A Passage to India

so-so

Forster‘s look at British occupied India in the 1920s certainly scratches the surface of culture & caste clauses, not to mention imperial rule and the desire to break free. The novel also examines friendship and betrayal and in a way redemption. Admittedly, I struggled through parts of this…I‘m not as well versed in my history of India, especially during British rule. However, I‘m glad I read this! #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade #192025 #1924

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SamAnne It was a so-so read. But it prompted me to put some India history on my TBR. 2h

Librarybelle Agreed, @SamAnne ! 2h

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jenniferw88

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#hashtagbrigade #PemberLittens @BarkingMadRead

#pop23 #bannedbook
#52bookclub2023 #setinroaringtwenties @Cinfhen @Deblovestoread @RaeLovesToRead @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @LeeRHarry @AshleyHoss820 @MissHel @Cortg @Bluebird

#192025 #1924 @Librarybelle

Librarybelle Hooray! I was very excited to see that this is a great option for #192025 ! 8h

Cinfhen You got a lot of mileage out of this book 🙌🏻😀💙 5h

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Daisey

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

so-so

I‘m so glad to have read this one with the #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade because it just wasn‘t the classic for me. Without the group, I would have powered through this audio in a few days and missed a lot of the details that I did appreciate.

#audiobook #1001books

BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead I probably would have thrown it and walked away 🤣🤣🤣 8h

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Daisey

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

so-so

I‘m so glad to have read this one with the #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade because it just wasn‘t the classic for me. Without the group, I would have powered through this audio in a few days and missed a lot of the details that I did appreciate.

#audiobook #1001books

dabbe Same here! 🧡💜💛 3h

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 36-37: the writing is stunning, I‘ll give you that…..
#andtheyalllivedeverafter #azizmeetsralphwhilespying #azizissorudeatfirst #findingithardtolikehim #hecollectshimselfthough #timeforaboatride #collisioncourse #fieldingandazizkissandmakeup #stillnotfriendsthough #andthereyouhaveit #meh #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books 10h

IndoorDame #everafterisright 🤣🤣🤣 #findingithardtolikeeveryone #totallyagreeaboutthewritingandyetstillmeh 10h

Bookwormjillk Nice writing and I guess a nice change from British manor houses, but not my favorite. Thanks @BarkingMadRead and the rest of the #HashtagBrigade you make these books fun. 9h

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mcctrish I‘m really struggling with finishing this 🤦🏻‍♀️ this week has been awful in teaching land and this has not been the book I can handle at the end of the day 😞 hopefully I knock it off in the car to Toronto this morning. Thank you so much for keeping us on track and focussed with the ##### 9h

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish safe travels!! 9h

TheAromaofBooks I feel like this book had some good things to say, but I didn't connect with the story or the characters at all. Instead of coming away feeling like I should give people who “aren't like me“ the benefit of the doubt because they're probably good people, I feel like I shouldn't trust them OR the people who “are like me“ because everyone sucks 😂 9h

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks #everybodysucks was basically my takeaway 🤣 8h

jenniferw88 #basicallythepointofthenovelistthatthebritishandtheindianscantbefriendsuntilweleaveindia 8h

AnnR Beautiful prose but a frustrating story. I agree with prior comments, the ending was meh. I'm glad to have finally read it though. Thank you @BarkingMadRead for leading the discussion. The daily posts and entertaining hashtags definitely helps keep my reading on track. 🙂 (edited) 8h

Librarybelle Yeah…the ending was a bit lackluster. Thanks, @BarkingMadRead for another great reading month! 8h

Morr_Books I too agree with what everyone is saying. What was up with all the comments of women being ugly or beautiful? It was so frustrating. I liked A Room with a View and its characters much better. 6h

Bklover I ended up really loving this book overall. I think mainly because I learned a lot. I knew next to nothing about this place and time in history. The characters all drove me nuts though, and in the end were pretty much unlikeable. @jenniferw88 thank you for all your insights- you were very helpful! 6h

Bklover Thank you to @BarkingMadRead for again guiding us through another classic. You are probably the only reason I make it through! 6h

BarkingMadRead It‘s always a pleasure!!! 6h

Ruthiella Thank you for leading us @BarkingMadRead ! I enjoyed it more than you did, but agree that the end is less than heartwarming. @jenniferw88 I will send you you #Ihateadela card membership soon! 😂 5h

dabbe I agree with ALL of you! I never would have finished if it wasn't for the always-hilarious #hashtagqueen @BarkingMadRead and the notes from @jenniferw88. I would have BAILED. The word I kept thinking while reading was “awkward.“ Everyone seemed awkward with each other, but I appreciate Forster making both sides have unlikable characters (though colonizing is bad!). Give me ROOM WITH A VIEW over this. Glad I made it through with all of you! 🤗 4h

willaful I found the book pretty confusing overall, and depressing, but the very end spoke to me. It's sadly still so relevant. 3h

mcctrish I finished it #yayme please consider this my entreaty to join the #ihateadela club #brosbeforehosforever 2h

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Bklover

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What an exquisite book. I think I‘d like to start over and read it again. I learned a lot!!
#hashtagbrigade hasn‘t discussed this one yet, so that‘s it for now.
#pemberlittens

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 34-35: Fielding arrives #ripRajah #azizandhiskidsaresocute #hethinksfieldingmarriedadela #thatbrotherbitmademewonderthough #azizgotitwrong #heshouldhavereadtheletters #heisstillmadatfielding #boysaredone #fixthebromance #staytuned #onemorday #atleastfieldinghasaHEA #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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TheAromaofBooks Love your Rajah portrait 😂 1d

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I couldn‘t resist 🤣 it came up in the google search 🤣 1d

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Bookwormjillk I guess it‘s refreshing to not have everything come out all neat and tidy, but I guess we still have two chapters for everyone to make up. 1d

AnnR Great pic for today! 🙂 I hope Aziz and Fielding don't end up being frenemies. 1d

willaful Sad chapters. Especially sad seeing someone who can't change his mind when learning his facts are wrong. 1d

Bklover I hope Aziz realizes he‘s being an ass and makes up with Fielding!🙄 1d

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 32-33: Aziz and Godbol are celebrating Janmashtami in their new home. #thesecelebrationssoundamazing #fieldingistravelingtheworld #almostthere #endinsight #willtheygettheirHEA #seemsunlikely #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books 2d

Bookwormjillk I can‘t decide what HEA would even look like for this book 2d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it definitely seems that way! Maybe #moderatelyOKeverafter 2d

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dabbe @BarkingMadRead Or #sosorrywecolonizedyourcountrybutcantwebefriends 2d

Bklover I love #moderatelyOKeverafter! 2d

willaful Aziz seems to have wound up in much better circumstances at least. 2d

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 30-31: Aziz is in a bad place #hedoesnttrustfielding #mcbrydewascheatingwithmissderek #soobviouslyfieldingcheatedwithadela 🙄 #azizthinksfieldingcheatedhimoutofmoney #fieldingisofftoengland #azizisofftomisery #staytuned #almosttothefinishline #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books 3d

Bookwormjillk Aziz reminds me of my co-worker that decides what‘s going to happen in her head then tries to get me mad about it before it occurs. 3d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk seriously though! He was mad before he even knew if he had something to be mad about 3d

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peanutnine @Bookwormjillk omg lol that's perfect 3d

peanutnine I hate that Adela pulled Fielding away right after everything happened and caused this breach between him and Aziz 3d

AnnR I think Aziz is just mentally damaged by the whole situation and jaded now. In his shoes, it would be hard to know who to trust. 3d

BarkingMadRead @AnnR so true! 3d

Bklover @AnnR That‘s for sure! 3d

Morr_Books @AnnR Agree! 3d

Morr_Books I do not think this story is going to have a happy ending. 3d

Bookwormjillk @Morr_Books lol yeah 3d

dabbe It seems that the rift between Aziz and Fielding is the embodiment of the rift between the English and the people of India. And now I'm afraid that Aziz is going to hate all the English because of what he had to go through. 3d

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 28-29: Quested finds her quest #butfirst #ronnydumpsher #questedandfieldingbecomefriends #timeforhertosailhome #antonytriestobribeher #amateur #peaceoutmydude #amissionaryhelpsherfindherquest #timetofindmrsmooreskids #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Ruthiella I have to say Adela got on my last nerve from the start. 4d

Morr_Books Am I the only one surprised that they didn't ship Adela back to England immediately? Maybe that was the first available boat? 4d

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Bookwormjillk @Morr_Books yes that was weird. Must have been the weather. 4d

jenniferw88 @Ruthiella I knew what was coming from the start as it's a re-read - I so wanted my first hashtag about Adela to be #ihateadela, but wanted everyone to discover her toxicity for themselves. 4d

willaful Adela is kind of a perfect Nice White Lady stereotype isn't she. Not because she's malicious, but way too much in her fee fees without noticing what she's doing to others. (edited) 4d

dabbe @jenniferw88 And I might be dense here, but WHY oh WHY did she blame Aziz in the first place? What was her motive? Will we ever know? I'm having a difficult time understanding her and pretty much everyone else's actions in the story. An awkward read for me at best. 4d

Daisey @dabbe I completely get the confusion here. When she‘s talking about the incident at one point she can‘t even clearly say whether anything really happened at all, so why blame someone? I really want more specific answers than the British are colonizers and therefore horrible people. 4d

Ruthiella @jenniferw88 Now we can start a club! #Ihateadela 😂 4d

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 27…. Because y‘all. I‘m so sorry, I read chapter 26 last night! The chapter heading was at the very top of a page, and it just sort of ran together 🙄 #anyway #fieldingasksaziznottoaskadelafortoomuchmoney #azizandibothsayhellno #fieldingworriesitwillruinher #umdude #azizisruined #azizwantsanapology #fieldingtellsazizaboutmrsmoore #azizdoesntbelievehim #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books 5d

Bookwormjillk I feel sorry for Aziz and agree he should get paid, but I hate his she‘s too ugly to attack in a cave defense. 5d

AnnR After a little bit of hopefulness, things sound complicated again. Will Aziz be okay? Will Adela? Should Fielding get in the middle of everything? Hmmm.... I'm not sure. Hopefully Ronny will be out of the picture now. They aren't a good match. 5d

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that frustrated me as well! I get that he‘s upset, but that‘s awful! 5d

TheAromaofBooks I do feel somewhat bad for Adela because I don't think she exactly realized what she was setting off/she was getting so much peer pressure to continue the prosecution even when she tentatively tried to voice doubts. But it also doesn't seem fair for her to just get off without paying anything when Aziz's life has been sent into complete disarray and complications! 5d

Daisey @Bookwormjillk Yes, that excuse was awful and brought him down in my opinion. Yet, she should still have to at least pay his court fees. 5d

willaful Definitely less of a fan of Aziz that I was. :-( But I do agree she owes him for what he's been through. 5d

Morr_Books I agree with what everyone is saying about Aziz. I also really don't know my overall feelings for the Mrs. Moore character. I am not sure I like how upset everyone in the story is about her death when she up and left India, abandoning Aziz, Adela, etc. 4d

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 24-25: of course when we go to two chapters a day, they are the longest chapters everrrr #ahem #courtisahotmess #adelafinallyseesthelight #thebritslosetheirdamnminds #thatdidntendwell #riotsbegin #thebritscutoffadela #everyonehateseachother #fieldingrescuesadela #notthathewantsto #hegivesuphishouseforher #ronnyshowsup #ripmrsmoore #mybrainhurts #myhearthurts #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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AnnR @BarkingMadRead - I think you said it all. Wow! Just wow! I was just relieved Adela got rid of her echo, just in the knick of time for Dr. Aziz. 6d

willaful I truly wasn't expecting that! Still have kind of a feeling of dread. The whole situation is so volatile. 6d

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Morr_Books @willaful Agree! 6d

Bklover You have definitely outdone yourself with today‘s ### 🩵 6d

jenniferw88 I'm just glad that the song I chose to go with this book for #dramaqueen #titlesandtunes makes sense, as Fielding is called a renegade in ch.24! @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB 6d

TheAromaofBooks Seriously head-spinning. Honestly, I was the most shocked about Mrs. Moore! 5d

BarkingMadRead @Bklover I almost ran out of space! 5d

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks it felt so out of left field! 5d

Cinfhen @jenniferw88 🫶🏼🎶🎉 5d

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks That cave really messed with her; it's like she completely lost the will to live after that. I wish Forster would tell us more about why the heck that was such a complete life-altering-to-death experience for her. 5d

BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 Spot on 🙌🏽 5d

TheAromaofBooks @dabbe - It just seemed so strange! I understood her having this sort of internal/spiritual shake up, but it seemed a little bizarre that hearing some echoing voices was enough to make her reject all of her religious beliefs and descend into complete apathy!? I felt so bad for her - she didn't have anyone to talk it out with, to offer her reassurances or alternate views. 😕 5d

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks This has been a strange book for me on the whole: I mean, what was even the point of having her in the book and then killing her offstage? And what the heck is the big deal about an echo? Caves echo; get used to it, people.

The wording has been bizarre in places, too, plus how people talk to each other. But, maybe that's the point. We're supposed to feel weird because they feel weird relating to one another. 🤷‍♀️ 5d

TheAromaofBooks @dabbe - This book has done a great job capturing a general sense of unease and uncertainty, the fragility of a system that assumes everyone “knows their place“ and can't handle anyone deciding they don't like that place. But as a story... it's been somewhat lacking for me 😂 5d

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks Much better said than what I wrote. Agree 💯! I 😍 A ROOM WITH A VIEW, but this one not so much. 🤣 5d

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jenniferw88

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Finish A Passage to India
Continue Golden Hill
Start ???

Ruthiella I loved

Golden Hill

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Ruthiella

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#Weekendreads

🇮🇳Still plugging away at A Passage to India for #Pemberlittens #Hashtagbrigade

🇺🇸 The Turquoise Shop must be finished by Sunday morning for the #GoldenAgeCrimeClub pick.

🇷🇺 I hope to at least get a chapter or two in from City of Thieves in between.

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ChaoticMissAdventures I have tried to read Passage to India many times and have never gotten through it. I hope you make it! 1w

Ruthiella I will! Reading in a group on Litsy makes it easier. 😀 1w

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jenniferw88

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#bookreport @Cinfhen

Continued A Passage to India
Finished The Medici Murders, The Poet X, The Seven Ages of Death, and Binti
Started Golden Hill

Cinfhen Wow!!! Great week 🤩 1w

Santie I‘ve just started reading The Seven Ages of Death. Very excited 6d

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 23: another short chapter! Tomorrow we start reading two a day. #mrsmooreispeacingout ✌️ #sheisjealousofadela 🙄 #shegetstoseemoreofindiaassheleaves #asirgarhispictured #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books 1w

Bookwormjillk I am so disappointed in these people. I know, different time. But they‘re so self centered. 1w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk we have had the worst luck with our literary friends lately! 1w

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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead fingers crossed 🤞 it ends reasonably 1w

mcctrish Woo Hoo I am caught up 👏🏻👏🏻 those were 4 intense chapters of #hesaidshesaidwhosaid so much dithering and blathering and round about speak ( getting Macbeth vibes “a tale told by an idiot ….. signifying nothing “) but I do get a serious echo vibe in how it‘s written 1w

AnnR I think Ronny just wanted to make certain his mother couldn't testify and Mrs. Moore wasn't feeling well enough (mentally or physically) to argue. Otherwise, I totally get everyone's comments above. Self-absorbed characters and a lot of unproductive blah, blah, blah. 1w

Bklover Poor Mrs. Moore has just finally reached her limit, hasn‘t she! She‘s just got nothing left to give. For some reason I almost find her a bit funny. 😬😉 (edited) 7d

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#HashtagBrigade I wanted to love this, since I loved the first three books by Forster that I‘ve read. And sometimes I did love it. The language is lush and beautiful. The descriptions of the Hindu and Muslim faiths were entrancing. The prejudices of the different races and religions were very apparent. Except I‘ve never understood racism and religionism. The exchange between Aziz and Mrs. Moore in the mosque and the exchange between (cont)⬇️

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CatLass007 Aziz and Mrs. Moore‘s son, Ralph, were almost dreamlike. And I still want to bash everyone‘s heads together for their stupid behavior. Maybe I don‘t understand the mindset of any character in this book. Maybe that‘s what made it so difficult for me to make it through. But it‘s been so many years since I read anything by Forster that I‘m considering re-reading it to see how my perspective has changed. And I‘d try reading more Forster also. 1w

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 22: so many feels in this chapter. Hang onto your hats! #adelaandthatcactus #ouch #thecactusdidthemostphysicaldamage #shesfinallyabletovisitmrsmoore #shemaybeshouldhavestayedhome #mrsmooreishellacranky #shejustwantstogohome #thevisitclarifiesthings #adeladoesntthinkazizdidit #ronnyloseshisshit #dontgetmestartedonronny #thisdidNOThappentohim #mrsmooreagreesaboutaziz #ronnyisnthavingit #somessedup #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens #whew

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 1w

willaful This was a complicated chapter. Adela is so confused and suggestible -- perhaps normal after being traumatized like this. There's nothing that explains why she ever thought it was Aziz to begin with. She's definitely a very unreliable witness. That's probably not going to help poor Aziz though. :-( 1w

Bklover Loved todays hashtags! You‘re right- Mrs. Moore is definitely crabby. @willaful Yes- no one has said “what makes you think it was Aziz in the first place?”!! 1w

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Bookwormjillk Did she ever accuse Aziz or did Ronny just assume? What‘s up with Mrs. Moore? Is she still mad about the cave?? 1w

BarkingMadRead @willaful so true! And they never really say why she thought it was him or who she told! I hope they do! @Bookwormjillk as far as I know, we don‘t know who she told or what she said! I hope that info comes out! 1w

jenniferw88 I think we're meant to assume that she told Miss Derek at the car, and Miss Derek drives her straight to the station. 1w

Morr_Books @jenniferw88 I agree. I also got the impression from this chapter that Adela thought it was Dr Aziz because she assumed he followed her into the cave, so it had to be him. 1w

jenniferw88 @Bookwormjillk Mrs Moore has lost her faith in religion and God and this is draining her emotions. 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Ever since Mrs. Moore experienced the echo, she seems to have adopted an almost existential “why care?“ kind of way of living. 1w

Morr_Books At this point, I feel that Mrs. Moore is partly crabby, because she thinks all this is ridiculous. I'm frustrated because it seems she believes in Dr Aziz's innocence but won't speak won't go public....maybe cuz everyone views her as a crabby old woman...? 1w

jenniferw88 @dabbe exactly! 1w

AnnR This was a difficult chapter to read. Not in the literary sense but on an emotional level. 1w

Bklover @dabbe Yes- well said! 1w

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 21: one whole page 🤣 #mohurram #thatsallireallyhavetosay #godbolepeacedout #notmuchhappened #azizmightgetbail #sothatssomething #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #dontforgettovotefor2024 #doublechaptersstartonthe24th #seewhatididthere #okimdone

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Morr_Books I appreciate this chapter solely because it allowed me to catch up on the reading. 😆 1w

Bookwormjillk 😴😴😴 1w

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BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books #silverlining 1w

dabbe @Morr_Books 🤣🤣🤣 I never was so excited to see such a short chapter! 🤩 1w

Bklover Yawn 🥱. See you tomorrow!😆 1w

willaful I didn't want to stop -- next chapter looks very exciting! 1w

TheAromaofBooks I have found it so interesting that these random short “nothing really happened“ chapters have been scattered throughout! Such an intriguing writing method. 1w

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 20: time to start playing the blame game #dontgetmestarted #thisdidNOThappentoronny #everyoneispanicking #sendingawaythewomen #pointingfingers #fieldingstandshisground #thisdoesnotlookgoodforfielding #therumorsareinsane #accusingazizofplottingthis #itsoundaridiculous #itsthepanictalking #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 1w

Bookwormjillk This chapter was upsetting...but really people still do the same thing. It reminded me of a school board meeting in my city actually. 1w

AnnR Ronny is such a jerk. He only cares about his own reputation. 1w

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Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk Yes. The behavior is very familiar, very human, just in a different time period and context. 1w

peanutnine Poor Fielding. He simply wants justice in an unjust world 😞 1w

jenniferw88 This chapter references the Indian Mutiny of 1857 (2nd paragraph) 1w

dabbe And I just don't know how to feel about Adela at this point. 1w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe Right??? We need to hear from Adela. 1w

Bklover I‘m glad I‘m not the only one! @bookwormjillk I felt really agitated after reading this chapter, and this very minute I don‘t like anyone but Fielding. I know it was a different time but I didn‘t like some of the language either. People can be real assholes. Oh, and @BarkingMadRead this is Chapter 20, correct? Just want to make sure I‘m reading the right stuff. 1w

BarkingMadRead @Bklover yea! Good catch, I‘ll edit that! 1w

Bklover @BarkingMadRead ❤️❤️❤️ I have no idea how you do all that you do and still have time to read at all! 1w

BarkingMadRead @Bklover I‘m retired 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w

Bklover @BarkingMadRead I am too!! You are just seriously amazing. (I think I‘m also lazy). 1w

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willaful

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

“The had started speaking of 'women and children'--that phrase the exempts the male from sanity when it has been repeated a few times.“

Part of the fascination of reading older books is seeing how little human nature actually change over time.

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Ch 19: Fielding tries to rally support for Aziz #idontthinkitworked #goodvsevil #racewars #whatcouldgowrong #everything #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 2w

Bklover Poor Aziz is falling apart! Fielding is definitely going out on a limb for him. 2w

Bookwormjillk I wish Fielding could get in touch with Miss Quested! Very frustrating 😖 2w

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AnnR It's interesting how much of the focus in the book switches to Fielding. In a way, he's like the glue that holds the whole story together. 2w

BarkingMadRead @AnnR I totally agree. And @Bookwormjillk I was thinking the same. If one hand knew what the other hand was doing, all of this could be resolved quickly! 2w

dabbe @AnnR If it were a detective story, he'd be our Sherlock Holmes! #sherlocked 😃 2w

mcctrish Everyone just talks in circles #wherestheguywithbluntheadtrauma 2w

TheAromaofBooks I think it's interesting how everyone just seems resigned to the situation - all of the Indians don't seem to care if Aziz is innocent or guilty, it's just time to “rally the team“ - and the same with the English. It's so much more about us vs. them than it is about justice or whether or not Aziz did anything! 1w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks yes! Nobody seems to want to find the truth, they just want to do battle! 1w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Ch 18: Fielding is trying to investigate what he thinks is the truth #pooradela #soscary #ithinkitwastheservant #thatheadtilt #maybetocoveramark #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade
Also, ladies, so that we can finish in time, we will start reading two chapters a day on the 24th. I‘ll post a heads up again in a few days

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 2w

Bookwormjillk Poor Adela. Poor Aziz. (edited) 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I feel like it‘s a huge confusion that somebody better clear up. The real criminal ran away. 2w

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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead yes, and could do it again while Aziz is in jail for no reason 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes! Ugh! They will get this straightened out 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 2w

jenniferw88 It's very hard for me not to say anyhing but 🤐 2w

Bklover I oop‘sed and read ahead (the chapter breaks in the middle of the page!😳) so I‘m with @jenniferw88 🫢🤐 2w

dabbe @Bklover @jenniferw88 I read ahead, too. You get to a point where you just can't stop! 🤫🤐🤩 2w

willaful I'm very scared for Aziz. He has one friend on his side but I doubt anyone else has any interest in discovering the truth. 2w

Daisey I got a little ahead in this section but not enough for any real answers yet. I‘m not sure I‘ll be able to stop listening when I pick it up again. 2w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Ch 17: Adela was attacked in the cave #shesaysitwasaziz #coulditbe #pooradela #anger #looting #fieldingsupportsaziz #nowfieldingisintrouble #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk This is so confusing. How did everything happen so fast? 2w

AnnR I think Adela is confused and Dr Aziz is paying the price for it. 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk right?! Too fast! And @AnnR I totally agree! 2w

Ruthiella We saw earlier with Mrs. Moore that the caves are disorienting. With all Adela‘s worry about Ronnie and her engagement, who knows what she “thinks” happened vs what really happened…🤔 2w

dabbe Just like the song from Urban Cowboy: Adela was “Looking for love in all the wrong places.“ She and Aziz were talking about marriage right before Aziz went into a cave. Then she's thinking all about Ronny and how she doesn't love him and goes into a cave. Throughout the whole book, she's always 👀 for something better. Heat (it was hot) can bring about hallucinations, too. And there's the guide with his head to the side until he runs away. 🤔 (edited) 2w

jenniferw88 And this is why I chose this book for #titlesandtunes #dramaqueen @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB 2w

willaful This is so distressing. I can't bear to think about what's going to happen to Aziz. 2w

BarbaraBB Perfect choice 😀 @jenniferw88 (edited) 2w

CatLass007 As a proudly woke woman, I have the urge to reach through the book and slap everyone until they come to their senses. Sadly, they are products of their time. But I‘ve read other books by Forster and enjoyed them immensely. His prose is lovely, for one thing. And he renders each character so well. 2w

Cinfhen I love all the buddy readers comments! I‘ve never read Forster 2w

Cinfhen Well played @jenniferw88 2w

Bklover Poor Aziz! @dabbe Do you think the guard has his head turned to the side because he did think something was going on? I think Adela is mistaken! 2w

dabbe @Bklover Ooh, that's a great thought! I totally think Adela was mistaken, too! I feel like she's trying to grab the spotlight for some reason. 2w

Bklover @dabbe I think so too! 2w

mcctrish I feel like I‘m in the cave because I have no idea what the hell happened 2w

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jenniferw88

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Continued Passage and Medici
Finished The Paper Chase
Started & finished People Love Dead Jews

Cinfhen I really was WOWed by the Horn - she‘s such a good writer

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

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Morr_Books

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

I am taking some time today to catch up on this read with the #pemberlittens ! I got a bit behind this week. @BarkingMadRead
#SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Great plan! 2w

BarkingMadRead Love this pic! 2w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | Edward Morgan Forster

Ch 16: Aziz loses Adela #whichcave #ohwait #acararrives #heseesadelaatthecar #fieldinghasarrived #timetogo #thatbrokenfieldglassesstressmeout #isshesafeorisshelost #azizisarrestedatthetrainstation #whyyyyy #somanyunansweredquestions #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 2w

CatLass007 Hey, I‘ve caught up with y‘all! 2w

Bookwormjillk What the heck was that?? 2w

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dabbe And what the heck does this mean? Right after Aziz left his cave (after spending only 1 minute in it), comes this line: “When he returned, he found the guard, alone, with HIS HEAD ON ONE SIDE.“ Eh? What? Why? 🤔 2w

willaful I'm scared to read on. 😳 2w

Bklover @dabbe How can your head be on one side?! @BarkingMadRead I thought he just assumed she was in that car- made it easier than assuming she is lost? 2w

Bklover @CatLass007 Yay!! 😊😘 2w

CatLass007 @Bklover I just started listening to the audiobook a couple of days ago. I find it difficult to listen to more than one book at a time. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bklover that‘s what I was thinking! @dabbe I have no clue, so weird 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Passage to India | E M Forster

Ch 15: Adela stresses about marrying Ronny #iwouldtoo #shealsooffendsaziz #andyetdoesntevenknow #shedoesntloveronny #ohwell #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 2w

jenniferw88 Deleted that post - but please keep tagging me ! 2w

Bookwormjillk She‘s right to stress! 2w

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Bklover She should stress! What a mistake that will be!! 2w

willaful I feel like this can not end well. And I'm worried about Mrs. Moore. 2w

AnnR It seems like both ladies are having mental breakdowns but for different reasons. What a time for it though, especially since Dr. Aziz will certainly get blamed for something as he's #caughtinthemiddle of all this. 2w

dabbe So Aziz gets angry at her so-called-are-you-a-polygamist comment and goes into a cave. She follows in a meandering fashion and also goes into “A“ cave, not “THE“ cave. She's alone perhaps? Where's the guide? #ruhroh all over this chapter's ending. 😱 2w

mcctrish This is a hot mess 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Passage to India | E M Forster

Ch 14: Mrs Moore does not like the cave #sunrisefail #followedbyanelephantride #assoonashementionedbubarthiswasallicouldsee #babartheelephant #intothecaveswego #literallyeveryone #mrsmoorewasnotthrilled #haveimentionedthatmrsmoorehatedthecaves #becauseshedid #ameliaandazizgooffalone #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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TheAromaofBooks My feelings towards this book are all over the place 😂 2w

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks SAME 2w

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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks omg mine too 🤣 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Same here! It's hard to pinpoint true personalities when all of them say and do weird things. Is that how we're supposed to feel? 🤔 2w

Bklover Me too with all of you! Did anyone feel completely depressed after reading the last two paragraphs about Mrs. Moore??? Poor thing! 2w

jenniferw88 #mrsmoorelosesherfaithingodinthecaves 2w

jenniferw88 And you mean #sunrisefail #adelaandazizgoofftogether 2w

mcctrish #foraninstantshewentmad I feel like this sums up people pleasers aka women 😫 no matter what happens, just suck it up and pretend it‘s fine #imfineitsfineeverythingisfine 2w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | Edward Morgan Forster

Ch 13: the trip to the caves has finally been planned #timeforatrainride #fieldingmissesthetrain #azizisonhisown #whatcouldgowrong #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @jenniferw88 @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 2w

Bookwormjillk So they‘re only going for what? A half day? 2w

TheBookHippie Can you post the schedule again for the next reads 😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️🫣🙃😘 2w

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BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie I sure can 2w

Bklover Made me laugh that poor Aziz spent the night at the station so he wouldn‘t be late. Can‘t wait to see how he handles this on his own ! 2w

dabbe Aziz on his own? This can't be good. #ruhroh 2w

mcctrish #weshallallbemoslemstogether #nothingtoseehere 2w

julieclair Uh oh… the #whatcouldgowrong hashtag has appeared. It strikes fear into my heart! 😱😰 1w

BarkingMadRead @julieclair 9 times out of 10 I‘m totally on the ball with that one 🤣🤣🤣 1w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | Edward Morgan Forster

Ch 12: the Marabar Caves that @jenniferw88 is so excited about 🤣 #letthedramabegin #beautifullydescriptive #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @jenniferw88 @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 3w

AnnR Well, no people drama yet and surely there will be #drama. The caves sound majestic but dark and ominous. Maybe this chapter is a foreshadowing of things to come. Ahhh, Dr Aziz. What did you get yourself into? 3w

jenniferw88 😂🤣😂 3w

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CatLass007 That is a gorgeous photograph. Looks like someplace I‘d to visit in my next life. I hopefully will get started on A Passage to India today. I had to press the pause button to listening to two books set in India which, coincidentally, have the same narrator. 3w

Bookwormjillk #geographylesson 3w

willaful Very beautiful writing. I'm really curious about these caves now. 3w

dabbe The “descent into darkness“ stage of The Hero's Quest is about to commence. da-da-da-dum ... #channelingthejawssong 3w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe 🦈🦈🤣🤣 3w

Bklover Well that was a very long but beautiful description. Can‘t wait to explore the caves! 3w

mcctrish I feel like people are about to get lost and won‘t know if they had a good time or not #soundslikehell 😆 3w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Ch 11: Aziz asks Fielding to come back in #nomoretalkingaboutheat #azizshowsfieldinghiswifespic #theyretruebrosnow #ilovetheirbuddingbromance #theystilldonttrulyunderstandeachother #azizlearnsabouttheengagement #hethinkshesoffthehookforthecavestrip #butishe #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @jenniferw88 @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 3w

Bookwormjillk Good try Aziz 3w

jenniferw88 I only have the following to add: #wegettothecavessectiontomorrow #herecomesthedrama #imgladsomeoneelsecanseethebromancebetweenthesetwo #ithoughtitwasjustme 3w

Bklover @jenniferw88 definitely caught the bromance. I read that Forster saw himself as Fielding. Looking forward to some drama in the caves!! 3w

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jenniferw88

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Continue A Passage to India
Finish Medici Murders and The Paper Chase

Cinfhen Is that a photo you took?? It has all the fall vibes!!! 3w

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen no, it's a background from my collage app. I'm no where near as good as this! 3w

Cinfhen It‘s such a striking image 😍 3w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | Edward Morgan Forster

Ch 10: it‘s hot 🥵 #thatsit #thatsall #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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AnnR Woohoo! Heat Miser! I love The Year Without a Santa Claus. 3w

BarkingMadRead @AnnR me toooooo!! 3w

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Bookwormjillk I would read a book that was just about what squirrels are doing around the world right now. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 3w

Librarybelle It was like it‘s so hot Forster does not have the energy to say more 😂 3w

BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle I‘m kind of impressed that he spent a page and a half just to say it‘s hot 🤣🤣🤣 3w

Librarybelle Right??? 3w

mcctrish Chapter 10: and it was hot…… (edited) 3w

dabbe Hot is right up my Phoenix alley! 🔥 113 yesterday, supposed to be 111 today.

“He's Mr. Green Christmas; he's Mr. Sun. He's Mr. Heat Blister. He's Mr. Hundred and One. (That's all? That ain't nothin'! 🤣) I need the Snow Miser! 3w

willaful @BarkingMadRead That's what we read these old books for. 😁 3w

Bklover It‘s hot and everyone went home. 🔥☀️🔥 3w

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jenniferw88

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Today's weather in India, as today's chapter is a good one to talk about it.

The heat makes things quite unbearable & influences behaviour of those who live there.

The British don't appreciate the sun.

#theweatherisacharacter #mentionsof #thunderstorms #hotweather #coldweather #rain #sun #rereadingthisshowsme #thatsomeofthesechaptersareunnecessary #likethisone #andtheweirdones #justgettothecavesforster! #hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead @dabbe

Cuilin Love #justgettothecavesfoster 😆 3w

dabbe The Brits probably don't appreciate it because they hardly ever get to see it! 🤣 3w

jenniferw88 @dabbe we have in the last week 😂 3w

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jenniferw88

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Continued Passage, Medici & Paper Chase.
Started & finished The Key to Rebecca.

Cinfhen Is that a new Follett?? Is it part of any of his series??? 3w

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen No, it's not new (1980!) and it's a stand-alone. 3w

Cinfhen Did you like it? Was it a chunkster? 3w

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perfectsinner That Follett is on my want to reads list 🙂 3w

Bklover I remember The Key to Rebecca! I loved all his stand-alone books. Most weren‘t chunksters and had more of a thriller vibe if I recall correctly (which means I definitely could be wrong!). I loved The Third Twin, Eye of the Needle, and Whiteout. @Cinfhen 3w

Cinfhen Hahahaha thanks @Bklover I remember Eye of the needle which was definitely a suspenseful read! I have a feeling that his books might feel dated now🤷🏼‍♀️ is it reading that way, Jenny?? 3w

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen definitely a thriller! I wouldn't know if it was dated, I'm afraid. It might not be for you though - dual pov (hero & villain) - villains are anti-semitic - they're spies trying to help Romnel win WW2 in Egypt. 3w

Cinfhen Hmmm, I think I‘ll pass - thanks, Jenny ♥️ 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Passage to India | E M Forster

Ch 9: Dr Aziz has a “sick day” #shammer #thewholeworldvisits #apparentlynottheonlyone #liveyourbestlifemydude #howcanhepossiblybeexpectedtoworkonadaylikethis #bueller #deeptalkonasickday #poorfielding #weirdchapter #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk HA! Perfect picture!!! 3w

jenniferw88 I don't have anything to add! 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I have my shiny moments 🤣 3w

mabell 🤣🤣 3w

AnnR I'll just add #flies . 3w

BarkingMadRead Omg @AnnR yes!! 3w

dabbe Is it just me, or are all of these chapters just, well, weird? I'm looking for some character to like, but I ain't finding one yet. And I snorted out loud at today's image, @BarkingMadRead! 🤣🤣🤣 3w

mcctrish @AnnR 🤢 would somebody please deal with them 🙏🏻 3w

jenniferw88 @dabbe Mrs Moore is likeable! And Fielding. @AnnR the flies are a symbol of danger @mcctrish @BarkingMadRead 3w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe #NotJustYou 3w

dabbe @jenniferw88 You know more than me. I‘ll give them a fair pass! 🤩 3w

Bklover Today the hashtags were waaay more fun than the chapter. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bklover #imheretohelp 3w

Bklover Oh, and the photo is perfect!!! 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Passage to India | E M Forster

Ch 8: Adela and Ronny bond over a car accident #wasitananimal #wasitaghost #youdecide #engagednow #seemslikeamistaketome #mrsmooreisnttoothrilled #azizisntwell? #interestingdevelopment #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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AnnR That was a weird chapter. 3w

peanutnine I hate that Adela changed her mind back so quickly and didn't even discuss her misgivings with Ronny before jumping into their engagement 3w

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willaful @peanutnine as I read it, she didn't actually mean to become engaged, just to take back her definite no, but it got away from her.

Impulsivity seems to be a common point amongst many of the main characters. (edited) 3w

peanutnine @willaful that's true. She did seem a bit regretful about it at least. Yes impulsivity is a huge theme already 3w

dabbe @peanutnine That brings up the #IdiomInsight from a couple days ago: “Haste makes waste.“ 🤩 3w

dabbe I can't help but see such a parallel between Adela&Ronny and Lucy&Cecil. Not the most compatible of couples, and Ronny/Cecil are revolting. 3w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe omg yes!! 3w

peanutnine @dabbe 💯 perfect comparison! 3w

mcctrish How did this change happen?! #adelawhatsreyoudoing ? #buffalovshyena 🤔 Ronnie being bitchy about Aziz missing a collar pin 😡 3w

Bklover @dabbe I do believe you are right!! They are both asses! 3w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe good one! 3w

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jenniferw88

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

#hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead @dabbe

Up to the semi-colon represents India before the British occupation, it only got confused once we invaded.

Other thoughts:
The accident awakens their feelings of love, or at least lust. #theywillmarryafterall

Aziz - believing in superstition & evil is a defect of the East. The West has advanced because they believe in reason & logic.

dabbe “[O]nce we invaded“ ... yeah, we're great at that, aren't we? 😞

We're engaged; no, we're not; yes, we are. 🤩🤣🤗 3w

AnnCrystal 😥😩❤️‍🩹. 3w

Bklover I think Ronny seemed human for just a second, and that was long enough for Adela to soften. (I‘m late commenting- sorry!) 3w

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IndoorDame

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Question for @jenniferw88 and anyone else who‘s read this before… #Hashtagbrigaide is about 1/4 of the way through now and I‘m excited about reading something written in ‘24 that was already exploring race relations and colonialism, and there are passages of exquisite writing that pop up occasionally and make me happy, BUT most of the time this just makes me angry,⬇️⬇️⬇️

IndoorDame both cause most of our expat characters are so detestable that listening to them talk is painful, and cause it‘s grating to see the ways this is clearly a white foreigner‘s perspective … I‘m wondering if this is going to turn into a story I‘m likely to get lost in, or just continue on explicating life there in the same fashion? 3w

jenniferw88 I'd suggest trying to get to just after the caves (chapter 17), as I'm not sure. If it helps I can post a comment with spoilers. 3w

IndoorDame @jenniferw88 thank you!! that definitely helps. I was feeling a bit unmoored in this one and I think that‘s the structure I need to figure out if this is for me 3w

dabbe Something climatic is going to happen in those caves; I just know it! 😃 3w

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jenniferw88

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

'He had discovered that it is possible to keep in with Indians and Englishmen...' - Fielding contends that English women can never be friends with Indian men, as disasters happen.

#yesimshippingfieldingandazizagain

Fielding & Aziz forge an instant friendship despite racial differences.

Adela's not going to marry Ronny - 'I'm afraid I can't do that'.

#herecomethecaves!

#hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead @dabbe

dabbe #ruhroh 😱 3w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Ch 7: Ronny ruins Fielding‘s tea party #fieldingandazizarebestiesnow #adelaslipsup #mrsmoorewasunthrilled #ronnyissorude #notafan #aziztooknoshit #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @jenniferw88 @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books @julieclair 3w

jenniferw88 @BookwormAHN I hope you don't mind me posting too 😂 3w

BarkingMadRead @jenniferw88 I‘m so confused 🤣🤣 these are my posts….. 3w

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AnnR Things were going okay until party pooper Ronny barged in to check up his mom. Aziz doesn't help any by inflaming the situation. He is just too impulsive and seems a bit full of himself. 3w

BarkingMadRead @AnnR #everypartyneedsapooper 🤣🤣 Ronny is so rude and so clueless 3w

jenniferw88 @AnnR I think he's checking up on Adela more than his Mum - he's thinking she's going to be his wife, whilst his Mum is old - Mrs Moore is basically there to chaperone Adela. 3w

AnnR @jenniferw88 Good point. 3w

Bookwormjillk I have to watch the movie. The images you post are cracking me up. They all just look…confused. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I know 🤣🤣 3w

julieclair Those facial expressions! Such a hoot! It was amazing how the whole vibe of the party just deflated the moment Ronny showed up. And Aziz... I can't decide whether he is naive or sly. 🤔 3w

Bklover @Bookwormjillk I‘m with you- I‘m going to have to see this movie! 😂 3w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | Edward Morgan Forster

Ch 6: and now we know why Aziz skipped the party #hedidntmissmuch #poordude #thatpoloscenetho #iwouldfalloff #horsesterrifyme #alsodrlalapparently #pooraziz #theinvitecheeredhimup #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk I'm not a fan either. 3w

Morr_Books I am reserving my feelings on Aziz. I like the fact that he is kinda rebellious and doing his own thing, but also that may mean that he is feeling a bit too self-important. 3w

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dabbe I can't tell if I like him yet or not either. Serious foreboding to me, though, when Ronny says he doesn't like that Adela was alone with two men. That's a #ruhroh if I ever saw one! 😃

Also, is Adela telling Aziz that she's not staying in India an unconscious way of saying she doesn't want to marry Ronny? 🤔 (edited) 3w

BarkingMadRead Ok now I feel like I read the wrong chapter or something, Adela met Aziz?!? 3w

julieclair I think Aziz is ruled too much by emotions and whims, and I fear it will get him into trouble. 3w

jenniferw88 @BarkingMadRead Adela didn't meet Aziz! @julieclair you're 100% correct with your thoughts, and the fear (I'd say) is 95% right - what happens is rather ambiguous so this isn't a spoiler 😂! 3w

julieclair @jenniferw88 Ooohhh.... can't wait to see what happens!! 3w

mcctrish Aziz feels like he makes up rules as he goes and he might piss everyone off but interesting that despite the Colander ( I am making up names for these stupid English people ) being fed up with Aziz, Mrs Graystone would have faired better with Aziz as a surgeon in Colander‘s opinion 3w

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jenniferw88

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Not much to say about today's chapter!

#drazizisgenerallyagoodguy #hesdefinitelyagooddoctor #welikefielding #hewantstheretobefriendshipsbetweentheenglishandtheindians #lasttimeireadthebookishippedthesetwo #imexpectingtodosoagain #getreadytoshipazizandfielding #hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead @dabbe

dabbe Thanks! 🤗 3w

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jenniferw88

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

#hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead @dabbe

Pic is from the film's scene of the Bridge Party.

Mrs Moore & Adela are sad that there is no interaction between British & Indians.

'European costume had lighted like a leprosy' - British impact on Indian culture (first modern curry house in UK 1915).

'He's - hullo!' Panna Lal - Indian politician who sat in the lower house in the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress. ⬇️

jenniferw88 #herecometheechoes! ⬇️ 4w

jenniferw88 The Collector (Turton) isn't genuine ⬇️ 4w

jenniferw88 The description of the hills give them a living force, they're scary and creepy too! ⬇️ 4w

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jenniferw88 The treatment of Indians by the British and Anglo-Indians is NOT a side-issue Ronny! 😡😡😡 #wellsaidmrsmoore ⬇️ 4w

jenniferw88 Ronny doesn't like his mum's relogious strain, but associates it with her age and ill-health, when in fact it's been with her her whole life. She tells him it's the British people's job to be pleasant to the Indians, as this is the Christian thing to do. #quiterighttoo #weinvadedthem #iftheydinvadeduswedwanttobetreatedkindlytoo 4w

dabbe Thanks for the insight! 🤗 4w

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Ch 5: the party was an epic fail #wellnotforadelaandmrsmoore #theymeetsomelovelyladies #theymakeplanstocall #mrsturtinisaslovelyasever 🙄 #hugefanoffielding #cannotseeadelaandronnymarried #ilovewhenaplancomestogether #timetoseetherealindia #ps #picismarabarhills #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Crinoline_Laphroaig Y'all I'm gonna Bail on this one. I'm struggling to get into it. I have a very limited amount of time to read this month. So going to concentrate on things I really want to read. I do want to join in with Nov read

A Glass of Blessings: A Novel

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julieclair I continue to be disappointed with the way the English people behave. Adela and Mrs. Moore are the only women being friendly. They are good role models, if only the other women would follow their example. 4w

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julieclair And yes... #hugefanofgielding ! 4w

Ruthiella With so many unspoken rules on both sides which neither side fully understands, it was bound to fail. 😕 4w

Morr_Books I like Mrs. Moore & Adela right now more than any other characters. Also - the comment about using religion when it suits their purpose was interesting and relevant in most of history. 4w

TheAromaofBooks Oh hey, I am reading this one but think I may have fallen off the tag list!! 4w

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig @TheAromaofBooks I‘ll update the list! 4w

dabbe My husband is currently reading a book entitled AMERICAN COLONIES. Getting the exact same vibes with this one. Let the white man dominate and “civilize“ those darker-skinned people. Yikes. 😬 4w

Bklover @Morr_Books Yes!!! 4w

TheBookHippie GADS I feel behind- it's a little nutty here. I will catch up soon! This is a reread for me thank goodness just have to refresh my old brain!! 3w

mcctrish Here I am slowly getting caught up, back to school is kicking my butt. I loved that Mrs Turdball‘s English is actually understood #sheisdispicable and Adela and Mrs Moore are making acquaintances 👏🏻👏🏻 3w

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dabbe

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

I never posted my book. I read A ROOM VIEW A VIEW from this same text. Not much to look at, but I do like the end papers. #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Ch 4 was so short, but wasps were mentioned again, so here you go! #thebridgepartyisgoingpolitical #soundsexciting #saidnooneever #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish #gatheringtheindiansforaparty “we must exclude someone from our gathering, or we will be left with nothing” #wasporindian ? 4w

Bookwormjillk She just lets the wasp bee 4w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I feel like we are going to be angry all month 🤣 4w

jenniferw88 #justwaituntilwegettoparttwo #THECAVES!!! 4w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 👏🏻👏🏻🤣 4w

mcctrish @jenniferw88 😱 4w

BarkingMadRead @jenniferw88 no spoilers! 4w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead #tootrue! 🤣🤩🤣 4w

dabbe Whew. Another story where the hierarchy of humans is too prevalent. Yowsa. 😮 4w

Morr_Books @dabbe yeah...I thought this was going to be just a story of Englishmen vs Indian but we are getting a look at the caste system too. I'm there with you @BarkingMadRead on certain feelings. I've been doing a frustrated sigh a lot while reading these chapters. 4w

Bklover @dabbe yes! 4w

Bklover @BarkingMadRead Also yes! 4w

Bklover Is the wasp a symbol of the unity of all life simply so they can exclude it? 4w

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk Maybe her bed is actually draped in mosquito netting or something? Because I would have a hard time sleeping knowing there was a wasp in my room! 😬 4w

jenniferw88 @BarkingMadRead ok, I'll leave it at #mrsmooreisachristian then 😂😂😂 4w

julieclair There are too many social distinctions to keep track of. Different classes of English. Different castes of Indians. English vs. Indian. It‘s exhausting. 4w

julieclair @BarkingMadRead I think I forgot to sign up for this one, but please add me to the tag list. Thanks! 4w

BarkingMadRead @julieclair added you!! 4w

julieclair Thanks! 😀 4w

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