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?
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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!
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...)
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?
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.
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