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Ch 34: #26yearslater #kidsareallgrown #mayhaspassedaway #archerdidpoliticsforlikefiveminutes #kidsareallmarryingthenextgeneration #archeranddallastakeatriptofrance #dallassaysmayalwaysknew #appreciatedarcherstaying #timetoseeellen #excepthedoesnt #interesting #theend #hashtagbrigade ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead Y‘all. I hope I didn‘t let my life change my view on this book, I tried to stay impartial. Right after my hysterectomy to remove my endometrial cancer, my husband left me for another woman. (Early June) This book was kind of hard for me, so I hope I did it justice as your fearless hashtagging leader! 2d

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

TheBookHippie You did AMAZING as always!!!! Sending you allllll the love in the world!!!! Hope you‘re doing okay as you can be. 2d

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TheBookHippie This was a fun scream at the book reread! 2d

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie thanks! I‘m past the crying every day stage and into the doing all the shit he never wanted to do stage 🤣 2d

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead you did great! And don't we all view books through what's happening at the time? Thanks for sticking with it. Maybe the next one will be better...oh no, wait. Well, we always have Grapes of Wrath.

I thought that was a satisfying ending. They all lived happily ever after, sort of. 2d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I was kind of conflicted about the ending. As frustrated as I was with all of the drama, I wanted to see them together at the end! 2d

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead yeah he kind of wimped out there. But then again I‘m not sure I wanted him to get what he wants. (edited) 2d

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead oh that‘s a fun stage! 2d

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I got the next book all shinny and new! 2d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes!! 2d

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie my copy is brand new as well! 2d

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead You did amazing. Sending love, light, hope and dreams your way. 🩷 2d

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin thank you! 2d

nanuska_153 @BarkingMadRead sorry to hear that you're going through such a tough time, although if your ex is the kind of person to do that: good riddance! You did great with the buddy read! Sending lots of love 💕 2d

Ruthiella You did a fantastic job, as always. Thank you for your dedication to the brigade. I know you have had a lot going on personally and I admire your attitude toward moving forward and healing. ❤️ 2d

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Exactly this. 2d

CBee I didn‘t participate but LOVE your posts and the hashtags always make me laugh. So, in that limited scope, I think you did amazing. Oh, and screw your ex. What an absolute shit thing to do. Thinking of you and sending love 💚💚 2d

lil1inblue You did a fabulous job! I had a great time re-reading this! (Although the first time was in 8th grade and I remembered very little.) Sending so much love. 💓 Enjoy every single second of doing the things he never wanted to do! 2d

ElizaMarie As always, you did an amazing job! Thank you for hosting this group! You are an amazing person, and I am sorry you went through what you went through. Your #LitsyFam is here for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Also --- I agree @BookWormJillK, I am not sure I wanted Archer to get what he wanted either! Ha! 2d

Chrissyreadit I just saw this- and ultimately suspect you are 1000000000 times better off! what is on your bucket list that YOU want to do? 😘💛🙌 2d

BarkingMadRead @Chrissyreadit brightly colored furniture, a tree up all year round with seasonal ornaments, Ireland, Alaska, line dancing, the list is endless 2d

dabbe As always, you were BRILLIANT! Thank you for leading us and for sharing what you're going through. I want to hit your ex with a crowbar! Or something to that effect. I hope you embrace some of your bucket list items ASAP: put that tree up! Put color into your home! You do YOU. Sending you 💛💜🧡. 2d

willaful @BarkingMadRead Sounds absolutely awesome and he is not only a complete douchebag but a stupid one! 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Wow! You did a great job and I wouldn‘t have been at all offended if you‘d decided you couldn‘t handle this book at this time. Sounds like you had a Beaufort, not an Archer. 2d

TheAromaofBooks 💕 💕 💕 Thank you for sticking with us even through a hard time!!! What he did is beyond the pale. I admire you for working on focusing on the positives!! 2d

Chrissyreadit @BarkingMadRead i will be cheering you on in checking those things off! 2d

KAO @BarkingMadRead Thank you, thank you, thank you for leading us on through these messy relationships in this book! (I did find the last chapter oddly and surprisingly satisfying.) May our own personal next chapters be filled with MUCH better relationships than these! Thanks again. (edited) 2d

mcctrish I fell off the list 😢 thank you for everything always, you‘ve had more than enough to deal with personally, I hope we were distracting in a good way. I hope you have recovered well from the surgery and I hope your ex gets some nasty karma 24h

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish that‘s so weird, I don‘t know how that happened! I‘m so sorry! 23h

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dabbe

Johnny Tremain | Esther Forbes

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. 🩵💙🩵 5mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe 😘 5mo

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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) 5mo

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. 💙♥️💙 5mo

dabbe @Chrissyreadit 💙♥️💙 5mo

rubyslippersreads I might have read this in elementary school, but I‘m rereading it now in honor of 250 years, and really enjoying it. 5mo

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. 💙♥️💙 5mo

kspenmoll People at the protest held signs referencing this …🇺🇸 4mo

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 🤣 4mo

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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 6mo

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish and casting was on point with this one 🤣 6mo

mcctrish Absolutely on point 6mo

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) 6mo

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly I agree! 6mo

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. 6mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly anticlimactic is the right word for it. 6mo

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! 6mo

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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 6mo

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @Morr_Books 6mo

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! 😂 6mo

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mcctrish I hate all the men but @TheAromaofBooks it‘s true, each POV is so distinct it really is awesome 6mo

mcctrish Will they send Marian to the asylum? 6mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish omg I hope not, but if she‘s alone in that house there‘s nobody to stop it from happening 6mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead and unconscious/delirious with fever 😔 they knew she was out there, they lured her 6mo

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 !!! 6mo

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? 6mo

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. 6mo

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. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 I totally get it! 6mo

CatLass007 Thank you. 6mo

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! 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Yes, good point! I knew the Count was the author of the postscript within a line or two. 6mo

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. 6mo

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! 6mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Yes! Each POV is so well done! And today‘s section is perfect and so hilarious! 6mo

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 😂) 6mo

julieclair I must admit I enjoyed the comic relief #UncleUseless provided in this section, secretions and all! 6mo

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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 11mo

mcctrish Poor Lucy. Drac drains her almost dry and then lets her slowly recover #closethedamnwindowspeople 11mo

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! 🧡🖤🧡 11mo

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dabbe Oh, and isn't Van Helsing the coolest name ever? 🤩 11mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe Mina is a badass! And I love Van Helsing‘s name! 11mo

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe YES 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 11mo

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead 🖤🧡🖤 11mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe she‘s so great! Love her! 11mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🧡🖤🧡 11mo

julieclair @dabbe Yes! Mina! She absolutely represents many strong Victorian (and earlier throughout history) women who were “ahead of their time.” 11mo

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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 12mo

Ruthiella I also dug that reference. How appropriate since this group is an offshoot of that original #Pemberlittens Jane Austen group read. 😃👍 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I legit squealed! 12mo

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Librarybelle The reference was a delightful surprise! 12mo

Bookwormjillk That reference was the highlight of my day. 12mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk mine too!!!! 12mo

rubyslippersreads At least Milton recognizes that he‘s Mr. Collins and not Mr. Darcy. 😆 12mo

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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 1y

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. 1y

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) 1y

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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. 1y

Bookwormjillk This chapter always reminds me of Persuasion. I wonder if LMA read Jane Austen. 1y

Bookwormjillk @SpellboundReader good question re Jo‘s temper 1y

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. 1y

mcctrish @SpellboundReader I love the notes too 1y

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. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m glad Amy doesn‘t marry Fred. Cheater. 😂 1y

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1y

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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 2y

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

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 2y

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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 🤣🤣🤣 2y

Cuilin #WhereisMityasLawyer, Mitya doesn‘t know the phrase “no comment”. 2y

CatLass007 A My Cousin Vinny meme would be so fun.🤩 2y

Bookwormjillk I‘ve never seen My Cousin Vinny. Clearly I need to correct that. For the sake of literature. 2y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk You will not be disappointed! 🤩 2y

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 I figure we have plenty of opportunities in future chapters 🤞🏻🤞🏻 2y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk omg I highly recommend it, it‘s hysterical! My whole family quotes it on the regular 🤣🤣 2y

CatLass007 @Bookwormjillk It is suuuch funny movie. 2y

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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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