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[stellar_muddle]

Lazy evening this evening, with no swimming, though did do 24 lengths on Tues evening. Was good, even if we didn't get a chance to soak in the spa afterwards.

Instead I have just spent much of the evening in a warm bath with a good book. Hadn't actually done that before - I think had been worried I might get the book. Now I know I can manage not to :)

Think I'll get an early night and finish the rest of the book - LM Montgomery Emily of New Moon binge. Finished Emily of New Moon a day or two ago, am most of the way though Emily Climbs, and will start Emily's Quest shortly after that... Z is looking at me strangely for it, but I am alternating with Stross and Russian urban vampires.

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[cataragon.livejournal.com]

I love Emily of New Moon. I also like Jane of Lantern Hill quite a lot, but there's only one of those.

It's funny, I've met lots of people who really love the Anne books, but have never read any of her other stuff.
And, I think, despite Anne having being a sort of childhood hero, that in many ways the Emily books are better.

I see nothing wrong with interesting book juxtapositions - it provides nice contrast.

[stellar-muddle.livejournal.com]

I read all the Anne books first but definitely spent some time after tracing down many of the rest. I think I have all her novels (now brought out from storage) bar "Magic for Marigold" and I have read that one*. I do like The Blue Castle and a bunch of the others.

* And it is apparently available on Project Gutenburg according to Wikipedia. I know they have a bunch of her books there, as it was the main way I was getting a fix while in Aussie.

[stellar-muddle.livejournal.com]

Oooh, ok, so Project Gutenburg AUSTRALIA has a whole bunch of the non-Anne ones:
L M MONTGOMERY (1874-1942)

* Emily of New Moon (1923)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* Emily Climbs (1925)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* The Blue Castle (1926)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* Emily's Quest (1927)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* Magic for Marigold (1929)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* A Tangled Web (1931)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* Pat of Silver Bush (1933)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* Mistress Pat (1935)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* Jane of Lantern Hill (1937)--Text--ZIP--HTML
* Anne of Ingleside (1939)--Text--ZIP--HTML

I had remembered to check the US version, but hadn't known about the other...

(A few minutes later)... Right, now the ebook collection is catching up with the paper collection :)