“Anne of Avonlea” by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Avonlea

(Anne of Green Gables Series, #2)

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Synopsis: 

At sixteen Anne is grown up...almost. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job a the new schoolteacher, the real test of her character begins. Along with teaching the three Rs, she is learning how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone else's romance, finds two orphans at Green Gables, and wonders about the strange behaviour of the very handsome Gilbert Blythe. As Anne enters womanhood, her adventures touch the heart and the funny bone.

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My Review:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ & ❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎

5+ stars & 5/10 hearts. This book picks up exactly where book 1 left off. Anne is an older, maturing girl now and I loved watching seeing her grow more. I love how this book ends—Montgomery is a GENIUS with closing paragraphs. The romance and beauty and also the hilarious humour... the proof that everyday life is full of romance and tragedy and comedy... This is a beautiful book, like all the Anne books, and an excellent book for girls to grow up with. <33

A Favourite Quote: “‘I'd like to add some beauty to life[.] I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me … to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born.’”
A Favourite Beautiful Quote: “‘November is usually such a disagreeable month … as if the year had suddenly found out that she was growing old and could do nothing but weep and fret over it. This year is growing old gracefully … just like a stately old lady who knows she can be charming even with gray hair and wrinkles.’”
A Favourite Humorous Quote: “‘He said ... when he prayed in Sunday School last Sunday [that] he was a vile worm and a miserable sinner and guilty of the blackest ’niquity. What did he do that was so bad, Marilla? Did he kill anybody? Or steal the collection cents? I want to know.’

“Fortunately Mrs. Lynde came driving up the lane at this moment and Marilla made off, ... wishing devoutly that Mr. Bell were not quite so highly figurative in his public petitions, especially in the hearing of small boys who were always ‘wanting to know.’”

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