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1984 | George Orwell

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Karisa 🧿 😢 9h

TheBookHippie 😩 8h

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 7: #goodusedcars #cheatsandliars #somethingsneverchange #staytuned #palatecleanser #niceeasychapter #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie @bklover @lauraisntwilder 12h

Bookwormjillk Some things never change indeed. 12h

TheAromaofBooks I was honestly laughing, like apparently slimy used car salesmen appeared out of thin air as soon as used cars existed 😂 11h

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ElizaMarie I hate this! How true it is to swindle and cheat people. 7h

Crinoline_Laphroaig So what do we call these chapters that don't follow Tom Jobe but give overview of the world of the story? 4h

BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig that‘s a good question! We definitely need a hashtag for it! 4h

willaful @TheAromaofBooks LOL!

Spider Robinson has a story about people doing good in the world and the form they choose is to sell actually good used cars! 3h

dabbe @Crinoline_Laphroaig @BarkingMadRead Here's a few hashtag suggestions for the parts that don't contain the Joads but contain history:
#wrathsnack #grapeless #joadfree #dustbreak #dustdetour 53m

BarkingMadRead @dabbe omg I love these! Especially #wrathsnack 🤣 52m

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Snack as in “gotta have more knowledge!“ 🤣 now

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Lin3han

Frankenstein | Mary Shelley

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I had started this book for the buddy read for #hauntedshelf but it took me too long. I could go into themes and why this book is so brilliant but mostly, I forgot how many melancholy fits Victor Frankenstein has. The man is the dictionary definition of depressed.

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Bookwormjillk

The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck

Train delays equal more reading time I guess.

britt_brooke That‘s the right attitude! 🙂 1d

BookmarkTavern Silver lining! 21h

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TieDyeDude

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Guillermo del Toro is a true artist, and, since missing Nightmare Alley, it had been too long since I've seen one of his films in theaters. I was so happy to see his latest last night during its limited run. I've yet to read the source material, but his take on Frankenstein is hauntingly emotional and the film just looks amazing. Isaac and Elordi are brilliant. Streaming on Netflix tomorrow!

Centique I saw it at the cinema too! So beautiful on the big screen 😍 Only had to cover my eyes once. The sawing got to me more than the body in the courtroom - that was fine 😂😂 1d

JacqMac I can‘t wait for this to drop on Netflix. I‘ve been excited since he started filming lol 1d

Suet624 Can‘t wait to see Isaac. 1d

vivastory Hard agree 💯 21h

TieDyeDude @Centique The sawing was unexpected 😄 My wife doesn't do well with animal harm, so the start of the Monster's story was rough for her.
@JacqMac @Suet624 @vivastory I hope you enjoy it! 2h

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 6: #thehouseisempty #poortom #muleyshowsupwithalllllthenews #thefamilyisatuncleohns #butfirst #dinnerandarompinthecorn #hidingfromthelaw #campingout #offtojohnstomorrow #staytuned #andbewarethebabyeatingpigs #hashtagbrigade

lil1inblue #thatbabyeatingpig #imsorrywhatnow Also, I'm quite glad this is only a chapter a day. #sobleak 1d

willaful @lil1inblue seriously! 1d

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Crinoline_Laphroaig I was so glad the Turtle was safe! And then the poor rabbit. That was enough. I stopped reading and will start with tomorrow's chapter. 1d

ElizaMarie @lil1inblue me too!!!! I think I‘d be super bummed if I pushed through this one 24h

Bklover 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢👍 19h

lauraisntwilder Don't know what I did to deserve reading about that pig in this chapter and a scene with leeches in it in a different book on the same day. 😳 18h

Bklover 🐇🔥🍽️👎 18h

BarkingMadRead @lauraisntwilder are you reading both of those books with me? 😳 14h

lauraisntwilder @BarkingMadRead No! Definitely wasn't blaming you in any way. I'm reading The Ladies of Missalonghi. Did you read about leeches yesterday, too? My sympathies!

The Ladies of Missalonghi

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BarkingMadRead @lauraisntwilder I‘m reading the Body, they made the movie Stand By Me based on the book, and there‘s a scene with leeches

The Body

lauraisntwilder @BarkingMadRead That's in my TBR. I'll get to it one day. 7h

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AnneCecilie

Persuasion | Jane Austen

Jane Austen is not afraid of telling it as it is.

#PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow

Crinoline_Laphroaig

ChaoticMissAdventures This is my favorite Austen! She is so funny. 1d

TheBookHippie The snark!!! Perfection. 1d

Crinoline_Laphroaig 😆 1d

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totefairie

Frankenstein | Mary Shelly

Reread of Mary Shelley's classic before Guillermo del Toro's film adaptation drops tom🎧📖
1/6 from our @tbrgirlies_bookclub TOTM
#frankenstein #maryshelly #classics #ebook #audiobook #goodreadsreadingchallenge #goodreads #totefairie

RavenclawOwlCat I tried to like it and I couldn‘t! Granted, that was 8 years ago and maybe I‘d feel different now but classics are tougher to enjoy with the language difference. 1d

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Texreader

The Old Curiosity Shop | Charles Dickens

I‘m going to have to post photos periodically of my grandmother‘s Old Curiosity Shop dishes. Here it is! The Old Curiosity Shop!

These dishes are among my most precious possessions. I only use them once a year for Christmas.

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

TheBookHippie I have some too I pick them up when I thrift! I love them! 2d

AnnCrystal 🤩💝. 2d

Cuilin Yes!!! I always love when you show these. So beautiful. 🤎 1d

Texreader @TheBookHippie oh!! ♥️♥️ In Texas I simply cannot find them. I was able to buy loads of pieces when I went to antique shops around DC when I worked there years ago. My grandmother collected them when she lived in Marfa Tx so I‘m not sure why I can‘t find them here. 1d

GingerAntics I would be so afraid to eat on them. I‘d put them on the wall or something. Then again, I grew up in a house with a bunch of decorate plates on the wall, so maybe I‘m weird. 22h

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BarkingMadRead

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 5: #devastatingchapter #somuchsadness #somuchunfairness #morejoadsinthenextchapter #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

KAO This chapter makes me so sad. Such helplessness in the face of devastating loss. 2d

willaful This kind of infuriated me because it made me so aware of history rhyming. These books are full of accumulated wisdom and yet we keep doing the same things over and over. Reading it at this very moment in history really drives it home. 2d

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BarkingMadRead @willaful 💯💯 2d

SamAnne @willaful exactly. We continue to relive it. One of my clearest memories of high school is our amazing English teacher have us read this. Context: redneck timber town highschool mid-80s. All of us were “whew glad that doesn‘t happen anymore.” And then she showed us a documentary on the plight of orchard workers in CA in relatively current times. Have never forgotten. (edited) 2d

Bookwormjillk @willaful yup 2d

willaful @SamAnne I'm glad you had such a good teacher. 2d

BarbaraJean @willaful My thoughts exactly. All the bank stuff. All the faceless non-human/inhuman entities. All the shifting of blame. 😡 (edited) 2d

dabbe @willaful @SamAnne Same here! 🧡🍁💛 2d

lil1inblue @willaful 🎯🎯🎯 2d

lil1inblue @SamAnne What a powerful lesson. And what an amazing teacher. 💓 2d

SamAnne @willaful @dabbe @lil1inblue Raise a glass to Eleanor Dinkins. She terrified me at first. Then I loved her. And what a treat to get to know her when I was an adult. Even in my conservative red neck timber town, what freedom our teachers had to teach us! The 80s. Now I raise a glass to all the teachers out there doing the difficult work under difficult circumstances. I always thought it would get better, not worse. 2d

dabbe @SamAnne I always took it as a compliment when I student would tell me that I terrified them ... at first. And I always waited for the magic word “But“ ... music to my ears! Here's to you, Eleanor Dinkins! 🍸 2d

ElizaMarie This chapter gutted me. @davbe - I am sure you are one of those teachers people still talk about :) @SamAnne you are right back when we were in school I felt teachers were able to be so much more truthful now- it‘s walking on egg shells 1d

lil1inblue @SamAnne Here's to Eleanor Dinkins! 💓🍸💓 My Ms. Dinkins was Mr. Joe Locascio. Teachers are so amazing. 1d

lil1inblue @dabbe I think I would have loved having you as a teacher. I can see hints of it in the buddy reads you host. 💓💓💓 1d

dabbe @ElizaMarie In both positive and negative ways! I didn't anoint myself as #crabbyabbe for nothing! 🤣🤣🤣 1d

dabbe @lil1inblue You are too kind. I can sometimes come across as too teachery! 🤣😍🤣 1d

SamAnne @dabbe new adverb . Teachery! 18h

dabbe @SamAnne 🤪🤣😘 18h

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