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Ch 9: #yikes #archervisitsellen #whokeepshimwaiting #becausesheswithbeaufort #howmanytakenmendoesshehave ⁉️ #anyway #sheinsultseveryone #startscrying #manipulatesarcher #inwalksthedukewithsomechick #whoassumesarcherandellenareathing #andnobodycorrectsher #becausewhywouldthey 🙄 #archergoestosendmayflowers #whichheforgottodoearlier #amdsendssometiellenaswell #sir #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 1w

TheBookHippie #withsomechick is sending me OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1w

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #isaidwhatisaid 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 1w

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dabbe I feel guilty so I'm going to send my betrothed some flowers because that'll make me feel better but I have to send Ellen some too because I can't stop thinking about her and I hate this time period I'm living in because I have to be all prim and proper and follow the norms of the day and .... #oy! 1w

lil1inblue @dabbe 🎯 🎯 🎯 😂 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 😂😍😂 1w

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie @barkingmadread #withsomechick is just gold. 😂 1w

mcctrish Archer wants to send yellow roses to May but they‘d be too much for her so I will send them to Ellen cuz sending flowers to someone other than my fiancé is an okay thing to do 1w

KAO @mcctrish Sure, because that seems entirely reasonable…except—if it‘s that innocent and reasonable, why remove the card at the last minute, eh? 1w

mcctrish @KAO oh I think Archer is crossing all kinds of lines 1w

Graywacke @TheBookHippie 😂 1w

TheBookHippie @Graywacke I needed to laugh that hard! 🤣 1w

Graywacke @TheBookHippie oh… @BarkingMadRead nailed it 🙂 1w

julieclair @dabbe 💯🎯🎯🎯 1w

Clare-Dragonfly And don‘t forget that he didn‘t even tell May he was visiting Ellen 😬 1w

ElizaMarie I love how he can't send the roses to May because they are “too rich, too strong, in their fiery beauty“ - but they are perfect for Ellen! #TskTskArcher #BadFiance 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 34: #yikes #mollypicksberriesforcynthia #whilerogerisproposing #butalsosayingsheisfree #wtfroger #poormolly #devastated #cynthiadoesntplantoactuallymarryhim #shesdeadinside #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 1mo

Lcsmcat OK, this is the first time I haven‘t liked Molly. How can you not like blackberries?!?! 😀 1mo

Lcsmcat That said, poor Molly! 1mo

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Cuilin Oh sweet poor Molly. 💔 Also a lot can happen in two years!! (edited) 1mo

Bookwormjillk Poor Molly. Even if Cynthia doesn‘t marry him he‘s ruined for her now. 1mo

mcctrish How are we getting out of this?! Argh I can‘t stand #notarealclare and by extension Cynthia 1mo

ElizaMarie “even you must acknowledge he's very plain and awkward; and I like pretty things and pretty people." —- she brutal 1mo

dabbe Cynthia is reminding me more and more of Estella from GREAT EX. And I want to hit Roger over the head to wake him up to what goodness is right in front of him. 😩 1mo

willaful @ElizaMarie Points for honesty I guess? 🙄

I was saddened by Molly's feelings about her father, and about how hard it is to live with someone you know is dishonest. All of her most important values -- love, loyalty, integrity -- are being stomped on constantly by this woman and her father just aims for a peaceful life. It's a bit of a Cinderella story except with no way for anyone else to see it if they don't want to. 1mo

julieclair I‘m hoping Roger will come to his senses in the jungles of South America, and realize he has truly loved Molly all along. Then comes home, dumps Cynthia, and convinces Molly of his true love for her. 1mo

rubyslippersreads Cynthia says, “someone else may turn up, and say I‘m engaged to him.” Preston? 1mo

Bookwormjillk @julieclair and inherits all the money 1mo

Bklover @rubyslippersreads Oooh, I hadn‘t thought of that! I‘m wondering if Preston and Cynthia may just deserve each other. (Unless he turns out to be a serial killer!). 1mo

willaful @julieclair He wouldn't though. 🙄 He'd be too honorable to break it off. 1mo

julieclair @willaful Darn. You're right. Cynthia will have to dump him. 1mo

julieclair @Bookwormjillk Yes! The money would make it even more perfect! 1mo

peanutnine @rubyslippersreads @Bklover I feel like Cynthia and Preston have some history, either he proposed and she turned him down or they're secretly engaged or something 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 23: #wehaveaname #afrenchgirlnamedaimee #ohthehorror #althoughhehintedatabitofacandal 😳 #anyway #rogergetstosmokewiththesquire #osbornewaitsforsquiretopopoffsohecangetthemoney #yikes #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella Well, this explains the secrecy of it all…somewhat. 2mo

dabbe Osborne is annoying me like a pebble in my shoe. I adore Roger and want him to like Molly, not Cynthia. The squire's an ass, though it was good to see him laugh over a smoke with Roger. 2mo

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ElizaMarie @dabbe my thoughts exactly :) 2mo

mcctrish Osborne has no money now so he might as well tell his father about Aimee and explain where all his money went. It would be cheaper to house Aimee at home. The Squire can then tell him why they basically advanced him the money they did ( cuz mama pushed for it) someone can slap Roger so he can see Molly and bring her home too 2mo

rubyslippersreads I‘m disappointed the wife isn‘t a character we already know. Kind of like coming to the end of a mystery where the murderer is someone we‘ve never heard of. 😏 2mo

willaful @rubyslippersreads Well, we do still have HOURS and HOURS of the book left. 😂

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TheAromaofBooks I honestly feel bad for the squire. While he may not be the brightest, I do think he genuinely loved his wife and feels completely lost without her. He's grieving so much and I think he's turning some of that grief into anger at Osborne - it's pretty natural to want a target when you're sad like that. But I do think Osborne is dumb for keeping this all a secret. How can things get worse by telling him?? 2mo

Bklover @rubyslippersreads I agree!! I kind of thought they‘d surprise us! 2mo

rubyslippersreads @willaful True, but this particular mystery has been solved. (Unless someone murders Aimee and Osborne remarries. 😂) (edited) 2mo

Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads I know! I thought it might have been Lady Harriet…because Rodger mentioned that name much earlier to Molly. 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 17: #yikes #mrshamleyisdying #osborneisincrazydebt #squirecantpay #givingoffwickhamvibeswithhisdebts #mollygoestostaywiththem #untilclarecallesherback 🙄 #dancesanddresses #mollysaysno #docsideswithmolly #nodresaformollynow #thiswomanmakesmenuts #hashtagbrigade

Bklover I like Mrs. Hamley! 😟. Mrs. G is awful- I don‘t feel sorry for Mr G at all. He has his head up his 🫏 2mo

Ruthiella Mrs. Gibson is the limit. So incredibly selfish. 2mo

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mcctrish @Bklover same! poor Mrs Hamley thinking she‘d be a better mom to a girl and that‘s why Osbourne turned out bad ☹️ Doc Gibson better smarten up and put his wife in her place or he‘s going to be broke and his daughter will take the first offer out of there 2mo

Cuilin @mcctrish yes. Dr Gibson needs to stand up for Molly!! 2mo

Bookwormjillk Mr Gibson roaring for lunch instead of standing up to his wife grrrr. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Before I opened this post, I was thinking about this chapter and the word that came to mind was “yikes“ so I thought it was hilarious that that was your first hashtag 😂 But seriously, apparently Mr G just never wants to have to make any decisions about Molly ever again 😑 And the way he makes her call Mrs. G “mamma“ just... ugh 2mo

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks he just wants to come home FOR ONCE and have a meal waiting for him #isottoomuchtoask 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish - In fairness, it literally is Mrs. G's job and the main reason he got married😂 2mo

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks she‘s banned cheese from the house #thatwasthefirstclue 2mo

ElizaMarie @mcctrish ha yes!!! I can‘t think of a good lunch without some cheese so —- why bother!? Mrs G doesn‘t seem to like to hang out with her husband either - just complain when he is out 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish - Never trust a woman who won't have cheese in the house 😆 @ElizaMarie - She's the same way with Molly. She only wants her because Molly is wanted somewhere else 🙄 2mo

willaful @mcctrish absolutely! 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 14: #yikes #maggieandstephensleepontheboat #scandalous #stephenarrangedaninn #thatsnotsuspiciousatall #maggiewontgiven #stepheninsiststheymarry #maggiewontdoit #soobviouslystephenkicksherout #alone #atnight #ass #maggietakesthewrongcab #anothernightswayfromhome #whatcouldgowrong #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 3mo

mcctrish I don‘t even know what to think at this point - Maggie won‘t marry Stephen because of Lucy, she can‘t be with Philip because of Tom and his lines in the sand so she will be alone ? There are probably more fish in the sea but we are running out of chapters 3mo

Bookwormjillk Maggie doesn‘t seem to have any good options and now everyone will blame her for Stephen‘s assery. 3mo

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dabbe Yep, Maggie gets to go back and face the music while Stephen literally can ride off into the sunset. Damn what these women had to go through in the 1800s! 3mo

Leftcoastzen Oh man ! Poor Maggie! Few choices to begin with and now this ! 3mo

Leftcoastzen Too all ! Enjoying the read along and all the great comments! 3mo

ElizaMarie @dabbe Yes! The 1800s were so brutal for a young woman. She is screwed, Stephen is an ass, he doesn't care about her reputation, and practually blackmails her into marriage for the “sake“ of her reputation - ugh! I hate boys! I feel bad for Maggie. Worried this book will end and she won't find happiness. 3mo

dabbe @ElizaMarie 🩵🎯🩵 3mo

KAO @ElizaMarie @dabbe Agreeing with you on all points!! (edited) 3mo

dabbe @KAO 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I would like to give Stephen a smack! I don‘t know what options Maggie has now. Someone saw her and Stephen together who knows them 😨 (I‘m guessing and hoping Ben!) She can‘t even get a decent teaching situation if they hear she‘s been alone with a man. 3mo

kwmg40 What a chapter! Poor Maggie. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly (Bob, not Ben. I don‘t know if there‘s even a Ben in this book 😂) 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 11: #yikes #stephenshowsupatgrittys #proposaltime #maggiesaysno #smoochingensues #stephenpeacesout #backtonormal #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish What to do, what to do? I love how Stephen is mad at Maggie #whatamaroon 3mo

Ruthiella I feel like Stephen crossed a line there by showing up and it makes me mad. He‘s putting Maggie in a bad situation-one he can walk away from as a man, but she as a woman cannot live down. She will be unfairly judged either way. 3mo

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mcctrish @Ruthiella and it‘s not the first time either 🤬 Phillip has noticed and he isn‘t blameless either #tomisgoingtolosehisshit #andstillblamemaggie 3mo

TheAromaofBooks Side note, still trying to figure out why the heck Tom is the most important person in Maggie's life. Let's make all our decisions based on what the judgmental jerk who treats you like trash will think 🙄 3mo

ElizaMarie @TheAromaofBooks yes!!! I mean how close do you have to stay with your mean brother? She needs to choose her own family. 3mo

Ruthiella @TheAromaofBooks I agree and it is frustrating. I think Eliot is telling us that Maggie‘s bond with her brother is stronger than any other ( other than to her father, now deceased). 3mo

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks YES!! Granted the rest of that family would side with him if he tells them to, but Maggie has proven that she can survive on her own. Gritty is the only one who makes sense in this book. 3mo

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks women just being programmed by the patriarchy to do what the men in the family say ( Maggie needs Tom more than he needs her ) 3mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk she totally has proven she can survive on her own 3mo

dabbe The Stephen-Maggie thing has RUTH vibes all over it. Don't give in, Maggie! If only it were the 2020s! 😱 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Ugh! I am SO mad at Stephen now! How dare he show up and tell her she has to talk to him because his poor little manly fee-fees are hurt. How dare he blame her for him riding thirty miles a day about it. Get over yourself, dude. 😡😡😡😡🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 7: #yikes #thebillsarepaid #tetchyisitchingtofightwakem #wakemstartslecturing #tetchyloseshisshit #fightfight #tetchywins #butdoeshe #becausenowhesdead #thefamilyisalone #tocleanuphismess #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade

mcctrish #tetchytully takes the easy road out again 3mo

Leftcoastzen Doesn‘t take a lot of thought to wonder since father fought with Wakem & Wakem owns the property they may get turned out. Tom did the hard work to earn the money to pay the debt . And this is his reward? Tully just had to fight to his own detriment 😡 3mo

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Bookwormjillk Ugh. Fricken #TetchyTully 3mo

ElizaMarie Wow! Okay, so I kinda felt blindsided with this. I mean the fight was coming, we know that, but... to have been so worked up that he ups and dies! And of course his #PigHeadedness totally screws his family over. Not to speak ill about the dead but... Talk about #DadOfTheYear 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Jeez! I wonder if I‘d feel differently if we‘d actually seen depictions of how Wakem treats #tetchytully as his employee over the years but as it is… Tully is a freaking idiot jerk. 3mo

eeclayton @barkingmadread lovely image choice for today 😍 3mo

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton thank you! Pops kept mentioning that Tim should save the mill, so I thought it would be a good pic for the chapter! 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 9: #tetchytullywillworkforwakem #thatass 🙄 #tullyisverysalty #hemakestomwriteadeclarationinthebible #downwithwakem #thisfeelslikebadkarma 🙈 #staytunedforpartfour #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk I can‘t believe he made him write it in the Bible. These kids are stuck parenting their parents. 4mo

mcctrish Next he‘ll have Maggie make up a little doll to put pins into 😉 #tetchytully cursing #snakeywakey 4mo

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dabbe This novel takes a Gothic turn when #tetchytully states that the river gets angry when the mill changes hands, and “there's no telling whether there mayn't be summat in the story, for this is a puzzling world, and Old Harry's the devil got a finger in it.“

More reference to the river--not in a good way. #yikes 😱 4mo

dabbe @mcctrish Oh, the voodoo that she will do ... 🤣 4mo

mcctrish @dabbe or #tetchytully thinks he‘s more important than he actually is 😉😆 #ivoteforvoodoo 4mo

Leftcoastzen Now a disaster with the river seems eminent! #yikes 4mo

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 4mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🎯🩵🎯 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly Yikes on bikes! 4mo

julieclair A river disaster is definitely coming. And writing that curse in the family Bible for all future generations to see. Oh my! #tetchytully is tetched in the head. 🤪 4mo

ElizaMarie @Dabbe @Julieclair --- #RIVERJustice 4mo

julieclair @ElizaMarie 🎯 4mo

julieclair @BarkingMadRead Is this photo of your family Bible? 4mo

BarkingMadRead @julieclair nah, I found it on Google 4mo

julieclair 😘💙 4mo

dabbe @ElizaMarie Ooh, that's a great hashtag! 😍 4mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 14: yikes, these nurses are not nice! #estherisnotapeepshowgeorge #dontbethatguy #whyyyyydidthatnursegiveheramirror #yikes #momisgonnatryandgetherout #imnotsurethatswise #butalsothisplacesucks #ijustwanttohugher #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 6mo

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine @dabbe @deblovestoread @andrea313 @larkken @willaful @morr_books @kwmg40 @thearomafbooks @anishainkspill @elizamarie @tpixie @julieclair @jenlovesjt47 6mo

mcctrish What the fuck happened to Esther ?! She took pills but now she looks like she‘s been in a car accident? They shaved her head? #oneflewoverthecuckoosnest for real! The pendulum has swung completely in the other direction and we just let people self medicate with their poison of choice and give them no care at all 🥲💔 6mo

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Bookwormjillk I wish the entire #hashtagbrigade could get in a car and go rescue Esther. 6mo

Librarybelle Agreed, @Bookwormjillk ! 6mo

Ruthiella @mcctrish I think the bruises are from the botched electro-shock therapy. (edited) 6mo

ElizaMarie #AMirrorReally !? I love how she mentions she knows perfectly well you don‘t serve #BeansWithBeans 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly Everyone is awful in this chapter! Why on earth didn‘t the nurse try harder to convince her she didn‘t want a mirror? “You don‘t look very pretty” is a huge understatement. Or the nurse could have held the mirror herself. But also, the old nurse who told her seven years‘ bad luck is making things worse if anything. 🙄 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly And the racism makes my skin crawl ☹️ 6mo

CogsOfEncouragement So much to take in and attempt to decipher. The beans remark was too funny. The food being gross but Esther finally eating again. There is probably some symbolism there too. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly soooooo bad, I‘m not a fan 6mo

willaful Esther is such an unreliable narrator, I have no idea whether people are actually as awful as she thinks they are or not. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful I wonder the same, this is all seen through her very unreliable eyes 6mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯! 6mo

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯! 6mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead @willaful Excellent reminder of the #1 problem with 1st-person POV. The narrator will always be unreliable. The best thing, though, about 1st-person POV (IMHO) is how much we get to know the character who's telling her story, and if we care about her (which I think we all do), we really become involved in her story and wanting to see her survive. We're behind you, Esther! ❣️ 6mo

tpixie @dabbe well said! Love all the comments! 6mo

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