tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post4711343683305099856..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: The Wilder Life, by Wendy McClureCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-57595108128766949402012-05-12T01:52:51.292-07:002012-05-12T01:52:51.292-07:00This sounds like exactly the sort of book I'd ...This sounds like exactly the sort of book I'd like to read. I enjoy travel memoirs and like the author I grew up identifying with Laura. I have very fond memories of my mom reading the whole series out loud to us and making my sister and I bonnets and prairie dresses. I am actually now very excited to download (Don't un-friend me!) this book!Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17416265133804487369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-36355135384098347712012-04-13T08:42:14.518-07:002012-04-13T08:42:14.518-07:00Loved the Wilder books, but not quite that obsesse...Loved the Wilder books, but not quite that obsessed. So, I would have found this interesting aside from the foul language and political talk (who needs that?). <br />I'll probably skip this one, but I think you might be on to something with that "getting paid to retrace the steps of your favorite author." I wonder if this would work for all of us. Hmmm...BerlinerinPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853762912371387793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-54301947611428125812012-04-13T05:18:45.887-07:002012-04-13T05:18:45.887-07:00So disappointing about her use of foul language th...So disappointing about her use of foul language throughout. Why do authors feel the need for that?? I was looking forward to reading this someday, but now may just pass over it altogether!<br /><br />Thanks for the review! :)A Faithful Journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705189767324423844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-26558381423998897542012-04-12T16:12:07.394-07:002012-04-12T16:12:07.394-07:00I'm one of those odd persons who doesn't m...I'm one of those odd persons who doesn't mind watching reality TV shows just to see how other people (supposedly) live. This sounds pretty interesting to me, but I'm tiring of books with foul language (even the ones that have good stories), as I've gotten quite enough of that in school this semester. <br /><br />I've only read the first few books in the Little House series, and that was several years ago. My family used to watch the TV series all the time, and, though I liked the shows when I was young, I can barely stand to watch them now (something about the acting, the drama, the one hundredth hour of hearing Mrs. Olsen whine). It's funny how your opinions of things change as you get older. <br /><br />Back to the whole reason for me commenting... I very much enjoyed reading your opinion. Maybe I'll consider reading The Wilder Life one day. (I would love love to read My Obsession With Anne, however.)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337500567333475158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-56814209506219429032012-04-12T12:29:18.001-07:002012-04-12T12:29:18.001-07:00I find it irritating when authors try to piggyback...I find it irritating when authors try to piggyback on the success of others. Presumably, nobody would care about her and her political viewpoints, except that she name dropped Wilder, enabling her to sell the book. If you are going to write about a famous author (or historical personage), make the book about them, not yourself. (I complained about this in a different context regarding Norman Leibrecht) http://fiddlrts.blogspot.com/2012/02/from-archives-my-review-of-why-mahler.htmlDiary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-14915585186116994482012-04-12T10:33:48.305-07:002012-04-12T10:33:48.305-07:00@Jennifer - Carrie at Green Gables. LOL! I love it...@Jennifer - Carrie at Green Gables. LOL! I love it! (My brain is spinning.)<br /><br />@Amy - YAY for WOOD-house. ;)<br /><br />@Barbara - Yes, the back of my book jacket indicates they did get married. I should have said that in the review. Thanks for pointing that out! And I also want to point out that I thought Chris was a remarkably good sport and incredibly supportive of Wendy in her search for Laura World.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-4719775543843818322012-04-12T10:27:47.503-07:002012-04-12T10:27:47.503-07:00Good to hear another opinion. I have the audio ve...Good to hear another opinion. I have the audio version, but have about 15 hours of Little Women remaining before I can listen to it...and with the warning of foul language, I'm not sure when that will happen.<br /><br />I decided I want to "read" it, but not to invest a week doing so...since it is more about the process and less about LIW.Annette Whipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992675906662456790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-29840794932585475692012-04-12T09:38:07.883-07:002012-04-12T09:38:07.883-07:00I bought this on Kindle a while back and never fin...I bought this on Kindle a while back and never finished it. Now, I kinda want to go back and finish it (and kinda not). : )<br /><br />I did really love the books as a girl and so for that reason I think I want to finish her book. Seeing the LIW homes is a bucket list item someday, hopefully with my girls. :)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660852009014295034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-27931435034643182712012-04-12T09:38:04.396-07:002012-04-12T09:38:04.396-07:00Like Barbara -- I am surprised that I didn't m...Like Barbara -- I am surprised that I didn't mention some of the content -- specifically the language (which I don't remember to be pervasive, but I was surprised).<br /><br />I think that I was just so caught up with how much I liked it. I did like her sense of humor and felt such a kinship with her childhood memories of LIW.<br /><br />And I think you should get started on Carrie at Green Gables ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789250398792504412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-6937112219894009682012-04-12T09:22:56.223-07:002012-04-12T09:22:56.223-07:00Thanks for the link here as well. I was looking fo...Thanks for the link here as well. I was looking forward to your thoughts on this. <br /><br />I thought it was odd to spend so much time in the book on her relationship and politics/morals as well -- I don't know why I didn't mention that, especially the latter, in my review, except to say that she wrote from "a secular, non-conservative, 'postmodern' viewpoint. It was interesting looking at LIW's life through those eyes, since most of the people I know who really like her are conservative Christians. I was surprised that Wendy found so much common ground with Laura -- I think she was surprised to find as an adult that maybe it wasn't as much as she had thought.<br /><br />I did think she was funny in places -- I didn't think all the humor was snarky, but some was.<br /><br />I thought her boyfriend was a good sport to get involved in all of this with her. I did read on her web site a while back that they got married.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-58074789915164062082012-04-12T08:59:28.578-07:002012-04-12T08:59:28.578-07:00Hey! Thanks for the link! :-) Yeah, you and I f...Hey! Thanks for the link! :-) Yeah, you and I felt similarly. <br /><br />On an unrelated note, I just read my first Jeeves story and I am in love. :-)Amy @ Hope Is the Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949836482747469686noreply@blogger.com