I've read it. I've read almost all of those books. The earlier ones were the best ones.
I love the first three. I thought Anne of Windy Poplars was kind of boring, and then Anne's House of Dreams just had way too many soap opera-ish subplots. (Like, really? Head trauma, amnesia, and identical cousins?) Then nothing much really happened in Anne of Ingleside, but I thought that Rainbow Valley was charming, and I really liked Rilla of Ingleside. (Except for the fact that Shirley seems to completely disappear, not only from the plot but from the characters' thoughts, which always bothered me.)
Oh, I like the part of Anne of Windy Poplars where she has to fight against the Pringles.
askye, I'm so glad you failed. That's the best and ultimately most joyful failure I've heard of. And I so hugely admire how much work you've put into rebuilding yourself, finding your way to a strong and loving life.
Srsly????
I just turned into a driveway just a tad too soon, and now I have a flat front tire and probably a bent rim to boot.
Any moment now will come the poke in the eye and the kick in the junk.
Sean, at least the wheel didn't fall off. That's a surprise development when maneuvering in driveways, let me tell you. I actually caught myself saying "I disbelieve," as if there were a DM somewhere I could challenge.
And askye, happy multi-birthdays. You should give yourself two sets of presents and cake.
Ah there we are.... I have just bitten the inside of my upper lip.
What JZ said.
I third this emphatically!
Of course the tv series with Megan Follows was best, with Richard Farnsworth and Colleen Dewhurst as Matthew and Marilla.
I always missed Anne of Green Gables on PBS, but have seen Anne of Avonlea several times. Since I didn't have the emotional ties to the backstory, I always wanted her to stay with hot!dad of her student.
