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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Kate Douglas Wiggin

One of the reasons I wanted to read Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as a #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMAdjacent book is because of the similarities between it and Anne of Green Gables, and the controversy over whether there was plagiarism on LMM‘s part. Then I found this book cover online. Does this constitute reverse plagiarism? 🤣 #ChildrensClassicRead2024

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rubyslippersreads 🤣 17h

julieclair Wow! 16h

TheBookHippie Oh my word 😳 16h

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charl08 Oops... 16h

tpixie Oh wow!!! We are also reading this for #ChildrensClassicRead2024 16h

LeahBergen 😆 16h

Sace Uh… 😆 15h

lauraisntwilder Ha! 14h

BarbaraJean @tpixie Yes! I moved my group‘s reading up a bit so the two could overlap and we could take part in both! 11h

tpixie @BarbaraJean awesome!! 7h

TheAromaofBooks Honestly hilarious haha Somehow I had never realized until I actually got a copy of this book - it's written by Kate Douglas Wiggin?! How did I not know that?? I've really loved several of her other books, so I'm SO confused about how I've never even read what is apparently her most famous! Quite glad I'm going to rectify that, and genuinely intrigued to see what parallels there are with Anne. 4h

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Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The PEI Years, 1889-1900 | Mary Henley Rubio, Elizabeth Hillman Waterston

Weekly check-in for #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - our first with the #LMMJournals!

I have to apologize for breaking up the reading so oddly—it wasn't until I finished up my own reading that I saw I'd completely missed a natural break at the end of 1890 and kept us going into 1891 for a grand total of 2 pages. 😂

How is your reading going?
What are your thoughts on this week's reading?
Any observations, favorite sections, or quotes?

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BarbaraJean I loved the superstition of counting 9 stars over 9 nights, and the questions with Nate over which boy/girl they liked best—such drama! Then this quote from July 26, 1890: “The fact is, Nate is absurdly sentimental these days—or would be if I would allow it. I hate that sort of thing. He has just spoiled our lovely, old comradeship completely. He is so nice when he is sensible and so horrid when he isn't!“ SO much like Anne's words about Gilbert! 3d

BarbaraJean I was also struck by the fact that LMM calls Bulwer-Lytton her favorite author at one point (July 31, 1890), since there's a contest for BAD writing named after him! “Since 1982 the Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest has challenged participants to write an atrocious opening sentence to the worst novel never written.“ https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/

Maybe we should add a Bulwer-Lytton book to our #LMMAdjacent list? 😂 3d

TheAromaofBooks I also saw similarities between Maud/Nate and Anne/Gilbert. It made me wonder if Maud ever looked back at that relationship and wished she had allowed it to grow into something more. I feel so bad for her being so homesick!! 2d

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TheAromaofBooks We talked a little on the other post about whether or not (or how much) editing LMM did of her own journals when she recopied them. Like you said, so much of this genuinely sounds like a girl in her teens, being silly and dramatic, convinced that everything that happens is SO IMPORTANT. it's amazing how perspective is something you literally just have to earn with age! As you get older, waiting a year for something doesn't feel as crazy. 2d

TheAromaofBooks However, some of what I wondered were small things, like when she was getting ready to leave for the west and saying that's she determined to absolutely love her step mother and get along wonderfully - more small sentences that cast herself as the mature, reasonable person in a situation. Not necessarily big scene edits, but small insight edits. Personally, I don't think I could bear to go through and copy out by hand my numerous teen/20s ⬇ 2d

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) journals! Oh the horrors! 😂

Overall, I'm finding this so readable and engaging. I'm very glad that we've already covered a couple of biographies to give me a background/overview of her life and some of the major characters, though. That framework is helping me just be able to read these as they come instead of being confused about the background. 2d

rubyslippersreads @BarbaraJean I think “9 stars over 9 nights” is mentioned in Emily of New Moon. Nate also reminds me a bit of Perry, in that Emily only wants him as a chum, but Perry feels quite different. (edited) 2d

rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks Having read the biographies helps me too, as does having read the YA novel

Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery

rubyslippersreads @BarbaraJean He was her favorite author when she was 15; I wonder how long that lasted? 😏 2d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I wonder that about Nate as well! YES, having read those biographies has definitely been helpful, and also Maud, as @rubyslippersreads mentioned (which I think you skipped--there's lots of Nate and Will in that one!). It‘s fascinating to see what feels emphasized here vs. what has been emphasized elsewhere, both in the biogs and fictionally. I'm waiting for the VERY SIGNIFICANT absence of Edwin Simpson in later volumes. 😏😂 2d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I hadn‘t thought about little insertions like that, but that sounds VERY plausible!! Kind of a self-justification for some of her other comments about her stepmother—LMM could be emphasizing that it wasn't her fault; she really did intend to make that relationship work. I agree with you, I could NOT bear to copy out my teenage journals. I don‘t know if I could manage to even re-read mine! It is a credit to LMM‘s skill as a writer⬇ 1d

BarbaraJean (Cont'd) that these are so engaging and entertaining, especially coming from a 15/16-year-old. LMM knows how to recount a good story, and I can't just chalk it all up to later revisions! 1d

BarbaraJean @rubyslippersreads I had forgotten the “9 stars” in Emily of New Moon! I remembered it from reading Maud, but now that you mention Emily, I vaguely remember it there as well. LMM weaves in SO many little pieces from her own life into her fiction. I like that comparison of Nate to Perry. I‘m really curious about how LMM writes about both Nate and Will, and like @TheAromaofBooks, if there may have been later editing with her descriptions ⬇ 1d

BarbaraJean (Cont'd) of both of them and her assertion that she thought of them as just good comrades.

When I skimmed through the footnotes in Vol. 1, looking for what books and authors she referenced, I noticed that she mentioned Bulwer-Lytton several times! But yes, I do have a feeling her taste grew a bit as she got older… 1d

lauraisntwilder I'm a little bit, since I traveled out of state (and I drove) for my nephew's college graduation. I've been enjoying the entries so far and I agree, reading the other bios first was helpful. 1d

TheAromaofBooks I definitely think that even if she edited/added tiny bits to these later, it was just that - tiny bits. The bulk of this feels authentically her age, and it's obvious that she already has a real knack for writing, sketching characters, descriptions, storytelling, etc. I know that she honed her skills over time and worked very hard on every book, but it's also obvious that she has an inborn talent for writing. 1d

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder Thanks for checking in! Hope you had a great trip for your nephew's graduation. 20h

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I agree--the tone throughout is far too teenage girl for it to have been wholly rewritten (although that's exactly what my urge would be in copying out old journals with an eye towards posterity!). It definitely demonstrates her skill with descriptions and storytelling, from a young age. It was certainly her prerogative to curate, but I'm SO curious about what she might have left out, with all the talk of “razored out“ pages! 20h

lauraisntwilder @BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks For me, her descriptions of the natural world seem too perfect for a teenager, BUT she was reading Sir Walter Scott and Undine, etc. And she was also starting to get published at this point. I think you're right--she was just a natural. 19h

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BarbaraJean

Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The PEI Years, 1889-1900 | Mary Henley Rubio, Elizabeth Hillman Waterston

“I love books. I hope when I grow up to be able to have lots of them.”

💜📚💜 Kindred spirit, indeed!! I started this tonight and it‘s delightful so far—and I LOVE all the pictures included! #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMJournals

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TheAromaofBooks Yes!! All the photographs are a wonderful bonus! I love it when photos like that are interspersed with the text instead of in random bunches of several pages at a time like many nonfiction do. 5d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Me too--I think it was the Rubio biography that had them in bunches like that. I'd much rather have them like this. I really appreciate the way they're approximating how LMM would paste pictures and the like into her journals. 4d

TheAromaofBooks As I'm reading, I find myself wondering how much editing LMM did when she recopied these journals and how much of it is actually what she wrote at this age. I don't know why I'm surprised that this has been so readable, considering I enjoy her fiction writing so much haha 3d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Haha—me too! If it were me, I would find it really difficult to refrain from trimming embarrassing sections, bad writing, etc. I was struck by several sections that sound VERY much like a girl of 15/16, though. I marked down the New Year‘s entry on Dec. 31, 1899, and the concert description on July 1, 1890 as she waxes poetic about the future nostalgia they will all feel when looking back. 😂 @lauraisntwilder, @rubyslippersreads ⬇ (edited) 3d

BarbaraJean (Cont'd) Both of those passages read to me like things I wrote in my journal as a teen, thinking my words would sound so terribly prescient and wise in future years. I had to laugh at both of these—they sounded so affected, with such an over-self-consciousness of future readers. But I remember doing the same thing! (edited) 3d

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Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The PEI Years, 1889-1900 | Mary Henley Rubio, Elizabeth Hillman Waterston

Hello, Kindred Spirits! Here is an UPDATED schedule for May/June. Since the #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2024 with @TheBookHippie will be reading Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm in MAY, I shuffled our schedule around so we can join in the excitement and read it together.

We'll start the Complete Journals on May 1 - which is next week!! 😱 I'll post a weekly check-in/discussion post on Saturdays.

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMJournals #LMMAdjacent #LMMReread

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BarbaraJean Preview of coming attractions: We'll start Volume 2 of the Complete Journals in July/August, and will also re-read Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea. 2w

julieclair Yay! Very excited for all the LMM-adjacent reads! 😃 2w

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for the update!! This looks great. I can't believe May is next week...!!!!! 2w

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TheBookHippie

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Kate Wiggin

#CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2024 MAY

May, my birthday month! I have never read this. I am hoping for a good warm fuzzy cozy read.

Also a Shirley Temple Movie to look forward to! YAY.

Everyone welcome

2024 schedule https://bookhippie.com/index.php/2023/10/01/childrens-classic-read-2024/

TheBookHippie @Soscha @DebinHawaii @Daisey @mcctrish @freeatlast1137 @Bklover @merelybookish
@IMASLOWREADER @Read4life
@DRachel @kspenmoll
@cuilin
2w

TheBookHippie @DivineDiana @curiouserandcurioser @erzascarletbookgasm @willaful
@TheAromaofBooks @mrp27
@AnnR @KristiAhlers @julieclair 2w

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame @batsy @rubyslippersreads
@UwannaPublishme @PurpleyPumpkin @tpixie
@GingerAntics @LaraReads
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mcctrish I am 99% certain I watched the movie on a Saturday morning a long long time ago but I have never read the book. Count me in. I am on the hunt for a copy 2w

tpixie @TheBookHippie I remember loving this book as a child. I have no recollection what it was about though. Looking forward to reading it. 2w

TheBookHippie @tpixie I‘ve zero knowledge of the story I‘m excited to read it! 2w

SaceReads I‘ve never read this! I‘ll try to join in. 2w

BarbaraJean Oh, wow—I‘ve never read this one, either, but I have it on the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead list at the end of June… I may just have to read it early!! 2w

TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean oh 😬 sorry bout that. I make and put out our schedule Oct 2023. I didn‘t catch you had it on your schedule. But please do read along. It‘s very low key we just post fun things we find and movies and articles with the hashtag. We all will have to join in your talks in June. 🙃 2w

curiouserandcurioser @TheBookHippie I read this a long time ago and loved the Shirley Temple movie:) I'm excited for this❤ 2w

BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie Oh, no worries!! I made up our schedule only a few months ago and wish I‘d thought to look at your schedule before I did. I may see if the Kindred Spirits readers want to move things around a bit… there‘s just a few of us and some are on your tag list as well 😊 @TheAromaofBooks @julieclair @rubyslippersreads 2w

TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean 🙃🙃🙃🙃 2w

AmyG Oh, how I love Shirley Temple movies. My childhood…they had them on Sat or Sun mornings and I always watched. 2w

rubyslippersreads @AmyG Me too. My mom and I used to watch them together. 2w

UwannaPublishme Woo hoo! This one is new to me too. I‘ve got the ebook on my Kindle and already ordered the Shirley Temple movie on ebay! 🙌🏻 2w

AnnCrystal 🎉🎂🥳👍. 2w

julieclair @BarbaraJean I'd be fine with moving the Kindred Spirits schedule around a bit so we could all read together. 2w

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - I'm also fine with moving this one to May if it works better. I haven't read it in forever, so I'm looking forward to the reread whenever it happens 😂 2w

PurpleyPumpkin Another children‘s classic that I haven‘t read! Looking forward to this. 😉 2w

TheBookHippie @PurpleyPumpkin me too!!! 2w

Bklover Not sure if I can fit this in this month, but I know I loved this as a child. Can‘t remember a single thing about it though! 2w

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Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The PEI Years, 1889-1900 | Mary Henley Rubio, Elizabeth Hillman Waterston

Repost for @BarbaraJean

May 1 begins the next #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead iteration! We‘ll read the Complete Journals interspersed with LMM-adjacent books & LMM rereads. The pace is ~100 pages per week, with Saturday check-ins to chat about the week's reading.

#LMMJournals #LMMAdjacent #LMMRereads

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BarbaraJean Thank you for sharing!! 3w

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Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The PEI Years, 1889-1900 | Mary Henley Rubio, Elizabeth Hillman Waterston

Just a reminder: May 1 begins the next #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead iteration! We‘ll read the Complete Journals interspersed with LMM-adjacent books & LMM rereads. The pace is ~100 pages per week, with Saturday check-ins to chat about the week's reading.

I‘ve tagged those who were interested, but all are welcome! Comment if you'd like to join—for some or all! Re-reads will pop up in Vol. 2 of the journals. #LMMJournals #LMMAdjacent #LMMRereads

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BarbaraJean @sblbooks I have you down for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm once we get to it in June! 3w

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! I'm really stoked about this!!! 3w

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Meeeee toooo!!! 3w

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julieclair Yay! I would like to be tagged for the Adjacents and Rereads, please. If it‘s easier, feel free to tag me for the journals as well. 3w

BarbaraJean @julieclair I can definitely tag you just for the adjacents and rereads! Looking forward to having you join in! 3w

julieclair Thanks! Looking forward to it! 3w

lauraisntwilder I just got my copy of the Complete Journals Vol. 1 and it's beautiful! Whatever editorializing Rubio did in her bio is partially forgiven (by me, at least!) because of the obvious amount of care that went into this. 3w

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder I know, right?! The photos and all the notes look fantastic. I looked at Vol. 1 of the complete journals on Internet Archive and that glimpse convinced me that I wanted to read the complete journals instead of the selected, and it made up my mind that I wanted to buy each copy as we go! 3w

lauraisntwilder @BarbaraJean Exactly! I haven't even started it yet and I'm already so impressed. 3w

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Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The PEI Years, 1889-1900 | Mary Henley Rubio, Elizabeth Hillman Waterston

Here's a weekly schedule for the next #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead iteration! This includes the Complete Journals with LMM-adjacent books & LMM rereads slotted in roughly chronologically. The pace is ~100 pages per week, and I'll post Saturday check-ins to chat about the week's reading. Those who were interested are tagged, but anyone is welcome! Comment if you'd like to join—for some or all! (Cont'd) ⬇
#LMMJournals #LMMAdjacent #LMMReread

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BarbaraJean This May/June schedule goes to the end of the Complete Journals Vol. 1, and includes adjacent books that LMM mentions or that may have been influential for her during this time (no rereads yet—AoGG pops up in Vol. 2). LMM mentions a TON of books she was reading, from poetry to novels and more, so if something stands out to you that‘s not on the schedule, please bring it up! It would be fun to add in more adjacent reads if people are interested. ⬇ (edited) 1mo

BarbaraJean Also, I came across this and thought it was interesting—the L.M. Montgomery Bookshelf: https://kindredspaces.ca/bookshelf. It collects “some of Montgomery's most-loved or most interesting reads.“ It includes scans of relevant pages or the full text of various books that were important to LMM, along with notes on each. There are only 20 titles there, but it's fascinating to look through! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Wow!!! This is fantastic!!!! Thank you so much for pulling it together. I am definitely in for this!! 1mo

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rubyslippersreads I‘m excited about this! 1mo

sblbooks I'm in for Rebecca of Sunnybrook. 1mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks @rubyslippersreads 🎉 🎉 I'm so looking forward to reading along with you both! @sblbooks Yaaaay! I'll be sure to tag you for those weeks. 1mo

TheAromaofBooks My library has Volume 1, so I am going to check it out and that will let me see if I want to make the financial investment of slowly purchasing all these journals as we read them 😂 1mo

rubyslippersreads @sblbooks I have the Shirley Temple edition. 😄 (Although the movie has very little to do with the book, since book Rebecca doesn‘t go on the radio.) 1mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Totally understand!! There are no copies of any of the journals in either of the library systems I have cards for! 😩 I could get a card at yet another library that‘s not terribly far, but that would mean driving 30-40 minutes there to get the card and the book and then driving back to return it… so I broke down and bought the first two volumes online. But, for what it‘s worth, I also discovered that Vol. 1 is on Internet Archive! (edited) 1mo

sblbooks @rubyslippersreads I didn't even know there was a Shirley Temple movie for this book. I'll have to see if I can find it 1mo

lauraisntwilder I haven't been online much lately, so I missed this. I'm definitely in though! Thank you! 1mo

BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder No worries--knowing that this schedule is more complicated and the journals aren't as readily available, I wanted to give plenty of advance notice! Glad to have you along for the ride again!! 1mo

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After Anne: A Novel of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Life | Logan Steiner

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A very belated review, assembled from my notes & comments for our #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead discussion…last month!😬

“There are questions and emotional realities of Maud‘s life that remain a mystery. That is the space where fiction can enter.” (from the Author‘s Note)

To a certain extent, I agree. But I‘m also torn about this specific flavor of historical fiction. It seems presumptuous—and intrusive? sensationalist?—to speculate on ⬇️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) someone‘s emotional life in the way this book does.

Part of my discomfort here is that I disagreed with many of Steiner‘s fictional speculations, especially regarding Maud‘s courtship with Ewan and the circumstances around Maud‘s death. This is part of my problem with this type of historical fiction: presenting an interpretation of someone‘s life as fact. That said, parts of this felt entirely plausible, especially Maud‘s relationship⬇️ 2mo

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) with her cousin Frede and the glimpses we get of her interactions with her sons. Also, Steiner's emphasis on how conscious Maud was about the version of her life that would be left behind in her journals—this rang very true, given what I've read about Maud elsewhere. I really enjoyed seeing these aspects of Maud‘s life fleshed out and explored here.

Steiner also uses a number of narrative devices that were hit or miss for me.⬇️ (edited) 2mo

BarbaraJean (Cont'd) I liked the way she wove in Maud‘s ever-present consciousness of “the Reader”—an observer looking over her shoulder, evaluating and judging the writing that would be left behind. But Steiner also uses Anne as a character/voice in Maud‘s thoughts, which felt very contrived. Then Steiner chooses two framing narratives that I found distracting, which set up a non-linear construction that felt confusing early on. ⬇ 2mo

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BarbaraJean (Cont'd) My other issue with the book is how it seemed determined to relive the most difficult parts of LMM‘s life after her publishing career began. Granted, Maud‘s later life is so very sad, but there was so much more to her than the parts this book chose to focus on. The sense I‘ve gotten of Maud‘s personality through reading her letters—her humor!—was mostly absent here. It seems the author wanted to focus on what Maud might have ⬇ 2mo

BarbaraJean (Cont'd) left out of her journals—the parts of her life that were too difficult to leave a record of—which is certainly a valid approach to LMM's life. But because that leaves out SO much of Maud‘s story and personality, this felt like a very narrow, stilted picture of her life and career. 2mo

dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 What an in-depth critique, too! 2mo

BarbaraJean @dabbe 😂 I debated between So-So and Pan… it‘s really halfway between… but I decided not to round up 😆 2mo

dabbe @BarbaraJean Good choice! 🤩😂😃 2mo

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The L.M. Montgomery Reader: Volume Two: A Critical Heritage | Benjamin Lefebvre

Calling all Kindred Spirits! Fragrance of Sweet-Grass is the last book in this round of the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead. I‘d like to take a little break, but I‘ve been thinking about some options for continuing the buddy read later on. So, my question is this: would anyone be interested in joining in with some Kindred Spirits goodness in a couple of months? And if so: which of the below ideas most appeals to you? All are welcome to join in!

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BarbaraJean First: reading LMM's journals. We have two options: the Selected Journals (5 volumes) or the Complete Journals (7 volumes so far, but they only go up to 1933. I'm not sure when/if the remaining journals, up to 1942, are planned to be published). Second: we've talked about re-reading LMM's works in publication order. Third: combine the first two ideas: read the journals, but take breaks at the appropriate points in the timeline to read each novel. 2mo

BarbaraJean Or, option four: we could read some LMM-adjacent books together. The connections Epperly makes between Emily and Jane Eyre, Aurora Leigh, etc. were fascinating and I'd be interested to explore both those and other connections, like the parallels between Little Women and Anne and Emily. I've also been interested in reading The Blue Castle alongside The Ladies of Missalonghi, and Anne of Green Gables alongside Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. 2mo

BarbaraJean So: if you‘re interested in any of the above, comment and let me know which option sounds good to you (or if you have another great idea to consider!). 2mo

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julieclair I‘d love to alternate between a LMM book one month, then a LMM-adjacent book the next month. 2mo

sblbooks I like the idea of reading Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Little Women and Little Men would be excellent buddy reads too. 2mo

Prairiegirl_reading I‘m still interested in what you all decide but I haven‘t participated as much as I wanted/intended to. So I‘m not out but I also don‘t feel like my opinion should hold any weight. 💚 2mo

kwmg40 I'm an occasional participant in this buddy read, so I'm happy to go with whatever is decided and will join in when I can! 2mo

willaful I like the idea of reading the connected/contrasting books. 2mo

LeahBergen I haven‘t participated that much lately but I‘ll still be curious to see what has been chosen to read! 2mo

rubyslippersreads I pick the Journals, because I‘ve had them on my shelf for ages. I think I‘d prefer to read the Complete Journals, but I have both sets, so I‘m prepared for either version. 2mo

quietjenn I haven't participated much lately, but I would definitely keep an eye out and maybe pop in for some of the chats, especially if you opt for some related/inspiration titles like RoSF. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks I am down for whatever, as I'm pretty good at skipping out when I think a book won't click for me (although I miss sometimes 😂) so keep me in the loop!!! 2mo

lauraisntwilder I like the idea of reading LMM's journals, but I also like what you suggest in option four. I've never read Little Women and it's one of my goals for the year. 2mo

julieclair Maybe read in 3-month cycles? Journals-LMM Book-LMM Adjacent. Repeat. 2mo

BarbaraJean @julieclair @sblbooks @Prairiegirl_reading @kwmg40 @willaful @LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads @quietjenn @TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder There's a lot of interest in the LMM-adjacent books, and I love Julie's idea to alternate between journals/re-read/adjacent. I'll get hold of the first few journal volumes to see how things might fit together. It won't all line up in an even alternating pattern, but I'll see what works & keep you all posted! ⬇ 2mo

BarbaraJean And as always, I want to make it accessible for people to pop in and out for whatever does or doesn't interest them. 😊 I'm thinking of the journals being kind of an ongoing background read that will inform/enrich reading/re-reading LMM's books and the books that inspired her. 2mo

LeahBergen Sounds great. Thank you! 2mo

kwmg40 That all sounds good to me! Thank you for continuing this buddy read. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed delving deeper into LMM's works/thoughts/etc. So glad we're finding ways to continue!! 2mo

julieclair Yay! Thank you for the effort you are putting into making this such a meaningful buddy read for all of us. 💙 2mo

lauraisntwilder Thank you! That sounds awesome. 2mo

quietjenn I think that is a great plan 🙂 2mo

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