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Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography | Marshall Saunders

repost for @BarbaraJean

Hello, Kindred Spirits!

Here‘s the schedule for the next few months of the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead—including a couple of #LMMAdjacent books, Vol. 5 of the #LMMJournals, and for #LMMReread, the beginning of the Emily books.

I‘ll include the tag list for each book in the comments below. All are welcome—let me know if you want to be added to (or removed from!) any of the tag lists.

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BarbaraJean

Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography | Marshall Saunders

Hello, Kindred Spirits!

Here‘s the schedule for the next few months of the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead—including a couple of #LMMAdjacent books, Vol. 5 of the #LMMJournals, and for #LMMReread, the beginning of the Emily books.

I‘ll include the tag list for each book in the comments below. All are welcome—let me know if you want to be added to (or removed from!) any of the tag lists.

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BarbaraJean Beautiful Joe: @TheAromaofBooks, @rubyslippersreads, @julieclair, @lauraisntwilder, @JenLovesJT47

Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography

BarbaraJean Journals: @TheAromaofBooks, @lauraisntwilder, @JenLovesJT47 5d

BarbaraJean Emily of New Moon: @kwmg40, @TheAromaofBooks, @rubyslippersreads, @JenLovesJT47

Emily of New Moon

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BarbaraJean Story of an African Farm: @TheAromaofBooks, @julieclair, @lauraisntwilder

The story of an African farm: a novel

TheAromaofBooks I bought this volume of journals before we moved and now I can't find it!! Three weeks to do some serious crate rummaging 😂 5d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Oh nooooo! Hope you unearth it quickly! 5d

lauraisntwilder I don't think I'm going to end up reading Beautiful Joe. I'll be traveling right then and I already have my books for the trip picked out! 😄 Yes to all the others though, including Emily of New Moon, if you could add me to that one? I love Emily. Thank you!! 4d

julieclair I‘m going to bow out of Beautiful Joe. I didn‘t realize part of the story was about animal abuse, and don‘t think I‘m up for that right now. 💙 12h

BarbaraJean @julieclair Oof—I understand! I‘ll tag you back in when we get to Story of an African Farm. 12h

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder Got it! I‘ll tag you for everything except Beautiful Joe. 12h

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BarbaraJean

Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography | Marshall Saunders

Hello #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead-ers! I‘m looking at a tentative schedule for the next few months:

Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders (2 weeks)
Journals Vol. 5 (2 weeks)
Emily of New Moon (3 weeks)
Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner (3 weeks)
Journals Vol. 5 (3 weeks)
Emily Climbs (3 weeks)
“The Lay of the Brown Rosary” & Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (4 weeks)

THAT takes us to mid-October & finishes Vol. 5 of the journals.⤵️

rubyslippersreads, Daisey, LeahBergen, JenlovesJT47, CogsOfEncouragement, lauraisntwilder, kwmg40, TheAromaofBooks, Roary47, julieclair

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) Take a look and let me know where you‘d like to join in. I added Beautiful Joe right after Pollyanna, so we‘ll be reading two of LMM‘s fellow L.C. Page & Co. authors back to back.

Note: I added two books I forgot to put into our voting a couple months ago. LMM mentions Story of an African Farm multiple times in her journals (it‘s considered a feminist classic) and there‘s another reference to it in Vol. 5, so I added it here. ⬇

The story of an African farm: a novel

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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) Aurora Leigh is referenced in Vol. 2 of the journals and in Emily Climbs. It‘s also really long (350-400 pages) AND it‘s a novel in verse, which may not be everyone‘s cup of tea. If nobody‘s interested in either of those, I can pull them out and reconfigure things.

FINALLY: a preview of other potential adjacent books:
Ivanhoe—Sir Walter Scott
Life of Charlotte Bronte—Elizabeth Gaskell
More Tramps Abroad—Mark Twain ⬇

Aurora Leigh

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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) People voted for the above three books in our poll but they‘re each 400-600 pages, so I‘m going to parcel them out more sparingly. I might add Gaskell‘s Charlotte Bronte bio after we finish the Emily books, since there are a lot of parallel vibes between Emily & Jane Eyre.

After all of THAT… 😂 Let me know what you‘d like to be tagged for, and I‘ll post a finalized schedule soon!

The Life of Charlotte Bronte

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rubyslippersreads I had that copy of Beautiful Joe as a child. I read it over and over. 🐶 2w

kwmg40 I‘d definitely like to continue with the #LMMReread books (the Emily ones from this list). Thanks! 2w

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I'm down for any/all of these. Like @rubyslippersreads I had a copy of Beautiful Joe that I read so many time growing up. It has very Black Beauty vibes. I'm a little scared of Aurora Leigh but am willing to give it a try if everyone else wants to read it 😂 2w

BarbaraJean @rubyslippersreads It's such a sweet cover! @kwmg40 I'll make sure to tag you for the Emily books! @TheAromaofBooks Knowing your feelings about poetry, I was definitely thinking of you when I said Aurora might not be everyone's cup of tea 😂 I'll give it a few more days to see who else weighs in, but I think I'll start with a schedule for the summer and we can revisit interest in Aurora when we get to August and Emily Climbs! 2w

rubyslippersreads Ivanhoe is also a #BetsyTacy adjacent book. 🙂 2w

julieclair I‘d like to read all of these except the journals. I‘m a bit hesitant about Aurora Leigh, but I‘d like to give it a try! Thanks so much for organizing all of this for us, @BarbaraJean ! 💙 2w

BarbaraJean @rubyslippersreads I have never read Betsy-Tacy! 😱 Maybe I need to read it when we get to Ivanhoe 😄 @julieclair I'll put you on all the lists except the journals! I'm thinking I might pre-read some of Aurora Leigh, see what it's like, and report back. I love the “Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God“ quote, but that's really the extent of my familiarity. @TheAromaofBooks 2w

TheAromaofBooks Ohhh you would probably really like Betsy-Tacy!! It's a series that starts out for and about younger readers, and the books get more advanced as the characters get older - Betsy is married by the end of the series!! They're super cute. 2w

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bellabella

Misty's Twilight | Marguerite Henry

so-so

This is a higher so-so. I own the book but out of all of Marguerite Henry's books I've read I've only read it twice (compared to several for the others I own). I guess I just felt a little jilted after reading Misty of Chincoteague, Stormy, Misty's Foal, and others.

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DebinHawaii

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel | Thornton W. Burgess

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#ReadAway2024 #20in4 #Readathon

Read tonight for November‘s #ChildrensClassicRead2024 This was a cute story & quick read with life lessons told through animal characters. It‘s apparently a series with different animals the lead in each book. It was perhaps a bit “folksy” for me but I enjoyed it overall. 🐿️ 🤎

TheBookHippie, DieAReader, Andrew65, GHABI4ROSES

TheBookHippie It is definitely folksy, LOLOLOLOL - but I did enjoy the little lessons, although I read it with grandson so that made it a bit more fun! I like having the knowledge of it. These stories are talked about a ton here and taught at every private school. I was always curious. 6mo

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 6mo

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 6mo

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JenlovesJT47

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel | Thornton W. Burgess

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Aww this was cute. It started out a little slow for me but by the end I was fully invested in Chatterer‘s fate. 😆 Thanks for hosting the #ChildrensClassicRead2024 @TheBookHippie ! 4⭐️

🐿️🌰🐿️🌰🐿️🌰🐿️🌰🐿️🌰🐿️🌰🐿️🌰🐿️🌰🐿️

#buddyread
#classics

TheBookHippie It‘s a balm to read. ♥️ 6mo

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MemoirsForMe

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel | Thornton W. Burgess

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Okay, I‘m learning to tolerate squirrels more after reading this cute classic. Even if they do sabotage my bird feeders.😆 I was more fascinated to learn about author Burgess who adored nature & spent his writing life teaching children to appreciate all wildlife. He wrote more than 170 books! Plus he was big on conservatism and helped pass laws to protect migrating wildlife.🙌🏻
Thx @TheBookHippie for another great read!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 6mo

curiouserandcurioser @MemoirsForMe i love this:) thanks @TheBookHippie for this❤ 6mo

MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie 😘😘😘 6mo

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MemoirsForMe @curiouserandcurioser Thanks Penny! I‘m always impressed by nature-loving and tree-hugging authors! 🤗 6mo

curiouserandcurioser @MemoirsForMe we have most of his books!:) 6mo

MemoirsForMe @curiouserandcurioser How cool! I must read more. 6mo

tpixie Very interesting about the author! 5mo

MemoirsForMe @tpixie I do love author trivia! It‘s wonderful he has an appreciation society that‘s still active today. 5mo

tpixie @MemoirsForMe yes!! He‘s very well loved to have an active society! He‘s touched so many lives! (edited) 5mo

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TheSpineView

Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul: Stories of Canine Companionship, Comedy and Courage | Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen

#DaysDevotedTo @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Soup

LiseWorks I can't read these because they make me cry 6mo

Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 6mo

TheSpineView @LiseWorks IK! 6mo

TheSpineView @Eggs 😊 6mo

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mrp27

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel | Thornton W. Burgess

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November #bookspin #childrensclassicread2024

Yay! I actually completed this months pick! A cute story of life lessons as they are learned through fuzzy woodland animals.

TheBookHippie, TheAromaofBooks

TheBookHippie It was cute. ♥️ 6mo

TheAromaofBooks I loved this series when I was growing up. 6mo

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