Comments on: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott/ Thoughts about reading fiction, nonfiction, and children's books, new and old Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:57:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Pt. I « Adventures in Reading http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott/#comment-1792 Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Pt. I « Adventures in Reading Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:40:44 +0000 http://www.reid-family.org/rebeccareads/?p=12#comment-1792 [...] opinions: Rebecca Reads. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Pt. [...] [...] opinions: Rebecca Reads. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Pt. [...]

]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott/#comment-421 Rebecca Reid Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:52:26 +0000 http://www.reid-family.org/rebeccareads/?p=12#comment-421 @Amanda: I never really liked it as a kid. I had a hard time getting through it and it seemed "fake." When I picked it up this year, reading it as a reminder before I read <em>March</em> (which is based on the characters), I did like it. Reading it as an adult reminded me of the the somewhat carefree days of being a kid when "worries" are all about the wrong things. I like the mac-and-cheese analogy! @Amanda: I never really liked it as a kid. I had a hard time getting through it and it seemed “fake.” When I picked it up this year, reading it as a reminder before I read March (which is based on the characters), I did like it. Reading it as an adult reminded me of the the somewhat carefree days of being a kid when “worries” are all about the wrong things.

I like the mac-and-cheese analogy!

]]> By: Amanda http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott/#comment-412 Amanda Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:50:54 +0000 http://www.reid-family.org/rebeccareads/?p=12#comment-412 I wanted to like this book. I never read it as a kid, and read it for the first time in January, and it drove me crazy. It took me nearly a month to finish it. Maybe it's because I've seen the Winona Ryder movie too many times. Or maybe it was all those generic morality lessons and the fact that no one seemed real. I didn't hate the book, I just thought it was bland. I did a review on my own blog (not 5-Squared, which didn't exist yet) and my general thoughts were that it was like the Kraft Mac-n-Cheese of literature - some people like it, some hate it, some prefer real mac-n-cheese, etc. Anyway, I had fun with the analogy. :) I wanted to like this book. I never read it as a kid, and read it for the first time in January, and it drove me crazy. It took me nearly a month to finish it. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen the Winona Ryder movie too many times. Or maybe it was all those generic morality lessons and the fact that no one seemed real. I didn’t hate the book, I just thought it was bland. I did a review on my own blog (not 5-Squared, which didn’t exist yet) and my general thoughts were that it was like the Kraft Mac-n-Cheese of literature - some people like it, some hate it, some prefer real mac-n-cheese, etc. Anyway, I had fun with the analogy. :)

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