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BarkingMadRead
Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS
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CatLass007 Truth! That is completely understandable. 4d
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willaful Could you take me off the tag list please? I'd really like to read it with you but I just don't seem to be doing it. :-( 4d
ElizaMarie Percy is lower than a dog! That doggie not liking him is a #RedFlag and just #AlllTheMoney IF she dies? Hmm... are we setting up for some future murder? Or is my mind just dark/gutter? And -- Why does she have to marry #RightBefore she is of age? Like if she was of age, would she have been able to make the will work? 4d
BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie that‘s exactly what I thought! He‘s twice her age, obviously he will be the first to go, unless…. 4d
mcctrish The fact he wants to marry her before she‘s 21 is a red flag! Wait 3 months and she can do her own will without that stupid #unclesmellingsalts having any say! Also Aunt Eleanor and her Count were giving me brief Udolpho vibes #iykyk 🤣🤣 she needs to put Marian in a legal document #percypig is going to run her out of town aka #lockherup 4d
Bklover @mcctrish Next thing you know Marian will suddenly be in an asylum. Soon following will be Laura. #percypigisanass 3d
Bookwormjillk I felt like Uncle Crabby in his room yesterday. Every time I tried to read this section someone would talk to me. My nerves! All caught up now and you all said what I was thinking. I‘m loving reading about the same events from different points of view. 3d
Clare-Dragonfly I appreciate how Collins drums in that Percy is a jerk and not to be trusted. As though we didn‘t all hate him already, the dog can‘t stand him. Dogs know! Do you think Collins was getting paid by the word like Dickens? That last section was a whole lot of words to say “he gets all her money if she dies first” 😂 And even if he doesn‘t have nefarious plans… this book is still in a high maternal mortality era. 3d
Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Udolpho vibes yes 😂 3d
mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I love our ‘inside vibes‘ connections #bestgroupever #trustthedog 3d
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 💯 Gilmore was like, let me just explain this last bit real quick, and then it took like 5 pages. Sir. 3d
Clare-Dragonfly I forgot to mention, I have serious doubts that uneducated Mrs. Catherick really wrote that “yeah Percy is cool with me” letter. 😒 I wish we were reading this more slowly—so much happens in each day‘s section that I can‘t remember it all, let alone have time to discuss it! 3d
julieclair Whew! Lots going on 2d
julieclair #trustthedog for sure. And what's with #unclesmellingsalts allowing this ridiculous inheritance business? 2d
Leftcoastzen Always #trustthedog could Gilmore make it any more obvious to #unclesmellingsalts ? Lost in his own little world to the perils of his family 2d
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BarkingMadRead
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mcctrish Lots of describy words is right. Honestly do we even know and like V? It seems like we went zero to 60 with this guy and it‘s only when we can‘t have him that we LLLLOOOVVVEEE him, he‘s been an obsessive from the start #redflag #alertnoisessounding this is giving extreme YA vibes 4mo
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AllDebooks Oh god, now for the sonnets. 😱 4mo
AllDebooks @mcctrish Regarding V's attention to E, #lovebombed comes to mind 🚩💣🚩 4mo
Bookwormjillk 🎶 on the road again 🎶 4mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks I skip all the sonnets unless they are < 4 lines #justsayno and yes Emily has been #lovebombed between V and her aunt pulling a 180° with her opinions I almost understand why she cries so much, she never gets a moment to process anything (edited) 4mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I 💯 skimmed those sonnets 🤣 4mo
AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead so did I 😅 4mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly Oh I‘m totally skipping the sonnets 🫣 4mo
dabbe Wait until tomorrow's chapter. #onehugelylongsonnetattheend It makes the chapter 2 pages shorter. 😄 4mo
Bklover I get very excited when I see the sonnets because I just zoom on by! Glad I‘m not the only one @AllDebooks @mcctrish @dabbe @BarkingMadRead Oh, and where do they go to relieve themselves while trekking through the mountains?! #noportapottiesinsight (edited) 4mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover a lady never pees in the woods 🤣 4mo
Bklover 🚽🌳 4mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover 🍁 🍃 🍂 🚽 4mo
Ruthiella @AllDebooks I warned you… get used to them! 😂 4mo
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Simona
The Shape of the Ruins | Juan Gabriel Vsquez
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The narrator of the story is the author himself, and who is very successful in weaving together Colombian socio-political situation from the past, with his personal, intimate moments from the present. Throughout the story runs several themes (parenthood, writing, violence...), which are background for one large topic - conspiracy theories. Interesting story, dynamic structure, but unfortunately in the middle parts the story starts to lose ... 👇

Simona ... its narrative power because of slow pacing. More heavy-handed editing, and that would be 5 ⭐️ book. #ManBookerInternationalPrize #MBIP2019 (edited) 6y
Cinfhen This book sounds great but #pagecountphobia and slow pacing are definitely #RedFlag for me🚩🚩🚩 6y
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rockpools You‘re flying though these! 6y
Simona @Cinfhen ... and despite that it‘s still a very readable story 😘 6y
Simona @RachelO I started on the announcement day ... and I had weekend without any obligations, and I want to finished before the announcement of the shortlist (with the exception of the one book which will be published two days after shortlist) 🤓😘 6y
wordzie 💝 6y
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kalinichta
NOPE | Drew Sheneman
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What word or phrase in a description will turn you right off to a book - or at least set up a hurdle for you to overcome in your reading? I think my two biggest red flags are "coming of age" and "family saga". ??

#nope #bookishpeeves #redflag #nocando

saresmoore Hahaha! 8y
moranadatter "For fans of [insert popular author here]" 8y
Bklover "Touching romance" 8y
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Marchpane "Redemptive" 8y
kalinichta @saresmoore Physical cringing sometimes. 8y
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