Litsy

Grapes of Wrath 75th Anniversary Edition | John Steinbeck

Ch 30: #wtf #ishouldhaveknownitwouldnthaveanHEA #yikes #thatendingthough #thisbookwasbannedforthatending #imgivingthisasoftpick #ineedapalatecleanser #mysoulhurts #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @cuilin @lil1inblue @bookwormjillk @samanne @barbarajean @willaful @lapreader @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @deelew @kao @elizamarie @bklover @lauraisntwilder 7d

ElizaMarie Wow!!! Didn't expect that! 7d

BarbaraJean I knew about the controversial ending, but I didn‘t realize it would be the ending ending. Like the last scene. All of this and then THAT. I can‘t. And what was up with Rose of Sharon‘s little mysterious smile?!? 😳 That took it over the edge from uncomfortable to creepy. Still. This was a relentlessly sad and infuriating masterpiece. 7d

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eeclayton #mysoulhurtstoo What a heartbreaking story. Thanks @BarkingMadRead and #HashtagBrigade for this buddy read. It's a beautifully written and tragically relevant book, but I wouldn't have been able to finish it if it wasn't for you. 7d

Crinoline_Laphroaig I had to finish before Thanksgiving, I didn't want to be reading with family here. My reaction was WTF? That's it? 7d

lauraisntwilder While the ending is unexpected, Steinbeck was setting us up for something like that the whole time. It's another example of how the poor are only able to rely on other poor people, to the point of sacrificing their own comfort or propriety. There are no strangers anymore and everyone is family. I think Rose of Sharon is glad for something good to come from her heartbreak. Just my take. What a book!!! 7d

Bookwormjillk I had remembered the ending but not the scene with Uncle John and the baby. That hit me hard this read. Also reading this made want to try to do better about my bitterness towards my husband‘s cousin living in my basement 😂 Thanks as always @BarkingMadRead looking forward to starting something short tomorrow. 7d

dabbe I just couldn't reread it this time. After having to teach it in high school (as well as OF MICE AND MEN), I couldn't face the bleakness this time. But, oh, how I love Steinbeck's writing. Here's for a short read in December! Thanks @BarkingMadRead for your on-point #hashtags--as always. 🩵☃️💙 6d

KAO I had never read this, and I‘m so glad I did it this month with you all. I found the writing truly wonderful, even though the unfolding of events really brought heartbreak after heartbreak. I do wish Steinbeck could have given us more hope for these tough characters at the end. Tragic! 6d

Bklover Well. I‘m glad I read it. @BarkingMadRead made it possible, but I am glad it‘s over. Beautiful writing. East of Eden I could read again- this one nope. Thanks @BarkingMadRead ❤️ 6d

KAO @Bklover I loved East of Eden too—and agree that I could read it again. This Grapes of Wrath journey was just so endlessly sad. I‘m still glad that I read it though. 5d

Bklover Me too, @KAO I know that this was the only group I‘d get through it with! 5d

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BarkingMadRead

The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

I needed to find this for @DieAReader so I figured I would post it again. Who is in for the Bell Jar? Drop a comment below! Note that we start in the 9th, and remember that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read the post each day until you‘ve read the chapter! Chapter a day! #hashtagbrigade
Amanda, I have two tag lists. One at the beginning of each new month, and one for each individual book, opt ins only.

BarkingMadRead @litsyevents
@catlass007 @indoordame @librarybelle @tineke @bookwormjillk @rubyslippersreads @sace @currentlyreadinginco @annr @annececelie @barbarajean
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BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @jacqmac @lapreader
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BarkingMadRead @daisey @morr_books @covertocovergirl @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @larkken @samanne @5feet.of.fury @crinoline_laphroaig @daisey @kao @i.besteph @elizamarie 10mo

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mcctrish I‘m in 10mo

Librarybelle I‘m in! 10mo

Ruthiella I‘m in! Thank you. 😊 10mo

MatchlessMarie Ooh I‘ve never done hashtag brigade before but I am in! I used to read this one on a somewhat annual basis and it‘s been a while 10mo

BarkingMadRead Welcome to the nuthouse @MatchlessMarie 🤣 10mo

CogsOfEncouragement In. 10mo

Sace I‘m in! 10mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m in! I‘ve been meaning to read this since I was a teenager. 10mo

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 10mo

Cuilin I‘m in! 10mo

emz711 Woman in white 🤍 10mo

DieAReader 🤗You‘re awesome! I‘m in for ‘The Bell Jar‘ for sure🤓 I‘ll check my shelves ‘cause I might also have ‘The Gapes of Wrath‘. Thanks so much💖 10mo

Bookwormjillk I‘m in! 10mo

peanutnine Have to make sure I can find the book, but I'm in! 10mo

dabbe I'll give 'er a try! 🤩 10mo

Bklover Oh yay! @MatchlessMarie ! Sometimes the #hashtags are what keeps us going😊😉 10mo

Deblovestoread 🙋‍♀️ 10mo

Andrea313 I'll jump in! One of my favorites. 10mo

Larkken I own it and have never finished it - I'm in :) 10mo

willaful I'm in, though if it's too depressing I may need to be out again. Can't handle much these days. 10mo

Morr_Books So excited for this list of upcoming reads! 10mo

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 10mo

kwmg40 I‘m in for this one. Thanks! 10mo

eeclayton I'm going to sit this one out, thanks. 10mo

TheAromaofBooks I'm in for this one - I've never read it!! 10mo

AnishaInkspill what a list, Frankenstein is one of my planned reads for this year, Bell Jar I have read three times, Woman in White a few years ago. Your current read I have not read but pls add me to #hashtagbrigade to follow your posts, thanks 10mo

ElizaMarie I'm in!!!! So glad this was picked! I have. Even meaning to read this one for so so long ❤️❤️ 10mo

KAO I‘ll sit this one out but am interested in Woman in White for the next round! Thanks! 10mo

rubyslippersreads I think I‘ll skip this one; I‘ve read it, plus I‘m still working on Lark Rise. 😄 10mo

julieclair I‘m in! 10mo

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 10mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ok #hashtagbrigade we have December off and then we start #thebros in January, chapter a day. Forever. It‘s a #chunkster for sure but we‘ve got this! If you would like to be tagged for #thebros let me know below. If you‘re not on the master tag list and would like to be, let me know below! I‘ll use the master tag list at the beginning of every book so you can ask to be added to the book list. Sound good? #pemberlittens ⬇️

BarkingMadRead Just remember my hashtags are often ridiculous and always spoilers for that chapter, so don‘t read them until you‘ve read the chapter! 2y

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @catlass007 @indoordame @librarybelle @tineke @bookwormjillk @rubyslippersreads @currentlyreadinginco @annr 2y

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright 2y

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BarkingMadRead @daisey @morr_books @covertocovergirl @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @larkken @samanne @5feet.of.fury @crinoline_laphroaig @daisey @kao @i.besteph @rwmg 2y

TheBookHippie Sounds good! I‘ve got my January book set aside staring at me 😅👀 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 2y

Daisey Please put me on the list for January! Looking forward to reading this one together as Russian lit does not tend to be my favorite. 2y

BarkingMadRead @Daisey hopefully the slow read will help! 2y

jenniferw88 Please remove me for bros! 2y

BarkingMadRead @jenniferw88 👍🏻👍🏻 2y

IndoorDame Just ordered a copy. This one has been on my list forever but the Russian masters intimidate me so I‘m glad we‘re tackling it as a group! 2y

Librarybelle This is going to be so much fun! Looking forward to #thebros …copy ready to go!! 2y

mcctrish Just ordered a print copy of #thebros bring on the chunkster 2y

Cuilin I‘m in for #thebros will order a copy soon. 2y

Bookwormjillk I‘m in for all of it! The Bros will not defeat us. 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

CatLass007 I have an “included with subscription” Audible copy. I think I even have a print copy but it‘s still packed away. 2y

CatLass007 I just checked and it looks like the chapters aren‘t very long. That should make it easier to listen to and/or read. 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

Ruthiella Please put me on the list. I already have my copy of #threbros ! 2y

BarkingMadRead Must give full credit for #thebros to @Bklover she came up with it and I turned it into a hashtag #itswhatido 2y

rubyslippersreads I have the best of intentions regarding #thebros but we‘ll see. (I still haven‘t finished Tess. 😞Please keep me on the list. 2y

5feet.of.fury I was gonna skip the 1st one but it actually looks like something I would like… which is good since it‘s a long term commitment 2y

5feet.of.fury You have me atleast til June lol 2y

willaful i've always wanted to read this one, because the opening is so funny. So keep me on for the bros. ;-) 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

quietjenn You can take me off of #thebros, *for now* - I've read it and loved it, but don't know that I want to do it again. 😂 Unless y'all compel me with your comments (which has happened before), in which case I'll let you know. 2y

peanutnine Tag me for the bros! I love tackling chunksters as a group, it's less intimidating with friends 😅 2y

BarkingMadRead @quietjenn understood 🤣🤣 2y

TheAromaofBooks Hmmmmmm I can't decide on this one! 😂 I'm going to be finishing Don Quixote and starting Uncle Tom's Cabin.... I'm going to find a copy of this one and contemplate life 😆 2y

rwmg I've been meaning to read #TheBros for a long time so please add me for January. 2y

Clare-Dragonfly I‘ll pass, but do tag me for Rebecca! 2y

kwmg40 I think I'll skip #thebros as I've read it already and I'll be filling the first months of 2024 with #TournamentOfBooks reading, but please keep me on the master list, and I look forward to joining in for the other books! 2y

BarkingMadRead @kwmg40 what is the tournament of books?!? (edited) 2y

Bklover I‘m in! And @quietjenn I always love it when I see your name in a buddyread. You make such thoughtful comments. Enjoy your month off- you‘ll be missed!!!❤️ 2y

Bklover 😘❤️#thebros 😎😎😎 (edited) 2y

quietjenn @Bklover aw, that is so kind of you to say! Have fun with #thebros! I'll definitely be around for Rebecca! 2y

kwmg40 @BarkingMadRead It's this: https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/. The shortlist is usually announced at the end of December and the event takes place in March. There's a very active group at Litsy using the #tob24 tag for the upcoming tournament. 2y

BarkingMadRead @kwmg40 cool! 2y

Teresereading Please add me 2y

julieclair I‘m going to skip #thebros, but will be with you for the rest of the year. 😀 2y

Bluebird Please add me to the list. I hope to join you for several of these books. 😀 2y

eeclayton I'll sit #thebros out, I've read it and don't feel like revisiting it now. But please keep me on the master list because I'll definitely join in for some of the others. I'm especially excited about doing Udolpho with all of you! 2y

Tineke Yes! Please add me. I'm in for #thebros. 2y

Crinoline_Laphroaig Ok count me in for #thebros. I was debating and about to pass but then I found audiobook read by David Rintoul - Mr Darcy from the 1980 Pride and Prejudice and I took it as a sign. Plus at 37H 19M I'll get my I get my money's worth. 🤑 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 2y

SamAnne I‘m in. 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 2y

daena Please add me in for #thebros ! 2y

Graciouswarriorlibrarian Please add me in for #thebros! 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

Deblovestoread I‘m in! Thought I already said so but then maybe not. I have my copy and don‘t want to miss your #hashtags! 😁 2y

TheAromaofBooks Apparently I'm crazy, because I'm going to try to read this one AND Uncle Tom's Cabin AND finish Don Quixote 😂 2y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I‘m finishing Don Quixote today 😳 but I‘ll be reading Uncle Tom‘s Cabin and #thebros and I wonder about my sanity 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y

AnnR You all have fun! I'll be joining back in for the #hashtagbrigade come April for Rebecca.🙂 2y

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BarkingMadRead

A Glass of Blessings: A Novel | Barbara Pym

Ch 23: and they all lived happily ever after? #maryandmariushaveachurch #wilmethasrodney 🤷🏻‍♀️ #thatsaboutit 🤣 #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade have a great December off 🤣 we will pick up on January 1st!

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @ravenlee @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @indoordame @librarybelle @kspenmoll @annr @cuilin @thebookhippie @ruthiella @eeclayton @crinoline_laphroaig 2y

BarkingMadRead @bklover @peanutnine @dabbe @annececilie @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @bthegood @graciouswarriorprincess @rwmg @deblovestoread @aimeesue 2y

Bookwormjillk Thanks for hosting! Even though this wasn‘t my favorite it was really readable and funny in spots. 2y

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hannah-leeloo @TheWolfbehindTheEyes 2y

TheBookHippie Omg the picture 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I enjoyed this it was perfect for this month!! Thank you so much!!! 2y

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #mygooglegameisstrong 2y

ravenlee Sybil has Arthur and her own house back; Arthur has Sybil and a new sweater; Piers has…a sweater model 😆 2y

Ruthiella @ravenlee 😂😂😂 2y

Ruthiella Thanks a million for hosting! This was such fun. I love Pym‘s sly humor and you highlighted it out beautifully. 👏👏👏 2y

AnnR Ditto what @Bookwormjillk said. Thank you for hosting again @Barkingmadread and looking forward to the 2024 #hashtagbrigade . 2y

BarkingMadRead Yall are the best, have a happy thanksgiving, a happy December, and I‘ll see you in January!! 2024 post coming out tomorrow! 2y

Graciouswarriorlibrarian Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful holiday season! @BarkingMadRead 2y

Deblovestoread What a fun read made more so by your lovely #hashtags. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 2y

dabbe There are so many books read with this group this year that A. I had never heard of; B. I had never read; C. I never could have gotten through without this lovely group. And @BarkingMadRead, you are da bomb! You should create a study guide summary sight with just your hashtags; your summaries are way funnier than Shmoop's. Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. I'm thankful to be part of this fantastic group. 🧡🖤💜 2y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! I definitely read way more books because of the #hashtagbrigade 2y

eeclayton Thanks for hosting @BarkingMadRead I enjoyed it a lot, even though nothing much happened 😁 2y

rwmg Thank you for hosting and allowing me to join in. Looking forward to your next read (unless it's Thomas Hardy who I have loathed ever since we had to read The Mayor of Casterbridge at school 50 years ago). 2y

BarkingMadRead @rwmg no Hardy, our next read is Brother‘s Karamazov in January, it‘s going to take forever 🤣 2y

Bklover Thank you yet again, @BarkingMadRead ! I know for sure that the books we have read this year I wouldn‘t have gotten through alone, nor enjoyed as much. Your hashtags have enriched my reading life!! ❤️❤️❤️ See you in January for the Bros! 2y

BarkingMadRead @bklover #thebros I‘ll have to remember that hashtag 🤣 2y

bthegood thank you for hosting - really enjoyed it! 2y

Cuilin I absolutely loved this read and so many this year. Thanks to all and of course @BarkingMadRead for the hilarious hashtags 2y

rubyslippersreads Thanks to our fearless leader @BarkingMadRead for hosting. I really enjoyed this one, even though nothing happened. 😆 2y

julieclair Nothing happened, and it was delightful! A fun book to cap off a great year of reading together. Thanks for your fearless leadership, @BarkingMadRead ! You are a #treasure ! 2y

BarkingMadRead Thank you @julieclair I love the #hashtagbrigade 2y

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BarkingMadRead

A Room with a View | Edward Morgan Forster

Chapter 3: Lucy‘s piano playing brings all the gossips to the yard #seewhatididthere #imhereallweek #lavishisarebel #charlotteishernewbestie #imaginelosingyournovelthatway #lucylikestheemersons #nobodyelsedoes #andletsnotsleeponbeebethecreeper #somuchdrama #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @librarybelle @dabbe @thebookhippie @mcctrish @crinoline_laphroaig @debinhawaii @morr_books @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @ruthiella @bklover @eeclayton @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @peanutnine @julieclair @ravenlee @indoordame 2y

Bookwormjillk It must be exhausting being some of these people the way they spend all day judging 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk seriously though! 2y

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TheAromaofBooks I snickered over the description of Charlotte purposefully going out in the bad weather, but staying in during the nice weather - I have definitely met people like that, who do things the absolute hardest, worst way so they can spend all their time complaining about their difficulties! 2y

mcctrish #toomuchbeetoven so Lucy is going for a walk instead of the circular tram cuz it‘s safer 🙄 2y

Morr_Books @TheAromaofBooks & @mcctrish - Yessss! Loved all the commentary in this chapter, but yikes in regards to "They must find their level." 2y

Ruthiella Love Mr. Beebe. ❤️ 2y

mcctrish @Ruthiella me too 2y

Clare-Dragonfly These people all seem to know what they‘re talking about, but I can‘t figure it out! 😂 And I looked up what the chambermaid says to Beebe—it appears to translate as “it‘s okay, I‘m old.” 🤣 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly - At least that's better than “it's okay, YOU'RE old“ 😂 2y

Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks That‘s what I thought it was at first—and yes, you‘re right! 😂 2y

Bklover I can‘t quite picture Lucy playing the piano. I picture her pounding away with enthusiasm playing some very sad piece of music. I do like Beebe, but the rest of them- insecure snobs! Now I shall go “find my level”🙄🙄 2y

julieclair I am having trouble understanding this new friendship between Charlotte and Miss Lavish 2y

julieclair And I'm wondering if the "landslide ate my novel" story is true. 2y

BarkingMadRead @julieclair it seems so extreme! And to forget every word you wrote? 🙄 2y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead At least the novel didn't blow into the wind and the sexy housekeeper had to jump into the “lake“ to retrieve it! #channelingloveactually 2y

Crinoline_Laphroaig @dabbe #channelingloveactually 😆 2y

Allylu I‘m not getting the posts. Maybe I slipped off the list because I just read posts and didn‘t comment last time? Would you please add me back on? I enjoy your #hashtags so much! 2y

BarkingMadRead @Allylu you never have to comment…. Except when I ask if you want in on the next book! I‘ll add you! 2y

Allylu Thanks! 2y

Clare-Dragonfly @julieclair I was wondering if she‘d left it on a train… but she hasn‘t ended up with a baby by mistake 😂😂😂 2y

julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣👶 2y

TheBookHippie I must say … gossips abound and also gads what snobs reminds me a bit of our Excellent Women read! 2y

rubyslippersreads I must have forgotten to request a tag. Can you please add me? Thanks. 2y

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads added you! 2y

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

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Finished last week with the #Pemberlittens I quite enjoyed Cranford, a quick & amusing read. Cranford‘s small town vignettes highlight its quirky residents, including Bessie the cow. I especially liked Gaskell‘s sly humor in quotes like “I'll not listen to reason...Reason always means what someone else has got to say.” And her astute observations such as “Many a one has been comforted in their sorrow by seeing a good dish come upon the table.”

DebinHawaii Thanks to @BarkingMadRead for the excellent hosting & #hashtags 3y

BarkingMadRead I‘m glad you liked it!! 3y

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Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

Chapter 16: and they all live happily ever after! #imissthecow #peterendsthefeud #illmissthecranfordladies #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @wordslinger42 @allylu @alldebooks @eeclayton @ann_reads @kristin_reads @crinoline_laphroaig @mcctrish @kwmg40 @ruthiella @willaful @dabbe @morr_books @aimeesue @librarybelle @daisey @sapphire @vansa @bklover @peanutnine @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @debinhawaii @rubyslippersreads 3y

Bookwormjillk Yay!! This was a great read! 3y

IndoorDame I loved this ❤️ 3y

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peanutnine This was so great! I love that Peter brought them all together again 🥰 3y

Ruthiella Wonderful ending. Thanks so much for leading us in this read-along. It was awesome! ❤️👏👏👏 3y

dabbe Leave it to a MAN to have to fix the ladies, so to speak. 😏 Still, I will miss Cranford and these wonderful ladies. Thanks for leading us and making us laugh, @BarkingMadRead. 💙💚💙 3y

Allylu Reading this with you folks was soooo much fun! Love the #hashtags. Thank you! 3y

AnnR Lol @dabbe :-) Thank you to @BarkingMadRead for another fun discussion. 3y

Crinoline_Laphroaig Thank you @BarkingMadRead for host! 3y

Clare-Dragonfly Thank goodness, the book ended before Peter died 😂 Thanks for the hashtags! 3y

Vansa I could not love this more. I absolutely love how Peter continues to be cheeky and invent stories about shooting cherubs.Mrs.Jamieson is obnoxious,I love how Gaskell very cleverly shows the slow acceptance of a more fluid form of interactions among classes- Ms.Matty is " in trade",Martha and her husband live with her,Lady Glenmire thinks nothing of chucking her meaningless title.Its interesting that Georgette Heyer wrote nearly 200 years later(1/2 3y

Vansa (2/2) and displays far more rigid views towards class. Absolute delight and thank you for this, I would never had read this if not for this excellent reading group #Pemberlittenz 3y

julieclair This was such a fun read! The Cranford ladies are a hoot! Reading it together made it all the more fun. Thanks for another great job as host, @BarkingMadRead ! 👏 3y

rubyslippersreads Like @Clare-Dragonfly I‘m somewhat concerned for Peter‘s safety. 😆 Thanks for hosting a great readalong @BarkingMadRead 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y

mcctrish I think Peter broke the curse 🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you so much for leading us @BarkingMadRead this was a really fun read 3y

willaful So what do we think -- Peter marry one of the Cranford ladies or no? Which would be safer? I like your take, @mcctrish !

I just remembered, I was surprised to see the term “cast up her accounts“ in the book. I've only encountered it before as slang for... er... feeling unwell. 😄 (edited) 3y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks this was my #bookspin I finished both this month already! Finally ahead of the game for a change lol 3y

TheAromaofBooks I genuinely loved this one, which was a huge surprise because I HATED North & South! But this one was full of such gentle humor and likable characters, and not nearly as many funerals as I feared!! 😂 3y

TheAromaofBooks @Vansa - I do think Heyer's books are set in the earlier Regency period vs. Cranford's Victorian era. Also, Heyer's stories tend to focus on a richer, more upper class than we find in Cranford, so I think that also changes how various class interactions are portrayed. But it was fun to see some of the distinctions change throughout the story!! 3y

Vansa @TheAromaofBooks I know they're set in a different time period! Obviously😀I'm talking about the author's own attitudes,not the characters'.Heyer demonstrates the sort of attitudes towards class that Mrs.Jamieson does,if you read her books. 3y

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BarkingMadRead

What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace | Walter Mosley

Ok #pemberlittens what should the #hashtagbrigade read next? Let‘s come up with some ideas and then we will vote in the next few days. It could be another #austenadjacent book or a #chunksterfromhell #youdecide

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @megnews @bookwormjillk @coffeenbooks @thebookhippie @peanutnine @wordslinger42
@clare-dragonfly @dabbe @kwmg40 @librarybelle @ann_reads @willaful @mcctrish @bklover @ruthiella @kristin_reads @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @morr_books @annececilie @eeclayton @debinhawaii @ravenlee @alldebooks 3y

Bookwormjillk I‘m still intrigued by

Tess of the D Urbervilles

Bookwormjillk Or you know, whatever you all want. I can survive anything as long as it‘s limited to a chapter a day 🤣 3y

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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk same !! 3y

TheBookHippie #chunksterfromhell 🤣💯😅👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3y

mcctrish @TheBookHippie are we reading Lady Chatterly‘s lover with #sundaybuddyread ? 3y

mcctrish I‘m not sure what all you‘ve read so far so I will just watch the suggestions roll in 3y

TheBookHippie @mcctrish yes !!!! AUGUST! 3y

ravenlee No more Bronte! 3y

BarkingMadRead @ravenlee I feel that in my soul! 3y

Librarybelle I‘m up for whatever! 3y

IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk me too ! 3y

IndoorDame @ravenlee definitely need a break from those ladies 🤣 3y

IndoorDame @TheBookHippie ooh, I hadn‘t realized. Fun! I haven‘t read that in 20 yrs (edited) 3y

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame came up in a book last year and we decided to read it. I read it 37 years ago 👀😅 3y

IndoorDame @TheBookHippie I‘m super impressed you remember the exact number! 3y

Morr_Books Since I am new to this, have y'all read any Elizabeth Gaskell? 3y

BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books the #pemberlittens read one last year at some point, I think? North and South, I believe! 3y

Morr_Books @BarkingMadRead So sorry to have missed that one! 3y

BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books there‘s always Cranford 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3y

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I loved Excellent women more books by that author is okay!

Excellent Women

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie we read that one last year as well! I should keep a list! 3y

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame 🤣 math . I took detention for reading it senior year. Only whores read DH Lawrence 👀 3y

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I read it with you but are there more by her we can read? 3y

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A Glass of Blessings: A Novel

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead oooo they look good! But I‘ll read anything 🤣 #hashtags 3y

eeclayton @Bookwormjillk I'd be interested in Tess too, but I'm also open to whatever #hashtagbrigadeforever 3y

TheAromaofBooks I looked up a few lists of suggestions for what to read after Austen! 😂 A Glass of Blessings was on the list, along with The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford, The Gentleman's Daughter by Amanda Vickery, and Jane Austen's Letters edited by Deirdre Le Faye. And this list has 50 suggestions! https://www.silverpetticoatreview.com/50-books-love-jane-austen/ It's a rather dangerous list for my TBR, I must admit! 3y

IndoorDame The Pym ones look great and I haven‘t read her yet, so I‘m leaning towards that, but I did really enjoy North and South so Cranford would get a yes from me too 3y

TheAromaofBooks This one sounds particularly intriguing - originally published in 1914, it seems like it must be one of the earliest forms of fanfiction!

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen

AllDebooks If you fancy a change from Victorian ladies, I suggest E.M. Forster. He's often compared to Austen and he was a complete Janeite https://thejaneaustenproject.com/2010/07/28/illicit-reading/ 3y

Morr_Books I second E.M. Forster - like A Room with a View or A Passage to India. 3y

BarkingMadRead So many great suggestions! I have 5 on our list so far! 3y

Morr_Books @TheAromaofBooks I never heard of this one, but it is on my TBR now. 😀 3y

DebinHawaii @TheAromaofBooks I think we mentioned reading Old Friends and New Fancies a while back & it still intrigues me. It would get my vote. 3y

Ruthiella @ravenlee @IndoorDame No more Brontë? ? I think I‘ve reached saturation point too. @BarkingMadRead I vote for Hardy because I‘ve never read anything from him and feel like I should. Or Vanity Fair by Thackary. 3y

TheAromaofBooks @Morr_Books @DebinHawaii - It definitely went on my TBR!! 3y

willaful I could go for Gaskell or Forster. Never read Cranford or A Passage to India. (Or did I read Cranford? Hmm...) 3y

Bklover I missed Agnes (been painting my house) so I shouldn‘t vote this time, but I do love a good #hashtagbrigade chunkster! 3y

StayCurious So many awesome suggestions! Thanks to everyone for being involved! 3y

Aimeesue I‘m a #Pymphomaniac, so . . 3y

ravenlee I‘ve read both Tess and Vanity Fair in the past year, so I‘d be out for either of those (or Cranford for the same reason). I will say VF might be a tough one so close behind Middlemarch, as it‘s another long one with long stretches of nothing happening. I personally liked Tess more, though it was hard because of the subject matter. 3y

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DebinHawaii

January: A Woman Judge's Season of Disillusion | Marie Corbett

In a really busy month with lingering health stuff, I‘m pretty amazed that I read 12 books.🎉 It was a great reading month as I had several books I really enjoyed & a couple that I‘m sure with make my Top books of 2023 list. My favorite was the audiobook Remarkably Bright Creatures which I tossed into the mix when I had headaches & work commutes & I‘m so glad I did! Close behind was The Undertaking of Heart and Mercy from my #AuldLangSpine list ⬇️

TheBookHippie, sarahbellum, monalyisha, Andrew65, TheSpineView

DebinHawaii …from @Laughterhp & I also really liked The Dead Romantics from her list. I read 2 series books for #SeriesLove2023 (still need to publish my list) & 1 was for #DiverseCozy #buddyread I read both a book & novella for #SundayBuddyRead & finally finished a book for review & 1 for my foodie book club. My big fail was not getting into Middlemarch with the #PemberLittens -I just couldn‘t seem to catch up or care. 🤦🏻‍♀️But otherwise I‘m happy! 📚🎉 3y

TheBookHippie I can‘t believe I‘m still with Middiemarch 😵‍💫😂🤷🏻‍♀️ 3y

TheSpineView Awesome! Well done! 3y

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DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie I think if I hadn‘t gotten so far behind in the beginning. You have my respect! 😉🤣 3y

Bklover @thebookhippie Neither can I. I‘m there for the #hashtags ! @DebinHawaii I just used a credit to get Remarkably Bright Creatures so I‘m glad you liked it! 3y

Laughterhp Sounds like you had a great reading month! So glad you liked the books off my list! 3y

TheBookHippie @Bklover same the hashtags are so good!!! 3y

Andrew65 An excellent month, especially given everything. Hope all the health things are improving. 3y

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Pageturner1

Hashtag | Elizabeth Losh

#hashtags My 2023 list of # on Litsy I am attempting to do 2023.
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#serieslove2023 #foodandlit2023 #myfavoriteauthors #bookspinbingo #litsycrafters2023 #ispybingo #jumpstart2023 #litsylove

Clwojick It‘s going to be a great year! 3y

Pageturner1 @Clwojick i think so too 3y

Catsandbooks So looking forward to the new year! 3y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 3y

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