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BarbaraJean
The Golden Road | L. M. Montgomery
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#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread

Checking in at the midpoint of The Golden Road! Thoughts on the first half of the book?

Which events and adventures stand out to you? What do you think of “Our Magazine”?

In comparing it to The Story Girl, do you see growth and change in the characters?

lauraisntwilder I went rogue and decided to squeeze in Chronicles of Avonlea before starting this one. I'll catch up for next week. 😊 4d
TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder - I'm reading the Chronicles, too! 😂 4d
TheAromaofBooks I'm also reading The Golden Road, although I'm not quite to the halfway point yet. I'm actually really enjoying this except Felicity seems way more unlikable in this one. She's so smug and condescending. I just wanted to smack her when they were all making their New Year's resolutions. This one doesn't seem to have as many of the Story Girl's stories, which is okay with me as I enjoy the adventures of the gang more, I think. Staying in Peg's ⬇ 4d
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) house was pretty exciting!!

On the whole, I don't feel like anyone has changed much since the last book (other than Felicity being worse lol) but I also think that not much time has supposedly past since the conclusion of The Story Girl, either.
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julieclair The chapter where they stayed in Peg‘s house was a hoot! My favorite chapter, I think. And I agree with @TheAromaofBooks about Felicity. She‘s on my last nerve. 😂 4d
julieclair I‘m really enjoying all the juicy, and sometimes snarky, tidbits in Our Magazine. 4d
BarbaraJean @lauraisntwilder @TheAromaofBooks I love that you're both reading Chronicles! I support the going rogue. 😁 4d
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks @julieclair Yes about Felicity—ugh!! I did love the comment about the New Year's resolutions in “Our Magazine,“ basically saying that Felicity claims to have thought a beautiful thought every morning but won't tell them what any of the thoughts were 😂 And I'm enjoying Dan's method of dealing with her, with all his snarky “dear sis“ and “darling“ tacked on to his comments! 😂 ⬇ 4d
BarbaraJean The adventures here feel more memorable than in Story Girl—they're doing more than sitting around telling stories & making up games. The Peg chapter is a favorite, for sure—especially after their desperate & scared pilgrimage to ask for her help over poor Paddy! Not that much time has passed, but it seems like they're discussing “older“ subjects and at least Cecily seems less little-girl-ish. Maybe that's just all the drama over Cyrus Brisk!! 4d
kwmg40 As others have mentioned, the chapter at Peg's house was the best one so far. In fact, I'd been finding the pace a bit slow up until then, but now I'm wondering if/how all her predictions will come true! 4d
kwmg40 Coincidentally, I'm reading at the same time Terry Pratchett's The Truth with the #OokBOokClub, which is about a group of Discworld characters trying to set up and run a newspaper. The parallels are fun to consider, though the settings couldn't be more different from each other. 4d
BarbaraJean @kwmg40 There are some great Peg moments in the second half, too! So funny about parallels to The Truth—I still need to get started on that one. Very different publications, I‘m sure 😂 1d
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LitsyEvents
The Golden Road | L. M. Montgomery
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Repost for @BarbaraJean
For those following along with the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReRead or #LMMJounals, in November we‘re starting Vol 3 of the Complete Journals and also reading The Golden Road.
Then in December we‘ll read LMM‘s Christmas stories. @BarbaraJean will assemble a #KindredSpiritsChristmas story-a-day schedule for reading these cosy holidays stories together. All are welcome. If you‘d like to join in for December let her know.

BarbaraJean Thanks for the re-post! 3w
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BarbaraJean
The Golden Road | L. M. Montgomery
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For those following along with #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread or #LMMJournals, in November we‘re starting Vol. 3 of the Complete Journals and also reading The Golden Road.

Then in December we‘ll read LMM‘s Christmas stories! I‘ll assemble a #KindredSpiritsChristmas story-a-day schedule for us to read these cozy holiday stories together. All are welcome—if you‘d like to join in just for December, let me know and I‘ll add you to the tag list!

Seabreeze_Reader Enjoy your reading. 🙂Unfortunately I won't have time in my schedule to join in. 3w
BarbaraJean @Seabreeze_Reader Thank you! Maybe we‘ll catch you another time 😊 3w
TheAromaofBooks I actually read the “Haunted“ short story this week! Still plowing my way through Seven Gables 😅 My copy of the journals should be here this weekend. I'm looking forward/also somewhat apprehensive to read about LMM's early marriage years and leaving PEI. Are the Christmas stories going to a specific book of collected stories, or just random ones from here and there? 3w
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BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Seven Gables turned out to be quite a slog! 😬 I‘ll see how this volume of the journals feels—I‘m a bit apprehensive as well! There are more of LMM‘s books to break things up with at this point, though, and I‘m going to go through the notes and jot down adjacent titles to work into the schedule also. The Christmas stories are random—I have a list compiled from a few different Christmas collections (minus that weird Red Room one!) 3w
Roary47 The golden road looks enchanting. I‘m going to read the first book really quick to be on track. 🥰 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yeah, The Red Room, randomly depressing and not remotely Christmasy haha That story was a disappointment! 😂 3w
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I actually read the haunted story too! I‘m so proud of us! 😀 3w
julieclair I will skip the journals, but join in for The Golden Road. And December sounds delightful! 3w
BarbaraJean @Roary47 Yay! Glad to have you join in, and I hope you enjoy both books! 😊 3w
BarbaraJean @julieclair Looking forward to reading Golden Road and Christmas stories with you! And good job reading the ghost story—LMM loved ghost stories, but it sounds like it‘s not in any of our wheelhouses, so good job to all of us! 3w
Daisey I‘d like to try to join in for the Christmas stories. Please add me to that list. 3w
BarbaraJean @Daisey Will do! Glad to have you along for the Christmas stories! 3w
CogsOfEncouragement Christmas story-a-day sounds delightful, please count me in. 1w
BarbaraJean @CogsOfEncouragement I've added you to the tag list! Glad to have you along! 1w
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melissajayne
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3.5⭐️ Found this to be a pretty good romance novel. I really liked the setting of PEI (been there and I would like to go back again) and the characters felt like they could have existed. Did feel that it lagged a bit in the middle of the book. #2024 #bookreview #romance #canadian #pei #contempoary #fiction

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melissajayne
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#two4tuesday

1) Not yet, although I buy it for my consumption.

2) Romance, Summer, PEI

TheSpineView The best candy is my candy! ❤️🍫 Thanks for playing 1mo
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melissajayne
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#bookreport & #weeklyforecast
#finished: I completed two books this past week and because I had finished a long book on the 5th, I felt like I had read way too much.

#currentlyreading: As I said above, I had read a lot over the course of over the week and a few days prior, that my brain just felt like mush and I didn't get much else worked on.

melissajayne #upcomingreads: I have another book club read (Huge) that I need work on and a book club book for November that is very long that I need to get started on (Aztec). The Don Lemon book is fairly short and The Housemaid's Secret should be a fairly quick read. 1mo
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melissajayne
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Due to the Thanksgiving long weekend here in Canada, my weekend is a little longer than usual. I am planning on hopefully getting to most of these during the next two days. #weekendreads

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SanjanaGhosh
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Pickpick

Love books which you can read in one day. This had all the features of what makes a good chick lit; love, angst, corniness with a healthy sprinkling of character development and independence. But what‘s better than the romance was the friendship dynamic between the main character and her best friend. Call me cliche but partners (guys) come and go but best friends are forever!

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aliasNayNay
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Pickpick

Wanna get away? Spend time with THIS SUMMER WIILL BE DIFFERENT by Carley Fortune, a delicious summer on Prince Edward Island with a cast of characters who will win your heart.

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maddie0518
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8/10