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Ana of California

Ana of California | Andi Teran

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A modern take on the classic coming-of-age novel, inspired by Anne of Green Gables In the grand tradition of Anne of Green Gables, Bridget Jones�s Diary, and The Three Weissmanns of Westport, Andi Teran�s captivating debut novel offers a contemporary twist on a beloved classic. Fifteen-year-old orphan Ana Cortez has just blown her last chance with a foster family. It�s a group home next�unless she agrees to leave East Los Angeles for a farm trainee program in Northern California. When she first arrives, Ana can�t tell a tomato plant from a blackberry bush, and Emmett Garber is skeptical that this slight city girl can be any help on his farm. His sister Abbie, however, thinks Ana might be just what they need. Ana comes to love Garber Farm, and even Emmett has to admit that her hard work is an asset. But when she inadvertently stirs up trouble in town, Ana is afraid she might have ruined her last chance at finding a place to belong.

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Ana of California | Andi Teran

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Really enjoyed this contemporary retelling of Anne of Green Gables—imagining what Anne‘s story might have been like if she‘d been a teenage Latina foster kid from L.A. with her own unique trauma. The author lets this story stand on its own, rather than trying too hard to copy & update every single detail of the original. While Ana is her own & different person, so many of the relationships & scenes had just the right feel. #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

Tea_and_Starstuff I gotta know, was the bear ever mentioned again? 2y

BarbaraJean @Tea_and_Starstuff Yes! The bear actually played a key role in resolving a significant situation towards the end of the book. 2y

Tea_and_Starstuff Amazing, fabulous 2y

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I really enjoyed this fresh, modern retelling of Anne of Green Gables, that works really well as a standalone novel. Readers familiar with Anne of Green Gables will enjoy looking for parallels, but lack of knowledge of the Anne story would not diminish readers‘ enjoyment of the Ana story.
Another excellent Buddy read with #KindredSpirits . Thanks so much for hosting, @BarbaraJean ! 💙

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I thought this was a good reimagining of Anne of Green Gables. There were some familiar moments and situations, but the story was fresh. There were quite a few characters that were either completely new or drastically different. Having it be a unique story, rather than just a retelling, made me more invested in how things would turn out. #kindredspiritsbuddyread

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#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Ana of California discussion - part 5 or just a bonus question/comment because I have to ask…

Seriously, what was up with the bear?! I spent way too much time trying to figure out how its paw could look like this, and how a full-grown bear could be hidden behind a man, unnoticed. And its later role in the story felt out of place and far-fetched. What did you make of the bear?!

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julieclair The bear thing was so bizarre! It felt like we jumped into magical realism every time the bear appeared. But I am glad he was a kindly bear! 🐻😉 2y

lauraisntwilder I have no idea! It's California, so there's gotta be a bear to match the flag?? 😂 2y

BarbaraJean @julieclair Yes - magical realism is a good description! Genre whiplash. 😂 @lauraisntwilder Ha! I live in California and didn't think of the flag connection! It was just so weird. (edited) 2y

julieclair @BarbaraJean #GenreWhiplash ! 😂👍😂 2y

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#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Ana of California discussion part 4

Is Ana of California dependent on Anne of Green Gables, or do you feel it stands on its own?

Parallels to Anne aside, did you enjoy the book in its own right?

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julieclair I really enjoyed this book, and feel it worked just fine as a stand alone novel. Noticing the parallels to AoGG was fun, but not at all necessary to enjoy and appreciate this book. 2y

lauraisntwilder It definitely stands on its own. I think the ways it diverged from the original were its strengths. 2y

Bkwrm7 Agreed @julieclair and @lauraisntwilder - while it was fun to see how Teran had adapted things, this was a rich experience all on its own and could definitely be enjoyed without being aware of its roots in Anne‘s story. I was disappointed to see it doesn‘t appear Teran has written anything else! 2y

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BarbaraJean @julieclair @lauraisntwilder @Bkwrm7 Absolutely agree - I think this is how a contemporary retelling should be done! Teran hit so many of the right notes for a retelling, but didn't let herself be tied so tightly to AoGG that she couldn't tell Ana's story naturally. It's a strong book on its own because Teran made the story her own/Ana's own. And I'm also disappointed she doesn't have other books yet! This was such a good debut novel. 2y

TheAromaofBooks I definitely think this one stands on its own, and I actually think that's part of the reason that I liked this one better than Anne of Manhattan. I think Teran did a great job capturing a lot of the spirit of the original and didn't try so hard to mimic all the details. Changing everyone's names emphasized that to me, that she was making this her own story. If the reader wanted to draw parallels, that was on them. 2y

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Also there was no Anne/Gilbert sex in this one. 😂 2y

TheAromaofBooks RIGHT!? HUGE PLUS 😂 😂 😂 2y

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#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Ana of California discussion part 3

The central characters in Ana are updated and reimagined, but retain similar relationships with Ana as the original characters did with Anne.

Did these characters‘ relationships with Ana have the right feel to you?
Which worked or didn‘t work?

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lauraisntwilder I felt like the Marilla and Matthew characters were swapped, in terms of how they related to Ana. Abbie liked Ana from the start, while Emmett, who had to work with her like Marilla in the original, took longer to voice his approval. Minerva never became friends with Ana, like Rachel does with Anne, but maybe with more time? 2y

Bkwrm7 @lauraisntwilder Agreed about the Abbie and Emmett swap - and relieved that Abbie and Matthew‘s story arcs didn‘t exactly parallel one another! I thought the relationship with Rye worked as a good parallel to the Diana/Anne relationship. The only one that felt significantly different to me was the Ana/Cole vs. Anne/Gilbert relationships, Ana and Cole had a much shorter time opposed to one another with more external forces keeping them apart. 2y

Bkwrm7 Overall I thought the updates worked really well even when they differed from the original dynamics. 2y

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BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder @Bkwrm7 At first, the swap in the brother/sister relationships to Anne was distracting! I was looking for more direct parallels. But I think that was my issue rather than the book. It's interesting that in both the Anne retellings we've read, they've chosen to keep the Matthew character around. We talked about this in Alpine Path, so many of us felt Matthew's death was key in Anne's maturation. But Ana didn't need extra trauma! 2y

BarbaraJean @Bkwrm7 YES - the Ana/Cole dynamics were super different. I don't think Cole was fleshed out enough for me to get a good read on him. He didn't feel at all like Gilbert, which could have worked (Rye didn't feel like Diana, but their dynamics as friends felt like Anne/Diana). But with Cole, neither the person or the relationship had the right feel for me. I missed the Anne/Gilbert rivalry and the way Anne's own pride and resistance kept them apart. 2y

BarbaraJean Also also about Abbie/Matthew parallels - I thought it was interesting that Anne immediately connects with Matthew, but Ana keeps Abbie at arms' length. Anne is so starved for love, and so open that she completely accepts Matthew's affection for her. They're fast friends, right away. But Ana is jaded and self-protective, and too cautious/uncertain of Abbie to let her in. That's something that felt very real to me about Ana as a character. 2y

TheAromaofBooks Emmett was my biggest frustration with the book, actually. I felt like his not wanting Ana around was a little unreasonable in this situation, since Abbie is the one actually doing all the work/living with her?? His impatience with her lack of knowledge left me several times thinking, “Aren't you the adult here??“ It just seemed like his antipathy towards her lasted longer than it should, and was a bit over-the-top anyway all things considered. 2y

TheAromaofBooks I liked Rye as a person, but she's definitely not remotely like Diana. She could be so insensitive towards Ana and what Ana had gone through, and using Ana as a scapegoat TWICE to get herself out of trouble really aggravated me. While there were parts of their friendship that I liked, I wanted to see more loyalty from Rye, who essentially seemed incredibly self-absorbed to me. 2y

TheAromaofBooks The Cole relationship was definitely a weak point in the story, I felt. It felt clumsy to have the adults trying to keep them apart, giving them a more traditionally angsty YA relationship instead of the enemies/friends/lovers arc of the original. I realize it's just one book, but I still wanted to see more tension between them instead of straight to “we like each other but grumpy adults don't get it“ 2y

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I hadn't thought about Emmett's impatience with Ana being unreasonable, but now that you mention it, I totally agree! He wasn't fleshed out as much as Marilla was, and I think he needed more depth for the reader to make sense of those interactions. I understood Marilla's motivations MUCH better than I understood Emmett's. And ditto about Rye. It frustrated me how clueless she was about the impact her actions could have on Ana. 2y

TheAromaofBooks I read this book several years ago and don't remember being as put-off by Emmett's attitude when I read it then. But this time there were multiple times where I was just kind of like, what the heck dude. Especially after she's been there a couple of weeks and causing zero problems and he's still like, “so glad her time is almost up and she's outta here“ like... why?? 2y

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#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Ana of California discussion part 2

What did you think of the way Teran updates and recontextualizes favorite moments from Anne of Green Gables?
Did those scenes feel natural within this novel?

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lauraisntwilder Honestly, the mushrooms surprised me, since she'd set it up that Abbie's homemade wine was on hand. But I was glad it went that way. There's no way it would have felt believable that Ana was innocent if she'd given Rye wine. 2y

Bkwrm7 I really enjoyed how Terran remixed some of these - the hair incident, the Rachel Lynde offense and apology, and the mushrooms in particular. Although the whole thing with Rye telling her parents that Ana gave her the mushrooms really changed the complexion of that from the original. But Rye is a much fuller character than Diana in a lot of ways which was nice. 2y

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder Me too - I totally thought the homemade wine or cider would be how that played out! @Bkwrm7 The twist with Rye blaming Ana surprised me, but it also underlined Ana's fear (and the very real danger) of her being sent back. That paralleled Anne, but in a much more intense/serious way. I think those small changes made that plot thread much deeper, and fleshed out Ana & Rye in ways that served their relationship and the story well. 2y

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BarbaraJean Also, I thought the reinvention of the Rachel Lynde scene was really well done. I was super impressed at the way Teran took Anne's experience as an orphan - disadvantaged and marginalized, in many ways - and drew parallels to the experience of a minority foster kid. It rang true for me both as a reimagining of Anne, as well as just as a standalone story of a struggling foster kid given another chance. 2y

TheAromaofBooks For me, where the Rachel Lynde parallel fell a little flat is that in the original it felt a little more reasonable to make Anne apologize for losing her temper, because getting twitted about your looks isn't as serious as making racist comments about you. In the original, it's a chance for Marilla to see that raising a kid isn't as black/white as it seems like it should be! 😂 Here it felt more like a callout for the adult than a growing ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) experience for everyone. So it did work, but also made that whole situation a lot more serious than it was. 2y

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Definitely. The scene w/ Minerva had such a different tone to the Mrs. Lynde scene. Similarly, the parental response to the mushrooms vs. the currant wine was much more serious (& higher stakes). Ana doesn't get into such dramatic scrapes, or quite have Anne's emotional highs and lows, so we don't get the humor of those situations the way we do with Anne. But I think that fits, because this book has a more serious tone than Anne. 2y

TheAromaofBooks I do think the sense of humor is one of the biggest differences between Anne and Ana. At the end of the day, Anne is still lighthearted even though it touches on serious topics. Ana felt like the stakes were higher all around, and Ana doesn't have that eternally optimistic attitude that Anne possesses. 2y

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#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Ana of California discussion part 1

Does Ana ring true for you as a version of Anne Shirley?
Which aspects of her personality felt particularly Anne-ish?
Where does she diverge from Anne?

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julieclair Ana as a character does ring true to me as a version of Anne Shirley, particularly with her adorable penchant for talking, and her spunky strength. The plot, however, seemed only very loosely connected to Anne of Green Gables. After the initial "brother and sister want a boy orphan and get a girl orphan" situation, I didn't see a lot of parallels. I'm interested to hear if others saw more connections than I did. 2y

Bkwrm7 I thought Ana‘s temper nicely mirrored Anne‘s, her drawing worked as the same sort of creative outlet as Anne‘s writing, and her escapes to the woods link to Anne‘s love of nature. 2y

BarbaraJean @julieclair It really was a much looser connection to Anne, but with lots of scenes that paralleled Anne, it made it feel more closely connected for me! Also, I felt the way Ana went between several bad foster homes & group homes echoed Anne's past really well. @Bkwrm7 Yes - I really liked Ana's connections to creativity & beauty. Ana being enamored with the natural beauty she found in Hadley, both the ocean & the woods, felt very Anne-ish to me. 2y

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BarbaraJean Ana's connection to music, to me, felt like a difference from Anne, but not in a bad way. I liked the points of divergence, because they made Ana feel like her own person rather than trying too hard to make her a carbon copy of Anne. And the differences felt like this is who Anne might have been if she had been born in the present day, in Ana's circumstances. 2y

julieclair @Bkwrm7 @BarbaraJean Good points about other parallels. Especially the connection to nature. I completely missed that! 2y

TheAromaofBooks I think the author did such a great job giving us a character who captures the essence of Anne without trying to make her exactly the same. Even little things like her hair still causing her annoyance, but not because it's red haha Even when Ana frustrated me, I still liked her. @BarbaraJean @julieclair @Bkwrm7 2y

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Ana of California | Andi Teran

Just a reminder that our #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead discussion of Ana of California will be this Saturday, May 27. I started and finished reading it over the weekend, and really enjoyed it—looking forward to discussing with everyone!

All are welcome—let me know if you‘re not tagged and you‘d like to be. 😊

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julieclair Please add me to the tag list! We are visiting family this weekend, so I‘m not sure how much time I‘ll have to participate in the discussion, but I really enjoyed the book. 2y

BarbaraJean @julieclair I will add you! Feel free to jump into the discussion later if you don‘t have time over the weekend. 😊 2y

TheAromaofBooks Looking forward to everyone's thoughts!! I definitely enjoyed this one more than Anne of Manhattan 😂 2y

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂 Me too!! 2y

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Ana of California | Andi Teran

#WeeklyForecast - my husband is off this week for a staycation so I will either get tons of reading done OR we will be running around adventuring. I let him take point during his time off because he doesn't get a lot of it!! This is our first vacation at home since we bought this house in 2014 that we haven't had a gigantic remodel project hanging over us, so that part is awesome!! We get to actually - this is crazy - ENJOY the house we've been⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) working on all these years!!! 😂 Should be a chill week. I started the tagged book last night. I also need to read Old Herbaceous and The Secret of Happiness this week, as well the Anne Hillerman book as it is due back at the library. This is the first Leaphorn and Chee book written by Tony's daughter so I'm a little nervous about where the series is going to go!! I'm about 1000 pages behind my average for the month, so we will see ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) how much ground I make up this week. I'm also playing a lot of Horizon Forbidden West right now and since that game has about seven million side quests, it's taking some time! 😂 All in all just really stoked about a chill week with my favorite person. ❤

@Cinfhen 2y

candc320 That‘s amazing, I hope you really enjoy your week! 2y

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Gissy Enjoy your week with your favorite person, your husband! So nice and romantic🤗❤️❤️❤️ 2y

Cinfhen Yay!!!! Hope you guys have the BEST ADVENTURE EVER even if it‘s just snuggling with books & video games 🎮💙 2y

LiteraryinPA It sounds like it‘ll be really fun either way! Enjoy!! 2y

TheAromaofBooks @candc320 @Gissy @Cinfhen @LiteraryinLawrence - Thank you!!! We are already having such a fun week. Memorial Day is our 13th anniversary of being a couple ❤ so it is sort of a week-long celebration!! 2y

Gissy @TheAromaofBooks So lovely!!!! 🥂 2y

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repost for @BarbaraJean:

I revised our #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead schedule for the rest of the year & forgot to post an update.🙃 So here you go! Because Gift of Wings is so long, it's now over July/Aug. Then I switched Magic Island & Grace of Wild Things—Magic Island is designed to be read alongside the Rubio biography. And, Grace of Wild things is a “witchy“ AoGG retelling, so it seemed fitting for October. Join in when you can!

LitsyEvents #BuddyRead

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I picked this up at the library today—ready to dive in for this month‘s #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead! Has anyone started reading yet?

We‘ll be discussing on Saturday, May 27th. All are welcome—let me know if you‘re not tagged and you‘d like to be!

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lauraisntwilder My copy is supposed to arrive on Monday. 🤞 2y

Bkwrm7 I'm about halfway through the audio right now and greatly enjoying it! 2y

TheAromaofBooks I haven't started it yet, but it's on my windowsill!! 2y

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder I hope it arrives swiftly! @Bkwrm7 Glad to hear you‘re enjoying it! @TheAromaofBooks Ah yes, the famous windowsill means it will be read soon! Your windowsill is more effective than my TBR basket, I have to admit 😆 (edited) 2y

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repost for @BarbaraJean:

Here are the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead picks for May and June! For May: a contemporary YA retelling of Anne of Green Gables. For June: historical fiction based on LMM‘s life. Comment if you‘d like to be tagged for either or both! #buddyread

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BarbaraJean Thank you for sharing this! 2y

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Here are the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead picks for May and June! For May: a contemporary YA retelling of Anne of Green Gables. For June: historical fiction based on LMM‘s life. Comment if you‘d like to be tagged for either or both!

While we‘re looking ahead, July‘s pick is “Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings” by Mary Henley Rubio, which I chose without realizing it was 600+ pages. Would people prefer to have 2 months to read Gift of Wings?⤵️

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BarbaraJean For Gift of Wings, we could do a discussion halfway through, at the end of July, and then a wrap-up discussion at the end of August; then push the other selections back a month. Or, we could cram it all into one month! If you're interested in reading Gift of Wings, let me know your preference! 2y

sblbooks I'm in for May. Thanks 2y

Bkwrm7 I'm in for May and June. Spreading The Gift of Wings over two months seems like a good plan. Especially since there's no audio available and my library doesn't seem to own it even in print. 2y

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lauraisntwilder I'm in for both! 2y

Prairiegirl_reading I‘m going to try for June! 2y

TheAromaofBooks I think two months for Gift of Wings is a great plan. I'm looking forward to rereading Ana of California this month - I got it in a book box several years ago and remember thinking it wasn't bad at the time... but I can't recall much else! 😂 2y

quietjenn I'm not sure I'll get to these, so no need to tag, although I might jump into the discussions if I do try to read them. 2y

rubyslippersreads I‘m going to skip May and June, because I‘ve already read both. I might pop in to comment, though. I‘d love to read The Gift of Wings spread over two months. 2y

LeahBergen I‘ll be skipping these two (but still reading everyone‘s comments, of course!) 2y

BarbaraJean @sblbooks I've got you on the list for May! @Bkwrm7 @lauraisntwilder I'll put you both down for both books! @Prairiegirl_reading I'll be sure you're on the list for June! @TheAromaofBooks @quietjenn @rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Sounds like everyone's on the same page for reading Gift of Wings over two months. I'll plan on that and will adjust our schedule accordingly! 2y

LeahBergen Perfect! Thank you. 😊 2y

TheAromaofBooks Sounds great!! 2y

Prairiegirl_reading Thank you!! 2y

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repost for @BarbaraJean:

Here are the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead books for April and May!

We‘ll continue reading about LMM‘s life with “The Alpine Path,” her autobiography of her writing career. And in May, we‘ll read an Anne retelling, with “Ana of California.”

Let BarbaraJean know if you want to be added to the tag list for either or both of these (that is, if you haven‘t already).

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https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2566941 2y

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Cute book! Took me way too long to figure out it was a modern retelling of Anne of Green Gables! Bonus: Cousin reading her first Ramona book next to me!

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#BookPair @thereadingwomen #ReadingWomenMonth

Ana of California has been on my #tbr for years now. It's about time for me to read it.

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#BookandBlanket #ReadingResolutions @Jess7

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Meh

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I really wanted to love this, even though I‘ve never actually read Anne of Green Gables (of which this is a retelling). The basic structure of Teran‘s version is great, but the execution was lacking. Too many of the characters felt like stock ones, there to fill a particular role and act a specific way. And there were just a few too many little side arcs for my taste. I did really like Ana and Rye, but overall was underwhelmed. 2/5 ⭐️

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I want to live there.

LoverofLit Me too! 😍 7y

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No idea where I heard about this book because I‘ve never seen anyone talk about it, but it sounds good, plus yay California, of course
#nowreading

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1. Ana of California -- a retelling of Anne of Green Gables. It's been on my shelf forever but a post by @Kelly reminded me of it yesterday
2. Tayari Jones (Glad Oprah and I have this in common)
3. I learned from reading a Ramona book that it's ok to stay home from school if you feel sick. That's my first major memory of reading!
4. @laurabeth @echological

#TrivalThursday @GarthRanzz

MallenNC Thanks for the tag @OriginalCyn620 7y

GarthRanzz That‘s a cool first memory! 7y

AlaMich I‘ve also been meaning to read

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Have any of you guys read this? It‘s totally a modern day retelling of Anne if Greene Gables. I‘m absolutely loving it! Haven‘t met the Gilbert character yet though.

CoffeeK8 I haven‘t heard of this before, but I am so in! 7y

[DELETED] 206653737 Sounds good, stacking it. 7y

Clare-Dragonfly More importantly, have you met the Diana character? 7y

melrailey @Clare-Dragonfly I LOVED the Diana character. 7y

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Ana of California | Andi Teran

I couldn't find many books with #cursive script. This on is still #TBR for me. #fallintobooks

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This is still on my TBR, but it felt appropriate! #CaliforniaLove #90sInJuly

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rubyslippersreads You beat me to it! 😄 7y

Robothugs Use it, too! 😉 @rubyslippersreads 7y

rubyslippersreads @Robothugs That's sweet of you. 😊 As you saw, I used Ramona instead, and if I end up buying a pretty copy, I'll blame you. 😂 #blameitonlitsy 7y

Robothugs I will happily accept the blame for this! 😂 @rubyslippersreads 7y

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Modern retelling of Anne of Green Gables. Ana has just had her last chance at a foster family. She is almost 16 and could either go to a group home (which no one wants) or possibly be emancipated. She gets placed with a family organic farm in Northern California. Ana has never been out of the city. She has never seen the country before and is amazed by it all. Ana will have to prove herself to the siblings if she is to stay out of a group home.

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I think I have my stack for #LitsyAtoZ, all pulled from my overflowing TBR shelf with the exceptions of my U, X, and Z novels. Now to sign up!

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BookishMarginalia Such a lovely #abecedarianTBR! 💜💜💜 8y

Suzze Yay! I also picked You off my TBR for Y. 8y

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Ana of California | Andi Teran

A little bit of summer on a fall day.

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Ana of California | Andi Teran

#blameitonlitsy. Specifically @Liberty for much of this! I've spent even more money on books since joining Litsy in June, joined BOTM and purchased almost all her suggestions, and I just bought this today so I could fulfill this photo challenge. She personally recommended this and even though I have 50ish books on kindle, I ordered this! Oh, and my husband will prob yell at me tonight #somethingforsept #septemberphotochallenge @RealLifeReading

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Ana of California | Andi Teran

#blameitonlitsy. Specifically @Liberty for much of this! I've spent even more money on books since joining Litsy in June, joined BOTM and purchased almost all her suggestions, and I just bought this today so I could fulfill this photo challenge. She personally recommended this and even though I have 50ish books on kindle, I ordered this! Oh, and my husband will prob yell at me tonight #somethingforsept #septemberphotochallenge @RealLifeReading

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Ana of California | Andi Teran

"Curls," said Ana. "So many curls, it's like they're multiplying." Oh, I know that feeling!

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Ana of California | Andi Teran

Just started this. Don't know much about it, but am struck by how similar Ana's trip to the farm is to Anne of Green Gables opening.

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