Anne of Green Gables + Package Tours + Placebos

May I recommend

Anne of Green Gables.

The book is obviously spectacular. Seriously, it’s very funny, fast-paced and is a sharp character study of a fragile but indomitable girl whose super powers are her imagination and conviction of her own value. Not only that, but Montgomery evokes small town life with vivid characters and visceral descriptions. If you don’t want to grab your buggy and trot over to late 19th Century Prince Edward Island immediately, I don’t know what’s wrong with you.

Anyway, A of GG is a great book, and the joy of it is that there’s a million more sequels, plus L.M. Montgomery’s entire oeuvre of non-Anne works, so if you get into her, you’re set for MONTHS. For my money, Rilla of Ingleside is the best of the Anne sequels and The Blue Castle is my fave non-series L.M. Montgomery book.

The book is obviously iconic, but don’t sleep on the musical. They’ve got some catchy tunes, including one about ice cream, that I sing to myself LITERALLY every time I eat ice crea…