Road Trip: Prince Edward Island

ROAD TRIP BACKGROUND: My first day at Michigan State University in 2002 I met a girl who would become one of my very best friends, Emma. She lived on my floor, down the hall. That afternoon she was hanging out of her door and spotted me walking down the hall. She asked me if I knew… Continue reading Road Trip: Prince Edward Island

Words to live by: L.M. Montgomery

In honor of Valentine’s Day eve, this week’s quote is in celebration of my favorite literary couple of all time: Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe. It’s from the third book in the extraordinarily lovely Anne series, Anne of the Island. Unlike a Jane Austen novel or a Shakespeare comedy, L.M. Montgomery didn’t end the story at… Continue reading Words to live by: L.M. Montgomery

New Anne of Green Gables series editions!

I’ve long lamented the fact that L.M Montgomery’s novels haven’t been treated to the trend of reissuing classic books in gorgeous new covers. The only in-print editions available for most of the books in the series are the mass paperbacks from Bantam, which are small and boring. Below are two editions of Anne of the… Continue reading New Anne of Green Gables series editions!