"Anne of Windy Willows" - A lady of letters

It was my sister who got me hooked on re-reading the entire series of Anne books again and I sure am glad she did. I won't be reviewing them all though but a few of them. L.M. Montgomery's prose is like a delicate lace of words, capturing the beauty of nature through the eyes of a girl who insists on her right to happiness and her right to see the world as a romantic place. Anne certainly is easy to love for her happiness is very catching.
In "Anne of the Island" which is chronologically before "Anne of Windy Willows", Anne goes to Redmond College to achieve a B.A. Her time at Redmond is four years during which she matures a lot. She makes a new set of friends and learns from them and she has to decide between her dreamman Roy Gardener and her real love Gilbert Blythe. It is a coming-of-age book about throwing off childish notions and really growing up and I found it both touching and relevant.
"Anne of Windy Willows" is mostly composed of letters from Anne to her darling Gilbert who is still at Redmond studying to become a doctor. While waiting for him to graduate so that they can marry, Anne takes up the principality of Summerside High School and this calls for her to step into the role as a responsible adult. It is a really cute book - sorry, but cute is the best word I can find to describe it. Cute in a feel-good way. Cute in the way that I finished it off last night under the cover of my duvet, having gone to bed early just to read about Anne.
So tonight, I will be starting on "Anne's House of Dreams".

"Anne of Green Gables" - the perfect tween read!

I was ten years old when my parents bought me my first "Anne of Green Gables" book by L.M. Montgomery and I wanted it because my best friends older sister was infatuated by Anne. I vividly recall her walking around wearing a red curly wig and daydreaming about fairies.
Later that summer I was the one doing the daydreaming and when I reread "Anne of Green Gables" last week, I remembered why. It is impossible, I daresay, not to love Anne.
For those of you who have not yet read about Anne and her many scrapes, here is a short summary. Anne Shirley is an 11-year-old orphan who by mistake turns up on the doorstep (almost) at Green Gables, the home of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, two elderly siblings. Though they really wanted a boy to help out on the farm they go ahead and adopt the free-thinking, hapless Anne who are accidentprone and who gets herself into a great many embarrassing adventures such as serving wine instead of cordial and dying her red hair green.
Anne is basically a good person, she means well in everything she does and it is a pleasure to follow her adventures as she grows from an unloved child into a young, accomplished woman. There are eight more books in the "Anne" series and over the name few weeks you will be able to read about them here.

"Anne of Green Gables" is the perfect tween read because it is an utterly comforting book: No you are not to only one to worry about your looks, yes all girls want a bosom friend and yes boys at that age really are a different species. Growing up with Anne was amazing and I will definitely give my goddaughter the books about her as soon as she is old enough to read!

(the pictures are from the Anne of Green Gables tv-seris)