I have this blog where I don't post as often as I'd like. But here are some reflections on a scene from Rilla of Ingleside, with a little Pollyanna thrown in. #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead-ers may be interested. Also: it‘s Christian-y. 🙂
https://commonplacehope.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/burning-coals/
#LMMReread #LMMAdjacent
pickA great second-chance summer romance… it was giving me all of the summer vibes!
We can't get Robin Hood flour in the States anymore. So, we took a little day trip today across the Blue Water Bridge (1st time in 50 years!) & picked up flour (best for pie crust and pasties), Coffee Crisp, & Red Rose #tea. "#Canada nice" proven by the woman who insisted on waiting for us in the parking lot to show us how to get to a restaurant she recommended. #MittenLitten
Throwback to last night, when I fried up some leftovers to go with another chunk of WINTER. I loathe winter, fully and completely, but these essays are fascinating. Adam Gopnik delves into how and why people engage positively with winter, with a hefty emphasis on how many of those who romanticize it are winter tourists who have the option to leave it when it gets a bit rough, or people who equate suffering with virtue.
Quick re read after watching the last episode of The Handmaid's Tale this week.
I no longer cry easily, but this turned out to be a rougher book than expected. Good character development despite its short length. These are characters I would miss greatly if they were people I‘d known.
#sundayfunday
pickThe story of Anne's daughter, this novel describes in realistic detail the lives of Canadians during WWI. Despite the heavy themes, this story still has plenty of charm and humour. I especially liked reading about the 1917 federal election as we were going through the 2025 federal election.
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread @BarbaraJean
#52bookclub25 (Has a moon on the cover)
#gottacatchemall (Emolga: cute character) @PuddleJumper
pickHey Nostradamus!, By Douglas Coupland (2003 🇨🇦)
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Premise: A 1988 school shooting in Greater Vancouver reverberates across fifteen years.
Review: I graduated high school a year before the 1999 Columbine shooting and was 21 on 9/11, two events which haunt this novel. Cont.
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