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No, I mean the Stephanie Meyer vampire ones that are all the rage at the moment, I think the last film is due to be released fairly soon. I'm sure they've got a collective name, but I could only think of the title of one of them at the time. I haven't heard of the Emily books, who are they by?Daisy wrote:Are you referring to the Emily books Katharine? Wonderful books, but I first read them as an adult, so not sure how I would have taken to them when younger.Katharine wrote: I nearly put the first book in the New Moon series down after the first chapter. However after struggling through a few more pages I was hooked and ended up reading the whole series - twice. Not that I'd recommend them for a 12 year old.
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A trilogy By L.M.Montgomery, the first being "Emily of New Moon". If you enjoy Anne of Green Gables, I think you would like these too.Katharine wrote: I haven't heard of the Emily books, who are they by?
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A-ha! I listened to Anne of Green Gables on caset! See, it's not all Blyton!
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You should try reading it Poppy.Then the next in the series, then the next.......
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How many is there- I thought it was a stand alone?
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There are eight altogether.I first read them when in my early teens and have read them umpteen times since.
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Hmm... interesting!
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Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Willows
Anne's House of Dreams
Anne of Ingleside
Rainbow Valley
Rilla of Ingleside
The books take us from Anne's arrival in Avonlea, to pupil teaching, going to college, teaching as a qualified teacher, her marriage, her family of six children to the last book where her youngest daughter Rilla takes centre stage during the First World War.
L.M Montgomery also wrote quite a lot more books, some stand alones, some short stories as well as the three Emily books.
I would recommend them to anyone of any age!
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Willows
Anne's House of Dreams
Anne of Ingleside
Rainbow Valley
Rilla of Ingleside
The books take us from Anne's arrival in Avonlea, to pupil teaching, going to college, teaching as a qualified teacher, her marriage, her family of six children to the last book where her youngest daughter Rilla takes centre stage during the First World War.
L.M Montgomery also wrote quite a lot more books, some stand alones, some short stories as well as the three Emily books.
I would recommend them to anyone of any age!
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What is this series called? I'll see if it's on kindle then read the first paragraph and see if it's worth buying!Moonraker wrote:Oh, it can be. I read just one paragraph of a C J Sansom book to make me want to read the whole series!Fiona1986 wrote:I'm not sure one page is always enough to decide whether or not you're going to enjoy a book.
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It is the Matthew Shardlake series. Dissolution is the first. The paragraph that watered my mouth was from Heartstone.
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What? The ones in red are in the series... I would never have guessed they would be in the Anne series...Daisy wrote:Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Willows
Anne's House of Dreams
Anne of Ingleside
Rainbow valley
Rilla of Ingleside
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Thank you. I always like to hear people's recommendations. I've stuck it on my wish list and will wait for a price drop.Moonraker wrote:It is the Matthew Shardlake series. Dissolution is the first. The paragraph that watered my mouth was from Heartstone.
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I assure you they are! Anne doesn't feature quite so much, as the story focuses more on her children, but they follow on smoothly from one book to the next.Poppy Hutchinson wrote:What? The ones in red are in the series... I would never have guessed they would be in the Anne series...Daisy wrote:Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Willows
Anne's House of Dreams
Anne of Ingleside
Rainbow valley
Rilla of Ingleside
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Hmmm... well I never would have thought that!
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