Quote: Anne Shirley

I can't believe it's October already, time really is flying by. It's the first day of a new month, is there something you're looking forward to in October?

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

~ Anne Shirley, from the book Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

Art of the Day: Diana Barry and Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables

Artwork: Friendship - Anne and Diana from Anne of Green Gables by Kasia1989

Isn't this painting wonderful? I think it's absolutely amazing. It's also available to buy, please contact the artist for details if interested.

Happy Belated 105th Anniversary, Anne of Green Gables

Artwork: Anne of Green Gables by daekazu

Did you know yesterday was the 105th anniversary of Anne of Green Gables? I can't believe I forgot to post a picture or include a post for the wonderful books by L. M. Montgomery. I checked out a few of the online book sites (Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, etc.) and it looks the publisher decided not to go with the "blonde" Anne of Green Gables cover.

Art of the Day: Anne of Green Gable

Artwork: Anne by tlagrange

This is simple beautiful.

Why is Anne of Green Gables Blonde?

I don't understand how the publishers could have approved this. Anne has Red Hair not blonde and the books are set in the late 1800s not modern times. What were they thinking? I wonder if who ever signed off on this actually read the books because it doesn't seem like it to me. She looks more like an extra for "The Dukes of Hazzard" or for earlier seasons of "Smallville".

I understand that publishers want to update book covers to get new readers. It was just announced that the Harry Potter books will have new covers. But the difference between the cover for Harry Potter and Anne of Green Gables is that the Potter cover (for Sorcerer's Stone) actually goes with the book unlike the picture above for Anne.

It's horrible that they felt the need to make such a drastic change to the cover to something that doesn't even represent the books or the main character.