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Cosmos_Moon_River
The Handmaid's Tale | MARGARET. ATWOOD
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I love old, well-read copies of books. This mass market copy is from 1989 and the 20th printing. It started tattering from dry rot while I was reading it. Loved this, but I will say I think the series is actually better. I have never said this about a screen adaptation, but this one. Love how the series builds from the book. Can‘t wait to keep watching!

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Leftcoastzen
Robber Bride | Margaret Atwood
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#JuneSpecials #Canada Some Canadian authors in the stash !

LeahBergen Nice!! 👏 1d
Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 23h
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfection ❣️ 22h
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5feet.of.fury
The Testaments: A Novel | Margaret Atwood
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Why am I trying to read this now? I am concerned. *gestures broadly at everything* 🇺🇸🇺🇸🫡🫥🤯😭

TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 1d
5feet.of.fury @TheBookHippie they need an emoji for existential dread 1d
TheBookHippie @5feet.of.fury I know!!!! 1d
AmyG A horror book. 😬 1d
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Rachiiebookdragon
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Read part digitally and listened to the rest

Interesting story

Read for reading prompts

3.75/5

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BarbaraJean
Emily of New Moon | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Juxtapositions like these are one of the reasons I‘m so enjoying reading LMM‘s journals alongside a re-read of her books!

Top: quote from Aug. 4, 1923 — just weeks before Emily of New Moon was published
Bottom: quote from chapter 1 in Emily of New Moon

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread #LMMJournals

JenlovesJT47 💚💚💚 2d
TheAromaofBooks I am really interested to see what connections we find between Emily and LMM (and later - Pat and LMM) 2d
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I am SO interested to read the journals alongside Pat! I remember you really not liking the Pat books--do you think you'll re-read this time? 2d
TheAromaofBooks I still have never read Mistress Pat, but I probably will reread Pat of Silver Bush despite saying I wasn't going to read it again ever 😂 24h
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BarbaraJean
Emily of New Moon | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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I was really excited about re-reading Emily of New Moon by listening to this audiobook narrated by Megan Follows. Until I saw it‘s abridged. 😭 Maybe I‘ll read it in print and then go back afterwards to listen and see what they cut out. #LMMReread #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

TheBookHippie Oh dear. 2d
lauraisntwilder ☹️ I see no reason for this book to have been abridged. 2d
BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie I‘m SO disappointed! @lauraisntwilder Right?!? How could Megan Follows be part of this kind of travesty?! 2d
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TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean it makes no sense. 2d
willaful Good grief! It's hardly a super long book! 2d
BarbaraJean @willaful I was thinking it was longer than Anne by about 100 pages, but I just looked it up, and at least in the Bantam paperbacks, it's all of 30 pages longer than Anne. 🙄 2d
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LitsyEvents
Emily of New Moon | L M Montgomery
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Repost for @BarbaraJean

Tomorrow begins the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead of Emily of New Moon! @BarbaraJean will post weekly check-ins and will discuss the book in full on Saturday, July 1. Schedule is above. All are welcome - please comment and tag @BarbaraJean if you were not tagged in her original post and would like to be tagged in future.
#LMMReread

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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. 4d
TheBookHippie I adore this read! Enjoy!!! 4d
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. 🩷 4d
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willaful Oh, I haven't read this in so long. I think I'd like to join in! 4d
BarbaraJean @willaful Yay! I‘ll tag you! 4d
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! 4d
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! 😂 4d
rubyslippersreads @willaful I‘m jealous of you getting to read it for the first time. 4d
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Hahaha! The Emily books really are much darker than Anne… but I do love them. I‘m glad you‘re in for a re-read—I‘m enjoying this chronological buddy read so much!! 3d
TheAromaofBooks I am, too! I was not expecting rereading these within LMM's life-context to make such a difference but it really is! 3d
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Chelsea.Poole
Chrysalis | Anuja Varghese
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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. 4d
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Mattsbookaday
Elizabeth Rex | Timothy Findley, Paul Thompson
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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. 1w
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