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15. 2 most favorite LMA books--Little Men and Eight Cousins

Wed Mar 27, 2019, 02:36 PM

Mar 2019

In Little Men Jo and her husband Prof Baehr sp? run a boarding school. 1 of best chapters is Patty Pans in which the girls bake on a child size stove. Imagine a child size wood-burning stove! And the boys must wash up and use good table manners in order to eat what the girls made.

The best chapter in 8 Cousins is the one in which the doctor uncle demonstrates why the 'new dress' without corsets, bustle, or tight skirts is the one which allows girls and women to breathe deeply and walk and move easily and quickly.

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Books to escape today's world? What would you suggest? [View all] bobbieinok Mar 2019 OP

The Nancy Drew Mysteries. madaboutharry Mar 2019 #1

Calvin and Hobbes...... fNord Mar 2019 #2

Actually, RAW is all-too-relevant to today's world... First Speaker Mar 2019 #6

I've a copy if "Illuminautas!" On audio.....I like to listen to it on random..... fNord Mar 2019 #7

Ever read the "Cosmic Trigger" trilogy? That's more relevant than ever, too... First Speaker Mar 2019 #8

Oh yes..... fNord Mar 2019 #9

Sedaris eyeofnewt Mar 2019 #3

After devouring the two most recent film versions, I listened to the audio book fierywoman Mar 2019 #4

Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer First Speaker Mar 2019 #5

Jane Austen is one of my go-to's, too. lilactime Mar 2019 #17

Elizabeth Peters, the Amelia Peabody series. Read in order. ms liberty Mar 2019 #10

Love E Peters. Also the books she wrote under the name Barbara Michaels bobbieinok Mar 2019 #11

I've read the entire series twice. Once before I visited Egypt and sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #49

My all time favorite for that is L.M. Montgomery's books. lilactime Mar 2019 #12

2 most favorite LMA books--Little Men and Eight Cousins bobbieinok Mar 2019 #15

I've read both of those - when I was a kid I couldn't get past Jo's friendship lilactime Mar 2019 #16

Didn't see 90s film but heard in that the prof was Italian. Totally WRONG bobbieinok Mar 2019 #18

He was played by Gabriel Byrne, who is Irish. In the 1949 version he was lilactime Mar 2019 #19

I loved Eight Cousins and the sequel Rose In BLoom yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #23

L. M. Montgomery! CharleyDog Mar 2019 #31

I didn't discover that series until I came across EONM at a used book sale lilactime Mar 2019 #35

... Major Nikon Mar 2019 #13

I love LMA and GH! Right now I'm on a Dickens kick. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2019 #14

Water for Elephants Auggie Mar 2019 #20

Swiss Family Robinson Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #21

The Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton backtoblue Mar 2019 #22

I love cozy mysteries. There are so many series avebury Mar 2019 #28

two little known Shirley Jackson novels: yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #24

A favorite Shirley Jackson: CharleyDog Mar 2019 #32

Oh yes! Those 2 are real winners! bobbieinok Mar 2019 #38

Another fan! I first read Life Among the Savages when I was maybe 12 yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #54

anything by Sir Terry Prachett; Cold Comfort Farm nt yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #25

Fear by Bob Woodward. Kablooie Mar 2019 #26

I tried reading that, but then thought, CharleyDog Mar 2019 #33

Silverlock, John Myers shenmue Mar 2019 #27

Welllll......how escapist do you want to get? DFW Mar 2019 #29

The Time Cellar! That is a neat little book. yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #53

Glad you agree with my suggestion! DFW Mar 2019 #57

Time and Again by Jack Finney iamateacher Mar 2019 #30

Hey! MY book got a great favorable review comparing it to Time And Again! DFW Mar 2019 #46

Gulf Coast/Creole/Cajun cookbooks DinahMoeHum Mar 2019 #34

I used to love Lulu's down on the Floribama Coast. nolabear Mar 2019 #56

The Ginger Man, Treasure Island Cicada Mar 2019 #36

I have never been more emotionally involved... quickesst Mar 2019 #37

I'd heartily recommend John Muir's (1838-1914) Harker Mar 2019 #39

The Jalna series. About the Whiteoak family saga. Highly recommend. nt UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #40

I loved those books. irisblue Mar 2019 #42

So did I. Never read them all though yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #55

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...And Ladies of the Club" 1982 irisblue Mar 2019 #43

Any Ian Rankin book. British detective stories are much less zooks Mar 2019 #44

"The Agony and the Ecstasy" will transport you to Tuscany Coventina Mar 2019 #45

Any thing by PG Wodehouse, his stories reside in a dimly but pleasant Edwardian time, even the more mulsh Mar 2019 #47

Have you read his short story Uncle Fred Flits By? Hysterically funny bobbieinok Mar 2019 #48

Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer. sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #50

I loved Georgette Heyer leftieNanner Mar 2019 #51

The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins flyingfysh Mar 2019 #52