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Ch 9: #clarehasarrived #readinglettersfromthefamforthelady #comesuponsomestuffabouther #awkward #gibsonandclareconsideringeachother #ladygivingoffmrsbennetvibes #sodramatic #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 21h

willaful Ugh! Mr. Gibson, you are such a doof! 18h

eeclayton Mrs Kirkpatrick reminds me a little of Becky Sharp. I wonder if she'll turn out any better. 18h

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mcctrish “Here comes the bride “ 16h

Clare-Dragonfly Lady Cumnor reminded me of Aunt Glegg with her “I‘ll TELL you when I‘m tired, husband.” 16h

julieclair So weird to think about marriage this way. “He‘d be okay.” “She‘d be okay.” So romantic, 😂😂😂. 15h

Lcsmcat With her “I can just sit around while he works” attitude, I don‘t hold out much hope for this marriage. 14h

ElizaMarie @Lcsmcat ha! Yeah! 14h

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 8: #rogerishome #getsgrilledaboutosborne #becausethatswhataspareisfor #osbornenotlivinguptoexpectations #nowweknowwhyhestayedaway #mollyblamesrogerforblabbing #inothernews #clareisback 🙄 #girlcantkeepajob #thatbodeswell 🙄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella Osborne sounds like someone who‘s always been given what he wants whether he has earned it or not so when he fails, he doesn‘t know how to handle it. ☹️ 2d

Cuilin @Ruthiella It‘s almost like he thinks he doesn‘t have to make any sort of effort. 2d

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Bookwormjillk Clare sigh. Osborne sigh. 2d

willaful Everyone worships Osborne so much it seems inevitable he'll be terrible.

And yup, here comes NotARealClare again, making mischief. How surprising to learn she was a terrible governess! 🙄 2d

ElizaMarie Ha! Osborne sounds like he would be a spoiled brat (maybe not his fault) 2d

Clare-Dragonfly We‘re all surprised #notarealclare can‘t keep a job, she‘s so pretty 😂 Here‘s hoping she‘s a better wife and stepmother than governess! 2d

mcctrish Osborne sounds like he spends too much time with his friends and not enough time with his studies #notarealclare is just what Gibson needs #notatall @Bookwormjillk #lesigh 2d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 7: #mseyrehasgoneonvacay #scarletfever #mollycantgohome #squireispissed #jerkdoesntwantmollynearosborne #notworriedaboutrogerthough #osbornedelayedhisvisit #rogerdidnot #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade

Cuilin Osborne, Coxe, Roger- Molly you in danger girl. 3d

Bookwormjillk A love square and Molly is clueless 3d

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mcctrish I just want to acknowledge Jenny, standing up for Bethia who was wrongfully sent to new employment because of Coxe‘s nonsense. And Mr Gibson wishing he could live a life without women. He couldn‘t/wouldnt last a DAY!!!! 3d

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish yessss I forgot poor Bertha and Jenny #boysaredumb 3d

willaful @mcctrish yup! 3d

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Yes!!! Poor Bethia didn‘t deserve any consequences other than having the letter taken from her. 3d

julieclair The stage is set for Roger to fall in love with Molly…. 3d

Lcsmcat @julieclair Yep. 3d

ElizaMarie I loved this sentence- But fate is a cunning hussy, and builds up her plans as imperceptibly as a bird builds her nest; 3d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie I almost used #fateisacunninghussy as a hashtag… and then I forgot 🙈 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 6: #thehamleys #mollysettlesin #squirementionsdocremarrying #mollyobsesses #bothhamleystalkuptheirsons #whomuatmarrywell #butnottoowell #rogersoundsmoreinteresting #osbornesoundsdull #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead
@bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 4d

mcctrish I just can‘t with the Squire 4d

Lcsmcat @mcctrish Really? I find him awkward but lovable. And I think Roger is going to turn out to be the better son. 4d

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Bookwormjillk #TeamRoger

I love how there's this whole scene going on but Molly is just busy overthinking. So relatable. 4d

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk I‘m #TeamRoger too, though I have no inkling how this is all gonna pan out! 😅 4d

mcctrish @Lcsmcat he starts the whole “we all couldn‘t understand why your dad didn‘t remarry” conversation and then is all “why is the girl going on about who her dad would marry” 4d

Lcsmcat @mcctrish I get it, but to me that‘s just his awkwardness. He has no idea what to do with a girl. 4d

willaful I'm cracking up at his making decisions on whether an imaginary daughter would've been good enough for his son.

He seems decent enough on the whole. Trying to entertain Molly. 4d

Bklover It‘s probably too early to be on #TeamNeither 😉 4d

ElizaMarie @lsmcat yes! He seems so clueless about how to talk to anyone!! 3d

julieclair What if both sons fall for Molly? 🤩 3d

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dabbe

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
We're on to list 5, all from the 1900s. I'm getting worse, not better! 😅
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-list5
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag if you want.

EVERYONE is tagged; ALL are welcome. 🤗

willaful 9. Fav is Lord of the Rings. I thought The Floating Opera was awful but I may have been too young for it. Want to read Brideshead Revisited and a Town Called Alice. 5d

dabbe @willaful The #hashtagbrigade will be reading BRIDESHEAD this September if you'd like to join us! I want to read that one, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💙 5d

Librarybelle Ha! I read 3 on the list. Many titles I‘m unfamiliar with…yikes! 5d

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shortsarahrose Read 6, have seen the movie for two others I haven‘t read (Zorba the Greek and Doctor Zhivago). I actually feel like I had heard of a decent amount and read more than previous lists, but I think we‘re in a time period that I know more about. LOTR is the favorite I‘ve read, though 1984 was also good. 5d

RaeLovesToRead I maintain that despite my consistently rubbish scores on these, I AM A WELL READ INDIVIDUAL 🤣🤣 5d

dabbe @Librarybelle I didn't know 72 OF THEM!!! 😱 #yikesindeedy Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 5d

dabbe @shortsarahrose LOTR's one of my faves, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 5d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead You ARE!!! I promise to find better lists once we're done with this one! Ones that include literature we're all better acquainted with! 😍 5d

RaeLovesToRead @dabbe I'm good with the back catalogue of Harlan Coben hehe 😆 5d

Amor4Libros I got 1: Giovanni‘s Room and I read it last year! 🤣 5d

melissajayne 8; A Town Like Alice is one of my favourites 5d

suvata I got 19. Never even heard of most of them. 5d

MonicaLoves2Read 2 both read in high school. 1984 and Catcher in the Rye 5d

Bookwormjillk I got 8. It‘s been a while but I remember liking Cry, The Beloved Country 5d

Amiable Yikes! I‘m just going to throw in another recommendation for

A Town Like Alice

Texreader Three! And proud of it! 🤣 5d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead 🤣😍🤣 5d

dabbe @Amor4Libros And that's one I have yet to read! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 5d

dabbe @melissajayne Now on the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 5d

dabbe @suvata 🎯🩵🎯 You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 5d

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read Same, well, sorta. 1st read of CATCHER was in high school; I taught it for years as a teacher, too. I was lucky enough to read 1984 my freshman year in college during the year 1984. Reagan was presdient, so we thought it jived pretty closely with the book. 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 5d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 5d

dabbe @Amiable Moving up on the TBR! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 5d

Dragon I just got 9 😂❤️🐉. My favourites of the 9 were Brideshead Revisited, The End of The Affair and Lord of the Rings 4d

DGRachel Missed this yesterday. Off to see how horribly I do…😂😂 4d

dabbe @Dragon You and I tied! #greatminds! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 4d

dabbe @DGRachel May the force be with you! ✨ 4d

Dragon 🙌❤️🐉 4d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I've read 7 of these. Favorites were LOTR, Bonjour Tristesse (more for the sense of place than story) , & Giovanni's Room. I've slowly been working through the short stories that comprise The Burning Plain, but it's not included in the total read. I disliked Zorba the Greek. I've heard of 41 of these, though I'd be hard pressed to tell you what they are about. I might explore some of these lists & add some to my TBR. It is a diverse list. 3d

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Boy is it! You've given me more for the TBR, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 5: #wellthattookaturn #coxeisinlove #docispissed #cantsendcoxeaway #somollyisgoingvisiting #heresyourhatwhatsyourhurry #althoughiguessitwasadressinatead #hashtagbrigade #also #ialmostforgot #thehamleysviewonmarriage 🙄😍🤣

mcctrish Molly has no idea what‘s going on but she‘s got to leave because daddio doesn‘t like how this is playing out and he‘s mad he doesn‘t know when Molly needs new clothes I‘m not sure how much I like this man anymore 5d

Bookwormjillk Dad has really done downhill these last few chapters 5d

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Lcsmcat I can‘t believe he waited til the last minute to tell her! Maddening! 5d

BarkingMadRead @Lcsmcat #boysaredumb 5d

Lcsmcat @BarkingMadRead 😂 5d

Clare-Dragonfly Sheesh! What a controlling hypocrite! I suppose I understand his desire to keep Molly close as long as possible but it ain‘t going to work. BTW, I figured one of the apprentices was in love with her, and I‘m relieved it‘s the smart one. 5d

Ruthiella I‘m holding out hope she will fall in love with one of the Squire‘s sons! 🤞 5d

quietjenn Such an overreaction 5d

Bklover Bad Dad. 4d

ElizaMarie Shocked but not shocked by daddy‘s reaction. Of course nobody would be good enooggh. Poor Molly seems to have no clue. 4d

julieclair I was really surprised at the father‘s overreaction. Firing the maid, sending Molly away with no warning, raking Coxe over the coals. Too much. 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 4: #gibsonsneighbors #victimsofsarcasm #timelineescalatedquickly #hamleysgivingbennetvibes #apprenticescrackmeup #cureorkill #coxeisinthwwrongprefession #hashtagbrigade

AllDebooks Cox did make me lol. Kill or cure 😅 6d

Bookwormjillk I have to re-read this chapter. I read it right after I finished a different book and don't remember a bit of it. 6d

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 6d

eeclayton I love whenever Mrs Goodenough is mentioned. What a brilliant name 😁 6d

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton it gives me a giggle every time 6d

Clare-Dragonfly Hmm. Doesn‘t seem that Mr. Gibson is marrying Clare. But it seems he fears Molly wants to marry one of his apprentices… 6d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly #plottwist 6d

Cuilin Some pretty privilege for Dr. Gibson, allowed into society as handsome as he is and some ginger slander I noticed. Appearances and accents were everything then. 6d

Lcsmcat I laughed out loud at the line “He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones; and leanness goes a great way to gentility.” 6d

Bklover @Bookwormjillk That‘s happened to me; it‘s like when you drive somewhere and don‘t remember the driving part at all 😂😂 6d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 3: I don‘t think I have the right guy, so let‘s pretend this is Dr Gibson 🤣 #alookintomollysfam #mamadiedwhenmollywas3 #dockeptapprentices #misseyrebabysits #bettyteaseseyre #mollyputsbettyinherplace #hashtagbrigade

Bklover Sigh. I was just loving Dad until he told Ms Eyre not to teach Molly TOO much. We wouldn‘t want her well-read, would we? 7d

BarkingMadRead @Bklover definitely a character flaw 7d

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Bklover Oh, and I do feel a bit sorry for Betty. She‘s had Molly for a long time. 7d

Bookwormjillk I was liking Dad until the whole Molly doesn't need to know how to read thing. Seems like Ms Eyre will do it anyway though. 7d

Cuilin I know Betty cares for Molly but to make fun of Ms Eyre in front of Molly is so unkind. Gibson must be making bank paying for three servants and a governess for his daughter!! (edited) 7d

AllDebooks Please add me to the taglist. I'll play catch-up tonight. Hope you're recovering well @BarkingMadRead 💓 7d

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks thank you, I am!! Added you! 7d

willaful Yeah, dad definitely fell in my esteem. But I guess if he was perfect there wouldn't be a story, right? Assuming he's going to be a right numpty and marry NotClare.

I was reminded of the mom in Lark Rise. I guess discouraged intellectual curiosity was a common theme for women writers.

The prose was pretty amusing in this chapter. I liked the allusion to “echo answers.“ 7d

mcctrish Same @Bookwormjillk daddio lost significant rizz factor with that statement #nevermetaneyreididntlike and oh my gosh @willaful you might be on to something with dad marrying #notarealclare 😫 7d

dabbe @Bklover @BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk @Cuilin @Alldebooks @willaful @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 with all of your comments! I also love that Molly's “governess“ is named “Eyre“. Wonder if that's in homage to Bronte's JANE EYRE? 🤔

I wish the dad didn't have those thoughts regarding his daughter's education. It truly did suck to be a woman in the 1800s. 7d

mcctrish @dabbe there‘s only one Eyre!!! 7d

ElizaMarie Ugh - I was all #TeamDaddy until the reading comment. But I love that Molly is still gonna learn :) I am really liking our little Miss Molly. 7d

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish rizz 😂 you‘re making me want to re-write this in Gen Z no cap 7d

mcctrish As we should @Bookwormjillk 7d

Clare-Dragonfly Molly reminds me of Maggie in The Mill on the Floss with wanting to learn! Thankfully she has a Miss Eyre to help her and no Tom to get in the way. 7d

Lcsmcat @dabbe It could be. There‘s about 20 years between publication dates. I‘d like to think it was one author supporting another. 7d

dabbe @mcctrish 🤣🎯🩵🎯🤣 7d

dabbe @Lcsmcat IKR? 🎯🩵🎯 7d

quietjenn @dabbe @lcsmcat I'm pretty sure it is. They were friends and she wrote a biography of Charlotte. 6d

quietjenn I am momentarily willing to give Dad a pass on the limited education, because I think he just doesn't want her to grow up too fast. But my grace won't extend if he makes a terrible marriage choice. 6d

Lcsmcat @quietjenn Interesting! 6d

dabbe @quietjenn #duh! I misremembered that! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 6d

dabbe @quietjenn 🎯🩵🎯 6d

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead ❤️ that's great to hear. X 6d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 2: #mollygoestotheparty #boooooring #wandersofftothegardens #starving #tired #naptime #clarefindsher #bringsfood #whichclareeats #takesherforanap #FORGETSHER #wtfclare #mollyjustwantstogohome #butno #sleepover #unwanted #paradesmollyaround #rescuedbypapa #whoreturnsthenextdaytogivethanks #whichclaresoreadilyaccepts 🙄 #hashtagbrigade

Librarybelle I felt so bad for Molly! And, Clare making it sound like it‘s all Molly‘s fault! Molly‘s a kid, who is relying on strangers to help her out. Glad Papa came to the rescue! 1w

Ruthiella I have a bad feeling about this former Miss Clare! 😬 1w

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Cuilin @Ruthiella I second this suspicion!! 🤨 1w

Cuilin @Librarybelle Agreed. I love the relationship she has with her father. 1w

Bookwormjillk Here we go 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I am extremely disappointed in this Clare! Though I suppose she isn‘t a real Clare, since I figured out halfway through this chapter that it‘s her maiden name, not her first name 🤣 1w

Lcsmcat I‘m definitely on Team Dad. Poor little Molly! 1w

mcctrish Clare is a train wreck #notarealclare hence forth 1w

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly She is definitely not worthy of the name! 1w

rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish My middle name is Claire, and I completely reject this awful woman. 😂 #notarealclare 1w

ElizaMarie I love the daddy-daughter-ness of it all! He is such a sweet man - Ugh #DoesHeDieSoon ? 1w

mcctrish @ElizaMarie EG is not to be trusted with men #shekillsthemwillynilly 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I would also like to mention that the lord dude sucks. I shuddered with childhood recognition at her description of the man who takes hold of a joke and won‘t let it go, and keeps pointing it at a baffled child who can‘t escape. 1w

Bklover @ElizaMarie @mcctrish you are probably right. Dad is my favorite character, so they will surely kill him off, leaving poor Molly an orphan! 1w

quietjenn Clare and the other ladies made me *so* mad. Not only to act like everything is Molly's fault but to be like, ""Oh, you can just stay all night, aren't you lucky?" ? 7d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 1: #meetingthecharacters #youngmollyexcitedaboutanouting #doctordadmakingitwork #mrsCisapieceofwork #browningsistersahouldbefun #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk He seems like a good Dad. What does it say about the other books we‘ve read that I‘m expecting him to die soon? 1w

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 Here‘s hoping this book breaks the mold! 1w

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dabbe @Bookwormjillk Like Cinderella's dad! 🎯🩵🎯 1w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I was expecting him to hit up Clare. There‘s time for both 🤣 1w

dabbe The earl and countess are a hoot so far. #festivalatthetowers #mollygetstositbodkinwiththebrownings ... that's a fun tongue twister! 🤣 1w

mcctrish The beginning of this book gave me Goodnight Moon vibes which quickly morphed into “how many might die?” @Bookwormjillk 1w

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Hahaha, yes, me too! 😂 1w

ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk I am in the same boat. 1w

Lcsmcat @BarkingMadRead I‘m with you - but there aren‘t many sympathetic female characters (yet) are there? 1w

rubyslippersreads I have a new favorite word—scomfished! 😂 1w

rubyslippersreads @dabbe Will Clare be the wicked stepmother? 😆 1w

Bklover Could you add me to the list please? 1w

BarkingMadRead @bklover absolutely 1w

willaful @rubyslippersreads exactly my thought... 1w

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