It's the holiday season, so I don't get as much read as I usually do. I enjoy the time when my girls are home from college, and we can watch crappy movies together. With that being said, I did finish a book last night. When I was little, my uncle worked in a bookstore and gifted me two books. I've kept them all these years, but I'm not sure I ever actually read them. Oops!
Matthew and Marilla are expecting to adopt a boy to help them on the farm, but instead they get Anne. She's not at all what they were expecting. She's wiry, imaginative, and she doesn't have an 'off' button. But she instantly falls in love with Green Gables and wants to earn her place. She wants to stay.
She wants to be good, but she's a bit of a disaster. Her honesty and desire to be better slowly win over Marilla. The shy, quiet Matthew was instantly drawn to the red-haired little spitfire and can't imagine his life without her. Over time, Anne finds her place, and her home is Green Gables.
This was a cute book for sure. When I hit the end, I had the impression it wasn't over. I'm not sure how I didn't know this, but there's a whole series! I feel so silly. The last one (that was solely about Anne) was published in 1939. The others are mostly in public domain, so I plan to read more. I wasn't happy to only see Anne and Gilbert be friends for about five pages. I'm going to have to at least read the next book to see where that goes. It looks like the main story of Anne is covered in about six of the books. In the other three, Anne is either a side character or it involves her children.
The whole book wasn't nonstop action or a deep mystery. It's the wholesome story of a young woman struggling to try and find her place in the world. Saying it that way, the book should've been boring. But it really wasn't, and for that, the author deserves a lot of credit. Good Book!
