
Every so often I‘ll look for info on the publication of the final volume of L.M. Montgomery‘s Complete Journals. We‘re moving along with #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMJournals, and I have this nagging worry they won‘t publish the last volume—in time for our buddy read, or at all! I found an “Ask Us” option on the publisher‘s website, so I asked! It took a couple weeks, but I got this reply today. So—probably not in buddy-read time, but someday!
TheAromaofBooks Oh my gosh, I didn't realize that the journals didn't go all the way! 😳 So sad!! 1d
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks When we started, I assumed the last volume would be forthcoming soon, since volume 6 was published in 2017 and volume 7 in 2019. I was naively optimistic! 😬 I'm not sure what to do when we get to the end of vol. 7. I guess we could switch over to the selected journals, which are all published, but I really prefer reading the complete ones (the selected ones don't have her pictures included!). 1d
TheAromaofBooks Yes, and as we've seen, sometimes the selections seem to want to... well, follow an agenda sounds strong because I don't think anyone has a secret plan to rewrite LMM's life lol But I definitely feel like I have gotten different vibes from LMM's complete journals than I did from her biographies that quoted her journals, if that makes sense. 1d
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Oh, I absolutely agree! You‘re right, agenda is too strong a word, but it IS interpretation for sure. Just the process of selecting what stays and what goes imposes someone else‘s filter and interpretation on LMM‘s words (even if it‘s just the boring WWI parts!). I want to be able to read all of it and decide for myself what‘s important—rather than have somebody else cutting out what they think isn‘t important! 23h
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