I would be tempted to replace Pride and Prejudice with Sense and Sensibility, but that could be simply because I like the latter better.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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."
Amy - May 30, 2008 8:01:04 am PDT #5970 of 28368
Because books.
Kathy A - May 30, 2008 8:02:18 am PDT #5971 of 28368
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Little Town on the Prairie. It's all about Laura and her getting a part-time job, going to school, admiring the boys/young men, socializing and indulging in teen fads, looking after her little sister, and taking on more adult responsibilities as she grows up. Yes, it's set 125 years ago, but the minutia of being a teenaged girl is what this installment of the series is all about.
Strix - May 30, 2008 8:03:04 am PDT #5972 of 28368
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, Little Women! I have to get a copy of that. Why don't I have a copy?
I prefer Sense and Sensibility to P&P though. Always have.
Strix - May 30, 2008 8:04:27 am PDT #5973 of 28368
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I haven't read the Little House books in years. I re-read Little Women all the time, but not Little House. I may have to take a trip to the library today.
Kathy A - May 30, 2008 8:07:00 am PDT #5974 of 28368
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The early ones are good as children's books, but I love to reread the DeSmet books (On the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, and These Happy Golden Years) as YA classics that really hold up to adult re-reading.
Amy - May 30, 2008 8:09:21 am PDT #5975 of 28368
Because books.
Oh, I agree, Kathy. The DeSmet books were the ones I read over and over again.
Does anyone read Lisa, Bright and Dark anymore?
Susan W. - May 30, 2008 8:13:34 am PDT #5976 of 28368
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thirding the love of the DeSmet books, especially Little Town and These Happy Golden Years. The Long Winter is a little...harrowing...now that I'm old enough to appreciate just how close to the edge they were.
Connie Neil - May 30, 2008 8:18:21 am PDT #5977 of 28368
brillig
So do people read the abridged or the unabridged Little Women?
I loved the abridged, but the unabridged made me want to smack some of the self-righteousness out of a couple of people.
Kathy A - May 30, 2008 8:24:37 am PDT #5978 of 28368
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
This photo of the three girls (Carrie, Mary, and Laura) is an interesting look at them post-Long Winter. Carrie is obviously still sickly, Mary definitely looks like she would not want to eat "the only bug in the Dakota Territory," and Laura, with that steely look in her eyes and that clenched fist, is ready to take on anything, with a left hook if necessary to help her family.
Strix - May 30, 2008 8:28:38 am PDT #5979 of 28368
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Huh. I don't think I KNEW there was an unabridged version of LW. Which makes me want to immediately run out and read it.