(#112027763123111760) The #RaceWhoKnowsJosephBookClub book for #March is "Anne of the Island", the third book of the 'Anne of Green Gables' series, and one that was written in less of a rush than the second. So far, it is being better than the second but still less good than the first. While the second is forgettable, this one develops significantly Anne's life, and was the basis for many adaptations (which tended to skip all that comes from the second book). Let's see if my opinion of it doesn't change before I reach the end of if 😉 Oh, and as it happens, being a 'middle grade' book makes it eligible for #MiddleGradeMarch! #Bookstodon ![A picture of "Anne of the Island" (special collector's edition book), in front of a lightfire]()

(#112027763123111760) The #RaceWhoKnowsJosephBookClub book for #March is "Anne of the Island", the third book of the 'Anne of Green Gables' series, and one that was written in less of a rush than the second. So far, it is being better than the second but still less good than the first. While the second is forgettable, this one develops significantly Anne's life, and was the basis for many adaptations (which tended to skip all that comes from the second book). Let's see if my opinion of it doesn't change before I reach the end of if 😉 Oh, and as it happens, being a 'middle grade' book makes it eligible for #MiddleGradeMarch! #Bookstodon ![A picture of "Anne of the Island" (special collector's edition book), in front of a lightfire]()

(#111874696651199311) #RaceWhoKnowsJosephBookClub is the (lengthy hashtag for the) year long celebration of LM Montgomery's 150th birthday. #February's book for it is "Anne Of Avonlea", and this anniversary a good excuse to make me read the full #Anne series 😇 #bookstodon A picture of "Anne of Avonlea", the second book of the "Anne of Green Gables" book series, slightly in front od the eight books boxset it belongs to

(#112022583246628702) A new month? On a #Friday? It's time for #fridayreads, and since we're now in #March, it is also time to start the #MarchMysteryMadness! And of course, I am still doing #readchristie2024, this month's #book being "The Blue Train", which not only is a #mystery (duh!), but also fit for MMM's first prompt, "dressed to the nines". #bookstodon The first Portuguese edition of Agatha Christie's "The Mystery of the Blue Train"

#January's #readchristie2024 is her first ever novel, and the first #Poirot: "The Mysterious Affair of Styles". Let's go! #fridayreads #bookstodon ![Picture of Harper's edition of "The Mysterious Affair of Styles" with the inclusion of the original (rejected) ending to the book (as recovered from Christie's notebooks)]()

(#112100073635968467) I decided to change my reading plans, and started reading Anne of Windy Poplars, fourth in the series. After a second book with an annoying use of ellipsis, the third had none. But this! On Windy Poplars the ellipsis return, with vengeance: you need to read up to page 24 to find the first page without ellipsis! ... #bookstodon #fridayreads "Anne of Windy Poplars", the Bantam Special Collector's Edition

Piracy Is Liberation: a story that started being told in 2001 and still going strong. On this picture, the cover of "book 12", published in January last year. Close to the beginning of the book, a two pages scenario that, taken out of context, you could read standalone and assume it refers to the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. Before that, in the "editorial", the author mentions the invasion in Ukraine, and ends up with the words "And I never intended for this story to be a documentary." Piracy Is Liberation: #bookstodon A picture capturing partially the cover of Piracy Is Liberation Book 012: Outer Enemy, from Mattias Elftorp

(#112666693387922285) #June 's #readchristie2024 is "And Then There Were None", one of the most exquisite Christie novels. In the picture, a Portuguese and an English editions - in Portuguese the #book title was translated to "Convite para a Morte" (invitation to death). #bookstodon On the left, the Portuguese edition, from Colecção Vampiro. In the cover, death holds a quill ansd a balance, wears a cape and has a gramophone as its head. On the right, an English edition. In the cover, stormy waves wash the island's cliff, with seagulls flying nearby.

A new month? On a #Friday? It's time for #fridayreads, and since we're now in #March, it is also time to start the #MarchMysteryMadness! And of course, I am still doing #readchristie2024, this month's #book being "The Blue Train", which not only is a #mystery (duh!), but also fit for MMM's first prompt, "dressed to the nines". #bookstodon The first Portuguese edition of Agatha Christie's "The Mystery of the Blue Train"

(#111705284886440140) #January's #readchristie2024 is her first ever novel, and the first #Poirot: "The Mysterious Affair of Styles". Let's go! #fridayreads #bookstodon ![Picture of Harper's edition of "The Mysterious Affair of Styles" with the inclusion of the original (rejected) ending to the book (as recovered from Christie's notebooks)]()