Book #79 Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Progress Book 5 of 100

I just love this book.  This was probably the 3rd  or 4th time I’ve read Anne of Green Gables.  The last time was around 2006 when my roommate Trista (thank you) let me borrow a copy.  I’ve been so preoccupied with all of the Pride and Prejudice variations the last few years that I forgot how much I enjoyed reading all about Anne Shirley.  I was very happy that it made this list, but a little sad it was only book 1 of the Anne series and not the whole series like a few other titles (Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings).  This is one series that I have never completed and it would have been nice to finally accomplish that.  I’ve only completed  up to book 5- Anne’s House of Dreams .  Once book series start adding more characters and/or the focus of the story gets to different generations I tend to lose interest.  For now, I’m moving on to another novel from the 100 list and will keep the rest of the Anne books for a later date.

Anne of Green Gables is the story of an orphan Anne Shirley who is adopted by a sister and brother named Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert.  The story takes place in the early 20th century at Prince Edward Island- in Canada.  Anne spelled with an E, is a young girl with a big imagination.  She goes from not being wanted, the Cuthbert’s wanted to adopt a boy, to winning the hearts of everyone around her.  Her wild imagination usually gets her into trouble but as she tells Marilla, I make a lot of mistakes, but I learn from them and hardly every make the same mistake twice.  In one instance she serves her best friend Diana Barry wine instead of some punch and gets her drunk.  In another she buys hair dye from a peddler and ends up with green hair and sobs to Marilla how she never thought anything could be worse than red hair- but that she was wrong, green is ten times worse.  How could you not love Anne?  This story is the start of her romance with Gilbert Blythe, but since she is so young and spends most of her time hating him in this book, their relationship doesn’t progress too far.  That’s more for Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island.  I give this book an A+, and think most people would agree with me.  I'm interested to see what Daniel with think since this is the POV of a young girl, and I wonder if he will not be able to relate to it as much-- we'll have to wait and see what he thinkk.

100%- A+ for sure.