minus the first book. Why is that? Is there some commitment-phobic reader out there that always snags the first book, and only the first book, a few days before I happen along? This is the 3rd time this has happened to me.

The series is the Anne of Green Gables books by the way. Not sure why I missed out on these as a kid, but I thought it might be fun to read them now. They get fantastic reviews.

The other memorable time this happened was with the Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters. I was so stoked to find all 20 books, and I snapped them all up. Months and months later I went to begin the series and discovered that I bought a duplicate of one of the books, and was missing one. The first one, naturally.

Anyway, that's my small vent of the day. The good news is that, besides the last 7 Annes, I also scored a Trollope (compliation of 3 novels), a Dickens, (Pickwick Papers), and Lies My History Teacher Told Me.

Arika...I'd call that frustrating!  I think I sent you the first Brother Cadfael, didn't I?  

I read all the Annes as an early teen, I think, and LOVED them.  I have a few of them and I reread a couple some years ago and enjoyed them just as much as an adult. I''ve been meaning to collect all of them, but I've never gotten around to it.

I read the first 2 last year and have the rest of them on my TBR.  My copy of Anne of GG was unpostable (binding issues I think) but if you're just looking for a reading copy I could see if I still have it.

Vicky- you sure did!

Holly- You're sweet, but don't worry about it. There are over 200 copies already in the system, so when I'm ready to start the series I'll order one. I figured I'll wait a bit b/c I only have one credit right now. I always use the darned things as soon as I get them! lol

Well your luck is better than mine because I always find random numbered books of a series in my UBS. Books 3, 5, and 6 will be there, but not 1, 2, or 4. Stuff like that! Grr!! It's frustrating, isn't it?! Still a great score though! I've been wanting to read the Anne of Green Gables books for a while now. I never did read them when I was younger, so they've made my list of classics to catch up on.

My mother wanted me to read the Anne books, she loved them as a girl. I never got into them as a kid, and then I read them all in a row a few Lents ago, and it turns out, mom was right? Who knew? Grin!

It's an easy one to find, and I think you'll love them. Enjoy 

Yeah, I had them on my list for this year, and then decided to do the Classics challenge. And one of the categories is to read a classic children's book, so it's just perfect!