Anne of Green Gables

 Austin is really an awful city to visit, well not if you like late night beer fests on 6^th Street. Then it might be a great place to visit. I am scared hurricane Alex will keep us here another day, please NO!  Did get a chance to finish Anne (with an “e”—inside joke of the book) of Green Gables.  Hmmm…  A very different read than Hamilton biography for sure.  A departure from a strong male changing the future of US politics to a witty young orphan girl impacting the lives of two older folks (one old stodgy woman and one soft old man).  Orphan stories can be really heartwarming if they don’t fall into the cliché of a dying adoptee.  So how do you think this one went?  I did like the picturesque description of the countryside of Eastern Canada.  Green Gables sounds like a heaven on earth.  I did like the character of Anne.  Spicy young girl with spunk written in 1908, now that wasn’t always the way woman were portrayed.  Loved how she put Diana Barry’s aunt in her place and then embraced by Auntie.  Why can’t all old aunties do that, huh?  Kept my interest but a bit wordy.  Probably a book that would work best for 12-14 year olds.  Not to be mistaken with books like The Alchemist, for sure!