Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 39: I almost used the legally blonde meme #wedidit #whew #anyway #theendingthatwasnt #newmeldingwithold #thispiccametomindformrsgreenssmile #lesskidsperfamily #laurawantsthree #misslanewantslauratostaysingle 🙄 #everyoneshoulddotheirownthing #whatdidweallthink #imgivingitasoftpick #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie
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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 2w

Cuilin That ending was a bit underwhelming. I would also give it a soft pick as a novel, but the amateur historian in me #FullSend I‘m definitely gonna check out the TV series. 2w

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mcctrish I am happy to be out of this #underwhelmedonallcounts what happened to Laura? Not even flora cares 2w

Ruthiella I really liked this book a lot! I didn‘t mind that it was slow and plotless. 😆😍 2w

Bookwormjillk I think this would probably be a better TV show. Was afraid to watch before I finished so I wouldn‘t spoil the ending…but there was no ending? Anyway I would read the phone book with you all so I still enjoyed it for all my complaining. 2w

rubyslippersreads @Bookwormjillk @cuilin The TV show is great. I‘m still working on the book. Like @Ruthiella I don‘t mind the lack of plot, but I‘m marveling at how they made a series out of this. (edited) 2w

Bookwormjillk Also Miss Lane gives Misery vibes and I would have liked to hear more about that. #ImYourBiggestFan 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk omg she 💯 does! 🤣🤣🤣 2w

willaful Also a soft pick for me.

I was just reading some of Flora's history... not only did her favorite brother die in WWI but her son died in WWII. 😭 It was a hard time to be alive. 2w

Deblovestoread Glad to have read it chp a day. I don't think i would have finished otherwise. I would have liked an epilog with how the rest of Laura's life went. I loved the show and am looking forward to a re-watch starting tonight. 2w

KAO I really did enjoy this—though I would not likely have made it through without the daily accountability and all of your comments! Thank you! I just started watching episode 1 of season 1 of the 2008 series from PBS—and I can completely understand your frustration if you had seen the series before reading the book! So much drama in episode 1 already! Whoever wrote the script had modern audiences in mind, I‘m sure. 2w

TheAromaofBooks I did like this but I do wish some of it had been a bit more focused on Laura, as those were my favorite parts. But it was all very interesting - although I'm not sure I would have finished if it wasn't for this group!!! 2w

dabbe We got the most detailed explanations for pretty much every single thing in Lark Rise and Candleford--plus extreme details for every little thing Laura did, every flower she saw, every game she played, ... yet we don't know why she just up and leaves? #wth? The ending made me go 🤯!!! 2w

Bklover I actually enjoyed this somewhat, and I‘m glad we read it. Particularly enjoyed reading it with the #hashtagbrigade ! However I will admit that the idea of watching the show now is painful! 😂 2w

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Ruthiella

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

pick

Thank you @BarkingMadRead for leading the #Hashtagbrigade in this group read. Unlike some of the group‘s co-readers, I very much enjoyed this gentle, disjointed and plotless look at rural life in late 19th century England, which was based on the author‘s own experience. For me, the slow pace of the book really suited the chapter a day approach. 😃

This is also my first completed book for
#ChunksterChallenge2025
#AllergictoChunksters 👍👍

Amiable, julieclair

Amiable Yay, chunksters! Especially ones that you enjoy. 🎉 2w

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2w

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dabbe

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Llife

If this is the ONLY book I finished this week, does it count as a favorite? 🤔😂🤩

AmyG Yes 2w

Read4life Every book counts. In one way or another. 🤓 💙🩷💙 2w

dabbe @Read4life @AmyG 🤗🤓😘 2w

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Bookwormjillk

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

so-so

This book was more a collection of vignettes than a story, and I think it‘s probably better suited to reading all at once than a chapter a day. I could see myself reading it by the lake on a summer day not really caring about the lack of story line, just enjoying the strong sense of time. But to discuss as a group as if any of it fit together? Nah. #ItsNotYouItsMe #ButMaybeItsYou #HashtagBrigade

Thank you @BarkingMadRead Truly heroic this one.

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w

dabbe Agree 💯!!! 🤩😂🤗 2w

annahenke I loved this TV series but never read the book! 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 38: one more day! #maildelivery #naturewalks #misslanescaptive 🤣 #novisitingforlaura #unlessyourephillip 🙄 #whatacharacter #peaceoutphillip #soproud #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie
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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 2w

mcctrish This was a wonderfully fast chapter, from workplace harassment to the greatest mansplained romance of all time 👍🏻👍🏻 #dontletthedoorhityouonthewayout (edited) 2w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #eloquentlyput 2w

Cuilin I feel a little guilty knowing Mrs Macey‘s business. 🤫 as to Mr Phillip #ILoveTheSoundOfMyOwnVoice White, good for Laura saying thanks but no!!! 2w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin ahhhhhhh I totally left that out! That was so sad, and I liked it better thinking he was off traveling 2w

willaful I was half-expecting you to use the “why are men?“ meme for this chapter. 😂 Thank goodness Laura didn't let herself get caught up in that! I wonder why she didn't stay at the post office though.... will we actually find out, or will it just end with her tombstone? 😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @willaful #andlaurawenttoafricaanddiedtheend 2w

KAO I was stunned that we actually got the mystery regarding Mrs. Macey‘s absent husband solved—but what a sad turn of events there! (edited) 2w

KAO I‘m so relieved that Laura didn‘t settle for Philip White. No, thank you, but your egotism has been amusing anyway, Sir. 2w

dabbe @willaful My lips are sealed. Until tomorrow. 😂 2w

Bookwormjillk I finally finished this chapter, and it‘s close enough to midnight so I might as well finish the book. I had to chuckle when Laura pictured herself happy in the cottage but then realized Phillip would be there too #recordscratch 2w

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dabbe

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

#ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable
#AllergicToChunksters @julieclair
#hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead

After 580 pages of my edition, I'm stunned that this only qualifies as a “bitsy“ chunkster. I feel like I just reached the summit of Everest and can now gladly glide down the other side. 😂

ferskner Ouch!!! 2w

BarkingMadRead It‘s one of those baby chunks that sneak up on you and clobber you over the head 🤣 2w

Amiable Some colossal chunksters glide by so smoothly we hardly know we‘ve moved, and certain bitsy ones make us work like Sisyphus. 😄 2w

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dabbe @ferskner It was painful in quite a few places. 😂 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead And it's heavy enough to do some damage! 😂 2w

dabbe @Amiable Exactly. I feel like I rolled a boulder up Mt. Everest. On a good note, I feel like I achieved quite a bit since I bailed on last month's #hashtagbrigade book. I was determined to finish this one! 💪🏻 2w

BarkingMadRead No shade for bailing last time, almost everyone did 🤣🤣🤣 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead And it was my 2nd time trying it. #oytotheultimatevey 🤩 2w

julieclair Congrats for finishing! 🏆 I‘m still climbing uphill. But like you, I‘m determined to finish. 💪 2w

dabbe @julieclair ❣️💪🏻❣️ 1w

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dabbe

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

so-so

#hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead
This novel offers a nostalgic portrayal of rural English life in the late 19th century. Thompson's descriptions of the natural landscape, seasonal changes, and daily routines are immersive, transporting readers to the hamlets of Lark Rise and the more affluent Candleford. HOWEVER, the narrative is too descriptive at times and lacks a strong, driving plot, making the reading overly cumbersome at times.

Bookwormjillk Did you finish???

Oh wait is today the last day? I just realized I never finished today's chapter. That's the kind of book this is 😂 2w

Deblovestoread Perfect review! 🩷❤️🩷 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I think tomorrow is the last day? I‘m still working on today‘s chapter and a little jealous that @dabbe has finished 🤣 2w

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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead same 😂 has anyone invented time travel yet? 2w

dabbe Tomorrow is the last day, but gosh dang it, I just had to get it over with! 😂😂😂 2w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe I get it. Pull the band aid off. Even if it does happen sloooowly. 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Perfect analogy! 🙌🏻 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 37: #anotherrandomchapter #happylaura #matthewandhislaudanom #flirtingwiththeblacksmiths #laundrydays #oscarwildedrama 🙄 #titbits #thiscrazysong #missingthegreatoutdoors

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 2w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 2w

willaful I knew you'd find an interesting pic for this chapter! 2w

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BarkingMadRead @willaful #mygooglegameisstrong 2w

TheAromaofBooks It was kind of interesting to hear about the Oscar Wilde trial from someone of the same era, but completely disconnected from it, kind of like we are with any Hollywood drama that comes up. 2w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks yes! That‘s a perfect comparison, I felt the same way! 2w

Bookwormjillk The laundry parts were soothing to me and got me to finally put away the towels that have been sitting in the basket for two weeks. Loved the little hidden treasures from her mom. 2w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk the letters from her mom 💗 “ they deserved a wider public than that one young daughter” So sweet. 2w

Cuilin Also, what is wrong with the word Plimsolls? 2w

mcctrish My complete takeaway from this chapter :
Ta rah rah boom de ay
I met a girl today
I paid her fifty cents
To go behind the fence
Her mother was surprised
To see her tummy rise
Her father jumped for joy
It was a baby boy #isangthisandimnot100yearsold 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 2w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 🤣🤣 2w

dabbe @Cuilin I marked that quote as a keeper to go in my reading journal! 🩶🩷🩶 2w

dabbe @mcctrish I so needed this today! 😂😂😂 2w

mcctrish @dabbe pretty sure it was the inspiration for 🎶Jack and Diane🎶 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish thanks for the ear worm 🤣🤣 2w

dabbe @mcctrish OMG, you almost made me pee my pants. Translates to: you almost made me read the Pirates of Penzance. 🤩😂🤩 2w

mcctrish @dabbe 🤣🤣😆 2w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead one ear worm begets another 2w

willaful I was sad about the two men who lived together being harrassed. What's that line about history rhyming? 😒 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 36: I really thought that story about the guy beating his wife was going to take a dark turn 🤣 #heranintomyknife #heranintomyknifetentimes #anyway #thedarksideofcandleford #theycouldgetawholeseasonoutofthisonechapter #tragedies #rampantgossip #poachers #susieandsammy #shameonhim #badasssusieshowedhim #saythattentimesfast #elizavsoldjames #evilvalentines #ghoststories #lilycouldseeall #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 2w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 2w

Bookwormjillk A lot happened today. None of it was related to anything. But you‘re right- a whole darn season. 2w

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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk a season I‘d watch with popcorn!! 2w

willaful Team Susie! 2w

BarkingMadRead @willaful 💯 #hehaditcoming 2w

mcctrish I‘m behind because of my obsession with Fourth wing/Iron Flame and then I read this chapter - opening with a death roll, poor choices, pig wash theft ( I don‘t even know what it is but for shame), then spousal abuse and a forerunner for todays political arena where if you yell lies loud and long enough people believe them #goodgrief 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘m reading Iron Flame right now, although I‘m not getting through it as fast as I‘d like! 2w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead I read Fourth Wing basically in a day with a break for sleeping - I‘m taking longer with this one and I‘m almost at the end and now I have slowed down because I‘m afraid of a cliff hanger. I grabbed Onyx Storm from Costco but I have ACOTAR to start and irl book club too so I have to push OS out 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #booknerdproblems 2w

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Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 35: post office life #irishfarmhands #readingonthejob #icangetbehindthat #primroseleague #oldbenandtom #needleworkwithrealhair #hardpass #cycleclubs #notmuchhaschangedthere 🙄 #allthesecretslauraknows 😳 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie
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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 2w

Cuilin What happened in India Ben?? Why do I suddenly want to work in the post office? 2w

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Bookwormjillk I could relate to getting caught reading on the job. 2w

willaful I actually liked this chapter! Such a sweet story about the man whose wife had a secret child. And notice how the true complaints against immigrants haven't changed, just who they're directed against.... 2w

mcctrish Thank goodness they let the ‘ooomen ride the bicycles now 2w

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mcctrish

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Somehow this was in my Twitter feed today - I have no memory of this in what I‘ve read so far so maybe it‘s a spoiler for the few chapters we have left. This screening app also has Gilmore Girls and Midsummer Murders

willaful I'm sure they made up a ton of stuff to happen, as such series generally do. 2w

BarkingMadRead Well, none of those names have ever come up 🤣 but she is so vague all the time so it‘s not hard to expand on it 🤣 2w

Bookwormjillk I haven‘t heard of any of these people so it makes complete sense that they would all be introduced in the last few chapters of the book. 2w

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Ruthiella There has to be some embellishment there. 2w

mcctrish @Ruthiella @willaful I was wondering if I was missing things with my skimming 🤣🤣 2w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I am wondering if the show writers go off on similar tangents to Flora and somehow stumbled upon these people 2w

willaful @mcctrish 😂😂 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 34: #ludo #akaparcheesi #anyway #neighbors #whatafungroup #outwiththeoldinwiththenew #wouldnotwanttobenamedwillie #badluckforthosemen #mrsmaceyandtommy #wheresthathubbyofhers #tommyisadorablethough #repingtonandhisciphers #pearlandruby #callyourselfwhateveryouwant #justkeepaneyeonpops #thegrocersareverymuchNOTtheolsons 🤣 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 2w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 2w

Cuilin This chapter helped me understand how they made a tv show. Tommy and Mr William seem good sorts. The Baker family with their 8 kids, Ruby and Pearl! 2w

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Ruthiella @Cuilin I‘ve not seen the show but have wondered what they might have pulled from the book, what they might leave out, what they might embellish… 2w

TheAromaofBooks The story about the guy just wandering off for a YEAR?! I need MORE DETAILS on where he was and on poor Mrs. Macey's sketchy missing husband 😂 2w

willaful Maybe I was spoiled by book 2 but I'm having so much trouble getting interested in this one! Just dying for it to be over already, 2w

KAO @TheAromaofBooks Agreed! Where in the world was this man for an entire YEAR?! And the mystery of Mrs. Macey‘s husband off with “his gentleman” is very suspicious. I‘m betting we never find out more about these, but I hope I‘m wrong! 2w

willaful @KAO Any other author, we definitely would. For this one, odds are against us! 2w

mcctrish Me too @willaful also the abrupt way of introducing characters and then writing “but never fear dear reader, he‘s dead and buried in South Africa “ so I get whiplash 2w

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks @KAO YES! I have so many questions!! @mcctrish All the death previews are grating on me 😆 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 32: y‘all. This chapter was so random. #townlife #sickfolks #pleasedontmakemethatjelly 🤢#beerbrewing #bathtime #poorjoe #thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #theclergymanandwife #sosad #allsorandom #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 3w

willaful Yeah, back to the lack of narrative. 😂 Joe's story made me very sad, because my daughter is disabled and I worry so much about what will happen when we're gone, especially now. I bet poor Joe's mother was fretted to death about it. 3w

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BarkingMadRead @willaful I worked with special needs kids before I retired, and stuff like this makes me crazy. I have zero patience for it 3w

Bookwormjillk So random. I thought it was because I was sleepy and dozing off, but then I went back to read again and nope. Just random. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I had so much trouble focusing 🤣 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm guessing still no plot? 😆 3w

TheAromaofBooks I've always read about calf's foot jelly in old books as a great delicacy, and I can see why after reading about how time-consuming and complicated it is to make... but I definitely don't want to try it! 😐 3w

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig I feel like we got teased with some plot and then it was snatched away 🤣 3w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks hard pass 🤣🤣 3w

AllDebooks Some things belong in the past, like that jelly 🫣 3w

Cuilin @AllDebooks the jelly and fox hunting!! 3w

dabbe I gotta admit, I skimmed through this chapter and read like this: the dull green blahblahblah ... the interesting green ... blahblahblah ... fox hunting omg skip ... disgusting jelly omg skip ... blahblahblah reverend and wife then both die + congregation ... blahblahblah done. 😂 3w

willaful I had trouble concentrating too. Thought it was the ambien. 😂 3w

mcctrish How we get from #outwiththeoldinwiththenew clergy to Luney Joe to who takes a bath where and when is beyond me @dabbe there‘s skip and then there is skim 2w

Bklover @willaful This made me laugh!!😂😂 2w

willaful @Bklover glad to be of service. :-) 2w

dabbe @mcctrish Perhaps a skip would be better--as in today's chapter as well! #oy 2w

mcctrish @dabbe maybe skip to the end 🤣🤣🤣 2w

dabbe @mcctrish If you will, I will. 🤩 But since I did do that for verdant-verdure UDOLPHO, I feel obligated to see this through. Sooooooo close! 😂 2w

mcctrish @dabbe we are so close it has to count either way 🤣🤣😆 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 31: Laura is adjusting to her job #religiontalk #leavethatathome #learningaboutwork #readingwhenevershecan #sneakingaroundwithdonjuan #janeausten #trollope #librarycard #soproud #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 3w

BarbaraJean The sneaking around with Don Juan was SO relatable. There are so many books I've read just because someone told me I shouldn't!! 3w

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Bookwormjillk Very relatable chapter for most of us I'm sure. 3w

Cuilin I know I seem to be always asking questions, but has anybody seen Mr. Bates V the Post Office? Because I was screaming “don‘t sign it Laura!!!!“ I liked how she was learning Morse code for telegrams. That‘s pretty cool. 3w

dabbe Miss Lane tried to enforce a banning of a book! Which of course made Laura want to read it. 😂 That's the positive way of looking at people who try to ban books from kids, right? 3w

willaful I enjoyed the detail in this chapter.

A friend of mine moved to Switzerland, where a lot of services are still done by the post office, and he is very much a fan. 3w

KAO Ah! Sneaking a book away to read in bed! That‘s our book-loving girl! 3w

mcctrish @KAO my thoughts exactly 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 30: Laura starts at the post office #sortof #veryofficial #swornintomorrow #somanypeopleinthathouse #randomstoryaboutwells #becausewhynot #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie
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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 3w

willaful A random story? In THIS book? 😂

I was reminded of Noel Streatfeild's Thursday's Child, in which a baby was found in a basket with “three of everything, all of the very best quality.“ 3w

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dabbe Imagine sending our 14.5-year-olds off into the world to make their way. Wowza! I'm loving having a Laura plot-line now! 3w

dabbe @willaful 😂😂😂 3w

mcctrish @dabbe that‘s what I was thinking too and parents itching at the bit because of all the other mouths to feed 3w

mcctrish Also Laura‘s mother saying “… if you‘re no beauty, be thankful you‘re not a freak” 3w

dabbe @mcctrish Gee, Ma, can't we just settle for plain-looking and not opposite sides of the beauty spectrum? 😂 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I can‘t stand her mom 🤣 3w

mcctrish @dabbe @BarkingMadRead mom is no screaming hell imo ( that saying probably dates back to Lark Rise) 3w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 👍🏻!!! 3w

dabbe @mcctrish 😂😂😂 3w

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Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 29: Laura is moving to Candleford #holyshortchapterbatman #workingfordorcas #nowtheadventurebegins #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 3w

Bookwormjillk Super short, and super sweet. I'm glad she's going to Dorcas. #Imherefordorcas 3w

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mcctrish I keep flipping between my kindle and the kindle app on my phone and somehow I‘ve gotten myself a chapter ahead and skipped this one ( I thought “short chapter? What on earth ?” ) now I get it #offtothebigcity 😆 for Laura 3w

TheAromaofBooks End of book two!! Hopefully we get some more Dorcas tales in book three!! 3w

Cuilin Has anyone watched the TV series? Are you planning to watch? @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks 3w

mcctrish @Cuilin where can I watch it? I do love All Creatures Great and Small so I‘d probably love this too (edited) 3w

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I will probably check it out after we are done! 3w

Cuilin @mcctrish I love All Creatures too!!!! Apparently Lark Rise is on Britbox. 3w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead same. 3w

mcctrish Another reason why I need Britbox @Cuilin 3w

BarkingMadRead It‘s also on Tubi and Prime 3w

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I would love to watch it. Have to see if I can find it somewhere on my clunky old TV.

Edit: after I finish the book of course. (edited) 3w

BarbaraJean @Cuilin I haven‘t watched it, but I‘m planning to once we finish! @mcctrish I need to watch (and read) All Creatures, too! 3w

mcctrish @BarbaraJean ❤️❤️❤️ 3w

TheAromaofBooks @Cuilin - Until we started reading this, I didn't even realize this was a TV series!! But I'm definitely interested in trying it after we finish the book. Now that we're getting into more actual little stories about Laura, I can see better how it would work in TV episode format. 3w

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks I‘m really interested to see how they do it considering everything we‘ve read so far. 3w

AnneCecilie I loved the series, but I watched it on TV when it first was made and have no idea where it would be possible to watch it now @Cuilin @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 3w

Deblovestoread I watched it years ago, too and am looking forward to watching it again when we‘ve finished. I think it‘s available on Prime. 3w

Bookwormjillk Looks like there's a free trial of Brit Box available through Prime. 3w

dabbe Here's a link to all the places you can find it:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/lark-rise-to-candleford

And glory be to the shortest chapter so far! Good luck, Laura! 🤩 3w

KAO @dabbe Thanks for the tip on where to watch this! I‘ve never seen it, so it‘s all new to me. 3w

dabbe @KAO Same here! I think I'll have to watch, too! These characters are growing on me! 🤩 3w

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bookandbedandtea

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

I've heard such good things about this from fellow Littens; I'm excited to get to it. #bookmail

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 28: Laura has a bestie #emilyrose #theperfectchild #thatteacherthough #yikes #runfreelittlelaura #nocandlefordthatyear #lauraandEdwanttofarm #momloseshershit #becauseobviouslyfarmersarelowestofthelow 🙄 #momisntverynicetolaura #notafan #poorlaura #shellfigureitout #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie
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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 3w

Cuilin So Tiger Mom Parenting is not a new concept. 3w

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willaful An old saying of my husband's father, “teenage boys should be put in a barrel and fed through the bunghole, and at 18 you either let them out or close up the bunghole.“ Might not have been a terrible joke if he hadn't actually treated his sons with such disdain. 🤬

I have some sympathy with Laura's mom... the “fear of falling“ must have been really strong in her position. But people who love babies so much are annoying! 😂

Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class

mcctrish Just no one serve me lamb‘s tail pie and I‘d rather books than babies any day (edited) 3w

Bookwormjillk @willaful I have sympathy for her mom too- but maybe because I have two teenagers in the house. It‘s hard to let‘s our dreams for our kids go. On the other had she‘s kind of mean. I hope I don‘t sound that way 😂 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 27: Cousin Dorcas is a badass #femaleblacksmith #postoffice #telegraph #whatcantshedo #socool #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 3w

dabbe I also love how much she inspires Laura. Maybe we will see where and how Laura ends up by the end! 🤩 3w

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TheAromaofBooks Now I need an entire book about Cousin Dorcas! 3w

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks that‘s what I was thinking too. Where‘s the Cousin Dorcas book? 3w

KAO Another vote here for the book about radical Cousin Dorcas! 3w

Ruthiella She totally is a bad ass. A woman can‘t do that? Hold my beer. 3w

mcctrish #dorcasforpresident 3w

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Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 26: laughing because this is what came up when I tried to google that game Laura was playing 🤣 #uncletomsvisitors #queerfishindeed #peoplewatchingFTW #thatyounghubbythough #catlady #tomgavegreatadvice #eventohimself #shortchapter #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 3w

mcctrish Best chapter yet and not the game I pictured or what I ever thought it was called 3w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘m picturing one of those wooden boards with divots in them, and you have to try and roll marbles into the divots 3w

mcctrish I was thinking more of the game you get in Christmas crackers made of plastic with little silver balls but of course it would be wood in these Lark Rise times 3w

Bookwormjillk I had that game! That brings back memories of flinging things at my brother. Anyway, good chapter. Love Uncle Tom and the lady with all the cats who thought everyone was out to get her. 3w

willaful @mcctrish That's what I'm thinking. We have (had?) a large one made with mercury, which of course isn't used anymore! 3w

willaful So this chapter referenced Villette, which I guess is a call-out to #LiteraryCrew, which is reading it next. :-) 3w

BarkingMadRead @willaful #hashtagbrigade read Villette a couple years back as well! 3w

mcctrish @willaful I started Villette today on audio ( I am wondering if I should be reading it ) 3w

tpixie Reminds me of Puff n Stuff … 3w

tpixie @willaful fun coinkydink about Villette, just as we are about to read it! Synchronicity 3w

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mcctrish

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

#bookwormslimited this chapter was a joy ( although the games Laura plays between books are a bit 😳)

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 25: #letsjustletourkidswalk8milesalone #candlefordvisit #mamaispregnantbutwedonttalkaboutthat #livingtheirbestcandlefordlives #eatingboatingshoppingcharades #boooooooks #cranfordFTW #ilovetheiruncle #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 4w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 4w

Bookwormjillk I was so excited when they read Cranford. Felt like a shout out to the #hashtagbrigade 4w

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it 💯 was! 4w

Ruthiella No big deal. There were plenty of other people out and about on the eight mile journey and only a slim chance that they‘d be kidnapped! 😂 4w

AnneCecilie This has been the chapter I‘ve enjoyed the most so far, all the books and chat about books. Cranford, Pilgrim‘s Progress and a Richardson 4w

willaful @Bookwormjillk same! 4w

mcctrish The highlight of this entire book for me is they are reading Cranford @AnneCecilie @willaful @Bookwormjillk #shoutouttohashtagbrigade for real!!!! Imagine thinking calling someone a bookworm is a slur 😱🤭🙄 4w

Bklover This was a good chapter!! I bailed on the #hashtagbrigade for Cranford, so now I need to finish it! 3w

Vansa @mcctrish very late to this discussion but where I'm from,it's very much used as a slur. Both my husband and I have heard this,not from parents but relatives, neighbours,schoolteachers. If you're from a culture that does not value knowledge,or an opinion different from the mainstream,book reading is the worst thing you can do.Just last week I met my husband's cousin who said,“How did he ever get married,he's such an awful Bookworm“ I said I'm one! 2w

mcctrish @Vansa I do sometimes wonder how I managed to leave the house and meet my husband 😆 but I hear you 2w

BarkingMadRead @Vansa ohhhh that‘s interesting 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 24: I‘m digging these shorter chapters #schoolvisitors #teawithteacher #readingallthebooks #politicsinschool 🙄 #notafan #nobodyshouldtellanyonehowtovote #especiallyateacher #anyway #backtothebooks #ilovehowtheyplayact #momhidingthebooks #laurashouldbesewing 🙄 #imwithlaura #sewingishqrd #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 4w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 4w

Bookwormjillk Sewing is hard! 4w

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Cuilin Edmund is my favorite!!!!!! I laughed so hard at “take up your bonnie bridegroom!” It reminds me of my sister and I quoting Monty Python sketches. (edited) 4w

julieclair I am hopelessly behind, but please keep tagging me. 🙄🤪💙 4w

TheBookHippie I highly suggest the illustrated version 😂😂😂😂😂 4w

Bookwormjillk I feel like this book is getting a lot better. Is it just me? 4w

willaful @Bookwormjillk It so helps to have an actual narrative and main character!

My heart just broke over her mom seeing her writing as “wasting her time“ when she should be SEWING! I guess it made sense at the time, but how awesome that “Laura“ turned out to be a writer with a zillion editions of her books. 4w

Ruthiella I really loved the sweet moment with Miss Spencer. 4w

mcctrish @Cuilin Edmund makes me laugh too 4w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s better but it‘s not good 🤣🤣 4w

BarbaraJean @willaful Yes! An actual main character and additional recognizable characters that sometimes appear in more than one chapter! 😆 I felt the same about Laura‘s writing. 4w

BarbaraJean @Bookwormjillk I was thinking today that it‘s getting better, so it‘s not just you—but then it also occurred to me that maybe I‘m just used to it now. So I guess I‘m also in agreement with @mcctrish 😆 4w

Bklover @TheBookHippie I ordered the Illustrated version about a week ago from ThriftBooks. Can‘t want till it gets here. This is, of course, after I purchased a regular copy on ThriftBooks plus a different version from Amazon (I forgot I‘d ordered ThriftBooks) So I now own three copies of a book that I kind of doubt I‘ll read a second time! 😂 4w

TheBookHippie @Bklover I have done that … more than once 😂😵‍💫🤪 4w

dabbe I am so glad you posted the Python pic! That's exactly what I thought of when I read that part! 😂🤩😂 And yay to the shorter chapters! Though the next one is looonnnnnggggg. 😱 4w

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AllDebooks

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

#HashtagBrigade
@BarkingMadRead

We have a saying in UK 'got a face like a cat's arse' reminds me of the chicken a few chapters back.

AllDebooks @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @Librarybelle @Cuilin @eeclayton @Ruthiella @TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean @willaful @dabbe @AnneCecilie 4w

Cuilin I laughed way too hard at that. 😂 4w

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk @quietjenn @Crinoline_Laphroaig @JacqMac @julieclair @Deblovestoread @Vansa @Bklover @SamAnne @KAO @CoverToCoverGirl @Tineke @Sace 4w

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AllDebooks @Cuilin as did I 😅 4w

Bklover 😂🤣😂🤣 4w

Kerrbearlib I want that cookie cutter! 4w

Librarybelle 😂 4w

dabbe 😂😂😂 4w

Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂😂😂 4w

mcctrish My father in law says “that‘s cat‘s ass” when something is good which makes NO SENSE 4w

AllDebooks @mcctrish No sense at all 😅 4w

AmyG I actually love this. 4w

BarbaraJean 😂😂 4w

Deblovestoread 🤣🤣🤣 4w

Ruthiella 😹😹😹 4w

TheBookgeekFrau 🤣🤣🤣 4w

Sparklemn Love it! 4w

AnishaInkspill 😂😂 4w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 23: Laura goes to school #snipesnipelongleggedsnipe #kidscanbesomean #thatethelthough #pieceofwork #poorpolly #andletsendwithaneardrowning 🙄 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 4w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 4w

Cuilin I think we‘ve all experienced that person who was your friend, but wasn‘t your friend? #EthelPinch #WhoNeedsEnemies. 4w

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Bklover When I saw Nellie Olsen in the photo I heard her say “country girls” in that nasty Nellie voice. 😂😅 4w

JacqMac lol I‘m still a little bit behind. But I love reading this before bed. It‘s perfect. 4w

willaful @JacqMac That's what I do too.

We're almost having a story now? At least somewhat linear? Huzzah! 4w

Bookwormjillk Is that it for Candleford then? It is getting more linear and I‘m interested in what Laura does in the future. From the hints it doesn‘t seem like she goes into service. 4w

BarkingMadRead @Bklover same 🤣 4w

KAO @Cuilin Definitely remembering an Ethel or two from my early grades in school! 4w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk well Candleford wasn‘t all it was expected to be so …..?! 🤣🤣 4w

mcctrish Also, how about those friends who ran for help and left Laura to drown when she fell through the ice ? 4w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 22: #muchbetterfamily #poorlittlejohnny #spoiledandthensenttowar #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 1mo

mcctrish Not sure candleford is all it‘s cracked up to be 🤣🤣 also children who like school? #willwondersevercease 1mo

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KAO I loved the last couple of sentences of this chapter—on how we remember our friends from childhood. 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish The grass rarely is greener on the other side, isn't it? 💚 1mo

mcctrish @dabbe absolutely 1mo

willaful I liked the sly bit of social commentary with Laura's mother... so many people like to cry over situations in book and ignore them in real life! 1mo

Bklover @willaful I have probably been guilty of that at times myself!!😉 4w

Bookwormjillk @KAO me too 4w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 21: finally! #wemadeitovertocandleford #snobbyrelations #politicaruinseverything #thefoodsoundedgoodthough 🤷🏻‍♀️ #lauracantcatchabreakanywhere #thistimeitsherfreckles #imlookingatyouLIW #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 1mo

Cuilin This Irish girl is on team #Laura‘sFather as I find it interesting that the rich comfortable person says “it‘s just politics” like it isn‘t life and death for some people. Rant over. 1mo

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dabbe @Cuilin 💚🍀💚 1mo

willaful @Cuilin 👏👏 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @Cuilin - I haven't been a big fan of Laura's father up until this point, but I was impressed with his determination to stand his ground on an issue where he would have been in the minority at that time/place. 1mo

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks exactly. 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin good point 1mo

mcctrish I have to say I laughed out loud at the horse, the brother in law not so much 👎🏻👎🏻 Robert is the better man in this situation 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 20: Mrs Herring giving me HO feels 🤣 #lauraisscaredofthecloset #hermomtreatsherlikecrap #notafan #anyway #mrsHcomestocleanitout #mumwonttakegandmedowns #sheplanstopickthegarbageinstead #becausethatsbetter 🤣 #tomorrowwegotocandleford #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 1mo

dabbe Candleford is “civilized,“ which means we won't find Huckleberry Finn there. 😂 1mo

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mcctrish What?! We are finally going to Candleford! #itsamiracle #followtheyellowbrickroad 1mo

Bookwormjillk If you look in the mirror at midnight and say lumber 3 times you‘ll see a ghost. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣👻👻👻 1mo

willaful I always had terrible closet fears, so I really felt for Laura with this one! 1mo

Ruthiella We see in this chapter that hoarding as a pathology is quite old. 😱 1mo

Ruthiella @mcctrish I believe it when I read it! 😂 #wevebeenburnedbefore 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 19: #gossiptime #rachelthegossip #harrietshappenings 🤣 #iwantagoldenballtoolaura #pattyandyoungamos #larkrisefrownsoncougars #unlessitspatty 🤷🏻‍♀️ #misshanniganwithouttheattitude #gertieisatrip #shesjustpretty #cameomerton #ilikethenopoliticsthing #bigfan #notafanoftheestablishedrankthough #yikes #sweetoldmaidsandnurses #thiswasafunchapter #hashtagbrigade #oh #iwouldnotwantthesestinkyflowersinmyhouse 🤢

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 1mo

mcctrish Actually felt like a story for once #larkriseisnotcougartown best insult goes to #hermouthislikeahensbackside 1mo

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willaful @mcctrish I'm pretty sure I encountered that same insult in

Here We Go Again: A Novel

1mo

mcctrish @willaful nothing new under the sun 🤣 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🐓🐓🐓🐓 1mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I‘m not even sure what that insult means exactly but I like it 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish I actually laughed out loud when I read it in the book and louder at this post! 😂😂😂 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it can‘t be good 🤣 1mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 👏🏻😂👏🏻 1mo

KAO I‘ve enjoyed these past two chapters! I think that all of the previous details about life in this hamlet enhance my appreciation for the difficulties and hard-won delights of this time period—and I can‘t help but wonder how readers 80+ years from now will read about life in the 2020s with no small amount of amusement! 1mo

BarbaraJean @mcctrish @willaful @Bookwormjillk @dabbe I came here for the hen‘s backside discussion 😂 1mo

dabbe @BarbaraJean 😂🤩😂 1mo

dabbe @KAO Agree 💯! 1mo

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Ruthiella

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

I had to look up the etiquette of calling cards. So complicated!

#HashtagBrigade

Reggie This is a lot. 1mo

Ruthiella @Reggie I‘m glad it isn‘t something I have to worry about! It‘s so intricate. 1mo

AnnCrystal woW, that's complicated. It always seems simple and elegant in the movies 😂👍💝. 1mo

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Ruthiella @AnnCrystal I know, right? 😅 1mo

Megabooks Wow! Things were hard before texting. 😉 😂 1mo

Ruthiella @Megabooks You could even ghost people by not returning a card! 😅 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 18: apparently mom tells good stories 🤷🏻‍♀️ #poorjimmythough #thathadtohurt #chancerymoney #talkaboutatalltale #andthosedarnpigsagain #stillnotincandleford #butwegettohearaboutit #sortof #andpoacherswiveswithlotsofbutter #sososorandom #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 1mo

Ruthiella I‘m desperate now to see Candlefort! 😅 Let‘s get out of this hamlet! 1mo

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mcctrish First #godblesscanada for the pension although I‘m not sure why canada was paying it Second I had to look up quick lime #helpswiththesmellnotthedecomposition 🐖☠️ #madpigdisease ? Poor Jimmy #couldntjumptheshark 1mo

mcctrish @Ruthiella are we just going to talk about Candlefort? #everythingisbetterincandlefort #nonehaseveractuallybeenthere 1mo

Bookwormjillk Poor Jimmy #GonnaNeedABiggerBoat 1mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig I read through Volume 1. I'm bailing for now and just going to enjoy the Hashtags. If y'all spot a plot I'll join back in. 🤪 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig I am not optimistic 🤣 1mo

willaful When are we going to get to the fireworks factory!

Poor Edmund's mom though... what a monkey's paw for her. 😭 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 17: 230 pages in and NOW we get a storyline? #laurasoriginstory #uglyduckling #peoplearemean #andletsnotforgetpattyandhershotgunwedding #andofcourseweendwiththepig #wheresfernwhenyouneedher #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

Cuilin I used to think that the hashtags were just fun and quirky and now I‘m so glad for the recapping because I forget what I read two hours ago. I could blame a book without a plot but I actually think it‘s me. lol 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @cuilin #ifeelthisinmysoul I had to go back and confirm patty‘s name, I thought it was Peg 🤣🙈 1mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin no, it's me too. Lol 😅 1mo

dabbe @Cuilin Nope, it's the lack of plot. I do the exact same thing. I've been skimming a lot, too. A while back one of the chapters was called “Farming“, and I just skimmed and thought “Oh, with a moo moo there, and an oink oink there ... Old McDonald had a farm ... chapter over. 🙄 1mo

Bookwormjillk It‘s me too! I know I read this but all I remember is the pig 😂 1mo

willaful The book did it just to prove me wrong! 😂 1mo

mcctrish @dabbe I‘m laughing at that Old MacDonald reference out loud 1mo

mcctrish With no intent to sound sacrilegious, this book reminds me of the Bible 🤣🤣 this second book is just a different apostle‘s take on the Lark Rise to Boredom 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #epic 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish Lark Rise to Randomness, too! 🤩😂🤗 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish I aim to please! 🤩😂😘 1mo

Bklover @dabbe 😂😂😂 Between you and @BarkingMadRead ‘s hashtags I am still finding myself completely entertained! 😂😘 1mo

eeclayton I really admire your patience, I haven't been able to pick up the book since I finished chapter 7. I guess it's officially a DNF now. 1mo

dabbe @Bklover Nobody does 'em better than @BarkingMadRead! She keeps all of us sane and laughing! 🤩😂😘 1mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe awwwwwww thanks #imheretohelp 1mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🩶🖤🩶 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 16: this chapter was all over the place #thebicyclethough #somethingsneverchange #stillinlarkrisethough #maybewewillseemoreofcandlefordtomorrow 🤷🏻‍♀️ #staytuned #whoamikidding #staytunedforwhat 🤣 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

AllDebooks Looks like an instrument of torture. No doubt it was 🫣 1mo

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mcctrish Previously on Lark Rise ……. 1mo

willaful Hehehe...

What on EARTH was that saying about dogs and butter? I couldn't make heads or tails of it. 😂 1mo

Bookwormjillk I know I read this chapter but I can‘t remember it. Sounds like it probably doesn‘t matter. Like The Hotel last year I think this probably is better on TV. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful your guess is as good as mine 🤣 1mo

RamsFan1963 Every time I see one of these bikes, it reminds me of the TV series The Prisoner. 1mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk this chapter was all over the place!! 1mo

dabbe This chapter was definitely a skimmer one. And I totally missed the butter saying--that was one of the paragraphs I just gave a glance to. C'mon, Flora, please give us a plot! 😂 1mo

willaful @dabbe second verse, same as the first... I don't think there's a plot a'comin'! 1mo

BarbaraJean @willaful @dabbe I suppose it would be odd if the second book suddenly veered into a plot with actual character development instead of random unconnected tidbits of life in Lark Rise… but a girl can dream 😆 1mo

dabbe @willaful 😭😭😭 ... oops, that's for MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO. 😂 1mo

dabbe @BarbaraJean Boy, you said it! #randomnesseverywhere!!! 1mo

Ruthiella @willaful I guess what is meant is don‘t waste something worthwhile (butter) when there is an easier way to get what you want? 1mo

Bklover At least no one is weeping or fainting! 1mo

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AnneCecilie

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Yet it was thrilling to see a man hurtling through space on one high wheel, with another tiny wheel wobbling helplessly behind. You wondered how they managed to keep their balance. No wonder they wore an anxious air. ‘Bicyclist‘s face‘, the expression was called, and the newspapers foretold a hunchbacked and tortured-faced future generation as a result of the pastime.

(This would have been something to see, and in my google search for a picture

AnneCecilie I learned that this was more warned about towards women.) #Hashtagbrigade (edited) 1mo

willaful @AnneCecilie isn't everything. :-\ 1mo

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Bookwormjillk

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Live footage of @TheBookHippie tonight reading Lark Rise #hashtagbrigade

TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1mo

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 1mo

mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 I laughed out loud 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 15: holidays #somuchyummyfood #gingerbreadandchocolate #queensjubilee #livingtheirbestlives #untiltheywerent #thatlastline #ripedmund #offtocandleford #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie
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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

mcctrish What a bloody chapter! Party Party Party 🎉 oh and Edmund died 1mo

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Cuilin I was nervous when she mentioned the Irish coming to help. Usually branded during this time (propaganda) as unreliable drunkards and agitators but no, the opposite, happy to help, work, party Saturday night and mass on Sunday. ☘️ 1mo

TheAromaofBooks That last sentence! Sheesh. What a way to end the book! 1mo

dabbe @Cuilin Éirinn go Brách! ☘️ 1mo

Ruthiella Lots of meat and puddings. 1mo

willaful @TheAromaofBooks So this was the end? My edition has the next chapter continuing the numbering so I wasn't sure.

The rather ironic view of the Queen reminded me of this song from the British series “Rock Follies“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_GMgPo5J8Q 1mo

Bookwormjillk What a buzz kill 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - Yes, my edition has the three books separated, so this was the end of Lark Rise, and tomorrow we'll start Over the Candleford. 1mo

Bklover We made it 1/3!! 1mo

AnneCecilie That last sentence. 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 14: church, this reminded me of the second episode of LHOTP where the Rev lectures the wives because the husbands stayed home 🤣 #godunderstandsfarmers #somanycustoms #notmuchchanges #poormissellison #ripmarley #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

TheBookHippie Can you remove me from the lists please. Thanks. 1mo

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AllDebooks Poor Marley, that was sad 😔 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie for this book or the #hashtagbrigade as well? 1mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead For all of it thanks. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie we will miss you! 1mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead sorry too much going on here!!! If I can pop back in I‘ll let you know. 1mo

TheAromaofBooks I love Laura going to the “weird“ church service just for something to do 😂 1mo

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks me too. Actually I like this book whenever Laura is mentioned, then it feels like a story and less like an accounting 1mo

willaful @mcctrish Yes, that helps. 1mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish you are so right 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish Bam! That's the word for this book. It's an ACCOUNTING of every single aspect of daily life. I'm close to saying #uhCOUNTmeout! 😂 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk what really funny is I did my reading at school today during silent reading time. I have this and my Sunday Buddy Read on my kindle and I decided I‘d knock my chapter off using the kindle app on my phone. But it was queued up to Grand Hotel and I was so perplexed as to where the German dancer came from and who was he backing into a corner 1mo

mcctrish @dabbe I mean, it certainly is a glimpse into a day in the life but my god it‘s dry as toast 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #plottwist 1mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead #laurawenttotheball 😳 1mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish lol 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish - It's true!! I honestly can't decide whether or not I like this book!? But I love the more personal glimpses we get with Laura's opinions/thoughts/actions vs. the overview. 1mo

KAO I found it remarkable that there was a lot to say about the role of church (including the rector‘s practices outside of services) in this hamlet. Nowhere near this amount of detail was given about school! Then again, the actual church building was often located at the center of a village (or is that true only in Germany, Austria, and other European countries where I‘ve seen it so often?). I can imagine how the church was figuratively central too. 1mo

KAO I do agree that my interest is sparked when I get a glimpse of Laura or Edmund‘s behaviors! Or of particular background stories on occasionally introduced characters. Poor Rev. Marley! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 13: I couldn‘t find any pics on google that showed #mayday with a #creepydoll 🤷🏻‍♀️ #beautifulchapter #shortchapter #perfectspringday #exceptthatcreepydoll #isaidwhatisaid #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

Ruthiella Nice and short! 1mo

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Bookwormjillk Lol holding the creepy doll up to the window. This chapter reminded me of when certain neighbors turn to our listserve to be cranky about Halloween. According to them the kids never do it right. 1mo

AllDebooks Dolls really creep me out 1mo

mcctrish I love a short chapter, sucks it was ruined by the creepy doll 1mo

TheAromaofBooks I've read about May Day festivities in many old books, but I don't remember ever hearing about a doll before. 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 12: school testing #someveryinterestingcharacters #iseethatschoolteachersnevergotrespect 🙄 #theconcertattheendthough #everyconcertateveryschooleverywhereforever 🤣 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

Bookwormjillk Some things never change! 1mo

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Cuilin Poor teacher couldn‘t even enjoy a cup of tea. As an early childhood educator we learned never to attend a child‘s party out of school hours as parents would use us as babysitters or entertainers. 1mo

willaful Interesting commentary on the class issues for the teachers. Kind of an extension of that for governesses I guess. I chortled at “3 ladies, 3 women, and a teacher.“ 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk for real 1mo

dabbe @Cuilin That would happen when Matt and I would be escorts at middle school dances. We always had to stay until every kid was picked up, and sometimes parents would come 1-2 hours later--probably because of their own so-called date night! No wonder all the teachers then went to the bar and drank. 🤩 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 11: school #everybodywaskungfufighting #poormisshiggs #lauradidntfaretoowell #savages #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

Bklover Good grief they‘re all little monsters!! 1mo

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Bklover Perfect photo too! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bklover it‘s the first thing I thought of when she talked about everyone rolling around in the dirt 🤣 1mo

AllDebooks I was feeling sorry for them, being sent out into the world at 12. But, OMG,I bet those parents were pulling their hair out! 😱 1mo

willaful This reminded me so much of Understood Betsy -- though weirdly, more the city school than Betsy's idyllic country school. Also brought to mind the Anne books, and the Little House books... it's fun to read this with a strong background in children's literature. 😁 1mo

AllDebooks Best photo match, ever 😅 1mo

mcctrish Glad to see nothing‘s changed #savages 🤣🤣 1mo

Ruthiella This chapter reminded me of the schoolroom battle portrayed in Laura Ingalls Wilder‘s

Farmer Boy

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dabbe I cracked up when Miss Higgs told the class she wanted to be their friend, and the students “scented weakness ... from one whose office it was to rule.“ There's a reason why teachers don't smile until 2nd semester. 😂

My first year teaching I had an 8th grade class from hell. I literally begged them to be good and promised them an ice cream party EVERY Friday if they were. Did it work? Nope. Major lesson learned. By me. 😂 1mo

KAO As a retired teacher myself, I was looking forward to this chapter! I am fascinated by accounts of school life from the past! I had a distant relative who was a teacher in a one room schoolhouse in Canada many decades ago—and man oh man, but she had stories to tell! (edited) 1mo

Bookwormjillk I was kind of happy Laura wasn‘t top in her class. Nothing wrong with smart girls of course but it seems like every girl in every book ends up number one in her class. Kind of relatable to read about one who was good at some things and not at others. 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 10: I was going to post a pic of Mary and Laura but then we were introduced to the #garibaldi #thatchickwasnutsthough #thosegirlsworkedhard #yikes #soyoung #bessieandchokey #newgenerationofhousewives #yougogirls #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

Bookwormjillk I never got to Little House last night but this chapter gave me Downton Abbey vibes so now I really don't know what to watch. #FridayProblems 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yessssss it was very #upstairsdownstairs 1mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead but also those two sisters who make moonshine on The Waltons #WhatToWatch 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk toss two sisters just wanted some money of their own #sistersdoingitforthemselves 1mo

willaful What's a “bedroom utensil?“ From context, I'm guessing a chamber pot? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful I think so? The only other thing I can think of would be one of these heating pans for cold nights 1mo

Bookwormjillk @willaful @BarkingMadRead I was wondering too but was afraid to google 1mo

Bklover I love how the younger generation quit popping out kids by the dozen! Those kids had to start working so young. 1mo

Cuilin The last paragraph about wages finally being raised in the 90s, but then other costs rising too, and it taking a war for it to level out 😳 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin yeah 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 9: playground games #thiswasfun #untiltheend 🐦 🐰 #icomefromahuntingfamily #thisdidntfeellikehunting #butthegameswerefun #ifnotalittleodd #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

Bookwormjillk Kind of like duck duck goose until it wasn‘t 1mo

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dabbe The bird killings just about killed me and reminded me of AGNES GREY. 😱 1mo

Bookwormjillk Oh hey good news past me bought Little House on prime. I know what I‘m doing tonight. 1mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk 😍 1mo

Cuilin Loved the games, hated the bird torture. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I love this for you! 1mo

willaful I'm some behind because of travel! Hope to catch up tonight. 1mo

Bklover Bunch of little serial killers! 1mo

mcctrish I‘m thinking of introducing some of these games when I‘m on yard duty tomorrow #imgoingtobeabighitwiththekids 🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish Usual tangents in this chapter imo 🤦🏻‍♀️ @Cuilin 🙄 1mo

Cuilin @mcctrish they Work!! I did this years aga with K - 5 and they loved them!! We had some different names but some of the same games. You can find lots of them online. I put a binder of them together for other teachers to use. I hope the school still uses it because the kids love them. It worked for a theater group too. 1mo

julieclair @Cuilin How fun! I can see where they‘d be quite a novelty to today‘s kids. @mcctrish Did you try them with the kids today? 1mo

mcctrish @julieclair no, I was on the intermediate yard ( grade 7&8 ) they only want to walk around in their tee shirts and shiver 🥶 1mo

julieclair Tee shirts! You have got to be kidding! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 8: I have so many things to say 🙄🤣 #melodeon #thiswholechapterwasbassackwards #somanyconflictingtheories #hesterprynnewantsherABack #thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #readysetgo #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

Cuilin The lodger and the couple that followed him. Yeah I want that story!! 😉 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin important details were totally left out 🤣 1mo

ElizaMarie Ya'll I tried. I fell behind, then caught up (mostly) but just couldn't. Its so.. not for me. I am bailing! See you next month :) 1mo

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie it happens! 1mo

Bookwormjillk This chapter was a little grim. Let's get back to the food and the grandparents. (edited) 1mo

mcctrish Okay, do the unwed mothers get to borrow the box? 1mo

Bklover It seems that there are some inconsistencies in whether you are considered a harlot, or that it “just happens.” And it helps if you can play a musical instrument. 1mo

Ruthiella Too me, this chapter isn‘t really that different from how society judges women having children now. 1mo

julieclair I liked the idea of The Box. Unless, as @mcctrish asks, the unwed mothers are excluded. That would be awful. 1mo

willaful I'm surprised by the “pink for girls, blue for boys.“ My understanding is it wasn't codified until the 20th century and it was the other was around when it was! 1mo

mcctrish @willaful I wondered about that too 1mo

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BarbaraJean

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

“Steal not this book for fear of shame,
For in it doth stand the owner's name,
And at the last day God will say
'Where is that book you stole away?'
And if you say, 'I cannot tell,'
He'll say, 'Thou cursed, go to hell.‘

All or any of these books were freely lent, for none of the owners wanted to read them.”

Apparently there‘s a special place in hell for people who don‘t return books, even though nobody in Lark Rise cared 😂 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 7: callers #tinkerjones #gipsies #thesejobssoundexhausting #thatteaservicethough 😍 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

AllDebooks I'm really enjoying this social history of village life. ☺️ 1mo

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mcctrish He really sold those tomatoes 🍅 😆 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so random 🤣 1mo

Cuilin @mcctrish right? 😆 1mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks I‘m loving the sense of community. 1mo

Bookwormjillk So glad when the dad bought that china or whatever it was. Love the image here too. Maybe I should binge watch Little House tonight?

This book is growing on me now that I know it's not really about anything. Kind of like Seinfeld. 1mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin reading it alongside Hard Times has definitely shown the extraordinary differences in life, both rural and city over such a short period of time. 1mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk I had a nostalgia attack for LHOTP from that image. 😍 1mo

KAO I was hungry when I started this chapter, and all of the food references were noted with particular interest! And thank goodness for the glossary at the back of my book, so I can find out what “bloaters” and other terms mean! 1mo

KAO I‘m ready to bring back the name “love apples” for tomatoes! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk so much of this gives me little house vibes 1mo

Bklover I‘ve had little house vibes too! @Bookwormjillk It‘s growing on me too! Once you stop waiting for something to happen it‘s all rather lovely. 1mo

Sparklemn @Bklover That is a perfect one-sentence review! Made me chuckle. 😆 (edited) 1mo

julieclair I was surprised by the number of unhoused people wandering through the hamlet. Even families. So sad. But I loved how generous the women were. 1mo

rubyslippersreads I‘m finding this book rather comforting, and am thinking maybe it‘s the lack of action. 🙂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads 💯 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 6: basically a chapter about all the ways you can gossip 🤷🏻‍♀️ #worksforme #whiledoinglaundry #lookingforthepostman #whatacrank #teaparties #visiting #borrowing #butnotthemethody #shewasjustsweet #swappingflowercuttings #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

dabbe God forbid Mrs. Mullins shows up on your doorsteps or the end-of-the-month borrowers! 😂 1mo

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dabbe It would explain a LOT if Mrs. Mullins turned out to be the narrator. 🤩 1mo

mcctrish @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish I did think it was so sweet they shared cuttings of their plants 💚💚💚 1mo

willaful I was struck by how the belongings of the older folks were disregarded, because I've seen the exact same thing happen... my husband's mom spent years preserving furniture and antiques that are family history and now she's gone, absolutely nobody wants them or has room for them. :-( 1mo

Ruthiella @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

Ruthiella @willaful There‘s a lot in here that is repeated from new generation to new generation and it‘s only by reading that we understand this. I was thinking about how probably the worst factory made furniture of the 50s is still better than throw away IKEA furniture of today. (edited) 1mo

Ruthiella Did anyone notice that “wide mouths, high cheek bones and snub noses” were not considered “feminine good looks”? How our beauty standards have changed. 1mo

Cuilin I love the phrase rheumaticky limbs and will be using it from now on. 1mo

Bookwormjillk I loved this chapter but kept falling asleep. This book is too soothing. Tomorrow (today now) I need to read in the morning. Uncle Rubey is a boobie! 1mo

Bklover I love the inscriptions on the insides of the book covers. Kind of a fun idea! 1mo

willaful @mcctrish perhaps especially the pennyroyal?! Interesting to come across a reference to that. 1mo

julieclair Reading through these comments makes me realize there was a lot to think about in this chapter. More than I realized when I was reading it 1mo

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

My thoughts @BarkingMadRead while reading today's #HashtagBrigade -
"As to flowers in pots, they didn't hold with the nasty, messy things. But they did, at least, believe in cleaning up their houses once a day, for public opinion demanded that of them."?

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

BarkingMadRead How nasty and messy are flowers in pots?!? Yikes! 1mo

Sparklemn Messy maybe. But nasty? 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 5: such a sweet chapter! #sallyanddickgivingoffharrietandnelsvibes #notthemoneyaspect #thehenpeckedhubbyaspect #queenieandherbees #twisterwasquitethecharacter #tellingthebeeshedied 😭 #grandpawassosweet #mypopwaslikethat #mynanwaslikethegrandmatoo 🤣 #somanyfunpersonalities #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 1mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 1mo

Bklover Yes to Harriet and Nels! I also checked out a video of lace making the old fashioned way. Hope this link works! https://youtu.be/Mr4t1sgXAA4?si=Ge72E_iyd0aRgwDm 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bklover that‘s insane! I would get so confused! 1mo

Bklover I know! I would too. I wanted to see what “throwing bobbins” was all about. 1mo

Bookwormjillk I‘m here for the bees. And Twister. Glad he didn‘t stab that baby though. 1mo

Ruthiella @Bklover Thank you for the link. That is amazing work. (edited) 1mo

TheAromaofBooks I've done some basic bobbin lace making myself (mostly bookmarks 😂) but some of the complicated patterns are just amazing. This chapter was loads of fun. 1mo

willaful I love the old legends around informing the bees! 1mo

Bklover @Ruthiella 🩷 @TheAromaofBooks Wow!! It looks incredibly confusing! 1mo

mcctrish Finally it feels like we meet some people and not just towns/hamlets/villages I laughed out loud at ladies over 50 being into snuff 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish Boys gotta have their pints, gals gotta have their snuff! Love the old men being controlled by their women, too! 😂 1mo

Deblovestoread Glad to get to know the citizens a bit. 1mo

mcctrish @dabbe glad they have something 1mo

julieclair This is the first chapter I have been able to get through without falling asleep. Perhaps this book is growing on me. 1mo

KAO @Bklover Thanks for the video link showing bobbin lace-making! That‘s amazing! 1mo

Bklover @KAO You‘re welcome! I thought it looked fascinating. And difficult!! ❤️ 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 4: this is william Gladstone #ifyouactuallycare 🤣 #meninbars #notmuchchanges 🤷🏻‍♀️ #drinkingbeerwithallthatsparemoney 🙄 🍻 #drunkenbarsinging #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 2mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2mo

Cuilin I may be in the minority here, but I‘m loving this book. It‘s like looking at a huge pastoral painted masterpiece and seeing all the details. 2mo

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Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I actually don‘t mind it but I think it would be better read in chunks or all at once. To me chapter a day is kind of weird for a book like this. 2mo

dabbe I did love reading the songs today. They were like ballads--or maybe they were actually ballads. 😂 2mo

mcctrish It‘s just a lot of words setting the scene for an episode of All Creatures Great and Small imo and I‘d like it to start already 2mo

willaful @dabbe It's definitely ballads! I'm interested in folk music, so I enjoyed this chapter. I recognized a few of these because they made it to Appalachia and Jean Ritchie sang them. 2mo

Bookwormjillk I was trying to figure out the tunes for each one but in my mind they all sounded like Chumbawumba. 2mo

dabbe @willaful 🤩🤗🤩 2mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🤩😂🤗 2mo

Bklover @Cuilin The way this is written reminds me of the early Little House books minus any drama. The difference being the target audience. 2mo

willaful @Bookwormjillk Here's a bit of Jean Ritchie singing Lord Lovell: https://folkways.si.edu/jean-ritchie/lord-lovel/american-folk-old-time-world/mus...

And here's a version of “False Sir John“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAT5mDCwKpE 2mo

KAO I enjoyed some of the songs that I found on YouTube—especially “The Outlandish Knight”! https://youtu.be/bq6RldgW7NQ?si=bX_O2D6mjk1HasWB (edited) 2mo

KAO @Cuilin I‘m with you! I‘m enjoying the book so far (though I‘m not usually so patient with long descriptions), and the word “pastoral” seems perfect. Maybe it‘s just what my anxious mind needs right now! 2mo

Cuilin @KAO exactly, it‘s so relaxing. 1mo

julieclair @Cuilin I love your perspective! I think I need to change the lens through which I have been viewing this book. 1mo

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willaful

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

i have the cutest tiny edition of this from the library (shown on a regular sized hardcover for scale.) But the print is too small for my aging eyes, so I have to use my ereader!

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Bookwormjillk That‘s what I would have to do too 2mo

Ruthiella I can only imagine how small the print must be! I have a paperback copy from the library with normal sized print and it is a BRICK! 2mo

TheBookHippie Mine is still enroute 😅😵‍💫😬 I‘d need a magnifying glass 🫠 2mo

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AllDebooks 🧐 I can barely see the book, never mind the print. 2mo

Librarybelle Cute edition, but I can only imagine the size of the print! 2mo

julieclair Thankfully, I‘m reading it on my tablet, so 1) I can‘t see how thick the book is and 2) I can adjust the size of the print to suit my old eyes! 😂 2mo

BarkingMadRead That‘s a cool cover!! 2mo

mcctrish Such a pretty cover but micro print is ridiculous. I‘m on my e reader too and I think I‘d like to know how far I have to read of this meandering bucolic story 2mo

Deblovestoread I‘m on an e reader, too. Although I can still read fairly small print it causes headaches so I steer clear. 2mo

Bookwomble It looks like Macmillan Collector's edition judging by the cover layout. I love those books, but as you say, the font can be challenging at times! 🔎📖 2mo

quietjenn So pretty, but I sympathize about the font. I'm reading the ebook, too. 2mo

willaful @Bookwomble Yes, that's it. I remember the first edition of “The Professor“ I ever read was a tiny one like this -- but I was maybe 16 then! 2mo

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