Welcome to Litsy!

Ch 5: #wellthattookaturn #coxeisinlove #docispissed #cantsendcoxeaway #somollyisgoingvisiting #heresyourhatwhatsyourhurry #althoughiguessitwasadressinatead #hashtagbrigade #also #ialmostforgot #thehamleysviewonmarriage 🙄😍🤣

Ch 4: #gibsonsneighbors #victimsofsarcasm #timelineescalatedquickly #hamleysgivingbennetvibes #apprenticescrackmeup #cureorkill #coxeisinthwwrongprefession #hashtagbrigade

“Nobody was autistic in the past!”

Lord Hollingford: shy, doesn‘t know what to say to people who don‘t have the same interests as him, would have learned from a book of small talk, simple character, famous scientist

Ch 3: I don‘t think I have the right guy, so let‘s pretend this is Dr Gibson 🤣 #alookintomollysfam #mamadiedwhenmollywas3 #dockeptapprentices #misseyrebabysits #bettyteaseseyre #mollyputsbettyinherplace #hashtagbrigade

Ch 2: #mollygoestotheparty #boooooring #wandersofftothegardens #starving #tired #naptime #clarefindsher #bringsfood #whichclareeats #takesherforanap #FORGETSHER #wtfclare #mollyjustwantstogohome #butno #sleepover #unwanted #paradesmollyaround #rescuedbypapa #whoreturnsthenextdaytogivethanks #whichclaresoreadilyaccepts 🙄 #hashtagbrigade

There‘s a Clare in this book! Good start 😄

Ch 1: #meetingthecharacters #youngmollyexcitedaboutanouting #doctordadmakingitwork #mrsCisapieceofwork #browningsistersahouldbefun #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

To say my reading has been erratic and at times nonexistent the last few months is an understatement, and yet I persevere and start more books! 😂

Gaskell‘s writing is amazing, and thanks to #HashtagBrigade I can finally move Wives and Daughters to the “currently reading” stack.

#Zeke , #SebastianKitty , and #Xander are resting after food (and the first pill of the day for Zeke). #CatsOfLitsy

Excited to start another chunky classic with #hashtagbrigade #boringkindlecover

(I realize my scone is as big as my book. Don‘t judge.)

repost for @BarkingMadRead:

Ok #hashtagbrigade it‘s time to start thinking about the book for June/July! we have another #chunkster on our hands! Who will be joining in the discussion? Everyone is welcome, but remember: my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read my post until you‘ve read the chapter!

#BuddyRead

Ok #hashtagbrigade it‘s time to start thinking about the book for June/July! we have another #chunkster on our hands! Who will be joining in the discussion? Everyone is welcome, but remember: my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read my post until you‘ve read the chapter!

Well this was a chunky monkey of a book. I enjoyed it, though I don't think I liked any of the characters. Molly was incredibly annoying at the beginning but she grew as a person and on me as we went along. This is a very character driven read, the characters having so many flaws, but also Gaskell was able to keep my attention through all 700 pages. While the plot was spare the pce of the book is quick moving and engaging.

#20in4 #readathon @Andrew65
First day!

I listened to 4 hours of Wives and Daughters and read 2 chapters of Clays Arc. Not the strongest start but I was also working and super distracted (the new season of Netflix French show L'Agency just dropped!)
Wow Molly in W&D is so childlike and annoying I keep picturing Mia Goth playing her.

#20in4 #Readathon w/ @Andrew65

I have probably spent 20 hours thinking about how to do 20 in 4!

Here is what I came up with -
20 hours of audio of my #Doublespin Wives and Daughters
20 chapters of Clays Arc
20 chapters (finish it!) Of Trespasses
20 pages of Pattermaster

I am really trying to get caught up on some of my personal reading goals so these stretch goals should really help, and it is a 3 day weekend here!

During the first 30% of this book I didn‘t really think I‘d be able to enjoy it. I had almost had enough of fine ladies and ridiculous customs when all of a sudden I just got pulled in. Scales does an excellent job with the narration, even though I couldn‘t stand some of the mouth noises she made when imitating some (very annoying) characters. I do admire her skill though.

If you love Jane Austen, but you wouldn't mind characters who actually work for a living and occasionally mention politics, you will also love Elizabeth Gaskell. This satirical but warm hearted novel has wonderfully drawn, realistic, imperfect characters. It is a coming of age story about Molly Gibson, whose world is changed when her father remarries after years of being a widower. #pemberlittens

"My dear, if you must have the last word, don't let it be a truism." ? I am going to find a way to insert that quote into conversation.

"Perhaps I might be a heroine still, but I shall never be a good woman, I know."
"Do you think it easier to be a heroine?"
"Yes, as far as one knows of heroines from history. I'm capable of a great jerk, an effort, and then a relaxation--but steady every-day goodness is beyond me."
Loving this book! Very different from Austen's writings in that Gaskell talks a lot about social issues. #pemberlittens

This one is 27 hours!

To begin with the old rigmarole of childhood.
#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl

I really enjoyed this story. The cast of characters was well populated with people lovable (Molly) to slappable (Mrs Gibson 🙄) and everything in between. The writing is descriptive without feeling ornate, and really captures the characters‘ lives. This was my second Gaskell and I‘m looking forward to more.

Absolutely adored this book! It was a random pick on audible and I‘m so glad to have found it! Gorgeously simple story following the life of Molly Gibson, beautiful characters that you get to know and love ... very sad that Mrs Gaskell did not finish the story, I definitely need to read more of her work!

So, I cheated a little on the last one. 😁

#alphabetbookishquiz
@RealLifeReading

Very romantic and sweet family dynamic- I wish she‘d be able to finish it

#pinkbooks #springintoreading @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Ive started reading this book recently, making my way slowly through it, and I'm enjoying it so far.

It‘s a doorstop, but so much fun to read! Can‘t wait to read more Gaskell and discuss with my favorite online peeps.

My current audible reads/listens.

Reminiscent of Middlemarch by George Eliot, Wives and Daughters explores ideas of the late 1800s, and the relationships between family and social classes using a compelling story. I love long, wordy books exploring relationships, so this was right up my alley, but if you like a fast-moving story, this is NOT the book for you.

Never done this before...

I love this! 1830s England, with all its intricacies of class & etiquette, is made very much real. Brothers, stepsisters, widows, wives & spinsters—there are characters that will live long in my imagination, thanks almost as much to #audiobook narrator Patience Tomlinson‘s skill as to that of Gaskell. And I doubt I‘ll ever find a chapter title that will delight me as much as: “Secret Thoughts Ooze Out.”

The humour in Victorian novels tends to catch me by surprise. It‘s good to be reminded that 150 years ago, people weren‘t much different from me.

(Molly) “Do you think it easier to be a heroine?”

(Cynthia) “Yes, as far as one knows of heroines from history. I‘m capable of a great jerk, an effort, and then a relaxation – but steady everyday goodness is beyond me. I must be a moral kangaroo!”

(This quote gives me a chance to use a photo I took on North Stradbroke Island. 😊)

The new Mrs. Gibson: “But, really! I cannot allow cheese to come beyond the kitchen.”
Dr. Gibson: “Then I‘ll eat it there.”

(I‘m with him. Nobody comes between me and my cheese.)

“And the worst is, she‘s gone and perpetuated her own affected name by calling her daughter after her: Cynthia. One thinks of the moon, and the man in the moon with his bundle of faggots.”

(I had to do some googling to puzzle out this reference. There‘s a Queen Cynthia in the Elizabethan comedy, Endymion.)

Wow!! #victober #currentlyreading #didnotseethatcoming

Currently reading this for #victober

Lunchtime reading! Started Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell for #Victober. #lunchtimereading

Currently reading this using the app “Serial.” So appropriate to 19th century content. I might have to consider another round of Dickens using this app.

I freely admit that a little skimming went on here. Overall I enjoyed the story of Molly & Cynthia, their relationship to each other & with others. The writing was sharp & clever at times, the imagery was vivid. But. But. Honestly didn‘t care much for the portions from the Hamley dudes‘ lives, & found that a lot of the convos felt repetitive after a while. Plus there‘s the issue w/the “ending” LOL. A good story, not a great one, for me. 3/5 ⭐️

I wish I could give you a little of my own sensitiveness, for I have too much for my happiness.

Tell the truth, now and evermore. Truth is generally amusing, if it‘s nothing else!

Fate is a cunning hussy.

[100% will be using this line probably one million times.]

Lord Cumnor was very fond of getting hold of what he fancied was a joke and working his idea threadbare; so all the time ... he kept on his running fire at Molly, alluding to the Sleeping Beauty, the Seven Sleepers, and any other famous sleeper that came into his head. He had no idea of the misery his jokes were to the sensitive girl, who already thought herself a miserable sinner for having slept on, when she ought to have been awake

[Men. Why?]

THIS BOOK IS VERY LONG BUT I AM GOING FOR IT WISH ME LUCK! #nowreading

#Riotgrams #Pink

#Juneitselectrifying #Thinkpink
@ykois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks