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Once upon a time when I was much younger I attempted to read Anne of Green Gables because a) it's deeply popular, and b) I loved Lucy Maud Montgomery's other books. But I failed miserably at getting through the first book because I COULD NOT HANDLE my embarrassment at watching Anne get into one scrape after another. So I came to the conclusion that the Anne books were forever lost to me.

But recentlyish I had a revelation at the hands of [personal profile] verity that I could just....skip the books in which Anne is a scrape-prone child, and pick the series up later. So I did! (I also skipped later books that looked like they would be largely about the scrapes Anne's children get into.)

It took me a bit of time to warm up to Anne; she's a little too serious-minded, dreamy, and romantic for me to ever feel like I got her. But I enjoyed her books and I'm glad to have been able to get around to reading the parts of this series I can read!

Under the cut: Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, and Rilla of Ingleside )
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I AM BACKKKK! Well actually I returned late sunday night but then I was exhausted and also I have work and also catching up on the real life things I wasn't doing while on vacation, so. I am still exhausted but I am at least nominally kind of here! AND I COME WITH LOTS OF BOOKS.

Look, my vacation was CANOE TRIPPING, which when you do it right (which obvs I do) leaves you lots of time to hang out in the beautiful wilderness with a book. So. I read NINE BOOKS while on vacation! Plus I had a couple I didn't post about from before the trip. Plus I read a book yesterday. So. Let's go!

Wired Love: a Romance of Dots and Dashes, by Ella Cheever Thayer )

Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril & Romance, by Marthe Jocelyn )

Monks-Hood, by Ellis Peters )

Complete Fairy Tales of George MacDonald )

The Confession of Brother Haluin, by Ellis Peters )

The Android's Dream, by John Scalzi )

The Wisdom of Father Brown, by GK Chesterton )

Psmith, Journalist, by PG Wodehouse )

A Matter of Oaths, by Helen S Wright )

Murder Must Advertise, by Dorothy L Sayers )

Strong Poison, by Dorothy L Sayers )

Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale )

Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L Sayers )

Poor Yorick, by Ryan North, William Shakespeare, and YOU )
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I READ THIS BOOK AND IT'S [personal profile] surexit'S FAULT.

It is... not a good book. But ENTIRELY CHARMING. It is so very of its era. Wooo outdated sentimental children's novels!

Spoilers follow )

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