Monday, May 17, 2010

I want Betsy's Life

OK, just finished the Betsy Tacy series. I seriously don't think I ever read the whole series as a kid - can you believe that??? I know I read probably the first four, but not the last few. I wonder if they were really even around when we were kids? Of course they were around, but they certainly weren't popular.

So, truly, wouldn't Betsy's life be about perfect?

4 comments:

holdenj said...

I am so excited you finally finished! Yes, they were definitely around and still in print as individual books when we were kids...where do you think all that babysitting money went?! I can still see Emily of Deep Valley sitting on the shelf at B. Dalton (Ridgedale)and I never bought it! How was I to know it would go the way of Carney's House Party and become a legendary piece of BTT history? And CHP remained a complete mystery until college, when a certain Mrs. Turpin was able to procure a copy for her daughter to lend me for a weekend. It answered a lot of questions (ie, where the heck did Sam come from) and I was always sad it didn't make it back into the "canon".

You're not alone in wanting Betsy's life! They were ones I reread every year!

julienj said...

I still haven't read these...maybe I should put them on my summer reading list, the way I read the Anne of Green Gables books two years ago. (I still have only read three of those or so...)

crossons said...

Oh, thank you Julia! I totally forgot about those other three books. I can go back to Betsy's life for a few more books!

I think the Anne of Green Gables books are about due for a reread. These are similar - read the first few as a kid, but never finished. finally read all of them as an adult.

I'll have to think about what series of books I read and loved as a kid that I should reread. Little House doesn't quite do it for me.... other suggestions?

Amy Adams said...

Betsy-Tacy rocks! My Hannah was Betsy for Halloween her kindergarten year--then last month we took a college tour of Gustavus Adolphus, and then detoured to see the houses before we went home. Yes, we all have our literary pilgrimages.