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dabbe
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#WhatsNewWednesday
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDieDue @Read4Life (thanks for the tag! 😘)

Been on the phone all morning and online dealing with banking issues. Our bank account had fraudulent activity, so we had to close that account and open a new one and change everything. I have a headache the size of Texas. Why is signing in such a pain these days? P/W's are no longer good enough; they have to text for codes, too. #ugh Time for happy hour.

Mimi28 My mom went through something like that in September. I know it‘s a pain 😞it will get better 🤗🫶🏽🩷🫶🏽😊😉 18h
Librarybelle Oh my! You deserve a relaxing evening! 17h
monkeygirlsmama Good luck! That sucks. 17h
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TheBookgeekFrau Oh that really sucks 😖 My happy hour soothe you 🍻🥂 17h
dabbe @Mimi28 💚💙💚 16h
dabbe @Librarybelle 💚💙💚 P.S. Letter on its way! 16h
dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 💚💙💚 16h
random_michelle I can actually answer that question #ITgeek but I know that you don't want answers, you just want to vent. Which I totally understand. But if it helps, there are good reasons for it. And it IS a giant PITA.

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dabbe @random_michelle You were right. It was a rhetorical question intended to vent sarcastically. And Litsy shouldn't be the place for negativity. Thanks for helping me to see that and for sympathizing. 💚💙💚 15h
Librarybelle Yay! I‘ll watch for it! 15h
ShelleyBooksie Boo - totally a no fun morning. Glad you got it sorted ♡ 14h
random_michelle @dabbe Nah! It's not negativity! One of the first things I learned in IT support is sometimes they just needed to vent, & once they got that out the problem solving went easier.

It's hard to move past frustration when it's at the front of your mind. You just gotta clear the decks before you can move on.

& I also know that sometimes knowing there is a REASON for why something is a PITA, helps. It feels less like an act of god or punishment! :)
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AnnCrystal Scary and tedious 🫂💝. (edited) 12h
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk That was a little too Silence of the Lambs for me. 2w
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TheAromaofBooks Seriously, is there a SINGLE character in this book who is not completely batshit insane?! What was the point of this chapter?!?!??? I'm starting to feel like *I* am the crazy one! 😂 2w
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks it‘s all so crazy! My head is spinning 🤣 2w
TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks was it winter in Russia and all they did was drink while writing ???? Or is this a test to see if we will read anything ?! 2w
Aimeesue Gotta say, the audio version really made her sound delusional 2w
mcctrish I read this and thought 1. Lise needs friends 2. I can hear True Blood‘s theme song Bad Things 🎶 I'm the kind to sit up in his room.
Heart sick an' eyes filled up with blue.
I don't know what you've done to me,
But I know this much is true:
I wanna do bad things with you. 🎶 3. FD is some serious anti-Semite 4. This book is insane can we be done
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish Omg my husband and I are watching this right now! And so so true 🤣 2w
mcctrish @BarkingMadRead Lise gives off serious creepy disturbed song vibes 2w
TheBookHippie @mcctrish oh my word the antisemitism 😞 2w
mcctrish @TheBookHippie I haven‘t felt so shocked or sickened very often - nonfiction for sure but fiction?! WTF 2w
TheBookHippie @mcctrish honestly I‘m finishing out of spite. 😵‍💫🫨😝 2w
dabbe @TheBookHippie Me, too! I feel like we've been wading in the shit like Andy Dufresne in SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and we're in it until we get out of prison like Dmitri! 😃💩😱 2w
dabbe Liza's mom was off her rocker, too. And she can't shut up! 🤐😂😃 2w
Ruthiella @dabbe Exactly! The apple 🍎 did not fall far. 🦇 💩 🤪 (edited) 2w
Ruthiella I wonder if William P. Blatty was inspired by this chapter? 🤔😈 2w
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Robotswithpersonality
An Impossible Impostor | Deanna Raybourn
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Ugh. 🙄 Once upon a time I was a teenager who had yet to be steeped in the well-worn, time-wasting, conflict-generating tropes of romance novels. In the decades since, I have had my fill. Which is why I was so profoundly annoyed to encounter them in a beloved historical mystery series with a romance subplot between characters I consider too smart to get caught up in this BULLSHIT. 1/3

Robotswithpersonality 2/3 My only consolation is that I don't see Raybourn getting away with pulling this crap in more than one book in her series. I will happily read the next to help wash this triteness out of my brain. 2w
Robotswithpersonality 3/3 For those wishing to spring to the book's defense regarding the quality of the mystery/caper, know that I skimmed the second half and read the denouement because I could not stand watching these characters make these ridiculous decisions. Please, please let the next one not involve cliches I flee by skipping pages. 2w
dabbe #fanofthepan! and your simple-yet-oh-so-poetic #ugh. #rollingtheeyesisgoodtoo
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Robotswithpersonality @dabbe Pretty sure they were the first things I said and did after I finished the book! 🤦🏼‍♂️ 2w
julesG I marked the book a pick, but I had the same issues. Why did Raybourn make their affair into a YA? I hope the next one does better. (out today, btw) 2w
Robotswithpersonality @julesG I still have to read 8, hopefully by the time I get to it, my library will have 9. 2w
julesG Also, I let authors get away with a lot of tropes because I mostly listen to audiobooks at 2.0+ speed. And I really only listen to Veronica Speedwell novels. 2w
julesG Now that you mention it, I can't remember much about book 8. The affair wasn't the strongest part of the story. 🤔 But it had a lot of Tiberius. I'd like to see more of Stoker's brothers. 2w
Robotswithpersonality @julesG Happy to have a lil more Tiberius. 😉 2w
rretzler I used to really look forward to this series, but they seem to have fallen off lately. Unfortunately, it appears that I read 8, but didn‘t write down my rating. I remember thinking that I wasn‘t sure if I wanted to preorder 9 though. 2w
rretzler Apparently, I decided to give Raybourn another chance as I just opened my Kindle to see that A Grave Robbery has magically appeared this AM! 2w
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Cuilin
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Librarybelle I think, in Sherlock‘s strange way, “the woman” is a compliment. She bested him. In the Victorian man‘s way of thinking, women don‘t do that. They‘re not cunning enough. They give away too many details. But, in the end, Irene Adler played Sherlock after she realized he played her. We also know Watson felt a need to protect Mary from the last book and fell for her “Victorian” charms. 1mo
Cuilin I agree it‘s a compliment to Adler, but at the cost of every other woman. Women shouldn‘t be so smart!!! 1mo
Aimeesue I don‘t think it‘s exactly that Sherlock doesn‘t think women are smart. More that Irene Adler has the intelligence PLUS the wealth and freedom of movement (due to her career,) daring and confidence to pull this off. Plus Sherlock doesn‘t think ANYONE, male or female, is as smart as he is. THE woman is almost a nickname for his nemesis. 1mo
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IndoorDame Yes, but a sort of backhanded compliment. I think he‘s saying it like a very polite curse. Most of the things Sherlock says about women during the case itself before he knows he‘s been tricked are blatantly derogatory. 1mo
CogsOfEncouragement @aimeesue I agree Holmes thinks no one is at his level, yet Irene bested him. That makes her The Woman. When he tells the king she is on a different level he definitely means Irene is the elevated one. Holmes makes no comment about being stunned that a woman in particular could outdo him. There also seems no ill judgement on her sex life or her wearing men‘s clothes to get around the city easier. 1mo
Bookwomble @Librarybelle I was going to say something pretty much the same as you 😊 1mo
BeeCurious I think that was as close to a compliment as one could expect from Holmes, especially when aimed at a woman. Holmes could just as easily fling his sarcasm at any men he did not respect. During the Victorian era, domesticity and pious devotion to church and family were considered to be the feminine ideal, maybe that is part of the reason why Doyle chose to make marriage a central theme in this story. It also helped create a more tidy ending. 1mo
dabbe @IndoorDame I wrote a couple down: 1. When talking about being the witness to Adler and Norton's wedding Holmes states that “Irene Adler, SPINSTER, [was married to] Godfrey Norton, BACHELOR.“ Nice, Doyle, nice.
2. From SH again: “Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.“ That makes ALL of us sound sneaky and sly. #ugh
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IndoorDame @dabbe #ugh is right! 2 especially bothered me! That whole section about women not trusting men of business, because apparently we have no powers of judgment. 1mo
Aimeesue @dabbe Given the status of women and their roles in society at the time, probably an accurate description though, right? In order to to anything outside the “norm” women had to keep plans and secrets safe or risk the social consequences, of which there were many. Being secretive is valid straegy for achieving what you want when The Man‘s trying to keep you down. That SH doesn‘t recognize systemic sexism is pretty much of it‘s time though, yeah? (edited) 1mo
Cuilin @Aimeesue @dabbe @IndoorDame let‘s deny them any agency then complain when they‘re secretive. 🙄 and they can‘t see the connection, who‘s looking dumb now Doyle. 😂 1mo
kelli7990 “The woman”? What does that mean? I don‘t think I would want to be called that or talked about that way but men‘s attitudes towards women were different back then. I would want to be called by my name. 1mo
mom2bugnbee I realize that Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock isn't necessarily canon, but when he calls his Irene Adler "THE Woman", it is *definitely* a compliment. He thinks the world of her (in a romantic way? It's never entirely clear) & it's his way of saying that she is the standard to which he holds all women. 1mo
Cuilin @mom2bugnbee Agree, though not canon I still think Sherlock is complimenting Adler. He admires her. 1mo
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BarkingMadRead
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mcctrish First, to quote Taylor Swift 🎶 you need to calm down, you‘re being too loud🎶 enough with the hysteria! Also me “ OMG, that‘s why the kid bit him” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 so satisfying, something making sense 2mo
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Ruthiella I thought it was hilarious when Mrs. Coca Cola tells Lise to stop shouting and then realizes SHE‘S the one shouting. 😆 What a madhouse! 2mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish was so happy when the finger biting episode was explained and I kind of knew who everyone was when they were explaining it 🤣 2mo
mcctrish @Ruthiella it‘s hard not to get swept away with the yelling 🤣🤣 2mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s so not like FD to introduce someone and then proceed to talk about them in the next chapter 🤯 2mo
Ruthiella @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk Yeah, FD must have had a brief moment of lucidity when writing that chapter! 🤣 2mo
mcctrish @Ruthiella no 🍄🍄 2mo
Deblovestoread All the hysteria 😬 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Cuilin I love this read along but oh my gosh when does the misery end??? 5mo
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Bookwormjillk I have a feeling that note the girls wrote is going to backfire. 5mo
Librarybelle I have to prevent myself from getting the creepy crawly chills every time Alec pops up! Stalker!!!!! 5mo
Bookwormjillk Also I found this biography of Thomas Hardy included in my audible account. Was wondering how a man from the 1800s could write like a 2020‘s woman 5mo
Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk I think Hardy‘s sympathy just shows that calling out men for exploiting the vulnerable isn‘t a new or “woke” idea at all. It‘s been around for a long, long time. 5mo
Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella imagine that 😁 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly Such a creep! How much do you want to bet that Alec had something to do with the rooms being taken? 🤬 5mo
dabbe It seems as if Tess and her family are literally at their final, last straw. Of course they're going to stay with Alec (he left Tess to go talk to the mom), and now Angel is coming back. #whatcouldgowrong #ugh 5mo
Bklover Of course she is!! 5mo
currentlyreadinginCO I am interested in that as well, will be reading more about him @Bookwormjillk 5mo
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KateReadsYA
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I'll start.....Favorite has to be found family!!!!! My least favorite is love triangles. What about you??

Jjaxn95 My favorite trope is hidden magic. It could be hidden from family/friends or hidden from the human world. My least favorite trope is whirlwind romance. Especially when someone in distress is focused on romantic feelings. 7mo
RaeLovesToRead Least favourite is the Grumpy Pixie Dream Girl in fantasy fiction. Characteristics include being "sassy", good with a sword, hostile for no reason, and not-like-the-other-girls. Conventionally attractive, with hair that is either "flame" or "raven" (never blond). Starts off uninterested in male MC's penis. Has a backstory that "explains" her hostile attitude, usually revealed just before she starts to take an interest in said MC's penis. 7mo
RaeLovesToRead Favourite... hmm ? "You're a wizard, Harry!" ? Love me some magic school. 7mo
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Leftcoastzen I‘m with you on love triangles ,that‘s pretty tired . 7mo
KateReadsYA @Jjaxn95 Gotta say you and I both for these tropes 🤗 love it. 7mo
KateReadsYA @RaeLovesToRead OMG that's too funny 🤣 7mo
dabbe I love the trope where the hero turns out to be a better person having gone through their quest. Least favorite (though back in the day I loved it) nowadays is the hate-to-love relationship. Think Harlequin romances. #ugh 😍 7mo
KateReadsYA @dabbe Agreed! I also love when the villains are just misunderstood and become heros in their own ways. 7mo
dabbe @KateReadsYA Love those ones, too! 🤩 7mo
Cuilin I with @Dabbe on both, love a hero‘s inner journey and hate enemies to lovers. 7mo
dabbe @Cuilin 💚🧡💚 7mo
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BkClubCare
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I am going to find the start of the end of this and skip most of the middle. Just sayin‘. This book is proving to be not my kind of book. #readingthendfirst #ToB #ToB2021 #flowerypretentiouslanguage #ugh #drivingmetodistractioninfirst10pages #penisdoesyoga #tumescentzucchini #obviatednicety

Megabooks I thought it was mediocre. 3y
BkClubCare @Megabooks - took me a while to find another goodreads review that shared similar concerns but I felt validated. LOL 3y
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