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BookishTrish
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Pickpick

I‘m grateful to my writer friend who called this collection a must-read. O‘Neill muses on the lessons learned passed down from her father - an eccentric sometimes criminal who taught Heather to love whimsy and to live with her whole heart. I cried.

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Jess861
The Girls | Lori Lansens
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Just over a week left and I'm excited to discuss with those who are interested. I'll post a few discussion points in the afternoon of Saturday, May 3rd - which gives everyone a few extra days. Weekdays are too busy with the kiddos - so going forward I'll post discussion points on the Saturday after month end if that works for everyone. If there is anything specific you are interested in discussing please feel free to comment here. #OhCanada

Blueberry Oops, I've been reading one of the May/June books. But it's good. 😀 3d
Jess861 @Blueberry 😆- at least you know you'll finish it for June, lol 3d
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Blueberry Yup, 😆 2d
CarolynM I‘ll try to read this in the coming week🙂 1d
Jess861 @CarolynM I'll be re-reading it this weekend - it's probably been about 15 years since I read it and I can't even remember yesterday 😆 1d
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Amiable
The Stone Diaries | Carol Shields
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From the moment of her unexpected birth in 1905 until her death more than 85 years later, Daisy Stone Goodwill experiences all the ups, downs, humor, melancholy, sadness, grief and joy of childhood, young adulthood, marriage, motherhood, widowhood and old age. In other words—a life, lived. This book gave me all the feels.

Leftcoastzen I‘ve been thinking of reading this one for years! 7d
TheBookHippie I own this book somewhere in my piles 😵‍💫🙃 7d
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Amiable @Leftcoastzen @TheBookHippie It had similar vibes to “Stoner” by John Williams, if you loved that one! 7d
TheBookHippie @Amiable I love that book!!! 7d
Leftcoastzen I did LOVE that one! 7d
BarbaraBB I loved this book so much when I read it ages ago. (And Stoner too!) 6d
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lil1inblue
Magic for Marigold | L.M. Montgomery
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💙 I filed our taxes yesterday. Usually I file in February, but I've just had no mojo this year.
💙 Delightful

#two4tuesday #childrensclassicread2025
@thespineview @thebookhippie

TheSpineView Hope you find that mojo! Thanks for playing! 1w
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melissajayne
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Mehso-so

3.75 ⭐️ very well written, but I think it should have been tightened up a bit more; felt it was too slow for my taste and I had to reread segments several times before moving on. I should have probably read it over a longer period of time to make more sense of it. #2025 #canadian #fiction #bookreview #contemporary #historical #literary

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LitsyEvents
Rilla of Ingleside | L.M. Montgomery
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Reposting for @barbarajean #kindredspiritsbuddyread
Upcoming schedule. for more information and to join in see original post : https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2856056

BarbaraJean Thanks for the re-post! 2w
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BarbaraJean
Rilla of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Here's the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead schedule for the next six weeks, with #LMMJournals, #LMMReread and #LMMAdjacent choices. We'll read the last section of Volume 4 of LMM's Complete Journals over the next two weeks, then Rilla of Ingleside, then Pollyanna.

I've tagged the schedule/announcements list for the group, but all are welcome. If you'd like to be tagged for any/all of the above, please comment!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I'm still plowing through The Last of the Mohicans!! I'm really looking forward to rereading Rilla, and Pollyanna with the group!! 2w
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I‘m interested to hear what you think once the plowing is done! I don‘t regret reading it, but it was disappointing. I‘m glad to be back into the journals this week and looking forward to the next several picks! 1w
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Anna40
Simple Recipes: Stories | Madeleine Thien
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Relationships are at the center of all stories: child and parent, husband and wife. Other themes are displacement through immigration and how the generations cope differently with their longing for the other country. I love Madeleine Thien‘s writing style, the way she crafts characters and leads us into their world is masterfully done. It makes me want to read everything she ever wrote. Definitely a pick.

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melissajayne
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Pickpick

5⭐️ Really liked this memoir and it was really well done. It was incredibly informative and heartbreaking. #2025 #nonfiction #memoir #canadian #drugaddiction

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Butterfinger
Magic for Marigold | L.M. Montgomery
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Panpan

It was no Jane, Emily, or Anne. I feel so guilty. I don't understand why it was a big deal to be read by a male. He is not a good oral reader. I hope my negativity is because of him, but I don't think so. I didn't like all the misconceptions of the children. By the last hour, it was just background noise. #ChildrensClassicChallenge @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie This was not what I thought it would be- although I enjoyed Marigold. I‘m glad I read it in bits. 3w
Butterfinger @TheBookHippie there were moments I enjoyed. Saving a family from a house fire because she was homesick. And, moments of clarity with her family. I was waffling between liking it and meh, but what really got my goat was the misconceptions of missionary work. You have to know pain to be close to God. Today, people are turned off from God because of the ways of the republican party and it was just too much for me. 3w
TheBookHippie @Butterfinger God has been used a weapon and vehicle of control, power and manipulation by alt right Christians all the way back to Roman Christians ..from Constantine on it‘s been horrific. Missionary work is a status symbol here. It‘s gross. I think it depends what you have seen and experienced. I don‘t personally think we should ever go into another culture and tell them how to live, love or believe -or anyone for that matter. 3w
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rubyslippersreads I haven‘t read this in years, and don‘t remember much about it. The girl on the audiobook cover reminds me of the “disaster girl” meme. 😆 3w
rubyslippersreads @TheBookHippie Wasn‘t it originally a magazine serial? That might explain the religious aspect, depending on what the magazine was. 3w
TheBookHippie @rubyslippersreads Yes and I believe so. It most definitely explains it. I‘m still glad to have read it. 3w
Butterfinger You are 100% correct @TheBookHippie 3w
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