triscuit807 's review for:

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2.0

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2 stars. I know that I'm not the intended audience, but this one was the least interesting/most boring of the series for me. I was fine with the descriptions of farming/prairie life in the earlier books, but not with the sewing and dress descriptions in this one - not my thing at all. And I know they took up less space in this book than any of the other tasks did in the others; I'd still rather read about twisting hay into "logs" to burn! Also this is the so-called romantic book of the series and it's really not romantic at all. Yes, Laura agrees to becoming engaged to Almanzo and then to marry him, but it is a totally emotionless relationship. Things I did like: Laura's hell while boarding with the Brewsters, the sleigh descriptions, the horses (loved that Barnum was easy to drive for her), and the tornado weather. I read this for my 2019 Reading Challenge and for my Newbery Challenge (Honor Book, 1944).