Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Orphan Anne Shirley has always relied on her imagination to help her. Now she is being sent to Avonlea to live with the Cuthberts. Where she slowly wins their hearts. With new friends and her imagination to liven things up there is no telling where Anne will go!

Cute read!! Had to get used to Anne's babbles but it was adorable to read it nonetheless!

I never read this as a child as it seemed way too “girly” for me. It's a wonderful story all the same and I wished I'd read it then.

I can't sum up my feelings any better than another goodreads reviewer who gave this book 5 stars:

“yo Anne has no chill, she is practically a talking machine, I am not complaining tho”

This really is the perfect coming of age book, I see why it's a classic. Anne is so whimsical and imaginative and I just know I would have loved her if I had read this as a child. Seeing her grow and really come into her own is even better though, and I bet I find that much more satisfying now then I would have as a child.

I liked this book as much as I had hoped. Reading this as the father of a ten year old girl made me smile at passages that might not have meant as much to my younger self.