I re-read Anne of Green Gables last year, and then Avon pointed out there were some more - seven more in fact. By the end, Anne's youngest daughter is older than Anne was when we started.

I came across all of them when I was in America, so I bought them. It's just taken me a while to get round to reading them, since the first one was a bit hard going. Anne has a tendency (or she did in that one) to talk a lot and sometimes you'd turn the page to find the paragraph was a whole page long.

The others I found harder because I liked Anne young, so I was less keen on her growing up and everyone getting married. Some of them went by really quickly as well. The 7th book, Rainbow Valley, seemed to focus on the Minister's children more than Anne's, but then they were probably more interesting.

It improved with the last book, Rilla of Ingleside, which entirely focused on Anne's youngest daughter. It's also set during the First World War. I don't know how historically accurate it is, but I still enjoyed seeing how the war affected the people at home.

And it was interesting in the books generally to see their reactions to such new inventions as telephones, aeroplanes and cars.

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