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The Stand | Stephen King

Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #theStand
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 @jessclark78 @kathywheeler @imperfectcj @roary47 @fortifiedbybooks @kwmg40 @bookwormjillk @maddustkitties @tiedyedude @jenlovesjt47 @5feet.of.fury @balibee146 @bookwormahn @addison_reads @sconsinbookybadger @alldebooks @paperbackpirate @sace @bklover @karkar @julies_bookshelf_adventures @bekakins 4d

Bookwormjillk I don‘t even know where to start! I don‘t think I‘ll ever get sick of reading and re-reading this one. 4d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk never ever ever. Always and forever my favorite! 4d

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PaperbackPirate I wanted to join in on this one but just didn‘t have the time. Maybe later this year! 4d

TieDyeDude I really enjoyed the graphic novel adaptation. I'm not a fan of the artist's style, but it was consistent and the characters were discernable (which isn't always the case in comics with a large cast). The overall focus was more on the Colorado crew, but it never felt rushed or lacking. I would say the biggest miss was Trashy. His story kinda dropped off after he got to Vegas, so his role in the finale felt underdeveloped. 4d

TieDyeDude I has been about 5 years since I read The Stand for the first time. I was surprised at how much came back to me as I was doing this re-read, though I mostly forgot the Vegas finale 🤷‍♂️ Maybe in another 5 years, I'll read the uncut novel 😋 Has anyone done this on audio? (edited) 4d

Bookwormjillk @TieDyeDude yes, I did it on audio this time. It works. 4d

BarkingMadRead @TieDyeDude how can they do that to poor Trashy! He‘s so important! 4d

JessClark78 I‘m only about a hundred pages in, but this is my third or fourth time reading The Stand. I‘m always amazed at how King can write so many characters in one book. 4d

kwmg40 I too am doing a reread, but I only got about a quarter of the way through before having to return it to the library. It's a gripping read but I had way too many books on the go already. I'll resume when I get the book again, and in the meantime, I'm really enjoying this more leisurely read, instead of the frantic page-turning experience last time, trying to find out what happens next. 4d

bekakins I didn‘t manage to do a reread but this is one of my favourite King novels - such great character development in this one! 4d

Roary47 I read this last year and have to say it‘s one of my favorites. 😍 20h

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Now or Never | Janet Evanovich

I finally organized my anxiety bookshelf 🤣 the sorting was soothing and the putting of the books into then shelf was anxiety inducing 🤣🤣

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 5d

willaful Lol, we just can't win! 5d

AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 5d

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Pride and Premeditation | Tirzah Price

#bookspinbingo time! How is it almost April already?!? #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

Bookwormjillk I am really in denial about the April situation 6d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 6d

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The Third Gilmore Girl | Kelly Bishop

My daughter and I were supposed to be in London over the weekend but 💥 🔥 cancelled our flight 🙄 so we did a book crawl around Charlotte all weekend instead 🤷🏻‍♀️ not the same, but not all bad! 19 bookstores, plus one free ARC from one of them for spending too much money 🤣

kspenmoll What fun! Making the best of a bummer situation… 1w

AnnCrystal 👏🤩📚💝...This Spells Love 😉👍🏼📚💝. 1w

BarkingMadRead @kspenmoll @AnnCrystal yes!! 7d

Leftcoastzen When I saw your post & heard what happened at Heathrow I was hoping you got in ahead of it . Looks like you had fun even though you had to change things up ! 7d

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If We Were Villains | M.L. Rio

Bookclub book to be discussed next week! I packed a huge stack of books for my no longer existing trip to London 🤣 but I‘m sure I‘ll still have time to read! We haven‘t made alternate plans yet!

Bookwormjillk Are you just sitting on the airplane? 2w

dabbe Pretty nails! 🩵🩵🩵 2w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk we were in the air, I was flying from Charlotte to Newark 2w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead What a mess! 2w

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A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas

Heading to London with my daughter so we can see Tom Hiddleston in As You Like It. So much airport and airplane time ahead for reading!

Itchyfeetreader Hoping you are not heading into Heathrow? Safe travels 2w

BarkingMadRead @Itchyfeetreader well. I was. 2w

Ruthiella Gosh. Not a good day to fly to London. Wishing you luck. 🤞 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella not happening, unfortunately. We are trying to make US plans that are fun enough to make us stop feeling sorry for ourselves 2w

Bookwormjillk Oh no! 2w

willaful I'm so sorry. :-( 2w

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Mockingjay | Suzzane Collins

I just love these movies!

Gissy Me too♥️♥️♥️great adaptations 2w

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The Long Walk | Stephen King

Just a reminder that April‘s #LosersClub read is #theLongWalk Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about April 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

BookwormAHN I loved The Long Walk 🖤 And I'm still on the waite list for The Stand audiobook. 2w

BarkingMadRead @BookwormAHN I haven‘t read Long Walk in decades, I can‘t wait! I‘m still reading the Stand (for the gazillionth time) I‘ll be finishing mid April at this point 🤣 2w

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AllDebooks I started The Long Walk in December but bailed as found it troubling and non-festive. 😅 I'll go back to it as I do want to know the outcome. 1w

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks definitely not festive 🤣 1w

ElizaMarie I want to join this month :) please add me 14h

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Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ok #hashtagbrigade here is our April/May book! This book has 59 chapters! This is open to everyone, just remember that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so don‘t read my post until you‘ve read the day‘s chapter! We will read a chapter a day, starting April 1. Drop a comment below if you are joining in!

BarkingMadRead @litsyevents
@indoordame @librarybelle @tineke @bookwormjillk @rubyslippersreads @sace @currentlyreadinginco @annr @annececelie @BarbaraJean 2w

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @bklover @dabbe @peanutnine @willaful @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @jacqmac @lapreader 2w

BarkingMadRead @daisey @morr_books @covertocovergirl @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @larkken @samanne @5feet.of.fury @crinoline_laphroaig @daisey @kao @i.besteph @elizamarie @dieareader @AnishaInkspill 2w

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Librarybelle Looking forward to it! 2w

Bookwormjillk I actually have a real live paper book for this one! 2w

Cuilin I‘m in. 2w

mcctrish I‘m in and I‘m going to try and track down a print copy and I got it on the serial app for free ( trying not to give Amazon any more of my money ) (edited) 2w

Deblovestoread I'm in! 🙋‍♀️ 2w

dabbe Me, too, please! 🙋‍♀️ I think I have a copy somewhere on my horribly unorganized shelves. 🤣 2w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w

julieclair I‘m in! 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Downloaded from Project Gutenberg and ready to go! Looking forward to more Eliot! 2w

Ruthiella I‘m in! I‘m woefully under read re: George Elliot! 2w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2w

TheAromaofBooks As long as my copy comes in time, I'm in!! Hopefully I like it better than Middlemarch, which was a serious struggle! 2w

Daisey I‘m in, hopefully. I may fall woefully behind, but I want to try. 2w

KAO I need to pass on this one. These next months will be quite busy for me. 2w

quietjenn Yes please 2w

Morr_Books I'm in too, hopefully, but I've been terrible at keeping up with the reading pace. I'm only 1/3 thru Woman in White... 2w

Leftcoastzen Yes , please. May I join in? 2w

BarkingMadRead @Leftcoastzen absolutely! 2w

kwmg40 Please include me, thanks! 1w

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1w

AllDebooks Count me in, please. 😊 7d

eeclayton Please tag me in your posts, I plan to join you. 2d

Sparklemn Please tag me, too! 2d

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2d

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The Woman in White | Wilkie Colli

#butfirst #waltersmissionissuccessful #uncleuselessacknowledgeslaura #marianstayswiththem #asonisborn #porkchopmeetshisend #ratherdramatically #uncleuselesspassestoo #ratherundramatically #littlewaltistheheir #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 2w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 2w

Bookwormjillk I kept waiting for something shocking to happen but I guess they‘re all just happy and all the evil people are dead. Oh well 🤣 2w

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Bklover I feel bad for Marian. Forever the aunty. 2w

BarbaraJean It was a bit anticlimactic! More dramatic vindication would have been nice. Or at least a hilarious dramatic deathbed scene with dear Uncle. I‘m just glad Pesca didn‘t have to kill Porkchop. 2w

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean I definitely hoped for better deaths 🤣 2w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk #atleastthebadpeopledied small mercies and @BarbaraJean silver lining for Pesca 👏🏻👏🏻 2w

Bookwormjillk @BarbaraJean good point- happy for Pesca 2w

ElizaMarie @Bklover YES! I feel so badly for Marian. Like she was a super amazing woman, and if only she wasn't so ugly - ha! I mean, she kinda gets a happily ever after, but... only kinda? 2w

dabbe It creeped me out how #countporkchop lusted/loved Marian. There has to be someone out there for her! But you know what? She's Wilkie's independent woman, so maybe it's fitting that she ends up happily on her own. She, Walt, and Anne were my favorites. Oh, and Pesca, too!

Thanks for another fabulous read, #hashtagbrigade and our wittiest leader, @BarkingMadRead! 🤩🙌🏻🤩 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Heck yeah they did! I suspected that foreigner with a scar on his face might be the Brotherhood‘s vengeance but when he left the Count alone when Walt arrived at his house, I wasn‘t sure. He got the ending he deserved! 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Does anyone remember, if Laura hadn‘t managed to produce a son, would someone else have inherited Limmeridge? Or would a daughter have done the trick? Or could she have inherited in her own right? 2w

Ruthiella @Bklover @ElizaMarie @dabbe We can all write our own ending for Marian. I see her meeting Mr. Gilmore‘ son (or nephew or daughter or niece, whatever your flavor) and starting a beautiful partnership both personally and professionally as private detectives. 2w

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I think she would have inherited in her own right. 2w

TheAromaofBooks I ended up loving this one!! Thanks so much for hosting @BarkingMadRead - this one was an unexpected win for me 😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I love that ending!! @TheAromaofBooks I was pleasantly surprised as well! I really loved this one! 2w

dabbe @Ruthiella Love this! 🤩🤩🤩 2w

KAO I enjoyed this a lot! Thanks so much! 2w

Leftcoastzen What a wonderful book ! Glad for the happy ending (it‘s about time) so many of the characters are so well crafted, they could have a book of their own ! Yay,Marian! Thanks @BarkingMadRead 2w

Bklover @Ruthiella That‘s a perfect ending!! I love it! 6d

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

I almost forgot to post!
Epoch 3, part 4 #thisfreakingguy #nothingnewreally #lotsofbragging #hugecrushonmarian 🙄 #morebragging #insufferabletwit #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 2w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Why was this so fun and SO GROSS at the same time? I nominate we change his name from #countporkchop to #countcreepula 2w

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mcctrish I laughed out loud twice during #countporkchop ‘s side of the story with his insertions about how awesome he is 🤣🤣 but cringed at how much he looovvvveeddd Marian ( but it saved her so yay Marian) every time someone describes him I hear in the back of my mind “how fat was he?” like part of a running joke 2w

Bookwormjillk Honestly I would read a whole book told from the POV of Uncle and Count. They‘re awful but so funny. And he wasn‘t wrong about Marian. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly for real! I laughed the whole time. @mcctrish I could only use drawings of him, the actors they used were never fat enough 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

Bklover The illustration is perfect!😂😂 2w

BarbaraJean @Bklover The illustration is absolutely perfect, in no small part because at first I interpreted the right hand as a foot and his belly as the leg attached to that “foot,“ and the ridiculousness of that pose + the ridiculousness of seeing my error had me cackling 😂 😂 Also: does he have smoke coming out of his ear?!? What is happening?! 2w

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean omg I never noticed that smoke, wtf?!? 2w

ElizaMarie @BarbaraJean The SMOKE!!! Ha maybe its a “he is full of hot air“ type of reference. 2w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 3, part 3, ch 4-7: Pesca! #waltthinksporkchopisaspy #hecallsonsweetpescatohelp #offtotheopera #porkchopisafraidofpesca #waltfindsoutwhy #whathappensinthebrotherhoodstaysinthebrotherhood #pescaismaybenotsosweet #waltsendspescaanote #justincase #offtoconfrontporkchop #whoknewwaltwasabadass #impressed #anyway #waltthreatensporkchopthreatenswalt #porkchopwriteshiscinfession #thenheruns #themicehekeeps 🙄 #peaceoutporkchop #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 2w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 2w

Bklover Who is the sneaky foreigner who follows porkchop? Hopefully one of the good guys! 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Bklover I hope we find out, there‘s not much left! 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I was highly suspicious that the Count was really a spy back when Laura said it randomly! #yaypesca #waltlauramarianthrouple #changemymind 2w

Bklover @Clare-Dragonfly Laura doesn‘t actually say a whole lot in this book, so it was definitely notable! She‘s generally too busy being fragile 😉 2w

Bookwormjillk Porkchop‘s schedule and his description of the birds had me cracking up. 2w

Ruthiella I read many years ago somewhere that Count Fosco was an influence on the Bond villain, Bloefeld (the one with the white cat). I see the connection. Charming but deadly. Fond of animals. 2w

mcctrish Porkchop laughing at Walt not accepting coffee - the English always pick the wrong thing to be worried about. Yet the Italian played a long con for something Laura would have happily given her aunt - her inheritance and skipped the murder/lock up 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

ElizaMarie @BkLover I love your description of Laura #TooFragileToFunction :) I hope this #MysteryMan does something!!! (edited) 2w

ElizaMarie #INeedATwist at the end! 2w

Leftcoastzen #yaypesca I‘m so tired of #countporkchop making their lives miserable. Love the scene where he grows fearful at the Opera ! 2w

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Woman in White, The | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 3, part 3, ch 1-3: that freaking count #waltertiesuplooseends #mariansendsascaryletter #waltrusheshome #porkchopcausingtrouble #threateningtosendlaurabacktotheasylum #asshole #marianandlauramove #waltisonamission #butfirst #offtotheseaforsomefreshair #lauraisalmostbacktonormal #whichobviouslyleadstoawedding #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads
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BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 2w

Bookwormjillk I hope Percy really is dead for their sake 2w

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk if he shows up alive I will throw this book into the woods 🤣 2w

Clare-Dragonfly No surprise on Anne‘s parentage. Poor girl. I want to know how Walt and Laura can get married when she‘s legally dead?! 2w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly i thought the same thing! How legal is this marriage, sir?!? 2w

ElizaMarie Maybe she‘s getting married as Anne? Or could they flee the country? (edited) 2w

Leftcoastzen @BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 👏😂😂😂😂😂 2w

mcctrish Dead ladies can‘t do crimes but they can get married ✊🏻 @Bookwormjillk I just can‘t help think some other poor chap got thrown in the burning vestry 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I hope they‘re not pulling a #percypig and sneaking their names onto some church‘s registry 😂 2w

dabbe Sounds like the Fairlie bros were both quite a piece of work. #thebros #thankfullynottherussianbros 2w

BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead SAME QUESTION. How?!? @mcctrish #werideatdawn #toburnstuffdown #andalsogetmarried 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe And #countessdeadeyes is their sister! What a childhood they must have had. 2w

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly IKR? 🤩 2w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 3, part 2: Mrs C‘s letter #aintsheapeach #weprettymuchknewallofthisalready #soproudofanneatandinguptopercypig #but #mrsCnevercheated #shejusttookgifts #interesting #impressedthatshesavedmoney #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads
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mcctrish I do like a woman with no fucks to give 2w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish and casting was on point with this one 🤣 2w

mcctrish Absolutely on point 2w

Clare-Dragonfly It‘s a bit anticlimactic that he really is the son of Sir Felix, just illegitimate. His parents lived together as though they were married, and he was raised as the son, so really, what‘s the difference?! I agree with being impressed she saved money! (edited) 2w

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly I agree! 2w

dabbe I absolutely detest #snottymrsc for allowing Laura to be placed in a “private“ asylum so as to avoid any talk in public. What an absolute bitch. She saved all the $ and not once helped our #nicemrsc and Laura. Again. #absolutebitch HBC is perfect in this role. 2w

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly anticlimactic is the right word for it. 2w

Bklover Know I‘m late with this one as I just caught up. As soon as I saw the photo I laughed- I agree with you- perfect casting! 2w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 3, part 1, ch 9-11: short chapter tomorrow! #wellnowweknowthesecret #waltplaysdetective #somanyobstacles #jail #assholes #nightrunningwithoutaheadlamp #fire 🔥 #vestryisgone #soispercypig 🤷🏻‍♀️ #cliffhangerending #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 2w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 2w

Ruthiella I feel like Percy got off too easily. A terrible death, yes. But where‘s the justice? 2w

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mcctrish This was wild and I am still not convinced #percypig died. I‘m with @Ruthiella too easy #whatawickedweb 2w

BarbaraJean @Ruthiella I felt the same. I need to see vindication! @mcctrish Could Percy have a doppelganger as well? 😂 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I was right! 🙌🏻 Though what Walt discovers seems to prove above all that #percypig‘s so-called parents weren‘t married. So why does Mrs. Clements think Sir Felix was married? There are more mysteries to unravel. I also disagree with him: I think #percypig is just the kind of idiot to set the fire on purpose. The Count would have had a better plan, but obviously #percypig didn‘t want #countporkchop to know his Secret. 2w

Leftcoastzen I‘m thinking more mysteries to come ! I knew when that notation seemed wedged in , no marriage, but so many layers with this story ! Yeah , I could imagine #percypig could have set fire on purpose, not knowing he was trapped. 2w

Bookwormjillk I was a little disappointed in the secret to be honest, but am now thinking either Count set the fire or Percy escaped. 2w

ElizaMarie Because the other dude has gotten confused and thought Walt was Percy —- it makes me think Percy is alive. And/Or he might have tries to catch Walt in the fire and kill him instead? #SomethingIsOff #IDontTrustThis 2w

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie I wondered the same, you kind of need someone who knows the man to ID him 🙄 2w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 3, part 1, ch 5-8: the beginning was giving me Clue vibes #sonowweknowhowtheygotanne #freakingporkchop #ireallythoughtitwaspercypig #walthuntsdownmrsC #thetruthcomesout #kindof #annesmomissomethingspecial #butwhoisannesdad #percypigsupportsannesmom #nosurprisethere #annesmomispsycho #nicetrywalt #whatsupwiththeclergymanthough #doesannesmomhaveatype #hmmmmm #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads
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BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @Morr_Books 3w

Ruthiella Even though I have read this before, I don‘t remember Percy‘s secret. I‘m on tenterhooks! 🫣 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella it better be good! 3w

Bookwormjillk Great pic. Also Laura calling out the fact that Walt and Marian make a better couple. Even she knows. Seems cruel to make her think she's making money with those drawings though. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I feel like this could bite them in the butt 3w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead yup 3w

mcctrish Everyone knows Walt and Marian belong together! 🤣if only she wasn‘t so ugly ☹️ The #manofaction really is an evil mastermind, Marian and Laura know #countporkchop needs to be stopped 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I am growing stronger in my belief that #percypig isn‘t really who he says he is! If he was born abroad it would be pretty easy to fake—either he switched places with the real Glyde child, or there was no real one, or he‘s illegitimate and just pretended to be legit when he came back. But how does Mrs. Catherick know his secret? And who is Anne‘s father? And could Mrs. Catherick not really be her mother? So many mysteries! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Yeah, I really don‘t like that they‘re lying to her about that ☹️ You‘d think they could have come up with some real work for her to do. 3w

ElizaMarie Hmm.. I am confused about the ages here. Is Anne young and #PercyPig old enough to be her father? What if #CountPorkChop is the daddy? No, that wouldn't be it. Maybe the who #WhoIStheDaddy is a #RedHerring. This is 1/2 Telenovela 1/2 Jerry Springer 1/2 Maury (ha!) - You are NOT the father! 3w

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead Maybe they are the perfect Victoria thruple. 😱😂 (edited) 3w

Leftcoastzen Interesting reading but I need to find out the secret! 3w

Ruthiella @ElizaMarie I think Percy is at least 15 years older than Ann or Laura. So he could be the father. But as Walt surmises, that seems unlikely based on his and Mrs. Catherick‘s behavior. 3w

BarbaraJean @Ruthiella Me too!! The only parts I remember vividly from my first reading are Walt‘s exclamation of “the lady is ugly!” and Dear Uncle‘s parentheticals. I do NOT remember The Secret that is so central to the plot… 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3w

Ruthiella @BarbaraJean What I remembered was the barest outline of the plot and the charming but dangerous Count Fosco. His was the only character name I remembered. 😂 3w

BarbaraJean @Ruthiella The Count is pretty memorable! I never trusted #countporkchop on this reading, but I don't know if that's my memory or just that he's clearly dangerous from the beginning. When I correctly anticipate plot points, I'm never quite sure whether I'm picking up the clues Collins is giving us, or if I'm just remembering it from before and not realizing that I remember it. 😂 3w

Marctgore I genuinely enjoyed it. I've been thinking about adapting your story into my comic style, and I would be thrilled to bring it to life in that format. I believe you'll be pleased with the results, and perhaps you'd even consider sharing it once it's done.
I'm a skilled digital artist with professional experience, and I offer paid services for my work. I don't work for free, but I assure you that the quality will be worth it. We can discuss pricing 3w

BarkingMadRead @Marctgore I do believe you are in the wrong place 🤣 3w

KAO @BarkingMadRead Nowhere is safe from these guys! 😂 3w

mcctrish Apparently Marci Gore is new on IG too 🤷🏻‍♀️ I guess we should be thankful when the scammers are so obvious, not like #percypig and #countporkchop (edited) 2w

BarkingMadRead @kao @mcctrish at least put some effort in there 🤣 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I‘m also the only actual person she‘s following, should I feel special? 2w

mcctrish At least she‘s reading P & P - CoHo would be a serious red flag 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w

dabbe @mcctrish @BarkingMadRead @KAO ... Here's what @Marctgore wrote on @Crinoline_Laphroaig's post re: P&P:
“Hi there! Your book is incredibly fascinating and impressive; it is genuinely unique and captivating. I'd be delighted to offer some suggestions to boost its popularity and success...“

I. Kid. You. Not. Apparently he/she thinks P&P was not written by Austen. 😳🤣😳

Here's the link to the entire post: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2847420 2w

mcctrish @dabbe because they are reading p&p I wondered if they‘d find @Crinoline_Laphroaig but I didn‘t want to help them 😂 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w

dabbe @mcctrish Good thinking! I just let the entire cat out of the bag! 🤩🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Now that I've just reread the comments to you and the #hashtagbrigade, I believe by they also thought you wrote THE WOMAN IN WHITE! 🤣🤣🤣 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig 🤣 2w

KAO 😂 2w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 3, part 1, ch 1-4: Walter does some sleuthing #sonowweknow #mariansneakslauraoutoftheasylum #justintimetofindwalter #walteriatryingtofigureoutthedetails #typingerror #movingon #visittothelawyer #hastobesneakytogethome #poorlaura #anyway #porkchopsendsalettertomarian #passiveagressiveass #hethreatenswalt #walthasanewplan #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 3w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @Morr_Books 3w

mcctrish What would Kryle say if he read the letter ? (edited) 3w

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mcctrish Also #unclenervous is the WORST 3w

Clare-Dragonfly The Count is a Man of Action! https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Forigi... 3w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 3w

Bookwormjillk Am I the only one that thinks Walter and Marian would make a much better couple? 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I totally agree, they are much more suited to each other 3w

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk You are not the only one! 3w

dabbe @mcctrish Such a narcissistic wimp! 3w

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly Good one! 🤩 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Nope. Laura just lies around, saying “Ah is me.“ She's the typical #damselindistress Marian is so much more interesting! 🤩 3w

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Oh, they would be! They work together really well. I suspect it is an Elinor Dashwood and Colonel Brandon type of situation… 3w

mcctrish I ship Waltarian/Marialter completely @Bookwormjillk also @Clare-Dragonfly despite the menacing tone of the letter I did laugh out loud at #manofaction @dabbe I‘d lose my marbles too if no one believed me that I was me especially my stupid fucking uncle but I‘d burn his house to the ground cuz if I‘m dead who can make me pay #letsgohauntunclenervous 3w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I thought the same thing 3w

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish dead ladies can‘t do crimes 3w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk that might be a whole other book 🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3w

dabbe @mcctrish I think if we ripped up his drawings/sketches or whatever-the-hell they are, he'd die instantly of an aneurysm. #unclenervousnelly 3w

mcctrish @dabbe we ride at dawn 3w

dabbe @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 3w

BarbaraJean @Bookwormjillk You‘re not wrong about Marian, but according to Walter “the lady is ugly!” 🙄 3w

BarbaraJean @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish @dabbe We have our fanfic title ready: “Dead Ladies Can‘t Do Crimes: We Ride at Dawn.” Who‘s gonna write it? I‘m first in line to read! 3w

Leftcoastzen I‘m so mad at all of them ! #greedyPercy #ManofAction #unclenervousnelly 3w

ElizaMarie @BarbraJean @Boomwormjillk @mcctrish @dabbe - I‘d read that book!!!! 3w

dabbe @BarbaraJean @Bookwormjillk OMG, this is #perfection! 🤩🤣🤩 I say @mcctrish can start it because she had the best line: “We ride at dawn.“ 🤩 3w

dabbe @ElizaMarie 🤩🤣🤗 3w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen #menofthe19thcenturysuck 👊🏻 3w

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Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins

Movie #2 I forgot how crazy it starts out!

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The Sirens: A Novel | Emilia Hart

Waiting room reading

DieAReader 😢😢😢 3w

AmandaBlaze I have this ARC! 3w

BarkingMadRead @AmandaBlaze I love netgalley 🤣 I‘m a little behind on this one, but it‘s really good! 3w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

2nd epoch, part 5 aka all the narratives #eventhetombstone #letsstartwiththenewcook #stjohnswood #porkchophaslaura 😳 #lockedawayinaroom #sick #arethoseflowerspoison #lauradies #omg #myheart #thedocarrangesthefuneral #alongwithjane #waltersurvivesthreetragedies #makesithome #mamatellshimlauradied #offtothecemetaryhegoes #tobemetbylaura 😳😳😳🪦🪦🪦👻👻👻#stop #omg #cliffhanger #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 3w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 3w

Bookwormjillk Wait! What????? Was it Laura or was it the lady in white? This book is such a soap opera! 3w

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mcctrish What. The. Hell. 3w

Leftcoastzen Maybe one of those poisons that makes you seem dead but you are not ? I went through all the stages of grief. He would get the money but it probably be worth it to be rid of him . 3w

BarkingMadRead @Leftcoastzen I wondered the same thing, I can‘t wait to see what happens next! 3w

dabbe I recall #porkchop hinting to #percypig that he had a plan re: the likeness between Anne and Laura. This must be it. Anne's the one with the heart problem, so Anne's the one who died at #porkchop's place. Laura has to be the one alive and the one that Walter met in the cemetery with Marian. Now we need to fill in how she got there. @Bookwormjillk: #soapoperaindeed

I feel like I'm playing CLUE: Laura is in the library with the wrench .... 🤣 3w

dabbe Just read this from good ol' Wikipedia; it definitely confirms the soap-operaness of this novel! 🤩
“Collins's works were classified at the time as sensation novels, a genre that became the precursor to detective and suspense fiction. He also wrote penetratingly on the plight of women and on the social and domestic issues of his time.“ 3w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe for real! Total telenovella, this is CLUE, the movie 🤣 3w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe ohhhh good theory. And the flowers did something right? Pork Chop did it in the bedroom with the bouquet. 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk #perfection 🤩🤩🤩 3w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Circa 1860s. 🤩🤣🤩 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Twin switch! I knew it!!!! @dabbe That‘s exactly how I think it went! (edited) 3w

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Yesssss 😂 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I love the inclusion of “the narrative of the tombstone.” So dramatic! So fitting for the way the novel is told! So unexpected! 3w

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly yes the tombstone part was A+ 3w

ElizaMarie #JawDropped 🫢 3w

KAO I did not see that coming!! (But in retrospect probably should have!) 3w

julieclair I've never thought of flowers as a murder weapon, lol. (Except maybe when consumed as poison.) 💐☠️ 3w

BarkingMadRead @julieclair when I think of flowers I think of Carol on the walking dead #lookattheflowers 3w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

2nd epoch, part 3: well, this took a turn #herewego #marianissupersick #thedociscalled #porkchopthinksheknowsmore #thedociaunthrilled #doctorporkchophireshisownnurse #thenhepissesofftherealdoc #docleaves #mrsmichelsoniasentonanerrand #thatsnotsus #shereturnsdayslater #marianisgoneoffwithporckchopanddeadeyes #lauraissuspicious #sheleavesthenextday #percypigsaysporkchopwillpickherup #lauraasksmrsVtomeetherinstead 🤞🏻 #mrsMfindsoutthetruth ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #marianneveverleft 😳 #theevilnursehadherinanotherwing #wtf #evilnursebails #percypigpitchesafitandthenheleaves #mrsMstayswithmarian #whereislaura #MBelievesporckchopisinnocent #innocentofwhat #thesuspenseiskillingme #ihopeitwilllast #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #whew 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 3w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @Morr_Books 3w

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Ruthiella I love how rain causes such illnesses in Regency/Victorian novels (see also Sense & Sensibility). 💧💧🤒 3w

mcctrish OMG the twists and the turns. Pork chop is a master manipulator #oceans11vibes Percy Pig is such a twat! Where the hell did typhus come from? I swear at this point I was thinking did the ‘private nurse‘ bring it? Or were they just one step away from typhus at this point in history despite being upper class and having household staff to clean up the lice, etc…? 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I was going to google it, but i was afraid to go down the rabbit hole 🤣 I am very suspicious of the whole thing though, like was it ever typhus? Did they pay that young doc to lie? So many questions! 3w

Bookwormjillk This section was bananas. What do we read tomorrow? The rest of Epoch 2? 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes! It‘s only like 10 pages, how sweet is that?!? 3w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead I feel like this entire book is a lesson in gaslighting #idontknowwhichendisup #trustnoone 3w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead very sweet! @mcctrish yes on the gaslighting. I feel like Pork Chop is playing chess and Percy is playing checkers but they‘re both very effective in their manipulations. 3w

julieclair So much going on here!! I love it! But I‘m very afraid for Laura in London. 😬 3w

Leftcoastzen Didn‘t they mention that #countporkchop knew about poisoning? Some of course kill you , but others can make you sick. Though lady gets wet , gets a chill, gets real sick is common in these novels 3w

dabbe My lord, how women were at the mercy of men in this era. You're simply property, and that's it. Oh, and an apparent ATM for all of your debts. #percypig and #porkchop are beyond evil. So much melodrama! That's what Collins was known for, and he writes it well! What a soap opera this would be! 3w

ElizaMarie Growing up we werw always warned not to go outside with our hair wet (Mexican superstition) — 3w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

2nd epoch, part 2: this was actually really funny 🤣 #andalsodevastating #countessdeadeyesdruggedpoorfanny #stolethelawyersletter #leftablankinitsplace #uncleuselesshatesmariansletter #marriedpeople 🙄 #secretions 🤣 #invitesmariantovisitalone #porkchopshowsup #bullinachinashop #overwhelmsuncleuseless #askstosendlaurahome #interesting #uselessagrees #lawyerwasconcernedbutnotenoughiguess #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @catlass007 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 3w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @Morr_Books 3w

TheAromaofBooks I have been genuinely impressed by the different voices for the different POVs. Each one has really sounded distinct - even the tiny postscript by the Count yesterday. This was honestly maybe my favorite so far, despite the fact (because of the fact??) that I can't stand this guy! 😂 3w

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mcctrish I hate all the men but @TheAromaofBooks it‘s true, each POV is so distinct it really is awesome 3w

mcctrish Will they send Marian to the asylum? 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish omg I hope not, but if she‘s alone in that house there‘s nobody to stop it from happening 3w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead and unconscious/delirious with fever 😔 they knew she was out there, they lured her 3w

ElizaMarie Its a toss-up for me on which male character in this book I hate more. That #UncleUseless I almost pity him! Almost! and #EweSecretions !!! 3w

Bookwormjillk This was really funny and frightening all at the same time. This picture is perfect. The count is really playing chess. What is going on? 3w

CatLass007 Hi my friend. Would you please remove me from this and all future posts except for what‘s coming up next year? I am so overwhelmed with buddy reads. I have to cut something somewhere. I may still read the books and pop in from time to time, but I‘m trying to take some of the pressure off myself. Self imposed pressure. 3w

Bookwormjillk Also I'm listening to Pride and Prejudice now too and imagining it being told from the perspective of Uncle Useless. I wish all books had an Uncle Useless chapter. 3w

BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 I totally get it! 3w

CatLass007 Thank you. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly #CountPorkchop is SO DIABOLICAL!!! I am afraid for Marian because I‘m pretty sure #UncleUseless is wrong about Laura being unwilling to leave without her, when they already agreed on this course of action. And of course if the count thinks it‘s a good idea, it must be a bad one! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Yes, good point! I knew the Count was the author of the postscript within a line or two. 3w

Leftcoastzen #uncleuseless makes me laugh then I get so angry at him! OMG ! The POVs in this book are all so good. It saddens my heart that these women are trapped in this situation. 3w

KAO Ah! I am caught up after a brief lapse. I agree that the varying points of view are marvelously done! I am very worried for Marian at this point, as I considered her the strongest character to search for the truth and defend Laura—and as I see that no other coming chapters in the table of contents appear to be coming from her point of view, I fear the worst. Meanwhile the grumblings of Mr. Fairlie really amused me! What a curmudgeon! 3w

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Yes! Each POV is so well done! And today‘s section is perfect and so hilarious! 3w

BarbaraJean Today‘s section was much-needed comic relief after the infuriating postscript to yesterday‘s section… and also really frustrating because I NEED to know what‘s happening back at Blackwater and what #countporkchop is plotting. (And I‘ve read this before… I just don‘t remember 😂) 3w

julieclair I must admit I enjoyed the comic relief #UncleUseless provided in this section, secretions and all! 3w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

2nd epoch, part 2, ch 7-10: #yall #myheart #herewego #buckleup #percypigcatcheslaura #interceptsanotefromanne #thinkslauraknowstheSecret #firesfanny #abuseslaura 🤬#locksherup #countporkchopanddeadeyestakemariansside #ordotheyidonttrustthem #deadeyesspies #marianwriteslettersforfannytodeliver #thecountfollowsher #didheintercepttheletters #icanttell #percypigandporkchopmeetinthelibrary #marianspiderclimbstospy #soproud #talkofdebt #talkofmurder ⬇️

BarkingMadRead #percypigseemsagainstit #porkchopismoreinvolvedthanithought #bleedingthewomensmoneydry #pouringrain #marianmakesitback #writesitallup #andpassesout #porkchopfindsthediary #hisnotationisdiabolical #myheartlegitstopped #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @catlass007 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 3w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 3w

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Clare-Dragonfly I‘m so proud of Marian for being so proactive and brave. The Count is so evil! I‘m worried about what will happen to Anne 😬 He keeps finding things Marian has written and not destroying or messing with them even if that would be the smart thing to do… because he‘s so diabolical he thinks he‘ll get away with it anyway! I hope he doesn‘t! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Any guesses on #percypig‘s Secret? I wonder if he isn‘t really who he says he is… maybe a bastard or the product of an affair? 3w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhhh I wonder! Because Anne‘s mom knew the secret first! I can‘t wait to find out 3w

mcctrish #percypig #countporkchop #countessdeadeyes what a trio of terror 3w

ElizaMarie Cringy! #DontWriteInMyJournal 3w

ElizaMarie I wonder if somehow Percy is related to Anne? Or had impregnated her? Ahhh I need to know how damaging this secret is!? Its got to be juicy with all this talk of murder! Oooo maybe they know Percy murdered someone (Ann‘s daddy?) 3w

Leftcoastzen Greedy & creepy they are ! 3w

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A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas

Started this today! I got the bookmark last week at a romance bookshop! #littensloveacotar

StayCurious I love that! 3w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 2, part 1, ch 4-6: so stressful #laurawontsignthepapers #soproud #countporkchopstepsin #percyleaves #marianwritestothelawyer #countporkchopreadit 😳 #countesscoldeyeshelpshim 🙄 #lauraandmariantakeastroll #followed 😳 #bywho #butnowweknowwhatanasspercyis #notsurprised #dick #marianinterceptstheletter #countporkchopshowsupimmediately #porkchopcluesinpercy #nosignaturenow #whew #but #anneisback #sheknowspercyssecret #theplotthickens #staytuned

BarkingMadRead #hashtagbrigade 3w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @catlass007 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 @rubyslippersreads 3w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess @morr_books 3w

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Leftcoastzen 😂👏 3w

Bookwormjillk Super stressful 3w

Leftcoastzen I was hoping they might be able to get a letter out & get a response. #Countporkchop keeps a close eye on things , I know novels of this era draws things out , but I‘m yelling at the book if there is a secret , tell Laura & Marian NOW!😄 3w

mcctrish #countporkchop is the mastermind! How much money does #percypig owe him? I loathe the countess, Ann is the hero 3w

Clare-Dragonfly How exciting! I wanted to cheer when Laura wouldn‘t sign the paper without reading it. She learned something from Emily! 😂 I‘m glad #countporkchop only read Marian‘s letter—I was afraid he would have tampered with it. 3w

ElizaMarie #WhatIsTheSecret !? I need to know! The suspense keeps building up! 3w

julieclair So much suspense. #bitingmynails I was surprised #Countporkchop didn‘t just destroy the letter after reading it. 3w

julieclair @mcctrish Yes to everything you said! 💯 3w

dabbe I can't stop laughing at the #percypig, #countporkchop and #countesscoldeye hashtags! 🤣 3w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe they take up so much space but it‘s so worth it 🤣🤣🤣 3w

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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) | Suzanne Collins

When the hubs lets me pick the movie

dabbe 🤩🙌🏻🤩 4w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 2, 1st story parts 1-3: Laura is back #differentbutthesame #nopeekintothemarriage #seemsshady #countfoscothough #verypowerfulman #hebroketheaunt #thatwomanwillsnap #ihopewegettowatch #shadydealingswithpercy #ihopelauradoesntsign #marianisleftout #butfirstawalk #countisananimalwhisperer #yesideliberatelyavoidedthedogdying 😢😢😢 #percyisunthrilledaboutmrsC #tenseconversations #foscoworriesme #thatpaperworriesme #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @catlass007 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @kwmg40 4w

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess 4w

Clare-Dragonfly My only positive thought with Fosco is that if he likes to hang out with other Italians maybe we‘ll get to see Pesca again! Though TBH he‘s not wrong about morals. Does Marian remind anyone else of Jo from Little Women with all her little masculine traits? I love it. 4w

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mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly both Fosco and #percypig have sliding scale morals so they‘d know. I think Laura will sign because she‘s basically broken too. What is up with Mrs Catherick?! 4w

Bookwormjillk He‘s evil but he also walks around with a cage full of mice. This is such a delightfully weird book. 4w

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly And if I remember right, Pesca fled Italy for some reason. Wonder if there's a connection there with the evil Count? 🤔 4w

dabbe @mcctrish #percypig 🎯🎯🎯! 4w

dabbe The house is decrepit in some areas, there's a scary lake and dark forest which makes Marian feel claustrophobic, a dog dies that was SHOT!, some of the servants are questionable ... we are not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy! Marian and Laura are away from ALL who care about them, especially the lawyer. They are now completely vulnerable and at the hands of #percypig and #countporkchop 😱 4w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe #countporkchop 🤣🤣🤣 4w

mcctrish That sums it up @dabbe and #countporkchop he shall be 4w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🤣🤩🤣 4w

dabbe @mcctrish #pig&pork 🤣 4w

BarbaraJean @dabbe A scary lake that #percypig and #countporkchop casually discuss whether it‘s a suitable location for committing a murder. Because THAT‘S not weird at all. Totally normal. Nothing to see here… (edited) 4w

BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly When Marian says England is “unquestionably virtuous” in not killing “thousands of innocent people on the most frivolous pretexts”—that they are “free from all guilt of that kind”—I just said to myself: “Oh, honey…” 😵‍💫 Fosco ain‘t wrong, that‘s for sure! (edited) 4w

dabbe @BarbaraJean Excellent point and foreshadowing ... I'm loving how Gothic this is--but such better plot over #verdantverdure UDOLPHO! 🤩🤣🤗 4w

ElizaMarie Yall kill me!! #PercyPig and #CountPorkchop --- I can't even!!! 4w

Leftcoastzen So many bad signs , Laura not telling Marian ANYTHING about her husband, the creepy murder talk. #countporkchop and his mouse circus , you can tell #percypig needs money because of the condition of the estate. I keep thinking, don‘t sign Laura, no one around to help Laura or Marian 3w

Morr_Books I'm gonna catch up this weekend and then join the discussions, so feel free to add me! 😀 3w

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The Stand | Stephen King

Laughing because this is the bookmark that came up in my mug, it‘s from a romance author at a book con I went to a couple years ago. Not so sure doctor romance could handle Captain Trips 🤣 #losersclub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 4w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

@Bookwormjillk this one‘s for you #shabbyhairring #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Ew, but probably more environmentally responsible than diamonds? 4w

ElizaMarie Gross!!!! 4w

BarbaraJean 😂 😂 😂 4w

KAO Eeks! 4w

dabbe #wth? 😱🤯😰 4w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 1, part 3: Marian‘s diary #ihavesomuchtosay #lauraleavesituptopercy #aftersheconfessestolovinganother #hestillwantstomarryher 😳 #thiswouldmakeagreatsoapopera #mariandoesnttrusthim #percychoosesaweddingdate #whilethegirlsareaway #thatsnotsketchy #mariangetswaltajobinSAmerica #waltislosinghisshit #orhishe #whoisfollowinghim #marriageprep #mariantriestoseepercyinabetterlight #shesucceeds #until #wtfdidhesaytolaura #toolatenow #shabbyring ⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #sketchyrelatives #couldtherebeaplanbetweenpercyandthecount #morefrommariannext #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 4w

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Bookwormjillk I was hopping for a picture of a shabby hair ring. This would make an excellent soap. 4w

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ElizaMarie So - If we didn't know that he wants #ALLtheMoney , then choosing to marry her after she tells him she loves another and plans to remain a singleton is kinda sweet (maybe). But.. yeah! Also, I didn't even think the Count and him were in cahoots until you mentioned it! MAYBE!!! - I was just thinking - small world with the rich. Oooo I love telenovelas! This would be a great one! I like this Marian :) 4w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk ugh i wish i had looked for a shabby hair ring 🤣🤣 4w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I probably shouldn't google that at work. 4w

BarbaraJean @Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I found this #shabbyring: https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/rings/cocktail-rings/antique-victorian-18k-yello... and also this: https://ladynextdoorvintage.com/products/antique-victorian-woven-hair-15k-gold-b... 😖 😬 4w

Clare-Dragonfly 1. Marian is my favorite now! I just wish she‘d let herself stick with hating Percy. Why do you hate him? Because you‘re smart! 2. Looks like Walt is in for a fun adventure. If the ship doesn‘t go down. 3. Not sure who sucks worse, Percy or Uncle. 4. Percy sure isn‘t acting like a man deeply in debt. Marian isn‘t acting like she knows he‘s in debt. I bet she and Laura don‘t know about the debt or his money grab. Does Uncle? 4w

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean ew that second one, the hair is on your skin 😳 I don‘t know why, but that grossed me out 🤣 4w

Clare-Dragonfly 5. They‘re going to Italy to meet the horrible aunt and her horrible count husband! (I know he‘s horrible because he‘s friends with Percy.) Somebody‘s going to get locked in a room, aren‘t they?! 4w

BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly Uncle knows! Didn't Mr. Gilmore fill him in on it all? Not that he listened... #mynerves 🙄 4w

BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead Ugh, I know! And the little buckle? #nope 4w

Clare-Dragonfly @BarbaraJean You‘re right! I guess he doesn‘t care because it has no effect on his precious etchings 🙄 4w

BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly I think I hate Uncle more than Percy. Somehow I respect greed and potential murder-plotting and whatever other nefarious deeds are in his past more than self-absorbed laziness and dramatics. 4w

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - For REAL the uncle is the villain of the piece! It's been a while since I wanted to punch a fictional character so badly 😂 4w

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly someone is most certainly going to get locked in a room. 4w

Bklover Just checked out the rings @BarbaraJean - they are a definite #nothankyou 4w

julieclair @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk Now that you've got me thinking about it, I'm 100% certain the person getting locked in a room will be Laura. 4w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk @BarbaraJean it‘s the shabby that‘s killing me, in my mind the hair of the hair ring is frizzy 🤢 like it‘s regifted 4w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣 I was thinking more that the ring itself was shabby, but now you got me wondering…… 4w

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly Marian is hands down the best! The uncle is the WORST! I don‘t think anyone knows #percypig is in debt but Gilmore was trying to keep Laura‘s inheritance for her as her father had set it out ( I think he‘s rolling over in his grave for pushing this marriage on Laura and then rolling again over leaving #unclenerves in charge of everything ) and I‘m getting even stronger #udolphovibes from this Italian tour 4w

BarbaraJean @mcctrish Oh, gross—that mental picture makes it worse! And it doesn‘t say whose hair it is, does it? 😬😵‍💫 4w

mcctrish @BarbaraJean hair jewelry is mourning jewelry, made to remember spouses or family and a bloody horrible wedding gift and creepy AF. Maybe her mother‘s hair ? 4w

Leftcoastzen #mynerves that uncle has me so angry, so focused on his “fragile” self & his etchings, shirking his duties. And what did awful Percy say ? Marian is wonderful, I‘m totally creeped out and concerned for the trip to the continent.😡 4w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 1, part 2: y‘all. Damn. #herewego #percyshowsup #iamnotafan #heissomanipulative #marianseesrightthroughhim #lauraavoidshim #thelawyerlikeshim #until #lauradoesntwanttomarryhim #gilmoreleavesandawaitslaurasdecision #percyhasthemaloneallweek #suddenylaurasaysyes #wtf #gilmoreworksonthesettlement #percywantsallhermoney #thatsnotsus 🙄 #fairlieallowsit #dude #idonottrustpercy #neitherdoesgilmore #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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CatLass007 Truth! That is completely understandable. 4w

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willaful Could you take me off the tag list please? I'd really like to read it with you but I just don't seem to be doing it. :-( 4w

BarkingMadRead @willaful absolutely 4w

ElizaMarie Percy is lower than a dog! That doggie not liking him is a #RedFlag and just #AlllTheMoney IF she dies? Hmm... are we setting up for some future murder? Or is my mind just dark/gutter? And -- Why does she have to marry #RightBefore she is of age? Like if she was of age, would she have been able to make the will work? 4w

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie that‘s exactly what I thought! He‘s twice her age, obviously he will be the first to go, unless…. 4w

mcctrish The fact he wants to marry her before she‘s 21 is a red flag! Wait 3 months and she can do her own will without that stupid #unclesmellingsalts having any say! Also Aunt Eleanor and her Count were giving me brief Udolpho vibes #iykyk 🤣🤣 she needs to put Marian in a legal document #percypig is going to run her out of town aka #lockherup 4w

Bklover @mcctrish Next thing you know Marian will suddenly be in an asylum. Soon following will be Laura. #percypigisanass 4w

mcctrish @Bklover #thewritingisonthewall 4w

Bookwormjillk I felt like Uncle Crabby in his room yesterday. Every time I tried to read this section someone would talk to me. My nerves! All caught up now and you all said what I was thinking. I‘m loving reading about the same events from different points of view. 4w

Clare-Dragonfly I appreciate how Collins drums in that Percy is a jerk and not to be trusted. As though we didn‘t all hate him already, the dog can‘t stand him. Dogs know! Do you think Collins was getting paid by the word like Dickens? That last section was a whole lot of words to say “he gets all her money if she dies first” 😂 And even if he doesn‘t have nefarious plans… this book is still in a high maternal mortality era. 4w

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Udolpho vibes yes 😂 4w

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I love our ‘inside vibes‘ connections #bestgroupever #trustthedog 4w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 💯 Gilmore was like, let me just explain this last bit real quick, and then it took like 5 pages. Sir. 4w

Clare-Dragonfly I forgot to mention, I have serious doubts that uneducated Mrs. Catherick really wrote that “yeah Percy is cool with me” letter. 😒 I wish we were reading this more slowly—so much happens in each day‘s section that I can‘t remember it all, let alone have time to discuss it! 4w

julieclair Whew! Lots going on 4w

julieclair #trustthedog for sure. And what's with #unclesmellingsalts allowing this ridiculous inheritance business? 4w

Leftcoastzen Always #trustthedog could Gilmore make it any more obvious to #unclesmellingsalts ? Lost in his own little world to the perils of his family 4w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 1, ch 11-15: #solong #sorryyall #theletterwasnuts #waltthinksitsanne #timetoinvestigate #annehasbeenvisitingthecemetary #ghaists #waltwaitsforher #percyputherintheasylum #annerunsaway #gilmorearrives #moreinvestigating #gilmorehadtwowordstosay #themancannotcount #waltmustgo #veryemotionalgoodbye #thelawyertakesoverthetale #staytuned

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Bookwormjillk #PercyTheWanker of course he was behind it. I‘ll miss Walt but interested to hear what Gilmore‘s take is. I had a bad attitude about this book because I thought it would be Udolpho like but I‘m loving it so far. 1mo

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dabbe I remember the 1st time I read this, I was like “Walt, don't go! Come back!“ Happily, he does. 🤩

I love the epistolary style of this books, too. What a fabulous one to teach point-of-view! 1mo

Bklover I love this so far!! (I know I shouldn‘t sound so surprised!) Can‘t wait to hear more from Gilmore. My first impression wasn‘t great. 1mo

mcctrish @Bklover once bitten, twice shy 🤣🤣 my standards for awesome are set by Crandford (multiple random deaths right off the mark) The Bell Jar ( unreliable narrator turning my world upside down ) and now this a mile a minute action packed gothic goody 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk #percythewanker 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 whatever has Catherine done to deserve being committed 🤔 1mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish Cranford was so good! 1mo

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk OMG this is nothing like Udolfo, never fear! 😂 I‘d read both before and I chose NOT to reread Udolfo but willingly opted to revisit The Woman in White. 1mo

ElizaMarie I love how juicy this story is! I am all in for this #WildRide. - Lets see what the lawyer has to say :) 4w

Clare-Dragonfly The uncle‘s letter in response to Walt saying he has to leave cracked me up! “You can‘t leave. Suggesting you can makes me dislike you. Now that I dislike you, I‘m getting rid of you. Leave.” 😂 4w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly that uncle is a piece of work! 4w

julieclair Poor Laura, in love with Walter, but engaged to Sir Percy. 😢 4w

Leftcoastzen I‘m loving it ! So much mystery & melancholy! I‘m about a day behind you all . Poor Walter ,Poor Laura, this Percy guy seems like bad news. Always enjoy a cemetery scene .😀 4w

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 1, ch 6-10: so much happened! #mshalcombeisperfection #evenifwaltthinksshesugly #mrfairlirleisnotperfection #hecanpeacerightout #exhausting #missfairlie 😍 #womaninwhitegossip #laurastwin #apetstudentofmissHsMom #backtolaura
#ofcoursewaltlovesher #betrothed 💔 #waltisdevastated #soislaura #Hwantswalttoleave #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess 1mo

Ruthiella Yeah, he does lean into Marian‘s unattractiveness a bit too much for the modern reader. But Marian is awesome. I love her. (edited) 1mo

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Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella she is awesome. I hope he‘s not really going to leave. 1mo

ElizaMarie He can‘t leave yet! I won‘t. I‘m sure of it. 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I find Miss Halcombe funny but annoying. Stop hating on your own gender, lady!!! With the whole “these two women are identical” thing, I‘m wondering if there will be (or already was) a twin switch… 🤔 And that letter is definitely from Mrs. Catherick, calling it now. 1mo

mcctrish @Ruthiella that paragraph almost made me spit out my drink as he rhapsodized on about her perfection and then hard stop on “oh crap she‘s ugly AF” and @Clare-Dragonfly I am not at all happy with her constant woman trashing 👎🏻👎🏻 1mo

mcctrish @ElizaMarie he has to stay 1mo

dabbe Marian outmans all men and women so far. She has no patience for what is expected in 19th-century women and for women who act out their submissive roles. Wonder how she'd get along with Sarah, Walter's sister? 🤔 1mo

Bklover @dabbe I love Marian too! I can‘t even picture her and Sarah in the same room, although it might be entertaining! 1mo

BarbaraJean @mcctrish I wonder how serious her woman-trashing is; whether there‘s a level of sarcasm to it. I‘m with @dabbe —I think she has no patience for societal expectations of women, and I read a bit of irony into the woman-trashing comments! 1mo

Ruthiella @BarbaraJean I think she‘s definitely wielding some sarcasm there. 1mo

Bookwormjillk I feel like there‘s so much an author can say about a character just by naming him Sir Percival Glyde 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk sounds like a complete wanker 1mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish exactly and that stands the test of time 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish I‘ve woken up and I‘m still thinking about the uncle and I don‘t know whether to laugh or scream at his theatrics #mynerves they are quite the role reversal household 1mo

dabbe @Bklover 🤣🤩🤣 1mo

dabbe @BarbaraJean 🎯🎯🎯! 1mo

BarbaraJean @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 😂😂Yessss 1mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish the uncle sounds like what I want to say sometimes listening to my husband chew at dinner. 1mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk #MYNERVES 1mo

Leftcoastzen The uncle ! What a handful of drama he is ! Marian is something, I do think often she is being sarcastic with the women bashing thing as she seems highly capable. I love the writing so far ! 1mo

julieclair @BarbaraJean @dabbe I didn‘t catch the sarcasm when reading it, but now that you suggest it, I totally see it!! 🎯 4w

dabbe @julieclair 🤩🤗🤩 4w

rubyslippersreads @julieclair @BarbaraJean @dabbe I think it must be sarcasm; I can‘t see Miss Halcombe being that self deprecating. 3w

rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk The uncle‘s #poornerves make me think of Mrs. Bennet. #mypoornerves 3w

mcctrish @rubyslippersreads absolutely 3w

julieclair @rubyslippersreads Yes about Mrs. Bennet! Although I think he‘s even worse. 😬 3w

Bookwormjillk I finally read yesterday‘s chapters. #NoOneWouldLeaveMeAlone #MyPoorNerves So much going on! The Count- so evil! 3w

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Nancy Drew 17: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Revised) | Carolyn Keene

Starting the book today, printed in 1940, and we are going to South America! #nancydrewbr

Librarybelle Hooray! 1mo

Ruthiella Finally you know the destination! 🚢 🤣 1mo

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What the Mountains Remember | Joy Callaway

A new romance book shop opened near me this weekend, and the tagged book is by a local author who was doing a book signing for the hour that we were there. They had a different author each hour today. This used to be a book bus, but she opened a store front. So much fun!

Leftcoastzen That‘s awesome! 1mo

AnnCrystal 🆒📚💝. 1mo

peanutnine I saw the opening weekend was a success! I can't wait to check it out! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine the lines yesterday were so insane that we left and went today instead. Definitely a success! 1mo

tpixie What a fun event!! 1mo

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The Woman in White | Wilkie Colli

Epoch 1, ch 1-5: y‘all. What a start! #waltersavespesca #pescaissofun #iwanttokeephiminmypocket #pescagetswalterajob #waltisnttoosure #thefampressureshim #offhegoes #takingthelongroadhome #thewomaninwhiteisdeliciouslycreepy #sheknowsthefamhewillworkfor #butsaystheyredead ☠️ #wut #hehelpshergetacab #overhearsthatshescapedfromanasylum #sosocreepy #arrivesathisnewjobafterbedtime #becauseofcoursehedoes #staytuned #hashtahbrigade #whew

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @catlass007 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @willaful @kwmg40 @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll 1mo

CatLass007 Thank you for the reminder! I had forgotten that I was supposed to read some of this today. 1mo

Ruthiella Such a delightfully creepy beginning! 1mo

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Clare-Dragonfly This is exciting! Pesca is such a delight. I‘ll be disappointed if the rest of the book is all at Limmeridge and he doesn‘t show up. 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I do have to say, the description of “a woman in white” is not exactly calculated to get the right person back to the asylum 😂 1mo

Bklover Ooh, this is fun! Pesca is wonderful! Mom was fun too, although Sis is a stuffy thing! 1mo

Bookwormjillk Super creepy. I loved it. 1mo

Leftcoastzen Wonderful! So happy I joined in ! Great intrigue in this beginning. Love Pesca . 1mo

TheAromaofBooks This one is off to a great start!! I also loved Walter's sister vs mom - isn't it funny how as you get older, you're less concerned about what people think, so you start having fun again? 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 💯 1mo

ElizaMarie I love how quickly something happens! I‘m excited to read more!!! 1mo

mcctrish Another great start #wearentinlarkriseanymore 1mo

julieclair Off to an intriguing, creepy start. Love it! 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish You mean we're not going to read 40 pages on just farming equipment? 🤩 1mo

mcctrish @dabbe or the endless ramblings of drunk Russians or the lack of mysteries in verdant valleys 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish #verdantverdureoverload #notothebros 1mo

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Good Night New Orleans | Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper

My granddaughter understands what the egg chair is for #readingonly #readingchair

AnnCrystal Too Sweet 😍📚💝💝💝. 1mo

Ruthiella That the ticket! ❤️ 1mo

Bklover Cutie pie!!❤️ 1mo

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marleed Absolutely!💕 1mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

Cupcake12 Such a cutey 😊 1mo

tpixie Adorable 🥰 food and hugs! In NOLA 1mo

Gissy Adorable 💖 ✨💫 1mo

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Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

#hashtagbrigade #mycopy #hashtagscomingsoon

BarbaraBB Such a great read! 1mo

Leftcoastzen Hi! Can I join in? I have never read it and happened to find a copy at yard sale! 😁👏 1mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen You're in for a treat! 🤩 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Leftcoastzen absolutely! 1mo

kspenmoll Please add me as well!!! 1mo

tpixie Pretty cover? What edition? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @tpixie I‘ve never heard of the publisher, Arcturus, it‘s printed in the UK 1mo

tpixie @BarkingMadRead I always love UK covers! 1mo

rubyslippersreads I‘m going to try and catch up on this. Could you please tag me? 4w

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads absolutely 4w

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Night Shift | Stephen King

Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #nightshift
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

Bookwormjillk It was fun to revisit his earlier stories and see him start to play with some of his longer books and themes. My dad had the version with the eyeball hand on the cover when I was a kid and I always had nightmares about it. Also Children if the Corn was a sleepover favorite so yay for nostalgia. 1mo

AllDebooks I enjoyed this collection. As @Bookwormjillk said, it's fun seeing the formation of his longer works. Children of the corn was so creepy. X 1mo

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TieDyeDude I was surprised to see him flirt with sci-fi with I Am the Doorway. He doesn't seem to play in that sandbox too often. I liked the "bad deal" stories, Quitters Inc, The Ledge, Lawnmower Man. Lawnmower, Trucks, and Mangler were pretty silly ? I found Last Rung ? maybe the most memorable. It had an aching sweetness to it, but I seem to like unrequited/unreciprocated love stories for some reason... 1mo

BarkingMadRead @alldebooks children of the corn has always creeped me out! The movie is so messed up! @TieDyeDude yes! Mangler was so silly at the end 🤣 1mo

Balibee146 Oh I love that edition. I didn't pick up Night Shift last month sadly but I do like it as a collection. I really enjoy King short stories 😍 1mo

LoverOfLearning Just recently started reading SK! Long list of books to read 😩 1mo

kwmg40 I enjoyed these stories, especially because, as @Bookwormjillk mentioned, we can see themes that King expands on in future books. Like several of you here, I too found Children of the Corn very creepy. 1mo

Karkar A little late to the party. This is one of my favorite of SK‘s short story collections. So many great ones in this book! 4w

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The Stand | Stephen King

This month‘s book is #theStand 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

AllDebooks I'm going to skip this one as I read it recently and loved it. So good. Enjoy. 😊 1mo

Karkar Excited as this is my favorite SK book!! 4w

BarkingMadRead @Karkar mine too!! 4w

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The Stand | Stephen King

I realized I never posted this! My #bookspinbingo stack is ready to go, and a little precarious in my front window 🤣 @TheAromaofBooks

Ruthiella One good breeze and it‘s gonna topple! 😆 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I keep waiting for my granddog to knock it over! She is so careful of it, though 🤣 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo

LoverOfLearning What a great stack!! 1mo

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The Woman in White | Wilkie Colli

Wilkie Freakin Collins. God forbid he uses actual chapters to make our lives easy 🙄 #thisfreakingguy #anyway take a look at how I divided it up and let me know if this doesn‘t work. I can always spread out some of the longer sections an extra day. For the multiple day chapters… they are divided into sections, so the numbers at the end are how many sections each day. Hope this makes sense. Drop your thought below #hashtagbrigade we start Saturday

Bookwormjillk How dare you Wilkie. 1mo

Librarybelle Wilkie was a strange guy. I‘m happy to go with the consensus of the group. 1mo

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Ruthiella Wilkie took a lot of opium. Give him a break. 😂 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella well that bodes well 😂 1mo

willaful @Bookwormjillk 😂 1mo

LitsyEvents @LitsyEvents 1mo

julieclair I think you‘ve done a brilliant job trying to wrangle dear Wilkie‘s opium-induced non-chapterism into submission! 👍🤪😂 1mo

Bklover I actually followed the plan (I think!). Sounds good to me. Oh, and maybe the opium will make this interesting! 1mo

KathyWheeler Can I be added to this event? I‘ve owned this book for years and would like to get motivated to actually read it! 1mo

kwmg40 Looks good. I'll try to follow as best I can! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @KathyWheeler absolutely! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Looks great!! Sooo complicated when a book doesn't have just regular chapters!! 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Eep! I‘ll do my best to keep up! 😅 1mo

KAO I don‘t really follow. “March 2-4 5 per day”? Isn‘t this 96 pages for the first section divided by 3 days=32 pages per day? What does “5 per day” mean? Edited: Oh!! This must mean five parts labeled with Roman numerals! I see now. (edited) 1mo

KAO I‘m not so sure I‘ll keep up with the rest of the books I have going! I‘ll give it a shot though. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @kao that chapter is split into sections, so it‘s 5 sections of that chapter per day. If I split it into pages, it might have us stopping mid- mini chapter. There are 15 mini chapters (edited) 1mo

CatLass007 Well thank goodness the free Audible copy has the same table of contents. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @catlass007 I had real stress that the different copies would be set up different 🤣#freakingwilkie (edited) 1mo

BarbaraJean This looks good to me! Thank you for divvying up all of Wilkie‘s eclectic “chapters” for us! Of course, I still have to check the TOC in my library ebook copy… because I could have SWORN I owned a copy but it is nowhere to be found. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

KAO @BarkingMadRead I get it now! I just finished reading sections 1-5 of the first part this morning. I‘m enjoying it so far! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @kao yayyyyyyy 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Are we starting today (Saturday, March 1) or tomorrow (March 2)? 😅 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhhh I said tomorrow, so we are starting tomorrow 🙈 sorry y‘all! 1mo

Graciouswarriorprincess Please add me. Thanks. @BarkingMadRead 1mo

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

chapter 20: freaking Buddy #yeahbuddythisisallaboutyou #whataloser #peaceout ✌🏻#esthergoestojoansfuneral #suchbeautifulwriting #theend #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Loved it ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1mo

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Clare-Dragonfly Bahaha, perfect 😂 I hope Esther goes on to live a happy life! Certainly I hope it‘s better than her creator‘s. 1mo

Bookwormjillk Go to hell buddy. She should have let him dig out his own dang car. Thanks @BarkingMadRead for another great read. 1mo

Ruthiella Buddy, Buddy, Buddy! Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for hosting!! This is one of those books I always felt like I “should“ read but never have. I didn't love it, but some of the writing was amazing. 1mo

Deblovestoread So glad to have finally read this book! 1mo

kwmg40 Perfect comment about Buddy. Thank you for hosting! I needed this group read to motivate me to start this book, which had sat on my shelves for a long time, but once I got into it, it was easy if sad reading. 1mo

Andrea313 Thanks for hosting! It's always the right time to read The Bell Jar, and I'm so glad I got to read it with this group. ❤️ 1mo

ElizaMarie Thank you all again for this wonderful group—especially @BarkingMadRead for hosting. I have wanted to read this book for a while now, and I am glad I experienced it with a group. 1mo

dabbe @Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

dabbe Esther truly reminded me of Holden in CATCHER IN THE RYE, and both books ended on a hopeful note--both of them hopefully on the road to recovery. I only wish Plath had been able to keep that bell jar off of her for good. 🥺 Couldn't have read this without this fantastic group, and thanks again, @BarkingMadRead, for seeing us through. 💚 1mo

DieAReader @BarkingMadRead 🤓💖Thanks for a great group read! 1mo

tpixie @BarkingMadRead thanks for hosting this event. This is a book that felt I really needed to read, and I‘m glad I was able to do it with you as a host and with other#Littens. SP did have a way with words. I could see how she was a poet in her prose. 1mo

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

Ch 19: well, that went well #atleasthewasintelligent 🤷🏻‍♀️ #shehandleditsowell #joandidherasolid #imworriedabouthowthatdocfixedit #oneinamillion #poorjoan #shewasdoingsowell 😢 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @librarybelle @ruthiella @matchlessmarie @jacqmac @cogsofencouragement @sace @clare-dragonfly @cuilin @dieareader @bookwormjillk @thearomaofbooks @graciouswarriorprincess 1mo

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BarkingMadRead I feel bad using MGGs pic, but he came to when I googled nerdy hot guy in tweed, which is how I pictured this dude 🤣 1mo

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ElizaMarie #AllThatBlood - terrifying! And didn't sound like she enjoyed it in the slightest. Ugh. I also noticed how a lot of these chapters end in a #CliffHanger. (I will finish the book now - since I am doing a 12 tomorrow. 1mo

dabbe I really missed something because I had no idea Joan was in such sorry shape. Unbelievably sad. 🥺 Was she attracted to Esther and despondent when she found out Esther had slept with a man? I'm sure it goes a lot deeper than that, but wow. And of course, I had to read Ch. 20 right away after that. Definitely more of a page-turner than LARK RISE. 1mo

dabbe I love the pic and Spencer from CMs! 🤩 1mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe I don‘t think we‘re supposed to know. Esther is so self centered (I don‘t mean that as a criticism exactly.) But from her point of view we had no clue what Joan was going through. Esther doesn‘t know what‘s going on with herself never mind being able to consider that Joan might have feelings. 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I love the picture of Reid for this chapter 😂 Though I doubt this guy told the truth about being a professor of mathematics—he certainly doesn‘t seem like he‘s actually paid well! I wonder if we will find out what exactly went wrong with Esther. Did her diaphragm puncture something? 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I want to know too! Is she one in a million that bleeds out after sex the first time or is the diaphragm the problem ? Or being ‘tipsy‘? All this mental health care just seems so random and half assed 1mo

julieclair @dabbe Joan took me completely by surprise. So sad. 1mo

dabbe @julieclair IKR? 😳🥺😔 1mo

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