Anne Shirley

I've been spending some time with my friend Anne Shirley, I believe I've posted about her before. I really have come to love her, so much so that it seems I read all or some of the books in her series by L. M. Montgomery every year, like To Kill A Mockingbird, but I might actually read that about every six months. Anyway I believe I got my introduction to Anne through the movies made about her, the ones made in the 80s. When Anne and I were first acquainted, I liked the movies so much that I thought it futile to read Anne of Green Gables because the movie covered it so well, I would start with Anne of Avonlea (because the second movie is actually a conglomeration of the next four books or so) and read through to Rilla of Ingleside (I believe the last few books are somewhat lesser known, they're not always included in sets sold and they have more to do with Anne's children than with Anne herself). I loved the movies, and the portrayals in them and I'd watch them over and over. They came out with Anne of Green Gables the Continuing Story, which I also enjoyed, even thought I knew it had nothing to do with Anne, at best it could be derived from Rilla of Ingleside.
I'm getting side tracked, the point is that I had a period where I was not watching the Anne movies every year and I met her more through the pages, I found a strange thing when I again saw the movies - I didn't love them the same way I had. I had previously thought they captured Anne, but now the Anne in the movies is not really the Anne I know, indeed I think it would be very difficult for a movie to really do justice to her. I suppose it's because I've gotten to know her better. I've been reading Anne of Green Gables, the first book that I used to skip and I've been loving it. I would invite you to get to know Anne Shirley as well, remember it's "Anne spelled with and e"