#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead schedule reminder!
For #LMMJournals:
We'll finish up Volume 2 of the Complete Journals with discussions on August 31 and Sept. 7.
For #LMMReread:
We'll discuss The Story Girl on Sept. 14 & 21
Then it's on to some #LMMAdjacent reads!
As always, all are welcome—let me know if you're not tagged and you'd like to be! I keep separate lists for each book, so you're welcome to join for anything that sparks your interest.
rubyslippersreads, Daisey, LeahBergen, JenlovesJT47, CogsOfEncouragement, lauraisntwilder, kwmg40, TheAromaofBooks, Roary47, LitsyEvents, julieclairTheAromaofBooks Are we skipping Kilmeny? (Not a critique haha) So far this week's journal entries have felt like a life recap 😂 7mo
julieclair I will skip The Story Girl, but hope to read all the #LMMAdjacent books. 7mo
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Haha—yes, I decided I didn‘t care to re-read Kilmeny and figured most people wouldn‘t be broken up about skipping it 😆 I‘m behind on my journal-reading and am just jumping back in today! I got back from a trip late on Monday and seem to have no concept of what day it is or what I‘m supposed to be reading this week! 7mo
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BarbaraJean @julieclair 👍 I will tag you accordingly! 7mo
lauraisntwilder I'm in...so long as I can find copies of everything! @TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean I haven't read Kilmeny, but I was thinking I would. Is it worth it to read once? Is it at least better than A Tangled Web? I read that one earlier this year. 7mo
BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder Even with all its problems, I liked Tangled Web better than Kilmeny--I think Tangled Web is a better book overall. Kilmeny is an earlier work, and it shows. It's a very simplistic romance, sweet in its own way if you can set aside the racist/ableist overtones! I thought it was worth reading once, for a taste of an early LMM novel that wasn't an Anne book. But I don't feel the need to re-read it! 7mo
lauraisntwilder Ah, I see. How would you rate it next to Pat? 7mo
TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder - It's a story I really enjoyed when I first read it in my teens, but find a little too tidy and saccharine as an adult (not to mention the whole point is Kilmeny feeling like she needs to “fix“ her inability to speak before she can get married). It's one that LMM originally wrote as a serial and then sort of “fluffed up“ to make it longer for publication. So it's not terribly long and interesting to read, like Barbara said ⬇ 7mo
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) as an example of her earlier writing. It definitely lacks the character development of pretty much any of her novels - it has a bit of a fairy tale vibe to it. Imprisoned Princess, Prince Charming, Jealous Rival, etc. I think it's worth a one-time read, but keep your expectations low haha 7mo
lauraisntwilder @TheAromaofBooks Good to know! Thank you! I think I will read it, but I can understand why you'd want to skip a reread. 7mo
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