Litsy

Original post from @BarkingMadRead
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The #hashtagbtigade selection for May is #widesargassosea and we will read a chapter a day! Comment below if you are joining us for this book! Anyone can join at any time, just know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don't read the post until you've read the chapter!

LitsyEvents ALSO I leave tomorrow for Europe so my posts will come at weird times of the day
I promise to post though! 13h

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BarkingMadRead

Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys

The #hashtagbtigade selection for May is #widesargassosea and we will read a chapter a day! Comment below if you are joining us for this book! Anyone can join at any time, just know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read the post until you‘ve read the chapter! ALSO I leave tomorrow for Europe so my posts will come at weird times of the day 🤣 I promise to post though!

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @catlass007 @indoordame @librarybelle @tineke @bookwormjillk @rubyslippersreads @currentlyreadinginco @annr @LitsyEvents 17h

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright 17h

BarkingMadRead @daisey @morr_books @covertocovergirl @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @larkken @samanne @5feet.of.fury @crinoline_laphroaig @daisey @kao @i.besteph @rwmg 17h

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IndoorDame Count me in! 17h

peanutnine It was difficult for me to find a copy of this one but I finally snagged a large print from the library! I'm in ☺️ 17h

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 17h

Bookwormjillk I‘m in. Safe travels. Be wary of single men in Monte. 17h

Librarybelle I‘m in…looking forward to it! 17h

Librarybelle @Bookwormjillk 😂 Sage advice! 17h

BarbaraBB For a lot of us your posts will come at perfect times 😉 17h

TheBookHippie My library hold is enroute!!! 17h

TheKidUpstairs Ooh, I think I might join you guys! It's been so long, I'd love to re-read this one :) 17h

Ruthiella I‘ve read this before but freely admit it was too dense for me to really follow. I‘d love to hear from everyone else what they make of it. 16h

mcctrish I‘m in 16h

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk will do 🤣🤣🤣 16h

Clare-Dragonfly Count me in! I‘ve been wanting to read this! 16h

5feet.of.fury I‘m in 🙋🏻‍♀️ 16h

kwmg40 Count me in! 16h

dabbe #nobros; I'm in! 🙋🏼‍♀️ 16h

TheBookHippie Just have fun!!! We all will be here whenever you post! 16h

TheBookHippie @BarbaraBB RIGHT?!?! 🤭😂 16h

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂😂 16h

BarkingMadRead @dabbe #scarredforlife @BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie 🕰️🕰️🕰️ 16h

willaful @Ruthiella same here! 15h

CoverToCoverGirl Enjoy your travels! Lucky you! 15h

rubyslippersreads I‘m looking forward to this one. It‘s been on my TBR list for ages. 14h

julieclair Wait, didn‘t you just get back from Disney? I love your life! Enjoy! And… I am definitely in for May. This book has been on my TBR forever! 12h

BarkingMadRead @julieclair yeah 🤣 it‘s a crazy month, Disney with a friend and then an anniversary trip with the hubs. I do not recommend such a quick turnaround, it‘s super stressful 🤣 12h

currentlyreadinginCO Oh, I am in for sure - might be a few days late in starting but I'll catch up! Have the best time in europe! 12h

julieclair Yes, I imagine the packing and catching up on real life in between is stressful. But once you are buckled into your seat on the plane, all stress goes away and you can just look forward to the trip! Have a fabulous time! Where are you going? And Happy Anniversary! 😃💖 11h

BarkingMadRead @julieclair we booked a mystery trip, we are flying to London and we will find out where right before we get there. It‘s in an envelope on my island 😳 all we know is that it‘s a 2-4 hour flight from London 11h

jenniferw88 I'm not joining the buddy read, but as I'm limited to 4 hour flights, I'm going to guess some locations: Spain (or one of the Balearic Islands) or Greece (or one of it's islands). 😂 8h

rwmg I thought I read Wide Sargasso Sea quite recently but as it turns out to have been in 2013, perhaps it's time for a re-read. 7h

TheAromaofBooks I think I am going to pass on this one, but I'll be back for Little Women!!! Enjoy all your traveling - a mystery trip sounds both terrifying and fantastic haha 4h

BarkingMadRead @jenniferw88 those are my husband‘s two guesses 3h

daena Please count me in for this one too. Looking forward to it! 3h

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Doppoetry

Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys

#Bookreport

📚Currently reading:

📕A Feast for Crows
📕The Goblin Emperor
📙The Return of the Sorceress

Progress:

Productive reading week, finished 2 novels. I am hoping to finish The Return of the Sorceress in the upcoming week and jump back into The Goblin Emperor proper.

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Doppoetry

Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys

so-so

Although the premise was interesting the writing style of this novel was too erratic and jumped from idea to idea without any transition. I shouldn't have been surprised by the racism but that was another very unpleasant experience reading this.

The author's life experience was a huge inspiration for this, considering that she is of mixed race. (As an immigrant who moved a lot I can completely relate to all of that)

Doppoetry The novel tries to make Bertha a more sympathetic character but I can't exactly feel bad for colonizers and racists.

I am not a huge fan of Mr.Rochester but he does come off like an intelligent man, despite his temper. I believe it to be a disservice to him as a character in general. I think he could have figured out Bertha's family history with mental illness on his own without being tipped off about it. (edited) 7d

Doppoetry I was hoping this novel would delve more into the mental illness aspect. But, it was more focused on blaming everything on Mr. Rochester and society's mistreatment of her, instead of a wider cause. (not that abuse can't make you mentally ill, sometimes mental illness runs in the family) (edited) 7d

Doppoetry There is absolutely a wider discussion about imperialism/colonialism here and I completely understand the harm of it, but I don't think it's presented very well in this novel. Rochester's opinions on the colonized Jamaica feel stretched a bit too far, even if you read between the lines of Jane Eyre. 7d

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DebinHawaii

Escaping Mr. Rochester | L.L. McKinney

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#ReadAway2024

My Saturday continues at the coffee shop for journaling & finishing my first book of April. Next to Pride and Prejudice & Jane Austen retellings, I love a good Jane Eyre revision. This one is YA, sapphic, & the main characters are Black. It does have that YA angst & I wish the characters were a bit more deeply drawn but I enjoyed it. Note: this is Bertha & Jane‘s story & if you need Mr. Rochester to be even an iota of good, it‘s ⬇️

DieAReader, Andrew65, GHABI4ROSES

DebinHawaii …not going to make you happy because (early in the book so not a spoiler) he‘s the big bad in this one. If you like a feminist spin & a non-crazy Bertha, you should like it. Love the author‘s note: “And to the Black girls brave enough to live and love for themselves, however that might look, you are queenly, indeed.” 💜💜💜 3w

5feet.of.fury I liked her Alice in Wonderland retelling, might have to see about this 3w

DebinHawaii @5feet.of.fury I need to check out that one! 3w

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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3w

StaceGhost Ahhhh!!! I‘m talking about this in my adaptations and Jane Eyre speech later this month 3w

DebinHawaii @StaceGhost How cool! What‘s your speech for? 3w

StaceGhost @DebinHawaii a conference on college English 🤓📚 2w

DebinHawaii @StaceGhost That‘s awesome! I‘m sure it will be great! 💜 2w

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 2w

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DebinHawaii

Wide Sargasso Sea | Jean Rhys

#ItTakesAllKinds

This book came to mind for #InsaneProtag 🤷🏻‍♀️One day I will actually read it, although I did see the movie.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty cover though! 1mo

Eggs Beautiful 🌿 1mo

rretzler I just finally purchased this. I‘ve been meaning to read it for ages. 1mo

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Clare-Dragonfly

Salt & Broom | Sharon Lynn Fisher

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I enjoyed this witchy retelling of Jane Eyre very much. I have some quibbles with the retelling-ness (I didn‘t see why she should have changed Jane‘s pre-Lowood backstory and everything happened too fast) but the story, romance, witchcraft, and twist on what happened with Mr. Rochester‘s previous wife were all very satisfying. I‘ve always wanted a witchy Jane Eyre! I‘ll be on the lookout for more by this author.

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EmilieGR

The Wife Upstairs: A Novel | Rachel Hawkins

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A tentative thumbs up. I don‘t think Brontë would approve. The characters are very different from their models, but some of the story elements align. Once divorced from the source material in my mind, I was able to enjoy this book a lot more.

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ShyBookOwl

Escaping Mr. Rochester | L.L. McKinney

Here's a book with a premise I'm really excited about, by an author whose stuff I've not enjoyed in the past. Very curious to see how this one will go for me 🤔

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