Anne of the Island

I just can't get enough of this series, of these amazing and beautiful characters, of Avonlea and Anne and Gilbert.

This book wasn't that great at first, because I felt like Davy was such an annoying character. I mean, he's a little boy who makes mistakes, he's a child that's supposed to be annoying, but he was kinda making me not like the book as much as I wanted to.

But then Anne left for Redmond and there was so little of Davy that I started to fall in love with the book again. And oh, what an amazing journey it was. Anne is an adult now, she is in college, she's studying and she is working and she has grown into such a beautiful, brave woman.

Her character is so great because she is not perfect, she makes mistakes and it takes her so long to realize that love is just in front of her. I couldn't be mad at her, but I was sooooo happy when Anne and Gilbert finally declared their love for each othed. I cried so much and theey were tears of happiness. The book was so emotional and full of joy, I know it's going to live rent free in my heart from now on.

My current neighborhood has a bunch of those Little Free Library things (https://littlefreelibrary.org/), and when I saw this in one, I couldn't pass it up. My husband asked me to estimate the number of times I've read this book, and I don't know. But a lot of times, and it's always wonderfully nostalgic.