Prof Bhaer’s obnoxious, right? Am I right? I hate it when he calls himself “Monsieur de Trop” – blech. Louisa May Alcott said that she didn’t care what everyone said, she “wouldn’t marry Jo to Laurie to please anyone”, so she made up a funny husband for Jo. It’s funny (but frustrating!) how I can completely sympathize with that in theory and still hate it every single time in execution.

Oh, I’d love to go to Concord and visit their house. I read a book when I was small, called The Time Garden, and the children in that go visit Orchard House and they wind up inside of Little Women. THERE IS A DRAGON. IT IS GREAT.

I have lost count of the number of times I have read htis book and now you have made me want to read it again, though I agree as they grow up the March girls can get a bit sanctimonious. How about Little Men? All about Jo’s school and I love that one too.

I visited Orchard House in Concord a few years ago when visiting the US and simply fell in love with the place. Hope to be visiting in the vicninty again next year and have every intention of another visit

See, and I do not care for the movie adaptation. I love Laurie, and I hate Christian Bale, so every time he was on screen I got cranky. But I thought Kirsten Dunst was a perfect little Amy!

I was actually disappointed when I first read Little Women. I loved the movie adaption (the one with Winona Ryder and it spoiled my enjoyment of the book. My sister loves it, though.

J.K. Rowling said the same thing about The Little White Horse – that she could remember all the food they ate. I was a very food-focused child. All my early memories center around food, it’s a big family joke.

I can’t say! I have to save it for my write up, so I must wait till I re-read LW, which I was thinking about doing as soon as the weather turns autumnal.

And I can follow it up with An Old-Fashioned Girl.

It’s so great to revisit really really old favorites and think about why you liked them as a child. I’m smiling just thinking about some of them right now =)

I didn’t know she’d written anything else – I’ll have to go check it out!

I like Rose in Bloom! Totally definitely do, and I’m pleased about how things ended, except I don’t think poor Charlie deserved to die. I think what I like so much about Eight Cousins is that whole thing of moving from disorder (pathetic invalid Rose) to order (healthy good-humored Rose). I find that so relaxing.

Dude, what? Sometime? Tell me now! What happened? Were you involved in some sort of hostage situation while you were reading it? Did someone lie to you and tell you that Beth was going to be just fine, and then you were caught off guard?