tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post9095340466639917849..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: Little Women Read-Along: Dark Days (Ch. 18)Hamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-51695595365967439582015-04-09T18:32:38.995-04:002015-04-09T18:32:38.995-04:00Thanks, Dale! I'm glad you're enjoying th...Thanks, Dale! I'm glad you're enjoying them. I have not read "March" yet, but it's on my <a href="http://theedgeoftheprecipice.blogspot.com/p/my-to-read-list.html" rel="nofollow">To-Read List</a>. Hearing that you like it makes me more eager to read it :-)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-41641963180203699202015-04-09T18:31:16.833-04:002015-04-09T18:31:16.833-04:00I agree! Almost makes me want to ship them :-)I agree! <i>Almost</i> makes me want to ship them :-)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-63255550658630961222015-04-09T18:30:47.135-04:002015-04-09T18:30:47.135-04:00Ooh, yes, good catch! I agree that was a foreshad...Ooh, yes, good catch! I agree that was a foreshadowing too.<br /><br />I wonder if anyone knows if Alcott was a pantser or a planner? She wrote this book incredibly fast, so I kind of think she'd need to have a plan, or just be That Good.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-4572137855978961572015-04-08T21:30:08.926-04:002015-04-08T21:30:08.926-04:00I'm enjoying your read along posts on Little W...I'm enjoying your read along posts on Little Women. I'm curious if you have read Geraldine Brooks novel "March" which is her idea of what was going on with the March father during the Civil War. I thought it was pretty good. I would be curious what you thought of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-3303257269640864602015-04-08T15:02:59.429-04:002015-04-08T15:02:59.429-04:00I can't remember if it was in this chapter or ...I can't remember if it was in this chapter or the last one, but I must admit that that little bit with Laurie and Jo, when she's crying and he's awkwardly trying to comfort her, ALMOST makes me a Jo/Laurie shipper;-POliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-39549879363232910852015-04-08T14:06:40.941-04:002015-04-08T14:06:40.941-04:00I've always thought the first foreshadowing of...I've always thought the first foreshadowing of conflict was back in "Secrets" when Laurie teases that he'd like to see somebody try to win Jo's heart. It makes me wonder, now, whether Alcott knew where she was going to go with the relationships in the story when she was writing the first volume, or worked it out as she went along?Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-43271271869284914152015-04-07T08:49:53.825-04:002015-04-07T08:49:53.825-04:00Oh, Kelly-Anne, I don't even want to imagine t...Oh, Kelly-Anne, I don't even want to imagine them going through this without Laurie and Mr. Laurence! How dreadful that would have been.<br /><br />Perhaps Jo thinks, "What would Beth do?" or "What would Beth think of this?" in some situations, and that's why she calls her her conscience?Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-7279611061806234072015-04-07T04:06:18.539-04:002015-04-07T04:06:18.539-04:00*Big sniff*... Poor dears - Meg, Jo and Amy...and...*Big sniff*... Poor dears - Meg, Jo and Amy...and of course, Beth...<br />A sad and happy chapter - what a relief that Beth pulls through!<br />Interesting that Beth is regarded to Jo as 'her conscience'. Beth lives quietly and probably sets a good example for her rough and tumble big sister...<br />Or perhaps Jo turns to her for some advice?<br />Three cheers for Laurie - how good he was to send for Marmee! Imagine the girls didn't have him or his grandfather around while facing this trial!Kelly-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439145629751304862noreply@blogger.com