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    My Favorite Blogs + A Liebster Award

    Rachel Dodge July 9, 2019 3 Comments

    I’ve been nominated by Jarm Del Boccio from A Writerly Blog for the Liebster Award. It’s a really fun way to help readers discover new blogs. Thank you, Jarm, for sharing my blog with your readers! Here are the questions I was asked:​1. Give us a link to your favorite post of all time (on your blog, of course). I chose an article I wrote called My love for Jane Austen. It’s basically a funny checklist to help you know…

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  • Blog Jane Austen

    Jane Austen’s Prayers: A History

    July 1, 2019
  • Blog Literary

    Emily of New Moon

    June 17, 2019
  • Blog Jane Austen

    Captain Wentworth’s Umbrella

    May 29, 2019
  • Blog Faith

    The friend of a friend.

    May 20, 2019
  • Blog Faith

    You might be the answer to your own problems.

    May 13, 2019
  • Blog Faith

    Courage, Dear Heart.

    May 3, 2019
  • Blog Faith

    I Press On. (Adjusting to Change.)

    April 11, 2019
  • Blog Literary

    Places of Peace: Kilmeny of the Orchard

    April 1, 2019
  • Blog Faith

    Show Me How to Comfort

    March 16, 2019
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I fell in love with books listening to my mother read—in our home, at the doctor’s office, in the middle of the night when I had the chicken pox! My grandmother was a children’s book author, my parents were both children’s reading specialists and teachers, so I guess you could say that I grew up in a world filled with books!

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  • "Live your life in a way that your stories will be told a hundred times over.” —A Prairie Devotional 🍃 For all of my #bookstagram friends who love the Little House on the Prairie books and TV series, I am SO excited to share this new devotional book with you! Written by child star Wendi Lou Lee, one of the twins who played Baby Grace, it’s full of the wisdom and charm of the show. Founded in faith and family, this devotional is heartwarming and heart-stirring. 🍃 My pretty “little china woman” is one my mom brought home from her many “Laura” trips. I think she’s now been to most of the sites. I hope to go one day! 🍃 Wendi is one of my personal friends, and she’s amazing!!! She is currently at the #walnutgrovecastreunion2019 with other cast members! You can follow along at @wendiloulee for fun updates. 🍃 A Prairie Devotional releases August 6. I received an advance copy of the book, and I’ve loved reading it. You can pre-order a copy for you or your mom or sister or friend today! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #prairiedevotional #lauraingallswilder #melissagilbert #littlehouseontheprairie #littlehouse #wendiloulee #lauraingalls #charlottestewart #amreading #devotional #devo #booksofinstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • Marilla looked curiously at Anne when the latter entered the kitchen. "Who was that came up the lane with you, Anne?" 🍃 "Gilbert Blythe," answered Anne, vexed to find herself blushing. "I met him on Barry’s hill." 🍃 "I didn’t think you and Gilbert Blythe were such good friends that you’d stand for half an hour at the gate talking to him,” said Marilla with a dry smile. 🍃 'We haven’t been—we’ve been good enemies. But we have decided that it will be much more sensible to be good friends in the future. Were we really there half an hour? It seemed just a few minutes. But, you see, we have five years’ lost conversations to catch up with, Marilla." — Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery 🍃 It's Day 12 of #12daysofannestagram — Summertime Anne! I decided to end this wonderful 12 days of celebrating Anne and LMM with the last conversation of the book and the final scene in the movie. 🍃 I love that Anne blushed and didn't realize a half hour had passed. What do you love about these final scenes? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting! I love connecting with so many kindred spirits this way! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #jonathancrombie #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “Oh, Anne, I know I’ve been strict and harsh with you maybe–but you musn’t think I didn’t love you as well as Matthew did, for all that. I want to tell you now when I can. It’s never been easy for me to say things out of my heart, but at times like this it’s easier. I love you as dear as if you were my own flesh and blood and you’ve been my joy and comfort ever since you came to Green Gables.” —Marilla Cuthbert, Anne of Green Gables 🍃 It's Day 11 of #12daysofannestagram — favorite secondary Anne character! I hope I’m playing by the rules, but Matthew and Marilla are my favorites. I’ve already written my ode to Matthew this week, so now it’s Marilla’s team. Matthew loved Anne so well, so quickly, so openly. But Marilla’s love for Anne grows more slowly, and she’s not able to express it well, but it’s just as deep. This quote always grips my heart.😭 🍃 Maybe I love and relate to Marilla because she is the mother figure. She loves Anne, but it’s also her job to teach her, train her, correct her, and basically make sure she turns out all right! 🍃 Do you have a favorite secondary character? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “They rolled and laughed in the crackling straw. Then they climbed the stack, and slid down it again.” --On the Banks of Plum Creek, Laura Ingalls Wilder 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It's Day 10 of #12daysofannestagram — If you like Anne, you'll love . . . the Little House on the Prairie books! I think Anne and Laura have a lot in common! They are both spirited, rambunctious, and ambitious. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My mom read these books to me over and over growing up. We were always in the middle of one and took them everywhere we went. I played "Laura" all the time! One day, my dad overheard my little brother grumpily say, "I'm tired of being Pa!"⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I now read these books to my children. I haven't watched the show with them yet because I want them to know the books first, but I look forward to showing them.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are so many points of discussion when we read these books. So many learning opportunities and teaching moments. I'm always in awe of the writing style and the stories that never lose their allure. They are perfect for reading out loud, too!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Did you grow up reading or watching Little House?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this special celebration! 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #lauraingalls #melissagilbert #littlehouseontheprairie #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #lauraingallswilder #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “‘Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.’” —Anne of Green Gables, L.M.Montgomery 🍃 It’s Day 9 of #12daysofannestagram — #jennsrainbowchallenge + Anne. I decided to highlight this growing collection. So pretty. Kind of a rainbow sherbet kind of #bookstack for summer. 🍃 If you could choose one book from this stack to take on your next vacation, which one would it be? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this week of celebrating Anne and LMM! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “Oh, Diana,” said Anne at last, clasping her hands and speaking almost in a whisper, “oh, do you think you can like me a little—enough to be my bosom friend?”—Anne of Green Gables, L.M.Montgomery 🍃 “Diana laughed. Diana always laughed before she spoke. “Why, I guess so,” she said frankly. “I’m awfully glad you’ve come to live at Green Gables. It will be jolly to have somebody to play with. There isn’t any other girl who lives near enough to play with, and I’ve no sisters big enough.” 🍃 And so began a lifelong friendship. I kind of love Anne’s desperation and boldness to ask Diana straight out. I remember doing that in college once. I didn’t have any close friends in my church group my age, so one night I asked one of the girls if she wanted to be friends. She was delighted and said yes! 🍃 Why do you think Anne and Diana’s friendship worked so well? What made their relationship tick? 🍃 I love thinking about their personality types! They are SO different. I think balance is the key to a lot of my friendships. 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #dianabarry #schuylergrant #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #pbs #perioddrama #tweetphoto
  • “The greatest happiness [...] is to sneeze when you want to.” —The Blue Castle, L.M.Montgomery 🍃 This is the quote my friend @kristina.lael shared with me when she told me I had to read this book. I was hooked right away! 🍃 You all have heard me chat about this book quite a bit, but I really do adore it. 🍃 It's Day 8 of #12daysofannestagram — my favorite non-Anne LMM book! The Blue Castle is right up there with Jane of Lantern Hill. What’s your favorite non-Anne LMM book? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “The future is yet an untrodden full of wonderful possibilities.” —Anne of Avonlea, L.M.Montgomery 🍃 I loved watching Anne grow up in Anne of Avonlea. I only wish they had done a movie for each book, at least through Anne’s House of Dreams, not combining or changing the plot lines or characters as much. But I think Anne of Avonlea is a beautiful film and story. I adore it! It kind of stands on its own now in the world of Anne lore. 🍃 If I could choose an Anne hairstyle and outfit, this would be a top pick! Do you think her hair turned into a real handsome auburn? 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • "The work for which we are fitted — which we are sent into this world to do — what a blessing it is and what fulness of joy it holds!" —L.M. Montgomery, Journal: May 23, 1910. 🍃 It's Day 7 of #12daysofannestagram — #bookpile (my LMM collection)! Golly, I think LMM found her purpose in this world! She did it SO well, too. One delightful book, story, and poem after another. She blessed the world with her incredible gift! 🍃 Also, this is where some of us (I) probably need to face the fact that we (I) have an itty bitty book collecting problem! I tell myself that they are for my daughter (which is true) or for research (which is also true) . . . but it's mainly because I somehow love to have my favorite stories (memories on a shelf) where I can see them. Can anyone else relate? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “Well now, I’d rather have you than a dozen boys, Anne,” said Matthew patting her hand. “Just mind you that—rather than a dozen boys. Well now, I guess it wasn’t a boy that took the Avery scholarship, was it? It was a girl—my girl—my girl that I’m proud of.” —Matthew Cuthbert, Anne of Green Gables 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Before I post my Anne collection for Day 7 of #12daysofannestagram I need to take a moment to express what Matthew Cuthbert meant to me growing up. Matthew believed in Anne and loved her from the first. They were kindred spirits before anyone else. I think my love for classic books has shaped what I care about, who I spend time with, and even probably who I married and how I raise my own children. Matthew was that ideal father figure, and Gil was that ultimate best friend/boyfriend/husband. Thank you, Maud, for writing male characters that show us what patient, enduring, steadfast love looks like. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I am so thankful my dad has always had a soft and sentimental side like Matthew (though my dad is super chatty). My dad taped the Anne of Green Gables movies on PBS for me when I was little, pausing at the pledge breaks to make big bowls of popcorn. He watched every minute . . . over and over and over through the years. Now that I’m grown, with my own little people, he told me he and my mom pull it out every once in a while . . . but he says he has to keep the tissue handy because watching it reminds him so much of me when I was little, running around in the yard, dressed up like Anne, talking to myself, reading books, and wandering through my mom’s flowers with my head in the clouds. Awww!!! 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this wonderful photo challenge and celebration!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #matthewcuthbert #richardfarnsworth #booknerd #bookworm #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer
  • ”But if you call me Anne, please call me Anne with an ‘e’.” —Anne of Green Gables⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It's Day 6 of #12daysofannestagram — Anne book + one thing I love about her! I really and truly love that I can come back to Anne again and again. I never grow too old for Anne. She’s always the same, and yet she also gets better with time and age. I think I love her even more now than when I was growing up. She is my favorite literary character because she is so funny...but her story also grips my heart like no other. 🍃 What makes you keep coming back to Anne? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this wonderful photo challenge and celebration! 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto #bookquotes
  • Anne of Green Gables was rejected by every publisher Montgomery sent it to, so she stored it away in a hat box. In 1907, Montgomery re-read the Anne of Green Gables manuscript and decided to send it out again. It was accepted by the Page Company of Boston. 🍃 I’m so glad she never gave up! It's Day 5 of #12daysofannestagram — Happy Canada Day + Ode to Maud! 🍃 L.M. Montgomery’s journal, 1/27/1911: “When I am asked if Anne herself is a “real person” I always answer “no” with an odd reluctance and an uncomfortable feeling of not telling the truth. For she is and always has been, from the moment I first thought of her, so real to me that I feel I am doing violence to something when I deny her an existence anywhere save Dreamland. 🍃 Does she not stand at my elbow even now — if I turned my head quickly should I not see her — with her eager, starry eyes and her long braids of red hair and her little pointed chin?” 🍃 “She is so real that, although I’ve never met her, I feel quite sure I shall do so some day — perhaps on a stroll through Lover’s Lane in the twilight — or in the moonlit Birch Path — I shall lift my eyes and find her, child or maiden, by my side. And I shall not be in the least surprised because I have always known she was somewhere.”⠀ 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this wonderful photo challenge and celebration! 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto #heritageminutes #canadaday2019 #canadaday🇨🇦

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  • "Live your life in a way that your stories will be told a hundred times over.” —A Prairie Devotional 🍃 For all of my #bookstagram friends who love the Little House on the Prairie books and TV series, I am SO excited to share this new devotional book with you! Written by child star Wendi Lou Lee, one of the twins who played Baby Grace, it’s full of the wisdom and charm of the show. Founded in faith and family, this devotional is heartwarming and heart-stirring. 🍃 My pretty “little china woman” is one my mom brought home from her many “Laura” trips. I think she’s now been to most of the sites. I hope to go one day! 🍃 Wendi is one of my personal friends, and she’s amazing!!! She is currently at the #walnutgrovecastreunion2019 with other cast members! You can follow along at @wendiloulee for fun updates. 🍃 A Prairie Devotional releases August 6. I received an advance copy of the book, and I’ve loved reading it. You can pre-order a copy for you or your mom or sister or friend today! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #prairiedevotional #lauraingallswilder #melissagilbert #littlehouseontheprairie #littlehouse #wendiloulee #lauraingalls #charlottestewart #amreading #devotional #devo #booksofinstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • Marilla looked curiously at Anne when the latter entered the kitchen. "Who was that came up the lane with you, Anne?" 🍃 "Gilbert Blythe," answered Anne, vexed to find herself blushing. "I met him on Barry’s hill." 🍃 "I didn’t think you and Gilbert Blythe were such good friends that you’d stand for half an hour at the gate talking to him,” said Marilla with a dry smile. 🍃 'We haven’t been—we’ve been good enemies. But we have decided that it will be much more sensible to be good friends in the future. Were we really there half an hour? It seemed just a few minutes. But, you see, we have five years’ lost conversations to catch up with, Marilla." — Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery 🍃 It's Day 12 of #12daysofannestagram — Summertime Anne! I decided to end this wonderful 12 days of celebrating Anne and LMM with the last conversation of the book and the final scene in the movie. 🍃 I love that Anne blushed and didn't realize a half hour had passed. What do you love about these final scenes? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting! I love connecting with so many kindred spirits this way! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #jonathancrombie #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “Oh, Anne, I know I’ve been strict and harsh with you maybe–but you musn’t think I didn’t love you as well as Matthew did, for all that. I want to tell you now when I can. It’s never been easy for me to say things out of my heart, but at times like this it’s easier. I love you as dear as if you were my own flesh and blood and you’ve been my joy and comfort ever since you came to Green Gables.” —Marilla Cuthbert, Anne of Green Gables 🍃 It's Day 11 of #12daysofannestagram — favorite secondary Anne character! I hope I’m playing by the rules, but Matthew and Marilla are my favorites. I’ve already written my ode to Matthew this week, so now it’s Marilla’s team. Matthew loved Anne so well, so quickly, so openly. But Marilla’s love for Anne grows more slowly, and she’s not able to express it well, but it’s just as deep. This quote always grips my heart.😭 🍃 Maybe I love and relate to Marilla because she is the mother figure. She loves Anne, but it’s also her job to teach her, train her, correct her, and basically make sure she turns out all right! 🍃 Do you have a favorite secondary character? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “They rolled and laughed in the crackling straw. Then they climbed the stack, and slid down it again.” --On the Banks of Plum Creek, Laura Ingalls Wilder 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It's Day 10 of #12daysofannestagram — If you like Anne, you'll love . . . the Little House on the Prairie books! I think Anne and Laura have a lot in common! They are both spirited, rambunctious, and ambitious. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My mom read these books to me over and over growing up. We were always in the middle of one and took them everywhere we went. I played "Laura" all the time! One day, my dad overheard my little brother grumpily say, "I'm tired of being Pa!"⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I now read these books to my children. I haven't watched the show with them yet because I want them to know the books first, but I look forward to showing them.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are so many points of discussion when we read these books. So many learning opportunities and teaching moments. I'm always in awe of the writing style and the stories that never lose their allure. They are perfect for reading out loud, too!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Did you grow up reading or watching Little House?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this special celebration! 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #lauraingalls #melissagilbert #littlehouseontheprairie #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #lauraingallswilder #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “‘Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.’” —Anne of Green Gables, L.M.Montgomery 🍃 It’s Day 9 of #12daysofannestagram — #jennsrainbowchallenge + Anne. I decided to highlight this growing collection. So pretty. Kind of a rainbow sherbet kind of #bookstack for summer. 🍃 If you could choose one book from this stack to take on your next vacation, which one would it be? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this week of celebrating Anne and LMM! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “Oh, Diana,” said Anne at last, clasping her hands and speaking almost in a whisper, “oh, do you think you can like me a little—enough to be my bosom friend?”—Anne of Green Gables, L.M.Montgomery 🍃 “Diana laughed. Diana always laughed before she spoke. “Why, I guess so,” she said frankly. “I’m awfully glad you’ve come to live at Green Gables. It will be jolly to have somebody to play with. There isn’t any other girl who lives near enough to play with, and I’ve no sisters big enough.” 🍃 And so began a lifelong friendship. I kind of love Anne’s desperation and boldness to ask Diana straight out. I remember doing that in college once. I didn’t have any close friends in my church group my age, so one night I asked one of the girls if she wanted to be friends. She was delighted and said yes! 🍃 Why do you think Anne and Diana’s friendship worked so well? What made their relationship tick? 🍃 I love thinking about their personality types! They are SO different. I think balance is the key to a lot of my friendships. 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #dianabarry #schuylergrant #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #pbs #perioddrama #tweetphoto
  • “The greatest happiness [...] is to sneeze when you want to.” —The Blue Castle, L.M.Montgomery 🍃 This is the quote my friend @kristina.lael shared with me when she told me I had to read this book. I was hooked right away! 🍃 You all have heard me chat about this book quite a bit, but I really do adore it. 🍃 It's Day 8 of #12daysofannestagram — my favorite non-Anne LMM book! The Blue Castle is right up there with Jane of Lantern Hill. What’s your favorite non-Anne LMM book? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “The future is yet an untrodden full of wonderful possibilities.” —Anne of Avonlea, L.M.Montgomery 🍃 I loved watching Anne grow up in Anne of Avonlea. I only wish they had done a movie for each book, at least through Anne’s House of Dreams, not combining or changing the plot lines or characters as much. But I think Anne of Avonlea is a beautiful film and story. I adore it! It kind of stands on its own now in the world of Anne lore. 🍃 If I could choose an Anne hairstyle and outfit, this would be a top pick! Do you think her hair turned into a real handsome auburn? 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • "The work for which we are fitted — which we are sent into this world to do — what a blessing it is and what fulness of joy it holds!" —L.M. Montgomery, Journal: May 23, 1910. 🍃 It's Day 7 of #12daysofannestagram — #bookpile (my LMM collection)! Golly, I think LMM found her purpose in this world! She did it SO well, too. One delightful book, story, and poem after another. She blessed the world with her incredible gift! 🍃 Also, this is where some of us (I) probably need to face the fact that we (I) have an itty bitty book collecting problem! I tell myself that they are for my daughter (which is true) or for research (which is also true) . . . but it's mainly because I somehow love to have my favorite stories (memories on a shelf) where I can see them. Can anyone else relate? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting! 🍃 🍃 🍃 #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto
  • “Well now, I’d rather have you than a dozen boys, Anne,” said Matthew patting her hand. “Just mind you that—rather than a dozen boys. Well now, I guess it wasn’t a boy that took the Avery scholarship, was it? It was a girl—my girl—my girl that I’m proud of.” —Matthew Cuthbert, Anne of Green Gables 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Before I post my Anne collection for Day 7 of #12daysofannestagram I need to take a moment to express what Matthew Cuthbert meant to me growing up. Matthew believed in Anne and loved her from the first. They were kindred spirits before anyone else. I think my love for classic books has shaped what I care about, who I spend time with, and even probably who I married and how I raise my own children. Matthew was that ideal father figure, and Gil was that ultimate best friend/boyfriend/husband. Thank you, Maud, for writing male characters that show us what patient, enduring, steadfast love looks like. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I am so thankful my dad has always had a soft and sentimental side like Matthew (though my dad is super chatty). My dad taped the Anne of Green Gables movies on PBS for me when I was little, pausing at the pledge breaks to make big bowls of popcorn. He watched every minute . . . over and over and over through the years. Now that I’m grown, with my own little people, he told me he and my mom pull it out every once in a while . . . but he says he has to keep the tissue handy because watching it reminds him so much of me when I was little, running around in the yard, dressed up like Anne, talking to myself, reading books, and wandering through my mom’s flowers with my head in the clouds. Awww!!! 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this wonderful photo challenge and celebration!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #matthewcuthbert #richardfarnsworth #booknerd #bookworm #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer
  • ”But if you call me Anne, please call me Anne with an ‘e’.” —Anne of Green Gables⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It's Day 6 of #12daysofannestagram — Anne book + one thing I love about her! I really and truly love that I can come back to Anne again and again. I never grow too old for Anne. She’s always the same, and yet she also gets better with time and age. I think I love her even more now than when I was growing up. She is my favorite literary character because she is so funny...but her story also grips my heart like no other. 🍃 What makes you keep coming back to Anne? 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this wonderful photo challenge and celebration! 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto #bookquotes
  • Anne of Green Gables was rejected by every publisher Montgomery sent it to, so she stored it away in a hat box. In 1907, Montgomery re-read the Anne of Green Gables manuscript and decided to send it out again. It was accepted by the Page Company of Boston. 🍃 I’m so glad she never gave up! It's Day 5 of #12daysofannestagram — Happy Canada Day + Ode to Maud! 🍃 L.M. Montgomery’s journal, 1/27/1911: “When I am asked if Anne herself is a “real person” I always answer “no” with an odd reluctance and an uncomfortable feeling of not telling the truth. For she is and always has been, from the moment I first thought of her, so real to me that I feel I am doing violence to something when I deny her an existence anywhere save Dreamland. 🍃 Does she not stand at my elbow even now — if I turned my head quickly should I not see her — with her eager, starry eyes and her long braids of red hair and her little pointed chin?” 🍃 “She is so real that, although I’ve never met her, I feel quite sure I shall do so some day — perhaps on a stroll through Lover’s Lane in the twilight — or in the moonlit Birch Path — I shall lift my eyes and find her, child or maiden, by my side. And I shall not be in the least surprised because I have always known she was somewhere.”⠀ 🍃 Special thanks to @carrottoppapershop and @thebooksellersdaughter for hosting this wonderful photo challenge and celebration! 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #kindredspirits #lmmontgomery #gilbertblythe #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #meganfollows #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #tweetphoto #heritageminutes #canadaday2019 #canadaday🇨🇦
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