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BarbaraJean
Emily of New Moon | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Tomorrow begins the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead of Emily of New Moon! I‘ll post weekly check-ins, and we‘ll discuss the book in full on Saturday, July 12. Schedule is above. All are welcome—please comment if you‘re not tagged and you‘d like to be!

#LMMReread #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

rubyslippersreads I‘m not sure if I‘ll reread (I bet I‘ve read it at least 50 times 😁), but I‘ll definitely chime in with comments. 18h
TheBookHippie I adore this read! Enjoy!!! 15h
JenlovesJT47 I read this a couple of years ago and loved it, sounds like a great time for a reread! P.S. Has anyone ever watched the show Emily of New Moon? It‘s pretty good. Got the whole series for $10 awhile back. 🩷 14h
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willaful Oh, I haven't read this in so long. I think I'd like to join in! 14h
BarbaraJean @willaful Yay! I‘ll tag you! 13h
BarbaraJean @JenlovesJT47 I have an Emily of New Moon series saved in my Hoopla favorites but haven‘t watched it yet—maybe I need to do that this summer! 13h
TheAromaofBooks When I read Emily the first time I found the series depressing and said I wasn't going to read them again - but I honestly can't resist rereading them within the context of everything we've been learning about LMM, so I guess I'm in again! 😂 7h
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Chelsea.Poole
Chrysalis | Anuja Varghese
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Pickpick

This landed on my radar thanks to @Singout ‘s #AuldLangSpine list and how thankful I am! I normally avoid short stories (because “give me more!” or “what was that?”). BUT! These stories are fully realized and effective in storytelling. Haunting and often full of magical realism heightening everyday emotions: sibling jealousy, a teen being bullied, neglected stepdaughter (Cinderella!), divorce. Centers women & lgbtq+ experiences. Excellent!

Singout Wasn‘t it cool! The story behind it was that my IRL book group somehow found itself with nothing to read for a month: I suggested that rather than coming up with a bunch of ideas and a big debate, we pick the most recent winner of a significant award that had available library copies. This one got the prestigious Canadian Governor General‘s award for fiction in 2023. We all really liked it and it was good to have an Indian member‘s perspective. 12h
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Mattsbookaday
Elizabeth Rex | Timothy Findley, Paul Thompson
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Pickpick

Elizabeth Rex, by Timothy Findley (2000 🇨🇦)
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Premise: On the night before her lover is put to death on her orders, a restless Queen Elizabeth I spends time with William Shakespeare‘s troupe and gets into a battle of wits about the performance of gender with a man who has spent his whole career in drag.

Review: This is probably my favourite play-as-literature thus far. Cont.

Mattsbookaday The premise is great, the dialogue sharp (and often funny), and the exploration of power, gender, and love utterly fascinating. The scenes among the two ‘queens‘ and Shakespeare are absolutely where this shines; the rest felt mostly inconsequential, but was far from dragging the play down. 5d
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charl08
Road Ends: A Novel | Mary Lawson
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'Banned it?' Andrew said with a grin. 'How do you ban being patronizing?'

'Well, there were certain phrases he used that made me mad because they didn't sound rude but you knew they were. You know, things like "If you think about it," which means you're not thinking about it, and "With respect," which basically means without respect. "I think you'll find" is another one. I fined him twenty-five cents every time he said something like that.'

BkClubCare 👏 6d
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charl08
Road Ends: A Novel | Mary Lawson
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I see,' he said again. You've been planning this for some time, then.'

He made it sound like a bank raid, Megan thought, or maybe premeditated murder. But she would not allow him to make her feel guilty; she had done far more than her share. 'Yes,' she said briskly. I'm twenty-one and I think it's time I started my own life.'

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LiteraryHoarderPenny
The Paper Birds: A Novel | Jeanette Lynes
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Outdoor reading season has begun! Now getting darker so getting harder but today was a really beautiful day to sit outside and read. #CanLit #CanadianWomenCodebreakers

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emilycoc
Rilla of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Pickpick

What a great book to wrap this series with! I have always been a sucker for wartime stories, so I think this being set in WWI is part of why I think it is (just a little bit!) better than a few of the books that came before. This is a belated post, as I finished this read during a work trip earlier this week, but I had a loaner phone with no Litsy so I couldn't post about it in real time.

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lil1inblue
Alias Grace: A Novel | Margaret Atwood
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve been meaning to watch this one! 1w
Eggs Ahh this great and I agree 🧵 🪡 1w
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GatheringBooks
Alias Grace: A Novel | Margaret Atwood
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#JuneSpecials Day 13: #Sewing - one of my fave Atwood novels.

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 I find sewing to be satisfying 1w
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melissajayne
The Adversary: A Novel | Michael Crummey
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Mehso-so

2.5⭐️ While the book was written very well, I just didn‘t connect very well with the characters. Partly it had to do with the fact that I was unable to put a time period to the story. #bookclub #canadian #fiction #historicalfiction