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Ch 2.3: I feel like I‘ve been reading this chapter all day #toofreakinglong #verdantverdurecount 2️⃣ #anyway #morecrying 🙄 #thecountisallupinemilysgrill #doesnttakenoforananswer #valancourtwrites #lavaleehasbeenletatlast #sorry #couldntresist #emilyispissed #shegoestotalktomacaroni #whopretendsheswritingtoheruncleaboutit #tricksherintoagreeingtomarrythecount #wtf #thecountispissedthatemilyispissed #macaronididntthinkthisthrough #toomanyhashtags⬇️

BarkingMadRead #notdoneyet #offtothecastle #detouringtovisituncle #emilyhopesforsomehelp #butwillshegetit #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 7d

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BkClubCare Mad hashtag skillz 6d

BarkingMadRead @BkClubCare #myhashtaggameisstrong 🤣 6d

BkClubCare @BarkingMadRead I am here for it 👏 6d

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 6d

TheAromaofBooks Still not through this chapter, why is it five million pages long in tiny print?! 😂 6d

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks we are in hell 🔥 hopefully the next one is short. But is it‘s not, please don‘t tell me. Ignorance is bliss 🤣 6d

mcctrish We are in hell! I mean shit was going down but it was never ending shit! #hoodwinkedbymacaroni 👎🏻👎🏻 and the aunt is all #suckstobeyou #thisismadness plus we need sandbags #toomanytears 6d

Bookwormjillk I‘m going to put on my resume that I read this chapter 6d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 6d

Blueberry 🥴😭 6d

kwmg40 Fortunately, I had a long drive today and managed this chapter with the Librivox audiobook. 6d

Clare-Dragonfly I STARTED READING THIS CHAPTER LAST NIGHT IN BED AND NOW IM HAVING DINNER AND I FINALLY FINISHED IT 6d

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 😆😆🤣🤣🤣 6d

Clare-Dragonfly Anyway, Emily is an idiot and nobody knows how to communicate in this book. 6d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 6d

Bklover Still. Not. Finished. Keep falling asleep. 😵😵‍💫 6d

julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly 💯🎯 6d

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly truth. They just talk in circles. 6d

eeclayton I have no idea what Catherine Morland liked in this book 🤔 6d

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton I‘m really hoping it‘s something we haven‘t gotten to yet, because I‘m reallllly wondering how she made it far enough to love it 🤣 6d

Clare-Dragonfly @eeclayton I‘ve been thinking the same thing. Maybe she had an abridged version 😂 6d

eeclayton @Clare-Dragonfly That makes sense! Like The Princess Bride, the good parts version! 😂 @BarkingMadRead I certainly hope we'll get to the good parts soon! 6d

peanutnine If I wasn't listening to the audiobook, I would have thrown the book during this chapter. So long and the gaslighting ugh 😵‍💫😤😡🙄😩 4d

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The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliff

Ch 12: why am I getting Lady Tremaine vibes from auntie?!? #anyway #valancourtshowsup #auntiesendshimaway #morecrying 😭 #partytime #auntieneedscoolfriends #valancourtshowsup #withanothergirl 🐷 #emilyisdevastated #auntietalkstrash #findsouthercoolfriendishisauntie #thischangeseverything 🙄 #valancourtisallowedtovisitnow #auntiehasaboyfriendtoo #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk I'll admit I had to do audio for this chapter. 1w

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mcctrish This chapter actually worked for me. Auntie makes my head spin with her saying one thing and then taking a 180° 1w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish auntie has things finally getting interesting! 1w

AllDebooks Finally, something more yhan weeping and walks, walks and weeping! 1w

Ruthiella @AllDebooks Just wait until she starts spontaneously writing sonnets. (edited) 1w

AllDebooks @Ruthiella 😅 1w

CatLass007 Would you please remove me from your tag list for #HashtagBrigade? Everyone is great but I want to cut back on some of my buddy reads. Thanks 😚 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I had a hard time following all the dialogue in this but I got the gist. Specifically that Auntie is a social-climbing moron. 1w

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly Can I add “bitch“ to your most excellent comment? As in #socialclimbingmoronbitch ... #scmb for short (which could also read as “scumbag“). 😄 1w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣🤣 1w

Bklover First of all, why does Valencourt keep showing up like a creeper? He always appears from behind a tree or something. Second, Auntie is a scheming witch but at least she‘s interesting- I think she‘s going to be a fun one to hate! 1w

julieclair @Bklover I freely admit I am hating Auntie and enjoying it! As @dabbe says, #scmb . 😂 1w

dabbe @julieclair YES! #scmb You know, it's better just thinking it as “scum“! 🤩😂🤗 1w

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe Bahahaha, perfect! 😂 1w

ElizaMarie @bklover! Yes!!! Such a #SneakySneak didn‘t we learn he has good breeding? Why are you such a #WeirdoCreeper !? 1w

ElizaMarie Also. I am numb to tears and weeping…. 1w

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The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliff

Ch 7: I was all ready to do a #verdantverdurecount but there was only one 🙄 #anyway #popsisdying #deathbedconfessions #popshassomehiddenpapers #hewantsemilytoburnthemwithoutreading 🔥 #whohopesshereadsthem 🙋🏻‍♀️ #igottaknow #popswantsemtilivewithauntie #ewwww #poorem #rippops #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk I absolutely hope she reads them 🙋‍♀️ 2w

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Clare-Dragonfly Heck yeah, I want to know! 🙋🏻‍♀️ 2w

Bklover I certainly hope she reads them! Or at least lets us read them!😁😉 2w

mcctrish @Bklover @Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly why bring them up if we aren‘t getting to know what‘s in them! Mysterious woman, mysterious papers 🤔 2w

dabbe Pops also has memories of a woman who is not Emily's mother. And he recognized the name of the person who owned the creepy house/castle/haunt/whatever-the-heck-you-want-to-call-it. Here comes the Gothic! I also vote to add the word “sublime“ to “verdant“ and “verdure“. And am I awful to say that if I see any more scenery, I am going to 🤢? Oh, and great to send Pops on an adventure when the guy can barely walk. #wtf? 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe so many mysteries, and yessss sublime is also overused 🤣 2w

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The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

Ch 6: of I‘m up, I may as well read 🤷🏻‍♀️ #anyway #popsandemleaveVbehind #heswappedbooksonthesly #romanticorcreepy #youdecide #popsgetsnewsthathesbroke #ibetthatgaveQMuchjoytotell 🙄 #popstakesabadturn #nowheretogobutacreepychateau #popspassesoutsoemgoesforhelp #finallyfindsomehelp #dudetellsastoryaboutamarchioness #popsisoddlymoved #hmmmmm #timetogohome #staytuned #whew #imadeit #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish I think we have another clue to the picture pops was kissing fervently ( truth be told, first thing I thought of when they spied the turret in the forest was “vampires, get the fuck away!” 2w

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Bookwormjillk Long chapter. #FreeMichael he deserves a raise. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk poor Michael! 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🧛🏻🧛🏻🧛🏻 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Very mysterious! 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk #freemichael it‘s like he‘s one of the donkeys 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2w

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The Mysteries of Udolopho | Ann Radcliffe

Ch 5: more traveling #anotherlongwalk #lotsofverdantverdure #radcliffereallylovesthosetwowords #anyway #theycomeuponashepherd #thegypsiesstoletheirsheep #soofcoursepopsandemilygivethemmoney #Vgivesmostofhisaswell #ontothenexttown #tomorrowtheyseparate #everyoneissad #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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mcctrish Not the last of these gypsies I wonder ? 3w

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AllDebooks I have to say I'm really enjoying the landscape scenes. 3w

dabbe @AllDebooks They remind me (in a way) of the opening travel scene with Harker going to Transylvania to meet Dracula. Only in that book it's the Carpathian mountains; here it's the Pyrenees. 3w

dabbe I sense a little love in the making for Emily and Valancourt. What a name, btw! 🤩 3w

AllDebooks @dabbe yes, exactly that. 2w

ElizaMarie @dabbe ooooo!!!! I kinda thought so, but couldn‘t figure out the age difference (it might have said and I missed it) 2w

Bookwormjillk Didn‘t V get shot last time they separated 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @ElizaMarie I think V is close enough to Emily‘s age to make a good match. Her father certainly seems to be encouraging it. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk hopefully history doesn‘t repeat itself! 2w

AnishaInkspill @Clare-Dragonfly and I think it helps that Aurbet had met the elder Valencourt 2w

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Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 21: I love finding fan art on google 🦇 #renfieldletsdracin #dracbeatshimtoapulp #renfieldcluesintheboysclub #dumbasses 🙄 #theyrushtomina #butnotbeforeworryaboutscaringher 🙄 #dinnertime #dracmakeaminadrinkhisblood #thiscannotendwell #dracflees #destroysalltheirwork #finishesoffrenfield #orrenfieldjustdies #unclear#anyway #dracpeacesout 🦇 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @ruthiella @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @bklover @bookwormahn @graciouswarriorprincess @cuilin 1mo

Bookwormjillk Love that! Edit: the art not what Dracula did. (edited) 1mo

Cuilin Well I don‘t think we‘re surprised that Drac had a Mina snack. (Litsy is not tagging me again. 😔) 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin ugh how rude of Litsy! 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly How odd, I didn‘t get a notification either, and I see my username there plain as day. 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly See, I think this disproves Van H‘s theory. Drac is clear that in order to make Mina one of his brides, not only does he have to drink her blood, she has to drink some of his. It‘s not as simple as “anyone who is bitten by a vampire becomes a vampire too.” 1mo

mcctrish I just came to see if I‘d been forgotten but apparently Litsy is feeling this Monday as hard as I did teaching grade 2 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I wondered if Drac was making Mina like Renfield since he got rid of him for a new and improved model ? I thought the person had to be drained to a certain point they can‘t come back from but maybe the blood exchange is the final step 1mo

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The Hotel: A Novel | Elizabeth Bowen

Ch 10: love the Austen reference #idontthinksydneywouldliketobecomparedtocharlotte #anyway #miltonlikessydney ⁉️#heseemsintriguedwithronnie #interesting #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Ruthiella I also dug that reference. How appropriate since this group is an offshoot of that original #Pemberlittens Jane Austen group read. 😃👍 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I legit squealed! 2mo

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Librarybelle The reference was a delightful surprise! 2mo

Bookwormjillk That reference was the highlight of my day. 2mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk mine too!!!! 2mo

rubyslippersreads At least Milton recognizes that he‘s Mr. Collins and not Mr. Darcy. 😆 2mo

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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

I almost forgot to post!
Ch 22: Mr Donne has arrived #ruthandthegirlsarelovingthesea #elizabethfeelsbetteralready #ruthmisessleonardmissesruth #anyway #morepolitics #donneshowsup #heisperfection #everyoneelsepalesincomparison #obviouslyhemustmarryjemima 🙄 #jemimaalmostgetsalongwithF #bradshawwantstoahowoffthebeachhouse #totallynotbribery 🙄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @ruthiella @currentlyreadinginCO @amor4libros @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @mcctrish @indoordame @rubyslippersreads @thebookhippie @dabbe @crinoline_laphroaig
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Cuilin Why does Leonard look like Donne? Related to Bellingham? This is not good. 3mo

currentlyreadinginCO Oof waiting for the other shoe to drop 3mo

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Clare-Dragonfly Who are they even bribing??? 3mo

mcctrish @Cuilin I missed this, who thinks Leonard resembles Donne? Leonard isn‘t even there. I‘m still queasy over Bradshaw asking Ruth to go with his girls to the sea but not let Leonard come 3mo

Cuilin @mcctrish Mrs Bradshaw said it to Jemima. And then Jemima said he looked like a horse. 3mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly Bradshaw is to give Donne money ? But it‘s not to touch either of their hands ? They both think it‘s wrong but has to be done ? Is this just more of EG ‘s social commentary ? 3mo

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly sounds like they are paying for votes. 3mo

mcctrish @Cuilin I remember the resembles a race horse part, I thought she meant that positively ; power, grace etc 3mo

Cuilin @mcctrish it‘s Mrs Bradshaw saying Leonard looks like Donne that stood out to me. Why include that? 3mo

mcctrish @Cuilin I went back and read and I see it now, is it cuz he‘s excitable ? They both seem to be talking about mannerisms or are they ?! 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish trying to work this out as well …. @Clare-Dragonfly 3mo

Bookwormjillk I‘m hoping tomorrow will clear up some things because I‘m a bit confused 3mo

julieclair @Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly I, too, think they‘re paying for votes, but I‘m confused as to how they‘re doing it. (edited) 3mo

julieclair The Donne-Leonard similarities are making me nervous. 3mo

BarkingMadRead Ch 23 coming tomorrow @librarybelle @ruthiella @currentlyreadinginCO @amor4libros @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @mcctrish @indoordame @rubyslippersreads @thebookhippie @dabbe @crinoline_laphroaig
@clare-dragonfly @julieclair @aimeesue @quietjenn @kao @bklover @alldebooks @jewright @cuilin @willaful 3mo

Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead 👍 3mo

dabbe @mcctrish @Cuilin ... Or what if Donne and Bellingham are related? I mean, Donne “gives“ $4000 to Bradshaw (if I read that right ... the politics part makes me go 💤), so if he's an a-1 a**hole, he'd fit right in with the Bellinghams. He is coming from somewhere else, and we have no idea where. Yet. #duhduhduhduhdah 3mo

rubyslippersreads @Cuilin @mcctrish Maybe she should have specified which end of the horse. 😂 3mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead sounds good! 3mo

AllDebooks @rubyslippersreads 🤣🤣🤣 3mo

AllDebooks @dabbe the 'politics' frustrates me so much. There is no mention of what either candidate stands for. However, Gaskell's strength is her social commentary. She uses her plot to highlight the inconsistencies and corruption of UK politics. You could 'buy' a constituency through bribes, and this was often the case. So few people had the right to vote it was easily done. 🤬 3mo

Cuilin @rubyslippersreads lol 😂 3mo

julieclair @AllDebooks That‘s interesting info. And was it okay for the person “buying” the constituency to live outside its borders? 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @AllDebooks I get the impression it doesn‘t matter what each side stands for. There are two sides and that‘s what is important to Bradshaw! 3mo

rubyslippersreads @AllDebooks @dabbe @julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly The political stuff reminds me of Trollope. (edited) 3mo

AllDebooks @julieclair I think so. If you had the money, you could 'buy' any constituency 3mo

dabbe @rubyslippersreads Which is why I've tried him but have never been able to get through a book! 🤩😂🤗 3mo

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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 5: Ruthie? Also, I‘m trapped in Orlando until early Tuesday morning because our flight was cancelled due to the storm. This chapter made me a little salty 🤣 #anyway #ruthandbellinghamataninn #hereallylikesgettinghisway 🙄 #petulantlittlebaby #ruthhasasoloadventure #ilovehowsheviewedthestranger #ofcoursebellinghamseeshimdifferently #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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 4mo

Cuilin Of course Bellingham would use the narrow social position definition of a gentleman.🙄 ugh what a charlatan. 4mo

AnnCrystal 🙏💝. 4mo

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currentlyreadinginCO The reading party sounds delightful, though!! 4mo

Bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginCO Yes I wanted more info on the reading party

Safe travels @barkingmadread (edited) 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly A reading party sounds great, but if they were bored being stuck in the inn due to weather, I don‘t think the point of the reading party was actually reading 😂 I‘m not thrilled with the way Gaskell describes the “deformed” man, but for the time it was probably pretty good, especially since he actually seems to be a decent guy, unlike Bellingham. 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly Also, I guess we‘re supposed to infer that Ruth and Bellingham are having sex at this point? The only hint is the fact that they‘re sharing a room. 4mo

willaful Aww, the Foxglove Fairy!
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BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly probably? I wondered the same thing 4mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I wondered too, but even if they aren‘t everyone assumes ( Jennie does) so Ruth is ruined 4mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly I think so? I wasn't sure either. 4mo

rubyslippersreads I‘d like to know what a reading party really is. If it involves lots of books, tea, and snacks, it sounds delightful. But it also sounds too dull to suit the odious Mr. Bellingham. 😏 3mo

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Little Women (Little Women, #1) | Louisa May Alcott

Ch 30: laughing about this pic because the aunts do not look good in the background 🤣 #anyway #morepettygirlsatthefair #amyisabettergirlthanme #laurieandcompanysavedtheday #andnowamyisofftoeuropewiththeaunts #allbecausejoisjo 🤷🏻‍♀️ #staytuned

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @amor4libros @mcctrish @bookwormjillk @indoordame @peanutnine @catlass007 @julieclair @cuilin @spellboundreader
@rubyslippersreads @ruthiella

@willaful @thearomaofbooks @dabbe @clare-dragonfly @daena @quietjenn @staycurious @curiouserandcurioser @deblovestoread @graciouswarriorprincess 5mo

Librarybelle 😂 5mo

julieclair I totally loved how Laurie and his friends came in and rallied around Amy! And now she‘s off to Europe. Jo lost out because yes, #joisjo. 🙃 5mo

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TheAromaofBooks I really enjoyed how these chapters have showcased how much Amy has matured, and how intentional she is about working to be a better person. Also love the mental image of Laurie walking around with May's vases 😂 5mo

Clare-Dragonfly I forgot that it‘s Aunt Carroll—who has barely been in the book up until now—and not Aunt March who takes Amy to Europe! 5mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I know! In both new movies, it‘s Aunt March 5mo

mcctrish I feel for Jo. My aunt took my younger sister to Scotland back in the day because she thought she‘d be more amiable than me, who was a teenager at the time. My sister and I are 5 years apart so I think she was 10 - I‘m not sure what my aunt thought I‘d get up to on my own or even with them. 5mo

Bookwormjillk I feel for Jo but also think she‘ll be better off figuring out how to go on her own terms. I can‘t imagine she‘d enjoy having to behave for Aunt Carroll. 5mo

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