Litsy

We only have one dog at the moment and have never had three at a time; THIS USA “MOTHER” Day, I am thinking of all my kids, my canine kids; they are top of mind 💖 Reading this because…. I somehow love a good grief story. Pic is Copper with my “new” iris from a neighbor. #DogsofLitsy #CopperBopper #WHPG #GriefLit

Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 1d

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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. 🐶 3d

kwmg40 I‘d definitely like to continue with the #LMMReread books (the Emily ones from this list). Thanks! 3d

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 😂 2d

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! 1d

rubyslippersreads Ivanhoe is also a #BetsyTacy adjacent book. 🙂 1d

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 ! 💙 1d

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 2h

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances | Ellen Cooney

bailed

I thought the story would carry the weird writing style. I thought wrong. #HailTheBail

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May #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBRs #Reading2025 @DieAReader

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 3d

DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 3d

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2d

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances | Ellen Cooney

"It was dusk on a winter day, and from high on the mountain came barking, drifting down above the snow like peals of a bell, one, two, three, four, more, just to say the light was leaving, but that was all right: here I am, I'm a dog, all is well."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances | Ellen Cooney

Starting my May #BookSpin

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances | Ellen Cooney

May #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1w

ShelleyBooksie How have I never heard of this book? Sounds excellent ♡ 1w

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Deblovestoread

The Art of Racing in the Rain | Garth Stein

1) Currently 2 cats, Kali & Dahlia, the most neurotic cats I‘ve ever had and our pug, Merry Pippin. Over the years I think we had everything at one time or another except snakes. Hard no from mom on that one. Fish (piranha, fresh and saltwater), rodents (hamsters, gerbils & a guinea pig), a bearded dragon lizard, a bird, turtles, numerous cats & dogs.
2) Both but more fiction

Play @Lesliereadsalot @Meshell1313 @willaful

#WondrousWednesday

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Eggs Love the tagged book 3w

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w

Lesliereadsalot Thanks for thinking of me. It turns out that I‘m highly allergic to cats and shedding dogs and possibly other animals that I don‘t know about! I do love seeing all the Litsy pets, they always make me smile. And Marcellus the octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures also made me smile. 😊 3w

Meshell1313 Oh fun! Thanks for the tag! 3w

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Nebklvr

The Art of Racing in the Rain | Garth Stein

so-so

This was not my favorite. It was incredibly predictable.

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oddandbookish

Museum of Dogs: A Romp Through Art History for Dog People | Jessica Poundstone

pick

What a funny and fabulous little book!

This book is filled with art featuring dogs alongside a short blurb offering commentary on the piece. The commentary was hilarious. I laughed out loud so many times.

Additionally, I loved the random fun facts that were incorporated into the blurbs. For example, I learned that the Olympics used to have art competitions.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/review-museum-of-dogs/