Welcome to my June Top 5 List as part of the #AnneReadAlong2017!
I think these top 5 lists are so fun. And they are an easy way to get involved in our#AnneReadAlong2017. Check out Jackie’s post here for more info. And enjoy my list this month!
Top 5 Adventures Present-Day Anne Would Have Gotten Up To
- Author book signings and book festivals. Anne loves novels and plans a particularly elaborate dinner party when she expects a famous author at her home, only to have the event canceled and then have a surprise visit not go as planned. I think Anne would be fangirling like the rest of us at the prospect of meeting a favorite author, having a book signed, or–even better–several at once!
- Community Theater. Anne is a regular contributor to various concerts in the first books. While she usually recites at them, I think she would be all about community theater productions today.
- Visiting Botanical Gardens, Arboretums, and old cemeteries. Anne loves being outdoors in nature. I think she would find a lot of scope for the imagination in these types of places, especially if she lived far from the countryside.
- Antique Shopping. Remember when Anne goes to a stranger’s house to ask if she can buy their authentic, same-pattern-as-Miss-Berry’s platter and ends up stuck in their roof? Hilarious! I think she would be all about finding “authentic” pieces in little antique shops and trying to get them for the best bargains.
- Cooking classes. Anne has some pretty funny blunders in the kitchen over the first several books. I think she would be great to have in a little cooking class–at William Sonoma or even just a neighborhood cooking club. She would probably mess us a few recipes and give us all great stories to go home with.
What sorts of adventures do you think Anne would have in the present day?
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I adore this list, Jane! Of *course* Anne would get involved in community theatre. I can just imagine her working with all the students of Avonlea school, or even at Redmond College to put together a community show. She does tend to lead, doesn’t she? I also adore the antiquing idea. I wonder what sort of mischief she would get up to in an antique store?
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Thanks so much, Jackie! It was so fun to put together! Community Theatre was an obvious choice for me. And I can only imagine the antics Anne would get into at an antique store 😉
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The antique store would probably also inspire a ton of beautiful Anne fantasies, too. That would be so fun!
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Ahhhh this list was just as cute as Jackie’s! Bravo Jane! I can totally see Anne attending author events and would hope she would invest in some cooking classes lol I may give this topic a go when I get back from vacation 🙂
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Thanks so much! It was such a fun one to come up with 🙂
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I hadn’t thought of Anne doing community theater, but that’s a great idea, especially after the incident with the row boat when Gilbert rescued the dying “Elaine.”
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Such a classic Anne moment! 🙂
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