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Texreader
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Born.A.Reader
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#wreath within a wreath for today's #ChristmasCheer prompt. 🎄
Tagged, the center piece book, as one of my first Christmas reads each year. A must for any L.M. Montgomery fan.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

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BarbaraJean
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Well, this starts off with a lengthy intro about how great Christmas is (that I‘m pretty sure was not written by LMM)—and if you want to skip ahead, you can start chapter one around the 7:45 mark! Not a whole lot of story yet in the first two chapters, but I‘m interested to hear the result of the snow fight tomorrow. #KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead ⤵️

BarbaraJean In all my Google searchings, I‘ve only found this as an audiobook on Hoopla. The intro seems to indicate it‘s drawn from several stories and books, but its origins are otherwise a mystery! I‘m interested to see how much of a traditional LMM flavor it has as we listen to the rest. (edited) 2d
lauraisntwilder Is it just me, or is the narrator pronouncing Todd like toad? 2d
BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder It‘s not just you! That annoyed me!! 2d
TheAromaofBooks I'm not an audiobook person, so I doubt I'll end up listening to this. But I'm very interested to hear what you think of it!! I wonder where this story came from?? I could find nothing about it! 2d
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JenlovesJT47
Christmas Stories | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Since this audiobook is only 45 minutes long I decided to go ahead and listen to the whole thing today. This was new to me. I really disliked the narrator so I didn‘t enjoy this as much as the others we‘ve read but it‘s still good. I couldn‘t find anything but the audiobook. 3.5⭐️ 80 points

#KindredSpiritsChristmas
#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#LMMontgomery
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

BarbaraJean You're way ahead! 😄 I'm looking forward to starting my listening tomorrow. It's so puzzling to me that I can't find this anywhere except as a Hoopla audiobook! 3d
JenlovesJT47 @BarbaraJean yes, very weird. I found all of the other ones in various places, most you can read right in your internet browser, but all I could find was the audiobook on Hoopla. Wasn‘t a fan of the woman narrator because she sounds exactly like someone I know that I‘m not a fan of lol. Would have been better to read it with my eyeballs. But at least we can mark this one off our list! 🙃 3d
BarbaraJean @JenLovesJT I wasn't a fan of the woman narrator, but mainly because she kept pronouncing “Todd“ as “Toad“ and it bothered me!! The audiobook overall was weird. I would have preferred reading it in print as well! 8h
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BarbaraJean
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Here‘s the schedule for week three of our #KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead!

A Merryvale Christmas is available as an audiobook on Hoopla, and the Dec. 18-20 stories are in the tagged collection and online (I‘ll post links in the comments). See my previous post for a little caveat about Merryvale Christmas, which we‘ll be reading over a few days (~15 audiobook minutes per day). Looking forward to another week of cozy stories!

BarbaraJean I've only found A Merryvale Christmas as a Hoopla audiobook. The other stories are all in “Christmas with Anne“ or on Hoopla, and links are below:
Dec. 18: The Falsoms‘ Christmas Dinner: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1905-1906/19/
Dec. 19: A Christmas Inspiration: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1896-1901/2/
Dec. 20: The Josephs‘ Christmas:
https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1902-1903/13/
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JenlovesJT47 I‘m excited because I haven‘t read the Merryvale stories before! 4d
AvidReader25 I got behind this week. Can‘t wait to dive back in! 4d
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TheAromaofBooks
Across the Miles | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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@Scochrane26 - I'm your #JolabokaflodSwap match this year!!! I mailed your package earlier this week, but in typical Sarah-Style did not actually notate on the envelope anywhere that it was a Litsy package or who it was from 😂 So be on the lookout for a blue padded envelope from Ohio - that's your Swap gift!!! Merry Christmas!!

@MaleficentBookDragon thanks so much for hosting - I love this simple swap!!

dabbe ❣️🎄❣️ 4d
AnnCrystal 😍🎄🤩💝. 4d
Scochrane26 Thanks for letting me know, Sarah! 4d
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JenlovesJT47
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Another fun Christmas story for #KindredSpiritsChristmas - I wish more people were like this these days. 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#LMMontgomery
#Christmas

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JenlovesJT47
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Today‘s story for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is another good one. An absentminded teacher accidentally invites the wrong family to his landlady‘s house for Christmas dinner, but it‘s a happy mistake. Another reminder of what‘s really important this time of year. 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#Christmas
#LMMontgomery

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BarbaraJean
Anne of Windy Poplars | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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“‘I‘ve got a new outlook on life,‘ thought Katherine as she drifted off to slumber. ‘I didn‘t know there were people like this.‘

‘Come again,‘ said Marilla when she left.

Marilla never said that to any one unless she meant it.”

#KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

I love this excerpt from Windy Poplars so, so much. Marilla only makes the briefest appearances, but you can feel the Green Gables welcome throughout. ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) It makes me realize how deeply Anne transformed Green Gables even as she was transformed by the love and belonging she found there. And Katherine is transformed, too. What a difference it makes when people are welcomed in with acceptance and are told they belong! (edited) 6d
BarbaraJean Today‘s reading, “Katherine Brooke Comes to Green Gables,” is an excerpt from Anne of Windy Poplars (2nd Year, chs. 5-6). The excerpt is in the tagged collection, or the full text of the book is available here: https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20100608

Tomorrow we‘ll be reading “A Christmas Mistake,” which is available in the tagged collection or on Hoopla, and also here: https://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/1896-1901/3/
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JenlovesJT47 I love this book ❤️ 6d
lauraisntwilder I love Katherine's speech about wanting to travel. It's so sad, but yet so lovely that she's finally opening up to someone. 6d
TheAromaofBooks When Anne makes all the arrangements so she can have a puppy - gets me every time. 😭 6d
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JenlovesJT47
Anne of Windy Poplars | Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Today‘s short story for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is from the 2 chapters in Anne Of Windy Poplars when Katherine Brook comes to Green Gables for Christmas. I‘m a big fan of both Anne miniseries from the 1980s & now I‘m ready for a rewatch! Katherine is an interesting character & it‘s great to see her come out of her shell. Added bonus that she comes for Christmas in the book, as she comes for the summer in the movie. Love this series. 5⭐️

TorieStorieS I just saw the actress who plays Katherine in Orphan Black and I was so excited to recognize her! My husband was laughing because he grew up watching, too, and it was driving him crazy until I said something! 🤣 6d
JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS ooh that show is on my watch list! Her name is Rosemary Dunsmore, right? She plays the aunt of the kids on the Road To Avonlea show (which is a must watch for you if you haven‘t seen it because it‘s a Kevin Sullivan show), which is also due for a rewatch. 6d
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TorieStorieS Yes, that‘s her! And what?? How have I never seen the Road to Avonlea?! 6d
JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS omg you HAVE to watch the show, it‘s so good. Kevin Sullivan is the one who directed the AOGG miniseries and I think the show has 7 seasons. It‘s based on The Story Girl but is set in Avonlea. Rachel Lynde and Marilla and even Gilbert have parts in it. And there‘s also a book series 6d
TorieStorieS What?!!! Oh this is so exciting!! I always love to have something fun to watch while I make my planner for the year and I know what I‘m going to be watching now!! Thank you!!! 😊 6d
JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS I‘m thinking about seeing if anyone is up for a buddy read for the Road To Avonlea books next year. They have most of the books on Anna‘s Archive but I always run across them at used bookstores as well. 6d
TorieStorieS Well you can count me in! 😊 6d
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