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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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 Posted - Oct 06 2011 : 6:02:12 PM
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Hi there Farmgals. I'm feeling the need to dive into a really great book. I'm a ridiculously picky reader so its hard for me to get into anything. What I was hoping for was suggestions about something that would be like the Little House Series...I adore those books and the farmgirlishness of them (is that a word?? , all they represent, how things were long ago...but I've read those books several times. I just feel better about life when I read those books...but there's got to be something else out there LIKE them. Any suggestions?
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
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misspittypat
True Blue Farmgirl
102 Posts
lila
osceola
mo
USA
102 Posts |
Posted - Oct 06 2011 : 6:30:12 PM
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| Try Caddie Woodlawn; its super! Also what about Anne of Green Gables? |
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Melina
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Melina
USA
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Posted - Oct 07 2011 : 07:47:09 AM
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Janet Oke's books are wonderful if you aren't offended by Christian themes.
The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep.
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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vmfein
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Valerie
Dale City
VA
USA
247 Posts |
Posted - Oct 08 2011 : 7:41:24 PM
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Janette Oke's books are good especially the Love Comes Softly series. Anyways did you know that there is a series based on Caroline and other family members? Okay so it isn't written by Laura Ingalls of course but it is still good. I have not read all of them before. I also always enjoyed the American girls series with kirsten which is set in the 1800's in the prairie's. I also always loved the Anne of Green gables movies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Little_House_books
Farmgirl Sister #2619
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misspittypat
True Blue Farmgirl
102 Posts
lila
osceola
mo
USA
102 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2011 : 5:29:27 PM
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple is another good book.
Lila |
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blessedhomemaker
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Tina
West Virginia
USA
106 Posts |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2899 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2011 : 7:06:35 PM
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Amy
I would 2nd or 3rd or 4th??? the Janette Oke series. They also show this series on the Hallmark Channel, which, I shamelessly watch each & every time they are on. I simply tell hubby "Go away, leave me alone, the 'Prairies Movies' are on." He understands to a degree...Cause there are some downright good showdowns that any farm guy can appreciate.
I would also recommend "The Magic of Ordinary Days" (also a Hallmark movie, jeez, I AM pathetic), but the book is by far better than the movie. Here is Amazon's link.. http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Ordinary-Days-Novel/dp/0143119958/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1318384872&sr=8-2
I, too, love to read about life before an IPod, & hope you find some AAHH in these books. |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 8:23:23 PM
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| You might also like Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 15 2011 : 2:59:34 PM
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You gals made all the same suggestions I would have made...all wonderful books. Especially the Anne books...LOVE them all.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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buggysmum
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Shelly
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Posted - Oct 15 2011 : 4:52:11 PM
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We have loved the Little House series, the Betsy Tacy series, and the Anne of Green Gables series.
There are books written about Caroline (Laura Ingalls's mother) and Martha (her grandmother) that are good but not as good as Little House.
Caddie Woodlawn was great.
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Blue Willow
Thimble Summer
Strawberry Girl
I loved the book Year of Jubilo by Ruth Sawyer when I was a kid but it is unfortunately out of print and not available at most libraries. Ruth Sawyer also wrote Roller Skates.
A cute book is The Wheel on the School which takes place in Holland.
I loved Glory in the Flower (by Norma Johnston) and the sequel The Keeping Days - also very difficult to find nowdays...what a shame...I dont' know what happened to my copies.
I will try to think of others in that genre. |
Edited by - buggysmum on Oct 15 2011 4:57:45 PM |
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buggysmum
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Shelly
110 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2011 : 4:54:26 PM
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| P.S. For adult readers who love to read about farm life, a favorite of mine is Little Heathens by Ruth Armstrong Kalish. I reread it every year....it is really well written and just gives a great perspective on life, work, and what is *really* important in life.....(hint: not money). :) |
Edited by - buggysmum on Oct 15 2011 4:58:19 PM |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2011 : 5:07:09 PM
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I have Little Heathens and it is a great book! I would recommended it to anyone who wants to read a great, honest story about farm life. :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
www.farmfoodmama.blogspot.com
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
985 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2011 : 11:46:13 AM
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If you love the Little House series, there are plenty of Biographies of Laura's real life that are very interesting. William Anderson has done Biographies on Laura. There is also a book that I have that not only tells of the politics and the news of those times, but also some of the "behind the scene", if you will, things that took place with Laura's family that was never mentioned in the series. I believe the name of it is Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Woman Behind the Little House Series. I don't have the book at my finger tips and will get back to you with the name of the book and the author.
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
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Canadian farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Lori
Ontario
Canada
482 Posts |
Posted - Oct 22 2011 : 06:59:21 AM
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You'd probably like "The journal of Callie Wade" by Dawn Miller. It's written in journal style. Here's a brief description: An old-fashioned debut novel told in a series of journal entries and letters written in the unpretentious, homespun language one would expect of an 18-year-old Missouri farm girl recording her experiences on a wagon train in 1859. There's also a sequel to it, called "Letters to Callie: Jack Wade's story."
Dawn Miller has been compared to Laura Ingalls Wilder, too! She has another prairie/pioneer series out called "The journals of Callie McGregor" and it has two titles, Promiseland (#1) and The other side of Jordan (#2). Here's the summary for Promiseland: Hope and endurance grew alongside the wildflowers of the untamed west---and in the heart of a young pioneer woman who's determined to survive the Indian massacres, prairie wildfires, and harsh weather of the Montana Territory.
Another great author is Jane Kirkpatrick, and you'd probably like the Kinship and Courage series: All together in one place (#1), No eye can see (#2) and What once we loved (#3). Here's the summary for All together in one place: a heart warming story about ordinary folks who faced their fears and buried their uncertainties to make the perilous journey to Oregon.
Hope you get a chance to read these books!
Lori
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Oct 22 2011 : 07:32:44 AM
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Lori, those books you mentioned sound awesome! I have been looking in our library (online) but they don't have them unfortunately............
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