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Happy Easter!
Ch 7: #allgrownup #tomisfinallylearning #maggieisallproper #poorphilleftbehind #tetchytullylostthesuit #andthemill #andfelloffhishorse #doesntrecognizeanyonebutmaggie #timefortomtogohome #probablyforgood #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @mcctrish @deblovestoread @dabbe @julieclair @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @thearomaofbooks @daisey @quietjenn @morr_books @leftcoastzen @kwmg40 @alldebooks @eeclayton @sparklemn @elizamarie @kao @jenlovesjt47 1w

mcctrish #Tetchytullystidehasturned (edited) 1w

Ruthiella Oh the foreshadowing! It‘s stressing me out. 😂🫣 1w

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Clare-Dragonfly Now something is happening! 1w

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly yes!!!! I‘m excited for the #UpcomingDrama 1w

Bookwormjillk Poor Maggie is going to end up responsible for her father and her brother. 1w

AnnCrystal Happy Easter 🐰🐇💝. 1w

Leftcoastzen Goodness gracious! I knew that there was bad crap coming! 1w

dabbe The next part is called THE DOWNFALL. #ruhroh 1w

julieclair Here we go… #Action ! 1w

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dabbe

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#5JoysFriday @debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😍)

One day late due to Litsy posting problems yesterday. 😭
1. Seeing an albino peacock at our local nursery. 🦚
2. Planting our new rose bush. 🥀
3. Pip the Destructor. She was bored and wanted her bag of treats. 🤣🐾🤣
4. Made plan reservations to annoy @TheLudicReader with my presence this summer! ♥️🇨🇦🤍
5. My loves. Where would I be without them. 💙🩵💙

Lesliereadsalot Cool peacock! Matt is pretty cool too! (edited) 2w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot I think so, too! 🤩🤣😍 2w

DebinHawaii Perfect joys! 💛💛💛 I‘m late again too with my list posting soon. I never knew there were albino peacocks 🦚 & now I am fascinated! 2w

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dabbe @DebinHawaii TY! I didn't either until I saw one! 🤩💛🤩 2w

AmyG A Canada trip! You may never come back. 🤣 2w

Sace Wonderful list. I‘m fascinated by the albino peacock. Have fun this summer! 2w

ShelleyBooksie YAY - can't wait for your visit!!! 2w

Deblovestoread Fun! 2w

dabbe @AmyG Matt might have to come out with the dogs to survive the summer! 🤩 And perhaps next year to Colorado??? 😍 2w

dabbe @Sace TY! 💙🩵💙 2w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 🤩😍🤗 2w

dabbe @Deblovestoread 🤩😍🤗 2w

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 2w

Leftcoastzen Nice list! Let‘s all go to Canada! 🇨🇦 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 2w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen I'm sure @TheLudicReader wouldn't mind! The more the merrier! ♥️🇨🇦🤍 2w

AmyG Absolutely. 😘 2w

LiseWorks If you want to come visit me, I'll take you fishing! You won't have to put the worms on your own hook if your squeamish. 🇨🇦 2w

TheLudicReader @LiseWorks are you close enough to me for that to happen? 2w

TheLudicReader @Leftcoastzen 🇨🇦 is ready to welcome any Americans who feel like they might be going 🤪. 😁 2w

TheLudicReader @dabbe so excited! 😍🇨🇦🎉🥂 2w

LiseWorks @TheLudicReader I live in the Ottawa Valley in ontario 2w

peaKnit Oh Canada…I‘m hoping to head there for a visit this year too! 2w

dabbe @AmyG 💙💚🩵 2w

dabbe @TheLudicReader 🤩🇨🇦😍 2w

dabbe @LiseWorks @TheLudicReader How close is that? Could we swing it? 😍 2w

dabbe @peaKnit #woohoo! 💙💚🩵 2w

TheLudicReader @dabbe @LiseWorks it‘s about 1100 km…so 🤷‍♀️🤣 2w

dabbe @TheLudicReader @Liseworks #ruhroh Might have to be another trip! 😍 2w

kwmg40 I agree with @TheLudicReader. We definitely welcome our American friends to 🇨🇦! I‘m in Southwestern Ontario myself. 2w

dabbe @kwmg40 ♥️🇨🇦♥️ 2w

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BarkingMadRead

The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 17: on to the next place #spam #alittleswankier #joanisthere #meangirlsareeverywhere #thatdocfrustratesme #pooresther #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 2mo

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 2mo

Bookwormjillk She was never so happy as when the doctor said no more visits. 2mo

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mcctrish Did I miss a chapter ? I thought today was #16 I just read about the dr saying no more visitors and learning about who the ‘friend‘ is, not a friend, just a fan #goodgrief 2mo

mcctrish I‘m not a fan of the dr 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement I thought handing Esther the newspaper articles was messed up, but I also thought it was an interesting way to tell us what happened when we have been relying on Esther to give us the scoop. 2mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish ugh did I misnumber?!? 2mo

dabbe I totally see the doctor differently. Esther's mom views everything Esther does as a rebuke against her, which makes Esther feel alienated from the one woman who should serve as her guide into adulthood. When Doctor Nolan realizes that seeing her mother and others only harms Esther and ends the visits, to me she becomes a mother figure to Esther—one who is warmer and more accepting of Esther's conflicts than Esther's real mother. ⬇️ 2mo

dabbe Though this may seem cruel to Mrs. Greenwood, it seems to be a necessary step toward Esther's recovery and is evidenced by how relieved Esther is by the doctor's choice. Somebody finally noticed what she needed and willingly gave it to Esther. 2mo

mcctrish @dabbe oh I totally think the mom should be banned, Esther doesn‘t need to explain to her why she feels the way she does ( as if she could) I‘m mad at the dr for springing the electric shocks on Esther - I don‘t feel they are on the same page with how “I will let you know if and when we go that route” plays out 2mo

dabbe @mcctrish Is Esther in for more electric shock treatment? I've only read to Ch. 16, so my thoughts were based on that. I guess my views will change with Ch. 17. #ruhroh 2mo

mcctrish @dabbe I‘m mixed up with the chapters 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2mo

dabbe @mcctrish Easy to do; they flow quickly in this one. 🤗 I might even finish tonight. 🤞🏻 2mo

Bookwormjillk Ok yeah now I don‘t like that doctor anymore. 2mo

ElizaMarie So, #InTheDoctorsDefense I get why she didn't tell her the night before. I think Esther should have a say in if/when she gets shock treatment, but.. in this world/time/hospital she doesn't, so telling her and letting her freak out about it all night could have caused her to hurt herself, whereas springing it on her, is a bit more kind (in a - kind even though we are subjecting you to a treatment you don't consent to kind of way) 2mo

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie good point! This is one of those situations where you can‘t really win! 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly @ElizaMarie That‘s fair, but I‘m still pretty mad at the doctor, because as I see it she broke her promise. She told Esther, but not until Esther had figured it out herself. She should have given her a few days of warning. 2mo

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DGRachel

The Clue of the Tapping Heels | Carolyn Keene

You know it‘s going to be a good Nancy Drew when this is the opening illustration. 🤣🤣

#nancydrewbr

Librarybelle

Soubhiville 😬😳 3mo

Ruthiella 😂👍 3mo

Librarybelle Oh boy! 😂 3mo

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AmyG Ha! Uh oh 3mo

dabbe #ruhroh! 🤩😂🤩 3mo

Suet624 Uh oh. 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Clue of the Tapping Heels | Carolyn Keene

The terminology being used is so cringey. I know it‘s time period “appropriate”, but damn.

Bookwormjillk Oh no 3mo

Librarybelle Oh my! 3mo

dabbe #ruhroh! 3mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

I Don't Want Curly Hair! | Laura Ellen Anderson

My curly hair claimed another brush

julesG Ouch!! 3mo

dabbe #ruhroh! 😱 3mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, my hair is somehow more tangled on days I‘m running late to work 🤣 3mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @dabbe, luckily I had a spare! 3mo

julesG Of course it is. That's Murphy's Law, or so. Just like you have to get staining food/drink on your new shirt/jumper/trousers with your last bite/drink before leaving the house when you've only been wearing the item for about 3 minutes. 3mo

Centique This happens to my daughter all the time. Curly hair has super powers! 3mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, very true! 3mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Centique, it sure does! 3mo

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Cuilin

Pirates | Matthew Craig

#BookedInTime @Cuilin

In February we head out into the wild seas and against all rational advice we search for pirates. 🏴‍☠️
Q1. How is the Tudor times going?
I read Dissolution and loved it. Cromwell made an appearance.
Q2. Do you have a book in mind yet for Pirates?
I‘m bringing a list to the library, Libby.

Answers in the comments. As always, everyone is welcome.

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88
3mo

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue @litsyEvents 3mo

AllDebooks I've yet to start my Tudor pick. I love pirates, can't wait. I've selected

Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas

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BarkingMadRead I still have to start my Tudor book! I will check and see what my pirate pic is! 3mo

Karisimo This might be a bit of a stretch for the category, but it‘s one I really enjoyed about a female pirate with some magical elements

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

3mo

Karisimo Sounds interesting!!

Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever

3mo

Cuilin @Karisimo oh I never got to finish Amina as I had to return it to the library. I liked what I got to read. 👍 3mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks sounds good. There are two Irish female pirates that I‘m interested in learning more about. (Anne Bonny and Gráinne Maol) I wonder if they show up in your book. 3mo

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead lots of time. 3mo

Bookwormjillk Pirates are fun! I‘ll have to do some research! I have a bunch of library books due then on to the Tudors! Thanks to a longer than usual winter break and then a snow storm I‘m back on the struggle bus this month! 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I am going a bit rogue (fitting for pirates month!) and reading the nonfiction book

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

3mo

BarkingMadRead

Pirate Latitudes

3mo

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures lol love it!!! Read it last year. Great book. 3mo

Amiable I‘m halfway through “Dissolution” now. 3mo

Jess861 There aren't many pirate books at my local library. I'm going to give the tagged book a go just because it's what they have. Not sure how much I'll like it though.

Corsair

3mo

Jess861 My Tudor pick was definitely something. Never quite read anything like it.

The Wise Woman: A Novel

3mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin I'll keep an eye out for them and let you know 😊 3mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I‘m getting closely acquainted with Hoopla and Libby. 3mo

Cuilin @Amiable Are you liking it? 3mo

Cuilin @Jess861 I guess it depends on the writing style, but the actual story of the Sacking of Baltimore is really interesting. I‘m from that area of Ireland so it‘s a story I‘m familiar with. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this one. 3mo

Cuilin @Jess861 I just read your review. 👍 3mo

Jess861 @Cuilin I'm very interested in the story itself but you are right about the writing style. It seems like one bad thing after another and I'm hoping it's not all war and fighting. Not that it makes a book bad but just not my personal preference. 3mo

Deblovestoread In my efforts to look to my shelves first I‘m also going a bit rogue by choosing

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

3mo

dabbe @Amiable Are you liking it? 🤩 3mo

dabbe So glad you loved DISSOLUTION! 🤩 #shardlakerocks 3mo

dabbe Got all of these on our spreadsheet! We're now up to 20 categories!

Here's the spreadsheet link: https://shorturl.at/0zvFs 3mo

rubyslippersreads I‘m behind on the Tudor era, but if it‘s not too much trouble, I‘d like to change my book to

The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens: A History

3mo

rubyslippersreads @AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead I‘m glad I‘m not the only one who‘s behind. 😄 3mo

Itchyfeetreader I am plodding on with my Tudor book - I feel like I have read so much in this period I almost feel like i have read it before but I have not! For feb I am going YA with the tagged book

Pirates!

3mo

julieclair Can‘t wait to start my Tudor book! For February, I‘m either going to read Blackbeard the Pirate or this one about Grace O‘Malley

The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea

3mo

julieclair Link to the StoryGraph Challenge for anyone who would find it helpful: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2cdac7b0-0085-4e6b-b601-f63cbd6... 3mo

julieclair Tagging my other possible choice

Blackbeard the Pirate: A Reappraisal of His Life and Times

3mo

Amiable @dabbe @Cuilin I am. Although I was simultaneously reading the latest Louise Penny and it also involved an Abbott and a monastery so I was getting a bit confused going back and forth between the two. 😄 3mo

sblbooks I found two Christian historical romances. They should be easy reads.

The Pirate Bride: Daughters of the Mayflower -

3mo

sblbooks ...and

Across the Ages (Timeless Book #4)

3mo

dabbe @rubyslippersreads New one on the spreadsheet! 🤩 3mo

dabbe @julieclair On the spreadsheet! 🤩 3mo

dabbe @Amiable #ruhroh! I just finished THE CRUELEST MONTH and will be on to book 4. Loving this series! 🤩 3mo

dabbe @sblbooks Both are on the spreadsheet! 🤩 3mo

rubyslippersreads @dabbe Thank you! Now I have to find a 🏴‍☠️ book. 3mo

Cuilin @julieclair My sisters and I grew up learning and almost hero worshiping Grace O Malley also known in Irish as Gráinne Maol or Granuaile. (edited) 3mo

Cuilin @Amiable that would confuse me too lol. 3mo

Cuilin @sblbooks 👍🏴‍☠️🙏 3mo

Cuilin @rubyslippersreads of course, sounds good. 👍 3mo

dabbe @rubyslippersreads Me, too! 😂 3mo

rubyslippersreads I want to read more Georgette Heyer, and I know this one has mixed reviews, but for pirates, I‘m going with

Beauvallet

3mo

julieclair @rubyslippersreads I love Heyer! Enjoy! 3mo

julieclair @Cuilin That is so cool! 3mo

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vonnie862

Untitled | Anonymous

😳
#ChristmasCheer reindeer
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🦌🥴 5mo

dabbe #ruhroh! 😳😂🤩 5mo

Eggs 😢🫣 5mo

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TheLudicReader

Little Eve | Catriona Ward

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I have been mostly off the grid due to school and a wild weekend moving Con (and three of his friends) to a new place to live this weekend. I wish I had read this book in one or two sittings, I think I would have enjoyed it better. The story of a cult based on a remote Scottish island. Because I read it in fits and starts, I often found it difficult to follow. It wasn‘t the page-turner The Last House on Needless St. Was, but still good.

CBee My goodness, your kitty looks a lot like a cat I used to have - so beautiful 😻 8mo

AmyG Moving kids….done many times. Hope he is happy in his new home! 8mo

TheLudicReader @AmyG it was a shit show move, but we got ‘er done. 😳 8mo

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ShelleyBooksie Glad to hear you got him all moved! Hope you have an awesome.first week of class!! Sweet pic. 8mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😽🫶🏻 8mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader #ruhroh I just wrote you and wondered about that! Glad he's settled and hope you're relaxing. #lovelylily 🖤🐾🖤 8mo

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BarkingMadRead

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 33: the plague! #ofcourseruthgoestohelp #thatsweetmandefendingherinthestreet 🥹 #leonardwalkstallnow #ruthsurvives #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @ruthiella @currentlyreadinginCO @amor4libros @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @mcctrish @indoordame @rubyslippersreads @thebookhippie @dabbe @crinoline_laphroaig
@clare-dragonfly @julieclair @aimeesue @quietjenn @kao @bklover @alldebooks @jewright @cuilin @willaful 8mo

Bookwormjillk Sweet chapter. I‘m very surprised Ruth and Leonard survived. 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I was shocked! I for sure that Leonard would catch it and die 8mo

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IndoorDame I was thinking Ruth might die allowing for a full circle kind of Victorian “justice” and a convenient plot opportunity to reveal Leonard‘s bio father. 8mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame it‘s not over. I‘m still worried about that Victorian justice. 🤦‍♀️ 8mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin I know…🤞🏼Gaskell takes pity on us 8mo

mcctrish @IndoorDame I was surprised too, now I‘m afraid 8mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk RIGHT?! I was prepared!! 8mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m still worried! Ruth is pale! But I‘m glad Leonard got to hear a bunch of good stuff about his mom. 8mo

AllDebooks @Clare-Dragonfly that was really heartwarming 💕 8mo

rubyslippersreads @IndoorDame I thought that too. 8mo

rubyslippersreads I was worried that Ruth might have to nurse Donne, since he was mentioned. That would have been a terrible penance. 8mo

dabbe @Cuilin 🎯! 8mo

dabbe @rubyslippersreads Did anyone read the title of the next chapter?!!! 😤😱😳 8mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe @rubyslippersreads I finished it. I‘m over here like 🤐 8mo

Cuilin @dabbe I couldn‘t help it!! It was right there. 8mo

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead I think we know going into these Victorian novels, we‘re not going to get a happily ever after. 😢 But there‘s always hope. 🤞 8mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead #ruhroh! I have a bad feeling ... 😂 8mo

dabbe @Cuilin IKR? 😂 8mo

dabbe @Cuilin Hopefully somebody has a happy ending! 🙏 8mo

Cuilin @dabbe if I have to pick one, let it be Leonard!! 8mo

dabbe @Cuilin 🙌 8mo

willaful Anyone else have a feeling of recognition reading this chapter? Truly, the more people change, the more they remain the same.

8mo

julieclair This whole discussion has me feeling very uneasy… 😬 🫣 8mo

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