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Ch 3: a lot of beautiful #blahblahblah in this chapter. #bobhasacrush #maggieisdepressed #bobbringsherastackofbooks #shereallyconnectswithafew #tetchytullyhasgoneferal #beatinganimals #thatsnotokmyguy #ass 🙄 #mumlikestofancyupmaggieshair #whichdepressestullymore #isrevengeonthehorizon #staytunedforpart5 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @mcctrish @deblovestoread @dabbe @julieclair @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @thearomaofbooks @daisey @quietjenn @morr_books @leftcoastzen @kwmg40 @alldebooks @eeclayton @sparklemn @elizamarie @kao @jenlovesjt47 2mo

mcctrish You know what the say about big thumbs 😉 2mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2mo

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Clare-Dragonfly I dunno if Bob‘s reaction to Maggie is a crush. It reminds me of Bessy in North and South looking at Margaret. (Wow, lots of name repetition!) 2mo

julieclair That was so sweet of Bob! 😍 2mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 😂😂😂big thumbs and a stack of books! 2mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk would make me happy 😆😆 2mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish perfect really 2mo

Leftcoastzen Maggie & the family ruminate on their limited prospects.Bob is kind to bring Maggie books! Big Thumbs ? Really? 😂 2mo

ElizaMarie #BigThumbs !!! 2mo

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Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 4.1: that was a lot of beautifully written #blahblahblah #butthisexplainsalot #breakoutthevoodoodoll #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish I thought I‘d accidentally opened a different story on my serial app 2mo

mcctrish #andsogothedaysofourlives ⏳ 2mo

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ElizaMarie @mcctrish EXACTLY 2mo

Leftcoastzen Like sands through the hourglass! 😁 2mo

KAO I kept having to reread sentences, as my mind wandered pitifully during this short chapter. Thank goodness this didn‘t go on longer! I liked the last bit, however, about how the spiritual seed of wisdom didn‘t find fertile ground (or “hooks”) in Mr. Tulliver and simply blew away without taking hold. More foreshadowing, I presume! 2mo

Bookwormjillk I know I read this chapter but I don‘t remember a bit. #MovingOn 2mo

dabbe Agree 💯 @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Leftcoastzen @KAO @Bookwormjillk #shadesoflarkrise #boring 🥱🫩😴💤 2mo

Ruthiella It was a lot of bla bla bla only to show that Mr. Tulliver is unchristian in thought, if not in deed. 2mo

julieclair I listened while driving and admit I mostly tuned it out. 🤣 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 12: so much #blahblahblah before we get to #thewarofthegleggs #mrglegggivingsirjohnvibes #mrsgleggblameshimfornotdefendingher #mrgleggismadthatsheaskedforhermoneyback #shedecidestolettullykeepit #fornow #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk 4% though 3mo

Ruthiella I enjoyed the story of St. Ogg. 3mo

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mcctrish Hell hath no fury! #diningalonewithhergruel #matchmadeinheaventhesetwo #gleggfindingsignsinthegarden 🤦🏻‍♀️ (edited) 3mo

mcctrish @Ruthiella me too 3mo

dabbe The water motif again ... crossing the Floss and making it this time and not drowning. Wonder if this story will be important later. 3mo

Leftcoastzen I liked the story of St. Ogg , #GleggDrama 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was reading this in the car on a gray rainy day and it put me to sleep 😴 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.11: so much thithering going on #thatstotallyaword #thitherhere #thitherthere #boatingaround #blahblahblah #alongcomesastorm #washesemilyandcompanyashore #blanchesfaminvitesthemin #ofcoursethecreeperknowsthecount #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish At least this whole chunk has a point now #godblessuseveryone 7mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I was so worried we would never find out 🤣 7mo

Bookwormjillk I'm just so glad Emily appeared and we didn't have a whole new castle story. 7mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that would have been devastating 🤣 7mo

mcctrish It really could have gone either way at this point 7mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk aaaarrrgggh, can you imagine?? 🫣😱 7mo

Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks yes I actually can that‘s why I was worried 😂 7mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m relieved that we made it back to this castle. I spent like 14 chapters wondering when Emily was going to figure out that Udolpho was the creepy castle she saw before. Then I realized it was in Italy so it must be a different castle, and I wondered why they spent so much time being aware of that creepy castle! I also realized that the convent Blanche lived in must be a different one. I think Radcliffe has too many settings! 🙄 7mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4: ok that was a lot of very beautifully written #blahblahblah and then 💥 #gunshot #butfirst #valancourtsaysgoodbye #emilyandpopstravelon #untiltheyareaccosted #butarethey 💥 #popsshootsvalancourt #ooooops #Vmissedpops #orsohesays #ithinkhemissedemily #hmmmmmm #ishethecreeper #theydecidetotraveltogether #popsistired #totheconventtheygo #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @catlass007 @cuilin 8mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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Bookwormjillk That was weird. Sounds pretty though. 8mo

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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it does sound pretty but so far they suck as travellers #itistheirfirstrodeo 8mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish totally 8mo

peanutnine I always find it odd that the prescription for illness in this time period is so often travel, like travel is the most exhausting thing I don't get it 8mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m surprised to see both monks and nuns in a convent. I thought they were always sex-segregated. 8mo

ElizaMarie @peanutnine yes!!!! I always have to take an extra day off after taking days off from vacation! 8mo

Bklover @peanutnine I agree! Not to mention wandering all over the place picking up germs! 8mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I think Radcliffe might have just made that up. 8mo

AnishaInkspill @BarkingMadRead thanks for the add 😍 these 8mo

AnishaInkspill @Clare-Dragonfly me too, I looked this up and found this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_monastery , maybe Radcliffe means one of these double monastry ? 8mo

AllDebooks Lol, great hashtags 8mo

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BarkingMadRead

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 20: Keanu does some research #theyfounddracshideouts #prigofthefirstwater 🤣#nowtheyplantodestroythem #minaisstillontheouts #stilltiredandpale #renfieldisbacktocausingtrouble #cliffhangerchapterending #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish So much blah blah blah and then a bloodbath COME ON 8mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I know 🤣🤣 I also used a #blahblahblah pic 8mo

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CatLass007 It was #blahblahblah, wasn‘t it. I don‘t know anything about Bram Stoker‘s opinions regarding women. But Jonathan, Van Helsing, and Lucy‘s former suitors don‘t seem to think much of Mina. They just want to “protect her fragile female sensibilities.” Is Stoker telling his readers that these men are all idiots because Mina has so much more to offer and they‘re not allowing her to make her own decisions? Also, they‘re idiots because they (cont)⬇️ 8mo

CatLass007 don‘t recognize that Mina‘s symptoms are the same as Lucy‘s. I know women had very few rights at that time in history and my perspective is that of a woman living in the early 21st Century. But, wow, these men all need to be smacked up side the head. 8mo

Clare-Dragonfly @CatLass007 Yup. They‘re all congratulating themselves over their great choice keeping Mina out of everything, while completely failing to notice her very suspicious symptoms! 8mo

CatLass007 I‘m doing a little googling to better understand Bram Stoker‘s views on women. https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/scientia/article/view/705hickleberrypunch... 8mo

CatLass007 https://www.mytutor.co.uk/answers/6559/A-Level/English-Literature/How-do-Carter-... 8mo

CatLass007 https://study.com/academy/lesson/women-feminism-in-dracula.html 8mo

CatLass007 https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/scientia/article/download/705/663/2372 8mo

CatLass007 Okay, last one… https://castledracula.weebly.com/feminism.html#:~:text=Althou.... 8mo

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KAO

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

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I don‘t know if I have ever been more relieved to reach the last page of a novel! Truly, if it had not been for the dogged perseverance of @BarkingMadRead and others who offered hashtags that assured me I was not alone in this crazed wasteland of #blahblahblah, I would never—I repeat never—have finished this. Honestly, I enjoyed the last 300 pages more than the first 500–again, a sentence I hope never to write again. My expectations were high…

BarkingMadRead I think you are in good company with this 🤣 he should have just cut to the chase 🤣 1y

KAO …and high expectations are sometimes the first hurdle for me to enjoy a book. I feel like I just didn‘t get what makes this an extraordinary book that deserves its reputation, and as I read rave reviews on GoodReads or other sites, I think I also just don‘t have solid context (Russian history, culture, literary traditions) to appreciate it. My loss, I guess. In any case, I was determined to finish this, and I thank you all in the group! 1y

KAO Thanks too @Aimeesue for the remarkable portraits, chapter by chapter! 1y

Ruthiella Well done! 👏👏👏 1y

dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 “Hurrah for Karamazov [and the ending of this monstrosity of a book!]!“ 1y

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dabbe

The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Having gotten through MIDDLEMARCH, ANNA KARENINA--even WAR AND PEACE, I was never so happy to reach 100% on my Kindle. As a former high school English teacher, the one thing I stressed to students over and over when writing was to SHOW and not TELL. Oh, does this novel have too much telling. It's brilliant in parts and overall a compelling story, yet, all that remains in my head is #blahblahblah. Couldn't have finished without the #hashtagbrigade.

TheBookHippie Seriously the blah blah blah 😵‍💫 1y

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤩😃🤗 1y

Suet624 🤣🤣🤣 1y

dabbe @Suet624 🤩😂🤗 1y

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BarkingMadRead

The Brothers Karamazov (Classic Unabridged Edition): A Philosophical Novel by the Russian Novelist, Journalist and Philosopher, Author of Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The House of the Dead, Notes from Underground and The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

ch 12.9: more of the same 🙄 #atleastheisdone #timeforthedefense #verylongwinded #blahblahblah #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @dabbe @currentlyreadinginco 1y

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TheAromaofBooks I skimmed a LOT of this chapter. Haven't we heard all of this already!? 1y

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AllDebooks Isn't this book over, already? Going round in circles 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks @AllDebooks it felt like a cruel joke 🤣🤣🤣 1y

mcctrish “Reaching this point in his speech, IK, who had plainly opted for a strictly historical method of exposition..” bottom tier Bloom‘s taxonomy- repetition of story - FD doesn‘t think anymore is still with him #idontknowwhyweare 🤣🤣 1y

Bookwormjillk I couldn‘t sleep at all last night until I pulled out #TheBros. This chapter > melatonin 1y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I ended up taking a nap in the afternoon while doing the same thing! 🤩😂😘 1y

TheBookHippie I had to finish 😵‍💫🤣🤯😳🤷🏻‍♀️😅🤦🏻‍♀️I cannot deal with this one more day. Or bring it into April 😅🤣🤣🤣 1y

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