tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post3892869833845205125..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: Anne's House of DreamsCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-14772499787373607362012-11-01T03:11:33.734-07:002012-11-01T03:11:33.734-07:00I know you wrote this two years ago, but I've ...I know you wrote this two years ago, but I've just found it, and I adore it. It's my first visit to your blog, and I wonder already if perhaps you might just be a kindred spirit. <br /><br />Anyone's idea of a perfect day and a perfect way to relax (which of course must include a comfort book) is to reach for an old, much-love copy of Anne, has to be. <br /><br />I was actually thinking about and searching for the lighthouse. Captain Jim is the inspiration for a character I want to write about, and having the lighthouse (and a picture of an old, weathered man who fits just the image I've always had in my head) is helping. <br /><br />Nice to 'meet' you. <br /><br />MelissaTheThingsIdTellYouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864291645372635512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-64723119544980176172010-05-08T11:18:34.958-07:002010-05-08T11:18:34.958-07:00Ahh... escape (or is it comfort?) reading is just ...Ahh... escape (or is it comfort?) reading is just what a day calls for. On a completely unrelated note.. I'm reading TumTum and Nutmeg with Ellie. I know you are thrilled to hear that. :)Stephanie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976709475515458563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-82465910065985068252010-05-06T08:14:24.878-07:002010-05-06T08:14:24.878-07:00This was my favorite of all the Anne books my firs...This was my favorite of all the Anne books my first time through. I'm looking forward to getting back into the series after getting some of the TBR books off my shelf...or at the next LMM challenge, whichever comes first. :-)Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-65513766289770512962010-05-05T12:43:35.197-07:002010-05-05T12:43:35.197-07:00I just read this recently and I cracked up when Mr...I just read this recently and I cracked up when Mrs. Lynde checks out what's in Anne's trash when she comes to visit. I'm not sure that my trash would give such a good report!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18408471966661831444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-78332297993526599802010-05-05T11:15:11.275-07:002010-05-05T11:15:11.275-07:00I loved this book when I read it for the challenge...I loved this book when I read it for the challenge this year!<br /><br />Carrie, great point in the comments about LMM and Christianity. I find that many authors, today and in the past, share Christian-type words or phrases, or their characters go to church, but that doesn't mean they have a Christian world-view.Annette W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02498639468291720406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-58669291916030052812010-05-05T10:42:03.407-07:002010-05-05T10:42:03.407-07:00Thanks for the info. I had know idea LMM wasn'...Thanks for the info. I had know idea LMM wasn't a Christian. I don't know anything about her life at all, really. But it makes no difference to me. Her writing is still breathtaking, comforting, and beautiful. Thanks for responding!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-79472673867848060642010-05-05T10:20:27.897-07:002010-05-05T10:20:27.897-07:00Hey MB - Yes, they do still sell the boxed sets.
...Hey MB - Yes, they do still sell the boxed sets.<br /><br />I'm not sure which bio you were looking at, but the most comprehensive one is The Gift of Wings (which I've reviewed here -- http://www.readingtoknow.com/2009/09/lucy-maud-montgomery-gift-of-wings.html)<br /><br />I'll e-mail you on the side as well.<br /><br />I'm not directing the following commentary at you but it raises an interesting point since you mentioned that you saw a bio with some "iffy" stuff in it. LMM's life was not really very pretty.<br /><br />I think it's important for Christians to note that LMM really wasn't one. I don't like Anne because I think LMM was a Christian. I like Anne as-is. Author flaws and all. <br /><br />I'm saying that only because I know that Christians like to latch on to authors that think they share the same belief system and while there is nothing wrong with that - I do object to MAKING an author a Christian to suit one's own purposes. (And I am not a proponent of only reading books by Christians and about Christians.)<br /><br />LMM DOES present a calm and peaceful world view, but you can read her bio and then between the lines of each of her books and realize she had a different view.<br /><br />Does that make me like her less? No. Does it make me sad? Yes. But I STILL LOVE her fiction. <br /><br />I'm rambling away into another blog post so I'll stop there and e-mail MB about the box set and the best bio! =DCarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-18474135580165962052010-05-05T09:56:25.663-07:002010-05-05T09:56:25.663-07:00What a beautiful old edition - thank you for shari...What a beautiful old edition - thank you for sharing!<br /><br />HannahHannah Stonehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139146341592918233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-76223976816390113092010-05-05T09:33:12.564-07:002010-05-05T09:33:12.564-07:00Also...do you know of a really good biography of L...Also...do you know of a really good biography of L.M. Montgomery? I found one that looked good at the bookstore, but I'm glad I researched it first b/c I found the author had put some, ahem...not *nice* stuff in it. Can you point me toward a good one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-14442317698928723632010-05-05T09:30:41.039-07:002010-05-05T09:30:41.039-07:00Oh, how I loved Anne when I was a teenager! When ...Oh, how I loved Anne when I was a teenager! When I got married I gave away all my Anne books to my husbands' teenaged cousin, who I'm pretty sure did not appreciate them like I did! Do you know if they still sell them in those boxed sets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-56560265071678906572010-05-05T08:12:10.258-07:002010-05-05T08:12:10.258-07:00Actually, reading your Anne posts makes me sad. I ...Actually, reading your Anne posts makes me sad. I can't think of an author or book that I treasure the way you do these.<br /><br />But I forgive you. :-) Actually it inspires me to keep looking!<br /><br />And I LOVE that old book. Gorgeous.Janethttp://acrossthepage.netnoreply@blogger.com