so-soYesterday was so busy that I missed both reading and posting! I finished listening to “A Merryvale Christmas” this morning. It‘s a fun story, with kids longing for gifts, a snowball fight, sleigh rides & sledding, and bringing Christmas to the less-fortunate. But especially for a longer story, it felt a bit lacking. I‘m still puzzled by this little Hoopla audiobook and I have notes! ⤵️
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Well, this starts off with a lengthy intro about how great Christmas is (that I‘m pretty sure was not written by LMM)—and if you want to skip ahead, you can start chapter one around the 7:45 mark! Not a whole lot of story yet in the first two chapters, but I‘m interested to hear the result of the snow fight tomorrow. #KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead ⤵️
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pickSince this audiobook is only 45 minutes long I decided to go ahead and listen to the whole thing today. This was new to me. I really disliked the narrator so I didn‘t enjoy this as much as the others we‘ve read but it‘s still good. I couldn‘t find anything but the audiobook. 3.5⭐️ 80 points
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Here‘s the schedule for week three of our #KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead!
A Merryvale Christmas is available as an audiobook on Hoopla, and the Dec. 18-20 stories are in the tagged collection and online (I‘ll post links in the comments). See my previous post for a little caveat about Merryvale Christmas, which we‘ll be reading over a few days (~15 audiobook minutes per day). Looking forward to another week of cozy stories!
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“No Blackburn Hill boy was ever known to miss an opportunity of flinging a slur at Enderly Road, even if no Enderly Roader were by to feel the sting.”
Another sweet story of good deeds and generosity at Christmas! (And another couple recurring themes for our LMM bingo board—we need squares for “a grudge/misunderstanding is mended” and “Christmas is brought to the less fortunate”)
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pickAnother fun Christmas story for #KindredSpiritsChristmas - I wish more people were like this these days. 4⭐️ 80 points
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“Wouldn‘t the government interfere”—😂 Awww…
This was another sweet story of a mistake that comes right and a relationship mended. I kind of want to put together a bingo card for common themes/happenings in these stories! 😆
Story link below⤵️
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pickToday‘s story for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is another good one. An absentminded teacher accidentally invites the wrong family to his landlady‘s house for Christmas dinner, but it‘s a happy mistake. Another reminder of what‘s really important this time of year. 4⭐️ 80 points
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“‘I‘ve got a new outlook on life,‘ thought Katherine as she drifted off to slumber. ‘I didn‘t know there were people like this.‘
‘Come again,‘ said Marilla when she left.
Marilla never said that to any one unless she meant it.”
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I love this excerpt from Windy Poplars so, so much. Marilla only makes the briefest appearances, but you can feel the Green Gables welcome throughout. ⤵️
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pickToday‘s short story for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is from the 2 chapters in Anne Of Windy Poplars when Katherine Brook comes to Green Gables for Christmas. I‘m a big fan of both Anne miniseries from the 1980s & now I‘m ready for a rewatch! Katherine is an interesting character & it‘s great to see her come out of her shell. Added bonus that she comes for Christmas in the book, as she comes for the summer in the movie. Love this series. 5⭐️
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What's funny is that I had a Hoopla audiobook of A Christmas Carol on my list to read, and this morning I noticed it's from the same media company as this one. I went & found a different version because I don't want the same weird crap with A Christmas Carol 😂 (edited) 11h