Curated by Andrea McKenzie and Benjamin Lefebvre, the L.M. Montgomery Readathon is a Facebook group that invites conversation about Montgomery’s work from her worldwide readership. Posts include discussion questions, details about Montgomery’s life and times (including fashion and technology), allusions to previous works of literature, book covers, and information about translations and recent reprint editions. Through reading Rilla of Ingleside (May–June 2020), Jane of Lantern Hill (July–September 2020), The Blue Castle (September 2020–February 2021), Chronicles of Avonlea (March–May 2021), and Emily of New Moon (June–August 2021) in a virtual group setting, we’re learning once again how Montgomery’s books have the power to bring people together in good times and in uncertain times. Anyone who enjoys L.M. Montgomery’s books is welcome to join, and group members can read, comment, ask questions, post favourite quotations, and listen.
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Reading Schedule for Emily of New Moon
Monday, June 14—Chapter 1: The House in the Hollow
Thursday, June 17—Chapter 2: A Watch in the Night
Monday, June 21—Chapter 3: A Hop out of Kin
Thursday, June 24—Chapter 4: A Family Conclave
Monday, June 28—Chapter 5: Diamond Cut Diamond
Thursday, July 1—Chapter 6: New Moon
Monday, July 5—Chapter 7: The Book of Yesterday
Wednesday, July 7—Chapter 8: Trial by Fire
Friday, July 9—Chapter 9: A Special Providence
Monday, July 12:—Chapter 10: Growing Pains
Wednesday, July 14—Chapter 11: Ilse
Friday, July 16—Chapter 12: The Tansy Patch
Monday, July 19—Chapter 13: A Daughter of Eve
Wednesday, July 21—Chapter 14: Fancy Fed
Friday, July 23—Chapter 15: Various Tragedies
Monday, July 26—Chapter 16: Check for Miss Brownell
Wednesday, July 28—Chapter 17: Living Epistles
Friday, July 30—Chapter 18: Father Cassidy
Monday, August 2—Chapter 19: Friends Again
Wednesday, August 4—Chapter 20: By Aerial Post
Friday, August 6—Chapter 21: “Romantic but not Comfortable”
Monday, August 9—Chapter 22: Wyther Grange
Wednesday, August 11—Chapter 23: Deals with Ghosts
Friday, August 13—Chapter 24: A Different Kind of Happiness
Monday, August 16—Chapter 25: “She Couldn’t Have Done It”
Wednesday, August 18—Chapter 26: On the Bay Shore
Friday, August 20—Chapter 27: The Vow of Emily
Monday, August 23—Chapter 28: A Weaver of Dreams
Wednesday, August 25—Chapter 29: Sacrilege
Friday, August 27—Chapter 30: When the Curtain Lifted
Monday, August 30—Chapter 31: Emily’s Great Moment