Lori's Reviews > Betsy-Tacy

Oh my gosh...I too devoured these books as
a child. Recently took them out of the kids
section of our library. Unfortunately, no
daughters to pass on to...just two Captain
Underpants--loving boys!!

I have heard there is a Betsy-Tacy fan club, actually...so there must be a lot of us! I am not sure...but my daughter may prefer Captain Underpants to Betsy-Tacy. But she loves books, so I'm happy.

I notice you have What Was Lost on your list, as well. I'll have to check your review. This title is on my "to read" list too. Also curious about the Lionel Shriver title you have down.

cheers,

Lori

Sorry...I haven't gotten around to writing reviews.
I really enjoyed What Was Lost, but that made me
the sole member of our book club who liked it!
My husband is from the UK, and I went to school in England in the early 80s, so I could really relate to the setting and the larger cultural
context in which the story takes place. I'd still
tell you to give it a try.
The Shriver book is really an interesting read....she splits the book after the first chapter, following her protagonist on two separate
life paths all based on a "what if"...what if she
decides to have an affair with a friend's ex-husband, or what if she goes home that evening
guilt free to her current partner.
Fascinating...really makes you think about how a
single choice can have huge ramifications in one's
life. Also, how there isn't necessarily a right or
wrong, black or white in life.
On the negative side...the characters are on a
whole very unlikable.
I'll have to check your list as well. Anything
I MUST read?? I prefer fiction. Thanks!

Wow...if you went to school in England in the early 80s...I wanted to be you! I was in high school/college in the midwest in the early and mid 80s and was generally the only "new romantic" on the block! I worked my tail off throughout high school so that I could take a summer trip to England for graduation and stalk all my favorite bands. Those were the days...And I am still an unabashed Anglophile.

I post quite a few reviews when I get the time. Call it a stay-at-home mom's outlet for thinking about something outside of what we are having for dinner and whose laundry is dirty. Let me know if you are interested in "friending" one another, so we can get reviews from each other as we read.

Sounds great...still pretty new to this sight, so
I am not sure how to have you added as a friend.
Hope you don't mind initiating.

I hear you on the reading. I too am a stay at home
mom, former English lit major, and avid reader.
Yep, laundry just doesn't cut it, even with all
the fancy new lemon-verbena scents. And then you
actually have to put all those clothes away...ugh!
Would much rather read!

I was so pleased that my daughter(now grown)loved this series as a girl. She ended up getting the entire series, which takes the friends all the way through graduation and marriage. It was so fun reliving these stories with her!

I did actually go to Mankato to see these sites (they are all marked and carefully preserved by the Betsy-Tacy Society). I can't tell you how overwhelmingly emotional it was to see the little bench at the foot of the "big" hill and just to be in the town.

I've always felt that these books are every bit as good as the Little House books and similar in many ways (sweet stories of childhoods long ago) but much less well known. So I'm always happy to see someone else discover them.