Litsy

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies | Tsering Yangzom Lama

so-so

3.75 ⭐️ very well written, but I think it should have been tightened up a bit more; felt it was too slow for my taste and I had to reread segments several times before moving on. I should have probably read it over a longer period of time to make more sense of it. #2025 #canadian #fiction #bookreview #contemporary #historical #literary

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LitsyEvents

Rilla of Ingleside | L.M. Montgomery

Reposting for @barbarajean #kindredspiritsbuddyread
Upcoming schedule. for more information and to join in see original post : https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2856056

BarbaraJean Thanks for the re-post! 1d

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BarbaraJean

Rilla of Ingleside | Lucy Maud Montgomery

Here's the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead schedule for the next six weeks, with #LMMJournals, #LMMReread and #LMMAdjacent choices. We'll read the last section of Volume 4 of LMM's Complete Journals over the next two weeks, then Rilla of Ingleside, then Pollyanna.

I've tagged the schedule/announcements list for the group, but all are welcome. If you'd like to be tagged for any/all of the above, please comment!

rubyslippersreads, Daisey, LeahBergen, JenlovesJT47, CogsOfEncouragement, lauraisntwilder, kwmg40, TheAromaofBooks, Roary47, LitsyEvents, julieclair

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I'm still plowing through The Last of the Mohicans!! I'm really looking forward to rereading Rilla, and Pollyanna with the group!! 1d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I‘m interested to hear what you think once the plowing is done! I don‘t regret reading it, but it was disappointing. I‘m glad to be back into the journals this week and looking forward to the next several picks! 2h

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Anna40

Simple Recipes: Stories | Madeleine Thien

pick

Relationships are at the center of all stories: child and parent, husband and wife. Other themes are displacement through immigration and how the generations cope differently with their longing for the other country. I love Madeleine Thien‘s writing style, the way she crafts characters and leads us into their world is masterfully done. It makes me want to read everything she ever wrote. Definitely a pick.

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melissajayne

For the Love of a Son: A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Hope | Scott Oake

pick

5⭐️ Really liked this memoir and it was really well done. It was incredibly informative and heartbreaking. #2025 #nonfiction #memoir #canadian #drugaddiction

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Butterfinger

Magic for Marigold | L.M. Montgomery

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It was no Jane, Emily, or Anne. I feel so guilty. I don't understand why it was a big deal to be read by a male. He is not a good oral reader. I hope my negativity is because of him, but I don't think so. I didn't like all the misconceptions of the children. By the last hour, it was just background noise. #ChildrensClassicChallenge @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie This was not what I thought it would be- although I enjoyed Marigold. I‘m glad I read it in bits. 1w

Butterfinger @TheBookHippie there were moments I enjoyed. Saving a family from a house fire because she was homesick. And, moments of clarity with her family. I was waffling between liking it and meh, but what really got my goat was the misconceptions of missionary work. You have to know pain to be close to God. Today, people are turned off from God because of the ways of the republican party and it was just too much for me. 1w

TheBookHippie @Butterfinger God has been used a weapon and vehicle of control, power and manipulation by alt right Christians all the way back to Roman Christians ..from Constantine on it‘s been horrific. Missionary work is a status symbol here. It‘s gross. I think it depends what you have seen and experienced. I don‘t personally think we should ever go into another culture and tell them how to live, love or believe -or anyone for that matter. 1w

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rubyslippersreads I haven‘t read this in years, and don‘t remember much about it. The girl on the audiobook cover reminds me of the “disaster girl” meme. 😆 1w

rubyslippersreads @TheBookHippie Wasn‘t it originally a magazine serial? That might explain the religious aspect, depending on what the magazine was. 1w

TheBookHippie @rubyslippersreads Yes and I believe so. It most definitely explains it. I‘m still glad to have read it. 1w

Butterfinger You are 100% correct @TheBookHippie 1w

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melissajayne

Every Summer After | Carley Fortune