Funny story about LMM and my husband...

[Jennifer Piersol]

Hi.  I'm another LMM fan - although I don't think I've mentioned it 
before - and except for the personal journals, I've got all the 
books/collections written by her.  I can't count how many times I've 
reread them, although I think I've been recently neglecting them in 
favor of HP, changing diapers, and daydreaming about moving out of 
this small, old, falling-apart house and into one that my husband and 
I build ourselves.

Anyway, when my husband and I were first married (before HP), I kept 
pestering him to let me read Anne of Green Gables to him at night 
before bed.  He kept telling me it was a "girly" book (we use that as 
a "funny" adjective - he's the most non-sexist man I know, honestly) 
and that he didn't know if he'd like it.  He also isn't the biggest 
"kiddie lit" fan, either... so I asked him if I could read _The Blue 
Castle_ to him, as it was an "adult" story.  He finally (after much 
pestering) relented... and he loved it!  So... I convinced him that 
AoGG would be good, too, and he loved that one, too!  In fact, our
two cats are named Anne and Gilbert - even though they're brother and 
sister.

I have to say, though - he didn't much like A Tangled Web.  He got 
confused really easily.  It didn't help that he kept falling asleep - 
and we'd have weeks in between chapters - and he didn't read them 
himself, but listened to me.

Oh well.  I've been thinking since the beginning of this thread that 
I'm going to have to raid my daughter's bookshelf and read my LMM 
books again.

Jen

Ps.  I'm going to have to disagree with the person who liked Dean 
Priest better than Teddy.  I've always thought Dean was too 
manipulative and just plain cruel for lying to Emily about her book.  
However, I did like Jingle Gordon better than Teddy. ;)