Tag: #louisamayalcott
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Reading Log 2023
Last year, I read an amazing 500 books so this year it was only reasonable that I reach a little more and try to get to 600. I didn’t. I got to 700 books!! And yes, maybe it’s considered “cheating” if you count those graphic novels and lower grade books that are easy to read…
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Rose Campbell and Jane Eyre
I was reading Rose in Bloom in full (well the abridged version since the classic version sometimes gets too preachy for me) and this quote—— “My heart is my own, to dispose of as I please. Don’t shut yourself out of it by presuming too much, for you have no claim on me but that…
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Antique Books: Work
Little Women has been long held as one of Louisa May Alcott’s best works. Under the Lilacs and Eight Cousins being well-known seconds I believe, though don’t quote me on that. However, I picked up her novel, Work: A Story of Experience which was surprisingly not as preachy as the title implied. Okay, there is…
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Summer ReReads P4
Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery Ah these classic books with beautiful covers, I make a point of reading them every year. While Anne is obviously the most famous and I prefer the first five books of the series, it is worth a read of all 8 books…