Wordless Wednesday: Little Free Libraries

I love visiting new places and seeing 

Little Free Libraries everywhere. 

All three of these were in different

spots around Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Wordless Wednesday 

Photo by me.

Prince Edward Island

We're off on a little adventure this week. As my due date gets closer I wanted to see if we can fit in one more trip. So we're headed to Prince Edward Island in Canada! We've both always wanted to visit and so we're so excited!

 

In addition to lighthouses, scenic drives, and delicious lobster, I can't wait to see the Anne of Green Gables house! I'll see you all back here sometime next week!

Images from here and here.

Emily of New Moon

Emily of New Moon

by L.M. Montgomery

★★★★☆

Emily Byrd Starr is a dreamer. Even at a young age she writes poems and wanders through nature. When she is orphaned by the death of her father her mother’s estranged relatives descend upon her home and draw lots to decide who will care for her.

This novel obviously shares a lot of ground with its predecessor, Anne of Green Gables. The author’s two heroines share similar temperaments and interests. There are also a lot of characters that feel very familiar. Emily’s Aunt Elizabeth Murray is reminiscent of Marilla, while her Aunt Laura takes Matthew’s role of a softer guardian.

That being said, Emily is a great character on her own and I think my appreciation for her will develop even more with the other books in the series. She has a wonderful imagination, but she can be stoic around strangers. She’s strong-willed and stands up for herself when she feels she has to. She’d immensely loyal and trusting. We also get the chance to see her with her beloved father before he dies, something we never had with Anne.

The story follows Emily as she moves to New Moon and settles into a new life there. She has a deep love of cats and doesn’t make friends easily at first. I loved her best friend Ilse. She is a little unapologetic spitfire. Her close friends also include her cousin Jimmy with his penchant for poetry, the hired boy Perry and her classmate Teddy.

BOTTOM LINE: If you read and loved Anne of Green Gables then you can’t miss this one. Montgomery writes wonderful characters and I can’t wait to read the rest of the trilogy.

“Gossip lies nine times and tells a half-truth the 10th.”

Top Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List

This week's Top Ten from The Broke and the Bookish asks for the Top Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List. Most of mine are about visiting literary landmarks because that combines travel and reading, my two favorites. 

1) Visit Oscar Wilde’s grave in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Pairs
2) Attend the Jane Austen Festival in Louisville
3) Visit Prince Edward Island (Anne of Green Gables)
4) Go on a Lord of the Rings tour in New Zealand (movies based on books count!)
5) Visit Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond
6) Visit Jane’s Austen’s grave in Winchester, England.
7) Meet Markus Zusak, Nick Hornby, and Stephen King
8) Visit the Roald Dahl Story Centre and Museum in England
9) Visit Hemingway’s home in Key West
10) Visit Edith Wharton’s home (The Mount) in Lenox, Massachussetts
Here’s a list of 10 of my favorite bookish things I’ve done!