My confession is that I've been rereading once again! Why do I have this habit? Shouldn't once around be good enough.
Well, not really. There is always something else to catch the second time around, or third, or fourth...
What is it THIS time? Well, in the spirit of a complete confession:
But not just Anne of Green Gables! Oh, no! When I get in, I get in deep. I'm rereading the whole series! There is something about Anne that just feels like fall to me. I'm not sure why... perhaps it is pictures like this:
So sweet! But pictures aside (besides the movies aren't the books - they never are!) here are some of the things I have enjoyed:
I love Anne of Green Gables: "watching" Anne grow up, the girl's writing club, and her friendship with Mrs. Allen.
I love Anne of Avonlea: meeting Davy and Dora and Mr. Harrison (and Ginger, the parrot) and who could forget Lavendar Lewis and Charlotta the Fouth? the Avonlea Village Improvement Society and the bright blue town hall.
However, my favorite book is probably Anne of the Island: I love Patty's Place and Gog and Magog (the guardian dog statues), Rusty the cat, Phillipa Gordon, Miss Patty and her niece "ceasing not to knit," and of course the ending.
I'm currently reading Anne of Windy Poplars. I love Rebecca Dew and Spooks Lane. I'm finally starting to like the Pringles. Elizabeth is a sweet little character, longing for Tomorrow to finally come. and maybe I'll even like Katherine Brook... but I haven't got that far yet.
One of my favorite quotes:
"I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string." (Anne of Avonlea)
L. M. Montgomery certainly had a way with words and with creating characters! She created a person that is so real to many. I think there is a little bit of Anne in all of us.
I am enjoying the series immensely the third (or fourth) time around. If you haven't read the books, I hope you pick one up soon! The movies are nice, but the second jumbles all the stories together, and you don't want to get me started on the third - I don't have any idea where it came from!
What rereading have you done recently?
Do you have a favorite part of the books that I didn't mention?
I love Anne of Green Gables....I have seen the movies and read some of the books but,not all...I am reading Anne of Avonlea at this time....the quote you shared is one of my favorites.....
ReplyDeleteAnne with an E...what a sweet soul is she...a kinderd spirit to me, indeed...smile...!
Blessings
We must be kindred spirits! Anne is my favorite, actually I like a lot of L.M. Montgomery's writings. (And I'm WAY guilty of re reading and re reading them...) I enjoyed the first video, but the others outraged me. Ms Montgomery would've been in the "depths of despair" had she seen it...
ReplyDeleteMy dream vacation is to go to Prince Edward Island. I've always been fascinated with it.
I love to reread favorite books. Again, and again, and again! :-) It has been quite a while since I've read Anne of Green Gables, though I think you've inspired me to do so!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young, I did NOT like Charlotta the fourth! LOL
I need to read them. I reread books all the time. I prefer westerns like Louis L'Amour. Now my son reads them. I usually only read just for pleasure when I need to escape reality for awhile. When I read, I read til I am finished and do nothing else. So, I don't indulge often except to read my help books, which I read and put down and read and put down. When I need that break tho, I prefer westerns. I was born in the wrong era! I prefer Little House on the Prairie days! - or Love Comes Softly! :)
ReplyDeleteI love Anne of Green Gables! What a great series to be rereading. Wish I could find a set for our home. Thanks for sharing the quote in your post. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh, Anne....I couldn't begin to tell you how many times I've read those books! I always loved the part where Matthew gets the dress for Anne and make Marilla upset. Good ol' Matthew! And where Gilbert gives her the candy heart and she smashes it...And ESPECIALLY when Anne decides to dye her hair!
ReplyDeleteI even liked reading about her children in the later books.
And DON'T EVEN get me started on the movies. Why on earth can't they make a movie that stays true to the book? Like you said, I don't have a clue where that 3rd Anne movie came from - preposterous!!
Maybe I should dig my Anne books out. (I got most of mine by watching library book sales - 10-25 cents a book ain't too shabby!)
do you remember what Grandpa said about Gilbert (in the movie)?
ReplyDeleteCharity, I love Anne of Green Gables and especially the books. I've only read them once but it's flicked across my mind recently to re-read them. It was so funny to see that you are doing this!
ReplyDeleteAlso, thank you for your sweet comment. ((Hugs)) I'll be by your blog to visit when I can.