pickGood old-fashioned adventure in straightforward prose, the 16th century journey to New France (and back!). Loved Marguerite‘s insolence & naïveté, the nature writing, subtle foreshadowing, the feeling of tale telling, the research integrated & not overexpositioned, villain villainous but not overwrought. Lovely pacing. Female devotion, religious or otherwise. 2025
301 The girls were silent as they tried to understand a country with one flower.
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Votes are in for This Side Jordan by Margaret Laurence as the first book we read for #OhCanada in 2026.
All are welcome to join in on this low key bi-monthly read where we explore Canadian authors. Participate whenever you feel like - drop on in if you see a book you want to read! Discussion question(s) will be posted at the end of February.
#Canada #CanadianAuthors #BookClub #BuddyRead
Votes are in for This Side Jordan by Margaret Laurence as the first book we read for #OhCanada in 2026.
All are welcome to join in on this low key bi-monthly read where we explore Canadian authors. Participate whenever you feel like - drop on in if you see a book you want to read! Discussion question(s) will be posted at the end of February.
#Canada #CanadianAuthors #BookClub #BuddyRead
“When I first got a glimpse of you,” said Morris with a smile, “I thought I had come on ahead of myself and got here first.”
Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas story is “Ted‘s Double: A Christmas Folly”—like yesterday‘s tale, this one is new to me! You can find it here: https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20161232/html.php. This is the last of the stories that aren‘t in the tagged collection. ⤵️
Jerdencon, JenlovesJT47, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, lauraisntwilder, monalyisha, sblbooks, TheAromaofBooks, julieclair
“…it‘s the spirit of Christmas that counts. It must be a spirit of goodwill and kindness and joy and love. We must never forget the real meaning of Christmas—never let it be dimmed by any false meanings…”
Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas story is “A Christmas of Long Ago”—this one is new to me! Short and sweet. You can find it here: https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20171105/html.php (we‘re still not yet into the tagged collection). Enjoy!
Jerdencon, JenlovesJT47, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, lauraisntwilder, monalyisha, sblbooks, TheAromaofBooks, julieclair
I finally started the patterned part of my aunt‘s lefthand mitten while I finished Richard Wagamese‘s memoir. It doesn‘t look like much of anything yet, but I feel like it‘s coming along faster than the righthand one did. We‘ll see if I still feel that way now I‘m past the first ten rows. #audioknitting
Finally got our tree up today! The dog is clearly bothered by the change in his environment. He‘s so high-strung.
“Everything went so smoothly that we soon forgot to be nervous. When the turkey was done, we took it out, set it on the back of the range to keep warm and put the mince pies in… everything was going as merrily as a marriage bell. Then, all at once, things happened.”
“Things happened”—such an understatement! 😂
Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas story is “Aunt Susanna‘s Thanksgiving Dinner,” which can be found at the link in the comments ⤵️
Jerdencon, JenlovesJT47, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, lauraisntwilder, monalyisha, sblbooks, TheAromaofBooks, julieclair
Got the tree up now settling in for #hyggehour
I got a big chunk of my to do list crossed off this weekend, and some missing packages magically appeared so I‘m feeling pretty ready for the week ahead. I‘m tired though so I‘m going to use this hour to clear my mind and read a mystery.
