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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

chapter 19: a sunken ship ruins everything! #whatabombshell #ididntseethatcoming #whatwilljando #runjanrun #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

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Ruthiella This is where the entire book takes a turn! What a last line to the chapter! 🤯 16h

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willaful DUM DUM DUMMMMMMMM! 16h

Bookwormjillk 👻👻👻 is all I can come up with. Whew. 13h

Crinoline_Laphroaig Even knowing it's coming. It's 💣🤯 9h

IndoorDame What are you supposed to say to that!!!??? Like what does Emily Post recommend? What do the police recommend? What would your mother recommend? 🤯🫠🫣🫢 9h

peanutnine WHAAAAATTT I was so not expecting that! @IndoorDame 🤣🤣 8h

dabbe Makes you want to read the next chapter right away, doesn't it? 😂 6h

BarkingMadRead @dabbe it‘s been really hard to stop! 6h

Clare-Dragonfly HO LEE WHAT. 🤯 26m

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Crocodile on the Sandbank | Elizabeth Peters

My friend decided to try out Expedition Everest, which makes me feel nauseous 🤣 so I sat in the shade and read a chapter or two! #readeverywhere

mabell Not up for the Yeti? 🤣 22h

BarkingMadRead @mabell I used to love it! I even rode it at mile 13 of the Disney marathon 🤣 last couple years, it makes me feel queasy afterwards, so it‘s just not worth it anymore 22h

mabell Well most roller coasters are too much for me, so I haven‘t ridden it once! I can‘t believe you rode it mid marathon! 😂 10h

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 18: Jan grows a pair #soproud #standuptoDanvers #danversloseshermind #sheletsitallout #horrifying #shealmostconvincesJantojump 😳 #noJanno #thatrocketsavedherlife #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

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TheAromaofBooks WHAT EVEN. I've actually read this book before but completely forgot about this creepy scene! 2d

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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks omg so creepy and I legit forgot ad well, it‘s been 4 years since I read it and I forgot so much! 1d

IndoorDame @TheAromaofBooks same!!! This scene never gets any less horrifying or unexpected! Really any of the scenes with Mrs. D. ! 1d

TheBookHippie I‘ve no recollection of being this creepy although it‘s been a long time since I read it, but yikes. 1d

daena The fact that Danvers lays it all out there with zero shame and a whole lot of obsessive crazy makes it that much more terrifying. It's like she has nothing left to lose because she's already lost Rebecca. 1d

dabbe I remembered this scene because of the movie. If you‘ve never seen the 40s version, you should. The pic posted by @BarkingMadRead says it all. It won best picture in 1940, and Olivier, Fontaine, and Anderson (as Danvers) were all nominated for their acting roles. Judith Anderson is absolutely chilling as Danvers. 😱 1d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I really want to watch this version! I‘m going to look for it once we are done@ 1d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead It's free on YouTube right now! 🤩 Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1uvgx3NUR0 1d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe amazing!! Thank you! 1d

Bookwormjillk Another re-reader who had forgotten this chapter. I wonder if reading a chapter a day makes it more creepy. 1d

Roary47 Ooo yay thank you @dabbe I thought today was the 19th and I read too far ahead. Ahhh tomorrow is epic and I cant tell anyone. 😭 Ms D needs to chill with her obsessive self. (edited) 1d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😘 1d

dabbe @Roary47 😘 1d

Aimeesue @dabbe whoohoo! Thanks for the link! 1d

dabbe @Aimeesue 😘 1d

dabbe To me, this feels like the climatic chapter, where the narrator is at her lowest point. Even though she starts of facing Danny, Danvers overwhelms her with her #rebeccarebeccarebecca crap, and Jan descends into darkness, even ready to jump and commit suicide. Then, BAM! A deus ex machina to break the trance of Rebecca with the explosion going off. If that hadn't happened, Jan would have jumped. But of course, there's more to the story ... 🤩 1d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Roary47 I read ahead to because tomorrow and the weekend is busy. It's definitely 😲 moment. 1d

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe Ooh, thanks! I saved it to watch later—I don‘t want any spoilers! This chapter was sooooo creepy 😱 23h

KAO @dabbe Thank you for the link to the film! Saving it for after I have finished the book! This is my first time to read Rebecca, so it‘s all new to me—and delightfully creepy at times. 21h

julieclair This chapter was sooooo creepy, and so well written! DuMaurier was a master! Thanks for the link to the movie @dabbe. I have never seen it and totally want to watch it once we‘ve finished the book. 21h

julieclair @Bookwormjillk I think you‘re right that reading one chapter a day intensifies all the feels. 21h

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 😘 20h

dabbe @KAO Yay! Isn't it fabulous? 🤩🤗😀 20h

dabbe @julieclair 😘 20h

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Crocodile on the Sandbank | Elizabeth Peters

Couldn‘t resist #bakerstreetirregulars #disney #caribbeanbeachresort @StayCurious @CatLass007

julieclair 😂😂😂🐊 2d

StayCurious Ha love this! 2d

Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 2d

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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 I'm halfway through this one. Enjoying it so far! 2d

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I‘m maybe 1/3 through it right now and really loving all of the characters!! I‘ll probably get a lot read this long weekend, it‘s great size for the Disney parks 🤣 2d

CatLass007 Love this picture!😂 2d

Hooked_on_books Great pic! 😂 2d

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 17: poor Jan, what a disaster #beatriceisagoodfriend #maxisanass #asifjanwoulddothatonpurpose #frankisadarling #hetriessohard #firstandlastballatmanderley #foreshadowing #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

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Clare-Dragonfly I think Jan should have gone ahead and stayed in her room. Let Maxim deal with the consequences! He deserves to squirm a little! (edited) 2d

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Clare-Dragonfly I mean, she ALSO should have told Beatrice about Danny setting her up. But let‘s be real, that was never going to happen. 2d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly and she had the perfect opportunity! Whyyyyyy did she not?!? 2d

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly YES! She should have told Max and Bea about Mrs Danvers. 2d

peanutnine She definitely should have told them about Danvers but like @Clare-Dragonfly I'm not surprised she didn't. She doesn't seem to realize that she has power over her as an employer. But she probably thought they wouldn't believe her 2d

daena Maxim is the worst! As the chapters move forward my disgust of him grows. 2d

willaful @daena I'm really feeling why the author was pissed at this being called a romance. 2d

daena @willaful totally! 💯 2d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @daena same! 2d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly I never under when characters don't tell what happened. I would be yelling it out. And #DreadfulDanny would be packing her bags. Honestly if she just told Bea she would have told Maxim and he would have fired Mrs D immediately. 2d

Crinoline_Laphroaig ^understand. Litsy needs edit option on comments! 2d

dabbe I, too, want the narrator to snap back and have a backbone, but she just doesn't. She's terrified of Danvers (and even Maxim at times) and is so UNSURE of herself that she can't fight back. Max wanted her as Alice in Wonderland--fiitting since Alice is a complete innocent, not worldly like Rebecca or Caroline de Winter. The irony is, though, that Max is primarily responsible for Jan's loss of innocence. #sosad 😞 2d

Ruthiella @dabbe Perfect analysis! 👌 2d

TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine @Crinoline_Laphroaig @dabbe @Ruthiella - I'm interested to see if Jan even REALIZES that Danny set her up. I think she is going to excuse Mrs. D with a kind of “oh she didn't know people would be upset/it was an accident“ thing. 2d

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks that‘s a good point, although that creepy smile on Mrs D should hopefully clue her in! 2d

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks If she does that, it will totally be a throw-the-book moment for me! 2d

peanutnine @julieclair @TheAromaofBooks omg same! Hopefully she isn't THAT naive by now 2d

dabbe @Ruthiella 😘 2d

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks Agree! Jan wanted so much to believe that Danny was finally being nice to her that she had the rose-colored glasses look in her eyes. And, too true, @BarkingMadRead. That smirk and the closing of the door in the west wing should have been HUGE clues for Jan. What a scene! 2d

ElizaMarie #FireDanny 16m

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Zorrie | Laird Hunt

This was beautiful! I can‘t wait to discuss with everyone!
📚 A to Z= Z
📚 #sundaybuddyread2024
📚 POP= set 24 years before I was born

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tpixie Gorgeous cover! 3d

Texreader Marking this one for #litsyatoz #letterZ so I can it again!! 😃 3d

AmyG Agree. This is a lovely little gem. 2d

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 16: that escalated quickly #mrsdanverssetherup #didrebeccadresslikethis #thatssomessedup #poorjan #marshamarshamarsha #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair 3d

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 3d

Bookwormjillk That was something. But also, ladies, if your man doesn‘t like the way you look when you‘re thinking 🚩🚩🚩#longchapter #somuchtounpack 3d

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Librarybelle So true, @Bookwormjillk ! Maxim is not man of the year in my mind…he probably would not like the look on my face as I was reading that section. 3d

BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle @Bookwormjillk I would be in so much trouble because I can never seem to shut off my face 🤣🤣🤣 3d

Crinoline_Laphroaig It's such a Train Wreck of a Chapter. I know what's going to happen and still I yell at Jan 'WHY WOULD YOU TRUST THE EVIL MRS D"⁉️ 3d

Crinoline_Laphroaig 'Oh don't treat me like a child' as she continually acts like one with the daydreaming and hiding around corners. And the fingers in her mouth and the nail biting makes me crazy. 3d

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk 🚩🚩🚩🚩💥 3d

Ruthiella At this point, I think Jan would have been happier if she‘d married Frank Crawley aka George Glass. 3d

Clare-Dragonfly Why did she do what Danny said?! Obviously terrible idea! Also obviously terrible: Maxim yelling at her to change and of course never telling her even the slightest clue as to why everyone is so upset. I just hope Frank or Beatrice will explain in the next chapter. 3d

Clare-Dragonfly @Ruthiella Yes, I keep thinking Frank seems like a much better match for her. Maybe she‘ll throw over Maxim! 🤞🏻 3d

TheAromaofBooks Everything here was absolutely crazy, but I did laugh - yesterday, Jan is like “I may need to feign illness to make sure I don't have to have Christmas with Beatrice's crazy crew“ and today it was “Maxim, did you know Beatrice plays charades at Christmas every year?“ “Yes, that's why I never go“ 😂 😂 😂 So they do have SOME common ground! 😆 3d

Roary47 Correct me if I‘m wrong. Could she not fire Ms D? Am I correct in understanding that she wore Rebecca‘s dress? I bet she looked pretty, but man they kept telling her to dress as Alice and she just wanted to dress up and feel special. Based on her background I‘m sure this was the first time she could feel pretty in a dress, and Max just burst that bubble. What an emotional hit. 😞 3d

BarkingMadRead @Roary47 she had the dress made to match a painting of Max‘s great grandmother I think. I‘m guessing that Rebecca once did the same 3d

peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly @Ruthiella she and Frank would be so much better together! They're both so shy and awkward 😅 3d

julieclair @Roary47 Jan can totally fire Danny. Surely she will, after this? Even though Jan has no spine, she can‘t allow Danny to keep living & working there. Can she? 3d

Clare-Dragonfly @Roary47 @julieclair I bet if it even occurs to Jan that she could fire Danny, she‘ll quail at the thought of explaining to Maxim why she wants her gone. Even though I bet he wouldn‘t even listen to any explanation she gave, he‘d just be surprised. She could do it! But she won‘t. 2d

Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Yes, I thought the same! 😂 2d

julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly Unfortunately, I believe you‘re correct. Poor Jan… she needs a friend who can give her advice and bolster her courage. 2d

Clare-Dragonfly @julieclair She needs a therapist! 2d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead And I believe it was the last ball they had at Manderley, so Rebecca's costume would have perhaps still been on everyone's minds--especially Maxim's. 2d

julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly 💯😂 2d

ElizaMarie Ugh!!! As soon as I read Mrs D being “nice” and offering suggestions, I assumed there was something wrong. So the whole rest of the chapter I had such anxiety (felt like watching an A24 film😬). I was just hoping to be wrong!!!! But Mrs D = 😈 8h

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 15: Jan meets grandmother…. #iadorebeatrice #thatvisittookanuglyturn #homewego #maximishome #butwait #heischewingoutdanvers #sheisnothappy #thatcantendwell #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

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Bookwormjillk Jan is always being told she needs permission from the ladies in her life. Danny says she needs to ask to go into Rebecca‘s room. Bea says she must tell her the minute she‘s pregnant. Blah. 4d

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Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk Agree. But if she were to assert herself, they would back down. She‘s always assuming and never asserting. 4d

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella so true 4d

Roary47 My heart broke a little for Jan here. How tough to be meeting an influential matriarch in your husband‘s family. Then be told “what did you do to Rebecca, I liked Rebecca, where is Rebecca?” 💔 (edited) 4d

BarkingMadRead @Roary47 I‘m amazed at how many people are willing to say more or less the same thing to her! 4d

TheAromaofBooks We are caretaking my grandma right now and I really related with a lot of Jan's thoughts in this chapter, about how strange it is when someone gets old, and wondering what they were really like when they were young and vibrant. 4d

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Those passages really resonated with me as well. 4d

julieclair I had a sick feeling in my stomach from the moment the grandmother seemed delighted that Jan had come to visit. I was worried she was thinking Jan was Rebecca. 💔 And poor Jan, she did nothing wrong, but her very presence caused the frail old lady major distress. 4d

TheAromaofBooks Can't believe I forgot to mention my favorite line - “I had an uneasy feeling we might be asked to spend the approaching Christmas with Beatrice. Perhaps I could have influenza.“ 😂 4d

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Love on the Heart: A Sweet Small-Town Second Chance Christmas Romance | Kerry Evelyn

I almost forgot to do March! Deciding between the two was really hard, but That Thing You Brew took the lead by a smidge.

Amiable I keep forgetting, too! LOL 4d

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 14: Jan gets caught In Rebecca‘s room #danversisapsycho #nowweknowallthegorydetails #thatbitaboutebeccawatching 👀 #totalcrazypants #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair 5d

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 5d

Librarybelle I forgot how creepy this chapter was. Yikes! 5d

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BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle me too! It‘s been a few years since I read it, I kept gasping out loud 🤣 5d

Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead I know! It‘s been several years for me, and I kept thinking “how could I have forgotten this!!”😂 5d

Bookwormjillk This was really creepy. Run Jan, run! 5d

peanutnine Sooo creepy. Also, I highly doubt Danvers was as buddy buddy with Rebecca as she's making it out, like they were best friends 5d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine I agree, it seems like rebecca was more likely to tease her 5d

TheBookHippie Creeeeeeepy. 5d

Ruthiella @Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead I also forgot just how creepy this chapter was. 5d

Librarybelle @Ruthiella It makes me wonder what else I have forgotten as the story unfolds. 5d

willaful We're definitely in gothic territory now! 5d

ElizaMarie @peanutnine @BarkingMadRead Yes ☑️ it feels like Danvers has to be exaggerating their closeness. Also. Like I get it, you cared about her, but to keep touching her things and putting flowers in her room… feels so weird to me. 5d

julieclair @willaful Yes! This chapter has all the gothic novel vibes. And I‘m loving it! 5d

Crinoline_Laphroaig So creepy. 5d

Clare-Dragonfly CREEPY, DANNY!!! 5d

Clare-Dragonfly I am even more sure now it was Danvers in the cottage threatening Ben. She‘s creeping around being obsessed with everything Rebecca ever touched. (edited) 5d

Roary47 It‘s almost as if Danvers loved her just as much if not more than Max. 5d

dabbe @Roary47 OBSESSION to the nth degree. 😮 5d

BarkingMadRead @Roary47 @dabbe yes! Obsession for sure. Should be interesting! 4d

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Chapter 13: Jan has an adventure #Benhadsomeinterstinggossip #soundslikerebeccawasabully #whatwasshehidinginthatcabin #backtothehousewego #Dannyiscreepingaroundinthewestwing #danny 🤣 #whatanicknameforanoldgrouch #thisfavellguyisuptonogood #seemslikeoldmaxshouldstayhome #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

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Ruthiella He‘s definitely a shady character. 😬 6d

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Bookwormjillk Danny 🤣🤣🤣 6d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I just can‘t 🤣 I can‘t imagine her with any nickname at all ☠️ 6d

dabbe At least there's a little respite for our narrator who feels more like herself with Maxim away. She doesn't have to pretend to be someone she isn't and can just be herself--for a little while. 6d

ElizaMarie So much mystery in this chapter!!!! I'm super intrigued! 6d

Clare-Dragonfly I think it was Mrs. Danvers in the cabin threatening Ben!!! Rebecca would have no reason to keep her cabin activities a secret, and would probably think Ben is beneath her. Mrs. Danvers fits the description better and is definitely acting fishy. 6d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhh that‘s a really good theory and I could totally see Danvers doing that! 6d

Bookwormjillk Jan is really reminding me of a person at work who decides that each time she has a scheduled check in with our shared supervisor she‘s going to get fired then when I tell her she‘s not she gets mad when she‘s not promoted. The stories she tells herself in her head. Cool it Jan. Max isn‘t dead just because he went to London. #DontBelieveEverythingYouThink 6d

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - Seriously! I was reading that section like COOL YOUR JETS, my word! 5d

kwmg40 Jan really has an overactive imagination! 5d

julieclair @kwmg40 Yes, and that imagination is not doing her any favors. 5d

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Love at First Book | Jenn McKinlay

I have been reading Jenn McKinlay‘s cozies for years, and this is my first time reading a book of hers that isn‘t a cozy mystery. This story had me from the start. I love books about Ireland, so I was excited from the first page, and this did not disappoint. The storyline was so much fun, the live hate relationship between the MC and the FMC was done so well, so of course they would end up together. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead Working through their own personal issues, plus the issues they have which other was such a wild ride. Grab some tissues and a blanket and settle in, because you will not want to put this down! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 6d

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 12: Jan gets a present #shebreaksacupid #soobviouslyshemusthidethepieces #thatendswell #danversmakesmencry #poorrobert #janconfesses #sheactuallystandsupforherselfforlikefiveseconds #thisalsoendswell 🙄 #maxisnthappy #doesheevenloveher #dontgetmestartedonfrith #marshamarshamarsha #atleastjanhasjasper #tiger 🤣 #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

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Bookwormjillk And at least Max doesn‘t smell or complain about soggy toast. True romance. 1w

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk a girl has to have her standards 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w

TheAromaofBooks This line really struck me, Maxim is talking: “Fancy not getting a hold of her when you broke the thing and saying, 'Here, Mrs. Danvers, get this mended.' “ This is just so typical of Maxim's perspective. He is used to servants/commands/obedience (and it sounds like Rebecca was as well). Our narrator is uncomfortable with even the concept of giving orders (we saw this when she was in Monte Carlo as well) or making demands. I think Maxim can't ⬇ 1w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) get his head around anyone being shy of or intimidated by servants. I do feel bad for the narrator, but I honestly frequently have similar feelings to Maxim's - YOU'RE THE BOSS so step up!!! On the other hand, Maxim obviously is blind (intentionally?) to the narrator's need for some guidance and suggestions on what she should be doing, and completely leaves her hanging. 1w

Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Yes—it‘s similar with the socializing; he insists that it has nothing to do with being brought up to it, but that‘s because it‘s been his world for his whole life and he doesn‘t realize how different it can be for Jan. I think Clarice‘s mother quite likes her and it was nasty of him to say it was an insult! But also, anyone else think of Darcy and Lizzie when Maxim complains that Jan is shy and won‘t try to socialize? 😆 1w

KAO @TheAromaofBooks I agree with all of your observations. The descriptions in these chapters are luscious sometimes though! 7d

ElizaMarie This chapter gutted me. Poor Jan! She almost speaks up then quickly backs down and worried about Maxim‘s feelings over hers. Poor baby! Also —- she should redecorate the whole room! I feel like she was hinting at it but needs Maxim to suggest (the order the staff) to get it done. 6d

dabbe I keep reminding myself that the shy-can't-do-anything-without-approval Jan is in the past. The narrator is our future gal who seems (in my mind) much more forthright than the flashback Jan. She's her harshest critic who is looking back on herself in the cruelest of ways. I have hope for her. And Lord Byron ain't got anything next to the brooding Maxim. #hyperbyronichero 6d

rubyslippersreads Jan should have taken a page from Scarlett O‘Hara‘s book and thrown the cupid against the wall. 😂 5d

julieclair @ElizaMarie Yes! She needs to redecorate the whole room! And buy a new wardrobe. And I wish she would realize she has the power to do both. 5d

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 11: Jan learns more about Rebecca #thosenosyneighborsthough #franktotherescue #welearnaboutrebaccasdeath #morequestionsthananswersthough #intriguing #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #marshamarshamarsha

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BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 1w

Bookwormjillk Glad she has Frank 1w

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5feet.of.fury @Bookwormjillk agree 1w

5feet.of.fury A want a moonlight picnic shed now. 1w

Bookwormjillk @5feet.of.fury #goals 1w

quietjenn @5feet.of.fury @Bookwormjillk so say we all 1w

ElizaMarie I‘m so sad for her! To feel the way she does (inadequate). I wish she was able to talk to her HUSBAND about these things, but #AtLeastSheHasFrank. He is such a sweet man :) Also, yes “modest” has a billion different meanings. #WhatDoYouMean 6d

dabbe I'm glad she has Frank, too, but ouch to his last line: “I suppose she was the most beautiful creature I ever saw in my life.“

Yet ... he calls Rebecca a “creature.“ I looked up the definition and found two interesting thoughts re: Miss-holier-than-thou Rebecca:
1. an animal, as distinct from a human being
2. a fictional being, typically a FRIGHTENING one.

Perhaps Rebecca ain't all she's cracked up to be. 🧐 6d

julieclair @dabbe The word “creature” jumped out at me, too! Such an interesting word choice. What could it mean? 🤔 5d

dabbe @julieclair Makes us want to keep reading on, right? 🤩🤩🤩 5d

julieclair @dabbe Absolutely! Du Maurier is such a gifted writer. 5d

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Wrong Place, Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister

Whoa! This was so so good, my mind was blown almost the entire time!

dabbe Wow! Sounds similar to #thebros! 😃 (except maybe for the words “This was so so good)... 😂 1w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 1w

LiteraryinLawrence Right? So good! 1w

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 10: Jan and Max take Jasper for a walk #happyvalley 😍 #creepybeachdude #whydoesjasperlovethatcove #randomfurnishedcabin #intrigued #maxbeingweird #JAN #dontbeggirl #maxdropsthatbombshell #ihavesomanyquestions #andletsendthechapterwithamysterioushanky #obviouslyrebeccas #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair
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BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 1w

peanutnine The contrast between happy valley and the other cove was STARK 1w

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Bookwormjillk Is anyone keeping track of all the rhododendron colors vs Max's moods? Poor little Jan she is in so far over her head with these people. 1w

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk it‘s mood setting too!! 1w

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine yeah, that abrupt change in scenery = atmosphere for sure 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I was glad to see Jan speaking more, but I wish she would have pushed harder! Also 🙄 at Maxim complaining that she doesn‘t have the memories that make him sad. Of course she doesn‘t, and you won‘t tell her what the issue is! 1w

Graciouswarriorprincess The contrast reminded me of the house too. One part light and the other dark/guarded. 1w

dabbe @Graciouswarriorprincess The narrator's side ... Rebecca's side. And where does Max (oops, only Rebecca can call him that)/Maxim's feelings truly lie? 1w

Roary47 Grrr Max, She doesn‘t know until you tell her. She is trying with her young girlish mind to love you. 1w

ElizaMarie @Roary47 yes! Poor girl! She wants to know so much more about him but he is just so closed off! 7d

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Rebecca | Daphne Du Maurier

Ch 9: Jan meets the fam #butfirstshefindsthewestwing #itsforbidden #nonotreally #couldntresist #danversisherusualcreepyself #beatriceisfun #ifeellikethatsthemostinfowehavegotten #ifonlyshestayedlonger #janistheantirebecca #isthisgoodorbad #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens #marshamarshamarsha

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair 1w

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 1w

TheBookHippie Finally my hold is in! I‘ll catch up -see you tomorrow ! 1w

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BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie hooray!!! 1w

IndoorDame For someone who was promised to be super forthcoming with her opinions I found Beatrice pretty cryptic. I think “not Rebecca” is a positive grade from the new SIL, but I definitely wouldn‘t be sure if I were in Jan‘s (super unfashionable) shoes 1w

Bookwormjillk Frustrating chapter (but in a good way.) Tell us what you know Beatrice! 1w

julieclair I like Beatrice and hope that she and Jan will become friends. And maybe Beatrice will also answer all of our (uh, I mean Jan‘s) questions! 🤞 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig Jan is such a child. I'm surprised she didn't hide under her bed. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1w

Clare-Dragonfly I like Beatrice! But I sure wish Jan would have asked her more questions. 1w

Graciouswarriorprincess @Crinoline_Laphroaig lol! I agree but I like Beatrice. 1w

willaful LOL at the pic! 1w

ElizaMarie Beatrice holds all the answers! 1w

dabbe And when “Maxim loses his temper once or twice a year ... --my God--he DOES lose it!“ #ruhroh 1w

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Love at First Book | Jenn McKinlay

#currentlyreading I only just started, but their meet cute was…. Cute 🤷🏻‍♀️ this is an ARC, the book comes out in May

wanderinglynn Sounds like fun! 2w

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 8: day 1 at Manderley #janneedsaspine #waytoohardonherself #thatphonecallthough #danversisapieceofwork #lunchshouldbeinteresting #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair
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BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

Bookwormjillk She needs a hobby and a spine 2w

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peanutnine It's crazy how everyone just acts like she should know her way around the house and all the routines. I guess they assumed Max told her ahead of time? She definitely needs the courage to speak up and ask questions 2w

Ruthiella I think the staff were possibly also expecting another Rebecca - who would tell them “I don‘t want a fire in the morning room, light it in the library”. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig This is where I start to really dislike Max. He just dumps her in the house, doesn't bother to even show her around, and he knows Evil Mrs D is manipulative. Also he acts like he's so busy running Manderley but he's been gone for WEEKS. And it not like today when you can keep in touch by email and smart phones. I'm quite sure Manager of the estate doesn't need his help. 2w

ElizaMarie I had to look up the plant (ha!) I thought I knew what it was, but I wasn't 100% sure. Anyway, I can't tell if Mrs. D wants her to be more arrogant like the old Mrs or um.. what? It sounds like Jan is way more easygoing and could be easier to “serve“ under but instead, they keep bullying her. And shame on Max, he knows Mrs. D is difficult but.. yet doesn't even show her the after-breakfast room!? 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I just want to yell at Jan to stop daydreaming. Which makes it sound like I don't like this book but I really do. 2w

julieclair Jan needs a spine for sure. She‘s letting the servants walk all over her. But she also needs to ask more questions, so she can learn how things work at Manderley. Everyone already knows she‘s clueless, so why not ask? I wonder if we‘ll ever find out what‘s up with Mrs. D and/or exactly what happened to Rebecca? (edited) 2w

dabbe So glad you posted this pic! What about those bloody rhododendrons on the pathway to Manderley? Jan HATES them. They're too full of life, too large, too in-your-face, too ... like Rebecca? Wonder if there's some symbolism there? 😂 2w

Roary47 I‘m with many of you in your upset with Max. He could have waited at least a day to show her around. Jan also might just be trying to be nice on top of her not asking questions and speaking up. 2w

TheAromaofBooks @julieclair - I felt the same way. Like when she pretended like she already knew the way to the morning room. She hasn't even been there 24 hours! Why would it be embarrassing to ask where that is?? I always feel bad for the narrator when I read this book, but also spend about half the time just wanting to shake her and tell her to stop assuming the worst about everything! 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I thought it was weird that all the servants refer to Rebecca as Mrs. de Winter as though Jan isn‘t Mrs. de Winter now… but then Mrs. Danvers did call her that, so I don‘t know what to think! Would the servants like them to be completely interchangeable? 2w

Aimeesue @dabbe Symbolism?? What symbolism?? I must have missed it. 😂 I‘m def on Team NO Rhododenrons though. They too extra for me. 2w

dabbe @Aimeesue New hashtag: #teamnorhodo 😂 2w

Aimeesue @dabbe 😂😂😂 1w

willaful @TheAromaofBooks word! 1w

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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

E3: the funeral #thisistheend ?!? #ifeelcheated #cliffhangerending #thatpoorfamilythough #wedidit #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @dabbe @currentlyreadinginco 2w

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 2w

mcctrish 🌒perfect day for an ending 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thank you for all of your hard work and motivation to finish this effin‘ chunkster 2w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish that was a long haul! I‘m so proud of us all! 2w

Bookwormjillk Thank you for getting us through this!! Hurrah for Karamazov! 2w

Librarybelle Yay!! 2w

TheBookHippie I‘m so proud of everyone!! We would not have made it through this mess with out you!!! OYTOTHEVEY 😵‍💫 2w

TheBookHippie Also I still feel cheated. 😅 2w

Ruthiella Yay! Thank you for being our fearless leader here! It was an ordeal! 😅 2w

dabbe I feel like the hero in a hero's quest journey who just descended into darkness, survived the ordeal, and came out on the other side to a brighter day--though with more white hair on my head. 🥳
#GandalfTheGreyToGandalfTheWhite 2w

dabbe Huzzahs to @BarkingMadRead for her beyond witty hashtags and @Aimeesue, our #dioramadiva. 🤩🤩🤩 Without you, we wouldn't have survived. 🥳🎉🥳 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe great LOTR reference 🤣 and yes!! @Aimeesue the dioramas were 🔥🔥🔥 2w

currentlyreadinginCO Thank you so much for hosting!! I feel like this book deserves that nonsense ending 😅😅, but I am glad that I read it!! 2w

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I'm glad we made it through. But I also felt like, for such a long book, the ending was a bit abrupt! 😂 2w

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The Robe | Lloyd C. Douglas

A perfect day to be reading outside!

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 7: the honeymoon is over #danversiscreepy #passiveaggressivevibes #maderleysoundsamazing #anoceanviewwouldhavebeennicethough 🤷🏻‍♀️ #jansdreamssoundsonice #willrealitymatchup #somehowidoubtit #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair
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BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

IndoorDame I would‘ve been disappointed not to get the ocean room! And I don‘t think she‘s nearly upset enough about Mrs. Danvers. Bad bad vibes. Also, I don‘t care how naive Jan is, she should know she needs new clothes before pulling up at Manderly. 2w

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Ruthiella From day one, Mrs Danvers has Jan‘s number and she knows how to manipulate and undermine her. Maxim is the only person who has really any power over her and he‘s clueless. 2w

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame 💯 and how could Max not realize that?!? I was waiting for him to give her Rebecca‘s clothes or something crazy like that! 2w

Bookwormjillk Jan needs to grow a pair and ask for the ocean view and some clothes. 2w

ElizaMarie I want the big room that overlooks the ocean! But maybe Maxium always secretly wished his x wanted to have the rose room? So hard to tell because he is mostly mute! (Having such a hard time only reading one chapter a day) 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I am the odd one out, I‘d want the room with the roses! Surely you can always go hang out by the ocean whenever you want. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I always thought Max saying he liked the room with Rose View was actually covering up that he didn't think he new wife would want to sleep in the dead wife's room. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @IndoorDame absolutely on the clothes. She's been in Monte for weeks she should know that. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Bookwormjillk And Max should have insisted on buying her a new wardrobe on the honeymoon. Or is he so insecure that he wants her dumpy and afraid? 2w

Bookwormjillk @Crinoline_Laphroaig I don‘t know if he even thinks about her that much 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Bookwormjillk true. 2w

Roary47 @Bookwormjillk well he did buy her the brushes. He seems to be clueless on other stuff though. I‘m surprised Jan didn‘t get frostbite in this chapter. So many cold shoulders. Eeesh. 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @Crinoline_Laphroaig I thought HE doesn‘t want to sleep in his dead wife‘s room. 2w

5feet.of.fury @Clare-Dragonfly @Crinoline_Laphroaig whoever‘s benefit it is for, I‘m with you, it seems less creepy to have a new room with the new wife… ocean view or not…. 2w

dabbe Maybe he likes her as a naive waif in frumpy clothes--he told her he never wanted her to wear that pearl necklace or act like she's 36. Kinda creepy when you think about it, too. 2w

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The Brothers Karamazov (Classic Unabridged Edition): A Philosophical Novel by the Russian Novelist, Journalist and Philosopher, Author of Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The House of the Dead, Notes from Underground and The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

E2: drama in the hospital #dmitryisill #katyacomesandtheymakeup #Garrivesandtheclawscomeout #dmitryiswillingtoescape #eventhoughamericasucks 🙄 #staytuned #almostthere #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 2w

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Graywacke I just love this picture. (Sorry, carry on with the brothers and their ideas) 2w

BarkingMadRead @Graywacke 🤣🤣 2w

mcctrish I want to read the book that goes with this picture 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish such a good short story and an amazing movie adaptation! 2w

mcctrish #betterthanthebros 2w

CatLass007 @mcctrish It‘s in a book of short stories by Stephen King. The movie is The Shawshank Redemption. 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #itdoesnttakemuch but Stephen King is…. Well…. king 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

BarkingMadRead Oh and for those who may not know, the story is called Rita Hayworth and the book is called

Different Seasons: Four Novellas

mcctrish True 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w

Ruthiella Apparently Fyodor planned for this to be a three book series. Would he have actually allowed Dmitry to escape? Considering that Dostoyevsky himself was sentenced to Siberia, I wonder… You know- write what you know… 2w

currentlyreadinginCO 😂😂 even though America sucks 2w

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The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag: A Flavia de Luce Mystery | Alan Bradley

Day 2 of the #greatercharlottebookcrawl and I‘m done! That was exhausting!

Ruthiella Nice haul! 👍 2w

Aimeesue Flavia AND some Pratchetts? What riches! 2w

BarkingMadRead @Aimeesue it was a good day! 2w

BookNAround I‘ll finish tomorrow. One day was extremely long and I needed a break but I just have one left to visit and it‘s the closest to me so not hard at all. 2w

BarkingMadRead @BookNAround that‘s awesome! 2w

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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

E1: the aftermath #ivanisill #katyaiscaringforhim #theyhatchedanescapeplan #betterbreakouttheritahayworthposter #willkatyavisitD #staytuned #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

Bookwormjillk Rita Hayworth poster 🤣 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I almost use that 🤣🤣🤣 2w

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 6: Jan has to go to NY #shedoesntwanttogo #shesaysgoodbyetomax #soobviouslyheproposes #Hoppydoesnttakeitwell #nastywitch #but #doesmaxlovejan #ordoeshemissmarsha #imeanrebecca 🤷🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair
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BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

Ruthiella That‘s got to be one of the least romantic marriage proposals ever…😳 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella so pathetic, and I hate that she just gives in to everything. Yeah, he‘s had a fancy wedding, but she hasn‘t! (edited) 2w

TheAromaofBooks One of the things that always gets me with this book is how much of what we are reading does NOT happen - we are constantly getting scenes from the narrator's imagination, things she can see happening but aren't actually reality. The entire section of seeing herself saying goodbye to Max, seeing herself going to New York, seeing herself being introduced to boys there - it's like we read the real story but also the parallel possibilities. 2w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks so true! It‘s like the only time she has a personality is in her own head 2w

ElizaMarie I mean… there was NO time to say he loved her! He had marmalade for breakfast!!!! (Ha) #OhJan #MarmaladeTakesTime (edited) 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I wonder if we‘re going to get a Han and Leia moment 😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly that would be epic 🤣🤣 #iloveyou #iknow 2w

IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks yes!!! And she‘s fascinating as the unreliable narrator because the writing is so intoxicating and I always get swept away in her fantasies even though I know it‘s a sham 2w

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame Yes! 💯! The writing of her mind‘s eye is so beautiful, and the reality of Max‘s dialogue is so blunt and spare. 2w

Roary47 @Ruthiella @BarkingMadRead I thought the same thing about the marriage proposal and the fancy wedding. Lol I like that #MarmaladeTakesTime @ElizaMarie Our narrator, Jan, reminds me of Sansa now with her imaginative mind verses reality @TheAromaofBooks @IndoorDame 2w

5feet.of.fury @Roary47 I wasn‘t even thinking that, but she does remind me of Sansa in that sense -no idea what people‘s motivations are, things are all supposed to play out like a story but don‘t. 2w

5feet.of.fury Hoppy really annoyed me in this bit, even if Jan is naive (no dispute) she really felt the need to take her down a peg, doesn‘t matter that she‘s right, what a jerk. 2w

ElizaMarie @5feet.of.fury YES! I mean she kinda went to the whole “what did you do?“ and I thought she was alluding to the fact that she thought she tricked him into a proposal, but then at the same time calling her young and naive and just... Ugh! 2w

Ruthiella @Roary47 @5feet.of.fury Sansa Stark is a good parallel for clueless, romantic Jan. 👍 2w

kwmg40 I laughed when I read the part where Maxim orders breakfast, then takes out an emery board and starts filing his nails, right before he proposes marriage. Is it normal for rich people to file their nails in fancy hotel restaurants while waiting for their food? 😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @kwmg40 I don‘t know if it‘s normal, it‘s definitely repulsive 2w

5feet.of.fury @ElizaMarie yeah being a nosey Nelly in everyone‘s business & being confused by the whirlwind is one thing, but to tell the poor young woman that she‘s going to bore everyone at Manderlay‘s parties was so spiteful. 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @kwmg40 I definitely think Maxim is just a weirdo 😂 2w

kwmg40 @Clare-Dragonfly That sums it up pretty well! 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Thank goodness he didn't use nail clippers! 😂 2w

dabbe @IndoorDame Agree 💯. And because she is so hard on herself, she can't believe Max (oops, Maxim) might love her because she thinks she's crap. It also doesn't help to have a brooding Byronic hero as your husband! 😃 2w

willaful @BarkingMadRead Very well put! Her imagination is vivid but also so often her own worst enemy. 1w

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Not Suitable for Work | Skye McDonald

Finished this tonight on my kindle, I love this author, and the characters in the series. I‘ve been reading out of order 🤣 I‘m so bad about that! Also love that it takes place in Nashville! I am a huge fan of Nashville

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 5: poor Jan #sheisinlovewithMaxim #sheisalsojealousofRebecca #buthowdoesMaxfeel #marshamarshamarsha #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair 2w

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

Bookwormjillk And Max is telling her NOTHING 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk not one freaking thing. Boys are dumb 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

Ruthiella When I first read this in my 20s, I was swooning…now I‘m all RED FLAGS 🚩 Nameless Narrator!!!! 2w

rubyslippersreads Hmmm, is Jan‘s name really Joan? 🤣 2w

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 2w

ElizaMarie Um…. “I suppose you are young enough to be my daughter‘ ❓❗ Jan, honey, how old is he? 2w

Graciouswarriorprincess @Ruthiella Agreed! 2w

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie - Well, she says that she “wishes she was 36“ so I'm assuming that he's somewhere around 40 😬 2w

Ruthiella @ElizaMarie 😂 I can just see the look of concern on Carol Brady‘s face! 2w

dabbe Jan (perfect name @Ruthiella! 🤩) = Jane in JANE EYRE
Maxim = Rochester in JANE EYRE
So many likenesses to these two books and characters! 😱 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe there are so many similarities! 2w

julieclair Oh poor Jan, she‘s really got it bad. And I actually think Mrs. van Hopper‘s description of Max was spot on: “queer-tempered, I should think, difficult to know.” 2w

Roary47 Hmmm. Young and innocent Jan. Jealousy does not become your lack of details. 🤣 2w

ElizaMarie @TheAromaofBooks ah that checks out. 40 and she is 21. Okay. Not great but…. Ugh! That is such a huge power dynamic - age, status 2w

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie - I agree. Like she is an adult and out on her own, but he's definitely going to hold all the cards, especially because it's obvious that she has an uncertain, tentative personality (at this age, anyway). She's going to be so dependent on him for direction and affirmation. 2w

willaful @dabbe Except that Jane has a very strong sense of self and character. 1w

dabbe @willaful Agree 💯. 1w

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ch 12.14: Dmitry speaks up #heswearshedidntdoit #thejurydeliberates #guilty #omgwemadeittotheepilogue #itsamiracle #staytuned #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

In my defense, I chose this pic before I realized the epilogue had three parts 🙄

mcctrish #praisebe 2w

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5feet.of.fury Lmaooooo 2w

Bookwormjillk Ha! Who makes an epilogue with 3 chapters?? 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk sick demented weirdos , that‘s who 🙄 2w

TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅 2w

Ruthiella 🥳🥳🥳 2w

mcctrish FD is still writing this book in hell with Freud (edited) 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w

dabbe “The epilogue had three parts“ because ... of course it did. FD= #mostlongwindedgasbaginliteraryhistory 2w

dabbe @mcctrish 😂😂😂 2w

mcctrish @dabbe I don‘t even know why he leads with these nonsensical statements about what is coming cuz we know BLAH BLAH BLAH 2w

dabbe @mcctrish And how many times did he say he was going to be succinct with his words and then BLAH BLAH BLAH again to infinity. 😂 2w

mcctrish @dabbe he has absolutely no chill when it comes to words 2w

currentlyreadinginCO @mcctrish laughing so hard at your first comment 2w

currentlyreadinginCO I think that I liked the last chapter best, everyone waiting around for the verdict unexpected by most. Although, weren't we told early on that Alyosha is the hero of this story 🤔, perhaps I misunderstood and he meant like .... the good one ... 2w

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 4: and now we know what happened to Rebecca #butfirst #hoppyissick #ummmmmm #whatdowecallthenarrator #suggestionsplease #asiwassaying #narratorisfreefortheday #awkardlunchwithmax #awkwardcarridewithmax #almostsuicidewithmax⁉️ #yikes #howhetalksaboutmanderleythough #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair
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IndoorDame The intro to my copy points out that she is only ever “the second Mrs de Winter” (and it has some very pointed things to say about that 😂) but that‘s quite a mouthful so I think she‘s gonna need a nickname 2w

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

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BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I totally agree. We have to call her something 🤷🏻‍♀️ poor thing never has a name, although we know it‘s a pretty one and also unique. Super helpful. 2w

IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead I‘ve often wondered what constitutes a “unique” name for a white woman in England in the 30s 2w

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame probably something so chill now 2w

Ruthiella Her name is Jan Brady, forever doomed to be overshadowed by Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! I mean, Rebecca. 2w

IndoorDame @Ruthiella 👏👏👏 Sold! call her Jan 🤣 (edited) 2w

Ruthiella Also, it‘s so awkward when your first date is an attempted murder/suicide! 😱😆 2w

CatLass007 @Ruthiella You have a wicked sense of humor! I like that in a person. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella 🤣☠️🤣☠️ 2w

BarkingMadRead Omg @Ruthiella #janbrady FTW 2w

Bookwormjillk Jan 😂 🏈 2w

rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella Jan is perfect! 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig I need to find a book about gardens in DDuM books. "The daffodils were in bloom, stirring in the evening breeze, golden heads cupped upon lean stalks, and however many you might pick there would be no thinning of the ranks, they were massed like an army, shoulder to shoulder. On a bank below the lawns, crocuses were planted, golden, pink, and mauve, but by this time they would be past their best, dropping and fading, like pallid snowdrops.⬇️ 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig The primrose was more vulgar, a homely pleasant creature who appeared in every cranny like a weed. Too early yet for bluebells, their heads were still hidden beneath last year‘s leaves, but when they came, dwarfing the more humble violet, they choked the very bracken in the woods, and with their color made a challenge to the sky....People who plucked bluebells from the woods were vandals; he had forbidden it at Manderley." 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig So many flowers in this Chapter. I highlighted so many. 2w

Roary47 @Ruthiella I love it! Jan is who I will imagine her to be. Plus we don‘t know her actual age either. Are they on a date showing she‘s older than a child? 2w

BarkingMadRead @Roary47 I get the idea that she‘s an adult, but maybe a bit younger than Max 2w

Ruthiella @Roary47 I am reading a bit ahead. I think in chapter five it‘s confirmed she is 21. 👍 But Maxim is “old enough to be her father”, so 35 to 40 years old, I imagine. 🤔 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @Crinoline_Laphroaig Yes, the descriptions are so vivid and wonderful! I can see the flowers so clearly! 2w

Bookwormjillk These chapters are long but they don‘t feel like it. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I totally agree! 2w

Graciouswarriorprincess @Crinoline_Laphroaig These descriptions are so vivid! 2w

julieclair I am really appreciating du Maurier‘s beautifully descriptive prose this time around. I don‘t remember noticing it as much the first time I read this. 2w

ElizaMarie I agree with “Jan“ as her name for now... But wouldn't it be wild if her name is Daphne? I mean, if I were an author, maybe I would name a character after myself and then say how beautiful the name is repeatedly. 2w

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie that‘s a brilliant point! 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Oh, my nose! Oh,my nose! 😂😂😂 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk As opposed to our last book! #oy 😂🤗🤩 2w

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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

ch 12.13: what makes a father a father? #nobodyhereknows #idontknowifthisspeechhelped #staytuned #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

mcctrish #toolateforfyodor #hesucked 2w

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Ruthiella Doing the opposite of what Fyodor Pavlovich does for starters! 2w

Bookwormjillk 😂 😂 😂 2w

Aimeesue 🤣🤣🤣 2w

currentlyreadinginCO Lol great pic 2w

currentlyreadinginCO this part of the argument definitely lost me 😂😂, who cares if he killed him and if he's guilty the worst punishment is to take mercy on him ... 🤔 ? 2w

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Later | Stephen King

Finally starting this! This month‘s book is #Later Grab your copy and check back at the end of the month for open discussion! Don‘t forget to tag me so I can see which version you have! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

BarkingMadRead @paperbackpirate @bklover @5feet.of.fury @sconsinbookybadger @bookwormahn @kathywheeler @karkar @deeannloso 2w

Karkar Cannot wait to hear what you all think about this one! 2w

KathyWheeler I read this a while ago, but I think I‘m going to listen to it this time. 2w

Bklover I love this one! 2w

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The Secret of Red Gate Farm #6 | Carolyn Keene

Starting this today for the #NancyDrewBR

Librarybelle Yay!! 2w

Ruthiella Take a drink every time Nancy is conked on the head, locked in somewhere, finds hidden treasure…what am I missing? 😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella drives in her convertible, called a Titian blonde, talks to a random stranger …. 2w

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dabbe @BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella ... shows yet another unknown skill, goes out on her own when she's not supposed to, finds something “secret“, receives a talisman for her work on the case instead of $$$ ... 🤩😂🤗 2w

Read4life @Ruthiella @BarkingMadRead @dabbe 😂😂😂 If Nancy was sleuthing today, she‘d have to retire as a result of concussion protocol. 😳 2w

dabbe @Read4life #truth 🤩😂🤗 2w

Aimeesue @Ruthiella @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 2w

Bookwormjillk @Read4life it‘s so true. Her head trauma makes me so uncomfortable as a modern day soccer mom. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Read4life omg that‘s so accurate! 2w

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 3: we meet Max DeWinter #sassmaster #hoppyisclueless #andsosomuch #heputHoppyrightinherplace #thatnoteattheendthough #ilovehim #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

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BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

IndoorDame SO clueless!!!! I love it! She‘s like a caricature of herself 🤣 2w

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5feet.of.fury The narrator essentially thinking “we could be in on a joke together but this is so awkward I might die.” Was so relatable 2w

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury me. Literally every day. Poor narrator! 2w

willaful The narration is so vivid and immersive! We can see what she sees and feel what she feels. 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I like him so far… also it kind of annoys me that her name is mentioned without actually telling us what it is, but I totally relate to the “spelled right, which is rare” thing! 2w

Bookwormjillk I‘ve been traveling with my teens for a week and I kind of feel like they may be able to relate to the narrator 🤦‍♀️🤣 2w

Aimeesue Oh, Max! Sigh 2w

Graciouswarriorprincess I‘m liking him so far. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig Today's favorite quote: "she ran on like a clumsy goat, trampling and trespassing on land that was preserved, and I felt the color flood my face, dragged with her as I was into humiliation." ? 2w

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly I get the spelled it right part too!! Thought that was super significant :) 2w

ElizaMarie @Crinoline_Laphroaig ha! Yes! And the no to tell the narrator she “put yourself jus a teeny bit forward this afternoon. Your efforts to monopolise the conversation quite embarrassed me“ --- ha! 2w

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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

ch 12.12: it‘s gotta be Smerdy #didimentionthisguyisgood #whatwilltheverdictbe #guiltyorinnocent #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

Bookwormjillk Gotta be 2w

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mcctrish I‘m like “oh shit, we are still going on with this“ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #overandout 2w

currentlyreadinginCO And There Was No Murder Either perfect chapter for a defense arg , I'm cackling 😅 2w

TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 2w

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 2: we meet the characters #mrsvanhopperseemsdelightful #poorlittlenarrator #oursecondglimpseatmax #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury 2w

BarkingMadRead @thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena @graciouswarriorprincess 2w

KAO I am already enjoying this! The description of 4:30 teatime in the narrator‘s memories is perfect—especially to someone like me who cherishes teatime! 2w

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BarkingMadRead @KAO I was all ready to post a pic of teatime until she mentioned Mrs Van Hopper 🤣 2w

IndoorDame Mrs. Van Hopper is amazing! You can picture her so vividly from the very first page she‘s introduced! 2w

Ruthiella Mrs. Van Hopper is wonderfully awful! 😂 And who hasn‘t met someone like that before. 2w

5feet.of.fury openly staring with the lorgnette 🧐 I love all the little details that set to scene 2w

dabbe For much of the first two chapters, Manderley seems to be the main character. And even though the narrator and her husband seem happy as they travel from hotel to hotel, some tragedy broods underneath. It's interesting, too, how Manderley even has a name, but the narrator chooses not to name herself. 2w

peanutnine @dabbe I was wondering if we were going to get her name or not, definitely an interesting choice not to reveal it 2w

Bookwormjillk Mrs Van Hopper is like someone out of Austen 2w

TheAromaofBooks I love how the narrator uses Mrs. VH to contrast to herself - by learning more about Mrs. VH we also learn more about the narrator herself. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I thought the same! @peanutnine we never find our name, it definitely goes along with how she feels about herself 2w

dabbe @peanutnine Well, at least now she doesn't. You know, though, it makes sense so far because she hasn't had any dialogue yet. She's been describing everything and everyone involved in the flashback that's going to be the book. 2w

peanutnine @dabbe that's true. No one has actually addressed her yet. It reads like a diary so far, I'm getting Tenant of Wildfell Hall vibes 2w

dabbe @peanutnine Ooh, that's another book I love! 🤩 2w

Aimeesue @5feet.of.fury The lorgnette - the enemy of other people‘s privacy! 😂 2w

Aimeesue @KAO Those were some teas at Manderley! That one paragraph made me hungry 🧁 🫖 2w

willaful @Aimeesue Same!

That's a great pic of Mrs VH -- from the movie? 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig This is what's draws me in: "I think of half past four at Manderley, and the table drawn before the library fire. The door flung open, punctual to the minute, and the performance, never varying, of the laying of the tea, the silver tray, the kettle, the snowy cloth." I sooo love a good tea scene. ? 2w

BarkingMadRead @willaful yes, it‘s from the movie! I have to watch it one of these days 2w

rubyslippersreads @BarkingMadRead The Hitchcock movie is wonderful. Just avoid the Armie Hammer version. 😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads 🤣 I just used an Armie pic for today‘s chapter 🤣 he is yummy. But I will avoid that version, thanks for the heads up! 2w

rubyslippersreads @BarkingMadRead Doesn‘t Armie actually find other people yummy? 🤣 2w

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads 🤣🤣 2w

Roary47 Not reading these yet. Can you add me? I‘ve had this one on my list to read. 🥰💛 2w

BarkingMadRead @Roary47 gotcha!! 2w

Roary47 I also found it interesting that we learn a little of our narrator by the contrast like @TheAromaofBooks mentioned. 2w

ElizaMarie I want tea! (Ha!) So I am late to the comments, catching up today. But I kinda like being late, so I can read everything people have already said! 2w

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The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

ch 12.11: the facts of the case #thisguyisgood #istillwonderaboutthatmoneythough #staytuned #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

TheAromaofBooks I'd be terrible on a jury. I already know the facts of who murdered who here, and I'm still swayed by whichever lawyer is talking 😂 2w

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mcctrish 🎶money money money, must be funny, in the rich man‘s world 🎶 2w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks seriously. I was the same way! 2w

Bookwormjillk He‘s good but he‘s going to stop talking soon right? I hope? 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk do they ever? Ugh! 2w

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ 2w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😂😂😂 2w

currentlyreadinginCO I'm back and caught up after my own trial!! Go defense!! 😂 2w

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Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

#lastnightidreamtiwenttomanderleyagain
Ch 1: #shortchapter #notmuchelsetosay #whatadrearymanderley #foreshadowing #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40

@thebookhippie @clare-dragonfly @aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @thearomaofbooks @kao @crinoline_laphroaig @elizamarie @daena 3w

ElizaMarie 💜💜💜💜💜💜 3w

Graciouswarriorprincess Please add me. Thanks 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Graciouswarriorprincess gotcha! 3w

TheBookHippie #cannotfindmybook #tothelibraryigo 3w

Ruthiella Very short but not too bad for a dream sequence. I‘m a little nervous about Jasper the dog. I don‘t remember him. 😬 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig Such a great opening line. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I don‘t remember! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 @Crinoline_Laphroaig I love it! @TheBookHippie oh nooooo 3w

willaful @Ruthiella I don't remember either but according to this spoiler website. it's okay. (Click at your own risk!) https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/20561?index1=-1&index2=-1 3w

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead library has it just need to get it to my branch so I should be able to catch up. Supposed to be in by Friday 😅 3w

IndoorDame Apparently Manderley is based on a house she saw and fell in love with called Menabilly (you can find stunning photos online) and according to what I‘ve read the dream in this chapter could just as easily foreshadow her actual journey with the house, all of which happened after she wrote and published the book. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly This is gorgeously written! I haven‘t read this before so it‘s all new to me, and I‘m glad to be finally reading it. 3w

Graciouswarriorprincess Thanks @BarkingMadRead 😀 3w

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly Awesome you are reading it for the first time! It‘s a great plot. 3w

Ruthiella @willaful Thank you! 😊 3w

Bookwormjillk Woohoo new book! I only have the audio version in my library so I‘m reading it that way. 3w

dabbe @IndoorDame I read too that she was given a lease by the owner at the time, spent money renovating it, and lived there for 20 years before giving it back to the family. I never knew this, and the last time I read it was in the early 1990s before the Internet. Thank goodness for instant knowledge! 🤩 3w

dabbe The passage where the narrator talks about the wind coming from the western sea reminded me of Cornwall and the island off of it that is prevalent in AND THEN THERE WERE NONE ... and also P.B. Shelley's “Ode to the West Wind.“ Oh, what a tremendous novel embracing Gothic and Romantic literature from the early 1800s. I'm in heaven! #byebyebadbros 🤩 3w

5feet.of.fury Add me please 😊 3w

TheAromaofBooks LOVE how atmospheric this chapter is!! 2w

IndoorDame @dabbe couldn‘t agree more on both counts! #hailtheinternet #byebyebadbros 2w

KAO I am excited to start something new! Optimistic here! 2w

dabbe @IndoorDame 💚🩷💚 2w

peanutnine This is my first time reading and I'm loving the descriptions so far! 2w

Roary47 @Clare-Dragonfly I completely agree it is so beautiful already! I‘m also a first time reader with you and @peanutnine it will be fun reading with all of you. 🥰💛 2w

julieclair Please add me! I was too intimidated to attempt the bros, but now I'm back in the brigade! 2w

julieclair @IndoorDame Thanks for this great info about Menabilly! My husband and I will be touring Cornwall next month. I wonder if it's visible from the road? 2w

IndoorDame @julieclair oooh, definitely let us know if it is!!! 2w

BarkingMadRead @julieclair added you! 2w

julieclair @IndoorDame Will do! 2w

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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver

Day 1 of the Greater Charlotte book crawl. The tagged book didn‘t quite fit in the pic

Ruthiella Love the Nancy Drew editions! 😍 3w

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I got such good prices too! So excited! 3w

Bookwormjillk Ohhhh now I want to find used Nancy Drew books. 3w

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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Did I forget to post yesterday?!?
ch 12.10: and now the defense #imthroughwiththisguy #dispelalltheprosecutorscrap #butwillithelp #shortchapter #hallelujah #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

mcctrish Blah, blah, blah is all I hear 3w

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Bookwormjillk Short chapters for the win 3w

Ruthiella I think he did a good job of demolishing the prosecution‘s arguments. 👍 3w

dabbe De-do-do-do de-de-blah-blah-blah is all I want to say to many long-winded chapters (thanks for the assist, The Police). 😃 3w

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In the Hello and in the Goodbye | Melissa Whitney

I don‘t even know where to start with this beautiful romance! It had lots of sweet and occasional spice, and so much in between. Two broken people meet in a coffee shop, and the rest is history… until a could have devastating events break them up. I could not put this book down, I had to see if they were going to get their HEA. Having a MMC on the spectrum was done so well, explained so well, and I adored Evie…. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead and her bubbly personality, trying to be taken seriously. The creative dates were so swoony and I really enjoyed seeing what they would come up with next. Highly recommend this second chance romance!
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In the Hello and in the Goodbye | Melissa Whitney

#currentsituation #outsidereading

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Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century | James Patterson, Brian Sitts

#bakerstreetirregulars this is the mural mentioned when they ended up in Asbury Park chasing that motorcycle. The murals at the boardwalk in Asbury Park are stunning, a way to cover up the fact that they are still trying to bring back the beauty of the buildings, it‘s taking a little longer than they hoped, I think. They made huge improvements, but they had a huge project ahead of them!

Ladygodiva7 That is beautiful!!! 3w

Velvetfur That's such lovely artwork! Where in the world is this? ☺️ 3w

BarkingMadRead @Velvetfur it‘s at the boardwalk in Asbury Park, NJ 3w

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emz711 One of my favorite places to go 1w

emz711 Tell me about #bakersstreetirregulars ! 1w

BarkingMadRead @emz711 me too! It‘s a buddy read group that @StayCurious and @CatLass007 started. This was our first read, and now we are reading

Crocodile on the Sandbank

CatLass007 @emz711 Would you like to be added to the tag list for #BakerStreetIrregulars? Every other month we read a book that is an homage to Sherlock Holmes in some way. On the other months, we read historical mysteries. 1w

CatLass007 I lived in Manhattan for several years but only visited New Jersey a couple of times. I never made it to Asbury Park and when I see this mural I‘m sorry not to have done so. 1w

emz711 @CatLass007 love it! Yesss! 1w

emz711 @CatLass007 definitely come visit Asbury Park! 1w

CatLass007 @emz711 Thanks for the invitation. I don‘t know if I‘ll ever get back up there again but if I do, I‘ll let Litsy know. @StayCurious Please add @emz711 to the tag list. 1w

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ch 12.9: more of the same 🙄 #atleastheisdone #timeforthedefense #verylongwinded #blahblahblah #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

TheAromaofBooks I skimmed a LOT of this chapter. Haven't we heard all of this already!? 3w

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AllDebooks Isn't this book over, already? Going round in circles 3w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks @AllDebooks it felt like a cruel joke 🤣🤣🤣 3w

mcctrish “Reaching this point in his speech, IK, who had plainly opted for a strictly historical method of exposition..” bottom tier Bloom‘s taxonomy- repetition of story - FD doesn‘t think anymore is still with him #idontknowwhyweare 🤣🤣 3w

Bookwormjillk I couldn‘t sleep at all last night until I pulled out #TheBros. This chapter > melatonin 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I ended up taking a nap in the afternoon while doing the same thing! 🤩😂😘 3w

TheBookHippie I had to finish 😵‍💫🤣🤯😳🤷🏻‍♀️😅🤦🏻‍♀️I cannot deal with this one more day. Or bring it into April 😅🤣🤣🤣 3w

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The Survivors | Jane Harper

There were two people I thought were guilty. I was wrong 🤣
#authoramonth #52bookclub2024 (personal phobia) #readaway2024 #mounttbr

Soubhiville, DieAReader, Andrew65, GHABI4ROSES

JillR I love it when that happens 😆 (I‘ve read too many books just lately where I guess correctly far too soon…) 3w

BarkingMadRead @JillR me too!! 3w

Andrew65 Love it when you get those twists, especially when they are unexpected. 3w

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If It Bleeds | Stephen King

Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #IfItBleeds
Please be mindful of spoilers. We have new readers to King who haven‘t read all of his books. When referencing his other work, please keep this in mind for our new-to-King friends. Don‘t forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!
#StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

BarkingMadRead @paperbackpirate @bklover @bthegood @5feet.of.fury @sconsinbookybadger @bookwormahn @kathywheeler @karkar @deeannloso 3w

bthegood @BarkingMadRead thanks for the tag and thanks for hosting, you can take me off the list for now. 🙂 3w

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Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

ch 12.8: this guy is irritating me! #ishethelawyerorawitness #blahblahblah #somanytheories #solittletime #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

Librarybelle I love how he just keeps going and going and going…if there was a word count need, I‘m fairly sure Dostoevsky hit it about 300 pages ago. 😂 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle so.many.words. 3w

Bookwormjillk Blah blah blah 3w

TheBookHippie Charlie Brown teacher speech … wonk wonkwa wonk wonkwa 3w

dabbe The dude is definitely in love with his own voice and oratory skills. Yowza! 🙄 3w

mcctrish Again, a chapter just to retell the whole book pertaining to one character. WHY?! SO MUCH BLAH BLAH BLAH ( it‘s cuz no one else in the history of this book actually read all the fucking words like us - we are being punished) 3w

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By the Book: A Novel of Prose and Cons | Amanda Sellet

A friend of mine sent me this fun game for my birthday (which is next week) it was such a surprise! I can‘t wait to play it!

marleed Oh how fun! 3w

KadaGul It 👀 adorable! 3w

Hooked_on_books Cool! 3w

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Holy heck, I finished it! 😳 could not have done this without the #hashtagbrigade behind me!!
📚POP… written by formerly incarcerated person
📚 #52bookclub2024 … character driven
📚 #readaway2024 #mounttbr 20

DieAReader, Andrew65, BarbaraBB, GHABI4ROSES

Deblovestoread Well done 👏 👏👏 3w

DieAReader 🥳Awesome!! 3w

Librarybelle Congratulations! I‘m still doing a chapter a day - it seems like that‘s as much as I can manage each day. 3w

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daena Thank you for leading us through it! 3w

BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle I have some all day events coming up and some travel, so I‘ve been doing two a day so I can still post daily for everyone! 3w

Ruthiella Well done! 👏👏👏 3w

BarbaraBB Wow, how good! I still need to read it. One day….! 3w

Aimeesue So you‘re saying that it does indeed END eventually?? Whew. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Aimeesue yes! It does end. Eventually. 3w

Aimeesue @BarkingMadRead I was beginning to wonder! 3w

mcctrish @Aimeesue I can‘t believe it #forever 3w

dabbe @mcctrish @Aimeesue I'm ready for the book to end but not the dioramas! 🤩 3w

mcctrish @dabbe hopefully the next read is diorama worthy 🙏🏻 #thismotherneedstobedone 3w

Graciouswarriorprincess Thanks for hosting! I can‘t believe I am done too. 3w

Andrew65 Fantastic, well done 👏👏👏🎉 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Thursday ch 12.7: the whole book summed up in 5 pages 🙄 #notlookinggoodforourboy #staytuned #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

Bookwormjillk Kind of want to hear what he has to say about S tomorrow though 3w

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Ruthiella I know! Thanks for the Cliff Notes, Fyodor! 😆 3w

mcctrish Is the whole point of this to remind us of all the hours of reading we won‘t get back ? Note to future readers, skip the whole fucking book except Book XII chapters 6&7 ( chapter 7 did flow ) 3w

TheBookHippie @mcctrish WTF did I just read for 3 months ?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 3w

Graciouswarriorprincess @TheBookHippie I agree!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 3w

mcctrish @TheBookHippie the Cole‘s Notes 🇨🇦 are built right in ( or Cliff‘s notes) 3w

TheBookHippie @mcctrish I had the character sheet 🤣🤣🤣🙃🤷🏻‍♀️🤪🤦🏻‍♀️ 3w

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