pickI saw the ending coming a mile off, but it's a sweet story and the humor is perfect. #kindredspiritsbuddyread
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pickI saw the ending coming a mile off, but it's a sweet story and the humor is perfect. #kindredspiritsbuddyread
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread
Just a little check-in here halfway through Blue Castle… (although I know some of you couldn‘t resist finishing it already!)
What edition are you reading?
How is your reading going?
What have you enjoyed the most in the first half of the book?
What favorite scenes, quotes, or other elements stand out to you?
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it was so easy to defy
once you got started. the first
step was the only one
that really counted.
#haikuhive #thebluecastle #LMMontgomery #Valancy
I just finished rereading The Blue Castle for the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead and Valancy might just be my favorite book character after Phryne Fisher. Oh how I wish I had read this book when I was in my 20s!
isn‘t it better
to have your heart broken than
let it wither up?
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #LMMontgomery #Valancy #thebluecastle
“…she opened the window and hurled the jar of potpourri over into the next lot. It smashed gloriously against the schoolgirl complexion on the old carriage-shop. ‘I‘m sick of the fragrance of dead things,‘ said Valancy.”
💙💙💙
Oh, I love this book so much. Here we go! #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread
rubyslippersreads, DrSabrinaMoldenReads, JenlovesJT47, lauraisntwilder, TheAromaofBooks, Sparklemn, julieclair
Thankful for #ohcanada group for choosing this and enabling me to get it off my Death Tower where it sat for 10 years? A raw look at war, the horrors of trench warfare and an informative look at indigenous life in Canada in the early 1900‘s and their roles in the Great War.
My favourite part was Niska‘s story - she always had hope, Xavier and Elijah‘s story in the war was reflective of the awfulness of the killing fields
I am going to attack my To Do list but first Jane Goodall 💚💙🦍🦧🐒 #ohcanada
pickFifteen Dogs (Quincunx 2), by André Alexis (2015 ??)
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Premise: Apollo and Hermes grant fifteen dogs human intelligence to settle a bet over whether it is possible for mortals to die happy.
Review: I DNFed this on a first try after it won the 2015 Giller Prize, but I‘ve recently become an André Alexis fan so thought I‘d try again, and I‘m so glad I did. It‘s thoughtful, insightful, and beautifully-written, with memorable characters.⬇️
This is an excellent novel. This cover is atrocious (and I could not resist buying it.)
My French Café is done just as Xavier and Elijah arrive in Arras and meet up with some French soldiers who have heard of them #literarycrew
