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message 1: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ , She's a mod, yeah, yeah, yeah! (last edited Sep 18, 2017 11:51AM) (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2708 comments Mod
for another group read - starting around the 20th of October.

The books I'm interested in are Green Dolphin Country (aka Green Dolphin St) The White Witch Both by Elizabeth Goudge The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton and The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden.

If anyone else would like to lead a discussion I can add their book to the poll. :)


Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ | 1234 comments Go for it, Carol! Maybe in one of these polls we can throw in Jane of Lantern Hill, which was just mentioned in one of our threads. No rush, though. I might be convinced to join another Goudge group read.


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Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2708 comments Mod
Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ wrote: "Go for it, Carol! Maybe in one of these polls we can throw in Jane of Lantern Hill, which was just mentioned in one of our threads. No rush, though. I might be convinced to join anoth..."

I can add Jane to this poll if someone is willing to lead. :)

I'll give it a couple of days then put up the poll. I have no preference on the other 4 books (although I have read Green Dolphin Country before) I'm keen to read them all! :)


Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ | 1234 comments If Jane is chosen I'm willing to take the lead.


message 5: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ , She's a mod, yeah, yeah, yeah! (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2708 comments Mod
Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ wrote: "If Jane is chosen I'm willing to take the lead."

Cool! :)


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Peggy (dandelion_cottage) | 304 comments I've read Green Dolphin Street (I believe that's the U.S. title) and Jane before, but I'm open to reading any of them.


message 7: by Abigail (new)

Abigail Bok (regency_reader) I’d like to read all of them! Going to be tough to vote.

I love this group . . .


debbicat *made of stardust* (cr8zycat) | 336 comments Carol ♔Type, Oh Queen!♕ wrote: "for another group read - starting around the 20th of October.

The books I'm interested in are Green Dolphin Country (aka Green Dolphin St) The White Witch Both by Eli..."


Green Dolphin and Jane sound the best to me. I've read a lot of LMM books and don't remember knowing about this one. It would be a real treat for me.


message 9: by Kavan (last edited Sep 18, 2017 04:45PM) (new)

Kavan | 85 comments I'd be open to any of those books. They all sound great. We could certainly have some interesting discussion about Jane's mother.


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Elinor | 257 comments I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on Jane, one of my favourite books.


Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ | 1234 comments I started reading Jane last night; it was calling my name. I couldn't wait for the results of the poll. :) I'm still happy to lead the discussion in October if it wins, though.


message 12: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ , She's a mod, yeah, yeah, yeah! (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2708 comments Mod
& the poll is up! https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

It should also show on our home page. :)


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Christine PNW (moonlight_reader) | 78 comments I'm interested in all of them!


Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ | 1234 comments The ebook of Jane of Lantern Hill is available for free in various formats at this website: http://fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid...

This looks more convenient than Gutenberg Australia. :)


message 15: by Karlyne (last edited Sep 20, 2017 12:00PM) (new)

Karlyne Landrum | 1964 comments Well, if Jane is chosen, it would give me an excuse to buy a copy! (I already have Green Dolphin Street and The White Witch, and I think my library has the other two)


debbicat *made of stardust* (cr8zycat) | 336 comments Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ wrote: "The ebook of Jane of Lantern Hill is available for free in various formats at this website: http://fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid...

This looks more convenient than Gutenberg Australia. :)"


That is so cool!!!


message 17: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ , She's a mod, yeah, yeah, yeah! (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2708 comments Mod
& voting has finished & The White Witch won!

Group read to start the 20th of October. :)


Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ | 1234 comments Used copies of The White Witch start at $5 (including shipping) on Abebooks. Most of them are being shipped from the UK so our UK readers may get a better deal. The UK ebook is also cheaper than the US one. :)

Abebooks link: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...


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Karlyne Landrum | 1964 comments I'm looking forward to it - there is a plethora of herbs and flowers in it and I swear I'll take notes this time.


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Judy (wwwgoodreadscomprofilejudyg) | 74 comments I'm excited about this one - missed out on the previous Elizabeth Goudge read because I couldn't get hold of the book, but this one is a lot cheaper on Kindle and I think the library might have it too - will check now.


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Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2708 comments Mod
Cool! I acquired this title just after the last read. I am looking forward to it!


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Barb in Maryland | 674 comments I'll be sitting this one out--too much to do at the end of Oct. Worse, I'm falling behind on other reading I want to do.
Y'all have fun. I'll probably read the threads, even If I don't read the book.


message 23: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ , She's a mod, yeah, yeah, yeah! (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2708 comments Mod
Barb in Maryland wrote: "I'll be sitting this one out--too much to do at the end of Oct. Worse, I'm falling behind on other reading I want to do.
Y'all have fun. I'll probably read the threads, even If I don't read the book."


That's fine. I already have some ideas for November. :)


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