more question for all of you. Should I break the read into "chunks" with read-by dates? I'm not sure the book is long enough for that, but I also want to avoid spoilers and don't know if the spoiler tags would get out of control. ? (edited) 7y

Laura317 Just bought my book for the read along! As for breaking up the book, I‘ll do whatever. It might be fun to break into 2-3 “chunks”. @rubyslippersreads 7y

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