At one point I owned every book that L.M. Montgomery had ever written. But I never connected to this one in the same way that I did the Anne of Green Gables or Emily of New Moon books. And, since I dated it when I got it, 1997.... high time it found a more appreciative reader, yes?

Sent out yesterday for Wishlist Tag!

Received as a bonus in the Wishlist Tag game. Thank you flewry - I haven't read any of the Pat series yet, so am delighted to have two!

A Montgomery series I'd not previously come across. It's very much along the same lines as Anne and Emily (more the latter, thinking about it, though that may simply be due to its being a short series). I recognised a lot of my younger self in Pat, particularly in the attachment to house and family and things not changing. While I'm old enough now both to recognise that attitude as unhealthy, and to second-guess Montgomery's plot to the extent that I was skimming a lot of the second book, there were bits in both of them that still brought a tear to my eye. A good comfort read.