HashTagBrigade

This year we are doing team lead favourites rather than buddy reads for #HauntedShelf

You get an additional 15pts if you read a favourite from any team lead. If it's a series, you can read any book in the series

PuddleJumper 1/4 Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman
Outfoxing the Paranormal by Jordan L. Hawk
The Noodle Shop Mysteries by Vivien Chien
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PuddleJumper 2/4 Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
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PuddleJumper 3/4 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Exorcist by William Blatty
The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
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PuddleJumper 4/4 The September House by Carissa Orlando
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
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PuddleJumper @bookwormjillk @IriDas @Kenyazero @skygoddess1 @Yuki_Onna @TEArificbooks @Faranae @OutsmartYourShelf @Laughterhp @ShananigansReads @PathfinderNicole @JenReadsAlot @shanaqui @willaful 5h

PuddleJumper @Bookworm54 @julieclair @LadyCait84 @Roary47 @TheAromaofBooks @ferskner @TexReader @zezeki @vonnie862 @AmandaBlaze @JoeMo @kwmg40 @Captivatedbybooks
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PuddleJumper @CindyMyLifeisLit @5feet.of.fury @hes7 @Charityann @Jadams89 @Ellie_H @PaperbackPirate @MsRadioSilence @Lin3han @MatchlessMarie @sebrittainclark @JessClark78 @Barkingmadread @Gissy @KT1432 @tdrosebud
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PuddleJumper @cseydel @imperfectcj @BookwormAHN 5h

Bookwormjillk Yay! Frankenstein is our October #HashtagBrigade book. 5h

PuddleJumper @Bookwormjillk Good timing! I'll add that to the readathon list too 5h

CindyMyLifeIsLit I was literally JUST (like one minute ago) searching my Libby app for Matt Dinniman books! I guess I know what I‘ll be starting with! 😁 4h

MatchlessMarie Hell yeah Death by Dumpling is already on my #TrappedInASpookyHouse list ☠️🥟 4h

PuddleJumper @CindyMyLifeIsLit 🤣🤣 Brilliant! 4h

PuddleJumper @MatchlessMarie I really like the series so I hope you enjoy it! 4h

willaful Cool idea! I've read two of my team leaders and two others but that leaves plenty of choice. And I was already planning on the third Outfoxing book! 4h

PuddleJumper @willaful Easy points! 🤣 4h

julieclair Love this idea! Death by Dumpling has been on my TBR for awhile, so I guess this is the month I‘ll get to read it! Yay! 🐈‍⬛👻🐈‍⬛ 46m

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 3.1: #charlesismarried #yetheneverstayshome #twokidshebarelyknows #ithoughtforsureitwasjulia #mulcasterssister #twinbeds #workingasanartist #socool #iwantabarnstudio #ormaybeabarnlibrary #cruisingbackhome #juliaonboard #bizarrecabinroomparty #dinnerstorm #everyoneissick #juliaandcharliehangout #thentheyhangin #charlieadmitssebastianwashisfirstlove #backtolondon #celiaofftoseethekids #charliestaysinlondonwithjulia #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 6h

Bookwormjillk Kind of tells you something that Charlie went all over to take care of Sebastian but didn't even know he had a daughter 🙄 6h

willaful The first half of this chapter had my jaw DROPPED. Such total indifference to his family! Do you think it's because he thinks the children aren't his or because he just doesn't give a damn in general? He has them very firmly compartmentalized as her business. 6h

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BarkingMadRead @willaful it‘s so bizarre! Maybe he thinks they‘re not his? How can he not care?!? 5h

Cuilin @willaful He‘s so detached, almost cold. Like “if I don‘t see them, they don‘t exist and I can pretend I live in a different time back when things were beautiful with Sebastian at Brideshead” 5h

ElizaMarie I‘m glad he reconnects with Julia - even though it‘s not really on the up and up. 4h

willaful @Cuilin yes! And it made more sense when we learned more about their marriage but still, kind of astonishing. Would he have any interest in Julia at all if she wasn't Sebastian's sister? 4h

KAO This chapter really surprised me! So much is glossed over—Charles is married! And has kids (whom he doesn‘t know)! And connects at last with Julia! That sea-tossed boat seemed a good metaphor for his life in some ways. 2h

Clare-Dragonfly I was thinking all along that Charles seems to regard his wife as a useful possession, and then he admits to Julia that he married her because she seemed like a good wife for a painter. 🙄 @willaful Right?! I suspect he thinks at least the girl isn‘t his, but it‘s still mind-boggling that he left when his wife was pregnant for TWO YEARS and would rather sleep with his boyfriend‘s sister than meet his daughter. 1h

mcctrish I had no idea who we were talking about ( the wife) and thought I‘d missed something alas it was just the emotions. I have to say listening to Celia talk would probably drive me to Mexico for 2 years 1h

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 2.3: #charliecomeshome #joinsthewareffort #findsoutsebastianishanginginmorocco #juliatrackscharliedown #mumisdyingandwantssebastian #offtomorocoowego #sebastianiswastingaway #toosicktotravel #mumdies #sebastianstaysinmoroccowithkurt #charlieandbrideyarrangeanallowance #backtolondon #marchersisbeingsold #charliepaintsitforbridey #cordeliashowsuptoentertainus #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead
@mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 2d

Bookwormjillk I was kind of surprised the mother actually died. I wasn‘t sure if she was actually sick or saying she was to get her horrible children to behave. 2d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I totally thought it was for attention 2d

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ElizaMarie Me too!!! I just thought of her like a guilt-tripper! Sebastian and Kurt? I don‘t like it. Sebastian seems to have very co-dependent relationships. 2d

willaful @ElizaMarie It occurs to me that a lot of people who are rejected by or reject their families of birth wind up in this kind of relationship. Someone who gives you what you need, weird though it may look to the outside world.

Re the mom, even a stopped clock... 2d

Clare-Dragonfly I thought we‘d never get to hear from Anthony Blanche again after he was sent down from Oxford so I was delighted to see him again in this chapter! He and Cordelia are the best. Though Cordelia wins by being smart and honest, not just hilarious. 2d

mcctrish Give me Cordelia over all of them 2h

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 2.2: #juliaandrex #whataguyheis #juliawantstomarryhim #hewantstomarryjulia #butalsohavehismistress #somuchdrama #rexbecomescatholic #butooops #hehasanexwife #uhoh #nocatholicweddingnow #noneofthegoodfamilywillcome #protestantwedding #ohtheshame 🙄 #thatlastlittlebitthough #whathappenstorex #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #omg #ialmostforgot #thosetalescordeliatoldtorex 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bookwormjillk Cordelia 😂😂 3d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk best part of the whole chapter 🤣🤣 3d

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willaful Oh man. Charles falls for Julia because she's the closest he can get to Sebastian. UGH.

Cordelia is a beam of sunshine. 💛 3d

lil1inblue Cordelia was excellent in this chapter. ??? I also found Rex's whole "I'll just become a Catholic" thing hilarious. 3d

Cuilin @lil1inblue that was so funny, especially with Cordelia interfering. 😆 3d

ElizaMarie Rex doesn‘t seem to get it. I would think Julia would have been insulted that he didn‘t take the Catholicism seriously and dismissed it. Like to say he would throw money at the fact his x wife existed - he is cocky. —- oh and Cordelia is a hoot!!! 3d

mcctrish I quite liked Rex until he went back to his mistress because Julia wouldn‘t put out - she was 20? In an era that frowned on extra marital sex AND didn‘t talk about sex to know what to expect 3d

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 3d

Clare-Dragonfly Cordelia is the best. I want to say Rex and Julia deserve each other, but that might be a little harsh on Julia. The bit where she catches him with his mistress so pointedly avoids him, and then when she‘s talked into seeing him she emerges engaged, cracked me up! 3d

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly YES !!! I was thinking she was going to “hold strong“ with her avoiding him and making him chase her to even talk to her! But... she probably knew how weak she was to him and his speeches. I felt sorry for Julia. 3d

lil1inblue @mcctrish 🎯 🎯 🎯Exactly this! 2d

BarbaraJean @mctrish Ugh, yes. Especially when his earlier version of it to Charles was that Julia knew about the mistress and was fine with it 🙄 2d

Daisey This was a great chapter. Cordelia's interference was hilarious. 2d

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mcctrish

Kills Well with Others | Deanna Raybourn

Just heard “dressed like Anthony Andrews in “Bridsehead Revisited” “I‘m not sure I could kill anyone carrying around a teddy bear” ❤️❤️❤️ I love it when my reads intersect #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 2.1: #yikes #christmasatbrideshead #samgrasslostsebastianabroad #butheliedaboutittom #everyoneishidingthebooze #exceptforcharlieandcordelia #charliegetskickedout #cordeliagetsintrouble #rexwillbringsebastiantoafacility #excepthelosessebastiantoo #rexwantstomarryjulia #askingpopssincemomdoesntlikehim #lookslikehewins #butdoesjuliawin #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

willaful I don't think I care much about Julia making a stupid mistake, she's kind of a horrible person. 4d

BarkingMadRead @willaful yeah, I‘m not a big a fan either. I thought she was fun at first, but not so much anymore! 4d

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Cuilin Oh Sebastian, 😔 I love how Charles is unbothered by Lady M‘s disappointment in him. (edited) 4d

willaful The whole family is so toxic, even Cordelia at times. Though that's from her upbringing and she's sweet enough that she might overcome it.
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lil1inblue The discomfort in this chapter was palpable! Oof! 4d

Cuilin @lil1inblue Yes, that‘s a really good way of putting it. I‘m not a fan of Lady M. 4d

Bookwormjillk Ooof the fun is over. 4d

mcctrish The money is all gone - oof 4d

Clare-Dragonfly Is Brideshead‘s first name actually Brideshead?! I thought he was Lord Brideshead but probably has a real first name and the last name Flyte like Sebastian (you know, like George Gordon, Lord Byron)… but even his mom calls him “Bridey.” 4d

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful I‘d have hope for Cordelia if she were to be spirited away to some other family. 4d

ElizaMarie EESH this family is A LOT! I‘d be drinking all the time too!!! 4d

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly Bridey does have a Christian name. Brideshead is just the title and Bridey his nickname. But the book never reveals what it is. 4d

BarbaraJean I‘ve been catching up and discovered today that my copy combines Book I and Book II (chapters 1-8) and therefore Book III has become Book II (chapters 1-5). As if I wasn‘t confused enough already by falling behind 🥴 Also I miss Aloysius. 🧸 3d

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean would it help if I started off with the chapter title? Aaaand I‘m just now realizing those are only in my table of contents (edited) 2d

BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead Yeah, I don‘t have chapter titles at all 😆 I‘m planning to read the last two chapters in my Book I / your Book II today, which will put me back on track with the group and should help with the clarity! It‘s just such an odd difference to have between editions (and makes me suspicious of mine!) (edited) 2d

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean yes! We finish our book 2 today! So crazy that yours is so different! 2d

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Daisey

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

I‘ve been listening to Brideshead Revisited this past week, but I‘ve felt like I‘m not listening closely enough when I read the posts and comments. Today, I found this podcast and listened to a few episodes. They look at it from more of a religious aspect, and they also discuss a variety of passages that help me consider it in more depth. I‘ll put a link to the first episode in the comments.

#HashtagBrigade #1001books #audiobook

Daisey Close Reads Episode 53 from May 2017
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ORq4deZtFkMNw1riR08hn?si=U1hu7Be9R2iyuuylhfom4... 5d

Ruthiella Awesome! Thanks for the link! 😊 5d

Bookwormjillk Cool! 5d

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Cuilin Fabulous, thank you for sharing. 4d

ElizaMarie Oooo thank you!!!! 4d

Daisey @Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @Cuilin @ElizaMarie You're welcome! I hope you find it worthwhile. I especially appreciated the discussion of Catholicism in England at this point in time in reference in Julia & Rex's wedding plans. 2d

ElizaMarie I have listened to a couple of their posts so far. I am enjoying them. I do fast forward a lot of their banter (they are a bit long winded at times) 1d

Daisey @ElizaMarie I agree. Especially at the beginning, I feel it takes them a while to actually get on topic. 1d

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 5: #backtoschool #actinglikeoldmen #juliaandrexinvitethemtolondon #timeforaball #whichtheyhate #timeforabrothel #whatcouldgowrong #fairies 😳 #ugh #timeforapartywiththegirls #askullandaconsumptive #bustedbythecops #timeforjail #rexbailsthemout #samgrassissomethingelse #christmasatbrideshead #backtoschool #sebastianisdrinkingtoomuch #beingsentdown #nowcharliehasnoroommate #hedecidestopursuepainting #sebastianwillgoabroad ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #untilnextterm #andthenhewillbebabysat #whatcouldgowrong #whatwillcharliedo ⁉️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 5d

TheBookHippie Fell behind catching up today! Am loving it! 5d

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mcctrish I‘m pretty sure everything will go wrong 5d

willaful Fascinating chapter! To me, Charles and Sebastian are clearly in love... But do they know it themselves?

The ending is heartbreaking. Sebastian's family is doing the absolute worst thing they could do in the name of taking care of him. I'm afraid they're driving him to his death. 5d

Cuilin The juxtaposition of the helicoptering of Sebastian‘s family and The “hey you‘re 22, no? you‘re 20, I thought it was longer but, live your own life” from Charles‘s father is something. (edited) 5d

Clare-Dragonfly I do not foresee good things for Sebastian. 5d

Bookwormjillk I left this and Nancy Drew until 7:45 tonight. Why do I feel like a kid who procrastinated on their homework 😂 5d

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 5d

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk Haha. Same. 😂 4d

lil1inblue @willaful They're definitely in love. 😍 4d

ElizaMarie @willaful yes!!! I don‘t think they understand the feelings they have but know they feel intense and all consuming. 4d

Sparklemn @Cuilin I thought so, too. And yet they‘re both so lonely. 3d

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Ruthiella

The Silencers | Donald Hamilton

#weekendreads

Definitely enjoying the cooler temperatures today.

📕I will finish the Matt Helm today. I picked it up at a FLL along with the James Bond books last week.

📘Handling Sin is my last #Roll100 for September and a bit of a struggle.

📗Loving my revisit to Brideshead for #HashtagBrigade and am reading far, far ahead of planned as a result.

Leftcoastzen 🥰love Brideshead 6d

Ruthiella @Leftcoastzen It‘s a true classic.👌 6d

RamsFan1963 I remember the Matt Helm movies with Dean Martin. He's played like an American James Bond, Martin wasn't much of an actor, but they could still be enjoyed for their campiness. 6d

Ruthiella @RamsFan1963 I used to love Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis movies as a kid. 😅 Apparently the Matt Helm movies were quite different from the books. But for sure I can see a tie to Fleming‘s Bond, who is also quite different from his film counterpart. (edited) 6d

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Cuilin

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

@Ruthiella It‘s amazing what a little closer reading will do, I must‘ve missed this on previous reads or else I was just too sympathetic to Charles.

There‘s a parenting lesson in this somewhere. lol #hashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

Ruthiella Yes, me too! I was also much closer in age to Charles when I first read it which no doubt also affected my interpretation. 😅 6d

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