Anne's House of Dreams (1926)

This is a winsome and heartbreaking book about beginning a marriage and a family. ( )

whoa, guilty pleasure reading! ( )

The Anne books are just plain lovely. I absolutely loved them when I was young and they still make me warm inside thinking about them now.
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A bit too much chatter, a bit too wordy, but still a beautiful, cozy tale. As I said, I appreciate these books much more at 29 than I did at 10. ( )

I didn't quite like this book initially as I found the language more flowery than previous books in the series. However, the story and the characters won me over. The new characters like Leslie Moore, Cornelia Bryant, and Captain Jim are not as contrived as some of those in the previous series. Cornelia is super funny, Captain Jim is so wise and Leslie's life is so tragic. Montgomery also included such wicked twists like the identity of Dick Moore and Cornelia's marriage. So I found myself enjoying this book tremendously. I give it a 4.5 rating. ( )