thebluecastle

it was so easy to defy
once you got started. the first
step was the only one
that really counted.

#haikuhive #thebluecastle #LMMontgomery #Valancy

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JenlovesJT47

The Blue Castle | L. M. Montgomery

I just finished rereading The Blue Castle for the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead and Valancy might just be my favorite book character after Phryne Fisher. Oh how I wish I had read this book when I was in my 20s!

isn‘t it better
to have your heart broken than
let it wither up?

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #LMMontgomery #Valancy #thebluecastle

dabbe Truer words were never spoken. 💛💜🧡 1w

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jdiehr This has been on my TBR. I might have to move it up 1w

JenlovesJT47 @jdiehr it‘s so good! Cozy like all of LMM‘s books and perfect for this time of year 🧡💛🧡 1w

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lil1inblue Love this! ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

bookandbedandtea This is one of my all-time favorite books! 💜 1w

BarbaraJean I love Valancy SO MUCH!! This is my favorite LMM book. @jdiehr The #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead is reading this right now if you want to join in! Discussion on Oct. 25 😊 1w

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Sarah83

Blue Castle | Lucy Maud Montgomery

I am back at home. So @rubyslippersreads and @LeahBergen should we start our buddyread? My edition consists of 45 chapters and 363 pages. How should we part it? #thebluecastle

Anyway are the others interested in my other bookish items I bought in Italy? 😍

jewright I love L. M. Montgomery! Do you have a favorite? Mine is Rilla of Ingleside. 6y

RavenLovelyReads Yes! Show us everything! 😍😍 6y

LeahBergen I‘m ready when you are! @rubyslippersreads 6y

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Sarah83 @LeahBergen I am ready aswell. Any ideas about how many chapters or pages to read a week? @rubyslippersreads 6y

LeahBergen I‘ll check the English edition and see if it has the same number of chapters ... 6y

LeahBergen Yep. Mine has 45 chapters, too. Let‘s wait to see when @rubyslippersreads can start. 😀 6y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Mine has 45 chapters too. I can start anytime. 😊 (And @Sarah83 I can‘t wait to see your goodies. 😍 6y

Sarah83 @rubyslippersreads Just look at the next post 😍 6y

Sarah83 @rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen how about 15 chapters a week? 6y

LeahBergen 15 chapters a week sounds good to me. Will we start today and check in with each other again next Wednesday, May15th? @rubyslippersreads 6y

Sarah83 @LeahBergen for me it's a great idea. What do you think @rubyslippersreads ? 6y

Sarah83 @Buechersuechtling this was the Königskinder book I was thinking about 6y

Buechersuechtling @Sarah83 I see but I never heard of it before. My libraries don‘t have it. So I‘m curious what you all will think, so please post frequently, @rubyslippersreads and @LeahBergen ‼️😉 6y

Sarah83 @Buechersuechtling did you know (it seems like) Königskinder is part of Carlsen Verlag... 😮 6y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @Sarah83 Sounds perfect! 😊 6y

Buechersuechtling @Sarah83 Yepp, that it‘s part of Carlsen I knew. But it‘s already shut down (since spring 2018, I think) because they obviously didn‘t sell enough books: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsen_Verlag?wprov=sfti1 6y

Sarah83 @Buechersuechtling oh. I didn't know about it. 😮 6y

LeahBergen @Sarah83 @rubyslippersreads How have the first 15 chapters been for you two? I‘m absolutely loving it! I had a notion that I had read this in my early teen years but I don‘t think I did as it all seems very new to me. I can‘t wait and have already starting reading our next 15 chapters (and I bet I go off schedule and finish this book early 😬). 6y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @Sarah83 I‘m loving it too. 💙 I know I read it at least once years ago, but don‘t remember much at all. I think Valancy‘s mother and the perfectly-named Cousin Stickles are even worse than Aunts Elizabeth and Ruth in the Emily books. 6y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Her family is horrible! I‘m quite surprised at how much more adult (in tone and subject matter) this one is in comparison to everything else I‘ve read of hers. I‘m on chapter 30. 😆😆 6y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen I think this and A Tangled Web are her only two novels written for adults. 6y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I think so, too. And I‘m so glad I recently found that copy of A Tangled Web. It‘s a funny thing with me and LM Montgomery - I‘ve never ordered one of her books online. I always challenge myself to find them “in the wild”. 😆 It‘s easier being in Canada, I‘m sure. 6y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen You‘re certainly an expert “big game hunter.” 😄 6y

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lydiabbc

Father: By the Author of "Elizabeth and Her German Garden". | Elizabeth Von Arnim

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I love Elizabeth, and so I was delighted to find a 1st ed. of a book of hers I hadn't read at a thrift shop.I didn't realize at the time just how lucky I was to find it, as it's been out of print for years and isn't available online, which is a shame as I think it's one of her very best.When Jen's widowed father suddenly remarries, she takes the opportunity to escape to a country cottage, where she meets a shy clergyman and his domineering sister.

lydiabbc Also, it has shades of an absolute top favorite of mine, #TheBlueCastle by #L.M.Montgomery. #ElizabethvonArnim #vintage 8y

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