tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post249889423653298644..comments2023-09-22T02:24:42.144-07:00Comments on a light inside: Currently Reading: The Story GirlJenna St.Hilairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16528611770211261141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-51335935597206111122013-10-05T10:09:19.541-07:002013-10-05T10:09:19.541-07:00OH GOOD. I'm glad those are italics in the ori...OH GOOD. I'm glad those are italics in the original. Montgomery didn't <i>seem</i> like the sort to overuse all-caps...<br /><br />I could see this being her favorite. It's sweet, hopeful, simple, and could definitely have been easier--or at least, more freeing--to write than the more complex and character-focused novels.<br /><br />There's a sequel? Oooh.<br /><br />I loved Kilmeny. That was a relaxing Sunday afternoon read for the ages. ;)<br /><br />Thanks for coming in with the LMM history--it's always fascinating!Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-77089965856896108762013-10-03T06:21:49.625-07:002013-10-03T06:21:49.625-07:00Wait. I have no reading comprehension; the end of ...Wait. I have no reading comprehension; the end of the world is in the first paragraph of this post. <br /><br />Sorry. Morning, coffee, etc..Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-38885580074296664552013-10-03T06:19:19.475-07:002013-10-03T06:19:19.475-07:00hahaha. Yes. The e-book editions that use a lot of...hahaha. Yes. The e-book editions that use a lot of ALL CAPS are probably from Project Gutenberg? or some other venerable e-book program; they're italics in the original. <br /><br />This was LMM's favorite of her books, maybe because the process of writing it was easier (it's really a disguised short story collection in which most of the short stories haven't even been written out) and she was still at an early, hopeful stage in her career as a novelist. Interestingly, it's one of the few in which she used a first-person narrator (though Bev is more The Voice of Nostalgia than an actual character imo). Bev returns with Even More Nostalgia in <i>The Golden Road</i>, and then there's the pulpalacious <i>Kilmeny of the Orchard</i>, also with a male 1p, and I think that's it. <br /><br />Is it this one or <i>The Golden Road</i> that has the end of the world in it?<br /><br />Lauranoreply@blogger.com