"Everybody, take a white flag just in case this doesn't pan out,"
Well! And this morning I finished the last 15 pages of Anne of Green Gables. Very lovely, I rather liked it as it went on, and encourage those of us still in its pleasantly violet depths to hold out, for Anne's speeches get shorter and it does move along more swiftly.
Finishing Up a Novel:
My Overall Impression: It was delightful! I will steer quite clear of spoilers, but will say that I can't decide which half of the book I liked better. The first is a bit more wild, and full of that childhood happiness which, by contrast, makes anything above age 12 seem subdued and lackluster. However, there's something pleasurable in the speedy delight with which the latter half of the story presents itself.
My Favorite Part: The descriptions of everything so pleasantly in bloom, and the perfectly pitched essence of childhood, diluted down into print but beautifully expanding in the true memories of the reader. I was very reminded of my own adventures.
Not Quite So Favorite Part: A bit slow paced at the beginning, but, you know, it's all for set ups sake, and done so well I honestly can't complain.
Following Anne, because I never do seem to read two books in the same series back-to-back (excuses Harry Potter which, if you have two or more unread, need to be devoured at once), I am moving on to the next book:
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The recent movie of the same title, for which Kate Winslet won a Golden Globe and Leonardo DiCaprio was unceremoniously snubbed at most awards this season, centers on the hardships of married life in 1960s America, where expectations of normality and what people should and ought to be doing ware painfully on our central characters.
It's supposed to be superb "The Great Gatsby of my time", via Kurt Vonnegut, reknowned very much so.
I'll write more about my expectations for this novel later, as someone is yelling blasphemies at the dog just now.;)
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