Little House on the Prairie is loads better than bickering politicians (Hello, Sand! I'm Ostrich!)
I finished a book on Saturday:
Reading this book I realize that words "Little House on the Prairie" have become more synonymous with the TV show...at least for me. LHOP is Michael Landon and Walnut Grove (Oh! And Nellie Oleson). The book series is Laura Ingalls Wilder. I didn't read the books until I was an adult.
I am a big LHOP fan. Oddly, I didn't really watch the show that much as a child. I remember being scared by two episodes when I was quite young. In one Laura had stolen a music box from Nellie and her nightmares about going to jail really freaked me out. In the other episode a little girl had drowned while she, Laura and Mary were swimming. At one point the grieving mother mistook Laura for the dead girl. It was creepy. Then there is a gap in my memory. I remember watching and talking about the episode titled "Sylvia" in the fifth grade. Later, in the eighth grade, I was told told by a classmate about the town blowing up. I also remember the first time I saw a picture of the real Ingalls family. I was maybe 8? Oh I was crushed! Pa had a big black beard and looked *gulp* scary.
Really my obsession with the TV show started when I watched it in syndication in high school. It continues in adulthood. Summer vacation is for Little House on the Prairie. It is really bad, though. The continuity is non-existent, the history is sketchy and the writing smarmy-sweet. And the stereotypes! Oy! But I find it all so irresistible.
Really my obsession with the TV show started when I watched it in syndication in high school. It continues in adulthood. Summer vacation is for Little House on the Prairie. It is really bad, though. The continuity is non-existent, the history is sketchy and the writing smarmy-sweet. And the stereotypes! Oy! But I find it all so irresistible.
And I totally watched the marathon on Hallmark on Sunday!
I guess you want to know about the book, huh? I enjoyed it. It was funny and way too often it felt like reading my own story...complete with a wise-cracking husband who even shared my husband's name! She is a bigger fan of the books and didn't watch the TV shows until well in to her adulthood, though. I was fine with the book and it read a bit more like a humorous travel book until the last 4 paragraphs when suddenly the author decided it was a "journey" book. It was a jarring change of sentiment and kind of annoyed me. Here I was laughing and it turned out to be a serious soul stretching experience for her. I felt like an ass.
I guess you want to know about the book, huh? I enjoyed it. It was funny and way too often it felt like reading my own story...complete with a wise-cracking husband who even shared my husband's name! She is a bigger fan of the books and didn't watch the TV shows until well in to her adulthood, though. I was fine with the book and it read a bit more like a humorous travel book until the last 4 paragraphs when suddenly the author decided it was a "journey" book. It was a jarring change of sentiment and kind of annoyed me. Here I was laughing and it turned out to be a serious soul stretching experience for her. I felt like an ass.
