Anne of Green Gables

Favorite book when growing up.

Absolutely loved it. Extremely entertaining and fun-hearted.

My mum's favourite now mine. I don't know how to describe it because it is so amazingly good. Some of the English used is out of date now and some words people might not know as they are not used now.
Anne forever.

An absolutely lovely book and a definite recommendation from me to everyone!
I read an abridged version as a child and I must say it didn't do any justice to the actual book. It's one of those books that are so wonderful that they just warm your soul and will always have a special place in your heart.

Anne is my hero <3

I read this whole series when I was much younger and the fact that I remember so much of it today is the basis for my four star rating.

Man, what a great series. Yes, it can be a little wordy, but it's so beautifully told. Anne Shirley has to be one of the most wonderful characters in all of literature.

Just delightful. It made me very nostalgic for the movie, which practically played in my head as I listened to this book. I had no idea the script was so faithful to the story.

It has been YEARS since I've read this and I forgot how much I utterly loved it! I know why Anne is such a beloved character all over the world, but for me personally, I think that I relate to Anne the most with respect to her imagination. The vividness and extravagance of her imagination was something I had a similar abundance of as a child and I vividly remember how my surroundings lent themselves to it in my own made-up places and situations. Reading it now again as an adult, it brings back that innocence and joy I had in letting my imagination run wild. I also highly appreciate L.M. Montgomery's very lyrical and poetic writing. It's so sumptuous in places but never loses the down-to-earth feel of this small rural place in PEI either. I also love how much she was in tune with the nature of people and the little statements or observations she makes throughout about the characters would make me smile or laugh or nod in appreciation of how she captured the heart of people. Speaking of laughing, she also was very witty and deft with her humor, I found myself laughing a lot throughout. Maybe it was the timing of this reread, but I realized it is probably among my favourite books and I always forget to add it as one. It's just such a classic, that I don't automatically think to include it in my favs list, it just seems a given.
It's a love letter to nature, community, family, friends, childhood, imagination, coming of age, and simple pleasures of life. It's a true Canadian treasure, wholesome, and endearing.

'Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you'

I have thought hard about how to rate this book. I now know that it is definitely a 5-star read; I do just wish I read the physycal copy, instead of listening to the audiobook, because I know I would love it that much more. However, I very much look forward to the re-read, for Anne of Green Gables is the type of book which gives you the same feelings as seeing a dear friend.

These are my favorite quotes from the book:

“My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes”

“I can't eat. I can never eat when I'm in the depths of despair.”

“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”

“Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky–up–up–up–into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer.”

“I don't know, I don't want to talk as much. (..) It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over.”

It's been a while since I finished a book, but I've started many. According to my Goodreads, I'm currently reading 9 books. A few I own, and a few are from the library (Libby). I don't read quite fast enough, so my loan usually expires before I finish. Then I have to put it on hold again. With Anne of Green Gables, I didn't finish within the allotted two weeks either, but no one else had it on hold luckily!

I've never read Anne before and I knew nothing about it. I thought it was about an orphaned, red-headed girl who got treated badly but had an imagination. That doesn't seem right at all after reading this book. Yes, she was badly treated in her past and she does have quite the imagination, but Anne is about something entirely different.

Anne is an orphan, and by accident she is adopted by siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables on Prince Edward Island. They are both loving in their own way, and Anne is raised in a remarkable way. She is free to be herself. Sometimes her temper or pride get her into difficult situations, but it all works out. This book isn't here to challenge the reader in any real way. It's meant to be pleasant and lovable.

For me, this book romanticizes childhood, but I don't mean that in any kind of negative way. I'm tempted to write that, “We all want...,” but I will only speak for myself. I desperately want to remember how it felt to be a child. The imagination and the dreams. The magic, fun, play, laughter, ambition, hope... How so many things were new and exciting. How the world seemed great and full of possibility. I think this book romanticizes all of that, but in a way that it should be romanticized. We, as adults, should try so hard to remember those feelings.

I haven't read up on any history of this book. I know when it was published, and that's about it. I'm afraid if I read about the book, I'll be spoiled for the rest of the series. I would like to continue reading it, and even the smallest spoilers usually bother me. So I'm unsure of any intent by the author, or history of the author herself.

The reason I'm not giving the book a full five stars is because roughly the last third bothered me. Most of the book was so detailed with how Anne was growing up between the ages of about 11 and 13. And then suddenly she's flying through the years, and I think the book ends with her being almost 17. The chapters dedicated to “young” Anne are darling. I couldn't stop reading. I enjoyed all of Anne's eccentricities, and Marilla's reserved amusement. Then all of sudden, Marilla remarks that Anne doesn't talk as much anymore. What happened between then and now?

I would have loved more time dedicated to those teenage years. Again, I don't know how the book was published – was it serialized? I don't know how the author wrote it – was she rushed in the end, or was a series planned from the beginning? In any case, it looks like there are eight books in total. I suppose the story from here will dedicated to Anne as an adult. I'm sure it will be interesting, but the two-thirds of Anne of Green Gables dedicated to young Anne was so special.

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When I'm stressed I like to listen to prissy little girl fiction. It's relaxing. This was a glorious throwback. Anne and Marilla are a delight. Surprisingly it hasn't aged too badly (I was actually shocked by how old it is) and I hope little girls still get to enjoy it like I did and my mum and idk about grandparents/great grandparents actually because this book is Canadian and I don't know when it made the trip over but a lot of little girls have read it and I hope they continue to.

I'll probably listen to Ballet Shoes or Little House on the Prairie or something next.

this book still holds up!!! #KindredSpirits

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Read all of Montgomery's books in the 1980's. Loved them.

This book is just a feel-good story of growing up for about 85% of it, and then it goes 0-60 in the span of two chapters to cover death and friendship in a way that blew my mind when I was 10 and still does today. Perhaps those final chapters are short and quick in their covering of events, but to me they paint a very clear picture of their idea, and I find it quite a compelling outlook. There's an argument to be made that summarizing them into 2 chapters counteracts what could've been a more extended piece on either, but I think that giving the reader time to understand the characters means that the death of one or reconciliation of two others has all of the necessary groundwork to convey emotional weight. Ms. Montgomery could've spent chapters dissecting the grief or joy of her characters, but the simplicity of description, and what words it brings out in characters we are very familiar with by this point does more work and delivers more of an impact than almost any other book I've read.

Sure, it's not packed with fascinating philosophical concepts. But what it does have is a beautiful illustration of the way simple people live and die and love. I think that's valuable.

The book is awesome.There are touching moments. I like The book. I like Ann and her story, and recommend this Book to readers

Rating: 4.5 leaves out of 5Characters: 4.5/5 Cover: 3.5/5Story: 5/5Writing: 5/5Genre: Children/Historical Fiction/ClassicType: AudiobookWorth?: Yes!Hated Disliked It Was Okay Liked LovedI can't believe I didn't read this book sooner in my life. It was such a touching and heartbreaking story. Loved Anne and how she was so full of life and broke my heart a bit to see her grow up. I saw the show, Ann with an E, and so it differs a little bit but both breaks the hell out of my heart. Honestly loved this damn book.

Started this book because the show was one of my comfort shows and this book is so good too!
I really like Anne and somehow her character is kinda relatable

This review is about the Audrey app and the production of Anne of Green Gables. 

Audrey is a new audiobook app offering a different kind of listening experience. Each story is put together by a guide. The guide includes extras like playlists, questions, pictures, character list, their thoughts and chapter recaps, which are unlocked after each chapter. 

Story Production Review:  This story has a number of narrators playing the characters in the story and I enjoyed each of them. This story includes background sound effects and music. At moments when mixed together, the sounds would drown each other out. Overall I do think these elements elevate the story. 

The bonus content in this story included pictures from the house belonging to the author that was converted into a museum, questions to consider, maps, playlists and even recipes. I can tell the guide put a lot of care into creating this story. 

App Review:  Please keep in mind the app is new. Currently users have little control on the app. This has not hindered my experience of the app and I find it easy to use. Things I would like to see is the the option to control sounds and the option for continuous play.

Audrey is affordable. The app is free to download and stories average around $7.99. The app offers free stories as well. 

I am excited to watch the app grow. I'm reading more classic literature and this app will a great help. 

Thank you Love Books Tours & Audrey for the opportunity to take part in this tour. 

When I started this book, I was so sure that I was going to be bored to some degree as classics are not my favorite, but I loved Anne with an e. Her babbling reminded me so much of how I was as a kid. So many questions, incessant talking about everything, though I didn't use large words, declare everything in terms of romantic and unromantic, and wasn't half as charming, but I related nevertheless. The importance of puffed sleeves reminded me so strongly of my burning desire for flared bellbottom pants at the age of 9. I loved Matthew's instant attachment to her, I loved Marilla's slow burn love for her. I just loved this book and I wish I had read it sooner.

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”

4.5 stars. This was truly a very wholesome and winning book. At first I was a little thrown off by the story when we first start, but I slowly got into the groove of things and really enjoyed seeing how Anne grows up in Avonlea.

The book is pretty straightforward. Eleven year old Anne Shirley gets mistakenly adopted by the Cuthbert siblings, who are getting on in years and had initially wanted to bring in a little boy to hopefully help out with the farm as Matthew Cuthbert gets older.

Anne is a bit of a departure from a little girl protagonist that you might expect from a book written in the 19th century. Instead of being this idealistic version of little girls where she's calm, dainty, and does everything morally right according to her lessons, Anne is almost a tornado in comparison, albeit a good-willed one. Her dialogue, or should I say soliloquy, fills pages and pages of the book as she rambles on about everything and nothing in particular. She's a right drama queen at her first appearance, swooning over how beautiful everything around her is, and insisting on calling landmarks names she made up on the spot, like, “The Lake of Shining Water” instead of just Barry's Pond. Her highest prized trait of herself is her vivid imagination, and something which she prizes other people by as well.

To be honest, I found Anne pretty annoying at the beginning. She reminded me of Marianne from Sense & Sensibility in what a drama queen she was. Aside from her endless chatter, she also formed attachments to people based on a projection of her own ideals (“I really want a bosom friend, therefore I've decided that this person is going to be my bosom friend even though I've never met her before”). Similarly, she also doesn't seem to know how to appropriately weigh situations and its consequences, although I suppose this is a pretty accurate depiction of children as a whole, where rewards and punishments never seem to matter that much once the day passes and they forget all about it.

The storytelling is pretty episodic in nature and we get to have fleeting introductions to the Avonlea ensemble through Anne's childhood adventures. Of them all, we are perhaps closest in action to Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, and Diana Barry. Both Marilla and Matthew behave as parent figures as Anne, and they both have their faults while executing their function here, but I feel like I'm more aligned with Marilla than Matthew. Sure, she's way too severe sometimes and her deliberate self-oppression of her emotions gets on my nerves sometimes, but ultimately she was trying her best to help Anne grow up into her version of a proper lady. If Marilla had tried to single-parent Anne, she would've certainly been able to do it, but I doubt the same can be said for Matthew. Matthew's influence was still a beneficial and valuable one to have to temper Marilla's style of child-rearing, but it was sometimes annoying when he shirked the difficult tasks in life and very gladly palmed it off on Marilla.

What I found masterful about the book was really the last third of it:
I semi-loved it when Anne slowly grew up from eleven to fifteen, from a little girl to a young lady in her own right. I say "semi-love" because I felt like Montgomery did such a great job in aligning us the readers with Marilla's perspective. I found it bittersweet that the little Anne I found so annoying all those chapters ago has disappeared in place of this not-so-romantic, less chatty, and more regular-adult young lady. It's not to say that sixteen year old Anne is a whole different person, but even Marilla explicitly asks her what happened to her imagination and her Storytelling Clubs and all that, and Anne casually just dismisses them all. Instead of being driven by romantic notions and dresses and imagined horrors in the woods, Anne becomes driven by ambition and scholarships and a sense of filial duty to Marilla by the end of the novel. These are great developments for any child to have, but perhaps because I'm a new parent myself, it really hits hard that even when your child is following a trajectory you can be proud of, you're still sad that the baby/small child that they used to be is gone forever. The part where Marilla weeps over how the talkative eleven year old Anne she used to be so annoyed with has now vanished was so heartbreaking to read and I'll admit I absolutely bawled during that part, thinking about how even in the best case scenarios, my baby isn't going to stay a baby for long. Any book that can make me cry in earnest is automatically elevated a few notches by my standards.

Overall, a really great, light-hearted book and I can certainly see why it became a classic. I'm actually interested in continuing the series to see what happens next!

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.

This book made me laugh and cry on every page.
It made me want to go out and run in the meadows (in the middle of dead cold winter), stare dreamily out my window, and enjoy peaceful tranquility.
Reading this book has been nothing but a sublime pleasure.

Thanks to NetGalley for this wonderful classic as manga!
I'd say I really enjoyed it! I loved the classic original book and the movies, so I gave this manga version a try, especially as it's an ARC and am supporting the creators. I'd say they did a. very good job! The illustrations that are manga style are very beautiful and cute, the story is so close to the book, it felt great! I love how we could see Anne's expressions more now! I don't know what else to say as this is just an adaptation and can't go on about my thoughts of the classic, but I'll say I'll listen to the other classic books of Anne of Green Gables, as I, unfortunately, haven't got around them yet (come on people, I'm only a teenager, I got a life ahead of me... hopefully) But I do find Anne's obsessions with her looks a bit weird but understandable understanding the mocking she got from it and the time this is set in, but her name? Hey, I use Ann as a nickname, I don't mind at all...