Two Are Better Than One

Two Are Better Than One | Carol Ryrie Brink

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@karisimo

A childhood favorite. My friend and I tried to write our own book (just like the two friends in Brink's book) about two friends who visit a dude ranch because, of course, we knew everything about growing up on a dude ranch and meeting some cowboys! 🤠🤠

Karisimo Love the story to go with the title!! ❣️ 2mo

dabbe @Karisimo 🧡🤎💛 I think I still have that book in my garage--in a spiral notebook with Jacyln Smith from CHARLIE\'S ANGELS on the cover! 🤩 2mo

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dabbe

Two Are Better Than One | Carol Ryrie Brink

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@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag; you, too, @The_Penniless_Author! 🤩)

1. A card from my husband with his own words. ❤️💜🩷
2. TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE (tagged). #afavoriteofchildhood

Play? @TheLudicReader @morr_books @Sleepswithbooks @CoffeeNBooks

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 10mo

dabbe @TheSpineView ❤️💜🩷 10mo

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BarbaraJean

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I have @TheAromaofBooks to thank for this one—I saw your recent post and it sounded delightful. So I tracked the book down online, and it was indeed delightful. 😊 I love these older, almost-classic children‘s books as a sweet escape. All the childhood best-friend hijinks rang true for me, with the book-writing and the dolls and the imagination!

dabbe I still have my childhood copy. 💙❤️💙 1y

LeahBergen I have this waiting on my shelves! ❤️ 1y

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I'm so glad you enjoyed this one!! I thought the author really dealt so well with that bittersweet age where you start to outgrow your toys. ❤ So many fun adventures in this book!! 1y

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BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks She really does! I loved how that transition came naturally as part of the girls‘ friendship—neither one leaving the other behind. I loved how at times they were just enthusiastic kids—dressing up as rag dolls when the other girls were sophisticated Martha Washingtons (which is itself hilarious), then wondering why none of the boys asked them to dance 😂 And then the college dance with its glimpses of growing up. So well done. (edited) 1y

TheAromaofBooks My best friend and I loved our paper dolls growing up and spent hours crafting elaborate stories with them, as well as cutting out their clothes and dressing them, etc. I remember so well the way we slowly transitioned to talking more and playing less as we got older - isn't it funny how that works? It wasn't because we felt embarrassed, we just literally outgrew them, and I think it's so funny how that happens! ⬇ 1y

TheAromaofBooks But I think that's why I both loved this books as a child, when I was closer to their age and related to their adventures, and as an adult, when it is more nostalgic. Anyway, I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! 1y

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willaful

Two Are Better Than One | Carol Ryrie Brink

@TheAromaofBooks Twinsies!

Family Sabbatical was my absolute favorite Brink though. I'm so happy it got reprinted!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! I have never read Family Sabbatical - is it a sequel to Family Grandstand?? I know she's most famous for Caddie Woodlawn, but that's not a particular favorite of mine. I love The Pink Motel 😂 1y

dabbe My childhood friend and I loved this book so much, we tried writing a book together, chapter by chapter, just like Chrystal and Cordelia. Ours was a romance at a dude ranch because, of course, as Arizonans we knew EVERYTHING about cowboys and dudes and ranches. 🙄🤣🤩 I still have my well-worn, original paperback that is barely taped together. I refuse to ever throw it away. 1y

Faranae @TheAromaofBooks You've solved a childhood mystery for me! I had a book as a kid about a motel in Florida, which I had a love-hate relationship with (my family moved to Florida and it was NOT as the book advertised, thank you SO much). I had no idea anymore the title or author, and now I know! 1y

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willaful @TheAromaofBooks Yes, and you must read it! And did you know there was a sort-of sequel to TaBTO? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229851.Louly?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wUSi9... Unfortunately, I didn't hold one to my former library copy and I bet it's pretty hard to find.

@dabbe that's so fun! I always wanted to do stuff that kids in books did, but I never had any other bookworm friends. :-(

@Faranae Hooray! 1y

TheAromaofBooks @dabbe - Oh my gosh, that's SO fun! I hope your characters found their HEA 😂 1y

TheAromaofBooks @Faranae - Oh my gosh, that's fantastic! I LOVE it when a childhood-book-mystery gets solved!!! Believe it or not, The Pink Motel is not the only book with that plot line I own - I also have this one wherein the family inherits an apartment building in Florida as well 😂

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TheAromaofBooks @willaful - I saw that sequel when I was updating my Read status on GR yesterday - doesn't look like a very common one, though. She is one of those authors whose books I just snatch up if I ever find one, but they are not always easy to locate!! 1y

Faranae @TheAromaofBooks I feel like I need to explain to all these authors that Florida is not a delightful sunny paradise where one can have quirky adventures, but in fact a swampy nightmare that most resembles Dante's Acheron. 1y

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TheAromaofBooks

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I LOVE this book. I bought it on vacation in 1999 and have read it so many times since then. Set in a small Idaho down in the early 1900s, Chrys and Cordy are best friends. This is just such an adorable book about going from being a “little kid“ to being older, where you start to put away your toys and think more about being an adult, but handled so deftly and with such fun. Even though we grew up almost 100 years apart, my childhood was ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) honestly similar in so many ways. My best friend and I had a very involved newsletter/pen-pal set up for our rabbits (The Bouncing Bunny Newsletter haha) that we passed back and forth for years, so I especially loved the way these two wrote their “romantical novel“ together. Absolutely adorable in every way, this is one of my all-time favorites.

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#JoysofJune - book 5/5 @Andrew65 1y

Librarybelle Sounds lovely! 1y

PuddleJumper Amazing! 1y

Andrew65 Sounds excellent, well done 👏👏👏 1y

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