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BarkingMadRead
Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy
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Cuilin That ending 😢 💔 5mo
Deblovestoread I finished a few days ago. What a heartbreaking story. How I wanted happiness for Tess and how I wanted the men who let her down to pay. So glad to have finally read this classic even with its sadness. Thanks for keeping me motivated! 5mo
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currentlyreadinginCO This was fun to read together! Poor Tess! 5mo
Bookwormjillk That about sums it up. The one thing I remember about reading this in high school is my teacher going into a deep explanation about Stonehenge. I guess because if he told us what this book was really about he would have been fired? 5mo
TheBookHippie It‘s just #SOSAD …. Thanks for pulling us through!!! 5mo
quietjenn Thanks for leading us through a terrific, and terrifically devastating read. Can't believe I remembered almost nothing of it. 5mo
Ruthiella Thank for your fearless leadership @BarkingMadRead ! 👏👏👏🤩 The subtitle to this book should be “a novel of poor communication and bad timing”! 5mo
eeclayton Thanks for leading us @BarkingMadRead and thanks everyone for your comments and posts. I couldn't take part in the discussions as much as I had wanted to because it was a really busy period for me both at work and in private, but I was following and enjoying your comments all the while 💕 Hardy broke my heart but I loved the book all the same! 5mo
dabbe Thanks @BarkingMadRead for getting us through this. 🤗 Tess will stay with me for a long time. I'd add that the moral of the story is to never fall asleep on the side of the road in the middle of a dark night. 😃 5mo
julieclair Absolutely heartbreaking ending. 💔 Thanks, @BarkingMadRead for your (as always) excellent leadership through this sad tale. 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe One of a number of morals, I‘d say! Another might be “don‘t rape women, even if they are asleep, no matter how hot you think they are.” 5mo
dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🤩 5mo
Daisey I knew going in that this was not going to be happy, but it was also quite different from what I expected. I also liked it better than expected. After his treatment of Tess, I was kind of hoping Angel was just going to waste away from his illness, rather than get another chance. 5mo
Bklover What a wonderful and brutally sad book! I do find it frustrating that Angel gets another chance with Tess‘s sister! Thanks @BarkingMadRead for your guidance and humor. Definitely the only way I got through this one! 5mo
KAO Thanks for the company and much needed comic relief on this journey with poor Tess! This was my first group read done with a paced plan, and the encouragement helped get me through a challenging book. I enjoyed it—even if there was some gnashing of teeth at every tragic turn! 5mo
eeclayton @Daisey I was hoping that too! 5mo
BarkingMadRead @KAO I wish we had something more fun for you to start with 🤣 5mo
Bluebird Thanks @BarkingMadRead i had remembered so little of this book from my prior read that this felt like the first time. So terribly sad! You really helped get us all through this tragic book. I really enjoyed(!?!) this group reading. 5mo
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jb72
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#bookfitnesschallenge #grumpycat
I am a day late posting my weekly update (very sick yesterday-didn‘t want to move). I was able to get in 3 gardening sessions and 1 meditation so I hit my goal. I also read or listened to 7 short stories/books (703 pages). I‘ll count that as 2 books out of 6 for my goal. Points: I‘ll edit once I count them up. My favorite was the Grumpy Cat book. #shewillbemissed #sosad

JaclynW Sorry you have been sick! I hope a speedy recovery is on its way! 5y
jb72 @JaclynW Thanks! I‘m much better now. Maybe it was food poisoning?! Much to do today (chores - boo!). 5y
JaclynW @jb72 I'm glad you feel better! Chores can wait! Take one more day to recover! 🙂 5y
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wanderinglynn Glad to hear you‘re feeling better! Great first week 🙌🏻 5y
BookwormAHN I'm glad you're feeling better, nice first week 👏🏻 5y
Erin7 Sorry to hear you‘ve been feeling bad. Good for you for pushing through. 5y
alisiakae Hope you're feeling better! So sad that Grumpy Cat passed away this week. 😩 5y
jb72 Thank you all so much! 5y
VanChocStrawberry Sorry you were sick! I was sad to hear about grumpy cat, too. :( here‘s to a healthy week 2! 5y
Clwojick Hope you‘re feeling better now. 💕 5y
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rather_be_reading
Magnolia Story | Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines
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I am abt to watch the last episode of Fixer Upper 😭😭 #myfavshow #sosad

BlameJennyJane I‘ve been bingeing on the almost all day. I‘m still a few episodes behind but I‘m not sure I‘m ready to be done yet with the series! 😦 6y
litmuggle1 I feel your pain i don't want to live on reruns 6y
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chavalah
The Chalk Artist | Allegra Goodman
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Mehso-so

That feeling you get when a favorite author produces subpar work. :( #sosad Goodman is usually great at criticizing systems we subscribe to--see INTUITION, KAATERSKILL FALLS. This is a shallow books vs video games screed. I wish she'd focused more on her teacher and a three dimensional high school experience. The video corp storyline was contrived and convenient. Startlingly one dimensional villain there, did nothing enlightening for the story

Tanzy13 🐱 7y
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freyaheart
1984 | George Orwell
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Rest in peace John Hurt. You brought some of the best literary characters to life. 😭🕯

Missusb Oh no. I just went to see Jackie last night, & there he was. #sosad 7y
DGRachel 😭💔 7y
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Missusb
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Pickpick

Whew. That really was tough, and although we leave Griff, Jackson, and Wade in better places than the start, we can see the potential for them to have been in even more awesome places if Theo hadn't left them. Thank goodness for the idea of alternate universes. #sosad #realityhurts #grief #preview #adamsilvera