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Aimeesue
Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky
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B12C6

Ippolit Kirillovich began his speech for the prosecution feeling chill and fever by turns in all his body. He later described it thus. He considered this speech the chef d‘oeuvre of his entire life, his swansong. To be sure, nine months later he died of an acute consumption, and had he had an early premonition of his end, he really would with justification have been able to compare himself to a swan singing its final song.

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Ruthiella Having read now the entirety of that speech, I‘m not surprised he died soon after. It was EXHAUSTING! 😬 18h
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mcctrish @Ruthiella it almost killed us so ……. 🤣🤣 18h
TheBookHippie @mcctrish WORD. 😵‍💫😅🤪 18h
Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 17h
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dabbe “Blah, blah, blah. I'm the devil. Blah, blah, blah. Devil. No, it's me, but my bad me. Devil. Blah, blah, blah. Throw wine in your face. Blah, blah, blah. Skim .... skim ... blah, blah, blah ... Alyosha to the rescue! End of chapter. #thankgod #ivanandreligion #arantinglunatic #oytothevey as @TheBookHippie would say. Whew. 😥🥱😵‍💫 1w
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BarkingMadRead @dabbe exactly 🤣🤣🤣 1w
TheBookHippie @dabbe 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 #wtfwhewoytothevey 1w
mcctrish I would like to read @dabbe‘s version from here on out 1w
mcctrish Also so much blah to get to Smerdy and his long game to frame Mitya #holyshitwhensmerdycommitshecommits 1w
dabbe @mcctrish And he's hanging against his wall on a nail! The wall with 🪳🪳🪳! 😱 1w
dabbe @mcctrish 🤩😂🤩 It was the only way I could survive that chapter. #lordybe 1w
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead gotta admit I was looking for A Christmas Story tongue on the flagpole reference here 🤪 1w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 #missedopportunity I do have another My Cousin Vinny pic coming up in a few chapters 🤣 1w
TheAromaofBooks Ivan being like “don't come at me with your philosophy“ SAME 😂 1w
currentlyreadinginCO Omg we finally get somewhere and now the brother who knows what happened is raving 😂 1w
mcctrish @dabbe the roaches be having a PARTY tonight 🤢 1w
mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣 exactly keep your philosophy to yo‘self 1w
mcctrish The whole time Smerdy was spilling his guts @currentlyreadinginCO I was thinking “is Ivan processing this? Is Ivan remembering this? Is Ivan sane?” Does it even matter now that Smerdy can‘t be questioned ?! 1w
dabbe @mcctrish 😳😵‍💫🤢 1w
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Aimeesue
Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky
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B11C4

Look that‘s all I got, people. If you read it, you know!

mcctrish #iyiyk #blahblahblah 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w
Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣🤣OMG Mitenka. Shut up! (edited) 2w
BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w
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BarkingMadRead I‘ve never been so proud 🥹 2w
Aimeesue @mcctrish 😂😂😂 2w
Aimeesue @Ruthiella I‘m starting to think Mitya‘s got untreated ADHD at this point - just all over the place random and he can‘t stop talking 😳 (edited) 2w
Aimeesue @BarkingMadRead 💙🩵💙 2w
dabbe I couldn't survive this book without you, #dioramadiva and our #hashtaghero, @BarkingMadRead. 😂🤩😍 2w
Bookwormjillk Lol that chapter was all blah blah blah 2w
BarkingMadRead @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 #dioramadiva is perfection 2w
Aimeesue @dabbe 💙💙💙! 2w
Aimeesue @Bookwormjillk The only fun part was hearing about Rakitin‘s evil poetry plot! 😂 2w
TheBookHippie It‘s the BLAH BLAH BLAH for me. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2w
Aimeesue @TheBookHippie They DO go on! 2w
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BarkingMadRead
Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Bookwormjillk Isn‘t that what the Swedish Chef used to say on the Muppets? 2mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣🤣 yesssss 2mo
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Ruthiella At least poor Aleksey gets to take a load off and have some fish soup 🥣 and cherry preserves 🍒 . 2mo
currentlyreadinginCO I liked this one, too! Ivan and Alyosha are an interesting pairing 2mo
Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella such an odd combo 2mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk he says “bork, bork, bork” Swedish for blah, blah, blah ( probably) and @Ruthiella thank goodness Aloysha gets to eat after all the running around 2mo
Graciouswarriorprincess @Ruthiella I thought the same thing! But what a combination! 😊 2mo
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk yes. 😂😂👏🏼👏🏼 2mo
dabbe @Ruthiella That boy was hungry! 😂 2mo
Aimeesue @mcctrish Right? He‘s gonna be nothing but skin and bones! 2mo
Bklover I‘m really sorry, but I‘m going to have to drop out. I‘m very disappointed- I tried to catch up, but this month I just don‘t have it in me. It‘s been a difficult month, and of the books I intended to read this month I‘m only keeping up with one. I seem to have lost my focus. Love you all, and I‘ll be back for the next one. (Can‘t remember what‘s next). ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover we will see you in March! (It‘s 2mo
Bklover Oh good! I love Rebecca! That will be a fun reread. 2mo
rubyslippersreads Even though I bailed, I‘m glad to finally know what a hurdy-gurdy looks like. 😂 2mo
willaful @Bklover I dropped out ages ago, I'm just really enjoying the posts. 😳

I don't think I've ever seen a hurdy gurdy, which is odd, because it's heavily featured in one of my all time fav books.
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Cuilin I hope Alyosha got to eat the soup and preserves. That was some serious conversation. Not sure I could eat while some was talking about the torture/suffering of children. 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky
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IndoorDame If the whole thing is this heavy on religious philosophy it‘s going to go over my head 2mo
5feet.of.fury Solid cohesive arguments pretty much all around. Fyodor stirring the pot as always. 2mo
5feet.of.fury @IndoorDame the LitChart shows some chapters are very heavy on the Faith v Reason theme, but looks like we will have some respite from it after the next chapter 2mo
BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame same here @TheBookHippie so accurate 🤣🤣 2mo
Cuilin Smerdy is that one kid at Sunday school or R E that the teacher hates and still manages to turn the class agnostic in a few weeks. Lol 2mo
SamAnne @Cuilin 😂😂😂😂 yes!! 2mo
Aimeesue @Cuilin Yesssss! I may or may not have been that kid myself 😂 2mo
Cuilin @Aimeesue moi aussi, 🙋‍♀️ 2mo
CatLass007 I have a friend who was that kid. He was of Jewish heritage and about 5 when his adoptive family decided he needed to go to Sunday school. The teacher was telling everyone how wonderful heaven is when my friend, whose cat had died during the week, asked if his cat would be waiting for him in heaven. She said no, cats don‘t have souls. He said if his cat wasn‘t in heaven then he didn‘t want to go either. The other kids took up the (cont)⬇️ 2mo
CatLass007 complaint and eventually the whole class was in tears. His dad decided he wouldn‘t be going to Sunday school anymore. 2mo
Bklover @Cuilin I do believe that is me too! 2mo
mcctrish I don‘t get why a man would die for Christianity instead of forced faith conversion, most religions think men are great so its not like their freedoms would be constricted 🤷🏻‍♀️ then it all went blah, blah, blah with Schmigadoon repeating himself 2mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish the amount of #blahblahblah in this book is concerning 🤣 2mo
CatLass007 @BarkingMadRead I think it‘s such a hilarious story. My friend has studied the Bible and other religious texts and decided he is an atheist. I imagine it all began in that Sunday school class. The damage people can do to kids is unforgivable. I was tormented by nuns from grades 1-7 and I went through an atheist phase. I now am a member of a progressive, forward-thinking Presbyterian church. 2mo
TheBookHippie @Cuilin 💯💯💯 2mo
TheBookHippie @mcctrish I kept hearing the Charlie Brown teacher 😂😳🤷🏻‍♀️. 2mo
mcctrish @TheBookHippie that is exactly the voice (edited) 2mo
currentlyreadinginCO @CatLass007 that exact story, but with a dog, lives on in my family as well 😂😂 2mo
CatLass007 @currentlyreadinginCO Were you the impetus for the story? My Mom had some cringe worthy stories about me in church but turning a classroom full of happy kids into crying kids who didn‘t want to go to heaven was not in my repertoire. (edited) 2mo
currentlyreadinginCO @CatLass007 not me! But I have an aunt who left Judaism at a young age because she was particularly bereft over the death of a dog and learned that the dog wouldn't be going to heaven ... an oft-repeated story. I was raised Catholic, but these days the closest that I come to religion is books like our current read 😂😂 2mo
CatLass007 @currentlyreadinginCO I strongly believe that animals have souls and will be with us in paradise. If anyone requests proof, refer them to Isaiah 11:6 and Isaiah 65:25. For those who claim that the quotes weren‘t meant to be taken literally, I usually ask if Jesus‘s death and resurrection are meant to be taken literally. 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky
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mcctrish 🦞👀 3mo
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Bookwormjillk I think it was also the title of a Lemony Snickett book, no? 3mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it‘s definitely possible 3mo
Ruthiella Lobster eyes? Beady eyes maybe? 🤔 And the von Sohn reference is maybe foreshadowing….? Dum dum dum 🎶 (edited) 3mo
Tineke I'm missing something here. What about lobster pics? Can someone enlighten me? 3mo
BarkingMadRead @Tineke in my version someone was referred to as looking like a lobster 3mo
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella one can hope 🤣🤣 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Like literally this chapter was... them walking across a yard?! 😂 3mo
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I mean, it was a really pretty yard 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🌸 3mo
currentlyreadinginCO The fact that the yard is now pretty and wasn't previously is all that I learned 😂 @BarkingMadRead 3mo
BarkingMadRead @currentlyreadinginCO I may have jumped the gun on that #blahblahblah post 🤣 3mo
mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks @currentlyreadinginCO @BarkingMadRead this exchange has just elevated this chapter immensely 3mo
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BarkingMadRead
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mcctrish #whateveryouaskiwilldo #butiwontdothat anyone else hear Meatloaf 🎶🎶 3mo
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Bklover Oh Meatloaf!!🎶🎵 @mcctrish (edited) 3mo
dabbe @mcctrish OMG! #perfecttiein 😂😂😂 3mo
dabbe This elder-follower relationship reminds me of selling your soul to the 👹, not the other way around. Who would ever do such a thing? 😱 3mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 3mo
SamAnne Just caught up! Been loving the commentary. My favorite line in this chapter is “Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from faith.” And then a lot of blah blah blah. 😂 3mo
BarkingMadRead @SamAnne so much blah blah blah, with just a little of interest in between 🤣 3mo
Bookwormjillk Day 5 and you already had to break out the blah blah blah 🤣 3mo
currentlyreadinginCO @SamAnne that was my highlight this chapter ☺️ 3mo
currentlyreadinginCO ok so whew lots of family history and dead women to explain how we got to this meeting with the elder guy in his cell, I'm sure this will go well! 3mo
Tineke Fyodor trying to stir up trouble at every turn #rascal. 3mo
IndoorDame It sort of sounds like an Elder is a westernized (is Russia western at this point in time?) take on a Guru that has inevitably devolved, lost some of the initial meaning and nuance, and then run a bit dark… am I reading this right? 3mo
BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame oh that‘s a perfect explanation! 💯 @Bookwormjillk I can‘t decide if that‘s a good sign or a bad sign for us 🤣 3mo
willaful @Bookwormjillk I'm thinking bad. I'm having a lot of trouble starting the next chapter. 😵‍💫 3mo
rubyslippersreads @IndoorDame Sounds like Rasputin (he ran really dark 😳). 3mo
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BarkingMadRead
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tpixie Great post. 5mo
TheBookHippie 🎯 5mo
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Librarybelle Alec is a stalker. I get the creeps with his intentions and his refusal to listen to Tess. Grrr… 5mo
Ruthiella Typical “you made me do it” , blame the victim attitude. Ugh. 5mo
Daisey I agree that all the blame from Alec was awful, but I had a different perspective on the farming. I found Hardy‘s descriptions of the thresher and the backbreaking hours of work fantastic! 5mo
BarkingMadRead @Daisey it was definitely interesting, sprinkled in among the drama 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly I‘m so glad somebody hit Alec! But Tess didn‘t hit him hard enough. He can still talk 😡😡😡😡😡 (edited) 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Daisey I did think that was interesting! It‘s something I didn‘t know anything about. And he doesn‘t go on… and on… and on like Victor Hugo 😂 5mo
Bookwormjillk Alec is obviously lower than a piece of dirt on the bottom of my shoe, but he‘s not wrong about Angel and his treatment of Tess. 5mo
eeclayton I'm not sure if I'd be happy if Angel came back and forgave Tess for getting raped. He should ask for her forgiveness. 5mo
Bklover It‘s always Tess‘s fault. Everything. And she‘s always going to believe that!!🙄😠🤯 5mo
currentlyreadinginCO That LETTER ! "Your faithful heartbroken" !!! 5mo
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BarkingMadRead
Vanity Fair | William Thackeray
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Bookwormjillk We finish tomorrow!! 7mo
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dabbe She'll probably come on to Jos again. #fullcircleendingmaybe
And we need Jane Austen to bring together Emmy & Dobbin! #ifonly
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Bklover Doesn‘t that photo look a bit like Reese Witherspoon??? 7mo
Cuilin So much blah blah!! Come on Thackeray. Amelia had her #PrettyinPink moment. (edited) 7mo
TheBookHippie @Cuilin OHMYWORD #PRETTYINPINK 💕💕💕 7mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover it is! She played Becky in the newest movie (edited) 7mo
Bklover @BarkingMadRead Well, that would definitely explain it😂😂 7mo
mcctrish #poorbecky everyone is happy except her 🎶#itsaboutdamntime 🎶 7mo
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