Litsy

Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 17: poor Jan, what a disaster #beatriceisagoodfriend #maxisanass #asifjanwoulddothatonpurpose #frankisadarling #hetriessohard #firstandlastballatmanderley #foreshadowing #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair
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BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 7mo

Clare-Dragonfly I think Jan should have gone ahead and stayed in her room. Let Maxim deal with the consequences! He deserves to squirm a little! (edited) 7mo

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Clare-Dragonfly I mean, she ALSO should have told Beatrice about Danny setting her up. But let‘s be real, that was never going to happen. 7mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly and she had the perfect opportunity! Whyyyyyy did she not?!? 7mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly YES! She should have told Max and Bea about Mrs Danvers. 7mo

peanutnine She definitely should have told them about Danvers but like @Clare-Dragonfly I'm not surprised she didn't. She doesn't seem to realize that she has power over her as an employer. But she probably thought they wouldn't believe her 7mo

daena Maxim is the worst! As the chapters move forward my disgust of him grows. 7mo

willaful @daena I'm really feeling why the author was pissed at this being called a romance. 7mo

daena @willaful totally! 💯 7mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @daena same! 7mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly I never under when characters don't tell what happened. I would be yelling it out. And #DreadfulDanny would be packing her bags. Honestly if she just told Bea she would have told Maxim and he would have fired Mrs D immediately. 7mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig ^understand. Litsy needs edit option on comments! 7mo

dabbe I, too, want the narrator to snap back and have a backbone, but she just doesn't. She's terrified of Danvers (and even Maxim at times) and is so UNSURE of herself that she can't fight back. Max wanted her as Alice in Wonderland--fiitting since Alice is a complete innocent, not worldly like Rebecca or Caroline de Winter. The irony is, though, that Max is primarily responsible for Jan's loss of innocence. #sosad 😞 7mo

Ruthiella @dabbe Perfect analysis! 👌 7mo

TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine @Crinoline_Laphroaig @dabbe @Ruthiella - I'm interested to see if Jan even REALIZES that Danny set her up. I think she is going to excuse Mrs. D with a kind of “oh she didn't know people would be upset/it was an accident“ thing. 7mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks that‘s a good point, although that creepy smile on Mrs D should hopefully clue her in! 7mo

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks If she does that, it will totally be a throw-the-book moment for me! 7mo

peanutnine @julieclair @TheAromaofBooks omg same! Hopefully she isn't THAT naive by now 7mo

dabbe @Ruthiella 😘 7mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks Agree! Jan wanted so much to believe that Danny was finally being nice to her that she had the rose-colored glasses look in her eyes. And, too true, @BarkingMadRead. That smirk and the closing of the door in the west wing should have been HUGE clues for Jan. What a scene! 7mo

ElizaMarie #FireDanny 7mo

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BarkingMadRead

Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy

#thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 12mo

Cuilin That ending 😢 💔 12mo

Deblovestoread I finished a few days ago. What a heartbreaking story. How I wanted happiness for Tess and how I wanted the men who let her down to pay. So glad to have finally read this classic even with its sadness. Thanks for keeping me motivated! 12mo

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currentlyreadinginCO This was fun to read together! Poor Tess! 12mo

Bookwormjillk That about sums it up. The one thing I remember about reading this in high school is my teacher going into a deep explanation about Stonehenge. I guess because if he told us what this book was really about he would have been fired? 12mo

TheBookHippie It‘s just #SOSAD …. Thanks for pulling us through!!! 12mo

quietjenn Thanks for leading us through a terrific, and terrifically devastating read. Can't believe I remembered almost nothing of it. 12mo

Ruthiella Thank for your fearless leadership @BarkingMadRead ! 👏👏👏🤩 The subtitle to this book should be “a novel of poor communication and bad timing”! 12mo

eeclayton Thanks for leading us @BarkingMadRead and thanks everyone for your comments and posts. I couldn't take part in the discussions as much as I had wanted to because it was a really busy period for me both at work and in private, but I was following and enjoying your comments all the while 💕 Hardy broke my heart but I loved the book all the same! 12mo

dabbe Thanks @BarkingMadRead for getting us through this. 🤗 Tess will stay with me for a long time. I'd add that the moral of the story is to never fall asleep on the side of the road in the middle of a dark night. 😃 12mo

julieclair Absolutely heartbreaking ending. 💔 Thanks, @BarkingMadRead for your (as always) excellent leadership through this sad tale. 12mo

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe One of a number of morals, I‘d say! Another might be “don‘t rape women, even if they are asleep, no matter how hot you think they are.” 12mo

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🤩 12mo

Daisey I knew going in that this was not going to be happy, but it was also quite different from what I expected. I also liked it better than expected. After his treatment of Tess, I was kind of hoping Angel was just going to waste away from his illness, rather than get another chance. 12mo

Bklover What a wonderful and brutally sad book! I do find it frustrating that Angel gets another chance with Tess‘s sister! Thanks @BarkingMadRead for your guidance and humor. Definitely the only way I got through this one! 12mo

KAO Thanks for the company and much needed comic relief on this journey with poor Tess! This was my first group read done with a paced plan, and the encouragement helped get me through a challenging book. I enjoyed it—even if there was some gnashing of teeth at every tragic turn! 12mo

eeclayton @Daisey I was hoping that too! 12mo

BarkingMadRead @KAO I wish we had something more fun for you to start with 🤣 12mo

Bluebird Thanks @BarkingMadRead i had remembered so little of this book from my prior read that this felt like the first time. So terribly sad! You really helped get us all through this tragic book. I really enjoyed(!?!) this group reading. 12mo

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jb72

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

#bookfitnesschallenge #grumpycat
I am a day late posting my weekly update (very sick yesterday-didn‘t want to move). I was able to get in 3 gardening sessions and 1 meditation so I hit my goal. I also read or listened to 7 short stories/books (703 pages). I‘ll count that as 2 books out of 6 for my goal. Points: I‘ll edit once I count them up. My favorite was the Grumpy Cat book. #shewillbemissed #sosad

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JaclynW Sorry you have been sick! I hope a speedy recovery is on its way! 5y

jb72 @JaclynW Thanks! I‘m much better now. Maybe it was food poisoning?! Much to do today (chores - boo!). 5y

JaclynW @jb72 I'm glad you feel better! Chores can wait! Take one more day to recover! 🙂 5y

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wanderinglynn Glad to hear you‘re feeling better! Great first week 🙌🏻 5y

BookwormAHN I'm glad you're feeling better, nice first week 👏🏻 5y

Erin7 Sorry to hear you‘ve been feeling bad. Good for you for pushing through. 5y

alisiakae Hope you're feeling better! So sad that Grumpy Cat passed away this week. 😩 5y

jb72 Thank you all so much! 5y

VanChocStrawberry Sorry you were sick! I was sad to hear about grumpy cat, too. :( here‘s to a healthy week 2! 5y

Clwojick Hope you‘re feeling better now. 💕 5y

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rather_be_reading

Magnolia Story | Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines

I am abt to watch the last episode of Fixer Upper 😭😭 #myfavshow #sosad

BlameJennyJane I‘ve been bingeing on the almost all day. I‘m still a few episodes behind but I‘m not sure I‘m ready to be done yet with the series! 😦 7y

litmuggle1 I feel your pain i don't want to live on reruns 7y

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chavalah

The Chalk Artist | Allegra Goodman

so-so

That feeling you get when a favorite author produces subpar work. :( #sosad Goodman is usually great at criticizing systems we subscribe to--see INTUITION, KAATERSKILL FALLS. This is a shallow books vs video games screed. I wish she'd focused more on her teacher and a three dimensional high school experience. The video corp storyline was contrived and convenient. Startlingly one dimensional villain there, did nothing enlightening for the story

Tanzy13 🐱 7y

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freyaheart

1984 | George Orwell

Rest in peace John Hurt. You brought some of the best literary characters to life. 😭🕯

sprainedbrain 😢 8y

Missusb Oh no. I just went to see Jackie last night, & there he was. #sosad 8y

DGRachel 😭💔 8y

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Missusb

History Is All You Left Me | Adam Silvera

pick

Whew. That really was tough, and although we leave Griff, Jackson, and Wade in better places than the start, we can see the potential for them to have been in even more awesome places if Theo hadn't left them. Thank goodness for the idea of alternate universes. #sosad #realityhurts #grief #preview #adamsilvera

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