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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.1: everyone is crying now 🙄 #valancourtcomestoseeEmily #somuchbegging #somuchgaslighting #emilyofferstoseehimagain 🙄 #andsomehowconvincesherselfheisthesameoldV 🙄 #also #dorotheestillhasntcomeby 🙄 #myeyeshurtfromrollingsomuch #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bklover 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #emilyisafoolandVisanass (edited) 2mo

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mcctrish What just happened? V admits to the debts he could never repay and that he isn‘t worthy of Emily AND is mad that she doesn‘t want to shackle herself to him?! He questions how long the count has been her friend? Meanwhile E has spent about 32 minutes in his actual company and expects her to marry him after whoring and gambling ? RUN AWAY EMILY 2mo

Bklover @mcctrish yes! When I think of all the weeping and fainting over V it makes me want to scream. You are right- she doesn‘t even really know him! 2mo

mcctrish It‘s nice she had him to focus on while at Udolpho but cut him loose now 2mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Bklover #accurate 2mo

Bookwormjillk At first I was kind of on V's side because yeah she just met this Count guy. But then he admitted to it all so bye V. And what is the story of the picture? 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk everyone is crying 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I meant the one that Emily's dad had that Dorethee was refusing to talk about. She is just not coming back? 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk ohhhhhhhh that picture! We may never know…. 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly V keeps going “I‘m terrible and it‘s exactly like the Count says” except no one actually lays out what Emily or V is thinking. I‘d put money on V‘s actual actions not being as bad as what Emily thinks. Of course, I don‘t know whether he‘ll actually TELL HER that before they both die of old age! 2mo

julieclair If we don‘t find out about the picture, I‘m going to go nuts. I‘m warming up my book-throwing arm… 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 12: I almost forgot to post!
#whew #vanhelsinganddochavetobreakin #lucyisneardeath #morrisshowsupjustintime #hecomescloserthanalmosteveryoneinfiguringthisout #vampirebats #onelasttransfusion #doesntwork #riplucy #maybe #butfirst #renfieldislosinghisshit #whatwasinthathouse #drac 🧛🏻‍♀️ #also #minaandkeanucomehome #keanuinherits #staytuned

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @ruthiella @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @bklover @bookwormahn @graciouswarriorprincess @cuilin 4mo

Cuilin I‘m reading my daughter‘s copy that she read for a class. And her note beside “a brave man‘s blood is the best thing on this earth when a woman is in trouble“ was WTF Bram! 😆 4mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin 🤣🤣🤣🤣 4mo

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dabbe @Cuilin THAT is priceless! 🤩😂🤩 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly Van Helsing is such a sexist! 🙄 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin 😂😂😂 4mo

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly and verbose 😴 4mo

mcctrish @Cuilin #praisebe 🤣🤣 ‘The Change‘ has quite a different meaning here 4mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin 😂😂😂 4mo

Cuilin @mcctrish on a daily basis due to brain fog I say “is this Covid, ADHD, or menopause?” I‘m now going to add in “or was I bitten by a vampire?” 🧛‍♂️😝 4mo

mcctrish @Cuilin I‘m going to say vampire from here on out, makes my life more exciting 4mo

CatLass007 🧛‍♂️ 4mo

rubyslippersreads Lucy certainly had a lot of beaux. And three out of the four actually wanted to *give* her their blood. 😂🦇🩸 4mo

Bklover @Cuilin I blame everything on menopause, but maybe I should switch to 🧛‍♀️😂 4mo

BarkingMadRead @bklover @Cuilin 🧛🏻‍♀️ is so much cooler, IMO 🤷🏻‍♀️ nobody would dare come at you for symptoms of being a vampire 🤣 (edited) 4mo

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BarkingMadRead

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 10: I hate these Bellinghams #bensonasksforhelp #mrsBsmaidtrashtalksRuth #Masonhasthemoney #whew #theywantherinapenitentiary #outofsightoutofmind #whatwillbensondo #hashtagbrigade
#also #dinklageasbenson #yayornay

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @ruthiella @currentlyreadinginCO @amor4libros @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @mcctrish @indoordame @rubyslippersreads @thebookhippie @dabbe @crinoline_laphroaig

@clare-dragonfly @julieclair @aimeesue @quietjenn @kao @bklover @alldebooks @jewright @cuilin @willaful 6mo

mcctrish 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻#peterasbenson 6mo

mcctrish Also “get thee to a penitentiary” is a bit extreme FFS! The Bellinghams are awful people. I‘m not sure which I want more, ‘Mr‘ Bellingham to die OR for him to live and get his ducks in a row 🤞🏼his mother catches the plague next 6mo

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Cuilin @mcctrish “get thee to a penitentiary” lol 6mo

Cuilin A girls life hangs in the balance, but heaven forbid we let Mr. Bellingham get annoyed. 😳 6mo

IndoorDame I thought even at this time a penitentiary was a prison. Is there another meaning? 6mo

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I looked it up, it‘s more of a charitable institution for fallen women, it‘s basically a rehab to make them “fit for society” 🙄 6mo

IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead 😬 better than prison I guess, but we all know those places have super shady track records historically… 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was thinking a penitentiary must be more like a workhouse. A place for “fallen women” makes sense—a place for penitents… I‘m disappointed in my Penguin Classics edition having endnotes, but not one that explains “penitentiary.” 6mo

mcctrish @Cuilin YES! Heaven forbid the boy is annoyed 6mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame @Clare-Dragonfly it‘s giving Magdalene Laundries Scandal. 6mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🤞🏻 his mother catches the plague 😵‍💫🤣👀 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin yuuuuuup 6mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie can we please try and keep current politics out of the discussion? 6mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead yes. Sorry. 6mo

Bookwormjillk Can someone get that money from Mason PLEASE 6mo

dabbe @Cuilin Or accuse HIM of anything in appropriate. It's ALWAYS the woman hussy, isn't it? 🙄 6mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe @Cuilin obviously she was all by herself when the unspeakable happened 🙄 6mo

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead @Dabbe I overheard a woman say there would be no bad men if it weren‘t for bad women! I had to just walk away. (edited) 6mo

dabbe @Cuilin Oh, lordy be. 😮 #speechless 6mo

rubyslippersreads @Cuilin Definitely. 6mo

rubyslippersreads @Cuilin 😳 6mo

julieclair @Cuilin You‘re joking. In real life? Present day? How is that even possible? 🤯 6mo

Cuilin @julieclair It was the 90‘s, my teenage self bristled. 6mo

currentlyreadinginCO Mrs B is the worst 🤮, def Dinklage as Benson 🤣🤣 6mo

jewright I‘m wondering if Benson will marry her. 6mo

julieclair @Cuilin Your teenage self had every right to bristle! 6mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Ch 4.1: I thought it would be another boring chapter 🤷🏻‍♀️ #devilseverywhere #dudeneedstoeat #dontsquishthedevil #also #ferapontthrewmajorshadeatthemonk #hewastotallyclueless #themiracleinthebeginningwasnicethough #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @currentlyreadinginco 13mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @peanutnine @bklover @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 13mo

Bookwormjillk Yeah what was that? 13mo

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Cuilin One moment he was talking about eating mushrooms, and the next he‘s seeing demons . Connection, perhaps? 13mo

BarkingMadRead @cuilin 💯 13mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin @BarkingMadRead none of the brothers noticed the monk on shrooms having a slightly paranoid trip for what sounds like years and thought to tell him to lay off? Maybe come to dinner with everyone else and have some wine instead once in a while! 😂😂😂 13mo

AllDebooks @IndoorDame 🍄🤪🤣🤣🤣 13mo

dabbe #shroomsareyourdoom 😃 13mo

dabbe I might have to stop being ahead a day with a chapter because when I read these I'm like “Did I read that yesterday? I don't remember a miracle. Hmm. I better go back and read. Again.“ Time to stick with the correct daily chapter. My mind can't keep track of this plot for some reason. 😅 13mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe in your defense it was in like page one of the chapter and then there were devils everywhere, so it‘s no wonder you forgot 🤷🏻‍♀️ 13mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame lol exactly, lay of shrooms, man. Have some cabbage and potatoes. 13mo

TheAromaofBooks @dabbe - I'm having trouble keeping track of days/chapters because the chapters start over every time we get to a new “book“! 13mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks Oy! That, too! Is it Book 4/ch. 3 or Book 3/ch. 4??? 😱 13mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Thanks for the support; I feel like such a doofus reading this one! 🤩😂😍 13mo

SamAnne Well, this chapter took some turns. Demons and shrooming. 13mo

Aimeesue @IndoorDame Right? 😂 13mo

Aimeesue @SamAnne At least it‘s not boring? 😋 13mo

mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 @Cuilin I was reading along “ blah, blah, blah can I skip this ….. wait what ?” 13mo

Cuilin @mcctrish me too, some I‘m speed reading then he throws in seeing demons and I‘m like, back up! 13mo

mcctrish @Cuilin #stopthecar 👿😈 13mo

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BarkingMadRead

A Glass of Blessings: A Novel | Barbara Pym

Ch 15: Bason is a klepto #somuchdrama #butwherewasrodney #thisfeelssketchy #ithinksybilknows #sybilknowseverything #also #everytimetheymeniontheministryigetharrypotterflashbacks #thestruggleisreal #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade
PS @rwmg posted a great map of where Piers lives #talkaboutsketchy

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @ravenlee @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @indoordame @librarybelle @kspenmoll @annr @cuilin @thebookhippie @ruthiella @eeclayton @crinoline_laphroaig 1y

BarkingMadRead @bklover @peanutnine @dabbe @annececilie @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @bthegood @graciouswarriorprincess @rwmg @deblovestoread @aimeesue 1y

Bklover Same question. Where was Rodney?? These people are so weird. 1y

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Bklover Also he comes home and she doesn‘t ask him a single thing about his day. She has absolutely no interest in Rodney! 1y

Aimeesue Sybil does know! I think he was with Rowena 😂 1y

BarkingMadRead @Aimeesue that would be amazing #wifeswap 1y

AnnR These characters aren't very likeable. My reaction to them is similar to the characters in many of Edith Wharton's novels. 1y

Bklover @Aimeesue That would be perfect wouldn‘t it?!😆 1y

Bookwormjillk @Aimeesue ha! Perfect! Sybil knows all. 1y

dabbe @AnnR I so agree! I think I've mentioned more than once how these people make me think of the Gilded Age New York society snobs. Just living their elegantly rich but humdrum lives. 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Tess of the D Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy

Ch 3-4 every time her dad says skellington, this is what I imagine 🤷🏻‍♀️ #also #allthehorsepicturesweresad #tessistheonlyadultinthathouse #herparentswanttosendhertoarichrelative #daddrinkstoomuchandcantbringthehoneytotown #obviouslytessmustgo #dontsleepanddrive #poorprince #nowtheyhavenohorse #didimentionpoorprince #staytuned #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 1y

julieclair So many sad things going on in these chapters. 1y

BarkingMadRead @julieclair I had the worst morning, and I‘m sitting in the car dealership waiting for an oil change, reading this 🙄 thanks for nothing Hardy 🤣 1y

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Bookwormjillk Ew I‘m glad I don‘t have pictures in my copy. They showed the horse? 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk mine doesn‘t have pictures, I consulted the google, looking for a pic with the beehives and all that came up was the cart with the horse on the ground 😢😢 1y

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead ew 1y

dabbe Hardy did a similar stunt in FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD with the death of an animal. I can't take that! 😢 #poorprinceindeed #lifeishardinwessex 1y

KAO This is my first book by Hardy. While I am expecting frustrating events (and no happy ending), I am enjoying the storytelling! If a dog dies, however, I may not be able to take it. (The horse was bad enough.) 1y

BarkingMadRead @KAO I really hope not! I read this a couple years ago, but details are not fresh in my mind! 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Heck yeah! Seasonally appropriate! 💀 1y

Clare-Dragonfly #poorprinceindeed 😭😭😭 @KAO I checked doesthedogdie.com and it only has movies, not books, but over all the movie adaptations there was one vote for no and none for yes. However, nobody marked yes for another animal dying, so it‘s clearly not comprehensive! 1y

currentlyreadinginCO I am wondering where Tess gets her calm and maturity... and I feel for her! And Prince RIP 😭. Very much enjoying the story so far. 1y

Bklover Poor Prince. 🐴🪦 1y

Bklover @KAO I‘m with you. No dogs die!! 1y

julieclair @currentlyreadinginCO I agree about Tess‘s calm and maturity. It‘s impressive. It will be interesting to see if she retains these traits throughly the book. 1y

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BarkingMadRead

A Room with a View | Edward Morgan Forster

Chapter 2: the clever woman takes Lucy to Santa Croce #andthensheditchesher #butwait #hernameisLavish #also #theheathensarethere #thedadisanutter #thesonthinksdeepthoughts #lucycantkeepup #sheneedstochill #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @librarybelle @dabbe @thebookhippie @mcctrish @crinoline_laphroaig @debinhawaii @morr_books @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @ruthiella @bklover @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @peanutnine @julieclair @ravenlee @indoordame 2y

Bookwormjillk The heathens 🤣 2y

mcctrish #canmremersonspeakanylouder #thepioustourgrouphasbeenoffended #ithinkisprainedmyeyesrollingthemtoohard 2y

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Bklover I‘m with @Bookwormjillk 😂 2y

Ruthiella Ooh, people like Miss Lavish still exist today! Pooh poohing guidebooks and claiming access to the “real” country. Also , thinking democracy means “civility to your inferiors”. 🙄 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk @Bklover #isaidwhatisaid #iliketheheathens #theyaddsomefun 2y

Bklover Yep, they‘re still here @Ruthiella 😊🙄 2y

DebinHawaii I agree! 💯 #heathenshavemorefun #aintnotourlikeaheathentour 2y

dabbe Our heroine is ready for an Italian adventure! If anyone's seen the 1985 movie, Julian Sands played George. His body was found last week on Mt. Baldy. #ripjulian 💙 2y

Morr_Books I was so excited for this chapter as Santa Croce is one of the places I always highly recommend visiting in Florence - second only to the Uffizi 2y

Morr_Books I am fascinated by the interactions between the characters so far. 2y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe awwwww I‘d heard about that, so sad! 2y

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella for sure 2y

Bookwormjillk @dabbe oh wow I heard about that but didn‘t make the connection 2y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😢 2y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 😢 2y

julieclair I will take the heathens over Miss Lavish any day! 2y

BarkingMadRead @julieclair me too 2y

TheBookHippie I do so love a good heathen ….. @dabbe I saw that and he‘s been missing so long I‘m glad they found a body! 2y

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BarkingMadRead

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton

Chapter 13: there‘s going to be a ball! #mrsjenningshasntchanged #priceiscoming #whoelsewantstoreadahead #also #poorpoorfitz #myheart #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @Staycurious @indoordame @julieclair @cuilin @eeclayton @ravenlee @bookwormjillk @peanutnine @debinhawaii @ruthiella @deblovestoread @allylu @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thearomaofbooks @thebookhippie @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @bklover @carebear23 @morr_books 2y

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm caught up! Darcy still anti ball. 😄 2y

Crinoline_Laphroaig "he did not believe that Pemberley had really been primarily designed for giving balls in; but his family could perceive that his opposition was not intended to be very serious, and the discussion terminated with his promising to talk it over with Elizabeth, and even to consider the middle of November as being a date likely to suit the convenience of both households." 2y

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BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig so many things never change 🙄🙄 2y

Ruthiella I love Mrs. Jennings. So happy to see her again. She has such a big heart. 2y

Bookwormjillk Yay! A ball! 2y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Ruthiella and I liked Elizabeth's defense of her. 2y

ravenlee I can picture Mrs. Jennings trying to play her game, “What letter does his name…” and Kitty rushing in “hisnameisPriceandhe‘salieutenantinthenavyandhe…” 2y

BarkingMadRead @ravenlee 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #deadonballsaccurate 2y

willaful I don't remember Mrs. Jennings! I assume she's from Sense and Sensibility?

I wonder why the book is being so coy about Marianne. It seems a little late to bring her in and give her another husband. 2y

Ruthiella @willaful Yes, she‘s from S&S. She‘s the mother of Lady Middleton. Sir John is Mrs. Dashwood‘s cousin who provides a cottage for Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters once Fanny Dashwood convinces her husband to do nothing for his stepmother and half sisters. She‘s a little low class and makes off color remarks but truly is a kind and generous woman. 2y

dabbe Are we all hoping it'll be Price and Georgianna and Moreland and Kitty? That's what I'm hoping for! And Mrs. Jennings is still a hoot! 😀 2y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe that‘s what I‘m hoping for! 2y

mcctrish Mrs Jennings makes me think of June George “I‘m not a regular mom. I‘m a cool mom” from Mean Girls 2y

Ruthiella @dabbe That‘s the pairing I‘m thinking of too! 2y

peanutnine @dabbe definitely hoping for Georgiana and Price, they are a much better match. Not sure about Kitty and Morland yet, she needs to mature a bit more first I think 2y

rubyslippersreads @willaful I‘m wondering about Marianne too. 2y

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BarkingMadRead

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton

Chapter 7: James Moreland is moving to Kympton #also #theferrarsarebusted #peaceout #lydiaisthesameasalways #kittyiscoming #georgiannaisgoing #headisspinning #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk At least I know who Lydia and Kitty are 🤣 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 2y

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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk SAME 😅 2y

willaful This is truly the #namedrop chapter. 2y

BarkingMadRead @willaful seriously 🙄 2y

TheAromaofBooks I am enjoying this one, but the number of names and connections is truly dizzying! 2y

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 same and I feel like this chapter was a Peter Gabriel song 🎶 Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane
Jane plays with Willy, Willy is happy again🎶 2y

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BarkingMadRead

Agnes Grey: Large Print | Anne Anne Bront�

Chapter 11: Hatfield is an awful human. #thatsallihavetosayaboutthat #westonthough #everyoneloveshim #also #themurraygirlskindasuck #notnewinfo #justnewwaystosuck #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @megnews @bookwormjillk @coffeenbooks @thebookhippie @peanutnine @wordslinger42
@clare-dragonfly @dabbe @kwmg40 @librarybelle @ann_reads @willaful @mcctrish @bklover @ruthiella @kristin_reads @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @morr_books @annececilie @eeclayton @debinhawaii @ravenlee @alldebooks 2y

Leftcoastzen Love the quote! 2y

BarkingMadRead @Leftcoastzen thanks! It wasn‘t what I was initially looking for but it definitely fits! 2y

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AllDebooks 🤣🤣 2y

Ruthiella Yes. Everyone is so superficial in this neighborhood it seems, even the vicar! 2y

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella it surprised me how rude he was to poor Nancy! Ugh!! 2y

Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 2y

Clare-Dragonfly I think Nancy and the other neighbors are hoping the sweet governess marries the good vicar! (Just as we are! Though we haven‘t really seen him speak yet.) 2y

dabbe Hatfield kicked Nancy's cat! Evil is too good a word for him! 👿 2y

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻yes and yes @dabbe Hatfield is a total tosser! For some reason I keep thinking of the PBS show Grantchester, although the vicar in that is extremely nice to look at. The Murray girls are something else 2y

Morr_Books I like this book so far, but I like y'all's comments more. 😆❤️ 2y

peanutnine @dabbe right?? I gasped so loud when that happened. What a horrible man 2y

julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly No matter what he says when he does speak, it has to be better than anything Hatfield has said so far! 2y

julieclair This quote reminds me of that old (and true) Southern saying, “Pretty is as pretty does.” 2y

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