tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post714432719960334151..comments2024-03-23T12:04:33.354+00:00Comments on Serendipity Reviews: Little House On the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilderserendipity_vivhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-70890705606129913592010-03-10T10:53:24.825+00:002010-03-10T10:53:24.825+00:00I read the whole series when I was little. I thin...I read the whole series when I was little. I think I still have my copies somewhere. But I can't distinguish between the books at all anymore!Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-59261672645670897582010-03-09T01:05:29.512+00:002010-03-09T01:05:29.512+00:00awwww...little house. I've never read these bu...awwww...little house. I've never read these but I used to love the tv show.<br /><a href="http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/</a>The Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10217390642323530030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-35260908079210022802010-03-06T02:25:49.156+00:002010-03-06T02:25:49.156+00:00Viv,
I too read this series over and over again as...Viv,<br />I too read this series over and over again as a child and then I re-read the entire series as an adult, (3 years ago) and enjoyed them even more! I have always appreciated how they portray the hardships that our pioneers suffered through to tame this wide vast land. <br />Like others, I think they do get better as the series goes on--I remember liking On the Banks of Plum Creek a lot, but I have to say that I have never read Farmer Boy and don't plan to. In my mind the books need to be about Laura and her family--and only them! ;) My very favorite is The Long Winter, with These Happy Golden Years as a very close 2nd. <br />I will be interested to read what you think of the next ones!<br /><br />Another pioneer story that I adored as an adult (and cried my way through the end of) is A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich. It spans one woman's life as she starts out for the plains of Nebraska as a young bride and chronicles the life she and her husband and children carve out for themselves--I found it a gripping story.<br />*smiles*<br />Kim Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029664492284742183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-78992377985006297712010-03-05T21:22:00.351+00:002010-03-05T21:22:00.351+00:00I read these books so long ago but I did take out ...I read these books so long ago but I did take out the first one to listen to on audio not long ago. I still really like the stories. My parents grew up on farms and they had a lot of hardships portrayed in the book so maybe that's why I like them.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15387389557243960084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-20636081708392500192010-03-05T11:52:12.476+00:002010-03-05T11:52:12.476+00:00This one doesn't appeal to me at all. I really...This one doesn't appeal to me at all. I really hated the programme but Mum & Dad loved anything with a Western theme so it was on the box a lot... plus I think Mum had a thing for the long haired bloke that played the angel Highway to Heaven... he was the Dad in Little House I think *g* I remember her saying he could keep his slippers under her bed anytime. Him and Sully from Medicine Woman... oh and Rock the wrestler.... yes, well, that was my Mum LOL! <br /><br />Anyway I digress... the programme and the books just really don't appeal to me even more so if it is mainly talking about building :) <br /><br />Good review Vivienne.Carmen https://www.blogger.com/profile/07968725221313800020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-21751635617581584972010-03-04T19:15:41.401+00:002010-03-04T19:15:41.401+00:00Nicole - LOL - no I didn't mean to put bed, I ...Nicole - LOL - no I didn't mean to put bed, I have no idea why I did that. I must be losing my brain.<br /><br />Molly -the programme has recently come out on DVD, so I am tempted to start watching them again.<br /><br />Suko - West From Home sounds really good. I shall add it to my list.<br /><br />Alyce - I won't give up on the series then.serendipity_vivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-22232854623208686532010-03-04T19:11:21.323+00:002010-03-04T19:11:21.323+00:00Blodeuedd - It has been so long since I saw the se...Blodeuedd - It has been so long since I saw the series that I can't remember what happened in it.<br /><br />Nymeth - I agree with Suko, you should give them a chance.<br /><br />Andreea - the first one was lovely. It was only the second one that I found a bit of a bore.<br /><br />Petty Witter - your neice has all the signs of a book lover there. Maybe even a future book blogger.serendipity_vivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-36165456758650408662010-03-04T17:47:41.208+00:002010-03-04T17:47:41.208+00:00I read the whole series (over and over again) when...I read the whole series (over and over again) when I was younger. So while my recollection is not the clearest, I do remember the books getting better and better as they go on. I think this is an aspect of Laura's character getting older. I also think it has something to do with how it's easier to remember things from the later years than from the earlier years. So the later books have more conversations and vivid details (at least in my memory). <br /><br />My personal favorite is The Long Winter, but I like all of the later books a lot more than the earlier ones.Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-77625425368820543762010-03-04T17:36:09.918+00:002010-03-04T17:36:09.918+00:00Vivienne, I read the first book in this series and...Vivienne, I read the first book in this series and loved it. Then I read <i>West From Home</i>, a collection of letters (mostly by Laura Ingalls Wilder), which is wonderful.<br /><br />Nymeth, I think these books will appeal to you as an adult. :)Sukohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893742747135555499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-42609643133805512112010-03-04T15:01:06.560+00:002010-03-04T15:01:06.560+00:00I have wanted to read this series in its entirety ...I have wanted to read this series in its entirety for years - and just have not made the time to do it. At this point, it is my goal to read the series with my grandchildren :)<br /><br />My son and I would watch the re-runs of the Little House television show every morning from 9:00 to 10:00 for two solid years. It is still a wonderful memory that we both share.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414201637917215413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-45611906974268348512010-03-04T13:59:44.920+00:002010-03-04T13:59:44.920+00:00Did you mean to have the title as Little House on ...Did you mean to have the title as Little House on the Bed? :-)<br /><br />I loved these books as a child and it is interesting to see how selective my memory is or how much I picked up in the stories. I never knew that bit about Pa and why they had to move on. I do remember then going into detail about the building and I wonder if I just glossed over that a bit. I don't remember that it ate up the book, so I probably did.Nicole (Linus's Blanket)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12473607646939202824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-73736238043935450202010-03-04T11:42:30.745+00:002010-03-04T11:42:30.745+00:00Thanks for that spoiler alert Vivienne. I read the...Thanks for that spoiler alert Vivienne. I read the first book a long time ago and its funny you should mention this one today because I have just received a copy from niece #2 who has been reading it in school. Only 11 she also picked up on the lonliness.Felicity Grace Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852843882007267665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-17169264318650795332010-03-04T09:39:25.797+00:002010-03-04T09:39:25.797+00:00I haven't read these either and I don't th...I haven't read these either and I don't think I plan on doing so now. Great review, anyway!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-76393480533504017712010-03-04T08:54:43.194+00:002010-03-04T08:54:43.194+00:00I have to confess I've never read these, and I...I have to confess I've never read these, and I worry that as an adult I just won't be able to see the appeal :\Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-80466334214654106812010-03-04T08:37:32.685+00:002010-03-04T08:37:32.685+00:00I read them all so long ago, I only remember that ...I read them all so long ago, I only remember that they were different from the tvseriesBlodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com