lucymaudemontgomery

Time for my favorite swap of the year!! #FallingForFallSwap 🎉 Check out this post https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2886960 for the sign-up link!!!

As always, thank you for hosting @avanders @chrissyreadit 💕 💕 💕

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lil1inblue

Magic for Marigold | L.M. Montgomery

💙 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! 4mo

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LitsyEvents

Magic for Marigold | L.M. Montgomery

Repost for @TheBookHippie

MARCH #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025

PDF https://archive.org/details/b1122727

https://lmmonline.org/books/magic-for-marigold/

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BarbaraJean

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 | Lucy Maud Montgomery

“I'd love to be friends with you,“ she said slowly. “I've often thought I'd like to know you. Isn't it odd that we have the same name? It was so nice of you to come and see me. I—I'd love to have you come often.“

Aw—such a sweet story of a mixup that leads to a kind deed and a future friendship. Also: Josie Pye!! ? ⤵️

#KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

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BarbaraJean Today‘s story is “Ida‘s New Year Cake,” which is available on Hoopla, and also in the tagged collection. You can read it online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1905-1906/11/

Tomorrow, we‘ll finish out this Christmas buddy read with “Bertie‘s New Year,” which is available at the above-noted sources, as well as online here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1905-1906/5/

Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories

8mo

CogsOfEncouragement lol Right? I‘m sure it is quite a chore to continually come up with unique names! I enjoyed this sweet story of kindness. 8mo

lauraisntwilder They were discussing the "other" Ida Mtchell and I thought, if only they had an idea of the other Josie Pye! 8mo

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BarbaraJean @CogsOfEncouragement I‘ve often thought about that with LMM‘s short stories, wondering how she chose all the names! @lauraisntwilder Oh, my—yes!! Now you have me thinking: what if LMM had written a story in which this Josie Pye was that Josie Pye and had the name mixup. A very different story indeed. 😂 8mo

rubyslippersreads Was the Josie Pye in AOGG the evil twin of the one in this story? 8mo

BarbaraJean @rubyslippersreads I only just saw this comment! 🤦🏻‍♀️ And YES, I think we have an evil twin situation here. 7mo

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TheAromaofBooks

Across the Miles | Lucy Maud Montgomery

@Scochrane26 - I'm your #JolabokaflodSwap match this year!!! I mailed your package earlier this week, but in typical Sarah-Style did not actually notate on the envelope anywhere that it was a Litsy package or who it was from 😂 So be on the lookout for a blue padded envelope from Ohio - that's your Swap gift!!! Merry Christmas!!

@MaleficentBookDragon thanks so much for hosting - I love this simple swap!!

dabbe ❣️🎄❣️ 8mo

AnnCrystal 😍🎄🤩💝. 8mo

Scochrane26 Thanks for letting me know, Sarah! 8mo

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BarbaraJean

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 | Lucy Maud Montgomery

“Clorinda stopped short suddenly. She had just remembered that she would not have liked to say that last sentence to Aunt Emmy. Therefore, there was something wrong about it. Clorinda had long ago learned that there was sure to be something wrong in anything that could not be said to Aunt Emmy.”

I loved today‘s story, with its focus on giving out of who you are, rather than what you can spend.❤️

#KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

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BarbaraJean Today‘s story, “Clorinda‘s Gifts,” is available on Hoopla and in the tagged collection, or online here: https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20150144/html.php#Clorindas_G...

Tomorrow we‘ll read “Katherine Brooke Comes to Green Gables,” which is an excerpt from Anne of Windy Poplars (2nd Year, chs. 5-6). The excerpt is in the tagged collection, or the full text of the book is available here: https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20100608

Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories

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CogsOfEncouragement This one was really sweet, I enjoyed it. 8mo

TheAromaofBooks I know LMM wrote a lot of short stories for “churchy“ magazines and such where she “had“ to have a moral to the story, and it makes me wonder how many in this collection were originally written with that purpose. But I still really enjoy them because she makes the lesson so palatable and thoughtful. 8mo

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lauraisntwilder @TheAromaofBooks I've been wondering that, too. This one definitely felt like that, but she is so good at forming characters quickly that it was still enjoyable. 8mo

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder - Exactly, she makes her characters still feel so realistic and relatable, even in a 6-page story, that it feels like we're just learning the lesson alongside them instead of being preached at. 8mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder Yes, this one seemed very much like a teach-y one for young people! I wondered that about “The Osborne's Christmas“ as well. Both clearly have a “lesson” but as you said, Sarah, they don‘t feel preachy. I thoroughly enjoyed both!

I started poking around to see if I could find publication info on “The Osbornes Christmas” because it seemed SO much like a Sunday school paper or similar. ⬇ 8mo

BarbaraJean (Cont'd) I found this page, which has pub info for a lot of LMM's stories: https://www.fadedpage.com/sc/montgomery.php

It didn't shed light on the Osbornes, but it does say that Clorinda was published in the Epworth Herald. I looked that up and found that it was a newspaper for a Methodist Episcopal young people‘s service organization, so the “moral of the story” purpose checks out! https://www.nyac.com/theepworthheralddec2009 8mo

BarbaraJean OK, never mind, that page DOES have info on “The Osborne's Christmas“--not sure how I missed it! It was published in “Zion's Herald,“ a weekly Methodist publication “devoted to religion and moral subjects“ (according to Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/pub_zions-herald?tab=about). IA also has that issue scanned if you want to see the original! https://archive.org/details/sim_zions-herald_1903-12-16_81_50/page/1604/mode/2up (edited) 8mo

lauraisntwilder She was writing for the Methodists?! Felicity King would be scandalized! 😂 8mo

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder - I lost it 😂 8mo

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder 😂😂😂 8mo

rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder Yes. A less talented writer could have made this unbearably sappy. 8mo

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TheAromaofBooks

Across the Miles | Lucy Maud Montgomery

@BookmarkTavern - I'm your match for the #StuffedStockingSwap !!! I finally got your package in the mail yesterday and USPS says it should be there Friday!! I hope you love it!! 😁

@Avanders thanks so much for hosting this fun swap every year!!!

Avanders 👏🏼👏🏼🎄☃️❤️😘 8mo

BookmarkTavern Oh I am so excited! 💖💖💖 8mo

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BarbaraJean

The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery: 1910-1921 | Lucy Maud Montgomery

This evening was fine & crisp and I drove into Uxbridge to meet Ewan who has been away all week attending a conference in Toronto. We have a dear little mare "Queen," who is not afraid of motors or anything of that kind & I can drive her without fear. We had a pleasant drive home through the moonlight and a delightful home-coming, with Frede & Sonny Punch [Chester], a bright fire and a good supper awaiting us.
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#LMMJournals

lauraisntwilder, TheAromaofBooks

BarbaraJean I came across this today on FB and was delighted! This quote is from Vol. 2 of the Selected Journals—so it‘s farther along in Maud‘s life than we‘ve gotten yet, but I thought I‘d share 😊 10mo

TheAromaofBooks So fun!!! 10mo

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BarbaraJean

The Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The PEI Years, 1901-1911 | L.M. Montgomery

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMJournals

LMM includes lots of details on her inspiration for places, people, and events in AoGG (pp. 348-356) and AoA (pp. 356-7), a little about Kilmeny (p. 357), and then details on Story Girl (p. 316 and pp. 404-408).

📚What do these details add to your reading of these books?
📚What do they offer you in understanding more about LMM and her writing?

lauraisntwilder, TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks I definitely enjoyed hearing about some of her inspirations - I also felt like some of her explanations were in the nature of making sure people understand who/what were NOT inspirations 😂 I really love the way that LMM (and many authors) are able to pull threads from different aspects of life and weave them into a different story. 11mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Haha—yes, it felt like there was a lot of “setting the record straight“ going on! As well as wanting to record it for posterity. So much of this third volume (her third volume, not the third published volume... I REALLY wish the editors had split up the journals in the same way LMM did!!) has felt like she's writing for an imagined future audience as much as she's keeping a journal for herself. 11mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Also, all her details about which stories come from her own family lore really adds a lot to my view of Story Girl. Knowing it was such a beloved book to LMM, and with these added details about the sources for the stories... I'm really looking forward to re-reading it with that added lens! I also love knowing that she didn't think very highly of Kilmeny as a book 😆 11mo

lauraisntwilder That was an interesting section. I've been making notes of all the times something reminds me of her books. The way she talks about her home in Cavendish, for example, is so much like Pat. They didn't burn down the house, but her leaving felt just as final. 11mo

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