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Imagine you‘re starving, and the only food you can anticipate is that stored by previous explorers in food caches. And then this…

#Greenland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

JenlovesJT47 Ooh this sounds intriguing!! 1d
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When you are starving these are your dreams apparently. 😞

#foodandlit #Greenland @Catsandbooks

GingerAntics That is truly heartbreaking. 2d
AnnCrystal 😢... 2d
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Quick #LMMJournals check-in! How‘s your journal-reading going this week? What are your thoughts on this section?

I‘m a bit behind (2 simultaneous Chunkster buddy reads, plus other reads😆), but I‘m enjoying being back into LMM‘s life. I was looking forward to the Muskoka section since it inspired the setting of Blue Castle, but I was a little disappointed! And like LMM, I‘m on edge about the Pickering lawsuit. #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

TheAromaofBooks The Pickering lawsuit is STRESSING ME OUT! What a sleaze! One really random thing that struck me was on pg 10 where she is talking about being worried about Chester possibly leaving home for school. “He will need home surroundings and restraints for several years more.“ This makes me wonder if she is already having issues with his behavior, even at this still relatively young age. 2d
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Oof, yes—I noticed that, and a few other passing references to Chester that seem to indicate her growing awareness of his behavioral issues. When she talks about how little Ewan does to “train” the boys, and how Lily just nags them both all the time—no wonder she felt things with Chester so strongly when she felt unsupported in raising her boys. It makes me so sad, knowing where things go with Chester! 2d
lauraisntwilder I'm behind, big surprise! ? Loving being back "with" Maud though. Ewan certainly doesn't come across well so far and I agree about Chester. Every time she mentions him, I cringe. @TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean 2d
BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder That section where she talked about the times Ewan got so annoyed about her being recognized as an author?! 🤬 2d
TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - that was SO heartbreaking! 1d
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Since I‘m reading this book for #foodandlit I feel obligated to describe what these starving men had to do and eat as they trekked across part of #Greenland. I picked this one because I liked the analogy of the “snowball on the fires of hell.” @Catsandbooks

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“Perhaps a hundred years from now my descendants may read over this diary and regard it as an interesting heir-loom. …I would like it to be published in full without omission, save for this very paragraph I have just written. Cut it out, descendants!”

Speaking of complete journals vs. selected journals… 😂 I wonder if this paragraph was omitted in the selected journals?
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMJournals

TheAromaofBooks I honestly was confused about why she would want that specific paragraph cut out anyway 😂 5d
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You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

#findingjoy

TheBookHippie 👋🏻 7d
TheBookgeekFrau Oh hey, there you are 👋🏼 6d
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 6d
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#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMJournals

We‘ll be starting Volume 5 of LMM‘s journals this week! Schedule is above. As usual, I‘ll post a check-in on Saturdays.

(And, Emily of New Moon is coming up next for our re-reads! We‘ll start reading Emily on June 22.)

BarbaraJean @JenlovesJT47 Are you still interested in joining in for the journal reading? I don‘t want to bother you with tags if not—just let me know. As always, no pressure 😁 1w
TheAromaofBooks Is it weird that I'm kind of excited about starting the journals again?? 😂 1w
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Not weird!! Or if it's weird, I'm weird, too! 1w
TheAromaofBooks She's just so daggone readable, even in her journals! 1w
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