Comments on: Reading in the desert

By: Every minute of my day | MamaBlogga

Every minute of my day | MamaBlogga — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:34:07 +0000

[...] couple weeks ago, I read a book that I just thought was fabulous (so did Jane of Seagull Fountain, which is where I heard about it). It was one of those books where the characters really seemed to [...]

By: Biker Babes | What About Mom

Biker Babes | What About Mom — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:09:11 +0000

[...] to know), and I didn’t realize how much time my girls spent on the four-wheelers during our camping trip last [...]

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:59:29 +0000

With a recommendation like that, I am adding it too goodreads to-read now. Sounds right up my alley.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:38:30 +0000

One of my favorite things about the book was how the author refused to pigeonhole the narrator as a tomboy. She was good at both “male” and “female” tasks. Even though she had a pretty traditional role in life as a wife and mother, her father and her brothers and her husband allowed/encouraged her to develop her other talents. I loved a scene towards the end where Jack takes the boys fishing so the women can have girl time, and for girl time they take a picnic to the outskirts of town and Sarah starts teaching April how to shoot, and then they do some embroidery work.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:35:49 +0000

Reprieve is the perfect word — exactly what I was hoping for for her, but I definitely saw it coming. Even though it still makes me anguished for Sarah.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:34:51 +0000

I’m sorry you’ve been having a rough time, Sharla. This book will definitely make you grateful for the good things in life.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:34:06 +0000

I don’t know when I’ll pick up the sequel. Need to process this one for awhile I think. And now there is a third (and final) book.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:33:23 +0000

Thanks Beth. I don’t know if “delicious” is the right word, but it was certainly refreshing.

Historical, and “based on a true story” books seldom have much appeal for me too. My sister has been recommending this one to me for a long time. LHOTP is written for children, and TIMW is definitely for adults, but I highly recommend both.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:37:07 +0000

I read this one a few years back for book club and it was excellent. In addition to being adventurous and exciting, the romance was sweet. It is an amazingly good book.

By: Cindy B. in Montana

Cindy B. in Montana — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:51:45 +0000

I love Anne of Green Gables and Little House on the Prairie, so I will definitely pink this one up! And I see Tara says there’s a sequel…do, please, let us know if you read this one. Thanks!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:30:42 +0000

Thanks for this review! I just read “Gap Creek” and I’ve been in kind of a Laura Ingalls Wilder mood myself.

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By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:36:24 +0000

I read this book a couple years ago and probably should re-read it and then pick up the sequel. I remember being devastated emotionally by all the main character goes through. And after so much through the first parts, you expect her to have a reprieve, but life doesn’t always work that way. I’m glad you enjoyed it so much. Especially in the Arizona desert!

By: Gladis

Gladis — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:54:17 +0000

Wow… that’s moving.

And I was also wondering where you had been, I’m glad you were well and having a vacation (if you’d call camping a vacation, it IS a lot of work).

By: Sharla

Sharla — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:09:53 +0000

I need that kind of book right now. I hope my library has it. By the way, welcome back! I told myself that if you weren’t back by now I was going to start a full scale Jane search. But here you are.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:56:54 +0000

LOVE that book. I cried and was thankful for my life throughout much of the book. I fell in love with Sarah and her strengths and her faults, though they were few in my eyes. Thanks for sharing, I too have been trying to get everyone I know to read this book. “Sarah’s Quilt,” the sequel, is also good, I prefer “These is My Words.”

By: Marcy

Marcy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:50:53 +0000

You’re welcome, sister dear.

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:48:01 +0000

Let me be the first to welcome you back. We missed you, although a week camping is always delicious.

I must admit that the pioneer time period has never held any allure for me. Lately though, several people have been pressing me to read the Little House on the Prairie series. You do make this book sound awfully good so perhaps I should give it a shot.

Currently I’m reading “The Three Musketeers” and “The Case For Christ”. I need to get those done before I move on, but I’ll add this one to the list.