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Ch 6: #thehamleys #mollysettlesin #squirementionsdocremarrying #mollyobsesses #bothhamleystalkuptheirsons #whomuatmarrywell #butnottoowell #rogersoundsmoreinteresting #osbornesoundsdull #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead
@bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 11h

mcctrish I just can‘t with the Squire 11h

Lcsmcat @mcctrish Really? I find him awkward but lovable. And I think Roger is going to turn out to be the better son. 10h

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Bookwormjillk #TeamRoger

I love how there's this whole scene going on but Molly is just busy overthinking. So relatable. 10h

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk I‘m #TeamRoger too, though I have no inkling how this is all gonna pan out! 😅 10h

mcctrish @Lcsmcat he starts the whole “we all couldn‘t understand why your dad didn‘t remarry” conversation and then is all “why is the girl going on about who her dad would marry” 9h

Lcsmcat @mcctrish I get it, but to me that‘s just his awkwardness. He has no idea what to do with a girl. 9h

willaful I'm cracking up at his making decisions on whether an imaginary daughter would've been good enough for his son.

He seems decent enough on the whole. Trying to entertain Molly. 7h

Bklover It‘s probably too early to be on #TeamNeither 😉 6h

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dabbe

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
We're on to list 5, all from the 1900s. I'm getting worse, not better! 😅
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-list5
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag if you want.

EVERYONE is tagged; ALL are welcome. 🤗

willaful 9. Fav is Lord of the Rings. I thought The Floating Opera was awful but I may have been too young for it. Want to read Brideshead Revisited and a Town Called Alice. 1d

dabbe @willaful The #hashtagbrigade will be reading BRIDESHEAD this September if you'd like to join us! I want to read that one, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💙 1d

Librarybelle Ha! I read 3 on the list. Many titles I‘m unfamiliar with…yikes! 1d

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shortsarahrose Read 6, have seen the movie for two others I haven‘t read (Zorba the Greek and Doctor Zhivago). I actually feel like I had heard of a decent amount and read more than previous lists, but I think we‘re in a time period that I know more about. LOTR is the favorite I‘ve read, though 1984 was also good. 1d

RaeLovesToRead I maintain that despite my consistently rubbish scores on these, I AM A WELL READ INDIVIDUAL 🤣🤣 1d

dabbe @Librarybelle I didn't know 72 OF THEM!!! 😱 #yikesindeedy Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1d

dabbe @shortsarahrose LOTR's one of my faves, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead You ARE!!! I promise to find better lists once we're done with this one! Ones that include literature we're all better acquainted with! 😍 1d

RaeLovesToRead @dabbe I'm good with the back catalogue of Harlan Coben hehe 😆 1d

Amor4Libros I got 1: Giovanni‘s Room and I read it last year! 🤣 1d

melissajayne 8; A Town Like Alice is one of my favourites 1d

suvata I got 19. Never even heard of most of them. 1d

MonicaLoves2Read 2 both read in high school. 1984 and Catcher in the Rye 1d

Bookwormjillk I got 8. It‘s been a while but I remember liking Cry, The Beloved Country 1d

Amiable Yikes! I‘m just going to throw in another recommendation for

A Town Like Alice

Texreader Three! And proud of it! 🤣 1d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead 🤣😍🤣 1d

dabbe @Amor4Libros And that's one I have yet to read! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1d

dabbe @melissajayne Now on the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1d

dabbe @suvata 🎯🩵🎯 You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1d

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read Same, well, sorta. 1st read of CATCHER was in high school; I taught it for years as a teacher, too. I was lucky enough to read 1984 my freshman year in college during the year 1984. Reagan was presdient, so we thought it jived pretty closely with the book. 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1d

dabbe @Amiable Moving up on the TBR! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1d

Dragon I just got 9 😂❤️🐉. My favourites of the 9 were Brideshead Revisited, The End of The Affair and Lord of the Rings 1d

DGRachel Missed this yesterday. Off to see how horribly I do…😂😂 11h

dabbe @Dragon You and I tied! #greatminds! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 11h

dabbe @DGRachel May the force be with you! ✨ 11h

Dragon 🙌❤️🐉 5h

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I've read 7 of these. Favorites were LOTR, Bonjour Tristesse (more for the sense of place than story) , & Giovanni's Room. I've slowly been working through the short stories that comprise The Burning Plain, but it's not included in the total read. I disliked Zorba the Greek. I've heard of 41 of these, though I'd be hard pressed to tell you what they are about. I might explore some of these lists & add some to my TBR. It is a diverse list. 2h

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Boy is it! You've given me more for the TBR, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 2h

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 5: #wellthattookaturn #coxeisinlove #docispissed #cantsendcoxeaway #somollyisgoingvisiting #heresyourhatwhatsyourhurry #althoughiguessitwasadressinatead #hashtagbrigade #also #ialmostforgot #thehamleysviewonmarriage 🙄😍🤣

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 1d

mcctrish Molly has no idea what‘s going on but she‘s got to leave because daddio doesn‘t like how this is playing out and he‘s mad he doesn‘t know when Molly needs new clothes I‘m not sure how much I like this man anymore 1d

Bookwormjillk Dad has really done downhill these last few chapters 1d

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Lcsmcat I can‘t believe he waited til the last minute to tell her! Maddening! 1d

BarkingMadRead @Lcsmcat #boysaredumb 1d

Lcsmcat @BarkingMadRead 😂 1d

Clare-Dragonfly Sheesh! What a controlling hypocrite! I suppose I understand his desire to keep Molly close as long as possible but it ain‘t going to work. BTW, I figured one of the apprentices was in love with her, and I‘m relieved it‘s the smart one. 1d

Ruthiella I‘m holding out hope she will fall in love with one of the Squire‘s sons! 🤞 1d

quietjenn Such an overreaction 1d

Bklover Bad Dad. 22h

ElizaMarie Shocked but not shocked by daddy‘s reaction. Of course nobody would be good enooggh. Poor Molly seems to have no clue. 17h

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 4: #gibsonsneighbors #victimsofsarcasm #timelineescalatedquickly #hamleysgivingbennetvibes #apprenticescrackmeup #cureorkill #coxeisinthwwrongprefession #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 2d

AllDebooks Cox did make me lol. Kill or cure 😅 2d

Bookwormjillk I have to re-read this chapter. I read it right after I finished a different book and don't remember a bit of it. 2d

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 2d

eeclayton I love whenever Mrs Goodenough is mentioned. What a brilliant name 😁 2d

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton it gives me a giggle every time 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Hmm. Doesn‘t seem that Mr. Gibson is marrying Clare. But it seems he fears Molly wants to marry one of his apprentices… 2d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly #plottwist 2d

Cuilin Some pretty privilege for Dr. Gibson, allowed into society as handsome as he is and some ginger slander I noticed. Appearances and accents were everything then. 2d

Lcsmcat I laughed out loud at the line “He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones; and leanness goes a great way to gentility.” 2d

Bklover @Bookwormjillk That‘s happened to me; it‘s like when you drive somewhere and don‘t remember the driving part at all 😂😂 2d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 3: I don‘t think I have the right guy, so let‘s pretend this is Dr Gibson 🤣 #alookintomollysfam #mamadiedwhenmollywas3 #dockeptapprentices #misseyrebabysits #bettyteaseseyre #mollyputsbettyinherplace #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover 4d

Bklover Sigh. I was just loving Dad until he told Ms Eyre not to teach Molly TOO much. We wouldn‘t want her well-read, would we? 4d

BarkingMadRead @Bklover definitely a character flaw 4d

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Bklover Oh, and I do feel a bit sorry for Betty. She‘s had Molly for a long time. 4d

Bookwormjillk I was liking Dad until the whole Molly doesn't need to know how to read thing. Seems like Ms Eyre will do it anyway though. 4d

Cuilin I know Betty cares for Molly but to make fun of Ms Eyre in front of Molly is so unkind. Gibson must be making bank paying for three servants and a governess for his daughter!! (edited) 4d

AllDebooks Please add me to the taglist. I'll play catch-up tonight. Hope you're recovering well @BarkingMadRead 💓 3d

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks thank you, I am!! Added you! 3d

willaful Yeah, dad definitely fell in my esteem. But I guess if he was perfect there wouldn't be a story, right? Assuming he's going to be a right numpty and marry NotClare.

I was reminded of the mom in Lark Rise. I guess discouraged intellectual curiosity was a common theme for women writers.

The prose was pretty amusing in this chapter. I liked the allusion to “echo answers.“ 3d

mcctrish Same @Bookwormjillk daddio lost significant rizz factor with that statement #nevermetaneyreididntlike and oh my gosh @willaful you might be on to something with dad marrying #notarealclare 😫 3d

dabbe @Bklover @BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk @Cuilin @Alldebooks @willaful @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 with all of your comments! I also love that Molly's “governess“ is named “Eyre“. Wonder if that's in homage to Bronte's JANE EYRE? 🤔

I wish the dad didn't have those thoughts regarding his daughter's education. It truly did suck to be a woman in the 1800s. 3d

mcctrish @dabbe there‘s only one Eyre!!! 3d

ElizaMarie Ugh - I was all #TeamDaddy until the reading comment. But I love that Molly is still gonna learn :) I am really liking our little Miss Molly. 3d

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish rizz 😂 you‘re making me want to re-write this in Gen Z no cap 3d

mcctrish As we should @Bookwormjillk 3d

Clare-Dragonfly Molly reminds me of Maggie in The Mill on the Floss with wanting to learn! Thankfully she has a Miss Eyre to help her and no Tom to get in the way. 3d

Lcsmcat @dabbe It could be. There‘s about 20 years between publication dates. I‘d like to think it was one author supporting another. 3d

dabbe @mcctrish 🤣🎯🩵🎯🤣 3d

dabbe @Lcsmcat IKR? 🎯🩵🎯 3d

quietjenn @dabbe @lcsmcat I'm pretty sure it is. They were friends and she wrote a biography of Charlotte. 3d

quietjenn I am momentarily willing to give Dad a pass on the limited education, because I think he just doesn't want her to grow up too fast. But my grace won't extend if he makes a terrible marriage choice. 3d

Lcsmcat @quietjenn Interesting! 3d

dabbe @quietjenn #duh! I misremembered that! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 3d

dabbe @quietjenn 🎯🩵🎯 3d

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead ❤️ that's great to hear. X 2d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 2: #mollygoestotheparty #boooooring #wandersofftothegardens #starving #tired #naptime #clarefindsher #bringsfood #whichclareeats #takesherforanap #FORGETSHER #wtfclare #mollyjustwantstogohome #butno #sleepover #unwanted #paradesmollyaround #rescuedbypapa #whoreturnsthenextdaytogivethanks #whichclaresoreadilyaccepts 🙄 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover 5d

Librarybelle I felt so bad for Molly! And, Clare making it sound like it‘s all Molly‘s fault! Molly‘s a kid, who is relying on strangers to help her out. Glad Papa came to the rescue! 5d

Ruthiella I have a bad feeling about this former Miss Clare! 😬 5d

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Cuilin @Ruthiella I second this suspicion!! 🤨 5d

Cuilin @Librarybelle Agreed. I love the relationship she has with her father. 5d

Bookwormjillk Here we go 5d

Clare-Dragonfly I am extremely disappointed in this Clare! Though I suppose she isn‘t a real Clare, since I figured out halfway through this chapter that it‘s her maiden name, not her first name 🤣 4d

Lcsmcat I‘m definitely on Team Dad. Poor little Molly! 4d

mcctrish Clare is a train wreck #notarealclare hence forth 4d

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly She is definitely not worthy of the name! 4d

rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish My middle name is Claire, and I completely reject this awful woman. 😂 #notarealclare 4d

ElizaMarie I love the daddy-daughter-ness of it all! He is such a sweet man - Ugh #DoesHeDieSoon ? 4d

mcctrish @ElizaMarie EG is not to be trusted with men #shekillsthemwillynilly 4d

Clare-Dragonfly I would also like to mention that the lord dude sucks. I shuddered with childhood recognition at her description of the man who takes hold of a joke and won‘t let it go, and keeps pointing it at a baffled child who can‘t escape. 4d

Bklover @ElizaMarie @mcctrish you are probably right. Dad is my favorite character, so they will surely kill him off, leaving poor Molly an orphan! 4d

quietjenn Clare and the other ladies made me *so* mad. Not only to act like everything is Molly's fault but to be like, ""Oh, you can just stay all night, aren't you lucky?" ? 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 1: #meetingthecharacters #youngmollyexcitedaboutanouting #doctordadmakingitwork #mrsCisapieceofwork #browningsistersahouldbefun #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright 6d

Bookwormjillk He seems like a good Dad. What does it say about the other books we‘ve read that I‘m expecting him to die soon? 6d

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 Here‘s hoping this book breaks the mold! 6d

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dabbe @Bookwormjillk Like Cinderella's dad! 🎯🩵🎯 6d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I was expecting him to hit up Clare. There‘s time for both 🤣 6d

dabbe The earl and countess are a hoot so far. #festivalatthetowers #mollygetstositbodkinwiththebrownings ... that's a fun tongue twister! 🤣 6d

mcctrish The beginning of this book gave me Goodnight Moon vibes which quickly morphed into “how many might die?” @Bookwormjillk 5d

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Hahaha, yes, me too! 😂 5d

ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk I am in the same boat. 5d

Lcsmcat @BarkingMadRead I‘m with you - but there aren‘t many sympathetic female characters (yet) are there? 5d

rubyslippersreads I have a new favorite word—scomfished! 😂 5d

rubyslippersreads @dabbe Will Clare be the wicked stepmother? 😆 5d

Bklover Could you add me to the list please? 5d

BarkingMadRead @bklover absolutely 5d

willaful @rubyslippersreads exactly my thought... 5d

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CBee

Tarot Card Killer | Greg Strandberg

Thanks to @OriginalCyn620 for this month‘s prompt! Have fun, friends! #TBRtarot

CBee @Allylu @AmyG @AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB @batsy @BeeCurious @Bklover @BookwormAHN @britt_brooke @candc320 @CatLass007 @ChelseaM6010 @Deblovestoread @erzascarletbookgasm @majkia @Balibee146 6d

CBee @InkedBookworm13 @jenniferw88 @julieclair @Librariana @MatchlessMarie @Meshell1313 @OriginalCyn620 @PageShifter @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @Ruthiella @Sace @TheKidUpstairs @youneverarrived @willaful @Lizpixie @LitsyEvents 6d

MatchlessMarie You know what‘s funny I was just thinking about a book that has been languishing on my TBR and was like hmm I wonder if they ever made that into a series so I can purpose that book for this prompt and… it turns out that they did and I‘ve been living under a rock I guess 😂

Dark Matter

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OriginalCyn620 @MatchlessMarie I loved Dark Matter, the book! I watched the series too, but it had been a long time after I read the book, but from what I can remember, they stuck pretty close to the book. Hope you enjoy! 6d

OriginalCyn620 @cbee Glad to help! ☺️ And I already have one ready to go again…I‘ve seen the adaptation with Mr. Harry Styles, so now I‘ll read the book!

My Policeman

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CBee @MatchlessMarie oh yay! Love it when things work out like that 😊 6d

CBee @OriginalCyn620 😊😊😊 6d

Meshell1313 Ooh good one! I never read The Lord of the Rings series so I‘m starting that one. So I‘ll do

The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings

Ruthiella The first book in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy was adapted for Norwegian television in the‘90s and I will be reading it in June for #KLBR ! Perfect timing.

The Bridal Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter, Vol.1

CBee @Meshell1313 okay, I am seriously jealous that you‘ll be reading that for the first time!! Enjoy!! ♥️♥️♥️ 6d

CBee @OriginalCyn620 awesome! 6d

CBee @Ruthiella hooray! 6d

candc320 Great prompt! I‘m going with

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

CBee @candc320 I ♥️ Murderbot! Hoping to watch the series soon 🤞🏻 5d

willaful I'm reading Wives and Daughters with the #HashtagBrigade. 5d

CatLass007 @candc320 I ❤️ Murderbot also! Fugitive Telemetry, Book 6 in Martha Wells‘s series is warming up in the bullpen so I‘ll use it in response to this prompt. Or maybe I‘ll read Louise Penny‘s A Better Man, Book 15 in her Armand Gamache/Three Pines. I saw the TV movie based on the first book in the series, which was better than okay. I haven‘t seen the failed TV series mostly because, while I admire Alfred Molina‘s skills as an actor, I think (cont)⬇️ 5d

AmyG I need something mindless so I am going to read It Emds With Us. 5d

CatLass007 he was miscast as Gamache. Or maybe I‘ll read both. I am so far behind on my challenges and buddy reads that I don‘t know if I‘ll ever catch up. I‘m pretty much taking the month off from buddy reads and I think that will help me a lot. Feeling pressured to read steals my joy, although no one but me is putting on any pressure. 5d

CatLass007 @AmyG Please let me know what you think. It‘s available to me if I want it, I just don‘t know if I want it. 5d

willaful @CatLass007 I thought Malina was a good Gamache but literally everyone else was wrong. 😂 It didn't catch the vibe of the books at all. 5d

CatLass007 @willaful it played on Amazon Prime Video, right? I haven‘t had that for a while so there‘s another good reason that I didn‘t watch it. But I found out that I qualify for something called prime access so instead of paying $14.99 per month I pay $6.99 per month plus tax. So I have been 12 months without prime video and I signed up for the free trial and will pay at the end of June for the first month. 5d

AmyG @CatLass007 I‘ll let you know. Hoping it‘s decent. 5d

CatLass007 @AmyG Thanks! Enjoy!! 5d

Meshell1313 @CBee I know! I read soooo much fantasy that it‘s just wrong I haven‘t read the ones that arguably started it all! Excited for this journey! 5d

AshleyHoss820 Ooo! This one will be fun! 5d

CBee @AmyG I actually liked that one. It‘s not so mindless though, fyi - a few triggers. 5d

CBee @Meshell1313 and what a journey it is! Enjoy 😊 5d

CBee @willaful I liked Molina as Gamache as well. But, didn‘t continue with the series because it just was so off. Love the books so much! 5d

julieclair I‘ll be reading

Kristin Lavransdatter: The Bridal wreath

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Librarybelle

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

To say my reading has been erratic and at times nonexistent the last few months is an understatement, and yet I persevere and start more books! 😂

Gaskell‘s writing is amazing, and thanks to #HashtagBrigade I can finally move Wives and Daughters to the “currently reading” stack.

#Zeke , #SebastianKitty , and #Xander are resting after food (and the first pill of the day for Zeke). #CatsOfLitsy