HashTagBrigade

Ch 11: #yikes #stephenshowsupatgrittys #proposaltime #maggiesaysno #smoochingensues #stephenpeacesout #backtonormal #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @mcctrish @deblovestoread @dabbe @julieclair @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @thearomaofbooks @daisey @quietjenn @morr_books @leftcoastzen @kwmg40 @alldebooks @eeclayton @sparklemn @elizamarie @kao @jenlovesjt47 19h

mcctrish What to do, what to do? I love how Stephen is mad at Maggie #whatamaroon 19h

Ruthiella I feel like Stephen crossed a line there by showing up and it makes me mad. He‘s putting Maggie in a bad situation-one he can walk away from as a man, but she as a woman cannot live down. She will be unfairly judged either way. 17h

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mcctrish @Ruthiella and it‘s not the first time either 🤬 Phillip has noticed and he isn‘t blameless either #tomisgoingtolosehisshit #andstillblamemaggie 17h

TheAromaofBooks Side note, still trying to figure out why the heck Tom is the most important person in Maggie's life. Let's make all our decisions based on what the judgmental jerk who treats you like trash will think 🙄 17h

ElizaMarie @TheAromaofBooks yes!!! I mean how close do you have to stay with your mean brother? She needs to choose her own family. 17h

Ruthiella @TheAromaofBooks I agree and it is frustrating. I think Eliot is telling us that Maggie‘s bond with her brother is stronger than any other ( other than to her father, now deceased). 17h

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks YES!! Granted the rest of that family would side with him if he tells them to, but Maggie has proven that she can survive on her own. Gritty is the only one who makes sense in this book. 16h

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks women just being programmed by the patriarchy to do what the men in the family say ( Maggie needs Tom more than he needs her ) 16h

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk she totally has proven she can survive on her own 16h

dabbe The Stephen-Maggie thing has RUTH vibes all over it. Don't give in, Maggie! If only it were the 2020s! 😱 16h

Clare-Dragonfly Ugh! I am SO mad at Stephen now! How dare he show up and tell her she has to talk to him because his poor little manly fee-fees are hurt. How dare he blame her for him riding thirty miles a day about it. Get over yourself, dude. 😡😡😡😡🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻 10h

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 10: #dancetime #maggiedoesntwanttodance #finallydanceswithtorry #stevengetsjealous #ispelledhisnamewrong 🤷🏻‍♀️ #itwouldhavebeenfastertochangeit #movingon #theystroll #stephenkissesmaggieshand #outrage #philvisitsthenextday #maggiewontangertom #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Can Tom be mad once he hears all the details ? Phil loves Maggie so much he makes his dad get the mill back into Tom‘s hands - seems like enough to me but Tom likes to punish so maybe not #cutoffhisnosetospitehisface (edited) 2d

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Oh, I bet Tom can find a way to be mad. 🙄 2d

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mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 😂😂 2d

TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I'm fully expecting Tom to be too proud to accept the mill once he finds out Phillip was involved 🙄 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Yeah, that‘s my thought as well. 😖 2d

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks you aren‘t wrong 2d

Bookwormjillk Tom will stop being mad once he finds a way to take credit for the whole thing 2d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk
I have to kind of bag on Maggie here. Her indecision is what's affecting everyone. She's not being truthful with anyone regarding her real feelings for Phil (which is NOT romantic love) and Stephen (which is sexual desire and maybe love). ⬇️ 2d

dabbe And re: the hand-arm kissing, what enrages her most is that “Stephen thought more lightly of her than he did of Lucy.“ Thus, she has been unconsciously thinking of her cousin as a rival, and she is angry that the disputed lover seems to treat her with less respect than he does her blonde cousin. #mytwocents 2d

Bookwormjillk @dabbe you are so right 2d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk true dat and @dabbe Maggie needs to go to her situation and take a breather 2d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🤩 2d

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 2d

ElizaMarie @Dabbe I agree with these statements. I feel like Maggie not being honest about her feelings allows others to act in ways that can appear problematic. Maggie needs to grow a backbone. 1d

dabbe @ElizaMarie She's the 19th-century damsel in distress. 🤣 1d

Leftcoastzen I‘m with @dabbe on Maggie. I also think Tom will react badly to the mill situation, he always does. 20h

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🎯🩵🎯 16h

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 9: #bazaartime #stephenisapestasalways #philisastalker #hedoesntlikewhathesees #maggieisdevastated #timetogobacktowork #lucycaughtinthemiddle #shehasnoclue #staytuned #thedanceshouldbetelling #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish At least #snakeywakey seemed happy 3d

KAO Looking forward to drama at the upcoming dance! 3d

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Clare-Dragonfly This bit reminded me of the chapter of Little Women where they have a similar bazaar and all the snobby ladies are jealous of Amy so they send her to a crappy flower stall and sell her artwork themselves. So Laurie gets her better flowers and brings all his friends to buy up all her art 😂 Anyway, Maggie is doing the exact right thing by going off to another situation, but I fear more drama will ensue anyway. 2d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly Omg I was thinking the same thing! 2d

ElizaMarie Lucy not understanding the fact that Maggie has to go to work - 🙄 2d

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Vansa

Lark Rise to Candleford | Flora Jane Thompson

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One of my favourite things about Litsy is that the buddy reads make sure I end up reading books that have been on my TBR forever,and just haven't gotten around to.every time that's ended up adding a new book to my favourites pile, and this was no different.Finally posting my review! #hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578808437

Ruthiella I know some lamented the lack of plot, but I enjoyed this one too. 👍 3d

Vansa @Ruthiella given that it's meant to be a social history, I didn't expect a plot.I found the social insights absolutely fascinating. 2d

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 8: #phildrawinginhistowervibes #mastermanipulator #butwillmaggieagree #tullysgettingthemillback #winning #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish Phil is totally the mastermind, wonder what #toxicsteve will do now ?! 4d

dabbe What the hell is Tom going to do if/when he finds out whose behind getting him the mill back? #ruhroh 😱 4d

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Bookwormjillk And they all lived happily ever after…except there are ten chapters left. #ruhrohindeed 4d

Clare-Dragonfly Tom is *not* going to like this. I‘m not sure Maggie will, either, if she learns it‘s theoretically toward the project of Phil marrying her. It seems manipulative. (edited) 3d

Leftcoastzen Folly ! I think Maggie won‘t want Phil she wants #toxicsteve 3d

ElizaMarie Tom isn't gonna be happy. 3d

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jenniferw88

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Guess where I am? #janeaustenthenandnow #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead Is that Bath? 5d

jenniferw88 @BarkingMadRead Lyme Regis... 5d

BarkingMadRead So cool! 5d

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nanuska_153 I was going to tell you not to be reckless and jump that wall, but on second thoughts you might end up staying for free for a couple of months in someone else's house where a charming but melancholic man will read you poetry to nurse you until you recover 5d

jenniferw88 @nanuska_153 🤣 After breaking my hip last August and only just recovered from it, I won't be jumping over/down anything any time soon 🤣 5d

Librarybelle Lovely! 5d

AnnCrystal 🤩💝😍. 4d

Crinoline_Laphroaig Beautiful pic! 4d

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 7: #nowitsalovequad #poorlucyisclueless #philliptotallyknows #passiveaggressivesinging #uncledeanewantstobuythemill #lucywantsphilliptohelp #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Lucy is so dumb!!! She's going to mess everything up. Ugh. 5d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I just think the world revolves around Lucy so despite her telling her dad she‘s a smarty, she is clueless also Stephen is toxic 5d

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Bookwormjillk @mcctrish yup, a toxic man playing toxic games 5d

dabbe At first, the original love triangle reminded me of the one in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. Now with Philip, I'm like 😳. I think we're headed for a fall. 5d

ElizaMarie I am not into this Stephen dude- he is gonna cause so much trouble 4d

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t totally blame Stephen for not acting well—his attraction to Maggie is pretty new and he doesn‘t know what to do with it. But I sure hope he shapes up soon and realizes he has to make a choice! (Or preferably leave them both alone because picking one is definitely going to cause drama.) 4d

Leftcoastzen Kind of a mixed up situation! I agree Lucy is clueless.Lots of potential for heartache and hurt feelings here . 4d

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Ruthiella

Nana | Emile Zola

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

Thank you for the tag @dabbe 😊 I‘ve picked for my three, some Zola titles I‘ve not yet read. I will nominate all three for next year‘s #HashtagBrigade selections. 🤞 I know that Zola super fan @sisilia will support this! 😂

sisilia Yes!!! Hahaha 😅 5d

TheBookHippie Oh I adore Zola!!! 5d

dabbe Yay! Having never read anything of his, I'm excited! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 5d

Cuilin Fabulous idea. I‘ve read Germinal and own some others. 5d

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Anna Karenina | Tolstoy, Leo

#TLT @Dabbe

I guess I need to read Zola if anyone has a suggestion where to start.

Favorites:
Anna Karenina
The Awakening
Dorian Gray

Books I plan to read this year:
Fathers and Sons
Middlemarch

dabbe Zola seemed to kind of own this list, didn't he? I haven't read anything of his, so I hope people give you some suggestions and then I can “borrow“ from the list! P.S. I loved MIDDLEMARCH. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💜💚 5d

DGRachel I‘m going to have to reread Fathers and Sons. It‘s been 30 years - Turgenev is one of the first (and so far one of two) Russian authors I enjoyed reading. 5d

DGRachel …and I second Middlemarch. 5d

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Ruthiella I keep pushing Zola for #HashtagBrigade books! Vote for him next year! 😂 5d

Cuilin @Ruthiella I think I nominated a Zola one year. I own a few but have only read a very depressing but good

Germinal

Ruthiella @Cuilin I have read also Germinal , but would be willing to read it again. It was depressing, though, I agree. 5d

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dabbe

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#threelistthursday #tlt

I did worse than last week! 🤣 Here's hoping we all do better when we finally get into the 1900s! Three faves include, but are definitely not limited to:
1. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES (fave read of all of 2023)
2. GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Fave Dickens.
3. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: fave book of ALL TIME. #sherlocked
Link to take the survey: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1800s

DGRachel You still did better than me! 😭😭 5d

TheBookHippie 🙃😊🙃 5d

dabbe @DGRachel Not by much, m'dear. 💜💚💜 5d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie So many frickin' books, so little time. 5d

TheBookHippie @dabbe I know!!!! I‘m never going to get them all read!!! 🤣 5d

Texreader Three. I‘ve read three. 5d

RaeLovesToRead 11 5d

BooksandCoffee4Me Well, 19 this week. I loved looking at the covers of these books — some I‘d never seen before. Loved Sister Carrie, and the Hardy novels. Crime and Punishment and Tess are two of my all-time favorite books. 5d

dabbe @Texreader Here's hoping the 1900s are better for all of us! Most of these I haven't even heard of! 😱 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 5d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 5d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me I tried to pick appealing covers! I love Hardy, too. TESS was my #1 fave in 2023 with the #hashtagbrigade. I'm scared to try CRIME & PUNISHMENT because I did not like THE KARAMAZOV BROS. 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 5d

Catsandbooks 3😂 5d

Amor4Libros Went up from 1 last week to 3! 🤣🤣🙌🏽 5d

dabbe @Catsandbooks So many I didn't know! 🤣 I'm looking forward to the 1900s! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💜💚 5d

dabbe @Amor4Libros According to my horrible math, that's a 200% improvement! 🤩 Here's to the 1900s! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💜💚 5d

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