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250 years ago today, the battle of Lexington and Concord occurred. Wonder what our forefathers would think now? My favorite line from JOHNNY TREMAIN, winner of the 1944 Newbery Medal and about the outbreak of said battle, is from James Otis as he's questioning all of the patriots as to why they were fighting: “We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skill...we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up.” #resist ✊🏻💙✊🏻

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dabbe @TheBookHippie To the greatest fighter I know. 🩵💙🩵 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe 😘 1w

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Amiable “Johnny Tremain” is one of those books that I didn‘t fully appreciate until I was an adult. Even as a kid growing up 2 hours from where the Revolution began and with a family history that includes ancestors who enlisted in CT militia regiments. We read it in 4th grade and I hated it. Wonder if it would resonate more in classrooms today? (edited) 1w

dabbe @Amiable I never read it as a child, but I taught it in 7th grade. Maybe 4th grade was a tad to young, because the 7th graders liked it. They needed lots of help to get through it, especially with the vocabulary, but that part I quote above really got to them. I even had everyone stand up at the end of that reading. It was quite moving. 💙♥️💙 1w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit 💙♥️💙 1w

rubyslippersreads I might have read this in elementary school, but I‘m rereading it now in honor of 250 years, and really enjoying it. 1w

dabbe @rubyslippersreads This just makes my heart sing. I don't think I truly enjoyed and understood it fully until just a few years ago. I can't wait to read what you think about it. 💙♥️💙 1w

kspenmoll People at the protest held signs referencing this …🇺🇸 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll @kspenmoll What a powerful day to be a part of ... all around.
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Funny, isn't it? That there are 50 white stripes on a 🟦 background? And only 13 🟥 stripes on the white background? #interesting 🧐 That's only 26% 🟥 but 74% 🟦. Do you think we both symbolically chose 2 💙💙 and only ♥️? Also interesting that the ♥️ is in the middle. 🧐 Yeah ... first and last drink for the night. #mondaynightponderings 🤣 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 3, part 2: Mrs C‘s letter #aintsheapeach #weprettymuchknewallofthisalready #soproudofanneatandinguptopercypig #but #mrsCnevercheated #shejusttookgifts #interesting #impressedthatshesavedmoney #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads
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mcctrish I do like a woman with no fucks to give 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish and casting was on point with this one 🤣 1mo

mcctrish Absolutely on point 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly It‘s a bit anticlimactic that he really is the son of Sir Felix, just illegitimate. His parents lived together as though they were married, and he was raised as the son, so really, what‘s the difference?! I agree with being impressed she saved money! (edited) 1mo

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly I agree! 1mo

dabbe I absolutely detest #snottymrsc for allowing Laura to be placed in a “private“ asylum so as to avoid any talk in public. What an absolute bitch. She saved all the $ and not once helped our #nicemrsc and Laura. Again. #absolutebitch HBC is perfect in this role. 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly anticlimactic is the right word for it. 1mo

Bklover Know I‘m late with this one as I just caught up. As soon as I saw the photo I laughed- I agree with you- perfect casting! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

2nd epoch, part 2: this was actually really funny 🤣 #andalsodevastating #countessdeadeyesdruggedpoorfanny #stolethelawyersletter #leftablankinitsplace #uncleuselesshatesmariansletter #marriedpeople 🙄 #secretions 🤣 #invitesmariantovisitalone #porkchopshowsup #bullinachinashop #overwhelmsuncleuseless #askstosendlaurahome #interesting #uselessagrees #lawyerwasconcernedbutnotenoughiguess #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @catlass007 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 2mo

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @Morr_Books 2mo

TheAromaofBooks I have been genuinely impressed by the different voices for the different POVs. Each one has really sounded distinct - even the tiny postscript by the Count yesterday. This was honestly maybe my favorite so far, despite the fact (because of the fact??) that I can't stand this guy! 😂 2mo

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mcctrish I hate all the men but @TheAromaofBooks it‘s true, each POV is so distinct it really is awesome 2mo

mcctrish Will they send Marian to the asylum? 2mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish omg I hope not, but if she‘s alone in that house there‘s nobody to stop it from happening 2mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead and unconscious/delirious with fever 😔 they knew she was out there, they lured her 2mo

ElizaMarie Its a toss-up for me on which male character in this book I hate more. That #UncleUseless I almost pity him! Almost! and #EweSecretions !!! 2mo

Bookwormjillk This was really funny and frightening all at the same time. This picture is perfect. The count is really playing chess. What is going on? 2mo

CatLass007 Hi my friend. Would you please remove me from this and all future posts except for what‘s coming up next year? I am so overwhelmed with buddy reads. I have to cut something somewhere. I may still read the books and pop in from time to time, but I‘m trying to take some of the pressure off myself. Self imposed pressure. 2mo

Bookwormjillk Also I'm listening to Pride and Prejudice now too and imagining it being told from the perspective of Uncle Useless. I wish all books had an Uncle Useless chapter. 2mo

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 I totally get it! 2mo

CatLass007 Thank you. 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly #CountPorkchop is SO DIABOLICAL!!! I am afraid for Marian because I‘m pretty sure #UncleUseless is wrong about Laura being unwilling to leave without her, when they already agreed on this course of action. And of course if the count thinks it‘s a good idea, it must be a bad one! 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Yes, good point! I knew the Count was the author of the postscript within a line or two. 2mo

Leftcoastzen #uncleuseless makes me laugh then I get so angry at him! OMG ! The POVs in this book are all so good. It saddens my heart that these women are trapped in this situation. 2mo

KAO Ah! I am caught up after a brief lapse. I agree that the varying points of view are marvelously done! I am very worried for Marian at this point, as I considered her the strongest character to search for the truth and defend Laura—and as I see that no other coming chapters in the table of contents appear to be coming from her point of view, I fear the worst. Meanwhile the grumblings of Mr. Fairlie really amused me! What a curmudgeon! 2mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Yes! Each POV is so well done! And today‘s section is perfect and so hilarious! 2mo

BarbaraJean Today‘s section was much-needed comic relief after the infuriating postscript to yesterday‘s section… and also really frustrating because I NEED to know what‘s happening back at Blackwater and what #countporkchop is plotting. (And I‘ve read this before… I just don‘t remember 😂) 2mo

julieclair I must admit I enjoyed the comic relief #UncleUseless provided in this section, secretions and all! 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Ch 9: meet Van Helsing #minamarrieskeanu #lucyisntgettingbetter #artcallsdoccallsvanhelsing #vanhelsingknowswhatsup #renfieldisstilltryingtoescape #butonlyatnight #thatbatiseverydamnwhere 🦇 #interesting #lucytakesaturn #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @ruthiella @thebookhippie @seabreeze_reader @larkken @bookwormjillk @dabbe @deblovestoread @catlass007 @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @julieclair @thearomaofbooks @peanutnine @bklover @bookwormahn @graciouswarriorprincess @cuilin 7mo

mcctrish Poor Lucy. Drac drains her almost dry and then lets her slowly recover #closethedamnwindowspeople 7mo

dabbe It's easy to think that Lucy is the main female here--with all the men loving her and Dracula draining her, but it's Mina who is the female force to be reckoned with. All of these Victorian notions of the innocent woman (Lucy's always in white, right?) are shoved to the side with Mina. She's even traveling the same path as Jonathan to rescue him, and she's doing it on her own! I love Mina! 🧡🖤🧡 7mo

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dabbe Oh, and isn't Van Helsing the coolest name ever? 🤩 7mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe Mina is a badass! And I love Van Helsing‘s name! 7mo

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe YES 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 7mo

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead 🖤🧡🖤 7mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe she‘s so great! Love her! 7mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🧡🖤🧡 7mo

julieclair @dabbe Yes! Mina! She absolutely represents many strong Victorian (and earlier throughout history) women who were “ahead of their time.” 7mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Hotel: A Novel | Elizabeth Bowen

Ch 10: love the Austen reference #idontthinksydneywouldliketobecomparedtocharlotte #anyway #miltonlikessydney ⁉️#heseemsintriguedwithronnie #interesting #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @graciouswarriorprincess @mcctrish @ruthiella @cuilin @jewright @julieclair @quietjenn @thebookhippie @currentlyreadinginco @rubyslippersreads @deblovestoread @dabbe @catlass007 @willaful @debinhawaii @peanutnine @Tineke 8mo

Ruthiella I also dug that reference. How appropriate since this group is an offshoot of that original #Pemberlittens Jane Austen group read. 😃👍 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I legit squealed! 8mo

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Librarybelle The reference was a delightful surprise! 8mo

Bookwormjillk That reference was the highlight of my day. 8mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk mine too!!!! 8mo

rubyslippersreads At least Milton recognizes that he‘s Mr. Collins and not Mr. Darcy. 😆 7mo

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BarkingMadRead

Little Women (Little Women, #1) | Louisa May Alcott

Ch 12: party time #themailboxisuseful #timeforapicnic #kateissomethingelse #croquetgetsheated #brookstellsafairytaleaboutthemarchgirls #interesting #bethcomesoutofhershell #nedflirtswithmeg #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @amor4libros @mcctrish @bookwormjillk @indoordame @peanutnine @catlass007 @julieclair @kspenmoll @cuilin @spellboundreader
@rubyslippersreads @ruthiella @willaful @thearomaofbooks @dabbe @clare-dragonfly @daena @quietjenn @staycurious @curiouserandcurioser @deblovestoread @graciouswarriorprincess 11mo

SpellboundReader Love the notes going back and forth! ❤ If Jo were a boy, I wonder if the same expectation to 'hold your temper' would apply if someone were caught cheating during a game. Excellent therapy for Beth. She needs to get out more, I think. 11mo

dabbe I also love that Marmee and Laurie's grandfather are involved in the PO fest as well.

It's been so long since I've read this that I had forgotten how each chapter could stand alone just like a Sherlock Holmes story with titles like “The Adventure of the Croquet Picnic“ or “All Play and No Work“. 🤩 (edited) 11mo

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Cuilin So I was at a picnic yesterday by a lake in Massachusetts. Ours was more of a frisbee, Jack Johnson on the boom box and lashings of Rosé. Lol I liked this chapter. 11mo

Bookwormjillk This chapter always reminds me of Persuasion. I wonder if LMA read Jane Austen. 11mo

Bookwormjillk @SpellboundReader good question re Jo‘s temper 11mo

willaful This is one of my favs. My first copy of LW was abridged (!) and this was one of the sections that delighted me when I found the complete book. 11mo

mcctrish @SpellboundReader I love the notes too 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly This chapter is so fun! It bugs me that Beth assumed Frank is nice based on his disability, but it all seems to work out. Warning: my spoilered comment will contain spoilers for the very end of the book! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m glad Amy doesn‘t marry Fred. Cheater. 😂 11mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 11mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Ch 9.5: more interrogating #dmitryisdigginghisowngrave #theshovelishuge #butwait #coulditbeSmerdy #sayyesDmitry #dumbass #ahhhhnowwegettothemoney #itwasNOT3k #interesting #wherediditcomefrom #theplotthickens #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @dabbe @currentlyreadinginco 14mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 14mo

mcctrish Absolutely the point in the night where if I was Nikolay Parfenovich I would be losing my shit, one minute groaning as Mitya went down another doublespeak rabbit hole and then laughing maniacally as Mitya indicted himself but always with the swears #whattheactualfuckmitya #yankinghischain #yankingourchains perfect meme for this chapter 14mo

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I was leaning towards a My Cousin Vinny meme for a bit, but then they started on the money and I got a little too excited about Jerry Maguire 🤣🤣🤣 14mo

Cuilin #WhereisMityasLawyer, Mitya doesn‘t know the phrase “no comment”. 14mo

CatLass007 A My Cousin Vinny meme would be so fun.🤩 14mo

Bookwormjillk I‘ve never seen My Cousin Vinny. Clearly I need to correct that. For the sake of literature. 14mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk You will not be disappointed! 🤩 14mo

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 I figure we have plenty of opportunities in future chapters 🤞🏻🤞🏻 14mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk omg I highly recommend it, it‘s hysterical! My whole family quotes it on the regular 🤣🤣 14mo

CatLass007 @Bookwormjillk It is suuuch funny movie. 14mo

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Napoleon's Hemorrhoids: And Other Small Events That Changed History | Phil Mason

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A fun little collection of odd historical events. Mason brings to light how each event had a much larger impact than the event initially appeared to have.
A quick read.

#Nonfiction #historical #history #facts #interesting

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bibliobliss

Uncommon Grounds the History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World | Mark Pendergrast

>>Forgot to post yesterday's #bookstagram. Here's a book on #MountTBR, about one of my passions: coffee!! I imagine coffee has an interesting history ☕️

Status: TBR

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#tbrpile #coffee #history #microhistory #paperbacks #booksiown #world #worldhistory #instabook #interesting #booksandcoffee #booksarelife

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Leslie_Ak2Oh

The Optimal Dose: Restore Your Health With the Power of Vitamin | MD Judson Somerville

🤯 Wait, What?! #very #interesting #read can‘t wait to talk to my doctor about this...

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