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ferskner

The Annotated Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

Not a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon. #dogsoflitsy

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4h

Leftcoastzen 🐶👏 3h

AmyG Looks wonderful 2h

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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. 😅 10h

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Metamorphosis | Franz Kafka

There are 2 things Prague loves a weird statue and Franz Kafka.
In the old Jewish quarter you can find this interesting statue of Kafka outside the Spanish Synagogue

BarbaraBB Wow! I remember the Kafka house near the castle but it was so crowded there! 19h

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB oh yes! That tiny row house! I saw that also, that whole area was still super crowded, I cannot imagine in high season it would be terrible. Did you get to see the big rotating Kafka Head? 9h

BarbaraBB No but I was there in the 90s, it might not even have been there at the time. You‘ve chosen a good time to visit I think 9h

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB yeah, this statue here wasn't added until 2003 and the rotating head was installed in 2014. So both are fairly new. Kafka still lives on here! 9h

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Ruthiella

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

#FridayHappyReadingHour

Let the weekend begin! 😋🧋📚

TheBookHippie 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 23h

Tamra Oh what a weekend it looks to be!! 22h

Bookwormjillk Yay weekend 🎉 21h

Cathythoughts Brideshead ❤️ enjoy it all x 7h

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Y‘all. @dabbe made us a beautiful schedule to get us through the longer chapters. I will probably only post on the days we finish a chapter, in case anyone reads it all at once or in a different way, but one never knows 🤷🏻‍♀️ #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 1d

Bookwormjillk Thanks @barkingmadread @dabbe these chapters are delightful but some are so long! 1d

mcctrish Okay posting when we finish a chapter makes me breath a happy sigh, I‘m on my kindle and I legit have no tracking vibes with it - I really do love paper books best 😆 1d

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Cuilin 👍 1d

Librarybelle Screenshotting this! Thanks @dabbe and @BarkingMadRead ! 1d

dabbe 🧡💜💛 1d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk IKR? I want to savor it a bit more. 🧡💜💛 1d

dabbe @Librarybelle 🧡💜💛 1d

Clare-Dragonfly Sounds great! Thanks @dabbe ! I‘ve been scrambling to keep up and have had a hard time getting to my other books. 1d

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 💛💜🧡 1d

willaful Fantastic! This last chapter was a doozy! (edited) 1d

kwmg40 This plan sounds good to me! 24h

BarbaraJean Oh, yes please—this is fantastic!! 💜💜 Thank you, @dabbe !! 22h

ElizaMarie I love this thanks!!!! 22h

dabbe @willaful 💛💜🧡 22h

dabbe @kwmg40 💛💜🧡 22h

dabbe @BarbaraJean 💛💜🧡 22h

dabbe @ElizaMarie 💛💜🧡 22h

Sparklemn Perfect! 18h

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Bethanyroe

Island of the World: A Novel | Michael O'Brien

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I‘m not sure how to put this book into words. One of the best books I‘ve read in my life. To try and summarize it within the characters given would be to do an injustice to the depth of the tale. Just read it. That‘s all I can say.

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.4: #painting #winetasting #camelopard #dude #thatsagiraffe #anyway #wemeetthefam #bigfanofcordelia #offtovenice #onsebastiansdime #hisdadisintereating #caraseesall #veryastute #lotsoffuntheories #backhomeagain #popswasworriedaboutsebastian 🤣 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Pop was worried 😂

I'm a Cordelia fan too. 1d

willaful Haven't finished the chapter yet, but the wine tasting scene is hilarious! “Like the last unicorn.“
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dabbe @BarkingMadRead I was looking over the chapters, and a few of them are 40-60 pages. I'm okay powering through, but I do have a modified reading schedule if anyone is interested; we'd still finish well before the end of September. Starting with tomorrow, here it is:
9/13: Ch. 5, first half
9/14: Ch. 5, second half
9/15: Book 2/Ch. 1
9/16: Ch. 2
9/17: Ch. 3
9/18: Book 3/Ch. 1, first half
9/19: Ch. 1, second half
9/20: Ch. 2
9/21: Ch. 3 ⬇️
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dabbe 9/22: Ch. 4
9/23: Ch. 5, first half
9/24: Ch. 5, second half
9/25: Epilogue

This is only a suggestion that I thought I'd share. 🧡💜💛 1d

Cuilin I can‘t remember if this is my third or fourth time reading this book, but I cannot figure out Ryder‘s father!! he just exudes sarcasm, right? Also, Cordelia is hilarious. “I can‘t spare you a whole rosary you know. Just a decade.” 1d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I love this, thanks for figuring it out! I will make a separate post and tag everyone so that nobody misses it 1d

Ruthiella @Cuilin This is only my second time reading it. I do recall on first reading it how I thought Charles relationship was his father was sad and lonely, but on the second reading I kind of think that Ryder Sr. is doing the right thing by encouraging (in his way) Charles to live within his means (which are very generous 740 in 1925!?!!) and get him out of the house and living his own life. Plus, he likes Sebastian - later chapters will prove. 1d

mcctrish I love Cordelia! Sebastien stuttering “Charles, Charles! It‘s Mr Ryder” Cordelia “Charles, meet me ……” I‘m getting Flavia vibes! I love a precocious tween girl 1d

Cuilin @Ruthiella yeah I agree with this assessment. I do think he was trying to encourage Charles to live within his means and also to use his summer appropriately, maybe get a job and then he could afford go to the theater, etc.. plus I also think Charles though aware of his father‘s loneliness, doesn‘t write to him. 1d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😘 1d

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯♥️🎯 1d

Clare-Dragonfly I love Cordelia! She knows what she wants and goes for it. 1d

ElizaMarie I love Cordelia and her rosary!!! She is such a fun character 22h

lil1inblue @willaful Loved the wine tasting! 🤣🤣🤣 I just love this book. 7h

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Lcsmcat

Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

I‘m loving the illustrations in this edition! Punch doesn‘t look quite as I picture him in my head, but Pecksniff totally does! #whatthedickens @Cuilin @Texreader

Cuilin Agreed. Pinch in my head has a more pleasant appearance than these illustrations. 1d

Lcsmcat @Cuilin Mine too! I see him as pleasant but a little sad. 1d

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