beautiful as usual :D

This made for a good before bed read, as the stories all wrapped up nicely, and they were short enough that I could always finish one before having to go to sleep. The tales themselves were charming and hopeful, if maybe a little naive, in that they all had happy (and somewhat predictable) endings. But I won't hold that against them; I appreciated the thread of hope and joy woven throughout the book. It made me want to read the rest of the Anne books I haven't gotten to yet.

L.M. Montgomery is a long time and all time favorite author of mine. She writes the perfect girls story with just the right mix of adventure, drama and happiness. I find her books a comfort to read and have re-read most of her works many times over the years. They are classics for a reason and that reason is they are great. These are true comfort books for me and books I enjoy re-reading again and again.

My favorite book of short stories, these are more rereadable then the Green gables books and every single one makes me laugh and cry!

3,5*

Akin to Anne is filled with many of the same stories that can be found in Montgomery's collection of short stories from various years (which can be downloaded for free from Amazon). There are, however, a few stories I hadn't read before in this book, and it's a lovely addition to any bookshelf.

Same review for all of these books - I loved LM Montgomery's short story collections as a young girl. I read several of them :)

I am really fond of Rea Wilmshurst, if only for the fact that she gave me more LMM than there would have been without her. But I would have mixed these stories up differently. Too much Christmas or orphans all lumped together gets repetitive.

Probably best read a story or two every few days, as back to back to back tends to dry them out. I didn't care as much for the ones where the long lost relative (sub)plot was completely out of left field and felt like an afterthought on the last page.

I love how all these stories of orphans are about the love they find. Montgomery had a very lonely life since it wasn't in her caretaker's minds to fill her emotional needs. All of these I hoped in their publications (in magazines at the time) turned hearts to realize the love these children are looking for. Not just extra hands for a farm, as they often were back then, but little beings with dreams and wishes and desires to be loved and cared for. A great collection.

Good, light read. Lots of short stories. I found I had to keep starting other books as I read this one because all the stories were pretty much the same... Orphaned child, meets a long-lost relative or a benefactor through a twist of fate or accident.

2.5 stars

This collection of short stories is all about orphan girls (and maybe a couple boys) in Canada who all happen to find a long lost relative to care for them by the end of the story (and if not a long lost relative, then someone who was close to their dead parents or something else of that nature). If I had only read a story or two, I would have said it's heart-warming, but nearly 20 stories that were so similar and had none of the magic of Anne of Green Gables? I don't think this is a collection I'll be re-visiting, and has really challenged my goal of trying to read all of LMM's works. I don't know if I'll be able to make it through several more short story collections like this one.