Most of these are rereads this time around. Starting with:
Elinore Pruitt Stewart, Letters of a Woman Homesteader. Fascinating book, and more interesting the second time. She had an amazing set of adventures and was really willing to try all sorts of things - much more out-and-about and daring than our standard view of ranch wives. Possibly this is the result of her having married into an existing ranch, so she wasn't building things up from the ground. At any rate, a good choice for both reading and research.
Jane Smiley, Duplicate Keys. I'd only read this one once, and a long time ago, so I didn't really remember it. I found watching the story unfold just as interesting the second time around. The characters are dense and complex, the writing precise. Not an amazing book, but solid and enjoyable.
Marguerite Henry, King of the Wind. A childhood favorite! The story of a boy and his horse and their love for each other never gets old.
Louis L'Amour, Utah Blaine. (A new read.) An excellent entry into the L'Amour library. Blaine's a little more idealized than many of his heroes - the kind of man it's hard to believe could have really existed - but the plot is good, the action moves fast, and the characters are all pretty well defined.
Elaine Viets, Just Murdered. I found this one a little more contrived than the rest of the series. An enjoyable romp, but not a lot more than that.
Elinore Pruitt Stewart, Letters of a Woman Homesteader. Fascinating book, and more interesting the second time. She had an amazing set of adventures and was really willing to try all sorts of things - much more out-and-about and daring than our standard view of ranch wives. Possibly this is the result of her having married into an existing ranch, so she wasn't building things up from the ground. At any rate, a good choice for both reading and research.
Jane Smiley, Duplicate Keys. I'd only read this one once, and a long time ago, so I didn't really remember it. I found watching the story unfold just as interesting the second time around. The characters are dense and complex, the writing precise. Not an amazing book, but solid and enjoyable.
Marguerite Henry, King of the Wind. A childhood favorite! The story of a boy and his horse and their love for each other never gets old.
Louis L'Amour, Utah Blaine. (A new read.) An excellent entry into the L'Amour library. Blaine's a little more idealized than many of his heroes - the kind of man it's hard to believe could have really existed - but the plot is good, the action moves fast, and the characters are all pretty well defined.
Elaine Viets, Just Murdered. I found this one a little more contrived than the rest of the series. An enjoyable romp, but not a lot more than that.
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