Laura Ingalls Wilder is starting a new life with her husband, Almanzo, in their own little house on the prairie. They work hard to carve a life for themselves on their farm, and soon their daughter Rose is born. But the first four years of their marriage leads to many trials and hardships Laura and Almanzo never could have prepared for.
Book #9 in the Little House series. 134 pages.
Laura Ingalls is teaching on a claim shanty twelve miles away from her family in Dakota Territory. She is desperately homesick and unhappy, but perseveres to help Ma and Pa pay for her sister Mary’s education at a college for the blind. Every Sunday Almanzo Wilder comes to bring her home, and soon Laura is happily home again, where she can join in singing lessons and sleigh rides—and, perhaps best of all, go on buggy rides with Almanzo.
Book #8 in the Little House series. 289 pages.
With the end of the long winter comes spring socials, dances, and literaries. Despite an active social life, Laura remains as busy as ever on the farm and working at various odd jobs so Pa and Ma can afford for Laura's sister Mary to go to a special college for the blind.
Book #7 in the Little House series. 307 pages.
As the Ingalls family settles in Dakota Territory, the settlers are warned a hard winter looms. After the first blizzard hits in mid-October, Pa decides to heed the warning and moves the family into his store building in town. Blizzards repeatedly sweep the town, and supplies like coal, food, and fuel become commodities. Families resort to using burning hay to keep warm, but even that soon runs low. Rumors swirl around town about a settler who has enough hay to last the town the rest of the winter, and Almanzo Wilder risks his life to save the town.
Book #6 In the Little House series. 335 pages.
Laura Ingalls and her family once again find themselves traveling, this time heading from Minnesota to Dakota Territory. Pa works to build the new railroad as he scouts out a new homestead, briefly leaving Ma and the girls behind. They later take their first train ride to Silver Lake, where they spend the winter in the surveyors' house. In the spring, residents begin to build what will become the town of De Smet, South Dakota.
Book #5 in the Little House series. 385 pages.
Laura Ingalls and her family journey north in their covered wagon to Minnesota, settling in a sod house along Plum Creek. As she and her sisters help Ma around the house, Pa works to plant crops and build them a sturdier home, and soon Laura and Mary start attending school in town. But after a terrible winter and a grasshopper infestation, which devours Pa's crops, the Ingalls are left questioning their future in Minnesota.
Book #4 in the Little House series. 384 pages.
Growing up on his family farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wants a horse of his very own more than anything. When his father insists he's not quite responsible enough, Almanzo sets out show his father he is highly capable, as he ensures the farm runs smoothly with the help of his brother and sisters.
Book #2 in the Little House series. 384 pages.
Book #3 in the Little House series. 335 pages.
In 1871, four-year-old Laura Ingalls lives in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. In this first book in the Little House series, pioneer times are cast in an idyllic light as Pa and Ma farm the land on which their log cabin sits, Laura and her sisters Mary and Carrie celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, everyone pitches in for the spring planting and fall harvest, and the sound of Pa's fiddle lulls the family to sleep, safe in their cabin.
Book #1 in the Little House series. 198 pages.
Orphaned Jane has spent her life feeling as if she never truly had a place to call home. Her feelings of being an outcast are tested once again upon her arrival at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired as a governess by Edward Rochester. Despite his brooding and proud character, Jane finds herself drawn to Rochester's kind spirit. Yet she finds something troubling about Thornfield and its master, something that has the potential to leave Jane cast aside once again, this time with a shattered heart.
532 pages.
News that Netherfield Park has been leased by a wealthy young landowner causes a stir in nearby Longbourn, particularly among the Bennet family. Mr. Bingley is instantly drawn to Jane, the eldest of the five Bennet daughters, much to Mrs. Bennet's delight. However, Mr. Bingley's sisters and his good friend, Mr. Darcy, are not pleased with what society has to offer. As they continue to encounter each other at social engagements, Mr. Darcy finds himself rather unwillingly attracted to Jane's sister, Elizabeth, and both Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth must learn the repercussions of hasty and unfair judgments.
367 pages.
"Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will—a boy on the run, a murderer—a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels.
Each is searching—Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father—but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power. And neither Lyra nor Will suspects how tightly their lives, their loves, and their destinies are bound together... until they are split apart."
This series is really starting to feel more like a science-fiction adventure. Lyra hops to different dimensions that are similar to each other, but have different rules. She meets another boy, Will, who is also moving between dimensions on a different quest. But they both work together as their ultimate goals are related to an epic war that is about to begin once again. They keep hinting at the origins of this war and more powerful artifacts that only they can use are appearing. I do miss the characters left behind in the first book, I hope a particular bear re-appears in the final book!
"Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.
Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want--but what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other."
I am not sure if this fits in the genre of Science Fiction or Fantasy as elements from both were blended together in this book. I read this when I was younger but re-reading it I pick up on more details. I think this book could be enjoyed by both children and adults, though it is geared towards a younger audience. The audiobook was amazing with the host of great voice actors and the narrator's voice is so soothing I fell asleep listening a few times.
pages: 719
The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family moves to lower their expenses and reduce their debt by renting their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife's brother, Captain Frederick Wentworth, was engaged to Anne in 1806, but the engagement was broken when Anne was persuaded by her friends and family to end their relationship. Anne and Captain Wentworth, both single and unattached, meet again after a seven-year separation, setting the scene for many humorous encounters as well as a second, well-considered chance at love and marriage for Anne in her second bloom.
Pages: 249
A Special Memoir for a Special Moment in Hollywood History . . .
Some Like It Hot occupies a unique place in American culture. This beloved classic showcases five comic geniuses: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder, and Marilyn Monroe. It has been honored by the American Film Institute as the "Funniest Film of All Time". It has contributed quotes, styles, and stories to film lore.
Pages: 248
One of the oldest sacred texts in the world, it was very interesting to see a glimpse of ancient Indian culture, as well as the mythological foundation of much of the Western world-for example, Indra, king of the gods, has many of the same qualities/abilities as the Greek Zeus, and the name of Varuna the sky god of order is a cognate of Ouranos (Uranus). The descriptions of ritual and stories of the gods were most interesting (sooo many cows!) I was looking forward to the chapter on women, until I read the introduction: "The Rig Veda is a text written by men, for men, about men". Oh... Oh no. Yes, it was as bad as it sounds, and so crude! *disappointed, but not surprised*
352 pages
I am so glad we have pipes for water.....
I never liked Julia...
Ok so it's growing on me...mostly because of the humor...
All of the imagery with the fig tree... I relate to it so much, and the way that she suffers from her depression.
