Have any of you been to the mall lately? Have you left feeling like you’d run the gauntlet because of all the people working at those kiosks down the middle of the walkways? I definitely get a workout when I go to the mall because I walk fast and keep my face averted…hey, it’s more interesting looking in the windows of Anne Taylor and Casual Corner anyway. I mean, if I wanted to see how the Amazing Squeegee works or have my rings cleaned or have my name sewn onto a hat (pardon me, but I look horrendous in hats), I’d ask. I don’t like being accosted as I walk by, minding my own business. Can you tell I had to make a quickie trip to the mall today?
Well, I’m three chapters away from being done typing in all these revisions. Yay! I’ll be so glad to be done with that so I can start going back through the manuscript again. These revisions have taken longer than I expected, but I hope all the long hours and eyestrain are worth it.
I’ve decided to start a daily series of looking back at some of my favorite books from childhood and how they’ve shaped my adult reading. I have to start with the Little House books. I loved the books and the TV show. I wanted to BE Laura Ingalls and kick Nellie’s snotty behind.
These are probably some of the earliest books I read that got me hooked on history. I have always loved reading about what life was like in the past. I went on to get a history minor in college, and the first romances I read were historicals. I know historical romances about England are all the rage now, but it’s the American-set historicals that I love most. Authors like Pamela Morsi, Elizabeth Grayson, Miranda Jarrett, Lorraine Heath, Jill Marie Landis and Maggie Osborne provided hours of entertainment and trips to the past. My favorite eras were Colonial America, Westward Expansion and the Spanish Southwest.
Any other Little House fans out there?
December 16th, 2005 at 2:35 am
Trish, were we separated at birth? I read all of the Little House books, probably two or three times. They were so homey, and cozy and ultimately, hopeful.
You know, I think I’ll re-read one, just for the heck of it.
December 16th, 2005 at 8:47 am
Trish,
I keep my face averted too. I get sick and tired of being bullied every few feet by these middle-aisle vendors who hard sell their wares. No, I don’t want to buy aluminum siding. No, I don’t want to buy any jewelry or knock-off perfumes, purses or shoes. Getting through the mall is a workout indeed.
Tanya
December 16th, 2005 at 9:43 am
I loved the Little House books, too. Haven’t read them in a long time, though.
And I always wanted to give Nellie a good comeuppance, too. *g*
December 17th, 2005 at 11:13 am
Me, me, me!!! I wanted to read Little House in the Big Woods to my class, but we’re still reading Harry Potter.