I have not read the LHOP books nor Anne of Green Gables, and I only have a vague familiarity with the name Betsy-Tacy. I think I saw them as "girl's books" or maybe too rural (I grew up in the country, pioneering stuff held no magic for me). Elizabeth Enright was my writer, Depression and wartime urban life. I was enthralled with the Melodys and The Saturdays and the adventures the kids had in New York City.
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Sep 09, 2013 9:18:20 pm PDT #21364 of 28372
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Scrappy - Sep 10, 2013 7:54:14 am PDT #21365 of 28372
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I ADORE Understood Betsy. It's all about empowerment and empathy and brings to life cool olde-timey Vermont.
Amy - Sep 10, 2013 7:56:40 am PDT #21366 of 28372
Because books.
I fangirled it as a kid. I used to play Understood Betsy in my room.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 10, 2013 8:07:31 am PDT #21367 of 28372
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I loved every book about poor children ever. The All of a Kind Family, The Five Little Peppers (And How They Grew), The Boxcar Children, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. I think I need to read these Betsy-Tacy and Understood Betsy books!
I thought LHOP was pretty clear that Ma was wrong in saying "The only good indian is a dead indian", but I haven't read it in a long time, and probably now one would also need to talk about why they were homesteading in the first place and why they had to leave, and Manifest Destiny and everything else.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 10, 2013 8:08:23 am PDT #21368 of 28372
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Also, did you read this blog about hating Ma yesterday, which was suggesting reading the Betsy-Tacy books instead? [link]
flea - Sep 10, 2013 8:13:05 am PDT #21369 of 28372
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Yeah, that was what got me started.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 10, 2013 8:19:22 am PDT #21370 of 28372
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I was wondering- it seemed like too big of a coincidence!
Amy - Sep 10, 2013 8:34:06 am PDT #21371 of 28372
Because books.
The Five Little Peppers (And How They Grew)
The Five Little Peppers! Oh yes. I read a LOT of my mom's childhood books, including her Cherry Ames and Nancy Drew books, although I think I discovered Beany Malone at the library.
Connie Neil - Sep 10, 2013 8:37:52 am PDT #21372 of 28372
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I adored The Dana Girls series of mysteris. I think they came out of the same book factory as Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. I really liked Hardy Boys, too. Nancy always annoyed me for some reason.
Was it Castle that had someone sarcastically call the amateur detective a Nancy Drew and said amateur said, "Wow, a detective who solved every case? Thanks!"
Ginger - Sep 10, 2013 9:56:10 am PDT #21373 of 28372
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yes, the Dana Girls also came out of the Stratemeyer Syndicate [link] I've been fascinated by Edward Stratemeyer, the Henry Ford of children's books, for years. The syndicate's books had many ghostwriters, but Stratemeyer wrote more than 1,300 of them, enough to make him one of the more prolific writers ever. I read once that his habit was to start a book on Monday and finish it on Friday.