Union Street is the main street of Concord, North Carolina. It's been partly closed off the past few months because they're doing construction. But on Sunday, both sides of the street were blocked from traffic. So towards sunset, we set off to see what the occasion was. Maybe some kind of street festival, now that… Continue reading Judy Blume movie in Concord
It's simple enough for the first few books, because it's mentioned, and the passage of her birthdays is commemorated. But then, there's a little hiccup that occurs in the timing right around book #4! And past book 5, her age isn't really mentioned, until book 8, and at that point, the accounting is all wrong… Continue reading How old is Anne of Green Gables in each book?
One day I was riding around in the mountains, and we passed a sign for "Crossnore, 5 miles." I sat and thought, Crossnore, Crossnore ... where have I heard that before? The only thing I could think of was reading the book "The Suitcases" in middle school, which I had really, really loved, and re-read… Continue reading Crossnore
When I read the journals of Lucy Maud Montgomery, she kept on mentioning all the books she was reading. She was writing between about 1886 and 1940. So it's books from that era or earlier. Eventually, I got interested and wanted to read them myself, and started keeping a list of them. Here are all… Continue reading All the books Lucy Maud Montgomery mentions reading in her journals
Very early this year, before coronovirus upended things and before the Black Lives Matter protests, one of the big pieces of news and talk was that book, American Dirt. I know, seems forever ago! Hardly a blip now! American Dirt was disliked for the way the White author had portrayed the Mexican characters, and I… Continue reading Linda Holeman
I read the first Harry Potter book in Swedish. Here's all the words I was able to learn, either by context clues, or by remembering what the exact phrase in the original book was (so cool when that happened). Maybe you will recognize the scenes and the reason for these words, too: bläck -- ink… Continue reading Swedish words learned from Harry Potter
I was reading the Chronicles of Avonlea. It's a collection of short stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery (she who wrote Anne of Green Gables). The stories are so good! One of them was about a quarantine at Alexander Abraham's. I hadn't paid attention to the title, but then, boom, halfway through, there it was ...… Continue reading The quarantine at Alexander Abraham’s
I've been re-reading a lot of the Anne of Green Gables books over the last year. In Book #6 (Anne of Ingleside), Anne is getting ready to match-make. But it's not the first time Anne has match-maked, because she then lists off all her earlier conquests: I'm really an adept. Think of all the matches… Continue reading Anne of Green Gables, the match-maker
I'm reading the "Last of the Mohicans". I'm reading it because Lucy Maud Montgomery read it and mentioned it in her journal. However, I checked it out 2 months ago and I am still on page 45. In the meantime, I finished reading "How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents" and started and am over… Continue reading The last of the mohicans
I've decided that one New Year's resolution should be the prevalence of grumpiness and bitterness throughout my days, that way I can ensure one resolution will come true. To start: I keep a list of books that I've read, but let me also keep a list of books that were so bad I just gave… Continue reading Books I didn’t finish
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