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Ch 30: #grannycallsforarcher #whowishesmaywasdead ☠️ #yikes #heshopingtoseeEllen #butellenisout #visitingmrsbeaufort #thatsnotawkwardatall #grannyewantsarchertohelpkeepelleninnyc #hmmmmm #thatsnotsawkwardeither #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 7h

Clare-Dragonfly 😬😬😬 7h

Clare-Dragonfly Archer is so nonsensical about May. He can‘t stand to read her poetry because she‘ll come up with her own opinions. But he also can‘t stand to talk to her because he knows everything she‘s thinking and he‘s bored! Make up your mind, jerk! 7h

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Bookwormjillk Granny yikes 7h

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly working with her man hands doing womanly crafts - #matchmadeinhell 6h

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish this freaking guy 🙄 6h

Cuilin I know we‘re not supposed to like Archer but May bores me too. She‘s definitely entrenched in old New York thinking. 6h

lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly 🎯🎯🎯 🙌🏻 6h

lil1inblue @Cuilin I do have a smidgeon of sympathy for May because she's a woman in a misogynistic world. Yes, she's entrenched in the old ways, but look what happens to women who aren't (like Ellen). 5h

Cuilin @lil1inblue of course you‘re right. Though I admire Ellen for dancing outside the lines. But yes it wasn‘t easy for May either. 5h

willaful I think they were all doomed to be unhappy but it's largely Archer's fault. He knew better and he still went ahead and married May. 3h

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 29: #howdidinotmaketheconnectionwiththetutor 🙄 #anyway #archerpicksupellen #someromance #akiss #dick #ellengiveshimawakeupcall #heleavesthecarriage #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 2d

mcctrish Archer wants to have it all #nothowtheworldworksespeciallyforwomen 1d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🎯 1d

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willaful @mcctrish #EllenKnowsBetter 1d

mcctrish @willaful Ellen is all #beentheredonethat 1d

Ruthiella When I first read this book, some decades ago, I was much more sympathetic to Archer…less so now for sure. 1d

Cuilin @Ruthiella It‘s a great line. We‘re just older and wiser now. 😆 1d

dabbe @Ruthiella I was, too. And as much as I love Winona, I was never a fan of May. All three play their parts in this society the way they're supposed to--on the outer level at least. Those stays are tied so tightly around them they can't be and get what they really want. What a frustrating time period. 1d

Ruthiella @dabbe Totally agree. I saw May as manipulative then. Now I consider her position differently. 1d

lil1inblue @mcctrish 🎯 1d

lil1inblue Archer leaving the carriage felt like such a tantrum. He doesn't get what he wants, so he leaves. #bigbaby 1d

ElizaMarie @Ruthiella I can see May as being manipulative, but.. I feel a lot of her behavior is justified. (But -- I never watched the movie or read the book before this readathon) - I wonder if I would be like a lot of y'all with changes in perspective. 1d

KAO This is also my first time to read the book, and I‘ve never seen the movie. I honestly feel sorry for May, Archer, and Ellen. They all are just so very stifled at the least (or downright trapped at the most) by the society and customs of that era. I guess that‘s the point of it all. #heavysigh 1d

dabbe @Ruthiella I love how our feelings about books can change over time. 🩶🤍🖤 1d

Bookwormjillk @KAO same 15h

Bookwormjillk It‘s a great line if not for the circumstances 15h

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 28: #betterlatethannever #archersendsthetelegram #beaufortisdisgraced #ellenwillcometomorrow #butthatsnotgoodenough #archerofferstopickherup #butmayisontohim #gowinonago #shecatcheshiminalie #dick #busted #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 2d

TheBookHippie GO !!! 2d

KAO “Busted” is 🎯! 2d

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mcctrish Oh what a wicked web we weave 2d

dabbe IMHO, this is Wharton's magnum opus. 🩶🤍🖤 2d

Bookwormjillk @dabbe agree! 2d

willaful I wonder at what point did May realize... 2d

Clare-Dragonfly May is sooooo good. And Archer‘s inner monologue just gets worse and worse! 2d

ElizaMarie @willaful I was thinking that too. But I am happy she has pieced a lot of red flags together and figured things out. I love knowing Archer isn't as slick as he thinks he is! 2d

lil1inblue @willaful @elizamarie I hope we find out! 🤔 1d

Cuilin @dabbe agreed!!! 1d

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 27: #beaufortmessedup #somanypeoplearescrewed #wifeybegsgrannytobackthemup #grannysaysGTFO #andpromptlyhasastroke #timetobringellenhome #probablytousethedeathbedtogettheirway 🙄 #winonapointsoutthatarcherwillmissher 🤣🤣🤣 #WTGwinona #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 4d

Bookwormjillk May was AMAZING in this chapter! 3d

willaful May is scary. 3d

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lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk I nearly cheered aloud for May! 😏 😏 😏 #archerisoutmatched 3d

lil1inblue “[Archer] felt, no doubt, more sorry for her than her indignant relatives; but it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, even if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune.“ That's so rich coming from a #cheatingcheaterwhocheats, and it's interesting that he doesn't apply the same logic to Ellen. 3d

dabbe @lil1inblue Amazing how sympathetic one can be towards the one that the heart wants, isn't it? 😏 3d

Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue Archer is playing checkers while May plays chess 3d

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk 🎯 🎯 🎯 3d

lil1inblue @dabbe And how hypocritical! 😂 #ireallydonotlikearcher 3d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk for real 🏆 3d

mcctrish @lil1inblue I don‘t think Archer listens to himself when he thinks or talks 😆😆😆 3d

KAO @Bookwormjillk Exactly! May has surprised me in this way! 3d

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Yuuuup @mcctrish So true 😂 3d

julieclair @Bookwormjillk @willaful May is amazing AND scary!!! 3d

ElizaMarie So proud of May —- she knows exactly what she is doing!!!! 3d

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dabbe

Thirteen Steps Down | Ruth Rendell

Looking forward to this #SummersEndReadathon hosted by the lovely @Bookwormjillk. I plan on reading as much of these as I can:

-THIRTEEN STEPS DOWN (almost done, @AmyG!)
-KATABASIS (just got it!)
-THE SIGN OF FOUR (#ChristieCapers)
-THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (#hashtagbrigade)
-TOMBLAND (#ShardlakeBR
-LES MIS (#readlemis)

That should about do it! 🤩

AmyG Yay!!! 4d

Bookwormjillk That's quite the list! Enjoy! 4d

dabbe @AmyG 🩶🤍🖤 3d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I definitely have a bit of the FOMO syndrome. 🩶🤍🖤 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 26: #beaufortisinfinancialtrouble #whichwillaffectellen #thefamilycutheroff #mayseemstostronglysuspect #archerisofftowashington #eventhoughellensaidnotyet #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 4d

TheBookHippie #imsureitwillbefine 😝 4d

ElizaMarie Okay, so May suspects, but what does she do about it? Do you think she is siding with the family against Ellen because of this suspicion? Like, secretly (or not so), she wants Ellen to be destitute, to financial and societal ruin? Or just to get her to leave? Either way? 4d

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Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie The passage with may at the end where it said what she said in one phrase and then said what she meant in about 2 paragraphs was so interesting. I'm not sure she even knows what she wants though other than to maybe keep up appearances and practice archery in peace? 4d

Cuilin “They smell less if one blows them out”!!!!!!! Methinks May wants rid of Ellen. (edited) 4d

mcctrish I love how Archer knows exactly what May is saying even though she‘s saying nothing, AS IF! Nobody talks about anything, how would he know what goes unspoken #utternonsense but his guilt is talking loud in his head, that‘s for sure 4d

lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯😏 4d

lil1inblue @mcctrish Exactly! His arrogance is beyond the pale. #dick 4d

lil1inblue “Archer's New York tolerated hypocrisy in private relations; but in business matters it exacted a limpid and impeccable honesty.“ So Beaufort can be a #cheatingcheaterwhocheats at home and no one gives a fork, but he can't fail in business! How horrid! #shameshame 4d

mcctrish @lil1inblue at least they are worrying about Beaufort‘s wife now being left penniless ( as opposed to when he was gallivanting around town and throwing money at women who weren‘t her) 4d

lil1inblue @mcctrish I felt like they were less worried about Beaufort's wife, and more worried about the disgrace to the family name. #horrors 4d

mcctrish @lil1inblue true 4d

Clare-Dragonfly They‘re worried about Beaufort‘s wife being ostracized by his screw-ups. But they could choose not to ostracize her 🙄 4d

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 25: #backtony #theresthestrangeragain #exceptnotastranger #thetutorworksforthecount #fornow #hemadetheoffer #buthedoesntwanthertotakeit #hethinksshesbetterwheresheis #winonasfamilyhasleftarcheroutofdiscussions #theyseehowhefeels #wompwomp #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 5d

Cuilin My gast is flabbered! Did May‘s family acquiesce to the preponed wedding because they knew how Archer felt? #ThePlotThickens #TheWellandsAreSly (edited) 5d

mcctrish #wompwomp 😆 5d

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lil1inblue @Cuilin It does please me if they know. Because he thinks he's so sly. 5d

ElizaMarie @lil1inBlue and @Cuilin - I totally agree! I hope they know. I know Archer is #Delulu but ... come on, people have to see what's going on! --- I so want to read ahead - but so far I am being good #ChapterADay is SO SO HARD! 5d

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie I feel like I‘m approaching a binge finish 🤣 5d

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie I foresee a binge read in my future. Lol 5d

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @Cuilin the chapters are so short in this book a binge finish is VERY tempting 5d

Clare-Dragonfly That conversation was really hard to follow but it does seem like the French tutor is not going to blackmail Archer like I feared! 5d

julieclair @Cuilin I think they do know. But how would they have found out? 5d

Cuilin @julieclair he thinks he hides his feelings well, but I think he‘s more demonstrative then he realises. 4d

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly yeah like when Archer got angry and stood up, I had to reread it. Like what did he say that made you angry? 4d

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 24: #shortchapter #declarationsmade #poorwinona #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 6d

mcctrish #cheatingcheaterswhocheat 6d

willaful This chapter reminded me of Rules of Civility by John Towles; I wonder if he was inspired by it. 6d

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Bookwormjillk @willaful oh, good connection 6d

ElizaMarie I feel so bad for his wife :( ❤️‍🩹 6d

lil1inblue #ugh 5d

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 23: #herdic #anyway #archerfindsellen #herhubbywantsherback #offeredmoney #archerconvincedhertoblowoffthemeeting #whowasthedudeinthecrowd #webetterfindout #boatride #cheatingcheaterwhocheats #thisguy 🙄 #messingwithmywinona #willtheyworwontthey #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 1w

TheBookHippie #MESSINGWITHOURWINONA #HEISTRASH 1w

Bookwormjillk I hope the guy in the crowd is a close relative of May‘s! 1w

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk ohhhh I didn‘t even think of that! That would be epic #busted 1w

Ruthiella What I found crazy is that Archer ran into acquaintances in Boston. It really underscored what a small world he moves in. 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I thought the guy in the crowd was the French tutor from London. 1w

mcctrish #cheatingcheaterwhocheats ✊🏻 1w

ElizaMarie Oooo 👀who can it be!? 1w

lil1inblue @Clare-Dragonfly 👀 6d

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

repost for @BarkingMadRead

The #hashtagbrigade #BuddyReadfor September! Drop a comment below if you‘re in! There are only 15 chapters if you include the prologue and the epilogue! I think we will start on September 8th, after the weekend, since Age of Innocence will run into September. Anyone can join, just know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so read the chapter before reading the post each day!

BarkingMadRead Thank you for sharing! 1w

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