Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy

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

so-so

Another book read in January. I bought this back in 2014, as I had watched the series with the same name and loved it. So this book was a bit of a disappointment. I can‘t believe how they managed to get an amazing series out of these books. This is all tell and no dialogue and will tell about different aspects of the village life in separate chapters.

I‘m glad I got it off my tbr and that I read it with the #HashtagBrigade

BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead The fact that there‘s a series blows my mind! This could have been a novella 🤣 2mo

eeclayton I DNFed this one, even with the #hashtagbrigade I couldn't go on. 2mo

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Vansa

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

@Cseydel
Congratulations on 50k!And how kind to do a #50kgiveaway,not putting my name in the hat,but commenting because Litsy is so much fun!This is the comment I had posted on texreaders post for why I love Litsy. And the generosity of all the kind people who hold giveaways!

CSeydel Well said! It really is a wonderful variety of people here, and still such a positive energy. 7mo

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BarkingMadRead

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 8mo

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. 8mo

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mcctrish I am happy to be out of this #underwhelmedonallcounts what happened to Laura? Not even flora cares 8mo

Ruthiella I really liked this book a lot! I didn‘t mind that it was slow and plotless. 😆😍 8mo

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. 8mo

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) 8mo

Bookwormjillk Also Miss Lane gives Misery vibes and I would have liked to hear more about that. #ImYourBiggestFan 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk omg she 💯 does! 🤣🤣🤣 8mo

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. 8mo

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. 8mo

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. 8mo

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!!! 8mo

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 🤯!!! 8mo

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! 😂 8mo

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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. 🎉 8mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 8mo

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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 8mo

Read4life Every book counts. In one way or another. 🤓 💙🩷💙 8mo

dabbe @Read4life @AmyG 🤗🤓😘 8mo

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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 🤣🤣🤣🤣 8mo

dabbe Agree 💯!!! 🤩😂🤗 8mo

annahenke I loved this TV series but never read the book! 8mo

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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 8mo

mcctrish This was a wonderfully fast chapter, from workplace harassment to the greatest mansplained romance of all time 👍🏻👍🏻 #dontletthedoorhityouonthewayout (edited) 8mo

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #eloquentlyput 8mo

Cuilin I feel a little guilty knowing Mrs Macey‘s business. 🤫 as to Mr Phillip #ILoveTheSoundOfMyOwnVoice White, good for Laura saying thanks but no!!! 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin ahhhhhhh I totally left that out! That was so sad, and I liked it better thinking he was off traveling 8mo

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? 😂 8mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful #andlaurawenttoafricaanddiedtheend 8mo

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) 8mo

KAO I‘m so relieved that Laura didn‘t settle for Philip White. No, thank you, but your egotism has been amusing anyway, Sir. 8mo

dabbe @willaful My lips are sealed. Until tomorrow. 😂 8mo

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 8mo

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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!!! 8mo

BarkingMadRead It‘s one of those baby chunks that sneak up on you and clobber you over the head 🤣 8mo

Amiable Some colossal chunksters glide by so smoothly we hardly know we‘ve moved, and certain bitsy ones make us work like Sisyphus. 😄 8mo

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dabbe @ferskner It was painful in quite a few places. 😂 8mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead And it's heavy enough to do some damage! 😂 8mo

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! 💪🏻 8mo

BarkingMadRead No shade for bailing last time, almost everyone did 🤣🤣🤣 8mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead And it was my 2nd time trying it. #oytotheultimatevey 🤩 8mo

julieclair Congrats for finishing! 🏆 I‘m still climbing uphill. But like you, I‘m determined to finish. 💪 8mo

dabbe @julieclair ❣️💪🏻❣️ 8mo

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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 😂 8mo

Deblovestoread Perfect review! 🩷❤️🩷 8mo

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 🤣 8mo

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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead same 😂 has anyone invented time travel yet? 8mo

dabbe Tomorrow is the last day, but gosh dang it, I just had to get it over with! 😂😂😂 8mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe I get it. Pull the band aid off. Even if it does happen sloooowly. 8mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Perfect analogy! 🙌🏻 8mo

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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 8mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 8mo

willaful I knew you'd find an interesting pic for this chapter! 8mo

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BarkingMadRead @willaful #mygooglegameisstrong 8mo

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. 8mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks yes! That‘s a perfect comparison, I felt the same way! 8mo

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. 8mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk the letters from her mom 💗 “ they deserved a wider public than that one young daughter” So sweet. 8mo

Cuilin Also, what is wrong with the word Plimsolls? 8mo

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 8mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 8mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 🤣🤣 8mo

dabbe @Cuilin I marked that quote as a keeper to go in my reading journal! 🩶🩷🩶 8mo

dabbe @mcctrish I so needed this today! 😂😂😂 8mo

mcctrish @dabbe pretty sure it was the inspiration for 🎶Jack and Diane🎶 8mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish thanks for the ear worm 🤣🤣 8mo

dabbe @mcctrish OMG, you almost made me pee my pants. Translates to: you almost made me read the Pirates of Penzance. 🤩😂🤩 8mo

mcctrish @dabbe 🤣🤣😆 8mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead one ear worm begets another 8mo

willaful I was sad about the two men who lived together being harrassed. What's that line about history rhyming? 😒 8mo

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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 8mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 8mo

Bookwormjillk A lot happened today. None of it was related to anything. But you‘re right- a whole darn season. 8mo

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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk a season I‘d watch with popcorn!! 8mo

willaful Team Susie! 8mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful 💯 #hehaditcoming 8mo

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 8mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘m reading Iron Flame right now, although I‘m not getting through it as fast as I‘d like! 8mo

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 8mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #booknerdproblems 8mo

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BarkingMadRead

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 8mo

Cuilin What happened in India Ben?? Why do I suddenly want to work in the post office? 8mo

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Bookwormjillk I could relate to getting caught reading on the job. 8mo

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.... 8mo

mcctrish Thank goodness they let the ‘ooomen ride the bicycles now 8mo

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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. 8mo

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 🤣 8mo

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. 8mo

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Ruthiella There has to be some embellishment there. 8mo

mcctrish @Ruthiella @willaful I was wondering if I was missing things with my skimming 🤣🤣 8mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I am wondering if the show writers go off on similar tangents to Flora and somehow stumbled upon these people 8mo

willaful @mcctrish 😂😂 8mo

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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 8mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 8mo

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! 8mo

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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… 8mo

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 😂 8mo

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, 8mo

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! 8mo

willaful @KAO Any other author, we definitely would. For this one, odds are against us! 8mo

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 8mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks @KAO YES! I have so many questions!! @mcctrish All the death previews are grating on me 😆 8mo

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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 8mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 8mo

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. 8mo

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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 8mo

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. 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I had so much trouble focusing 🤣 8mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm guessing still no plot? 😆 8mo

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! 😐 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig I feel like we got teased with some plot and then it was snatched away 🤣 8mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks hard pass 🤣🤣 8mo

AllDebooks Some things belong in the past, like that jelly 🫣 8mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks the jelly and fox hunting!! 8mo

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. 😂 8mo

willaful I had trouble concentrating too. Thought it was the ambien. 😂 8mo

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 8mo

Bklover @willaful This made me laugh!!😂😂 8mo

willaful @Bklover glad to be of service. :-) 8mo

dabbe @mcctrish Perhaps a skip would be better--as in today's chapter as well! #oy 8mo

mcctrish @dabbe maybe skip to the end 🤣🤣🤣 8mo

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! 😂 8mo

mcctrish @dabbe we are so close it has to count either way 🤣🤣😆 8mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 9mo

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!! 9mo

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Bookwormjillk Very relatable chapter for most of us I'm sure. 9mo

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. 9mo

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? 9mo

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. 9mo

KAO Ah! Sneaking a book away to read in bed! That‘s our book-loving girl! 9mo

mcctrish @KAO my thoughts exactly 9mo

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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 9mo

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.“ 9mo

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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! 9mo

dabbe @willaful 😂😂😂 9mo

mcctrish @dabbe that‘s what I was thinking too and parents itching at the bit because of all the other mouths to feed 9mo

mcctrish Also Laura‘s mother saying “… if you‘re no beauty, be thankful you‘re not a freak” 9mo

dabbe @mcctrish Gee, Ma, can't we just settle for plain-looking and not opposite sides of the beauty spectrum? 😂 9mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I can‘t stand her mom 🤣 9mo

mcctrish @dabbe @BarkingMadRead mom is no screaming hell imo ( that saying probably dates back to Lark Rise) 9mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 👍🏻!!! 9mo

dabbe @mcctrish 😂😂😂 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 9mo

Bookwormjillk Super short, and super sweet. I'm glad she's going to Dorcas. #Imherefordorcas 9mo

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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 9mo

TheAromaofBooks End of book two!! Hopefully we get some more Dorcas tales in book three!! 9mo

Cuilin Has anyone watched the TV series? Are you planning to watch? @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks 9mo

mcctrish @Cuilin where can I watch it? I do love All Creatures Great and Small so I‘d probably love this too (edited) 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I will probably check it out after we are done! 9mo

Cuilin @mcctrish I love All Creatures too!!!! Apparently Lark Rise is on Britbox. 9mo

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead same. 9mo

mcctrish Another reason why I need Britbox @Cuilin 9mo

BarkingMadRead It‘s also on Tubi and Prime 9mo

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) 9mo

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! 9mo

mcctrish @BarbaraJean ❤️❤️❤️ 9mo

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. 9mo

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks I‘m really interested to see how they do it considering everything we‘ve read so far. 9mo

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 9mo

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. 9mo

Bookwormjillk Looks like there's a free trial of Brit Box available through Prime. 9mo

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! 🤩 9mo

KAO @dabbe Thanks for the tip on where to watch this! I‘ve never seen it, so it‘s all new to me. 9mo

dabbe @KAO Same here! I think I'll have to watch, too! These characters are growing on me! 🤩 9mo

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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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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 9mo

Cuilin So Tiger Mom Parenting is not a new concept. 9mo

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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

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mcctrish Just no one serve me lamb‘s tail pie and I‘d rather books than babies any day (edited) 9mo

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 😂 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 9mo

dabbe I also love how much she inspires Laura. Maybe we will see where and how Laura ends up by the end! 🤩 9mo

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TheAromaofBooks Now I need an entire book about Cousin Dorcas! 9mo

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks that‘s what I was thinking too. Where‘s the Cousin Dorcas book? 9mo

KAO Another vote here for the book about radical Cousin Dorcas! 9mo

Ruthiella She totally is a bad ass. A woman can‘t do that? Hold my beer. 9mo

mcctrish #dorcasforpresident 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 9mo

mcctrish Best chapter yet and not the game I pictured or what I ever thought it was called 9mo

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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 9mo

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 9mo

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. 9mo

willaful @mcctrish That's what I'm thinking. We have (had?) a large one made with mercury, which of course isn't used anymore! 9mo

willaful So this chapter referenced Villette, which I guess is a call-out to #LiteraryCrew, which is reading it next. :-) 9mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful #hashtagbrigade read Villette a couple years back as well! 9mo

mcctrish @willaful I started Villette today on audio ( I am wondering if I should be reading it ) 9mo

tpixie Reminds me of Puff n Stuff … 9mo

tpixie @willaful fun coinkydink about Villette, just as we are about to read it! Synchronicity 9mo

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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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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 9mo

Bookwormjillk I was so excited when they read Cranford. Felt like a shout out to the #hashtagbrigade 9mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it 💯 was! 9mo

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! 😂 9mo

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 9mo

willaful @Bookwormjillk same! 9mo

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 😱🤭🙄 9mo

Bklover This was a good chapter!! I bailed on the #hashtagbrigade for Cranford, so now I need to finish it! 9mo

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! 8mo

mcctrish @Vansa I do sometimes wonder how I managed to leave the house and meet my husband 😆 but I hear you 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Vansa ohhhh that‘s interesting 8mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 9mo

Bookwormjillk Sewing is hard! 9mo

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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) 9mo

julieclair I am hopelessly behind, but please keep tagging me. 🙄🤪💙 9mo

TheBookHippie I highly suggest the illustrated version 😂😂😂😂😂 9mo

Bookwormjillk I feel like this book is getting a lot better. Is it just me? 9mo

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. 9mo

Ruthiella I really loved the sweet moment with Miss Spencer. 9mo

mcctrish @Cuilin Edmund makes me laugh too 9mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s better but it‘s not good 🤣🤣 9mo

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. 9mo

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 😆 9mo

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! 😂 9mo

TheBookHippie @Bklover I have done that … more than once 😂😵‍💫🤪 9mo

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. 😱 9mo

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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 9mo

Cuilin I laughed way too hard at that. 😂 9mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk @quietjenn @Crinoline_Laphroaig @JacqMac @julieclair @Deblovestoread @Vansa @Bklover @SamAnne @KAO @CoverToCoverGirl @Tineke @Sace 9mo

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AllDebooks @Cuilin as did I 😅 9mo

Bklover 😂🤣😂🤣 9mo

Kerrbearlib I want that cookie cutter! 9mo

Librarybelle 😂 9mo

dabbe 😂😂😂 9mo

Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂😂😂 9mo

mcctrish My father in law says “that‘s cat‘s ass” when something is good which makes NO SENSE 9mo

AllDebooks @mcctrish No sense at all 😅 9mo

AmyG I actually love this. 9mo

BarbaraJean 😂😂 9mo

Deblovestoread 🤣🤣🤣 9mo

Ruthiella 😹😹😹 9mo

TheBookgeekFrau 🤣🤣🤣 9mo

Sparklemn Love it! 9mo

AnishaInkspill 😂😂 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 9mo

Cuilin I think we‘ve all experienced that person who was your friend, but wasn‘t your friend? #EthelPinch #WhoNeedsEnemies. 9mo

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Bklover When I saw Nellie Olsen in the photo I heard her say “country girls” in that nasty Nellie voice. 😂😅 9mo

JacqMac lol I‘m still a little bit behind. But I love reading this before bed. It‘s perfect. 9mo

willaful @JacqMac That's what I do too.

We're almost having a story now? At least somewhat linear? Huzzah! 9mo

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. 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Bklover same 🤣 9mo

KAO @Cuilin Definitely remembering an Ethel or two from my early grades in school! 9mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk well Candleford wasn‘t all it was expected to be so …..?! 🤣🤣 9mo

mcctrish Also, how about those friends who ran for help and left Laura to drown when she fell through the ice ? 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @sace 9mo

mcctrish Not sure candleford is all it‘s cracked up to be 🤣🤣 also children who like school? #willwondersevercease 9mo

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KAO I loved the last couple of sentences of this chapter—on how we remember our friends from childhood. 9mo

dabbe @mcctrish The grass rarely is greener on the other side, isn't it? 💚 9mo

mcctrish @dabbe absolutely 9mo

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! 9mo

Bklover @willaful I have probably been guilty of that at times myself!!😉 9mo

Bookwormjillk @KAO me too 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 9mo

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. 9mo

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dabbe @Cuilin 💚🍀💚 9mo

willaful @Cuilin 👏👏 9mo

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. 9mo

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks exactly. 9mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin good point 9mo

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 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 9mo

dabbe Candleford is “civilized,“ which means we won't find Huckleberry Finn there. 😂 9mo

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mcctrish What?! We are finally going to Candleford! #itsamiracle #followtheyellowbrickroad 9mo

Bookwormjillk If you look in the mirror at midnight and say lumber 3 times you‘ll see a ghost. 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣👻👻👻 9mo

willaful I always had terrible closet fears, so I really felt for Laura with this one! 9mo

Ruthiella We see in this chapter that hoarding as a pathology is quite old. 😱 9mo

Ruthiella @mcctrish I believe it when I read it! 😂 #wevebeenburnedbefore 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 9mo

mcctrish Actually felt like a story for once #larkriseisnotcougartown best insult goes to #hermouthislikeahensbackside 9mo

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

Here We Go Again: A Novel

9mo

mcctrish @willaful nothing new under the sun 🤣 9mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🐓🐓🐓🐓 9mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I‘m not even sure what that insult means exactly but I like it 9mo

dabbe @mcctrish I actually laughed out loud when I read it in the book and louder at this post! 😂😂😂 9mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it can‘t be good 🤣 9mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 👏🏻😂👏🏻 9mo

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! 9mo

BarbaraJean @mcctrish @willaful @Bookwormjillk @dabbe I came here for the hen‘s backside discussion 😂 9mo

dabbe @BarbaraJean 😂🤩😂 9mo

dabbe @KAO Agree 💯! 9mo

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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. 9mo

Ruthiella @Reggie I‘m glad it isn‘t something I have to worry about! It‘s so intricate. 9mo

AnnCrystal woW, that's complicated. It always seems simple and elegant in the movies 😂👍💝. 9mo

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Ruthiella @AnnCrystal I know, right? 😅 9mo

Megabooks Wow! Things were hard before texting. 😉 😂 9mo

Ruthiella @Megabooks You could even ghost people by not returning a card! 😅 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke @Sace 9mo

Ruthiella I‘m desperate now to see Candlefort! 😅 Let‘s get out of this hamlet! 9mo

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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 9mo

mcctrish @Ruthiella are we just going to talk about Candlefort? #everythingisbetterincandlefort #nonehaseveractuallybeenthere 9mo

Bookwormjillk Poor Jimmy #GonnaNeedABiggerBoat 9mo

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. 🤪 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig I am not optimistic 🤣 9mo

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

Poor Edmund's mom though... what a monkey's paw for her. 😭 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

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 9mo

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BarkingMadRead @cuilin #ifeelthisinmysoul I had to go back and confirm patty‘s name, I thought it was Peg 🤣🙈 9mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin no, it's me too. Lol 😅 9mo

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. 🙄 9mo

Bookwormjillk It‘s me too! I know I read this but all I remember is the pig 😂 9mo

willaful The book did it just to prove me wrong! 😂 9mo

mcctrish @dabbe I‘m laughing at that Old MacDonald reference out loud 9mo

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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #epic 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 9mo

dabbe @mcctrish Lark Rise to Randomness, too! 🤩😂🤗 9mo

dabbe @mcctrish I aim to please! 🤩😂😘 9mo

Bklover @dabbe 😂😂😂 Between you and @BarkingMadRead ‘s hashtags I am still finding myself completely entertained! 😂😘 9mo

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. 9mo

dabbe @Bklover Nobody does 'em better than @BarkingMadRead! She keeps all of us sane and laughing! 🤩😂😘 9mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe awwwwwww thanks #imheretohelp 9mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🩶🖤🩶 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

AllDebooks Looks like an instrument of torture. No doubt it was 🫣 9mo

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mcctrish Previously on Lark Rise ……. 9mo

willaful Hehehe...

What on EARTH was that saying about dogs and butter? I couldn't make heads or tails of it. 😂 9mo

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. 9mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful your guess is as good as mine 🤣 9mo

RamsFan1963 Every time I see one of these bikes, it reminds me of the TV series The Prisoner. 9mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk this chapter was all over the place!! 9mo

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! 😂 9mo

willaful @dabbe second verse, same as the first... I don't think there's a plot a'comin'! 9mo

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 😆 9mo

dabbe @willaful 😭😭😭 ... oops, that's for MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO. 😂 9mo

dabbe @BarbaraJean Boy, you said it! #randomnesseverywhere!!! 9mo

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? 9mo

Bklover At least no one is weeping or fainting! 9mo

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AnneCecilie

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

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) 9mo

willaful @AnneCecilie isn't everything. :-\ 9mo

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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 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 9mo

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 9mo

mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 I laughed out loud 9mo

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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 9mo

mcctrish What a bloody chapter! Party Party Party 🎉 oh and Edmund died 9mo

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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. ☘️ 9mo

TheAromaofBooks That last sentence! Sheesh. What a way to end the book! 9mo

dabbe @Cuilin Éirinn go Brách! ☘️ 9mo

Ruthiella Lots of meat and puddings. 9mo

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 9mo

Bookwormjillk What a buzz kill 9mo

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. 9mo

Bklover We made it 1/3!! 9mo

AnneCecilie That last sentence. 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

TheBookHippie Can you remove me from the lists please. Thanks. 9mo

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AllDebooks Poor Marley, that was sad 😔 9mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie for this book or the #hashtagbrigade as well? 9mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead For all of it thanks. 9mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie we will miss you! 9mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead sorry too much going on here!!! If I can pop back in I‘ll let you know. 9mo

TheAromaofBooks I love Laura going to the “weird“ church service just for something to do 😂 9mo

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks me too. Actually I like this book whenever Laura is mentioned, then it feels like a story and less like an accounting 9mo

willaful @mcctrish Yes, that helps. 9mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish you are so right 9mo

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! 😂 9mo

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 9mo

mcctrish @dabbe I mean, it certainly is a glimpse into a day in the life but my god it‘s dry as toast 9mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #plottwist 9mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead #laurawenttotheball 😳 9mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish lol 9mo

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. 9mo

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. 9mo

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! 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

Ruthiella Nice and short! 9mo

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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. 9mo

AllDebooks Dolls really creep me out 9mo

mcctrish I love a short chapter, sucks it was ruined by the creepy doll 9mo

TheAromaofBooks I've read about May Day festivities in many old books, but I don't remember ever hearing about a doll before. 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

Bookwormjillk Some things never change! 9mo

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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. 9mo

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.“ 9mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk for real 9mo

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. 🤩 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

Bklover Good grief they‘re all little monsters!! 9mo

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Bklover Perfect photo too! 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Bklover it‘s the first thing I thought of when she talked about everyone rolling around in the dirt 🤣 9mo

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! 😱 9mo

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. 😁 9mo

AllDebooks Best photo match, ever 😅 9mo

mcctrish Glad to see nothing‘s changed #savages 🤣🤣 9mo

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

Farmer Boy

9mo

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. 😂 9mo

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) 9mo

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. 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

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 9mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yessssss it was very #upstairsdownstairs 9mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead but also those two sisters who make moonshine on The Waltons #WhatToWatch 9mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk toss two sisters just wanted some money of their own #sistersdoingitforthemselves 9mo

willaful What's a “bedroom utensil?“ From context, I'm guessing a chamber pot? 9mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful I think so? The only other thing I can think of would be one of these heating pans for cold nights 9mo

Bookwormjillk @willaful @BarkingMadRead I was wondering too but was afraid to google 9mo

Bklover I love how the younger generation quit popping out kids by the dozen! Those kids had to start working so young. 9mo

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 😳 9mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin yeah 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

Bookwormjillk Kind of like duck duck goose until it wasn‘t 9mo

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dabbe The bird killings just about killed me and reminded me of AGNES GREY. 😱 9mo

Bookwormjillk Oh hey good news past me bought Little House on prime. I know what I‘m doing tonight. 9mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk 😍 9mo

Cuilin Loved the games, hated the bird torture. 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I love this for you! 9mo

willaful I'm some behind because of travel! Hope to catch up tonight. 9mo

Bklover Bunch of little serial killers! 9mo

mcctrish I‘m thinking of introducing some of these games when I‘m on yard duty tomorrow #imgoingtobeabighitwiththekids 🤣🤣 9mo

mcctrish Usual tangents in this chapter imo 🤦🏻‍♀️ @Cuilin 🙄 9mo

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. 9mo

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? 9mo

mcctrish @julieclair no, I was on the intermediate yard ( grade 7&8 ) they only want to walk around in their tee shirts and shiver 🥶 9mo

julieclair Tee shirts! You have got to be kidding! 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

Cuilin The lodger and the couple that followed him. Yeah I want that story!! 😉 9mo

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin important details were totally left out 🤣 9mo

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 :) 9mo

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie it happens! 9mo

Bookwormjillk This chapter was a little grim. Let's get back to the food and the grandparents. (edited) 9mo

mcctrish Okay, do the unwed mothers get to borrow the box? 9mo

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. 9mo

Ruthiella Too me, this chapter isn‘t really that different from how society judges women having children now. 9mo

julieclair I liked the idea of The Box. Unless, as @mcctrish asks, the unwed mothers are excluded. That would be awful. 9mo

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! 9mo

mcctrish @willaful I wondered about that too 9mo

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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 😂😂😂 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

AllDebooks I'm really enjoying this social history of village life. ☺️ 9mo

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mcctrish He really sold those tomatoes 🍅 😆 9mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so random 🤣 9mo

Cuilin @mcctrish right? 😆 9mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks I‘m loving the sense of community. 9mo

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. 9mo

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. 9mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk I had a nostalgia attack for LHOTP from that image. 😍 9mo

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! 9mo

KAO I‘m ready to bring back the name “love apples” for tomatoes! 9mo

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk so much of this gives me little house vibes 9mo

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. 9mo

Sparklemn @Bklover That is a perfect one-sentence review! Made me chuckle. 😆 (edited) 9mo

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. 9mo

rubyslippersreads I‘m finding this book rather comforting, and am thinking maybe it‘s the lack of action. 🙂 9mo

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads 💯 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

dabbe God forbid Mrs. Mullins shows up on your doorsteps or the end-of-the-month borrowers! 😂 9mo

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dabbe It would explain a LOT if Mrs. Mullins turned out to be the narrator. 🤩 9mo

mcctrish @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 9mo

mcctrish I did think it was so sweet they shared cuttings of their plants 💚💚💚 9mo

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. :-( 9mo

Ruthiella @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 9mo

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) 9mo

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. 9mo

Cuilin I love the phrase rheumaticky limbs and will be using it from now on. 9mo

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! 9mo

Bklover I love the inscriptions on the insides of the book covers. Kind of a fun idea! 9mo

willaful @mcctrish perhaps especially the pennyroyal?! Interesting to come across a reference to that. 9mo

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 9mo

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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 🤣🤣🤣 9mo

BarkingMadRead How nasty and messy are flowers in pots?!? Yikes! 9mo

Sparklemn Messy maybe. But nasty? 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 9mo

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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 9mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 9mo

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 9mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bklover that‘s insane! I would get so confused! 9mo

Bklover I know! I would too. I wanted to see what “throwing bobbins” was all about. 9mo

Bookwormjillk I‘m here for the bees. And Twister. Glad he didn‘t stab that baby though. 9mo

Ruthiella @Bklover Thank you for the link. That is amazing work. (edited) 9mo

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. 9mo

willaful I love the old legends around informing the bees! 9mo

Bklover @Ruthiella 🩷 @TheAromaofBooks Wow!! It looks incredibly confusing! 9mo

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 9mo

dabbe @mcctrish Boys gotta have their pints, gals gotta have their snuff! Love the old men being controlled by their women, too! 😂 9mo

Deblovestoread Glad to get to know the citizens a bit. 9mo

mcctrish @dabbe glad they have something 9mo

julieclair This is the first chapter I have been able to get through without falling asleep. Perhaps this book is growing on me. 9mo

KAO @Bklover Thanks for the video link showing bobbin lace-making! That‘s amazing! 9mo

Bklover @KAO You‘re welcome! I thought it looked fascinating. And difficult!! ❤️ 9mo

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