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Woman in White, The
Woman in White, The | Wilkie COLLINS
Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright’s eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his ‘charming’ friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse, The Woman in White is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism.
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Ruthiella I love how rain causes such illnesses in Regency/Victorian novels (see also Sense & Sensibility). 💧💧🤒 2h
mcctrish OMG the twists and the turns. Pork chop is a master manipulator #oceans11vibes Percy Pig is such a twat! Where the hell did typhus come from? I swear at this point I was thinking did the ‘private nurse‘ bring it? Or were they just one step away from typhus at this point in history despite being upper class and having household staff to clean up the lice, etc…? 2h
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I was going to google it, but i was afraid to go down the rabbit hole 🤣 I am very suspicious of the whole thing though, like was it ever typhus? Did they pay that young doc to lie? So many questions! 2h
Bookwormjillk This section was bananas. What do we read tomorrow? The rest of Epoch 2? 2h
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes! It‘s only like 10 pages, how sweet is that?!? 2h
mcctrish @BarkingMadRead I feel like this entire book is a lesson in gaslighting #idontknowwhichendisup #trustnoone 2h
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead very sweet! @mcctrish yes on the gaslighting. I feel like Pork Chop is playing chess and Percy is playing checkers but they‘re both very effective in their manipulations. 33m
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“(Am I responsible for any of these vulgar fluctuations, which begin with unhappiness and end with tea?)”

#hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 20h
BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead SO many quotable sentences in today‘s section!! “What have I to do with her bosom?” 😂😂 20h
BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 I was laughing so much the whole time. People are actually suffering and he‘s like ugh! #mynerves 19h
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BarkingMadRead
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TheAromaofBooks I have been genuinely impressed by the different voices for the different POVs. Each one has really sounded distinct - even the tiny postscript by the Count yesterday. This was honestly maybe my favorite so far, despite the fact (because of the fact??) that I can't stand this guy! 😂 1d
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mcctrish I hate all the men but @TheAromaofBooks it‘s true, each POV is so distinct it really is awesome 1d
mcctrish Will they send Marian to the asylum? 1d
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish omg I hope not, but if she‘s alone in that house there‘s nobody to stop it from happening 1d
mcctrish @BarkingMadRead and unconscious/delirious with fever 😔 they knew she was out there, they lured her 1d
ElizaMarie Its a toss-up for me on which male character in this book I hate more. That #UncleUseless I almost pity him! Almost! and #EweSecretions !!! 1d
Bookwormjillk This was really funny and frightening all at the same time. This picture is perfect. The count is really playing chess. What is going on? 1d
CatLass007 Hi my friend. Would you please remove me from this and all future posts except for what‘s coming up next year? I am so overwhelmed with buddy reads. I have to cut something somewhere. I may still read the books and pop in from time to time, but I‘m trying to take some of the pressure off myself. Self imposed pressure. 1d
Bookwormjillk Also I'm listening to Pride and Prejudice now too and imagining it being told from the perspective of Uncle Useless. I wish all books had an Uncle Useless chapter. 24h
BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 I totally get it! 23h
CatLass007 Thank you. 23h
Clare-Dragonfly #CountPorkchop is SO DIABOLICAL!!! I am afraid for Marian because I‘m pretty sure #UncleUseless is wrong about Laura being unwilling to leave without her, when they already agreed on this course of action. And of course if the count thinks it‘s a good idea, it must be a bad one! 21h
Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Yes, good point! I knew the Count was the author of the postscript within a line or two. 21h
Leftcoastzen #uncleuseless makes me laugh then I get so angry at him! OMG ! The POVs in this book are all so good. It saddens my heart that these women are trapped in this situation. 21h
KAO Ah! I am caught up after a brief lapse. I agree that the varying points of view are marvelously done! I am very worried for Marian at this point, as I considered her the strongest character to search for the truth and defend Laura—and as I see that no other coming chapters in the table of contents appear to be coming from her point of view, I fear the worst. Meanwhile the grumblings of Mr. Fairlie really amused me! What a curmudgeon! 20h
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Yes! Each POV is so well done! And today‘s section is perfect and so hilarious! 20h
BarbaraJean Today‘s section was much-needed comic relief after the infuriating postscript to yesterday‘s section… and also really frustrating because I NEED to know what‘s happening back at Blackwater and what #countporkchop is plotting. (And I‘ve read this before… I just don‘t remember 😂) 19h
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BarkingMadRead
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Clare-Dragonfly I‘m so proud of Marian for being so proactive and brave. The Count is so evil! I‘m worried about what will happen to Anne 😬 He keeps finding things Marian has written and not destroying or messing with them even if that would be the smart thing to do… because he‘s so diabolical he thinks he‘ll get away with it anyway! I hope he doesn‘t! 2d
Clare-Dragonfly Any guesses on #percypig‘s Secret? I wonder if he isn‘t really who he says he is… maybe a bastard or the product of an affair? 2d
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhhh I wonder! Because Anne‘s mom knew the secret first! I can‘t wait to find out 2d
ElizaMarie I wonder if somehow Percy is related to Anne? Or had impregnated her? Ahhh I need to know how damaging this secret is!? Its got to be juicy with all this talk of murder! Oooo maybe they know Percy murdered someone (Ann‘s daddy?) 2d
Leftcoastzen Greedy & creepy they are ! 2d
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Leftcoastzen 😂👏 3d
Bookwormjillk Super stressful 3d
Leftcoastzen I was hoping they might be able to get a letter out & get a response. #Countporkchop keeps a close eye on things , I know novels of this era draws things out , but I‘m yelling at the book if there is a secret , tell Laura & Marian NOW!😄 3d
mcctrish #countporkchop is the mastermind! How much money does #percypig owe him? I loathe the countess, Ann is the hero 3d
Clare-Dragonfly How exciting! I wanted to cheer when Laura wouldn‘t sign the paper without reading it. She learned something from Emily! 😂 I‘m glad #countporkchop only read Marian‘s letter—I was afraid he would have tampered with it. 3d
ElizaMarie #WhatIsTheSecret !? I need to know! The suspense keeps building up! 2d
julieclair So much suspense. #bitingmynails I was surprised #Countporkchop didn‘t just destroy the letter after reading it. 2d
julieclair @mcctrish Yes to everything you said! 💯 2d
dabbe I can't stop laughing at the #percypig, #countporkchop and #countesscoldeye hashtags! 🤣 21h
BarkingMadRead @dabbe they take up so much space but it‘s so worth it 🤣🤣🤣 21h
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BarkingMadRead
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Clare-Dragonfly My only positive thought with Fosco is that if he likes to hang out with other Italians maybe we‘ll get to see Pesca again! Though TBH he‘s not wrong about morals. Does Marian remind anyone else of Jo from Little Women with all her little masculine traits? I love it. 4d
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mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly both Fosco and #percypig have sliding scale morals so they‘d know. I think Laura will sign because she‘s basically broken too. What is up with Mrs Catherick?! 4d
Bookwormjillk He‘s evil but he also walks around with a cage full of mice. This is such a delightfully weird book. 4d
dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly And if I remember right, Pesca fled Italy for some reason. Wonder if there's a connection there with the evil Count? 🤔 4d
dabbe @mcctrish #percypig 🎯🎯🎯! 4d
dabbe The house is decrepit in some areas, there's a scary lake and dark forest which makes Marian feel claustrophobic, a dog dies that was SHOT!, some of the servants are questionable ... we are not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy! Marian and Laura are away from ALL who care about them, especially the lawyer. They are now completely vulnerable and at the hands of #percypig and #countporkchop 😱 4d
mcctrish That sums it up @dabbe and #countporkchop he shall be 4d
dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🤣🤩🤣 4d
dabbe @mcctrish #pig&pork 🤣 4d
BarbaraJean @dabbe A scary lake that #percypig and #countporkchop casually discuss whether it‘s a suitable location for committing a murder. Because THAT‘S not weird at all. Totally normal. Nothing to see here… (edited) 4d
BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly When Marian says England is “unquestionably virtuous” in not killing “thousands of innocent people on the most frivolous pretexts”—that they are “free from all guilt of that kind”—I just said to myself: “Oh, honey…” 😵‍💫 Fosco ain‘t wrong, that‘s for sure! (edited) 4d
dabbe @BarbaraJean Excellent point and foreshadowing ... I'm loving how Gothic this is--but such better plot over #verdantverdure UDOLPHO! 🤩🤣🤗 4d
ElizaMarie Yall kill me!! #PercyPig and #CountPorkchop --- I can't even!!! 3d
Leftcoastzen So many bad signs , Laura not telling Marian ANYTHING about her husband, the creepy murder talk. #countporkchop and his mouse circus , you can tell #percypig needs money because of the condition of the estate. I keep thinking, don‘t sign Laura, no one around to help Laura or Marian 3d
Morr_Books I'm gonna catch up this weekend and then join the discussions, so feel free to add me! 😀 3d
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk Ew, but probably more environmentally responsible than diamonds? 5d
ElizaMarie Gross!!!! 5d
BarbaraJean 😂 😂 😂 5d
KAO Eeks! 5d
dabbe #wth? 😱🤯😰 4d
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk I was hopping for a picture of a shabby hair ring. This would make an excellent soap. 5d
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ElizaMarie So - If we didn't know that he wants #ALLtheMoney , then choosing to marry her after she tells him she loves another and plans to remain a singleton is kinda sweet (maybe). But.. yeah! Also, I didn't even think the Count and him were in cahoots until you mentioned it! MAYBE!!! - I was just thinking - small world with the rich. Oooo I love telenovelas! This would be a great one! I like this Marian :) 5d
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk ugh i wish i had looked for a shabby hair ring 🤣🤣 5d
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I probably shouldn't google that at work. 5d
Clare-Dragonfly 1. Marian is my favorite now! I just wish she‘d let herself stick with hating Percy. Why do you hate him? Because you‘re smart! 2. Looks like Walt is in for a fun adventure. If the ship doesn‘t go down. 3. Not sure who sucks worse, Percy or Uncle. 4. Percy sure isn‘t acting like a man deeply in debt. Marian isn‘t acting like she knows he‘s in debt. I bet she and Laura don‘t know about the debt or his money grab. Does Uncle? 5d
BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean ew that second one, the hair is on your skin 😳 I don‘t know why, but that grossed me out 🤣 5d
Clare-Dragonfly 5. They‘re going to Italy to meet the horrible aunt and her horrible count husband! (I know he‘s horrible because he‘s friends with Percy.) Somebody‘s going to get locked in a room, aren‘t they?! 5d
BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly Uncle knows! Didn't Mr. Gilmore fill him in on it all? Not that he listened... #mynerves 🙄 5d
BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead Ugh, I know! And the little buckle? #nope 5d
Clare-Dragonfly @BarbaraJean You‘re right! I guess he doesn‘t care because it has no effect on his precious etchings 🙄 5d
BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly I think I hate Uncle more than Percy. Somehow I respect greed and potential murder-plotting and whatever other nefarious deeds are in his past more than self-absorbed laziness and dramatics. 5d
TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - For REAL the uncle is the villain of the piece! It's been a while since I wanted to punch a fictional character so badly 😂 5d
Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly someone is most certainly going to get locked in a room. 5d
Bklover Just checked out the rings @BarbaraJean - they are a definite #nothankyou 5d
julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Now that you've got me thinking about it, I'm 100% certain the person getting locked in a room will be Laura. 5d
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk @BarbaraJean it‘s the shabby that‘s killing me, in my mind the hair of the hair ring is frizzy 🤢 like it‘s regifted 5d
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣 I was thinking more that the ring itself was shabby, but now you got me wondering…… 5d
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly Marian is hands down the best! The uncle is the WORST! I don‘t think anyone knows #percypig is in debt but Gilmore was trying to keep Laura‘s inheritance for her as her father had set it out ( I think he‘s rolling over in his grave for pushing this marriage on Laura and then rolling again over leaving #unclenerves in charge of everything ) and I‘m getting even stronger #udolphovibes from this Italian tour 5d
BarbaraJean @mcctrish Oh, gross—that mental picture makes it worse! And it doesn‘t say whose hair it is, does it? 😬😵‍💫 5d
mcctrish @BarbaraJean hair jewelry is mourning jewelry, made to remember spouses or family and a bloody horrible wedding gift and creepy AF. Maybe her mother‘s hair ? 4d
Leftcoastzen #mynerves that uncle has me so angry, so focused on his “fragile” self & his etchings, shirking his duties. And what did awful Percy say ? Marian is wonderful, I‘m totally creeped out and concerned for the trip to the continent.😡 4d
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BarkingMadRead
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CatLass007 Truth! That is completely understandable. 6d
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willaful Could you take me off the tag list please? I'd really like to read it with you but I just don't seem to be doing it. :-( 6d
ElizaMarie Percy is lower than a dog! That doggie not liking him is a #RedFlag and just #AlllTheMoney IF she dies? Hmm... are we setting up for some future murder? Or is my mind just dark/gutter? And -- Why does she have to marry #RightBefore she is of age? Like if she was of age, would she have been able to make the will work? 6d
BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie that‘s exactly what I thought! He‘s twice her age, obviously he will be the first to go, unless…. 6d
mcctrish The fact he wants to marry her before she‘s 21 is a red flag! Wait 3 months and she can do her own will without that stupid #unclesmellingsalts having any say! Also Aunt Eleanor and her Count were giving me brief Udolpho vibes #iykyk 🤣🤣 she needs to put Marian in a legal document #percypig is going to run her out of town aka #lockherup 6d
Bklover @mcctrish Next thing you know Marian will suddenly be in an asylum. Soon following will be Laura. #percypigisanass 6d
Bookwormjillk I felt like Uncle Crabby in his room yesterday. Every time I tried to read this section someone would talk to me. My nerves! All caught up now and you all said what I was thinking. I‘m loving reading about the same events from different points of view. 5d
Clare-Dragonfly I appreciate how Collins drums in that Percy is a jerk and not to be trusted. As though we didn‘t all hate him already, the dog can‘t stand him. Dogs know! Do you think Collins was getting paid by the word like Dickens? That last section was a whole lot of words to say “he gets all her money if she dies first” 😂 And even if he doesn‘t have nefarious plans… this book is still in a high maternal mortality era. 5d
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Udolpho vibes yes 😂 5d
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I love our ‘inside vibes‘ connections #bestgroupever #trustthedog 5d
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 💯 Gilmore was like, let me just explain this last bit real quick, and then it took like 5 pages. Sir. 5d
Clare-Dragonfly I forgot to mention, I have serious doubts that uneducated Mrs. Catherick really wrote that “yeah Percy is cool with me” letter. 😒 I wish we were reading this more slowly—so much happens in each day‘s section that I can‘t remember it all, let alone have time to discuss it! 5d
julieclair Whew! Lots going on 5d
julieclair #trustthedog for sure. And what's with #unclesmellingsalts allowing this ridiculous inheritance business? 5d
Leftcoastzen Always #trustthedog could Gilmore make it any more obvious to #unclesmellingsalts ? Lost in his own little world to the perils of his family 4d
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk #PercyTheWanker of course he was behind it. I‘ll miss Walt but interested to hear what Gilmore‘s take is. I had a bad attitude about this book because I thought it would be Udolpho like but I‘m loving it so far. 7d
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dabbe I remember the 1st time I read this, I was like “Walt, don't go! Come back!“ Happily, he does. 🤩

I love the epistolary style of this books, too. What a fabulous one to teach point-of-view!
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Bklover I love this so far!! (I know I shouldn‘t sound so surprised!) Can‘t wait to hear more from Gilmore. My first impression wasn‘t great. 7d
mcctrish @Bklover once bitten, twice shy 🤣🤣 my standards for awesome are set by Crandford (multiple random deaths right off the mark) The Bell Jar ( unreliable narrator turning my world upside down ) and now this a mile a minute action packed gothic goody 7d
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk #percythewanker 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 whatever has Catherine done to deserve being committed 🤔 7d
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish Cranford was so good! 7d
Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk OMG this is nothing like Udolfo, never fear! 😂 I‘d read both before and I chose NOT to reread Udolfo but willingly opted to revisit The Woman in White. 7d
ElizaMarie I love how juicy this story is! I am all in for this #WildRide. - Lets see what the lawyer has to say :) 6d
Clare-Dragonfly The uncle‘s letter in response to Walt saying he has to leave cracked me up! “You can‘t leave. Suggesting you can makes me dislike you. Now that I dislike you, I‘m getting rid of you. Leave.” 😂 6d
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly that uncle is a piece of work! 6d
julieclair Poor Laura, in love with Walter, but engaged to Sir Percy. 😢 6d
Leftcoastzen I‘m loving it ! So much mystery & melancholy! I‘m about a day behind you all . Poor Walter ,Poor Laura, this Percy guy seems like bad news. Always enjoy a cemetery scene .😀 5d
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mcctrish
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Loving our latest #hashtagbrigade

GinaKButler I loved this one! 1w
Bookwormjillk Me too! The characters are great. 1w
mcctrish @GinaKButler @WildAlaskaBibliophile you get swept into it so fast 1w
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk the characters ARE great ❤️❤️ 1w
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BarkingMadRead
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Ruthiella Yeah, he does lean into Marian‘s unattractiveness a bit too much for the modern reader. But Marian is awesome. I love her. (edited) 1w
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Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella she is awesome. I hope he‘s not really going to leave. 1w
ElizaMarie He can‘t leave yet! I won‘t. I‘m sure of it. 1w
Clare-Dragonfly I find Miss Halcombe funny but annoying. Stop hating on your own gender, lady!!! With the whole “these two women are identical” thing, I‘m wondering if there will be (or already was) a twin switch… 🤔 And that letter is definitely from Mrs. Catherick, calling it now. 1w
mcctrish @Ruthiella that paragraph almost made me spit out my drink as he rhapsodized on about her perfection and then hard stop on “oh crap she‘s ugly AF” and @Clare-Dragonfly I am not at all happy with her constant woman trashing 👎🏻👎🏻 1w
mcctrish @ElizaMarie he has to stay 1w
dabbe Marian outmans all men and women so far. She has no patience for what is expected in 19th-century women and for women who act out their submissive roles. Wonder how she'd get along with Sarah, Walter's sister? 🤔 1w
Bklover @dabbe I love Marian too! I can‘t even picture her and Sarah in the same room, although it might be entertaining! 1w
BarbaraJean @mcctrish I wonder how serious her woman-trashing is; whether there‘s a level of sarcasm to it. I‘m with @dabbe —I think she has no patience for societal expectations of women, and I read a bit of irony into the woman-trashing comments! 1w
Ruthiella @BarbaraJean I think she‘s definitely wielding some sarcasm there. 1w
Bookwormjillk I feel like there‘s so much an author can say about a character just by naming him Sir Percival Glyde 1w
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk sounds like a complete wanker 1w
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish exactly and that stands the test of time 1w
mcctrish I‘ve woken up and I‘m still thinking about the uncle and I don‘t know whether to laugh or scream at his theatrics #mynerves they are quite the role reversal household 1w
dabbe @Bklover 🤣🤩🤣 1w
dabbe @BarbaraJean 🎯🎯🎯! 1w
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish the uncle sounds like what I want to say sometimes listening to my husband chew at dinner. 1w
Leftcoastzen The uncle ! What a handful of drama he is ! Marian is something, I do think often she is being sarcastic with the women bashing thing as she seems highly capable. I love the writing so far ! 7d
julieclair @BarbaraJean @dabbe I didn‘t catch the sarcasm when reading it, but now that you suggest it, I totally see it!! 🎯 7d
dabbe @julieclair 🤩🤗🤩 6d
rubyslippersreads @julieclair @BarbaraJean @dabbe I think it must be sarcasm; I can‘t see Miss Halcombe being that self deprecating. 2d
rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk The uncle‘s #poornerves make me think of Mrs. Bennet. #mypoornerves 2d
julieclair @rubyslippersreads Yes about Mrs. Bennet! Although I think he‘s even worse. 😬 2d
Bookwormjillk I finally read yesterday‘s chapters. #NoOneWouldLeaveMeAlone #MyPoorNerves So much going on! The Count- so evil! 1d
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dabbe
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#bookspin2025 #bookspin @TheAromaOfBooks (thanks for hosting! 🤗)

ND Tongue Twister: try to say “brass bound“ 10 x as fast as you can. 🤣

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1w
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“ Lulled by the Syren-song that my heart sung to me, with eyes shut to all sight, and ears closed to all sound of danger, I drifted nearer and nearer to the fatal rocks “(66).
#hashtagbrigade

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kspenmoll
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#hastagbrigade #mycopy

As an avid mystery reader how could i not join in this buddy read?!

Ruthiella You must! This is so good. 😊 1w
BarbaraBB What @Ruthiella says!! 1w
kspenmoll @Ruthiella @BarbaraBB So far I am enthralled with the language & the plot.💚 1w
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Bklover
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THIS just arrived in the nick of time for our #hashtagbrigade buddy read! I already had the Barnes and Noble version, but this was much prettier! I need “pretty” in order to get through this one!

AnnCrystal Cover-art 🤩👍🏼📚💝. 1w
dabbe One of my faves. 💚🩶💚 1w
tpixie 🩷🩷🩷 what edition? 1w
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Gissy Love that edition 1w
Bklover @tpixie I found it on Amazon. Is listed as an independent publisher and was printed just last May. In case you‘re interested here is the ISBN. ‎979-8325242748. 😊 1w
tpixie @Bklover thanks!! 1w
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Ruthiella
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Th it s is my pretty edition of this month‘s #HashtagBrigade book. Though I‘m probably going to do as much as possible on audio with a Hoopla download from my library.

Looking forward to it. It‘s a re-read for me but a real favorite. I love getting lost in a chunky Victorian novel.

AllDebooks I adore Wilkie Collins. Looking forward to reading this one too. 😀 1w
AnnCrystal Pretty 🤩📚💝. 1w
Ruthiella @AllDebooks He‘s a favorite author of mine too. 😀 1w
Ruthiella @AnnCrystal It is a very attractive edition! 🤩 1w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1w
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BarkingMadRead
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BarbaraBB Such a great read! 1w
Leftcoastzen Hi! Can I join in? I have never read it and happened to find a copy at yard sale! 😁👏 1w
dabbe @Leftcoastzen You're in for a treat! 🤩 1w
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kspenmoll Please add me as well!!! 1w
tpixie Pretty cover? What edition? 1w
BarkingMadRead @tpixie I‘ve never heard of the publisher, Arcturus, it‘s printed in the UK 1w
tpixie @BarkingMadRead I always love UK covers! 1w
rubyslippersreads I‘m going to try and catch up on this. Could you please tag me? 4d
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Bookwormjillk
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Strong opening line for the latest #HashtagBrigade read might make up for the wonky chapters that make it hard to read on schedule. #BoringKindleCover

Leftcoastzen 😻👏 1w
kspenmoll 😂😂😂😂” boring kindle cover” ! 1w
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 1w
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Susanita Judgy cat! 😻 1w
quietlycuriouskate Your reading buddy's expression is *everything* ! 😆 1w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 That should be a hashtag, too: #boringkindlecover! 🤣 Same here! 1w
Bookwormjillk @dabbe I use it about once a month when a new #HashtagBrigade book starts. 1w
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LitsyEvents
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God forbid he uses actual chapters to make our lives easy 🙄 #thisfreakingguy #anyway take a look at how I divided it up and let me know if it doesn‘t work. I can spread out some of the longer sections an extra day. For the multiple day chapters… they are divided into sections, so the numbers at the end are how many sections each day. Hope this makes sense. Drop your thought below #hashtagbrigade we start Saturday

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LitsyEvents
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#Hashtagbrigade Next month‘s book is The Woman in White. Drop a comment below and tag @BarkingMadRead if you are joining in. Everyone is welcome but just remember her hashtags are ridiculous and always chapter spoilers. You should always read the chapter before you read her post!
Start reading a chapter a day on March 2nd.

BarkingMadRead Thank you for sharing! 2w
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BarkingMadRead
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#hashtagbrigade next month‘s book is the Woman in White, drop a comment below if you‘re joining us! Everyone is welcome, but just remember that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers. You should always read the chapter before you read my post!
We star my reading a chapter a day on March 2!

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Bookwormjillk I‘m in! 2w
Bklover I will be joining for this one! I have been dealing with my oldest daughter‘s health issue so I‘ve been away for a while. She is now on the path to recovery so hopefully I can be here a lot more! I‘ve really missed the #hashtagbrigade 2w
mcctrish I‘m in 2w
Librarybelle I‘m in! This has been on my tbr forever! 2w
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w
peanutnine I'm gonna skip this month. Have fun y'all! 2w
Sace I have a copy of this book somewhere. If I can find it, I‘m in! 2w
Clare-Dragonfly Yes, I‘m in! 2w
Ruthiella Definitely in! Another re-read for me. 2w
Roary47 Ooo yay! I‘ve been wanting to read that one. 😍 2w
CatLass007 I‘ve already got it in my Audible library. 2w
Deblovestoread I‘m skipping this one. Tried to read a few years ago and bailed. Hope you love it and see you in April! 2w
eeclayton I'm going to sit this one out, but I'm planning to join you for the rest of the year. Have fun, see you in April! 2w
dabbe @Bklover Glad your daughter is recovering, and glad to see you again! 🤩🤗🤩 2w
dabbe Love this book! I'm going to try to reread it again with all of you lovely people, so please include me! Even if I only reread parts, I want to know what y'all think! 🤩 2w
ElizaMarie Found this one free on Kindle. Hopefully, it syncs up well. I plan on joining. @BkLover I am glad to hear your daughter is doing better. 2w
quietjenn Yes, I've been meaning to revisit this for ages. 2w
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w
Bklover @dabbe @ElizaMarie Thank you! ❤️🩷❤️🩷She finally had surgery last week so at least now we are headed in the right direction. It‘s amazing how young a 38 year old daughter can seem when she‘s sick! 2w
willaful @Bklover no matter how old, they're still our babies. I'm so glad she's doing better.

I'll tentatively join, not sure I'm really up for it.
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dabbe @Bklover Or a 66-year-old hubby! 🤣🤣🤣 2w
Bklover @willaful Yes they are!! Thank you!🩷 2w
BarkingMadRead @willaful I can always remove your later, if you want! Added… for now 2w
kwmg40 I'm going to try to join for this one. 2w
KAO Count me in! 2w
KAO @Bklover I‘m sorry to hear that your daughter has been sick! I hope the recent surgery proves to be a total success! Here‘s to a speedy recovery. 2w
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w
BarbaraJean Please tag me! I can't miss out on re-reading this with Hashtag Brigade commentary! 2w
TheAromaofBooks I own this one, so I'm going to try and join!! 2w
julieclair I‘m in! I have always wanted to read this. 2w
SamAnne I‘m in! 2w
Bklover @KAO Thanks Kathy! Her surgery went really well, and she is feeling really good! 2w
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Gissy
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Pickpick

First book completed-November 2024. I started this book late on October but it is a long one so I finished it on November. Three editions? Well I knew I will like the story😜Did I mention I need😳😜the Spanish edition from Alma publishing? It is so pretty😍 Im a book collector😌
confess that I was so interested at the beginning of the book but there were some parts that I felt bored. But there were only few pages because I was intrigued again⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) I liked the eerie atmosphere and Walter‘s voice. Too many details? Maybe but they were so well described as expected in this time. I liked it and this could be a good re-read for me. I don‘t know how with so many books I have to read🤣
I read this book for #Victober Readathon YouTuber @BooksandThings in memory of Jenny from @jenniferbrooks channel who loved Wilkie Collins⬇️
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Gissy (Cont.) and I read a Sherlock Holmes book last month in honor of Alice @AliceandtheGiantbookshelf . Both YouTubers died this year. 😔

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Gissy My 8th chunkster book this year #Chunkstermini 672 pages with Appendix Penguin edition. Without notes it is still a #Almostachunkster @Amiable 2mo
Amiable Great job! 2mo
Ruthiella That Everyman‘s Library edition is beautiful!😍 I will be re-reading this next year with the @HashtagBrigade . 2mo
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dabbe
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WildAlaskaBibliophile One of my favorites! 11mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 11mo
dabbe @WildAlaskaBibliophile Mine, too! 🤩🤗😃 11mo
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Eggs Excellent 🤍👌🏼🩵 11mo
dabbe @Eggs 💙🩵💙 11mo
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dabbe
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤍🤍🤍 14mo
Leftcoastzen On my list to read! 14mo
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dabbe @Leftcoastzen @Leftcoastzen You're in for a 19th-century Gothic adventure! Can't wait to read what you think about it! 💜🩶💜 14mo
Eggs Sounds completely compelling 🥶 14mo
WildAlaskaBibliophile This is one of my favorite books ever! 14mo
dabbe @Eggs 💜🩶💜 13mo
IMASLOWREADER its in my tbr for this year 13mo
dabbe @IMASLOWREADER I can't wait to read what you think about it! 🖤🩶🖤 13mo
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GinaKButler
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Prepping for our Q4 #chunksterchallenge2023 read with @Kelly326 (this one is more like a mini-chunk).

Thank you for hosting, @Amiable ! We love picking these big books to buddy-read every year!

#bookspinbingo

dabbe I LOVED this book! 🤩 Can't wait to read what you think about it! 1y
Amiable I love your enthusiasm for the chunksters! 1y
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MonicaLoves2Read
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I enjoyed this classic. It was written in 1859. I consider it a gothic mystery. The reader follows along from each person's view of where they were when it happened. It's the first classic I have read in a long time and I enjoyed stepping back in time to see how society was during that time.

Finished listening to it with one day to spare🙂

#BookSpinBongo #classics #libbyapp

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MonicaLoves2Read
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Started this audiobook today, while I cleaned the house. It's been on my TBR list for awhile. Enjoying it so far but only 20% in.

#classics

dabbe My husband and I read this together and LOVED it! I just read The Moonstone back in January, and loved it, too! 💙💚💙 2y
MonicaLoves2Read This is the first book of his I have read. It's good so far, so I will probably read more by him😊 2y
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CatMS
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Book poetry - The woman in white answered prayers Saturday up in honey's room

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rmaclean4
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#bigbookchallenge.#52bookclub23 #cliffhangers I am glad I read this Vivtorian "sensational" novel. It has been on my TBR for years. It is very sexist, xenophobic as well as fat shaming. You can feel the change of what is acceptable is society. It was entertaining, and I enjoyed the mustache twirling. @Clwojick @BookBelle84 @jennifer80 @Librarybelle @triplem80 @AshleyHoss820 @LauraReads @KarenUK @britt_brooke @CarolynM @Smarkies @Bluebird

Librarybelle This is on my to read list! 2y
Clwojick Great job! 2y
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Ruthiella I read somewhere that Count Fosco was the inspiration for Bond villain Bloefeld. Charming, cultured and not to be trusted. 2y
rmaclean4 @Ruthiella I can see that! 2y
Bluebird @Ruthiella how interesting! I can believe it. 2y
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Yuki_Onna
Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🤍🖤 2y
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 🤍 2y
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
The Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS
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Eggs 🤍🖤🤍 2y
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Leniverse
Woman in White, The | Wilkie COLLINS
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1. I almost said Elizabeth Bennet, but I'll go with Marion Halcombe from The Woman in White.

2. This doesn't exist, but I want Marion in a graphic novel spin-off where she works through her internalised misogyny and becomes a suffragette by day and a superhero (suffrage-hero) smashing the patriarchy by night. The self-righteous Mr Hartright is relegated to sidekick as she matches wits with her nemesis, Count Fosco.

#Two4Tuesday
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TheSpineView Great choice! 2y
BarbaraBB 💯 2y
Vansa Woman in White! Lovely to see it being mentioned!Btw,have you seen Park Chan-Wook's The handmaiden? I thought it was a spectacular take on Woman in white 2y
Leniverse @Vansa Oooh, no I haven't. Must do! His Vengeance trilogy was great (horrific, but great). 2y
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erindarlyn
Woman in White, The | Wilkie COLLINS
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Pickpick

I absolutely loved this book. I loved the way the author used various narrators rather than one to unveil the intricacies of the whole story.

The characters were each brilliant; the storytelling exceptional. Uncle Fairlie was my favorite. His account made me laugh aloud as I read.

I highly recommend this story. I have already picked up a second work by Wilkie Collins and am looking forward to diving into it.

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Yuki_Onna
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Love road trips - but to think of a fictional character to go with is quite hard. I've never been one for #fictionalcrushes
Being so infatuated and happy with the men irl - my boo especially, that is.
I'd love going on a road trip and getting lost with him. 😊

Well, back to the question. If had to pick one, I'd go with Walter Hartright from the tagged book. He's the closest I ever got to a fictional crush.

#SundayFunday #gothic #roadtrips

RaeLovesToRead Ooh, I'll have to think! 🤔🤔 2y
BookmarkTavern That‘s a fun answer! Thank you for sharing! 2y
Yuki_Onna @RaeLovesToRead Do so!😁 I had to think for a bit as well... But I know you're one to enjoy road trips a lot, too! 😊 2y
Yuki_Onna @ozma.of.oz Thank you, Krysta! 😊 2y
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BarbaraBB
The woman in white | Wilkie COLLINS
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#AlphabetGame Letter W

One of the gems I discovered on the list of #1001books. This gothic novel is fantastic!

erzascarletbookgasm I loved reading this! 3y
batsy It was so much fun! The first time I read it I was a bit creeped out 😅 3y
jlhammar I still need to try Wilkie Collins! I‘ve got this and The Moonstone on my shelves waiting patiently. 3y
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ravenlee I really enjoyed this one, and have The Moonstone lined up for…someday. 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 🙌🏻📚 3y
BarbaraBB @jlhammar I‘d start with huis one if I were you! 3y
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ShyBookOwl
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I sometimes wonder what the epistolary novel of the 2030s onwards will be like. Just a smattering of cobbled together conversation snippets, written in text shorthand and punctuated by emojis? 🤔

#readermusings

IuliaC A very relevant point! 😃 3y
ravenlee I saw someone once comparing emojis to hieroglyphics and sometimes wonder if future generations will have the same trouble deciphering them. 3y
ShyBookOwl @ravenlee that's so interesting... and a really funny thought. I sometimes already have trouble deciphering emoji-convos 😅 3y
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Daisey
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I read more in October than I expected with a total of 14 books, and 6 of those are on the #1001books list. It was an interesting mix, but The Woman in White was a clear favorite.

#ReadingStats #MonthlyStats #BookSpinBingo

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Daisey
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This story was so good and a perfect October read! The mysteries were fascinating and completely explained in the end. I enjoyed all the gothic aspects without feeling they were overly dramatic as in so many stories. I appreciated seeing the story from different perspectives and how they all came together. Additionally, the narrators of this audio version were fantastic.

#audiobook #1001books #Reading1001

Daisey @Andrew65 Finishing this also brought me to 16 hours for the #20in4 #Halloween #Readathon. 3y
Andrew65 Brilliant time 👏👏👏 3y
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Daisey
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I‘ve been listening to this book off and on throughout the day, and it‘s a perfect atmospheric read for the end of October. I‘m enjoying it so much that I might actually finish it tomorrow.

#1001books #audiobook #audiowalk

mabell This is on my TBR, but I never think about reading it! 3y
emz711 Finished it a few weeks ago, such a great story! 3y
Daisey @mabell It‘s been on my TBR for a while now too and one of the Goodreads groups I‘m in chose it for a fall read this year. It‘s the perfect time to read it. 3y
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Daisey
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Good morning! I‘m looking forward to participating more in today‘s #Deweys24HourReadathon than I have recently. This is my main TBR stack. I‘m starting with The Woman in White on audio while posting, getting breakfast, and doing some housework. I hope to finish Song of Solomon and Romeo & Juliet later today. #Readathon

Opening Survey on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18076759-daisey-s-readathon?page=2

BarbaraBB The woman in white is so so good! It‘s one of the books I am the #1001books list thankful for since I doubt I would have read it otherwise. It turned out to be an all-time favorite! 3y
Daisey @BarbaraBB I‘m over halfway through now and it‘s so good! 3y
BarbaraBB I am glad you think so too!! 3y
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emz711
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Classic tale that I feel like gets talked about in other novels and I had to track it down! You know when you just want to find a book the old fashioned way? Second hand bookshop with a shipment of classics for the win!

Can't wait to see how it is! Anyone read it before?

#gothic #white #wilkiecollins

JamieArc I enjoyed it! 4y
LeslieO I loved it! 4y
BarbaraBB It‘s fantastic! 🖤 4y
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Cazxxx
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What do you think 😂

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Cazxxx
The woman in white | Wilkie COLLINS
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🎧 up next 🎧

BarbaraBB Sooo good!! 4y
Cazxxx @BarbaraBB I love the book and think it‘ll be really good as an audiobook 4y
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squirrelbrain
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For those of you who like bookish podcasts....

The first episode is all about the tagged book, The Woman in White.

BarbaraBB Interesting! I loved that book! 4y
Birdsong28 Thanks have added it to my podcast list. I have one for work as it passes the time as I pick the click and collects we have to do. 📚 📖 4y
tenar I just read that book in December, thank you for posting this! 4y
YasmiNova Reading the book now and saw your post about the podcast - added to my favourites, thank you! 4y
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rwmg
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tenar
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Wow, this 1859 novel has it all! A rich cast of characters, an inciting incident on a spooky night, a pure-hearted romance, legal puzzles, detective thrills, secret correspondence, questions of identity, and intense sexism and ableism!

I love tracing lineages in media, and many books I‘ve enjoyed owe this one quite a lot, especially My Cousin Rachel and Fingersmith. I recommend The Woman in White for readers with similar taste, but 👇🏻

tenar Please take care to apply to this book‘s treatment of its disabled characters, particularly Anne Catherick, Mr. Fairlie, and Margaret Porcher, the same critical eye you‘d naturally apply to its treatment of women and gender. 4y
BarbaraBB Such a good book!! 4y
Suet624 I read this when I was much too young. I really should it again. 4y
tenar @BarbaraBB It was so good, especially the last stretch! I had hit a total reading slump midway, and your earlier comment fed my determination to finish this one. It was well worth the effort! 4y
tenar @Suet624 I bet it would hold up well to a reread! It‘s so carefully plotted and develops such a lovely trio of characters to root for. 4y
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cdreincarnate
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Mehso-so

Not sure why this book tends to get classified as a horror since there‘s nothing paranormal. The story is pretty interesting and the characters are great, but it felt way longer than it needed to be.

The narrator was great at doing different voices for different characters, but he got way into the idea of dramatic suspense even when there was nothing suspenseful.

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