BritishLiterature

Part 2, ch 1: yikes this is our karma for yesterday‘s short chapter 🤣 #anyway #tomisatschool #theonlystudent #andapparentlyastupidone #somuchstruggle #andalsobabysitting #mrsrevisntasnice #therevisdecentthough #euclidandlatinaretheenemy #maggievisits #sheactuallyteachestomabut #untiltherevsaysgirlscantlearnasmuch #sir #imsoirritated #tomlikedthatalittletoomuch #boys 🙄 #christmasbreak #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Giving religion a bad name 20h

dabbe To be the only student ... YIKES! And (gasp) Tom behaves like a girl and actually has his hubris stomped on a little bit. I think it's a good lesson for him--even though his actual lessons are 😱! 20h

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KAO Whew. That chapter was rather long and somewhat tedious (though I liked the bit of life reflection in the last lines). Maybe the feeling that this chapter would never end parallels Tom‘s feeling about this long and tedious academic term. 18h

TheAromaofBooks I actually found myself liking Tom for the first time in this chapter. 16h

Bookwormjillk I‘ll admit it. It‘s Monday. I skimmed. 15h

ElizaMarie Tom can‘t ever let Maggie have any props 13h

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 13: #shortchapter #gleggwontcallontheloan #soobviouslytullywantstopayitback #butwheretogetthemoney #tomisleavingforschool #maggieisdevastated #girl #letthatjerkgo #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk Bye Tom 👋 The short chapters made this a good pick for chapter a day IMO. 2d

mcctrish That chapter just went downhill fast 2d

Leftcoastzen I feel for Tully ,where else could you borrow from than your family, yet so often used as manipulation. 1h

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 12: so much #blahblahblah before we get to #thewarofthegleggs #mrglegggivingsirjohnvibes #mrsgleggblameshimfornotdefendingher #mrgleggismadthatsheaskedforhermoneyback #shedecidestolettullykeepit #fornow #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk 4% though 3d

Ruthiella I enjoyed the story of St. Ogg. 3d

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mcctrish Hell hath no fury! #diningalonewithhergruel #matchmadeinheaventhesetwo #gleggfindingsignsinthegarden 🤦🏻‍♀️ (edited) 3d

mcctrish @Ruthiella me too 3d

dabbe The water motif again ... crossing the Floss and making it this time and not drowning. Wonder if this story will be important later. 3d

Leftcoastzen I liked the story of St. Ogg , #GleggDrama 2d

Clare-Dragonfly I was reading this in the car on a gray rainy day and it put me to sleep 😴 2d

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 11: #maggierunsaway #tobequeenofthegypsies 👸🏻 #obviously #thegypsiesdonthavetea ☕️😳 #ordecentfood #wtf #shocking #theypickmaggiespockets #theydontspeakenglish #maggiewantstogohome #oneofthementakeheronadonkey 🫏 #shesprettysurethisisit #thisishowshedies ☠️ #butsherecognizesthelanes #andseesherpops #rescued #popspaysthegypsies #andspeakstomomandtom #maggieisoutoftrouble #fornow #hashtagbrigade

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TheAromaofBooks While I can't like Maggie's dad as a person (so far anyway) I do appreciate that he thinks the world of Maggie. 4d

mcctrish I think Maggie grew up a bit today. 4d

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Clare-Dragonfly I‘m glad Maggie didn‘t get any deeper into trying to teach them than she did, or they might have gotten upset! As it is they were kind people. 4d

julieclair @mcctrish Agreed. She learned a bit about the world. And thankfully made it home safe and sound! 4d

Bookwormjillk I had to laugh at the idea of Maggie just running into her Dad. That must have been a shock. 4d

ElizaMarie I love the fact that she really thought she would be fit to be Queen of the Gypsies 3d

Morr_Books @ElizaMarie 🤣 Don't know that the thimble was enough to buy her that role. 3d

Leftcoastzen Imagine! No tea ! How COULD someone be queen of the Gypsies & live that way ? 😁They were ultimately kind, her father was beside himself 3d

dabbe Wonder how long Mrs. T and Tom will leave Maggie alone? 🤔 Bets, anyone? 3d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe not long 🤣🤣 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 10: I almost forgot to post! #sonowweknow #tomistheworst #orisitmaggie 🤷🏻‍♀️ #poorlucystuckinthemiddle #pulletfreaksout #nodirtinherhouse #againwiththedrowningfear #wheredidmaggiego #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Poor Lucy and whoever has to do the laundry ! Is it time for Tom to go to school yet? 5d

Bookwormjillk Tom needs to go. The drowning fear is weird. I guess there weren't swim lesson in those days. 5d

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Ruthiella Poor Lucy! Such a sweet kid who genuinely loves Maggie. 😢 5d

Clare-Dragonfly Poor Lucy! As soon as she turned up covered in mud I pretty much knew what happened… 5d

ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk YES AGAIN with the drowning! I mean. they should do a swim lesson here and there to keep this fear at bay. I am so OVER Tom. He is such a jerk. I hate how poor Maggie tries so hard! 4d

Leftcoastzen I was just waiting for something really messy to happen at /near the home of Mrs Clean! Maggie & Tom a handful , poor Lucy ! 4d

dabbe I predict a major reckoning between Maggie and Tom at some point. Boy, is he an arse! 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 9: #maggiecantmakeacardhouse #accidentallyknocksdowntoms #girl #cannotgetoutofherownway #offtopullets #abeautifulhatisobviouslyasignofdeath #theworstpartbeingnotallowedtowearit #poordeadperson #tomsufferswithuncle #atleasthehasmints 🤷🏻‍♀️ #andlittlecakes #whichgetmaggieinmoretrouble #outtheygo #grownupsdiscussingglegg #pullethastherightidea #neitheraborrowernoralenderbe 🤣 #andthenthescreaming #maggieagain#staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Ruthiella This book is making me tense! 😬😂 6d

mcctrish Fuss farts and nincompoops the lot of them. 6d

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 6d

JenlovesJT47 I‘m going to try to catch up, can you add me to the tag list pretty please 🤗 6d

BarkingMadRead @JenlovesJT47 absolutely! 6d

Bookwormjillk Tom and his punishments…. 6d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #sopetty 6d

Clare-Dragonfly This book is funny but uh… is there going to be a plot or what?! 6d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6d

Leftcoastzen I‘m with @mcctrish ! 😁yes , not very plot driven so far ! The hat ! The hat ! 5d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk Tom likes to be in control 😉👮🏻‍♂️ 5d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen @Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Ruthiella Channeling LARK RISE, anyone? 🤣

#ffn (#fussfartsandnincompoops) Way to go, @mcctrish! 🤣 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 8: #Tullyvisitshissis #eightkids 😳 #impressed #tullywantsmoneytheydonthave #sohecanpaybackGlegg #sissyremindshimofmaggie #sissylovesmaggie #somuchguilt #hewillgetthemoneysomeotherway #maybeanothermortgage 🤷🏻‍♀️ #togowiththeonehesayshedoesnthave #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @mcctrish @deblovestoread @dabbe @julieclair @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @thearomaofbooks @daisey @quietjenn @morr_books @leftcoastzen @kwmg40 @alldebooks @eeclayton @sparklemn @bklover @elizamarie @kao 7d

Bklover I think I‘m going to bail. I keep thinking it will get better, but this just isn‘t doing it for me. Thanks @BarkingMadRead - I want to stay for the hashtags, but I think I‘m tossing this one. I‘ll be back though! 7d

BarkingMadRead No worries @Bklover 7d

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TheAromaofBooks This is actually interesting to read after Lark Rise to Candleford. I feel like a lot of the things we read about in that book as generalities are happening in this story. 7d

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks for sure! 7d

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks this is the story that goes with Lark Rise‘s accounting lists. Also I‘m some mad at Glegg calling in her money and poor sister Tulliver living in squalor has to figure out some way to magic cost savings out of thin air 7d

julieclair I never could get into Lark Rise… but I‘m liking this book. I keep hoping I‘ll someday finish Lark Rise, but I must admit that hearing that it contains accounting lists is not motivating me, @mcctrish ! 😂 6d

ElizaMarie I‘m glad Tully had a change of heart and not insisted to call in the debt. 8 kids and no money - there is no way sis could have survived - unless she sold the kiddos 6d

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish I don‘t think Glegg did call in her money. Tulliver is just being excessively proud and trying to pay her back before she does 🙄 6d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly that‘s the impression I got as well, I was surprised he was going to that much effort 6d

mcctrish @julieclair it just felt like an accounting list 🤣 6d

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I thought I‘d missed something with the calling in - so he was just over reacting to his wife talking about it. Thank goodness he didn‘t crush his sister and family #oldladywholivesinashoe 6d

Leftcoastzen I think he has his pride & would like to pay her off . So maybe he could tell her off !😁 Tully saw how tight it was for his sister with all those mouths to feed and couldn‘t do it . I liked the description of the basic poorness of the area as he rides in. Foreshadowing that there isn‘t money to be had . 5d

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 7: sisters giving P&P vibes #pullettissoverdramatic #deaneissoquietandunassuming #glegghasanopinionabouteverything #anyway #thesistersarrive #theylistenandthentheyjudge #loudly #thehusbandsarenobetter #thesistershavealottosayaboutmaggie #especiallythehair #soonviouslyshecutsit ✂️ #hatchetjob #tomdoesnthelpwithhisteasing #muchcryinganddrama #timetotalkaboutschool #onlyspecialneedsboysgotoparsons #apparently 🙄 #hashtagbrigade

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Clare-Dragonfly I was thinking P&P too 😂 And I love the shade thrown on sister Glegg‘s clothing. Doesn‘t she know the rule that if you wore it when it was in fashion, you don‘t wear it when it comes around again? 1w

dabbe Maggie cries almost as much as Emily from UDOLPHO! 😂😭😂 1w

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julieclair @dabbe Next thing we know she‘ll start waxing poetic about #VerdantVerdure 😂 1w

julieclair Sister Gregg is on my last nerve. 1w

Morr_Books @julieclair Agree! I did enjoy Mr. Glegg - plus Mr. Tulliver vs. Mrs. Glegg. 1w

Bookwormjillk Some things never change though with the drama about meal times and people refusing to just have a snack for goodness sakes. Or maybe that‘s just my family. 1w

mcctrish Mrs Tulliver hurt her sister‘s feeling wearing her own hair aka Glegg who‘s got her third best fake hair on cuz it‘s a weekday 🤯 which is a wonderful lead up to berating Maggie so much she chops her own hair off just to show Glegg. 🤦🏻‍♀️ maybe she can sell Glegg her hair ? 1w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish Glegg can suck it! She‘s the worst! 1w

mcctrish Glegg is the worst 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I think Glegg might be a worse aunt than Mrs. Norris. 😱 1w

dabbe @julieclair 🎯🩵🤣 1w

Ruthiella “And uncle Pullet had a great natural faculty for ignorance.” 😂😂😂 “Well, if I may be allowed to speak, and it‘s seldom as I am,” said Mrs Glegg.” (edited) 1w

ElizaMarie @Ruthiella 😂😂😂😂 1w

Leftcoastzen When I was reading all the back & forth with the aunts , I‘m thinking why do they put up with them , especially Gregg . The Tullivers just seem more down to earth. Maggie is a wild one , no doubt. I‘m getting the feeling that Tom will be insufferable after a bit of education 🙄I‘m behind this week .Loving the book though. 5d

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TheKidUpstairs

The Followers | Rebecca Wait

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What a book. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. Wait has a gift for crafting complex and engrossing stories that really get under your skin and make you think and feel deeply.

Single mother Stephanie gets drawn into the fold of a self-proclaimed "Prophet" and brings her daughter, Judith, to live with his isolated cult. Cont'd in comments...

TheKidUpstairs Flipping back and forth between their time at The Ark and Judith's life as a young adult trying to live with the aftermath of a horrific event that has sent Stephanie to prison, The Followers builds stream towards a chilling and powerful conclusion. Highly Recommend. 1w

squirrelbrain Ooh, this is one of hers I haven‘t read….tries not to rush off to buy it! 1w

Jas16 Loved this one too 1w

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TheKidUpstairs @squirrelbrain and I just found out she's got a new book coming out in July in the UK

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Suet624 I really liked this one too. 1w

ErikasMindfulShelf I loved I‘m Sorry You Feel That Way. Definitely have to read more by her. 1w

BarbaraBB One of my favorite authors! Can‘t wait for her new one, thanks for bringing it up! 1w

TheKidUpstairs @ErikasMindfulShelf I'd definitely recommend this one, and Our Fathers was one of my top reads of 2024!

Our Fathers

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TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraBB she's just so good, eh? I don't know how she does it, but both of hers that I've read just suck you in from the very first page! I was so happy to hear she's got one coming out. 1w

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Daisey

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

I‘m a bit late starting, but I got caught up listening to the first few chapters of The Mill on the Floss while taking a walk with Luthien today. I‘m not sure what I think of these two siblings yet, but I‘m looking forward to seeing where this goes.

#HashtagBrigade #audiobook #1001books

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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w

Tamra 😘 1w

ElizaMarie Awe beautiful walk with a lovely companion 💛💛💛 1w

kspenmoll Happy Litsyversary!!!! 3d

Daisey @kspenmoll Thank you!! 2d

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