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Bleak House (Vintage Classics) | Charles Dickens

#whattheDickens
These rejected titles are not quite #Spankle worthy, but once again I‘m grateful for whatever burst of inspiration made it possible for me to be reading Bleak House and not Tom-all-Alone‘s blah-blah-blah, etc.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Cuilin

Lcsmcat Wow. Just wow. 4y

KVanRead @Lcsmcat I know... 😂🤣😂 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa He definitely got paid by the word! 😂 4y

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Cuilin 😳This is a very rare case in Dickens where less is better methinks. 😉 4y

KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa heck yah!! 🤣 4y

KVanRead @Cuilin indeed!! 4y

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KVanRead

Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages through the Unknown City | Gary Kamiya

“Erastus V. Joice would have simply gone down in history as a notary with a Dickensian name...”

This one‘s for you @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
It‘s been a while since I came across a name that made me think of #Spankle 😂😂😂

Riveted_Reader_Melissa 😂 I love that others notice the Dickensonian names! 4y

KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I know, right?! It‘s not just us😂 And I immediately think of them as kindred spirits 😊 4y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools | Monique W Morris

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As we become MORE aware of huge systemic issues of mass incarceration, this book reminds us to look at young women, and not just focus our whole attention on young black men. Girls face racial issues, but also gendered issues, stemming from slavery through today where they are considered more mouthy, more sexualized, and more nonconforming just be being themselves. All of which puts them at a greater danger of being punished as “willful” ⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ... which can all to easily divert them out of the school system and into the juvenile detention/prison complex. This book also covers some aspects of the sex trafficking forces that are acting to pull our girls out of school, because they are worth more out on the streets than in school, & worth more the younger they can be diverted. With young vulnerable black girls often falling between these two forces, it‘s no wonder they struggle and need.. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ... our support and better educational resources. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa My #Nonfiction2020 for #criminaljustice/ #massincarceration 5y

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BennettBookworm Thank you for sharing 5y

Megabooks Stacking!!! 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead You liked this! Are you back? I‘ve missed your posts! 4y

KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Aww, thanks! !❤️ 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead You are welcome! We had some great discussion, and who else can I share weird literary names with #Spankle 😉. Anyway, it‘s good to see you again, I hope you‘ve been doing well the last few years? Well, as well as anyone can in this crazy upside-down world. 4y

KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 😂👍💗Yes, all good here, though life sure can be interesting! 🤪Hope all‘s well for you too😘 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I think I‘m actually going to use this one for #SomethingAboutEducation 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #BLMReadingList 4y

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Libby1

The Old Curiosity Shop | Charles Dickens

One of the joys of reading #DickensInSeptember is discovering the seriously odd names in his books.

Last year in Barnaby Rudge the winner of the Weird Name Contest was Simon Tappertit.

Dick Swiveller takes the cake.

#ReadingTheClassics

Tanisha_A 😂 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead it‘s another one for the #Spankle list! 😂. Although honestly this one might be the best! (edited) 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I think the funniest I found wasn‘t one of his weird names, but I definitely laughed when Michael Jackson made an appearance in Bleak House 6y

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EchoLogical 🤣 6y

TrishB 😂😂 6y

Velvetfur 'Dick Swiveller takes the cake' sounds like a 'specialist interest film'! 😂😂 6y

Zelma @Velvetfur 😮😂 I am loving the idea of a whole series of “special interest” films using Dickens character names. And even using Dickens in the series name would open a lot of options. #LitsyAfterDark. 😆 6y

Velvetfur @Zelma Hahaha! I think we're on a roll now...! 6y

Eggs 😂😂😂 6y

AJones 🤣 6y

Libby1 @Velvetfur and @Zelma “special interest films”? 🤣🤣🤣 6y

Libby1 @Tanisha_A , @EchoLogical , @TrishB , @Eggs , @AJones - my first thought was, “SERIOUSLY?!?!?!” 6y

Libby1 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa and @KVanRead - I missed this #Spankle list! What‘s the origin of the name. Yes, I too remember Michael Jackson incongruously moonwalking his way into that scene in Bleak House! 6y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

The Book of Lost Tales, Part One: Part One | J.R.R. Tolkien

@KVanRead This reminded me of our Dickens #Spankle discussions 😂

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KVanRead

Our Mutual Friend | Charles Dickens

Veneering, another Dickens surname that deserves the #Spankle 😌 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Definitely!! 7y

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KVanRead

Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

The introduction of my edition has this to say about Dickens struggle in choosing his title character‘s surname: “Forster gives a list, which includes such atrocities as Sweezlebag, Chubblewig, and Chuzzletoe...” #Spankle #DickensianDecember #MartinChuzzlewit @jenniferw88 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Moray_Reads They sound like Hobbits! 😂😂 7y

KVanRead @Moray_Reads Completely!!! 7y

ladyonequestion Now that is a manly pose! 7y

KVanRead @ladyonequestion 😂 7y

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KVanRead

Dombey & Son | Charles Dickens

This one took some Googley detective work, but it appears #TheGameChicken is a pugilistic sort of character in the novel Dombey and Son. Another one that‘s still TBR for me but I am intrigued by the great character name, definitely worthy of #Spankle #DickensianDecember @jenniferw88 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

jenniferw88 I like making it slightly difficult for you! 😂❤️ 7y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Bleak House | Charles Dickens

What now!?!?😳😂🤣😂🤣

Sorry, but every once and awhile something jumps out as so jarring you just have to share!

#BleakHouseBuddyRead

Kristelh

BarbaraJean 😂😂🤣👍🏼 7y

Kristelh Whaaaat? 7y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Ummm @KVanRead I think this definitely is one of his better character names! #Spankle (edited) 7y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Kristelh Well in all fairness, I could see Michael Jackson in that jacket!👍 7y

shendrix413 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 😂 I was totally going to say that!!! 😂😂 great minds and all 😁 7y

Vexingcircumstance Best mental image ever 7y

BookBabe 😂😂😂 sounds about right! 👌🏻 7y

KVanRead Yes!! Definitely a #Spankle. I am loving the mental image I‘m getting of that other Michael Jackson in a blue velveteen waistcoat. Thanks for that.😀 7y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead You are SO welcome! 7y

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