As part of my 10 Minute Book Talk series, I wanted to include one of my favourite L.M. Montgomery books, Rainbow Valley. I completed a paper presentation on it in 2018, and an academic paper (in review) in 2019. Yet, I recently reread this book for fun, to let the ideas and characters and setting work through my imagination. I hope this can be a great new book discovery for some, and an encouragement to reread for others.
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Loved your book talk on this book I had never heard of before. Now that you have stirred up my interest, I definitely want to look for it.Thanks for sharing.
Loved your book talk on this book I had never heard of before. Now that you have stirred up my interest, I definitely want to look for it.Thanks for sharing.
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