Can I go total fangirl on Anne now? I LOVED this book! This is my second time reading it - the first was in the summer of 2008 - and I don't remember loving it this much? But now I do. Now I'm totally here for it!

I am so jealous at Anne's ability to make and keep friends - especially in the days before social media. These people kept up with each other by WRITING LETTERS and they were all still the dearest of friends. We can still do that!

I wish I would have had a similar college experience as Anne - she lived in a lovely little cottage with women who were all so different than her yet still enjoyed each other's company and loved each other's quirks. They all worked so hard yet managed to appreciate nearly everything around them.

I loved each and every character, laughed out loud so many times, and totally adore Anne. I am so glad to be reading this series this year!!

I've decided that I'm going to read everything by Wendell Berry. Hannah Coulter was incredibly moving and thought provoking. What a lovely look at this woman's life and at our culture.

This book had such potential for me - a run down castle about to get a facelift and a dysfunctional family run amok. Something about it missed the mark. It was set in 2008 just as the global markets crashed and there was way too much technical lingo for me! And the writing felt like a movie script rather than a novel.

I feel like a monster for giving this book 3 stars. Maybe this wasn't the right time for me to read it, but I didn't enjoy it at all. And I'm SO glad this wasn't my first Marilynne Robinson book or I wouldn't have the guts to move on to the Gilead Trilogy - which was SO GOOD!!

I found this book to be sad and over-written. Robinson is an amazing writer which she proved with the Gilead Trilogy. But for me, this novel to be achingly slow and painful. Again - a global pandemic might not be the best time to pick up something that's universally accepted to be profound and moving - but I found myself frustrated and annoyed while reading.

Thank you to NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for an advanced copy of this book.

Marie Kondo's enthusiasm for sparking joy is contagious. Her latest effort focuses on joy in the workplace and her advice is easily transferable to other workspaces around one's home. Her method and theory remains the same: it's easier to feel joy when you find the sweet spot of tidiness that works for you and we all benefit from efforts to surround ourselves with things we love.

There's a lot of practical tidying advice as well, which I found helpful. I found the sections on tidying digital clutter to especially helpful. I'd definitely recommend this to a friend looking for new ways to tackle clutter and feel rejuvenated in their life.

the next saga of Anne's life. She's moved into a home by the name of Windy Poplars on Spook's Lane with two old widows and a helper. She's a principal at the high school while Gilbert is away at medical school and they write letters to each other and pine away. Montgomery introduces us to another set of interesting characters - it's such good fun.

I listened to this on audio and really enjoyed it! It was great to spend time with Dr. Ruth Galloway again. I'm enjoying her transition to single motherhood and all of the guilt and joy that comes along with it. No toast and tea in this one! Maybe she and I can share some in the next book in the series.

I enjoyed listening to Raven Black despite my hesitance to start this series. I've seen so many of the episodes on Netflix and thought that would spoil my experience with the books. I was wrong! I was genuinely surprised by the murderer and enjoyed visiting Shetland.

Another great Megan Miranda book! I love her thrillers and how she plays with time lines. I listened to this on audio, so struggled a bit with keeping up with the time line, but still very much enjoyed this!