L.M. Montgomery is a long time and all time favorite author of mine. She writes the perfect girls story with just the right mix of adventure, drama and happiness. I find her books a comfort to read and have re-read most of her works many times over the years. They are classics for a reason and that reason is they are great. These are true comfort books for me and books I enjoy re-reading again and again. ( )

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. I loved "Anne of Green Gables" as a child, but I'm not much for short stories. These were quick and engaging and I love the way that she wrote. ( )

Short stories by the author of 'Anne of Green Gables'. Mostly featuring romances of some sort, so they're timeless and barely seem a century old. Pleasant and enjoyable. ( )

The Doctor's Sweetheart is a collection of short stories previously published in various magazines. Most of them are love stories, but there are some other subjects covered here too. My favorites are probably "Lady Jane" in which a man becomes dinner partners with the girl who broke his heart and has to pretend to be his cousin, and "The Bride is Waiting" in which a woman helps a friend furnish his new house for his bride-to-be. Some have borne the passage of time better than others though. "By the Grace of Julius Caesar", in which a man's dog trees the two women whom he's asked to marry and the man refuses to call off the dog until one of them agrees to marry him, is only funny if you don't think too much into it.

If you enjoy Montgomery's writing, you'll probably want to at least glance through this one. ( )

Miss Montgomery does not excel at the short story format. ( )