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Rilla of Ingleside (Special Collector's)
Rilla of Ingleside (Special Collector's) | Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne's children were almost grown up, except for pretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one could resist her bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla, almost fifteen, can't think any further ahead than going to her very first dance at the Four Winds lighthouse and getting her first kiss from handsome Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challenges await the irrepressible Rilla when the world of Ingleside becomes endangered by a far-off war. Her brothers go off to fight, and Rilla brings home an orphaned newborn in a soup tureen. She is swept into a drama that tests her courage and leaves her changed forever.
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lauraisntwilder
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Pickpick

I may still read The Blythes Are Quoted & the Chronicles of Avonlea books at some point, but I think I'm done with Anne for a little while. This one was SO much better than the last 3 books! But there were so many things I wish had been included that weren't. How did things go for Diana during WWI? Or the girls from Anne's Patty's Place days? Davy & Dora aren't even mentioned! It struck me as tragic that Marilla died between books with no fanfare.

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TheAromaofBooks
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Thanks for the tag @Eggs @TheSpineView
1. I'm not sure about “the most“ but I have read this book probably 20 times and it does make me cry every time.
2. This is tough - I read all over the place. Romance, I guess??
3. There are so many that I love and revisit. LM Montgomery is on my mind, though, so at this exact moment I may go with The Blue Castle 😂
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Want to play @eeclayton @Kimberlone @swynn ?

TheSpineView You're welcome! 2y
Eggs Thanks for playing and sharing 🥰💗👏🏻 2y
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AnneCecilie
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Up until now the books in the Anne series have been great escapist reads into a world where nothing bad can happen. All that changes with this book. Despite the seriousness and darkness of this book, I liked following Rilla and see her grow.

I guess I was more prepared for hardly any Anne in this book

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Butterfinger I love Walter. One of my favorite characters. 3y
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AnneCecilie
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A late #BookReport

Finished Invisible Women #SheSaid and read the other ones.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great job!! 3y
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BarbaraJean
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6a: What do you think about this book as the last volume in the Anne series? Is it a good conclusion? Or with its complete focus on Rilla (and so little Anne), do you feel it belongs in the series at all?
6b: Thinking back on the series overall, how does Rilla stack up for you against the other books? Which are your favorite and least favorite books in the series?
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BarbaraJean I‘m of two minds about which books really are “Anne” books. There‘s so little Anne in Rilla & Rainbow Valley; they feel like companion books rather than part of a series. When I think of the Anne series, I think of books 1-5 as the core, and the others as extras. On this re-read, I found House of Dreams and Rilla to be my favorites (other than the first book, which will always be so beloved!). Anne of Ingleside is my least favorite, hands down! (edited) 3y
Bkwrm7 As a fan of generational sagas, I've always been fine considering Rilla as the end of the Anne series despite its lack of Anne. Rilla has long been my second favorite in the series after the original with Anne of the Island as third favorite thanks to Patty's Place. On this reread, the sad parts of Rilla did hit me harder though. Anne of Ingleside is probably my least favorite, too, due to its lack of overarching plot to tie its stories together. 3y
quietjenn Like @bkwrm7, I'm fine considering them all of a series, even though the focus shifts over the course of the last few books. I'm with you all that Anne of Ingleside is by far my least favorite. But it's so hard to rank the ones that I loved, although I think if *forced* to rank them, it would look pretty similar. Original, followed by Rilla, then House of Dreams followed very closely by Island. 3y
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LeahBergen My order of favourites: Green Gables, Island, House of Dreams, Rilla. And I totally agree with everyone‘s least fave, Ingleside. 3y
Jerdencon I enjoyed this book - but would have liked more Anne. 3y
Jerdencon To rank them I would say Anne house of dreams was my favorite, following by the original. 3y
AnneCecilie I don‘t like to rank books, but the first one is my favorite, and like you @BarbaraJean I feel like the last books isn‘t really Anne books since there‘s so little Anne in them. 3y
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BarbaraJean
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5a: There are so many memorable characters: Susan, Baby Jims, Little Dog Monday…and of course, Jem & Walter. What stands out to you about these “side” characters? Which were most compelling to you?
5b: How do you feel about the ending—and Rilla‘s romance with Ken overall? From the promise of romance at the dance, to its realization at the end—does the romance provide nice bookends to the novel? Or is it even needed?
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Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t often cry at books but I teared up near the end when Dog Monday greeted the returning Jem. Such a sweet dog! Susan is my favorite, though. She‘s just a ton of fun. 3y
Clare-Dragonfly Rilla‘s romance with Ken is sweet. I don‘t have much hope for their longevity though. 🤷🏻‍♀️ They don‘t seem to communicate very effectively or know each other super well. But maybe they‘ll have a long engagement like Anne and Gilbert and get to know one another that way. 3y
BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly 💜Dog Monday💜 I lost it when he howled all night for Walter. Dog Monday is one of the only things I remembered from reading this when I was young! I loved Susan‘s loyalty & how fiery she was! She totally grew on me between House of Dreams (where I didn‘t care for her) and Rilla. I just loved Walter in this book, though—and the friendship he and Rilla have. 😭💔 3y
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BarbaraJean I found the romance with Ken kind of empty and unnecessary. It seemed Montgomery felt she needed to throw in an obligatory wartime romance for the heroine. @Clare-Dragonfly I agree they didn‘t seem to know each other well, but then again, so many of the romances in these books feel that way!! (edited) 3y
Bkwrm7 I don't remember questioning the romance in previous rereads the way I did this time. She's only 14 when the book begins and Kenneth first gets interested in her. 14! And they barely spend any time together. At least there are the letters they write each other, but at the end of the war they are undoubtedly very different people than they were at the beginning. 3y
quietjenn All the love to Dog Monday! I'm good with Rilla and Ken's romance. Although we don't see them too much together, I just assumed they had a lot of platonic history from his visits over the summers of her youth and I'm always fond of stories where that kind of relationship evolves into love. And I really loved the last line and it was a nice moment of levity and a smile, at the end of a book that I found very melancholy. 3y
LeahBergen My heart still hurts for Dog Monday. 😆 And yes, @quietjenn … I loved that last line! 3y
Jerdencon Loved Dog Monday!!! 3y
Jerdencon I never really understand romances back in the olden days - like you spend an hour with someone and you fall madly in love but I hope it works out for Rilla and ken because war definitely changes a guy. 3y
AnneCecilie I loved Dog Monday and this book had me in tears more than once. I‘m not sure the romance was necessary, but I didn‘t mind it. 3y
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BarbaraJean
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Rilla acknowledges how the war has shaped her: “I expected that these past four years would be the most delightful years of my life and they have been years of war—years of fear and grief and worry—but I humbly hope, of a little growth in strength and character as well.”
4a: What contrasts did you observe between Rilla at the beginning of the book and Rilla at the end?
4b: What do you see as key turning points for her?
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BarbaraJean One of the key moments that stuck out for me in Rilla‘s growth was her managing of Irene Howard, and how she realizes they‘ll never be friends the way they used to. Rilla gets over her hero-worship and sees Irene‘s insincerity and pettiness for what it is. 3y
quietjenn I keep trying to answer this and erasing all my comments, because I can't quite find the right words. Rilla is more mature and sober, less flighty and superficial by the end of the book. Which may have happened over the course of four years anyway, but I think not mostly. Key moments would be the night of the dance, and all the moments with Walter. The fact that she is able to give away his last letter seems like a good example of her growth. 3y
Jerdencon I definitely see a huge growth in rilla - she goes from being spoiled to really being insightful and grown up. 3y
AnneCecilie I think some of her growth started with her talks with Walter and he confiding in her. Raising a baby. 3y
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BarbaraJean
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We‘ve got another orphan storyline in Rilla!
3a: What are your thoughts on 15-year-old Rilla‘s taking on the responsibility of raising a baby?
3b: How did you feel about her initial attitude toward babies (“I don‘t like you & I never will but for all that I‘m going to make a decent, upstanding infant of you” and “If I can‘t love you I mean to be proud of you”)? What did you think of how it changes as she cares for Jims?
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Clare-Dragonfly I thought it was pretty realistic except for Anne not being involved at all 😂 I know she‘s raised her own children but come on, the love of children is one of her biggest personality traits! 3y
BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly 😂You‘re right, it‘s really out of character for Anne to not comment on how “delicious” a baby is! I chalked Anne‘s lack of involvement up to her wanting Rilla to take responsibility and not expect others to care for the baby when Rilla brought it home (gosh, this is sounding like Jims was a stray dog…😆) 3y
quietjenn I thought it was very amusing and a refreshing characterization for Rilla. 3y
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LeahBergen I loved that Jims was “returned” with the soup tureen. 🤣🤣 3y
Jerdencon @LeahBergen yes! That was great. 3y
Jerdencon @Clare-Dragonfly I was wishing there was more about Anne in the whole book. I understand she wanted to teach Rilla about responsibility but she was so hands off. 3y
AnneCecilie It felt realistic because not everyone loves babies. Rilla‘s change of heart towards Jims also felt real 3y
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BarbaraJean
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Although the book portrays a range of attitudes toward the war, I found myself cringing a little at the harshness most characters displayed toward any pacifism or reluctance about the war.
2a: How did these passages feel for you, reading the text through your own modern lens?
2b: What do you think patriotism & national pride should look like—especially now, when there may be even more need for nuance in these areas?
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Clare-Dragonfly I really struggled with their attitude toward the war and the narration‘s assumption that it is the only right attitude. Pacifists are treated as ridiculous and the enemy. I realized I don‘t know very much about WWI and I don‘t grasp what is so self-evident about its rightness for the characters. Especially since they are Canadian, not British! 3y
BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly Exactly. This is a struggle for me with “patriotism”—being a pacifist doesn‘t make you unpatriotic, and being patriotic doesn‘t mean you ignore governmental failings that need reform. I don‘t understand a lot about WWI either, other than Germany‘s overreach in invading neighboring countries. I appreciated seeing the Canadian perspective, though—and how it did become a Canadian cause. I don‘t usually consider Canada‘s role! 3y
Bkwrm7 Yes! I was going to mention how oddly the one-sided attitude toward the war sat with me during this re-reading in the first question. Having Walter included is vital because otherwise there is no nuance at all. 3y
quietjenn I agree with what others have said. Knowing what is, for us and for them is yet to come, made it rough. I can acknowledge that maybe it made sense at the time, but with historical perspective, it really increased the sadness and melancholia of the book for me. So many people killed in a tragic, misguided war. Which led directly to not only World War 2 just twenty odd years later but so many other issues that continue to impact the world. 3y
AnneCecilie I think than in war there are no room from grey areas, all is either black or white and you are either with us or against us. Being a part of the commonwealth Canada is a part of the UK and that seem to be important to the boys that went first. And for the families left behind, they need to believe that they sent their boys to fight for a reason. Being a pacifist in this situation is treacherous. 3y
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BarbaraJean
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1a: This is a female-centric look at WWI, written by a contemporary. What do you think of the book‘s portrayal of female roles during wartime, and its characterization of female attitudes toward the war?
1b: Is this a war novel, with its emphasis on the experiences of women on the “home front” rather than soldiers in battle? What makes a war novel?
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Clare-Dragonfly I would say it‘s a war novel, at least as much as Gone With the Wind (no idea if that‘s considered a war novel)—the main character‘s entire story arc is shaped and determined by the war. 3y
Bkwrm7 I agree that I would categorize this as a war novel. It was interesting to see a variety of perspectives on the war from those on the homefront. 3y
quietjenn I'm no expert, but it seemed to me like a fairly accurate account of what life might be like for women during the war and what sort of concerns and issues they'd be dealing with. I would definitely consider it a war novel, since the conflict is what drives so much of the book and colors all the situations we see the characters dealing with. The war isn't in the background or a mere part of the setting. 3y
Jerdencon I was on vacation so late to answering - but I agree that it was interesting to see the woman‘s point of view of war. I definitely think it‘s a war novel especially when they discuss various battles. 3y
AnneCecilie I agree that this is women‘s view on war and a war novel. 3y
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Clare-Dragonfly
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“I shall never be able to get a husband but I am not going to be cheated out of everything and a honeymoon I intend to have.”

Susan is a delight. I love that her idea of a honeymoon is going to stay with her married brother 😂 #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

TheAromaofBooks I genuinely love Susan so much. And the scene towards the end where she talks about what they've all be willing to give to keep their flag flying - man, that guts me every time! 3y
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BarbaraJean
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Just a reminder that our last 😱 Anne of Green Gables #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead discussion is on Monday! I've so enjoyed reading with all of you, and am looking forward to discussing Rilla. (AND looking forward to reading Emily with everyone who‘s joining the next chapter of our buddy read!)

Since this falls on a Monday, I'll post questions over my lunch hour. Be looking for our discussion mid-day Pacific Time, and jump in when you are able!

LeahBergen I‘m looking forward to it! 3y
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BarbaraJean
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#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead-ers: we've been talking about reading more L.M. Montgomery after we finish the Anne series, so I put together a little poll to see what there's most interest in reading next, as well what schedule people might prefer (continue chapter-a-day? switch to one book/month?). If you're interested in continuing on (or joining for the first time!), please follow the link in the comments and send me your feedback!

LeahBergen Have you thought of reading this one next? It is the unpublished “9th” volume that was awaiting publication when LM died. It‘s a volume of stories which contains Walter‘s Piper poem and bits of Anne and Gilbert‘s lives up to WW2. Amongst other things! I‘m going to read it next. 😊 (edited) 3y
AnneCecilie Thanks for organizing these buddy reads. I‘ve filled out the form according to the books I already own or can borrow from the library. That doesn‘t mean that I won‘t buy any of the others 😉 3y
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Jerdencon I have really enjoyed this read along - especially since I had never read the books as a child. I filled out the form too- would love to continue. 3y
Daisey I didn‘t have time to fit in the Anne books and am not sure I can commit in the future either, but I will absolutely be watching the hashtag and posts! @jewright Have you seen this? 3y
BarbaraJean @LeahBergen I have thought about it and didn‘t bring it up because I‘ve seen such terrible reviews!! I‘m interested, because I‘m a bit of a completionist, but I‘m not sure how many others are! But you know, I‘ll add it to the poll and see how people feel. 3y
BarbaraJean @AnneCecilie You are so welcome! It‘s been so much fun! And I‘m also very much eyeing other Montgomeries I might buy... 3y
BarbaraJean @Jerdencon So glad to hear you‘ve enjoyed them—I always wonder how well they hold up for people who didn‘t read them as a child! Looking forward to having you continue the readalong. 😊 3y
LeahBergen I know! I felt much the same way about reading it. 😬 But, like you, I‘m a completionist so… 😆 3y
TheAromaofBooks Ooo thanks for organizing!! I haven't been very chatty with the series readalong but it's been much longer since I've read Montgomery's other books - I've definitely been meaning to get to them!! 3y
quietjenn I am certainly down for more reading, as I'm sure you've gathered from my comments here and there. Will fill out the poll as soon as I finish typing this comment. Super appreciate you taking the organizing lead, but also wanted to say that if you want help so it's not all on you, I'm happy to do anything you might need! Just let me know! 3y
rubyslippersreads I just voted. I picked two I haven‘t read in years, plus The Blythes Are Quoted. I see the Emily trilogy is doing well in the voting, and I certainly wouldn‘t be unhappy discussing my favorite Montgomery. 🙂 3y
sblbooks I would love to join! 3y
jewright I would like to join. L. M. Montgomery is my favorite. 3y
BarbaraJean @quietjenn Thank you so much! I will definitely let you know--I appreciate the offer to help organize! 3y
BarbaraJean @sblbooks @jewright Wonderful! I will include you both on the tag list! 3y
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BarbaraJean
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Here's our final (!) #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead schedule...can't believe we're almost done with the Anne series! It has been such a delight to re-read, and to read along with everyone. Hope you're enjoying it, too! I haven't been great about keeping up with my daily chapters lately, or with posting as much (I keep bingeing & then getting behind), but I have THOUGHTS and I'm looking forward to our discussion on July 19!

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Clare-Dragonfly
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I know a few of us had been talking about reading other L. M. Montgomery books after Rilla—but it turns out my edition has a bunch of short stories. Would anyone be interested in reading those? #kindredspiritsbuddyread

TheAromaofBooks I'm always up for more Montgomery. I will say that The Story Girl & The Golden Road are actually both full-length books (Golden Road is the sequel to Story Girl). 3y
quietjenn I think Kilmeny is an entire book too? In any case, I'd certainly be game. Maybe we could start with the Avonlea short stories to ease out of Anne mode and then dip into the others? Not entirely sure which short stories are included in the Watchman and Short Story collection (she wrote a *ton* of short stories, but we could figure it out! 3y
BarbaraJean I totally missed this, but yes, I'm interested! I've had The Story Girl and The Golden Road on my list forever but haven't read them yet (but as @TheAromaofBooks said, those are full-length books). I like @quietjenn's idea of reading the Avonlea short stories after Anne. I've been jonesing for a re-read of the Emily books, but it would be nice to go back to Avonlea for a bit! (edited) 3y
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Clare-Dragonfly

“I wonder,” [Rilla] said to herself, “if I am, or am not, engaged to Kenneth Ford.”

I suppose at least Montgomery is aware of how ridiculous this world, where people don‘t tell each other things or say what they mean out loud, can be sometimes 😅

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janeycanuck
Rilla of Ingleside | L.M. Montgomery
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Finally finished my reread of the Anne of Green Gables books!

This final book is a departure from the rest of the series in several ways so I have a hard time seeing this as an Anne book. But it was nice to revisit and be reminded of how different in tone & content this is.

EvieBee Yay! What a beautiful book! 3y
erzascarletbookgasm Beautiful cover and gorgeous photo! 3y
Hooked_on_books Lovely edition! 3y
janeycanuck @erzascarletbookgasm @Hooked_on_books @EvieBee They are from Tundra. I indulged in the whole series a few years ago, they are all so beautiful! I don‘t think they are in print any more though :( 3y
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BarbaraJean
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Here's the next section of our chapter-a-day #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead of Rilla of Ingleside. It feels like this last book is just flying by--but I'm REALLY enjoying it. How's everyone else doing?

Clare-Dragonfly It‘s much less stressful than I expected a book about WWI to be! 😂 Do you have any idea what they mean by “cooties”? All that means to me is the thing you say the opposite sex has because you don‘t want to touch them… 3y
Jerdencon @Clare-Dragonfly I got the impression it meant lice or bugs. 3y
Jerdencon Trying to read this one chapter at a time but hard not to go ahead. Flying through it. 3y
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Clare-Dragonfly @Jerdencon Oh, lice or fleas makes sense! 3y
BarbaraJean @Clare-Dragonfly 😂 @Jerdencon I think you‘re right—I assumed lice when Susan slipped a fine-tooth comb into the care package! 3y
Clare-Dragonfly Oh, I missed that! 3y
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BarbaraJean
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This is my second week back in the office since March 2020... and I‘m so happy to be reading Rilla in my old lunch spot in the gorgeous courtyard of my office building! #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

LeahBergen Lovely! 3y
quietjenn What a nice spot for a daily respite! 3y
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LeahBergen
Rilla of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Time to play catch-up with the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead!

Shall I read 1940s Rilla or 1920s Rilla? 😄

@BarbaraJean

Gissy Beautiful vintage covers!!😍❤️❤️❤️ 3y
batsy Both are lovely! But 1920s Rilla 😍 3y
SayersLover My vote is for 1920s Rilla 😊 3y
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LeahBergen @Gissy I do love the vintage covers! 😘 3y
LeahBergen @batsy @SayersLover I‘m with you! The earliest covers are ALWAYS the best. 😊 3y
janeycanuck Alternate every couple of chapters! 3y
DivineDiana Both are beautiful! Hard to choose. 🤔 I like @janeycanuck ‘s idea! 🙂 3y
BarbaraJean Oooh.... so pretty! 😍 3y
rubyslippersreads I own the edition on the right, but now covet the one on the left. So I‘m no help at all. 😂 3y
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Clare-Dragonfly

Last night‘s chapter was kind of stressful. The war stuff is bad enough, but with a newborn baby… I was having flashbacks to when my son was tiny and needed to be fed around the clock 😅 And then as I was falling asleep last night he woke up and screamed and needed comforting which, at 3, he almost never does. #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

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quietjenn
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Have we really come to the last book of our #kindredspirits readalong? What a joy it's been to revisit some and experience others for the first time. Not sure I want to give up a regular fix of LMM, so thinking I might reread some others after this. I remember loving Emily and Jane just as much as (if not more) than Anne ...

Clare-Dragonfly Oh dear, is this really the last one? For all I have disliked several of the books, I will be sad for it to end! Maybe I‘ll join you with Emily and Jane! 3y
LeahBergen I know! I was thinking of rereading the Emily books or maybe the Pat books (I haven‘t read the latter). 3y
quietjenn @Clare-Dragonfly I feel like it's fine really fast! I'm pretty sure I'm going to do the Emily books next. They are the ones that were my favorite at 12, but I haven't read them since then. I'll be sure to keep you in the loop, and maybe see if others are interested? 3y
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quietjenn @LeahBergen I'm definitely going to do the Emily books, then maybe just keep working through my bookshelf 😉 I only read the Pat books about five or six years ago, for the first time. According to my Goodreads comments, I was pretty lukewarm on the first, but rather liked the second one 🤷‍♀️ There are definitely some Montgomery's I don't think I I ever read, so might as well get to those, too ... 3y
vivastory Hey Jenn, I emailed you back about the discussion. 👍 3y
quietjenn @vivastory sorry, I just replied. All is well. 😏 3y
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BarbaraJean
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I was just adding Rilla of Ingleside to my StoryGraph. I was browsing through various editions to find the actual edition I'm reading... and I found this. (Which is NOT the edition I'm reading.)

Cover design checklist:
Beanie? ✔
Camera? ✔
Blonde model? ✔
Denim shirt worn over a t-shirt? ✔
Absolutely no connection to the content or even the right era for this novel? ✔

Just: no. I can't. 😩 #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

Daisey This book of the series is even set in a very specific time period. Who would ever put such a cover image? Cover art often makes me a little crazy, and this is just too much. 3y
Hooked_on_books That‘s just bizarre! 3y
marleed Oh that‘s funny. I often wonder how often the author has no say over cover art. Which is weird because I admit to often selecting a book on cover art alone. 3y
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quietjenn Um …. 3y
LeahBergen Wtf?? 🤣 3y
Clare-Dragonfly I guess this is the sort of thing that happens with public domain books—somebody grabs a random free stock image 😂 My edition of the Jane Austen novels has a field of lavender on the cover n 3y
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BarbaraJean
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I am SO looking forward to reading Rilla of Ingleside. I remember so little about the book, other than a couple of plot points--and that I loved it. Our #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead chapter-a-day for Rilla starts tomorrow, and the wrap-up discussion will be July 19. Hoping you can all join in for this last book in the series!

Jerdencon I am excited to read this one too! I had never read any of this series and have enjoyed this read along! 3y
BarbaraJean @Jerdencon I'm so glad you're enjoying it--I love that you're experiencing them for the first time! 3y
LeahBergen I can‘t wait to start! This will be my first reading of this one. 😮 3y
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My favorite one since Anne of Green Gables. I‘m finally done with this series. I enjoyed the ride even though I think LMM was getting a bit tired there in the middle. #HeyCarrots #CrushTheRush #WinterGames2020 #ReadYourWay #LittenListen #ReadNoseReindeer #LittenListen #BookspinBingo

TheBookHippie I think she didn‘t get to do it exactly how she wanted fatigue maybe? I had the same thoughts while reading . 3y
rubyslippersreads Some of the series was written out of order and to placate her publisher. 3y
TheSpineView 👍📖😍📚🎄 3y
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TheAromaofBooks Yes, like @rubyslippersreads said - I believe Windy Poplars and Anne of Ingleside were written out of order when Montgomery didn't really want to write them, although I just learned that a few years ago!! Rilla is possibly my favorite of the series. It makes me cry every time! 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 🎊Congrats on finishing the series! 🎊 3y
aperfectmjk 🥳 3y
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I love this book so much. The characters are relatable, real, and likeable. I feel like I have grown and matured as Rilla did in the book. When I first read it, in my teens, I only noticed how romantic young love was during a war. How sweet was Una when Walter started to appreciate her, except it was too late. Now, I read it as a mother, and I relate more to Anne and Susan who sacrificed so much. #heycarrots @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Flingogal

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Congratulations on making it to the end 🥕 3y
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Butterfinger

He must go - her beautiful Walter with his beautiful soul and dreams and ideals.

I already have a lump in my throat.

jewright This is my favorite book ever! 3y
Butterfinger @jewright I love Walter so much. There has never been another character that has touched me so much. It is funny, I have not read this since I was a teen, but all I remembered was Walter. I forgot all about the baby. 3y
jewright @Butterfinger I‘ve read it about ten times, and it still makes me cry! 3y
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TheAromaofBooks
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I don't even know where to start the review for this one because I love it so much. It's possibly my favorite in the series, although in many ways it stands on its own, with its focus on Anne's youngest daughter and the war as the backdrop. Montgomery does an absolutely brilliant job writing a war-time book that isn't anywhere close to the war's physical location. The story opens with Rilla, just turned 15 and a smidge spoiled, looking forward ⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to the next four years as ones of fun & frivolity. But when Canada joins England in WWI, everything changes as Rilla's brothers & friends head to war.

At its heart, this is a story about women. These days it's very popular to write about women who DO THINGS, which is fine. But historically, the majority of women (like the majority of men) were quiet folk who lived their lives & did their duty for their family & homes, & that's what ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) this story is about. Rilla doesn't run off to war dressed as a boy. She doesn't even join up with the Red Cross & become a nurse in France. Instead, she stays home & does her best to help her parents & her neighborhood be a better, stronger place. She organizes a Jr. Red Cross, faces her fear of public speaking, raises a war baby, & writes letters of love & encouragement to the ones she knows on the front.

Even though I've read this ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) book dozens of times, it still makes me choke up several times & I cried yesterday during the one big tragedy that I already knew was coming. Yet Montgomery handles it so well that even that is kept in perspective & is somehow beautiful even in its sadness.

The side story of faithful Dog Monday who waits at the train station greeting every train for four years, waiting for Jem to come back just absolutely wrecks me every time. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) To me, this quote summarizes so much of what Montgomery was saying throughout this story - “[Susan] went out & ran up the flag ... As it caught the breeze & swelled gallantly out above her, Susan lifted her hand & saluted it .. 'We've all given something to keep you flying,' she said. 'Four hundred thousand of our boys gone overseas - fifty thousand of them killed. But - you are worth it!' The wind whipped her gray hair about her face & ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the gingham apron that shrouded her from head to foot was cut on lines of economy, not of grace; yet, somehow, just then Susan made an imposing figure. She was one of the women - courageous, unquailing, patient, heroic - who had made victory possible. In her, they saluted the symbol for which their dearest had fought.“

Sorry for the long review, but this really is one of my favorites. I think because Montgomery herself lived through ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the war, it is such a personal story. And it's not all sad, either - there are also parts that make me laugh out loud every time I read it. Because no matter what horrific things are going on in the world, there are still those moments in time where something good happens & that is what keeps us going. 3y
TheAromaofBooks As for mundane information, I'm making progress on #BookSpinBingo & finishing this book is book 1/6 for #NovelNovember - I gulped down all 400+ pages yesterday! Despite being a reread - or maybe because it was - I could barely put it down.

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AmyK1 I really love this one too ❤️ 3y
Chrissyreadit This is my favorite also! 3y
Buechersuechtling A beautiful review that makes me want to read that book/series even though “WW”-stories are far away from being my favourites. 😊 3y
LitStephanie Great review! 3y
Andrew65 It looks like I need to read this. 3y
TheAromaofBooks @AmyK1 @Chrissyreadit - Even though I've read this one so often that literally nothing is remotely a surprise, it's still such an emotional read for me! 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Buechersuechtling - I'm not a big fan of war books on the whole either, and honestly would be intrigued to hear how someone from Germany (that's where you are??) would feel about this story. Although I will say that throughout her story Montgomery tends to emphasize what they are fighting for more than what they are fighting against, if that makes sense. 3y
TheAromaofBooks @LitStephanie - Thank you!!! I got all carried away for this one! 😂 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 - The whole series is definitely worthwhile to read, but I think you could read this one on its own as well. 3y
Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks Think I have only read one. 3y
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"Before this war is over," he said - or something said through his lips -"every man and woman and child in Canada will feel it -you, Mary will feel it -feel it to your heart's core. You will weep tears of blood over it. The Piper has come-and he will pipe until every corner of the world has heard his awful and irresistible music. It will be years before the dance of death is over -years, Mary. And in those years millions of hearts will break.

Flingogal Great work!! I'm so impressed you got through them all! I very seriously dropped the ball on my own challenge 🤣🤔😭 3y
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#WeeklyForecast - Finally finished Entwined and am on to what may be my favorite book in the Anne series. Still plugging away with November's buddy reads. Several of my upcoming books are due at the library and need to be read in the next two weeks, so they are on the priority list!! Still hoping to complete five books by next Sunday for #NovelNovember but we will see how work unwinds this week!!
@Cinfhen @Andrew65

Andrew65 Have a great week. 3y
veritysalter I always associate Anne of Green Gables with you now ♥️ 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 - Thank you!! You too - hopefully things are calmer this week!! 3y
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TheAromaofBooks @veritysalter - That genuinely makes me happy!! ❤ 3y
Cinfhen It‘s looking good 💕I‘m hoping to pick up either my #BookSpin or #DoubleSpin this week 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 the last 8 weeks haven‘t been my BEST 😜 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Cinfhen - It's been a total crazy train here lately!! 😵 Not in a bad way, thankfully, but I'm ready to switch into the calmer winter groove!! 3y
Cinfhen Hell yeah to calmer winter 🙏🏼💕 3y
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Addison_Reads
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Pickpick

#HeyCarrots

Although this is not my favorite of the series, I felt it left things in a good place. I miss the earlier books where Anne is the focus, but Rilla is my favorite out of the children, so I'm happy to end with her story.

readordierachel What a lovely cover 💚 3y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Rilla of Ingleside | L.M. Montgomery
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Thanks so much for coming along for the #heycarrots readathon - I‘m a few days late in posting - but if you‘ve made it this far... don‘t stop now!! We‘ve almost made it to the end! Or the end of #heycarrots!

And if you haven‘t started... it‘s never too late to start reading Anne.

Blackink_WhitePaper It‘s been a wonderful journey 💐😁 though I am lagging in my read🙈 I need to finish two more books. Thanks for hosting this @thegirlwiththelibrarybag 🥰 3y
LinesUponAPage Interesting cover! I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen it. How cool to see everyone‘s different versions of the books. 3y
sblbooks I just finished a few weeks ago. Thanks for hosting. 3y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @sblbooks, thanks for coming along! 3y
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AmyK1
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😢💔😭 I‘m not crying...
This was a fantastic end to the series. It was interesting to see WWI from a Canadian perspective and how those left at home contributed while the men were fighting.

Thanks @thegirlwiththelibrarybag and @Flingogal for organizing the #heycarrots challenge. It was good to revisit one of my favorite books series. Might need to do it every year 😊

Flingogal Great work for getting through the whole series! Glad you enjoyed going through them 🥰 3y
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LeahBergen
Rilla of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Warning: bragging post ahead (but only if you like vintage LM Montgomery). 😆😆

Look what I found today to add to my collection! It was only a few dollars and I couldn‘t resist. ❤️💙

Chrissyreadit Ohhhhh😍😍😍😍🙌👏🙌❣️❣️❣️ 4y
tenar This is so utterly lovely! 4y
MsMelissa I love it! 4y
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Texreader Gorgeous!! 4y
rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 This is the same copy I have. Doesn‘t Rilla remind you a bit of Emily in this picture? 4y
catebutler Beautiful!! You have the best finds!! 💓 4y
batsy Lucky you 😍😘 4y
RavenRenegade Gorgeous find!!! 😱 4y
Megabooks 🤩🤩🤩 4y
Lcsmcat Very pretty! 4y
BiblioLitten 🤩🤩 wow! 4y
Ruthiella Lovely! 😀 4y
Leftcoastzen That‘s nice! 4y
erzascarletbookgasm What a lovely find! 4y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Gorgeous! ❤️😍❤️ 4y
Andrea313 Beautiful! 😍 4y
kspenmoll It‘s beautiful! 4y
squirrelbrain Gorgeous! ❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts Lovely 4y
CarolynM Great find😍😍😍 4y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Wow!! That is stunning! 4y
merelybookish Wow! Lucky 🦆 4y
Reviewsbylola Obviously I need to shop where you shop! 😍 4y
KVanRead Lucky!!! So pretty 🌺 4y
UwannaPublishme 😍😍😍 4y
quietjenn Lovely! 4y
Centique Man that was a brilliant find! 4y
Palimpsest Beautiful! 4y
ValerieAndBooks Yeth 💖 !! 4y
AvidReader25 No!!!! It‘s so gorgeous! Brag away, that‘s such a great find! 4y
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Argon
Rilla of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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I think this was my favourite of the Anne novels after the original Anne of Green Gables.
It was neat to read about WWI from the perspective of the family in Canada and a young woman coming of age while brothers and friends fight overseas. The characters were charming and the story felt real.
It made me a bit emotional at times, and proud to think of the Canadian forces & of my family who fought in the wars 🇨🇦
9/10

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1. Probably many. The tagged book from the Anne of Green Gables series definitely took a little piece of my heart.💔 still not entirely over it 😂
2. Humbert Humbert😡
3. Mostly stand alone.
Thanks for the tag @squirrelbrain . I‘m tagging @andrew61 and @BarbaraBB

#ThoughtfulThursday

MoonWitch94 Thanks for playing 💚🦋🌼☺️ 4y
BarbaraBB Thanks for the tag ❤️ 4y
squirrelbrain Great choices! 👍😁 (edited) 4y
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Revenge4bess I‘ve had many book hangovers. The most recent one came after I read Longbourn by Jo Baker. It probably lasted seven days. Too hard to keep all the plot lines together. 4y
Revenge4bess The most villainous character I‘ve ever read is Professor Snape from Harry Potter, Mrs. Minchin from The Little Princess, Nellie Olsen from Little House on the Prairie, et al. 4y
Revenge4bess I prefer a series(unless I don‘t like the author). I tried to read Dune; couldn‘t. Never read anything by that author again. On the other hand, I‘ve read the Percy Jackson books and thoroughly enjoyed them. So it really depends. 4y
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Naya
Rilla of Ingleside | L.M. Montgomery
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Pickpick

13/2020

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bookseller_cate
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Book number 2 of my Skype book club with my mom. Her pick, but it happens to be a favourite of mine. An often untold view of The Great War: the Canadian home front.

Looking forward to the re-read.

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TheAromaofBooks
Rilla of Ingleside | L.M. Montgomery
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Thanks for the tag @wanderinglynn !! #Ispy a book that is purple...ish haha Apparently despite over a thousand covers to peruse, purple was a tough color! 😂

Want to play @robinb @Clwojick @AmyK1 ? Can you find a book that is orange?

BookishMe Hehehe... Just tagged you for another round (before I saw this post ;)) 4y
TheAromaofBooks @BookishMe - lol this is the kind of thing I could do all day! 4y
BookishMe 😀😍😀 4y
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EmilieGR
Mehso-so

Better than the previous one

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Michellesibs
Rilla of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Pickpick

Book eight in the Anne of Green Gables series and the last few books I haven't enjoyed so much but this one turned it around for me.
My full review can be found here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2623815104?book_show_action=false&from_rev...

bookishkai My favorite after Anne of the Island. 5y
DarcysMom I am reading this right now for the #192019challenge. I am really enjoying it. 5y
Michellesibs @bookishkris I'd agree that this is my second favourite too, although Green Gables was my absolute favourite 5y
Michellesibs @DarcysMom that's a real coincidence as this isn't such a popular book, happy reading! 5y
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Chrissyreadit
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This was an unforgettable book that introduced me to WW1. I love this series of books, and loved how connected I felt to all of Anne‘s Family.
Anyone else have books about World War One to recommend in honor of Veterans Day?

Lcsmcat A Very Long Engagement, Which is the English translation of 5y
gradcat In Flanders Fields & Other Poems by John McCrae 5y
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Chrissyreadit @Lcsmcat @gradcat @Nebklvr They sound great! I added all to my amazon wishlist ! 5y
Chrissyreadit Thank you so much @BookNAround @Nebklvr @writerlibrarian @Dragon ! More books that look amazing. And the first Maisie book is on my real life TBR too! I never linked it to WW1 for some reason. (edited) 5y
ravenlee I cried so much reading Rilla to my daughter. Such a beautiful series. 5y
gradcat @Nebklvr I LOVE Maisie Dobbs! 5y
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VanChocStrawberry
Rilla of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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1–Made You Up—Zappia
2–Tagged book (Montgomery)
3–Mister Rogers Neighborhood
4–margherita pizza 🍕
#manicmonday #letterm @JoScho

JoScho Mister Rogers!!! 5y
Guildedearlobe You‘re fancy! 5y
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kgriffith
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Today‘s focus is sorting which culled books are being traded for credit and which will be donated. I have two LibraryThing catalogs, one where I‘ve added all of the books I‘ve removed from my library over three purges, and the main one that I will hopefully have cleaned up and up to date by the time I‘m fully unpacked and stuff is on shelves. #CueCat is on the job!

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Krisjericho
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This book was a satisfying end to the series, but Rilla is just not as engaging for me as Anne was at that age. I did enjoy seeing her mature, and I love Walter, and Dog Monday made me sob. I will miss Anne after my return to rereading the books after so many years, but this concluding volume did offer me some closure.

GypsyKat I love this series. ❤️ 6y
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BritanyA
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Rilla-my-Rilla!! Can it be? My very favorite of the Anne books so far! This one had s but of everything I want in a book. Enter WW1 and the time takes a somber turn in the series. Couldn‘t get enough of this one, and Dog Monday stole all my tears. (Well, almost!)

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Lea
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A lovely end to this delightful collection. I liked it better than book 7 and the feelings around WW1 are still important and relevant now. #readwomen

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Sophoclessweetheart Wtf...? 😳😳 6y
saresmoore Ummmmmm... 6y
silentrequiem Um....😧 6y
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cobwebmoth 😂 That makes no sense at all. 6y
Sarah83 😱😱😱😱😱 6y
Eggs What the what 😶😶 6y
BiblioLitten 😁 this takes the prize 6y
bookwrm526 Whhhaaatttt is that?!?!?!? 6y
CoverToCoverGirl Agreed! 😳😬🙁 6y
Beata 🙈🙀😵 6y
BookishRedhead Eww dafuq?! 6y
Vertabrain What the what?!? 👀 6y
Sarah83 I really believe that. So ugly. 😱 6y
Caroline2 Oh my 😲 was this designed by The Sun newspaper?? 🙄 6y
tournevis Huuuuuuh! No? 6y
BookNAround O. M. G! That‘s the worst!!! 6y
Rachbb3 😨 6y
Eggs Spinning and retching 6y
Sophoclessweetheart Definitely! 😳😳 6y
merelybookish I'm guessing you don't actually own this version. 😮 6y
ValerieAndBooks 😳 wow! 6y
hissingpotatoes WHAT...BUT...WHY??? Need brain bleach. Rilla of Ingleside is one of my fav books ever and I'm still recovering from the emotional experience of reading it a couple years ago. Now I need to recover from this image... 6y
rubyslippersreads @merelybookish No. I have a vintage version that shows Rilla fully clothed. 😂 6y
ephemeralwaltz Wow why 6y
Kalalalatja Ooooooh noooooop 6y
Bertha_Mason Oh my god, that's hilarious. 6y
LeahBergen I can‘t remember that part where Rilla goes on Spring Break and joins the cast of Girls Gone Wild. 🤔 6y
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen It's in the unexpurgated edition. 😂 6y
rabbitprincess What the hell?! 😂😂😳😳 6y
Lindy 😳😆🤪 6y
Jas16 Wtf? 😫 6y
BookNAround @rubyslippersreads Well, it is an island. Therefore by default, there must be palm trees. 😂 (Even predictive text suggests palm trees when you type in island. Lol!🌴) 6y
Eggs 😂🤣😂This made my day especially @LeahBergen 🤣🤣 6y
batsy 😂😂😂 6y
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rubyslippersreads
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Part of my collection from my #favoriteauthor ❤️ #authoryoulove. In the tagged #booksetinanothercountry, some characters say #RIP2myyouth. And you can sorta #findarainbow in this picture. #aprella #aprilbookishmadness #readingresolutions #hopintospring #aprilinbooks18 #multitasking

Reviewsbylola Haha, love it! 🙌🏻 6y
Cinfhen Awesome pic 😍well played 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
emilyhaldi Very nicely done! 😆👌🏻 6y
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Jess7 Pretty!! 6y
BethM Holy beautiful colors! 6y
Mdargusch Love! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty!!! 6y
Sarah83 Wonderful picture 😍 6y
LeahBergen Cuthbert‘s tea?? Very cool! 6y
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen A lucky thrift shop find. 😊 6y
vkois88 Beautiful ❤ 6y
rather_be_reading 😍😍 6y
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