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Dear Readers -
our #ReadingTheStone chat will take a break this week - but we would like to resume *next Saturday 8/20 11amET* to gather our energy for reading into the fall!
For 8/20, let's all have read through Chapter 45?
[Baoyu fanart 贾宝玉风雪山神庙 🖌:画画-Q on weibo]
Also: friend shared with me these rather startling Water Margin/ Red Chamber crossover fanart pieces!
Clockwise from top left: Daiyu, Baochai, Matriarch Jia, and Granny Liu 👀
林黛玉倒拔垂杨柳 薛宝钗拳打镇关西
八十万禁军教头贾母 刘姥姥初尝云雨情
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Our next #ReadingTheStone Saturday chat 4/30 11am ET will continue discussion of Ch 5 and Ch 6:
Baoyu’s erotic awakening in dreamland and IRL (as it were), and a fuller intro to HLM’s two most colorful characters: Wang Xifeng and Grannie Liu.
Post your reading thoughts and Qs!