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Going in, I knew this was just a short story collection with Anne Shirley basically forced in here and there. While, yes, that's true, the Anne bits are relatively unobtrusive. Several of the stories were sweet, like "Old Lady Lloyd" and "Each in His Own Tongue," and several had classic LMM tropes like a quarreling couple, a man hater, and old maid sisters. I enjoyed it!

I love this old-times cover that seems to aptly portray this time period - the formal clothes, the toasting, the lady‘s arm around the child. This was delightful - careful vignettes of the citizenry of Avonlea.

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I finished the last half of this book last night and I was grinning from ear to ear. 😁 I loved the last few stories in this collection. Several of them are familiar because they adapted the stories to various episodes of Road To Avonlea (has anyone seen it? It‘s great!). I love the setting of PEI and the glimpse into a simpler time. This is far superior to volume 2 of this series. I really enjoyed this! 5⭐️

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Belated review, since I‘m now several stories into Further Chronicles! I hadn‘t realized just how much I would enjoy these tales set in and around Avonlea, sprinkled with little references to Anne or other characters from the Anne series. These light, sweet, and often humorous stories were a nice little reading dessert to dip into and indulge in during a busy couple of weeks. #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

“There‘s different kinds of ministers, and each must talk to men in his own tongue if he‘s going to do ‘em any real good,” said old Abel meditatively. “YOUR tongue is music.”

This might be my favorite story from Chronicles of Avonlea—the way it broadens the view of what “ministry” is & how it shows redemption through music rather than sermonizing. There are some issues with the story, but it‘s a lovely picture of grace. #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

“It was really over a question of syntax that we quarreled. Peter told me I‘d have to take him as he was, grammar and all, or go without him. I went without him.”

I mean, I don‘t find this a completely inadequate reason for ending a relationship. 🤣

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I really enjoyed these stories in the universe of the Anne books and especially the references to Anne in some of them.

I also particularly enjoyed the stories “The Courting of Missy Strong” and “The Miracle at Carmody”, probably because they are so similar to some stories in the Anne books.

And the story “Old Lady Lloyd” about an older woman doing what she can for an old beau‘s daughter was so sweat.

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So, I had grand plans for this book in the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead. I was going to keep up with the schedule, post about each story… then the 2nd story was a lot longer than anticipated, I had a really busy week, and here we are on story 10 out of 12 & I‘ve only just caught up with the schedule. 🤦🏻‍♀️ It was fun seeing another glimpse of Anne in today‘s story, though! How‘s everyone else‘s reading going?! What‘s been your favorite story so far?

So, not nearly so picturesque - physically speaking - as my other #kindredspiritsbuddyreads have been. But, I've been really feeling the short stories lately, so this fits in very nicely!

Did anyone else get “Single Ladies” stuck in their head while reading today‘s #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead story or was it just me? 😂💍 Apparently we didn‘t get enough of Anne‘s matchmaking in the series proper, so Montgomery‘s gotta throw another matchmaker tale in here…😂 It was nice to see a little Anne again, though… and the reference to Echo Lodge!

I suppose I should post my #BookSpin list!! Back to regular TBR reading this month, trying to get some books knocked out before I read ALL THE FLUFF in December 😂 21-25 will be free spaces for bingo.

Still time to post your list if you want to play along this month - just tag me when you do!!!

The #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead will start Chronicles of Avonlea tomorrow—and here‘s the schedule if you‘d like to follow along with one story each day. All are welcome!

This week completely got away from me—how is it November on Monday?!? 😱

But since November starts on Monday, our #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead of Chronicles of Avonlea also starts on Monday! I‘m tagging those who wanted to be tagged, but if you‘d like to be added to the list, just let me know. Anyone is welcome to join. 😊

Looking forward to diving into these short stories with all of you!

As our #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead is finishing up the Emily books, would anyone like to head back to Avonlea in November with these two collections of short stories? In the versions I have, there are 12 stories in Chronicles and 15 in Further Chronicles, so if we continued our same format, we could do a story a day from Nov. 1st - 27th, with a book-end discussion on the 28th. I'm tagging current & past buddy readers--comment if you're interested!

Though not as good as the Anne of Green Gables series, I enjoyed the short stories, especially the one where Anne and Diana made an appearance!

Happy Valentine's Day to me! 🙂 A new addition to my Montgomery collection.

The Chronicles of Avonlea centres around all the people who were in Avonlea during the time when Anne came to Green Gables.

There are twelve chapters and each chapter is a short story about one, or a group of people. Anne does make a cameo appearance in a few of the chapters.

I'm not a fan of short stories and I did struggle to stay interested however with just one book to go I'm determined to read every book Anne has featured in.

True literary comfort food! 😊
Also, earl grey tea with whipped coconut topping is pretty amazing.