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The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliff
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mcctrish
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I‘m basically rage reading at this point. The mystery is WHY?!

zezeki I totally understand, I finished it myself few days ago because I just wanted to be done with it. 😅🙈 2mo
mcctrish @zezeki you are so smart 2mo
dabbe I totally gave up. 🤷‍♀️ 2mo
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mcctrish @dabbe the smartest 2mo
dabbe @mcctrish I should have also said that this was my THIRD time trying. #feelinglikeafailure #sameissuewithlesmis 2mo
mcctrish @dabbe at least Les mis has music you could play 🤣 the soundtrack of this is crying 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
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My granddaughter‘s outfit matches the book, but more importantly is that side eye 🤣🤣

vlwelser 😂😍 2mo
kspenmoll Adorable! 🥰 2mo
AllDebooks Omg 😍 She's beautiful. Scoping the book out from an early age, love it. X 2mo
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AnnCrystal 💕😍💖💝. 2mo
Ruthiella Oh yeah, she‘s gunning for that book! 😅 Such a cutie! 🥰 2mo
dabbe 🤩😂🤩 2mo
Deblovestoread Adorable 💜 2mo
marleed So cute! 2mo
mcctrish Be afraid, be very afraid 😒 2mo
Gissy Adorable💖✨💫 2mo
bthegood adorable! 2mo
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dabbe
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#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. I can't pick just one #1 song, but there is no doubt about my favorite #1 album: George Winston's AUTUMN, which I play ad nauseam this time of year.
2. For the tagged book, the only song I can think of is CRYING by Roy Orbison. Am I right, #hashtagbrigade? 😂

Play? @TheLudicReader @TheBookHippie @mcctrish

mcctrish Absolutely nailed the theme song 😭😭😭 2mo
TheSpineView Perfect! Thanks for playing! 2mo
dabbe @mcctrish 😂😭😂 2mo
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dabbe @TheSpineView 🧡🤎💛 2mo
ReadingRachael I love George Winston‘s album “December.” I like to play it while decorating the tree. It‘s my favourite Christmastime album. 2mo
dabbe @ReadingRachael His Christmas album and A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS album are my two favorite holiday albums. They're pretty much all I listen to! 🤩 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
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ElizaMarie I feel like slightly less crying? Or — #AmINumbToTheSobs !? 2mo
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BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie you‘re definitely numb 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
mcctrish There was crying @ElizaMarie alone and in company, silent tears and sobs. Truthfully the frustration of this would make me cry BUT just like the boy who cried wolf #toomanytearshavebeenshed #suckitupbuttercup marry a count they said, it will be fun 2mo
ElizaMarie Ha! I assumed as much! @mcctrish and @BarkingMadRead —- after reading this chapter I was thinking there was less crying but… maybe I am #ZoningOut during these moments! 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly Why on earth does the count even want to marry someone who is so uninterested in marrying him?! And I don‘t understand why she doesn‘t tell him about Valancourt. I was shocked to realize she hadn‘t already told him. 2mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly it‘s hard to get a word out between sobs truthfully 2mo
eeclayton @Clare-Dragonfly I was wondering about the same thing. The girl is clearly not interested, and it's not like it would be super fun to marry into the Macaroni family 🫤 2mo
AllDebooks If only they had editor's in the 18th century. Less crying, more plot. 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
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BkClubCare Mad hashtag skillz 2mo
BkClubCare @BarkingMadRead I am here for it 👏 2mo
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Still not through this chapter, why is it five million pages long in tiny print?! 😂 2mo
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks we are in hell 🔥 hopefully the next one is short. But is it‘s not, please don‘t tell me. Ignorance is bliss 🤣 2mo
mcctrish We are in hell! I mean shit was going down but it was never ending shit! #hoodwinkedbymacaroni 👎🏻👎🏻 and the aunt is all #suckstobeyou #thisismadness plus we need sandbags #toomanytears 2mo
Bookwormjillk I‘m going to put on my resume that I read this chapter 2mo
Blueberry 🥴😭 2mo
kwmg40 Fortunately, I had a long drive today and managed this chapter with the Librivox audiobook. 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly I STARTED READING THIS CHAPTER LAST NIGHT IN BED AND NOW IM HAVING DINNER AND I FINALLY FINISHED IT 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 😆😆🤣🤣🤣 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly Anyway, Emily is an idiot and nobody knows how to communicate in this book. 2mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
Bklover Still. Not. Finished. Keep falling asleep. 😵😵‍💫 2mo
julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly 💯🎯 2mo
Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly truth. They just talk in circles. 2mo
eeclayton I have no idea what Catherine Morland liked in this book 🤔 2mo
BarkingMadRead @eeclayton I‘m really hoping it‘s something we haven‘t gotten to yet, because I‘m reallllly wondering how she made it far enough to love it 🤣 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly @eeclayton I‘ve been thinking the same thing. Maybe she had an abridged version 😂 2mo
eeclayton @Clare-Dragonfly That makes sense! Like The Princess Bride, the good parts version! 😂 @BarkingMadRead I certainly hope we'll get to the good parts soon! 2mo
peanutnine If I wasn't listening to the audiobook, I would have thrown the book during this chapter. So long and the gaslighting ugh 😵‍💫😤😡🙄😩 2mo
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Bookwormjillk I‘m sure it will all be fine 2mo
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AllDebooks At least we're picking up pace now. Although I have concerns about Emily's 'free-flowing tears'. Maybe Venice should be on high alert with flood warnings. 🤔 2mo
mcctrish The hashtag #nocrying does not apply, as @AllDebooks says ⬆️ the tears were free-flowing #floodwarningsareineffect at two different parts the way things were being described - coming across the army and the revellers outside the window I honest to god thought Valencourt was going to be part of the group 🤣🤣 that would make this a gothic whatever it is 2mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I 💯 thought so too! Ugh I really thought there was no crying, this is what happens when I start the chapter early and finish it in the evening 🤣 2mo
mcctrish @BarkingMadRead Emily really needs to hydrate 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly In case you wondered whether Montoni married Aunt Scumbag for her money, he apparently doesn‘t even like her! 2mo
dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly If she wasn't such a #scmb, I'd almost feel sorry for her, waiting up for her hubby to come home as he ditches her on their first night at his estate. 😂 2mo
Bklover 😢💦😢💦😢💦🌊🌊🌊 2mo
AnishaInkspill I 😍 the photo 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
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mcctrish Lots of describy words is right. Honestly do we even know and like V? It seems like we went zero to 60 with this guy and it‘s only when we can‘t have him that we LLLLOOOVVVEEE him, he‘s been an obsessive from the start #redflag #alertnoisessounding this is giving extreme YA vibes 2mo
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AllDebooks Oh god, now for the sonnets. 😱 2mo
AllDebooks @mcctrish Regarding V's attention to E, #lovebombed comes to mind 🚩💣🚩 2mo
Bookwormjillk 🎶 on the road again 🎶 2mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks I skip all the sonnets unless they are < 4 lines #justsayno and yes Emily has been #lovebombed between V and her aunt pulling a 180° with her opinions I almost understand why she cries so much, she never gets a moment to process anything (edited) 2mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I 💯 skimmed those sonnets 🤣 2mo
AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead so did I 😅 2mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly Oh I‘m totally skipping the sonnets 🫣 2mo
dabbe Wait until tomorrow's chapter. #onehugelylongsonnetattheend It makes the chapter 2 pages shorter. 😄 2mo
Bklover I get very excited when I see the sonnets because I just zoom on by! Glad I‘m not the only one @AllDebooks @mcctrish @dabbe @BarkingMadRead Oh, and where do they go to relieve themselves while trekking through the mountains?! #noportapottiesinsight (edited) 2mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover a lady never pees in the woods 🤣 2mo
Bklover 🚽🌳 2mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover 🍁 🍃 🍂 🚽 2mo
Ruthiella @AllDebooks I warned you… get used to them! 😂 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk I'll admit I had to do audio for this chapter. 3mo
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mcctrish This chapter actually worked for me. Auntie makes my head spin with her saying one thing and then taking a 180° 3mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish auntie has things finally getting interesting! 3mo
AllDebooks Finally, something more yhan weeping and walks, walks and weeping! 3mo
Ruthiella @AllDebooks Just wait until she starts spontaneously writing sonnets. (edited) 3mo
CatLass007 Would you please remove me from your tag list for #HashtagBrigade? Everyone is great but I want to cut back on some of my buddy reads. Thanks 😚 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly I had a hard time following all the dialogue in this but I got the gist. Specifically that Auntie is a social-climbing moron. 3mo
dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly Can I add “bitch“ to your most excellent comment? As in #socialclimbingmoronbitch ... #scmb for short (which could also read as “scumbag“). 😄 3mo
BarkingMadRead @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣🤣 3mo
Bklover First of all, why does Valencourt keep showing up like a creeper? He always appears from behind a tree or something. Second, Auntie is a scheming witch but at least she‘s interesting- I think she‘s going to be a fun one to hate! 3mo
julieclair @Bklover I freely admit I am hating Auntie and enjoying it! As @dabbe says, #scmb . 😂 3mo
dabbe @julieclair YES! #scmb You know, it's better just thinking it as “scum“! 🤩😂🤗 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe Bahahaha, perfect! 😂 3mo
ElizaMarie @bklover! Yes!!! Such a #SneakySneak didn‘t we learn he has good breeding? Why are you such a #WeirdoCreeper !? 3mo
ElizaMarie Also. I am numb to tears and weeping…. 3mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk Yes 30 minutes tomorrow according to my kindle. Also worried for that dog. 3mo
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TheBookHippie I had to bail. Just couldn‘t get into it. Too much going on here. 3mo
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie totally get it! Do you want me to take you off of the tag list? @Bookwormjillk I just knew it! Yikes! 3mo
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead oh don‘t do extra work. 😝 3mo
rubyslippersreads @TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I‘ve bailed too. Too many other books calling my name. But leave me on the tag list; I might check in to see how you‘re all doing. 😁 3mo
mcctrish Don‘t forget more crying 😭 😭 also getting Cinderella vibes with the remote room and only the dog for a friend 3mo
Bklover @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I‘m very concerned about the dog! I can‘t believe that witch stuck her in a teeny tiny room. It‘s just guaranteed to make her cry more! 🙄. And I wonder who feeds the dog and takes him potty, etc. Anyway. @BarkingMadRead V still seems creepy to me. 3mo
AnishaInkspill I read this last year and finished with a mixed reaction, where I would read this again though it took me 5 months to read it 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Bklover Oh, I‘m sure they have servants to do that, just like at home! St Aubert died so terribly poor, Emily can only afford to keep one servant at the house she‘s not even living in! How ever will she manage 😂 3mo
Bklover Exactly!!!😂🤣😂 3mo
ElizaMarie Ha I am curious how old V is. This will help me decide if he is a #Creeper. Also… now the doggie gets to hear her cry more! 3mo
julieclair @ElizaMarie Good question about V‘s age! I always assumed he was in his mid-twenties, but he could certainly be much older. Then he‘d be a #Creeper for sure. 3mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk Of corse auntie shows up just then. But what did the papers say??? 3mo
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AllDebooks This was very frustrating. Spill the T Radclyffe 😕 3mo
mcctrish At present I‘d say the mystery is how anyone reads this 3mo
AllDebooks @mcctrish so much repetition!! 3mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks every time there is a chance of something happening - nope! We see gypsies, ooo what‘s going to happen? Nothing. Dad holding miniature portrait - nothing, papers to read, burn em and nothing 3mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 😂😂😂 3mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s a lot of words and a lot of crying for nothing 3mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I don‘t mind it when the chapters are short, but sometimes I see 23 minutes in the chapter on my kindle and I want to cry right along with her. A lot of people love this book so hopefully something other than dying parents and crying happens soon. 3mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I‘m reading on serial and when it says the chapter continues to more than one section I too want to cry 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly I can‘t believe it said she read a bit but won‘t tell us what that bit is!!! So unfair. And auntie… she‘s obnoxious but she‘s not wrong about people who look good not necessarily being good. 3mo
Bklover I‘m hoping Auntie spices things up a bit! I do think, though, that Auntie is going to cause more crying and fainting. There has to be some excitement coming soon! 3mo
eeclayton @mcctrish same! I would never get through this if it wasn't for the #hashtagbrigade ! 3mo
eeclayton I was actually proud of Emily for not saying yes to V right away. But this is about the only positive thing I can say about the story so far. 3mo
julieclair So. Much. Crying. I switched to audio and it has helped me to enjoy the story more. (Not sure why…) 3mo
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mcctrish Don‘t forget the crying 3mo
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Bookwormjillk So much crying. Quick chapter today. 3mo
AllDebooks @mcctrish Emily must be so dehydrated 😭 3mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk they crying is a bit easier when it‘s a short chapter 3mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks she‘s got to be a husk by now 3mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish for sure. I feel like I‘m bringing bad karma for rolling my eyes at her. I would do the same in real life but it doesn‘t really make for an interesting book. 3mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk same, I‘m talking out loud while I read “let me guess, she starts to cry” 🙄 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly Oh yeah, Valancourt, I‘m sure you were sooooo surprised to see Emily there. 🙄 3mo
StaceGhost The amount of times I‘ve wanted to reach in & shake her 3mo
Bklover @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks @Clare-Dragonfly @StaceGhost After I finished the chapter I immediately came here to see the comments. This is why I love reading with @BarkingMadRead - y‘all are so funny. The crying and feeling faint are driving me nuts 😵‍💫 3mo
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣 3mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk Poor ‘Em. 3mo
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mcctrish There is a lot of crying 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly Poor Manchon 😭😭😭 3mo
Ruthiella @mcctrish She cries constantly throughout this book. Do not make a drinking game of it. You will get drunk. 3mo
mcctrish @Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 but what?! 3mo
AnishaInkspill poor Emily,she cries alot, @Ruthiella, along with its heightened emotions, this is one of the things I found hardest about this read whilst other parts were amazing 3mo
Bklover @mcctrish The crying and fainting is definitely getting a bit tiresome. @Ruthiella It never stops?!! Oh boy! 3mo
mcctrish @Bklover I can see the review already #lovelyscenerytoomuchcrying 3mo
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Bookwormjillk I absolutely hope she reads them 🙋‍♀️ 3mo
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Clare-Dragonfly Heck yeah, I want to know! 🙋🏻‍♀️ 3mo
Bklover I certainly hope she reads them! Or at least lets us read them!😁😉 3mo
mcctrish @Bklover @Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly why bring them up if we aren‘t getting to know what‘s in them! Mysterious woman, mysterious papers 🤔 3mo
dabbe Pops also has memories of a woman who is not Emily's mother. And he recognized the name of the person who owned the creepy house/castle/haunt/whatever-the-heck-you-want-to-call-it. Here comes the Gothic! I also vote to add the word “sublime“ to “verdant“ and “verdure“. And am I awful to say that if I see any more scenery, I am going to 🤢? Oh, and great to send Pops on an adventure when the guy can barely walk. #wtf? 3mo
BarkingMadRead @dabbe so many mysteries, and yessss sublime is also overused 🤣 3mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Reading while the hubs installs my book clock!

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LiseWorks
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PuddleJumper 💙💙 3mo
Eggs 💙🩵💙 3mo
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StaceGhost
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Pickpick

This is so much fun to read— great descriptions of nature and totally unrealistic characters but such a fascinating piece to reflect on and, dare I say, rail against? It seems I do.

Also I‘m pretty sure I should be getting ready to teach classes next week but um, there‘s this guy Valancourt who just showed up…so I‘m going to have to finish this chapter first. Close up of my cozy office shelf for the vibes

dabbe Love those vibes! 🩶🖤🩶 5mo
StaceGhost @dabbe thank yooou ✨💕🪦 5mo
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