Whimsical Wednesdays (Jul. 21)

Whimsical Wednesdays is my personal departure from my Current Reads list. For one evening each week, I go back to a book I enjoyed as a child, teen, or young adult, and spend some time revisiting favorite characters or authors. Sometimes they are classics, other times it's something quirky that just caught my fancy.

It's been several months since I've done this, and it's nice to get back to it. After reading the Little House series a while back, I've been thinking about this other series, just a little further forward in time. Having watched the mini-series over the last week has me wanting to read these books again that much more.

I was first introduced to Anne when I was about ten or eleven - the same age as the character in this book. Like so many before me, I fell under its spell immediately. As I had while reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, I wished I could have experienced the time, although in reality, I probably would have gotten myself into a lot of trouble, not being the most tractable of girls. :)

Over the years, I've read this series a number of times. Each time, I find myself relating to different characters, or Anne herself, as I've aged and encountered different things in my life. Several things haven't changed, however - I still find myself thinking Anne would be a wonderful friend, I absolutely adore Matthew, and still harbor a little crush on Gilbert. I suppose you need to hold on to something like that.

So, I'll visit Avonlea this evening, and likely continue with the rest of the series over the next few weeks. It'll be a nice departure from Shakespeare and the formation of France into a unified country. :D