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LibraryCin
The First Four Years | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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This book was an unfinished manuscript. I still really enjoyed it even if it wasn‘t as Laura would have published it. There were plenty of brilliant descriptions of things. During the four years the crops never did flourish, though they did well with their animals. The weather was the culprit – hail, a tornado, drought, fire. Also blizzards in winter factored into their lives. Cont in comments...

LibraryCin I have a beautiful “full color collector‘s edition”, which has very nice glossy colour illustrations 2w
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CrystalE02
The First Four Years | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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I listened to the audiobook, I own a physical copy of the book. I know that this book wasn't finished. I did enjoy seeing Laura and Almanzo early married life. I grew up on this series. I rated this book a 5 out of 5 stars for childhood memories.

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CrystalE02
These Happy Golden Years | Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams
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Love this book!!! It is one of my favorites. I rated this book a 5 out of 5 stars.

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CrystalE02
New Dawn on Rocky Ridge | Roger Lea MacBride
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I enjoying this series so much!!! It has been a long time since I have read this series. I love the stories about Rose, Laura, and Almanzo. I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars.

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CrystalE02
On the Other Side of the Hill | Roger Lea MacBride
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I love this series!!! It is so cute!!! I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars!!!

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CrystalE02
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I am enjoying this series!!! I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars

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CrystalE02
Little Farm in the Ozarks | Roger Lea MacBride
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Second book in the series in the Rose years books. I loved this book!!!! I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars.

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CrystalE02
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I haven't read this book since I was a kid. I enjoyed reading this book. I love The story about Rose Wilder Lane, who was the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars.

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melissajayne
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I have been listening to this podcast series during the summer. I will warn you that your notion of Laura and The #littlehouse series will be changed. Highly recommended.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-wilder-112847598/

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TheAromaofBooks
The First Four Years | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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While this was my least favorite of the Little House books, that's still not a bad rating, considering I absolutely love the entire series. I think it's important to read this book for what it is - an outline/concept for a book - rather than a finished product. I personally think that if Laura had finished this book, she would have spent more time drawing out the happy times to balance out the story of the incredibly bad luck that plagued them. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) I really do wish she had finished it, because there are some really interesting bones here and I would have loved more details on so many different things. To me, what really came through was the genuine love and respect that Laura and Manly had for each other. I loved the line, “It was a carefree, happy time, for two people thoroughly in sympathy can do pretty much as they like.“ Laura wrote that after being married to this guy for ⬇ 8mo
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) around 60 years, so I felt like it spoke well of their overall relationship and time together. I loved the all the little things she mentions Manly doing for her, like buying her a pony and sending someone else to finish her least-favorite chore! understand why many people don't care for this one because it definitely is much sadder in tone than the other books, and abrupt in places, but what I saw was two young people who cared about ⬇ 8mo
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) each other deeply, determined to continue fighting the elements to find a good life together.

Thanks again for hosting our readalong of this series @megnews - I really, really enjoyed it and have been meaning to revisit these for years. It was so much fun to read and discuss as a group!!

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TheSpineView Awesome!🤩📖📚 8mo
AnnR Great review! I basically felt the same way about the book. 8mo
BarbaraJean What a wonderful review. I felt the same way, wanting more details of their life together to balance out the sketch of a terrible four years of farming! I love the way you pointed out the view this gives of their relationship. Wilder never does give many details about her emotions about Manly, in any of the books! But there were so many moments here that demonstrated how much they cared for each other and what a strong marriage they must have had. 8mo
TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - I don't know why, but when he sent someone else to wash the windows for her - specifically that, not just “have her do whatever you need her to do“ - it just really touched me haha I think this book would have been SO interesting if she had finished it, a way to bring things full-circle to Rose being the same age as Laura was in Big Woods. 8mo
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 8mo
Librarybelle I think The Longest Winter is my favorite from the series, but I do remember liking this one when I read it! 8mo
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