Well, we had book group last night and discussed "The Girl With Curious Hair," by David Foster Wallace, which we talked about quite a bit before diving into Desparate Housewives, and we voted on our next book, a classic. "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. This vote was up for discussion a few weeks back (thank you all for your comments and suggestions) and surprisingly, was the LEAST mentioned book by the bookgroup members and weblog readers, but when it came down to it-none of us had read it (save one) and I am quite pleased. And we have an Amy, Beth, and a Jo in our bookgroup, all names of the sisters, so it is a sign.
This is the sort of book I should have read when I was a girl. I feel like I missed out on some girl things (don't we all?) like reading Little Women, being in Girl Scots/Bluebirds/Brownies (was it fun?I can't tell), being a horse girl (still have never been on a horse!) and watching Little House on the Prairie. I always watched the Carol Burnett show instead. (still laugh so hard every time I see it) And was a tomboy, and was too busy after school doing gymnastics. I also never read Sweet Valley High books, nor Nancy Drew, but did read the horribly terrific Flower in the Attic books, with my goth tendencies sowing up early on, so there you go.
