I agree that there are some disturbing shows, but for the most part ITA with my husband....LHOP is syrupy.
I remember reading an interview with Michael Landon once where he talked about how he would make himself cry by pulling out a nose hair because he had to cry in every single episode and just couldn't muster tears that often.
I never watched it as a child (because I was a Little House girl) but having now watched all of the episodes of The Waltons ( a number of times), The Waltons was a much better show, hands down.
I've seen like two episodes of that show and it is fucking awful. Like I'm not sure I hate another show more.
And I never read the LHOTP series. And reading y'all talk about them makes me remember why - they didn't appeal to me AT ALL and they still don't.
Shun me. I've never watched The Sound of Music or read LHOTP. AND I DON'T WANT TO.
Re: Huck Finn - we read that sophomore year in high school, but we studied and read Tom Sawyer in my 6th grade lit class so we talked about the racism and different things in Tom Sawyer. But I think Huck Finn is worse, IIRC. Or more obvious? IDK. It's been a long time.
I haven't read those books in a long time, but I watched the show religiously and then saw that Hallmark was showing reruns of it so I was letting PTS and K watch it while I made dinner. After like 5 back-to-back episodes of babies and mother dying, I told her we weren't watching it anymore. My dad used to call it "Little Tragedy on the Prairie" and now I see why.
Do you remember the episode where Albert's female friend, who is developing faster than the other girls her age, is raped by the blue-eyed man in a creepy mask, gets pregnant, and Albert lets people think he is the father? It turns out the rapist was the girl's father's boss, and the two-part show ends with the girl dying from injuries when she falls because she is being chased by her rapist.
Solid family entertainment, that.
i think i now know why mother wouldn't let me watch it when I was growing up even though I loved the books
I never watched it as a child (because I was a Little House girl) but having now watched all of the episodes of The Waltons ( a number of times), The Waltons was a much better show, hands down.
Agreed and I love LHOP (show and books) the Walton's is a much better done similar genre show. have you watched Spencer's Mountain? it's a movie based on Earl Hamner's book, it's good and has Maureen O' Hara as the mom.
Look y'all, I have my periods of history I like, and I am a shallow, vain lady who likes pretty things. PIONEER LIFE SOUNDS REALLY BAD OKAY? There is a reason Samantha was my favorite AG doll and I didn't like Kirsten all that much. And I liked Felicity second best, and Molly after her. Kirsten was easily dead last.
Gone with the Wind is obviously a favorite of mine, but I probably never would have read it if they didn't draw me in with a Twelve Oaks barbecue and pretty dresses.
Really unless there is a strapping Scottish laird who is magnificent between the sheets, I'm not real interested in reading about people roughing it. Which reminds me, this is another reason it's weird that I am obsessed with zombie stuff. Survival really isn't my thing.
Honestly, I never recognized the racism as a child and I read them around the same time children in my neighborhood were calling me the n-word. If I were reading them aloud, I probably would skip the songs. But other than that, idk.
I absolutely skip the songs, besides the racism they are just god awful.
The Little House series is a solid party of my childhood, and I just finished rereading the whole thing. I can't wait to share it with my girls, when they're old enough.
And I watched the TV show religiously as a kid, but could never get back into it as a grownup. They're so fucking disturbing. I think Michael Landon was working out some serious demons through that show, because a lot of it was just psychotic.
all of this. and I'm definitely going to read them with my boys. (it's not just for girls--they'll like it, right???) but the show was just so bad. yikes.
my favorite book was actually Farmer Boy. I was obsessed with the fact that his mom made doughnuts. I would always bug my mom--"Almanzo's mom could make doughnuts way back in the olden days so how come you can't make them now??"
Really unless there is a strapping Scottish laird who is magnificent between the sheets, .
I need you to recommend a book that contains the above. Mmmkthx
Just one?
Please! Well, there are a bunch of Julie Garwood ones... they get repetitive but I don't mind. I have them all in epub and mobi - do you have a nook or kindle? I can email them to you.
I need you to recommend a book that contains the above. Mmmkthx
Just one?
Please! Well, there are a bunch of Julie Garwood ones... they get repetitive but I don't mind. I have them all in epub and mobi - do you have a nook or kindle? I can email them to you.
Can I get in on this? I haven't read Julie Garwood in years but I loved her back in college.
Look y'all, I have my periods of history I like, and I am a shallow, vain lady who likes pretty things. PIONEER LIFE SOUNDS REALLY BAD OKAY? There is a reason Samantha was my favorite AG doll and I didn't like Kirsten all that much. And I liked Felicity second best, and Molly after her. Kirsten was easily dead last.
Gone with the Wind is obviously a favorite of mine, but I probably never would have read it if they didn't draw me in with a Twelve Oaks barbecue and pretty dresses.
Really unless there is a strapping Scottish laird who is magnificent between the sheets, I'm not real interested in reading about people roughing it. Which reminds me, this is another reason it's weird that I am obsessed with zombie stuff. Survival really isn't my thing.
this made me lol
I used to pilfer my mom's trashy romance novels and I hated all the ones set in the American west where they were out on the frontier being kidnapped by indians. I only liked ones set in Europe where everyone was really rich and it was just an evil Marquess trying to force the rich, formerly awkward, bookish but now beautiful heiress to marry him until the now nice, but formerly womanizing Duke rescues her.
Also, I always get depressed at the end of THGY, because it seems like their whole future is ahead of them....but then you know that Almanzo was ill and partially paralyzed, a fire destroyed their house (with the killer pantry), and they lost a baby boy.
I was beyond obsessed with Almanzo's pancake making prowess. I may have tried entirely too many times to make one large pancake with which to keep the others warm.
Definitely! Just PM me an email address, and mobi or epub. I'll try to get them out tonight or in the morning!
Gawd, I can't believe I have to tell you this.
Also, you need to tell me how to get that shit on my kindle. Pixy promised she would and then she left me hanging after I got the email.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will also warn you that if you haven't sent them to mesh, she will be on your ass too.
If you have. Kindle fire you should be able to open directly from your e-mail. if not forward it to your kindle e-mail address from your e-mail and it should show up.
I'm not big on LHoTP. So i have never even read them, other than the first book in the series. I come from an old line of ancestors since my mother's parents were born in the Edwardian era (and I'm only 31 so it's not like I'm old) and their parents and grandparents were the ones settling the prairie and starting the family farms in Nebraska. My point is I heard stories about the prairie, living in sod houses, and how much it all sucked first hand from my grandparents and I never really got interested in the westward migration as a result. Give me civilization any day. Heck my favorite AG was Molly. I seriously thought Kirsten was dreadfully boring.
Habbsies, we should read all of the Castles series books. I can only ever remember the title of Castles because that dude was my favorite. It's the last in the series, I think. I have all of them. Anyway, to get them on your kindle, just download the file, hook your kindle up via USB to the laptop and manually add them. That's what I do. I think you may have to eject the kindle first.
As for the rest of you... I'll probably get them out in the morning. SO GET EXCITED.
Look y'all, I have my periods of history I like, and I am a shallow, vain lady who likes pretty things. PIONEER LIFE SOUNDS REALLY BAD OKAY? There is a reason Samantha was my favorite AG doll and I didn't like Kirsten all that much. And I liked Felicity second best, and Molly after her. Kirsten was easily dead last.
Gone with the Wind is obviously a favorite of mine, but I probably never would have read it if they didn't draw me in with a Twelve Oaks barbecue and pretty dresses.
Really unless there is a strapping Scottish laird who is magnificent between the sheets, I'm not real interested in reading about people roughing it. Which reminds me, this is another reason it's weird that I am obsessed with zombie stuff. Survival really isn't my thing.
this made me lol
I used to pilfer my mom's trashy romance novels and I hated all the ones set in the American west where they were out on the frontier being kidnapped by indians. I only liked ones set in Europe where everyone was really rich and it was just an evil Marquess trying to force the rich, formerly awkward, bookish but now beautiful heiress to marry him until the now nice, but formerly womanizing Duke rescues her.
Exactly.
Romance is sexier if there is a season, jewels and ballgowns involved. Not dirt and farming and barely surviving. Please!
The Little House series is a solid party of my childhood, and I just finished rereading the whole thing. I can't wait to share it with my girls, when they're old enough.
And I watched the TV show religiously as a kid, but could never get back into it as a grownup. They're so fucking disturbing. I think Michael Landon was working out some serious demons through that show, because a lot of it was just psychotic.
all of this. and I'm definitely going to read them with my boys. (it's not just for girls--they'll like it, right???) but the show was just so bad. yikes.
my favorite book was actually Farmer Boy. I was obsessed with the fact that his mom made doughnuts. I would always bug my mom--"Almanzo's mom could make doughnuts way back in the olden days so how come you can't make them now??"
See, I was obsessed with the fact that Eliza *made* ice cream. So I tried by putting milk and sugar in the freezer and failed. It tasted kind of good, but not like ice cream.
Look y'all, I have my periods of history I like, and I am a shallow, vain lady who likes pretty things. PIONEER LIFE SOUNDS REALLY BAD OKAY? There is a reason Samantha was my favorite AG doll and I didn't like Kirsten all that much. And I liked Felicity second best, and Molly after her. Kirsten was easily dead last.
Gone with the Wind is obviously a favorite of mine, but I probably never would have read it if they didn't draw me in with a Twelve Oaks barbecue and pretty dresses.
Really unless there is a strapping Scottish laird who is magnificent between the sheets, I'm not real interested in reading about people roughing it. Which reminds me, this is another reason it's weird that I am obsessed with zombie stuff. Survival really isn't my thing.
I was right there with you until the zombie thing.
all of this. and I'm definitely going to read them with my boys. (it's not just for girls--they'll like it, right???) but the show was just so bad. yikes.
my favorite book was actually Farmer Boy. I was obsessed with the fact that his mom made doughnuts. I would always bug my mom--"Almanzo's mom could make doughnuts way back in the olden days so how come you can't make them now??"
See, I was obsessed with the fact that Eliza *made* ice cream. So I tried by putting milk and sugar in the freezer and failed. It tasted kind of good, but not like ice cream.
Lazy, lousy Liza Jane?
I used to make ice cream with my grandma, so that was no mystery to me. (ftr, we always made pineapple cherry ice cream and it was goddamn delicious)