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I hope to finish Susan Settles Down and Cherry by Sunday. 🤞

#weekendreads an audio: The Crow Trap for fun, the rest are buddy reads; Fearless #sundaybuddyread Assassins #littenslovesjm Brideshead #hashtagbrigade Ragtime #literarycrew

Just like the Austen novels, a chapter-a-day buddy read suits The Age of Innocence very well. The chapters are short, but packed with wit, sarcasm and social commentary, and the slow reading pace made me notice and appreciate these more. I loved the somewhat ambiguous but absolutely satisfying ending. What a beautifully tragic love triangle.

Thanks for leading us @BarkingMadRead #hashtagbrigade

I have enough to read, I told myself. I‘ll just pick up my two holds (one for #hashtagbrigade) and not look at the other books. But… they had this staff picks table right at the entrance… and can I resist a sapphic selkie story? No, no I cannot. (I‘m glad to see at least that I‘d already stacked it thanks to a couple of positive reviews! And the fact that it‘s a sapphic selkie story.)

#tlt #threelistthursday my three are ones I‘d like to read; Jamaican Inn is my MIL‘s favourite Du Maurier and I‘m intrigued, I need more Anne Brontë in my life, maybe we can #hashtagbrigade it ?? and I‘m curious about A Separate Peace ( my score is meh)

The Age of Innocence is a wonderful novel. Yes, the characters are infuriating as they navigate the social constraints that they themselves create and willingly participate in. I love a novel of manners especially when the writer is witty. Wharton is masterful, laconic, controlled, and sardonic with a touch of empathy. Perfect 👌 Thanks #HashtagBrigade for the journey and our own witty hashtager @BarkingMadRead

I love everything we read together #hashtagbrigade but this one frustrated me immensely and the ending certainly lived up to that 😂😂

I‘m not sure how to review this book. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I‘m glad I read it and glad I had @BarkingMadRead and the #hashtagbrigade along with me! Archer drove me crazy and I felt sorry for Ellen. I feel like there was a lot more to the two women (May and Ellen) than he ever noticed and wish he would have figured that out. Or at least consciously noticed that things had been changing his entire life despite his belief that society never changed.

I first read this in the‘90s after seeing this movie. What a difference 30 years and some water under the bridge make! I am far less romantic now and more clearly see how all three of the main characters are trapped in societal pressures and constraints of their age and class in late 19th century upper class NYC.

Thank you @BarkingMadRead for leading the #hashtagbrigade once again! You are making reading the classics both manageable and fun. 😊