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Anna was really relatable, I had some ups & downs when I was reading this and reading about Anna's life felt comforting.

This was a nostalgic story and made me wonder how much & fast has changed in our way of living. This made me laugh and cry!

#serieslove2024

I just love this chapter—Matthew is the dearest. The way he notices what‘s “different” about Anne and then—as an extreme introvert—braves the unknown territory of buying a girl‘s dress 😂😍 It‘s sweet and hilarious and delightful. I have to admit, I never liked the sound of “brown gloria” and approved of the film version making Anne‘s dress blue! #KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

I loved Matthew.

#DaysDevotedto... #Adoption
@Eggs
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Since it is #Canada month and I'd never read it (it's not so well known in France), I thought now would be the time to see what the fuss is about 😋 I downloaded Anne of Green Gables from Project Gutenberg. 9% in: Matthew Cuthbert is thinking of keeping Anne. Oooh, what is going to happen? Will Marilla agree? 😂 😁
#FoodandLit
@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Doing a reread of the Anne series; just so pleasant🩵

#Spookoween
#SeriesLove2024
#ReadAway2024

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Finally saw one of the L.M. Montgomery loonies the other day, it's so beautiful!

Book Scavenger Hunt: Autumn or Fall ✔️

(I want to live in this cover, lounging on a bright autumn day with Anne and Diana, gazing at coppery leaves in the distance… le sigh.)

#hauntedshelf
Team #DeadSerious

Happy Oct 1!

Yes, I'm reviewing books I read at the beginning of August 😂

I've read and reread Anne until I ought to be tired of it - but never have been. I love this book so much and am not REMOTELY objective about it. As part of the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead I did try to be SLIGHTLY more critical in my reading this time around... but no, actually, it's still perfect 😆

@BarbaraJean

1. Our family Bible, given to my great-great- grandfather when he graduated from school in London in December 1866. Three months later he brought it with him when he emigrated to America.

2. I think Anne of Green Gables will continue to stand the test of time.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Thanks for the tag, @dabbe !

Want to play, @Cuilin @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs ?

1. From my ability to see and appreciate small moments of beauty even when things look grim overall.
2. Anne Shirley has this quality, and she's a great cheerleader for her bosom friends.

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

#Aboutabook #published100yearsago 👩🏻‍🦰

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

The last quarter of this book makes me want to cry straight through. Firstly, my son will be 15 next month and this quote was a gut punch. More than that though, it gives me a homesick feeling for something that is intangible and yet unquestionably gone.

I adore this series and enjoyed my reread immensely with #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread
AoGG discussion, Chs. 20-end
In addition to Anne‘s inner life, we get a rich picture of Marilla‘s thoughts & feelings. Are there other characters you‘d like to see more of or get to know more deeply?

Last year, we read some Anne retellings & the prequel. Are there other Anne-adjacent stories you wonder about? Maybe AoGG from a different character POV? A Miss Josephine Barry memoir? What if Anne had been a boy?

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread
AoGG discussion, Chs. 20-end

What do you love about this book? What draws you back to re-read it?

On this reading, did you notice anything new to you, or did anything strike you in a new way?

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread
AoGG discussion, Chs. 20-end

We touched on this a little bit last week, but I had intended to ask it today, so I will! If you read Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm a few months ago, how do you see the two books comparing now that you‘ve re-read Anne?

If you‘ve also read LMM‘s journals/bios, what parallels to LMM‘s life do you notice in AoGG, particularly in this second half of the book?

I have to post this, because I can never read the “Carrots” scene without thinking of Dirtbag Anne of Green Gables from The Toast: https://the-toast.net/2014/03/30/dirtbag-anne-green-gables/

“You wanna tell me what else is red”
😂😂🩸

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread
AoGG discussion, Chs. 1-19

👒What changes do you see in Marilla and Matthew because of Anne? What good does she bring to them? What good do they bring to her?

👒What do you think makes Anne and Diana such fast friends? How are they similar or different?

👒Did anything else stand out to you in the first part of the book that you‘d like to discuss?

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread
AoGG discussion, Chs. 1-19

👒Why do you think Anne became such a beloved character? What are some reasons you see for why she is still endearing and relatable over 100 years after AoGG was published? What attracts you to her in this first half of the book?

👒For those who‘ve read the journals and other LMM-related books (bios, literary analysis, etc.), how have these impacted this re-reading of AoGG for you?

#5JoysFriday!
1. At my husband‘s jazz concert on Sunday, his combo performed a piece from Fallout especially for a dear friend‘s son who attended that evening. Seeing his joy over the dedication gave ME such joy!
2. Had a delightful and encouraging lunch with a friend on Wednesday to celebrate my admission to the Spiritual Direction program I‘m starting in August—and she brought me flowers!
3. Reading Anne this week is bringing me SO MUCH joy!!⤵️

Finally getting a start on re-reading this favorite for #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead—in this gorgeous edition with cover by Elly MacKay!

These beloved L.M. Montgomery classics are coming up in the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

All are welcome! Hosted by @BarbaraJean

Green Gables:
7/27: Discuss chapters 1-19
8/3: Discuss chapter 20-end

Avonlea:
8/17: Discuss chapters 1-15
8/24: Discuss chapter 16-end

Repost for @BarbaraJean

Posting a separate blurb to highlight the readalong for Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea! These beloved L.M. Montgomery classics are coming up in the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead.

Green Gables:
7/27: Discuss chapters 1-19
8/3: Discuss chapter 20-end

Avonlea:
8/17: Discuss chapters 1-15
8/24: Discuss chapter 16-end

Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2755171
Cont. ⬇

Posting a separate blurb to highlight the readalong for Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea! These beloved L.M. Montgomery classics are coming up in the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead.

Green Gables:
7/27: Discuss chapters 1-19
8/3: Discuss chapter 20-end

Avonlea:
8/17: Discuss chapters 1-15
8/24: Discuss chapter 16-end

All are welcome: buddy readers, re-readers, or those new to Anne. Comment if you‘d like to be tagged for either or both books!

Re-reading this treasure of a book. I loved it as a young teen and I love it now. The descriptive writing is wonderful.

#CoverLove #Yellow

#SummerSouls #sea

There are many wonderful characters in literature. However, not one of them is as singular and fantastic as Anne Shirley.

“There‘s such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I‘m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn‘t be half so interesting.”
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In elementary school, this was the book that I checked out from the library again & again. And yet I could not remember any of it! So I decided to reread & I can definitely see why I was so enamored with Anne & her fascinating imagination. Her outlook on the world & pure optimism (even when in the depths of despair) are uplifting, & her flair for the dramatic is charming. Little eight year old me would have dreamed of being her kindred spirit

1. 1998, 26 yrs ago.
2. Anne of Green Gables

I tag @NataliePatalie.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

“Isn‘t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet.” If there is one fictional character that I relate with and love above all others, it would most definitely be Anne. This is easily one of my favorite books and its lessons have a very special place in my heart. That life, no matter how hard it may be, is as beautiful as you choose to see it as and that the people you love are the truest richest of life. #52challenge

Thought this was interesting - apparently it‘s read like a radio play with sound effects and a great cast! See the article here https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7043654

This is my third time reading this and I love it more for every read. The last time so read it, I decided that I needed my own copy and this is it.

What I love is Anne‘s positivity despite everything and how she loves all the seasons and month. I also love Anne and Matthew‘s relationship.

‘I‘m so sorry for people who live in lands where there are no Mayflowers,‘ said Anne. ‘Diana says perhaps they have something better, but there couldn‘t be anything better than Mayflowers, could there, Marilla? And Diana says if they don‘t know what they are like they don‘t miss them. But I think that is the saddest thing of all. I think it would be tragic, Marilla, not to know what Mayflowers are and like not to miss them.

And I‘m so happy about a heroine that seem to enjoy all the seasons and all the months.

Gilbert Blythe was trying to make Anne Shirley look at him and failing utterly, because Anne was at that moment totally oblivious, not only of the very existence of Gilbert Blythe, but of every other scholar in Avonlea school
[…]
Gilbert Blythe wasn‘t used to putting himself out to make a girl look at him and meeting with failure. She should look at him
[…]
Gilbert reached across the aisle, picked up the end of Anne‘s long red braid,

This was one first line, as far as I can tell it is the entire first paragraph.

#FirstLineFridays

“I‘m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

A favorite quote and its matching candle for the day 16 prompt: “October.”

#hhc #halloweenhexescoven #scarathlon

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Thank you for the tag @julieclair !

For this #TLT I thought of a few of my favorite literary representations in the cinema:
1. Megan Follows as Anne
2. William Powell/Myrna Loy as Mr. & Mrs. Charles (again, must be on this list!)
3. Alicia Silverstone as Cher (Emma)
Bonuses - Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Malcom 😍 & Mos Def as Ford Prefect 👍

Would you like to play? @Kimberlone @Aimeesue @Bookwormjillk

Revisited Green Gables for the first time in probably 25 years, alternating between audiobook and this gorgeous version (a Christmas gift from 1992).

It was as charming as I remembered, complete with the intense pangs of second-hand embarrassment and the ongoing (fond) exasperation at Anne‘s obliviousness to Gilbert‘s adoration.

Followed it up with the classic 1985 TV film/miniseries— one of the best adaptations ever. 🧡💛💚

My grandmother went on a train trip to Canada when I was a preteen. She brought home my first copy of Anne of Green Gables that I completely wore out. Now I love picking up random copies in thrift stores to add to my collection.

#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

Josie Pye dares Anne to #WalkTheLine (the ridgepole of Mr. Barry‘s kitchen roof).

#Movie2BookRecs #LetterW

#weirdwordwednesday #rereadingsummer