Short stories from the author of Anne of Green Gables, many with a spooky theme. I hunted this down a couple years ago but finally read it now. Took my time and read it throughout the month. I really enjoyed these tales.
Short stories from the author of Anne of Green Gables, many with a spooky theme. I hunted this down a couple years ago but finally read it now. Took my time and read it throughout the month. I really enjoyed these tales.
1. Yes, some to hand out, some to donate to the Harvest Festival at church, and treats for my big kids who don‘t trick or treat anymore. #Two4Tuesday
2. spooky short stories
#WhereAreYouMonday I‘ve just read the first two short stories so far. One specified Briarwold which I believe to be in Saskatchewan. The next story takes place somewhere a train delivered you to New York quickly. I‘ve had this book on my shelf for a while now and I‘m disappointed I didn‘t know about the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead when they read this together a couple years ago.
I love Anne of Green Gables but haven't read anything else by Montgomery and thought this would be an interesting departure from her usual work. I read the first six stories and they were okay. I'll save the rest of the stories for another time, maybe next Halloween season.
I enjoyed reading the stories from this collection, as they show a darker side of L.M. Montgomery's writing. It was interesting to encounter the more familiar details about life in early 20th century Atlantic Canada seen in her other books, but set among ghosts, haunted houses, and criminals.
#Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash @StayCurious
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead @BarbaraJean
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Among the Shadows discussion, part 4:
Are there stories from Among the Shadows that you‘d like to discuss further?
Share your thoughts and questions below!
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Among the Shadows discussion, part 3:
What commonalities did you see between these stories and other works you‘ve read by LMM?
Which stories or which themes felt like a departure from LMM‘s usual fare?
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Among the Shadows discussion, part 2:
I‘ve gotta ask the usual questions for a short story collection:
Which stories were your favorites? What did you like about them?
Which stories did you not care for, and why?
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Among the Shadows discussion, part 1
This book was harder to track down, so I‘m curious: How did you read this collection—did you read a physical copy of Among the Shadows or did you track down the stories individually (online, in other collections, etc.)?
If you read individual stories, were you able to find all 19 or did you skip some?
#BookReport
I guess you all know that feeling when you are suddenly find out that the world championship in Fischer Random chess will start and you know you won‘t get much reading done? That was me last week.
I finished the stories in the tagged #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead and kept up with the reading of Northanger Abbey PemberLittens
I read Seven Moons, The Dud Avocado and The Tea Dragon Tapestry.
Reposting for @barbaraJean the #kindredspiritsbuddyread will be discussing the tagged book 10/28.
#WeeklyForecast
Continue with the chapter a day buddy read of Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens and keep looking for the stories in the tagged online #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
Finish Seven Moons and read Dud Avocado.
I also want to get a good start on Kairos.
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead reminder: Saturday 10/28 will be our discussion of Among the Shadows. I‘ll post questions mid-morning—feel free to jump in and discuss when you are able!
How‘s everyone doing with their reading? I‘ll probably finish this one today, and as usual with LMM‘s short story collections, a few I‘ve really enjoyed & others not so much. And I‘m not really finding these stories to fit the subtitle of “Tales from the Darker Side”!
#BookReport
I continued with the buddy reads, Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens and read a couple of more stories that are in the tagged collection #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
I read The Shadow Murders and First Class Murder
I‘m currently reading Seven Moons
My weekend reading. #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #pemberlittens #bookspin
#WeeklyForecast
Continue buddy reading Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens. I‘ve been reading the tagged through the Gutenberg project and there seems to be 7 stories they don‘t have, so I‘ll see if I can read them somewhere else or if I missed them the first time.
I‘ve just started the newest Department Q book by Adler-Olsen and want to finish that. Afterwards I want to read First Class Murder. I hope I will be able to start The Seven Moons
#BookReport
I kept up with the buddy reads; the tagged #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead and Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens
I read Less than Angels and Ingen hellig.
I‘m almost done with Crow Lake.
“…he was so godly as to be almost painful. It‘s a blessing that he had no sons or they would certainly have gone to the bad by way of keeping the family to a natural average.”
😂 #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
Finally starting the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead for this month, now that I have a borrowed copy in hand! Because I have no idea what happened to the copy I thought I owned. 🤦🏻♀️ Who all is joining in for this month‘s read? We‘ll be discussing on Saturday, October 29 – drop in if you are able!
#BookReport
Continue with the buddy reads; the tagged #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead and Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens
Then I want to see how much of the others I can get to. After reading Pym for the first time earlier this year, I want to read more. The same can be said about Lawson after she was Longlisted for the Woman‘s Prize last year. The last is short story collection just out.
#BookReport
Kept up with the buddy reads; the tagged #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead and Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens
I read Treacle Walker, The Cost of Living and Sandman volumes 8, 9 and 10.
I‘m currently reading House of Glass
#WeeklyForecast
I‘ve started Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens and will start the tagged or at least the stories #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
Then I want to read the other books.
I‘ve seen some mixed reviews for Treacle Walker so curious to find out where I stand. The Cost of Living is the second book in Levy‘s “living biography” and I loved her first one. And I want to finish my reading of Sandman, at least the volumes I already own.
I'm ready for next month's #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead. (How cute is this little candelabra from the Target dollar spot??)
Repost for @BarbaraJean
For October‘s #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead, we‘ll read Among the Shadows, a collection of LMM‘s short stories (subtitled “Tales from the Darker Side”). I can‘t find a library copy, so if you‘re in the same boat and want to join in the buddy read, here‘s the Table of Contents. Lots of the stories are in the public domain & are available online or in other collections. Looking forward to diving into these stories!
October is swiftly approaching!😱 For October‘s #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead, we‘ll read Among the Shadows, a collection of LMM‘s short stories (subtitled “Tales from the Darker Side”). I can‘t find a library copy, so if you‘re in the same boat and want to join in the buddy read, here‘s the Table of Contents. Lots of the stories are in the public domain & are available online or in other collections. Looking forward to diving into these stories!
I love L. M. Montgomery‘s novel writing. Started this collection of her darker works for spooky October, but only got halfway through then. A few of the sort stories in this were amazing! Others fell totally flat for me. In the end I think there weren‘t quite enough standout stories to keep this all from feeling a bit too atonal.
#votedearlyreadathon
These plus the tagged book are my stack for the #votedearlyreadathon
My current reading goal is not to start OR buy ANY new books until I‘ve finished these and managed to return the top and bottom rows to Libby and the middle right stack to the library.
It came! It wasn‘t as easy to get a copy of this as I expected, but that made receiving the #bookmail that much more exciting!
From the back cover:
These nineteen fascinating stories are unlike any others L.M. Montgomery ever wrote. Filled with strange and supernatural occurrences, they are peopled with drunkards, embezzlers, and thieves ... Somber, dark, and brooding, these intriguing stories suggest that love really can last beyond death and that poetic justice does exist.
Buying a used copy of a hard-to-find book - $2.50
Discovering that it contains a rhyme that I have been trying to remember for 50 years - Priceless
Everyone knows L. M. Montgomery from the Anne of Green Gables series, but few have read her ghost stories. I recommend trying this collection out. Each story is highly original and has a unique feel to it. Definitely a collection that #NeedsMoreLove #AndItsAugust @RealLifeReading
Some very good stories in this collection! LMM knew her stuff 🙂
#feistyfeb day 2: shadows
October TBR pile! Happy Halloween Season!