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BarkingMadRead
Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell
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mcctrish No matter what anyone says about Harriet, she can read the room regarding Mr Preston 2mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish aggghhh I forgot about him! #selectivememory 2mo
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mcctrish It was a really long chapter that seemed to go off on tangents but, for me, Preston is bad and everyone is obsessed with Osborne for no reason 2mo
willaful Yes, Harriet can be trusted on this one, I think.

I wonder if Molly is going to talk herself into being in love with Osborne, even though he's not exactly what she imagined.
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Bookwormjillk @mcctrish Harriet did her a solid keeping her away from creepy Mr Preston 2mo
mcctrish @willaful Roger is standing right in front of her 👩‍❤️‍👨 2mo
willaful @mcctrish I know! 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly I‘m hoping that Molly/Roger will be endgame, and if it is, I just love how this romance is developing. I also love the way Mrs. Gaskell writes old maids! The Miss Brownings are delightful to read about! 2mo
julieclair Preston‘s paying attention to Molly to mask his feelings for Miss Kirkpatrick, Molly‘s convincing herself that Osborne is swoon worthy, and meanwhile Roger just continues on being his kind, thoughtful, dependable self. Things are getting interesting! 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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AllDebooks I'm so behind. 😅 4mo
Bookwormjillk What a surprise. 4mo
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ElizaMarie Ooo -- things are happening ---- #FingersCrossed it continues! Also, I hope Maggie annoys Tom with praise of Phil. 4mo
TheAromaofBooks At least it feels like they are acting like regular children instead of psychopaths now 😂 4mo
mcctrish Thank god he stabbed himself @AllDebooks I am struggling 4mo
dabbe @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣 4mo
mcctrish @dabbe is it the time period? I did care but it‘s getting harder 4mo
dabbe @mcctrish Maybe. It's also the absence again of a plot. I mean, it's a bildungsroman about Maggie and Tom growing up, but have a driving plot line, please! 🤣 4mo
julieclair @ElizaMarie You called it! Flesh wound! 🎯 4mo
julieclair @dabbe @mcctrish @ElizaMarie At least the lack of a plot is preventing me being tempted to read ahead. 🤣🤣😂 4mo
dabbe @julieclair And if you're like me, I count the pages before I read, and I happily rejoice if it's less than 10 pages! 🤣😍🤣 4mo
eeclayton @dabbe same 😂 4mo
Leftcoastzen @julieclair 😂no temptation to read ahead #gotplot 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly @julieclair Oh yeah, this isn‘t like The Woman in White where it was so hard to stop at the end of each section! 4mo
julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly Full confession: I often didn‘t stop at the end of each section with Woman in White. Totally impossible. 4mo
BarkingMadRead @julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly I 💯 read ahead for Woman in White 4mo
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BarkingMadRead
The Woman in White | Wilkie Colli
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Bookwormjillk I kept waiting for something shocking to happen but I guess they‘re all just happy and all the evil people are dead. Oh well 🤣 5mo
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Bklover I feel bad for Marian. Forever the aunty. 5mo
BarbaraJean It was a bit anticlimactic! More dramatic vindication would have been nice. Or at least a hilarious dramatic deathbed scene with dear Uncle. I‘m just glad Pesca didn‘t have to kill Porkchop. 5mo
BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean I definitely hoped for better deaths 🤣 5mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk #atleastthebadpeopledied small mercies and @BarbaraJean silver lining for Pesca 👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
Bookwormjillk @BarbaraJean good point- happy for Pesca 5mo
ElizaMarie @Bklover YES! I feel so badly for Marian. Like she was a super amazing woman, and if only she wasn't so ugly - ha! I mean, she kinda gets a happily ever after, but... only kinda? 5mo
dabbe It creeped me out how #countporkchop lusted/loved Marian. There has to be someone out there for her! But you know what? She's Wilkie's independent woman, so maybe it's fitting that she ends up happily on her own. She, Walt, and Anne were my favorites. Oh, and Pesca, too!

Thanks for another fabulous read, #hashtagbrigade and our wittiest leader, @BarkingMadRead! 🤩🙌🏻🤩
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Clare-Dragonfly Heck yeah they did! I suspected that foreigner with a scar on his face might be the Brotherhood‘s vengeance but when he left the Count alone when Walt arrived at his house, I wasn‘t sure. He got the ending he deserved! 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly Does anyone remember, if Laura hadn‘t managed to produce a son, would someone else have inherited Limmeridge? Or would a daughter have done the trick? Or could she have inherited in her own right? 5mo
Ruthiella @Bklover @ElizaMarie @dabbe We can all write our own ending for Marian. I see her meeting Mr. Gilmore‘ son (or nephew or daughter or niece, whatever your flavor) and starting a beautiful partnership both personally and professionally as private detectives. 5mo
Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I think she would have inherited in her own right. 5mo
TheAromaofBooks I ended up loving this one!! Thanks so much for hosting @BarkingMadRead - this one was an unexpected win for me 😂 5mo
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I love that ending!! @TheAromaofBooks I was pleasantly surprised as well! I really loved this one! 5mo
dabbe @Ruthiella Love this! 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
KAO I enjoyed this a lot! Thanks so much! 5mo
Leftcoastzen What a wonderful book ! Glad for the happy ending (it‘s about time) so many of the characters are so well crafted, they could have a book of their own ! Yay,Marian! Thanks @BarkingMadRead 5mo
Bklover @Ruthiella That‘s a perfect ending!! I love it! 5mo
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BarkingMadRead
Woman in White, The | Wilkie COLLINS
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Bookwormjillk I hope Percy really is dead for their sake 5mo
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk if he shows up alive I will throw this book into the woods 🤣 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly No surprise on Anne‘s parentage. Poor girl. I want to know how Walt and Laura can get married when she‘s legally dead?! 5mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly i thought the same thing! How legal is this marriage, sir?!? 5mo
ElizaMarie Maybe she‘s getting married as Anne? Or could they flee the country? (edited) 5mo
Leftcoastzen @BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 👏😂😂😂😂😂 5mo
mcctrish Dead ladies can‘t do crimes but they can get married ✊🏻 @Bookwormjillk I just can‘t help think some other poor chap got thrown in the burning vestry 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly I hope they‘re not pulling a #percypig and sneaking their names onto some church‘s registry 😂 5mo
dabbe Sounds like the Fairlie bros were both quite a piece of work. #thebros #thankfullynottherussianbros 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe And #countessdeadeyes is their sister! What a childhood they must have had. 5mo
dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly IKR? 🤩 5mo
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BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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AnishaInkspill photo, perfect, v funny 😂 😂 8mo
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Clare-Dragonfly Kind of unsatisfying that Emily doesn‘t have to do anything to get her inheritance… 8mo
Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly right? All that paperwork with Macaroni for nothing. 8mo
peanutnine I feel like most everything in this book has been a ton of anticipation and buildup with no satisfying pay out @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 8mo
mcctrish @peanutnine absolutely so many words and nothing happens besides crying, fainting and things that can‘t be talked about 8mo
Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine Yup. That‘s why I‘m not expecting any exciting ghost reveal with Ludo. 8mo
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BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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peanutnine Oh lord Emily is so naive 🙄🙄 and Annette really needs to learn how to shut up when necessary! 🙊 8mo
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mcctrish @peanutnine like Emily knew he was a cheat and a liar and she stilled signed 🤦🏻‍♀️ why couldn‘t she give Ludacris at least 24 hrs AND Annette is going to get them killed 8mo
eeclayton Seriously, Emily 🤦🤦🤦 8mo
TheAromaofBooks I'm soooo confused about why she got sent away and then brought back when it's obvious Macaroni doesn't care about her safety at all?? Did he just think she might get killed before he got the paper signed?! 8mo
AllDebooks I thought we were done with Annette 🫣😅 8mo
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I think it said at one point that if she died, he wouldn‘t get the property, it had to be signed over? 8mo
Bookwormjillk If I was being held captive in a creepy castle I would hope my true love would do more than play music at night. 8mo
julieclair I couldn‘t believe Emily signed the papers. Soooo disappointing and frustrating. 8mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk Of corse auntie shows up just then. But what did the papers say??? 9mo
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AllDebooks This was very frustrating. Spill the T Radclyffe 😕 9mo
mcctrish At present I‘d say the mystery is how anyone reads this 9mo
AllDebooks @mcctrish so much repetition!! 9mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks every time there is a chance of something happening - nope! We see gypsies, ooo what‘s going to happen? Nothing. Dad holding miniature portrait - nothing, papers to read, burn em and nothing 9mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 😂😂😂 9mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s a lot of words and a lot of crying for nothing 9mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I don‘t mind it when the chapters are short, but sometimes I see 23 minutes in the chapter on my kindle and I want to cry right along with her. A lot of people love this book so hopefully something other than dying parents and crying happens soon. 9mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I‘m reading on serial and when it says the chapter continues to more than one section I too want to cry 9mo
Clare-Dragonfly I can‘t believe it said she read a bit but won‘t tell us what that bit is!!! So unfair. And auntie… she‘s obnoxious but she‘s not wrong about people who look good not necessarily being good. 9mo
Bklover I‘m hoping Auntie spices things up a bit! I do think, though, that Auntie is going to cause more crying and fainting. There has to be some excitement coming soon! 9mo
eeclayton @mcctrish same! I would never get through this if it wasn't for the #hashtagbrigade ! 9mo
eeclayton I was actually proud of Emily for not saying yes to V right away. But this is about the only positive thing I can say about the story so far. 9mo
julieclair So. Much. Crying. I switched to audio and it has helped me to enjoy the story more. (Not sure why…) 9mo
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BarkingMadRead
Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Bookwormjillk That was weird. Sounds pretty though. 9mo
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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it does sound pretty but so far they suck as travellers #itistheirfirstrodeo 9mo
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 9mo
Clare-Dragonfly I‘m surprised to see both monks and nuns in a convent. I thought they were always sex-segregated. 9mo
ElizaMarie @peanutnine yes!!!! I always have to take an extra day off after taking days off from vacation! 9mo
Bklover @peanutnine I agree! Not to mention wandering all over the place picking up germs! 9mo
Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I think Radcliffe might have just made that up. 9mo
AnishaInkspill @BarkingMadRead thanks for the add 😍 these 9mo
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 ? 9mo
AllDebooks Lol, great hashtags 9mo
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BarkingMadRead
The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe
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Cuilin Can you tag me? I read it a few years ago and just realized I‘m gonna enjoy your #‘s 🙏 9mo
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mcctrish I was thinking could it be his mother ? But I‘m all for a trip to the south of France #itwillcurewhatailsyou 9mo
Bookwormjillk Something ain‘t right (talking about Dad not your spelling. Don‘t blame you there 😂) (edited) 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin yes! @mcctrish ohhhh maybe? My cynical soul didn‘t even think of that! 9mo
ElizaMarie @mcctrish Yeah, instantly thought it was his momma. Maybe I am too nieve and trusting :) 9mo
Clare-Dragonfly “Oh, brother, you look sick, you should go to the doctor.” Lady, his wife just died and you‘re making him go to a party! 9mo
Bklover Can you add me back? Finally finished Dracula and starting this tonight. Will try to keep up better! (I posted this comment already but I can‘t find it so who knows where I posted it 🤷🏼‍♀️ 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover I got you!! 9mo
AnishaInkspill 💛 💛😔

@BarkingMadRead I read this a few years ago, I'm 😍 your posts, pls tag me in, thank you!!!!
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BarkingMadRead @AnishaInkspill you‘re on the tag list! 9mo
Bklover @BarkingMadRead I must be cynical too- his momma never even occurred to me. I figured it was some mysterious love of his. 9mo
julieclair @Bklover I‘m with you. It‘s a mysterious lover! Much more interesting that way. 9mo
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BarkingMadRead
Dracula | Bram Stoker
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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! 😆 10mo
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin 🤣🤣🤣🤣 10mo
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dabbe @Cuilin THAT is priceless! 🤩😂🤩 10mo
Clare-Dragonfly Van Helsing is such a sexist! 🙄 10mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin 😂😂😂 10mo
Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly and verbose 😴 10mo
mcctrish @Cuilin #praisebe 🤣🤣 ‘The Change‘ has quite a different meaning here 10mo
Bookwormjillk @Cuilin 😂😂😂 10mo
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?” 🧛‍♂️😝 10mo
mcctrish @Cuilin I‘m going to say vampire from here on out, makes my life more exciting 10mo
CatLass007 🧛‍♂️ 10mo
rubyslippersreads Lucy certainly had a lot of beaux. And three out of the four actually wanted to *give* her their blood. 😂🦇🩸 10mo
Bklover @Cuilin I blame everything on menopause, but maybe I should switch to 🧛‍♀️😂 10mo
BarkingMadRead @bklover @Cuilin 🧛🏻‍♀️ is so much cooler, IMO 🤷🏻‍♀️ nobody would dare come at you for symptoms of being a vampire 🤣 (edited) 10mo
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