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January 10, 2012 at 10:10 pm
dmccall3
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Have any of you read this entire series? I am currently on Anne’s House of Dreams and have lost interest. I would like to finish the series but I’m having to force myself to read it at the moment. Did anyone else find a lull in it? Did anyone make it to the end and are glad they did? I guess I need a little encouragement to keep going. 😉
Dana
January 10, 2012 at 10:17 pm
missingtheshire
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Gosh I thought my daughters and I were the only ones in the world not to enjoy this series! We found it amazingly dull and of no interest at all – we did read them all, but at the end could not say we enjoyed it…there were many other books we enjoyed far more. I think the only book we disliked as much as this was Pollyanna. I know that most families really enjoy these books, but they were not for us as all.
January 10, 2012 at 10:18 pm
suzukimom
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I only read the first couple. I think I did read somewhere that it gets a little old… but I might have imagined that.
L.M. Montgomerry has some other good series as well – Emily of New Moon and Road to Avonlea (was that the name of the book or just the TV series?) – I think it is the same thing… the first couple of books are good, but then…..
January 10, 2012 at 10:18 pm
Bookworm
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Dana, I’ve read all of them so many times I’ve nearly got them memorized. I actually enjoy the later books even more now that I’m a wife and mother myself. I don’t know how to encourage anyone else, but I love these books passionately. 🙂 I can’t help crying still when Anne loses children (won’t tell you when exactly) and cheer loudly when her dh affirms his love for her even when an old girlfriend shows up. LOVE the books–all of them. Can’t imagine life without them any more than I can imagine life without Little House or Betsy-Tacy. Anne and Diana were personal friends of mine as we were growing up. LOL
January 10, 2012 at 11:16 pm
Tristan
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I have found that if I’m losing interest in a series I need a break with another kind of book! Then I come back to the series refreshed and ready to dive in where I left off.
Just a thought!
January 10, 2012 at 11:19 pm
MamaSnow
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Ditto to everything that bookworm said. =) But, that’s just me. Everyone’s different. So, if you’re losing interest, don’t feel guilty about letting it go.
Jen
January 11, 2012 at 12:50 am
sheraz
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I ditto Tristan…really helps to take a mental and physical breather.
January 11, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Misty
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I have looked at these for my boys (to do as an audio in the car) do you think it would hold a boys interest? Also can someone give me the run down on order of books? Thanks
January 11, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Bookworm
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I love the books, but I have to confess that I don’t think they’d hold a boy’s interest well. I always shake my head when I hear the books derided as “feminist” because I think they are from an intensely feminine viewpoint.
January 11, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Rachel White
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Misty, I can say that my son has enjoyed the first two and would like to listen to the third as well; but he liked Pollyanna and Elsie Dinsmore as well as LOTR! So he’s rather versatile and probably not the norm.
At the least, they would like the first two, or the first one; before the “romance” kicks in. He laughed out loud.
Rachel
January 11, 2012 at 6:36 pm
MamaSnow
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We listened to the free audio versions of Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea during a long road trip this summer, and I think dh enjoyed them in spite of himself. =) There are some very funny escapades in them. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th books are much more about Anne’s romance with Gilbert, so probably not much appeal for boys. The 6th and 7th are about Anne’s children primarily, so again some funny bits like the first 2. The third again is more of a romance (one of Anne’s daughters). If that helps any. =)
Jen
January 11, 2012 at 8:10 pm
dmccall3
Participant
Thanks everybody! I started Jo’s Boys last night for a change of pace then I’ll pick these back up. Oh by the way. Jo’s Boys would probably hold a boy’s interest.
The order on the Anne series is:
Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne’s House of Dreams, Anne of Ingleside, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside
Thanks!
Dana
January 11, 2012 at 8:33 pm
MamaSnow
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Actually Anne of Avonlea is second, and then Anne of the Island is #3. That might not be publication order, but that’s the chronological order that the stories follow. =)
Jen
January 11, 2012 at 8:38 pm
dmccall3
Participant
Oh. Eeks. I got that off Amazon. That’s where I go each time I need to know what the next book is. I guess I figured out those two were flipped at the time. 🙂