This is part of a series on the experience of re-reading LM Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables books as an adult. This one focuses on book two,Ā Anne of Avonlea, so you may want to wait till you’ve read the first book to catch up here, though it’s not really full of spoilers if you’ve read […]
I want to be like Anne when I grow up. My occasional Mighty posts are about this kind of dynamic: encountering characters in literature that actually change you for the better. Laura Ingalls is one, and so far I’ve also written about Cassie Logan, Alex Archer, Jean Valjean and the Tillerman children. There are plenty […]
Itās an odd feature of my experience of postnatal depression: I find reading modern literature, which is usually my staple, too hard, most of the time. It’s mostly because of the unflinching subject matter. I love Kate Atkinsonās writing, and thought last week – after three months of re-reading Patrick O’Brian’s marvellous Master and Commander […]
I am loving re-reading LM Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables books right now, and keen to share the joy. I’m working on a series of posts to accompany the experience of re-reading the books as an adult, so if you’re inspired, dust off your copies or find some in the library and join us! They […]