Read Letter Day

A "red letter day" is a day that is pleasantly noteworthy of memorable. Here you will see books that I found to have such pleasantness or memorability.

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INTERNATIONAL GIVEAWAY ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ September marked a full year of my bookstagram account! In recognition of this I’ve decided to host an international giveaway! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The prize is your choice of one (1) of the following books I read and enjoyed over the past year: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Anne of Green Gables Great Expectations The Traveling Cat Chronicles Gone With the Wind The Light Between Oceans ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ TO ENTER: Be following me! Add this post to your story! (tag me) Tag three (3) fellow bookstagramers in the comment below and tell me which book you’d be most interested in! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I will do a draw on October 12, which is exactly one month from my anniversary date (confession, I thought the anniversary WAS in Oct lol) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Things to note: International where book depository ships to. I can only see your story if your account is public, or I’m following you. The only private accounts I follow are IRL friends. No giveaway/scammy accounts Some disclaimer about not being affiliated with Instagram or Book Depositary. Don’t know if it’s actually needed but everyone else seems to do it? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ All the best! 🐇 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3C7rHXAh08/?igshid=1ftm92wwhuu18

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I finally got around to setting up a picture for the books I got from the Times Colonist Book Sale in Victoria. It’s unbelievably big and I didn’t even scratch the surface of all the books that were there!! I had an amazing Dickens find which has a story I might save for its own sole post. And how sweet is this edition of Little Women? I just had to have it. Rainbow Valley might seem like a funny choice by itself, but I have 1-6 of that particular set of Anne books, and I’d really like to finish it! I also managed to feed my Hamiltonian obsession. Not pictured is a gem I found that is a vintage biography of Marie Curie written by her daughter. I bought for a dear friend who is a chemist herself and I never thought to take a picture of it. All in all it was a highly successful venture, and really, I need to stop buying books. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #tcbooksale @timescolonist #charlesdickens #lmmontgomery #aaronburr https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx_hXPUAhtb/?igshid=17v9kbj3dvdqy

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(I finished this awhile ago but have just gotten around to posting it!) After loving the Lightkeepers by Abby Geni so much I wanted to read her other novel—the Wildlands. I listened to the first one as an audiobook when I was sick once. I had found her style of writing to be extremely soothing, so I thought it would be a good choice to listen to her other when I was sick again. Interestingly it was very different. The elements that I had so loved in the Lightkeepers were not in the Wildlands, but that didn’t stop me from loving this book! This one was much more plot driven (If you saw my post about the Lightkeepers you’d see what I mean), but still contained some of the descriptive language I loved. 🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #abbygeni https://www.instagram.com/p/BvNyBvkHTz9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6b4hrz1prwqq

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How can you even begin to describe a book as powerful as this? One that takes you step by step from the slave trade of the 1700s all the way through to the turn of the millennium. It focused on the descendants of two sisters who never knew each other. One became married to a British slave trader, and the other sold into slavery. Each chapter is a vignette of a different generation, telling the shaping of both Africa and America through their eyes. It covers a lot of sensitive topics such as rape, and violent abuse, so it may not be for every type of reader. 🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #blackhistorymonth #blackhistorymonth2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKfkUuHLah/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h1dd2nujf1py

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My little sister unexpectedly brought this home for me from the local swimming pool book exchange. Isn’t it such a pretty edition? And two books in one! 🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt-CNx4HHS6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gjy1h3v5i76q

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I learnt a few things rereading Anne of Green Gables: 1. I have bad buddy reading etiquette That’s it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Funny enough, for raving to everyone how this is my favourite series, I’ve actually only read it once. This was my very first reread (of book one). Part of me was worried that it wasn’t going to be as good as I remembered. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That part was wrong. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I think I may have enjoyed it even more. Or maybe just the same. I fell completely in love with it the first time around. It’s like I knew I loved it, but I had forgotten WHY 🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr https://www.instagram.com/p/BtrqbQ4HXfy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cq25zae7c9bt

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‘The Traveling Cat Chronicles’ is one of the simplest yet, sweetest and most touching novel I’ve read. It tells the tale of Nana (which means seven) a stray adopted by a loving owner. One day it is apparent that he needs to find someone else to look after Nana, and they set of to visit friends from his past to find the right match for him. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It’s hard to describe how good the book was. The people in it felt very real, and their seemingly commonplace lives had a lot of depth. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It is very much about reflecting on the past. I suspect If you were to reread it, you would find yourself connecting with different characters and different points of the story each time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I feel that this book will become a favourite “comfort read”. 🐇 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bte-U01nqdk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qhjxm3iwewqe

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Every time I try to read 😽 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #cat https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGl3lZHJEs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=97l8ihy4hl7o

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3 books for $10? Yes please! 🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #thomashardy #tessofthedurbervilles #charlesdickens #olivertwist #charlottebronte #villette #classicliterature https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYhysTHnBs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14pwneexh1wv5

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New books! 🧡😻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve been so looking forward to getting my hands on The Traveling Cat Chronicles! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For Les Miserables, I researched which translation would suit me best, and ended up deciding on the Norman Denny translation—we’ll see how that goes! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This book about Eliza Hamilton was a complete impulse buy lol. A friend of mine is going to lend me the ginormous Ron Chernow biography of Alexander Hamilton, and I’m undecided if I’ll read this before or after 🧐🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #thetravellingcatchronicles #lesmiserables #elizahamilton #hamilton https://www.instagram.com/p/BsRrttJHKmE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gpiugkrov551

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This is the first Charles Dickens book I’ve read, and it was absolutely incredible! Even though he had many faults, you quickly become attached to dear Pip. It was unputdownable, by the end it even made me tear up bit. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’m not sure about other editions, but in mine it had both endings. I liked the “new” ending because it was longer but I actually preferred what became of certain characters in the “original” one better. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If all of Dickens’ books are like this, than he is sure to quickly become one of my favourite authors! 🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #greatexpectations #charlesdickens #pip #classicliterature https://www.instagram.com/p/BsRc7nvnWCP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kyos1y2ufhep

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“If Marilla had said that Matthew had gone to Bright River to meet a kangaroo from Australia Mrs. Rachel could not have been more astonished.” —Anne of Green Gables I was delighted that my sister @aambook brought me back this c.1933 edition of Anne of Green Gables from Australia! It’s so pretty! I love the cover! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I now have SEVEN copies of it! Swipe ➡️ if you want to see my collection laid out 🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #anneofgreengables #lmmontgomery https://www.instagram.com/p/BsE7dj-nIhq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17716u5dxc56t

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@writerlaureneckhardt is hosting a cool way to grow the bookstagram community, head on to her account for the deets. #2019booklovers https://www.instagram.com/p/BsBnfDqnYXF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pwac70rqwdi5

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As with many reviews of this book, I’ll start off with saying how much I LOVED Me Before You, the first of this series. However I found this book to be severely lacking. The plot seemed pretty generic, and the love interest was rather dull. I felt that there was so much potential for this sequel, especially with how things ended in the last book, that could have been explored. All in all I felt it very underwhelming. 🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #mebeforeyou #afteryou #jojomoyes #bookreview https://www.instagram.com/p/Br4JPx2n28u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tneyvr8zeiwp

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There’s a reason why L M Montgomery is my favourite author—she never disappoints! This was an incredibly sweet little story, but true to form, it was also hilarious! I love the little quips she always makes in her novels! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The story definitely doesn’t follow conventional “love stories” and even if you guess how it will end, you certainly won’t be able to guess how she got there! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (apparently I can only end sentences with exclamation marks now)🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #lmmontgomery #lucymaudmontgomery #canadianauthor #canadianliterature #thebluecastle https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnqsvpHsL_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1blpqdcqtma0n

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For years I’ve been meaning to read this classic Civil War era epic, and I’ve finally done it! It was just as amazing as I knew it would be. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Of course, I’ve seen the movie so I basically new the story; however, it was the ability to see into the characters’ minds that really changed many perspectives I had of it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I know that there is a lot of controversy about it. It’s racist, no doubt about it. I remember learning in school about unreliable narrators and how it takes a discerning eye to read past what they say to see the truth. Normally the effect would be done intentionally, however in this case I regarded Mitchell as an unreliable author narrating the book. 🐇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #gonewiththewind #gwtw #margaretmitchell #civilwar #reconstruction https://www.instagram.com/p/Brimz_fnLlE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8uz8lapu1rs4

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Who wouldn’t want to get their hands on these gorgeous soft leather bound books?! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ QOTD: Are there any “classic” books that you feel you should read but haven’t yet? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ AOTD: I’ve always been dubbed a natural “Austen lover” however I have yet to actually read through one of her books! 🙈 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Bookstagram #bookish #bookishcanadians #redletterday #readletterday #bookgeek #bookfeature #igreads #bibliophile #booklr #bolenbooks @bolenbooks #classics #classicliterature (at Bolen Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrVva-OHV2W/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ezhoccr9cteq