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Ch 33: #sneakymay #timeforadinnerparty #tosaygoodbyetoellen #archerdecidestotraveltheworld #hesconvincedthatthewholefamilyknows #theyallobviouslyconspiredagainsthim #hetellsmaythatheplanstotravel #shesaysshemustgowithhim #becauseshespreggers #whichiswhatshetoldellen #sneakysneakysneaky #archeristrapped #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 2w

Cuilin Archer 0 points May 💯 points!!!! From watching the Gilded Age, divorced women were completely ostracized, so ladies had to have their wits about them. 2w

willaful Archer was always trapped. He's just been feebly struggling instead of gnawing his own leg off like Ellen did. 2w

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lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯🎯🎯 2w

Ruthiella @willaful Totally agree! 👍 2w

lil1inblue @willaful Very true. And in many ways, he's trapped in his own mind, as well! 2w

Bookwormjillk @willaful you got it 2w

Bookwormjillk Also I bailed on this book once before so this is my first time getting to the end. I wish I had known how much I would love this. Thanks @barkingmadread 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #imheretohelp 2w

Clare-Dragonfly At the beginning when one of the moms expressed concern about May overexerting herself I was like oh, she‘s definitely pregnant and got REALLY mad at Archer. But then at the end of the chapter it turns out he had no idea, but she used it to get rid of Ellen! Clever May, self-sacrificing Ellen. 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful Ooh, well put. 2w

dabbe I think I'm the only one here who wishes/ed (I've read it before) that Ellen and Archer would work out. That would mean them both bucking their society for the love they feel for one another. And yes, the only one who would be hurt would be May, but I somehow think she'd find a way to move on--or she'd shoot Archer dead with an arrow. Which is pretty much what her being pregnant has done to him. 🤔 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe as someone who was recently cheated on and dumped, i think it all sucks 😆 but if he‘s not happy, he should leave first and then have all the feels. This dancing around and flirting is childish and stupid 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Agree 💯. He knew he had feelings for Ellen BEFORE he married May; he should have never married her. She even gave him an out! He is the most frustrating and egotistical character, and I think I'm biased towards him because of Day-Lewis.
P.S. I am beyond sorry about your ex and what happened to you. It does suck--totally. 🧡🩶💛 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe DDL is a delight for sure 😍 2w

ElizaMarie Ugh @BarkingMadRead cheaters suck - I am so sorry you went through that 2w

mcctrish Archer is so frustrating! I wish like @dabbe that Ellen and he would get together against the odds. May only wins that he stays and is miserable and she‘s worth more than that 2w

dabbe @mcctrish All three of them deserve someone they love and who loves them. So tragic this story is! #channelingyoda 💛💜🧡 2w

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead ugh. Cheaters. Been there done that. Wishing you forever happiness going forward. 2w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 14: #archerisapieceofwork #ellenhelpedalittleboy #whichobviouslymakesheranangel 😇 #nedtriestoputarcherinhisplace #fail #nooriginalthoughtsthere #butthensheignoresanotefromarcher #noflowersforyou #shesoffwiththeoldies #becausesheneedspeace #archerisnothappy #poorwinonahasnoclue #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #thatwasalittleoutoforder #sorry

TheBookHippie NOFLOWERSFORYOU 🤣🤭 this is the best part of my day currently. This reread is a blast. Thank you. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #imheretohelp #outoforder 1mo

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mcctrish Poor Archer, he has to pretend to work for a living and the GALL of Ellen taking 3 days to respond to his note AND make no note of the time she took! #nobodyisfollowingtherules 1mo

Cuilin I‘m not sure if this is meant to be a comedy but I‘m having all the lols!! 1mo

Ruthiella Archer‘s irritation at having to wait three days for a response to his note is like now and getting annoyed if someone doesn‘t text back immediately. 😂 1mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Hilarious! 1mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin Same! 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin SAME! 1mo

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

Thank you, #hashtagbrigade and @BarkingMadRead for this week's gem.

BarkingMadRead #imheretohelp 🤣 7mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead #youaredamngoodatit! 🤩 7mo

Read4life 💙🩷💙 7mo

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Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 17: 230 pages in and NOW we get a storyline? #laurasoriginstory #uglyduckling #peoplearemean #andletsnotforgetpattyandhershotgunwedding #andofcourseweendwiththepig #wheresfernwhenyouneedher #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 8mo

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 8mo

Cuilin I used to think that the hashtags were just fun and quirky and now I‘m so glad for the recapping because I forget what I read two hours ago. I could blame a book without a plot but I actually think it‘s me. lol 8mo

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BarkingMadRead @cuilin #ifeelthisinmysoul I had to go back and confirm patty‘s name, I thought it was Peg 🤣🙈 8mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin no, it's me too. Lol 😅 8mo

dabbe @Cuilin Nope, it's the lack of plot. I do the exact same thing. I've been skimming a lot, too. A while back one of the chapters was called “Farming“, and I just skimmed and thought “Oh, with a moo moo there, and an oink oink there ... Old McDonald had a farm ... chapter over. 🙄 8mo

Bookwormjillk It‘s me too! I know I read this but all I remember is the pig 😂 8mo

willaful The book did it just to prove me wrong! 😂 8mo

mcctrish @dabbe I‘m laughing at that Old MacDonald reference out loud 8mo

mcctrish With no intent to sound sacrilegious, this book reminds me of the Bible 🤣🤣 this second book is just a different apostle‘s take on the Lark Rise to Boredom 8mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #epic 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 8mo

dabbe @mcctrish Lark Rise to Randomness, too! 🤩😂🤗 8mo

dabbe @mcctrish I aim to please! 🤩😂😘 8mo

Bklover @dabbe 😂😂😂 Between you and @BarkingMadRead ‘s hashtags I am still finding myself completely entertained! 😂😘 8mo

eeclayton I really admire your patience, I haven't been able to pick up the book since I finished chapter 7. I guess it's officially a DNF now. 8mo

dabbe @Bklover Nobody does 'em better than @BarkingMadRead! She keeps all of us sane and laughing! 🤩😂😘 8mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe awwwwwww thanks #imheretohelp 8mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🩶🖤🩶 8mo

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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

ch 12.2: #thedefenseiskillingit #destroyingeverywitness #imfinishedwiththisguy #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

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

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 1y

Bookwormjillk The part about the vodka ointment cracked me up. And Dmitri calling some guy a poodle. Good stuff. 1y

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CatLass007 It doesn‘t get much better than My Cousin Vinny. 1y

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 #imheretohelp 1y

TheBookHippie Has to be #mycousinvinnie roots #oywiththepoodles read over 800 pgs get a trial 🤣😅 1y

KAO Finally caught up again after some painful and murky days following total knee replacement surgery! It‘s great to get to trial action at last! The vodka ointment which can also be drunk! Poodles?! Too drunk to testify! Courtroom drama at its finest. 1y

BarkingMadRead @KAO glad to have you back!!! 1y

dabbe @KAO Hope you're feeling better and that your knee is healing nicely! 💚 1y

Bookwormjillk @KAO healing thoughts. Don‘t try the ointment. 1y

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

Ch 7.1: soooooo monks can be a$$holes too 🤷🏻‍♀️ #putridsmell #pettymonks #yikes #thatescalatedsoquickly #somuchhate #devilseverywhere #staytuned #thebros #hashtagbrigade #SWFG #pemberlittens

willaful Oooo, I've never seen the fourth before, and it's the best one! 2y

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Bookwormjillk Allrighty then. Wow. Also what's with the cherry jam? 2y

CatLass007 I must confess that I bailed a while ago but I‘m still enjoying your daily posts. 2y

mcctrish According to my tracking on Goodreads we are 54% of the way into this monster and the elder has died, kitkat is still hysterical?, Mrs Coca Cola has sent Ratman as a spy and Aloysha just bailed on the hermitage so next up a marriage and a murder? 🙏🏻🙏🏻 and some air freshener hopefully 2y

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 🤣🤣 #imheretohelp @mcctrish so much as happened and yet so much still has to happen 🙄 2y

CatLass007 📚💕 2y

TheAromaofBooks I was under the impression that this was about a murder/trial, yet here we are 400 pages in and no murder yet! 😂 2y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks talk about a slow burn 🤣🤣🤣 2y

Aimeesue @mcctrish 😂😂😂 2y

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks we are the ones who will die from all the blah blah blah 2y

TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish - For REAL 😂 2y

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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ch 5.3 #thisisahurdygurdy #knowwhatsounditmakes #blahblahblah #likethischapter #ineedanap #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

Bookwormjillk Isn‘t that what the Swedish Chef used to say on the Muppets? 2y

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @currentlyreadinginco 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣🤣 yesssss 2y

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BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @peanutnine @bklover @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 2y

Ruthiella At least poor Aleksey gets to take a load off and have some fish soup 🥣 and cherry preserves 🍒 . 2y

currentlyreadinginCO I liked this one, too! Ivan and Alyosha are an interesting pairing 2y

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella such an odd combo 2y

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 2y

Graciouswarriorlibrarian @Ruthiella I thought the same thing! But what a combination! 😊 2y

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk yes. 😂😂👏🏼👏🏼 2y

dabbe @Ruthiella That boy was hungry! 😂 2y

Aimeesue @mcctrish Right? He‘s gonna be nothing but skin and bones! 2y

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). ❤️❤️❤️ 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bklover we will see you in March! (It‘s

Rebeca / Rebecca

Bklover Oh good! I love Rebecca! That will be a fun reread. 2y

rubyslippersreads Even though I bailed, I‘m glad to finally know what a hurdy-gurdy looks like. 😂 2y

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.

The Tightrope Walker: A Novel

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @willaful #imheretohelp #mygooglegameisstrong 2y

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. 2y

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BarkingMadRead

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Ch 4.7: this is what happens when you google brothers Karamazov kite flying 🪁 #whatjusthappened #thischapterwasnuts #poorfamily #somuchbullying #nowimsad #thenextbookstartstomorrow #wonderwhoisgettingmarried #thatcaptainthough #totallynuts #thebros #daysofourlives #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @currentlyreadinginco 2y

Librarybelle 😂 to the image! So much pain and sorrow in the book! 2y

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Bookwormjillk Dude, take the money. Your kid wants a horse. 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk right? Not to mention every sick member of his family 🙄 2y

BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle #imheretohelp 2y

Ruthiella That image makes as much sense as anything else? 🤪 Probably honor or patriarchy prevents it, but Aleksey should have given the cash to Varvara Nikolayevna. She seems like a practical person and would have accepted it. 2y

SamAnne The Flying Karamazov Brothers!!!! I‘ve seen them perform many times. They were hilarious. (edited) 2y

dabbe Some men and their pride. Oy. 🙄 2y

Aimeesue So, totally cool to take money to ruin Dmitry, but not cool to take money because he got beat up? Odd. That‘s one weird code of ethics. (edited) 2y

currentlyreadinginCO @aimeesue true! 2y

Aimeesue @currentlyreadinginCO I guess if people were consistent, literature would be much less interesting! 2y

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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Book 2, ch 1: with a title like this I expected more. Maybe in chapter 2? #aninnapropriategathering #myexpectationsarehigh #vonsohn #incaseyoualsowondered #thelobsterpicsweredisappointing 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🦞#thebros #dramaandalsoblahblahblah #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @currentlyreadinginco 2y

mcctrish 🦞👀 2y

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @peanutnine @rwmg @bklover @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @TheAromaofBooks 2y

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Bookwormjillk I think it was also the title of a Lemony Snickett book, no? 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it‘s definitely possible 2y

Ruthiella Lobster eyes? Beady eyes maybe? 🤔 And the von Sohn reference is maybe foreshadowing….? Dum dum dum 🎶 (edited) 2y

Tineke I'm missing something here. What about lobster pics? Can someone enlighten me? 2y

BarkingMadRead @Tineke in my version someone was referred to as looking like a lobster 2y

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella one can hope 🤣🤣 2y

TheAromaofBooks Like literally this chapter was... them walking across a yard?! 😂 2y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I mean, it was a really pretty yard 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🌸 2y

currentlyreadinginCO The fact that the yard is now pretty and wasn't previously is all that I learned 😂 @BarkingMadRead 2y

BarkingMadRead @currentlyreadinginCO I may have jumped the gun on that #blahblahblah post 🤣 2y

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks @currentlyreadinginCO @BarkingMadRead this exchange has just elevated this chapter immensely 2y

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #imheretohelp 2y

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 33-34: it‘s wedding day! #tesswritesaconfessional #angelneverseesit 😳 #thisgirlcantwin #married 👰 🤵 #weddingnightisubercreepy #butdiamonds 💍 #thatnotethough #passiveagressive #theyhearaboutthedairymaids #yallhesjustadude #suicideisnevertheanswer #iwanttohugthemall #confessiontime #angelisntpureeither #didntseethatcoming 😳 #tessconfesses #curtaindrop #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 2y

Ruthiella What‘s up with those portraits? Did we suddenly step into a gothic novel? 2y

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella right?!? And built into the walls? So creepy 2y

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dabbe I have bad feelings about this. He confesses to his debauchery with a woman, but I don't think he'll be able to forgive her. And his was consensual! There are too many bad omens here: the rain, the rooster (who is white [pure] and red [stained], the guy who knows her that Angel punched, his family not showing up, all the d'Urberville places (isn't there ANYWHERE where their name is not involved?). Tess believes they're on equal footing, but ... 2y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I know! I feel like it‘s totally snowballing out of control! 2y

Bookwormjillk Another day where it was hard not to read ahead! 2y

Daisey @dabbe So true! The feelings of foreboding just keep piling up. I was surprised by his confession, but it didn‘t at all make me any more hopeful. 2y

Clare-Dragonfly I hate the other dairymaids being so despondent over Angel, especially since earlier it felt like Hardy was encouraging the reader to laugh at their love for him. Now that just feels cruel ☹️ Also, I really wish I knew exactly what Tess said to Angel. She thinks of herself as culpable, so did she spin it to him that way, or did she explain it in a way that makes it obvious to Angel she was raped? 2y

Cuilin @dabbe I think we‘re going to see some double standards here much like the body count discussion today. What makes it worse is that Tess didn‘t consent. 2y

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly I wonder too if we'll ever know or if it'll be like a Shakespearean scene done offstage. 2y

dabbe @Cuilin Whereas Angel totally did! If he doesn't forgive her ... 2y

currentlyreadinginCO Resisting the urge to keep reading!! What a cliffhanger chapter 2y

KAO After Angel‘s delayed confession (which took me by surprise!), I had hopes that he would be able to better understand what Tess had not been able to talk about (even though she tried to tell him earlier). I fear the worst, however. 2y

Bklover #yallhesjustadude cracked me up! 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bklover #imheretohelp 2y

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