tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post8000574849867354115..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Books: Little Men by Louisa May AlcottLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-72947856203500513302013-06-19T21:18:53.757+01:002013-06-19T21:18:53.757+01:00I just read Jo's Boys and made the huge mistak...I just read Jo's Boys and made the huge mistake of not realizing it came after Little Men. Obvs I already loved Little Women, but I was reading Jo's Boys thinking who the F are all these people?Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-42824543201060854512013-06-19T02:48:01.325+01:002013-06-19T02:48:01.325+01:00YES!! Any Australian novel is good for summer dude...YES!! Any Australian novel is good for summer dude, we are the country of sun and honey. But it's also got lots of outdoor scenes so that's summery right? <br /><br />I am now terrified you won't like it. I am going to dig a hole and die in it if you don't!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-86130393003495102832013-06-18T23:04:33.487+01:002013-06-18T23:04:33.487+01:00:O Well that's worse than thinking Little Wome...:O Well that's worse than thinking Little Women is all sexist and stuff! I *want* to tell you to read Little Women immediately, but I'm concerned that your modern woman brain can't take it... So I'm going to have to ask you to put in your modern child brain.<br /><br />This is a weird comment. I'm TIRED.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-46510455956626570382013-06-18T23:02:36.279+01:002013-06-18T23:02:36.279+01:00BUT LITTLE WOMEN IS SO GOOD NOOOOOOOO! (You see my...BUT LITTLE WOMEN IS SO GOOD NOOOOOOOO! (You see my problem with accepting that this is not-so-good.) Seriously though dude, you should have read Little Women when you were like 12 and it would have been the best thing FOREVER! But I get how it isn't. (But it is)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-30630785371670413432013-06-18T22:59:28.405+01:002013-06-18T22:59:28.405+01:00You read Little Men BEFORE Little Women?! That'...You read Little Men BEFORE Little Women?! That's just crazy! DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WOMEN, ALICE?! (Lol, obvs not.) Little Women is better UNDOUBTEDLY, and always would have been, but I think THIS could have been better if read alongside Little Women when I gave less of a shit about feminism and stuff. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-5029347938044309452013-06-18T22:56:51.622+01:002013-06-18T22:56:51.622+01:00Oh yeah, seriously dude, I totally get that. I thi...Oh yeah, seriously dude, I totally get that. I think if I'd read it alongside Little Women, I'd like it a lot more, although still not as much as Little Women part one, obvs. But yeah, no. (I understand how accepting all of these criticisms doesn't affect your liking of it though, because LITTLE WOMEN! Omg.)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-2189496365576686332013-06-18T22:53:56.768+01:002013-06-18T22:53:56.768+01:00Yeahhhh- the thing about it is, while I was readin...Yeahhhh- the thing about it is, while I was reading it, I was like 'aw, this is fun, and Jo is SO NICE to these boys, and they are so sweet!' and all of those things are true, but it's after letting it sit for a few weeks that I'm like 'hmmm... I don't think I liked some of these things, actually. Hmmm.'<br /><br />I don't even know if I'd advise reading it or not- on the one hand, it's gone into the charity shop bag, but on the other, I still want to read Jo's Boys. So, y'know, SHRUG.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-66779225672139663342013-06-18T22:49:24.966+01:002013-06-18T22:49:24.966+01:00I did! I did send you a copy of Little Women! Ah, ...I did! I did send you a copy of Little Women! Ah, good times :). Little Men isn't THAT bad, like, while you're reading it, but just thinking about it afterwards I feel kind of cheated. And even if I didn't, I think it's kind of skippable anyway? *shrugs*<br /><br />I will, I will! Everyone's been making summer TBR lists today, and I'M GOING TO DO ONE AND 7 LITTLE AUSTRALIANS IS GOING TO BE ON IT! For realsies. It's good for summer, right?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-81519104020545897972013-06-18T17:49:06.267+01:002013-06-18T17:49:06.267+01:00Hahaha I like this review. So I've never read ...Hahaha I like this review. So I've never read aaaaany LMC. I'm pretty sure I have/had a copy of Little Women somewhere, and I definitely had the movie but yeah. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-88819329837592395992013-06-18T17:42:21.396+01:002013-06-18T17:42:21.396+01:00I had those rage-y "No this isn't how fem...I had those rage-y "No this isn't how females are supposed to be" feelings just when reading Little Women, so I totally feel ya on this one. Ugh.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-32841551668059274712013-06-18T16:02:31.931+01:002013-06-18T16:02:31.931+01:00I read this...before Little Women? I think? I must...I read this...before Little Women? I think? I must have, because I didn't finish LW until I was 18 and I LOVED IT MUCHO, but I know I read this when I was like 11. Because I'd seen the LW movie, you see, so I thought I was all set. But I was totally 'eh' about it even then. LW is just way better. IT'S SCIENCE.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-22442908383272702582013-06-18T14:05:14.211+01:002013-06-18T14:05:14.211+01:00If you read it when you're 12, it's great....If you read it when you're 12, it's great. I will comment more later because I have things to say but I haven't worked it out in my head yet. I see all of your criticisms but they don't affect it for me, because I read it when I was 12, undoubtedly :-p anarmchairbytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-27789503719747956402013-06-18T08:45:13.271+01:002013-06-18T08:45:13.271+01:00I've been feeling like I should read this as I...I've been feeling like I should read this as I love Little Women and Good Wives (although Good Wives less so, because of all the things that you said. I read them at the same time, so I don't think it's because I read it later than I read Little Women)... but I don't really want to see Jo become a mum, because it doesn't feel right. So I never read it. And judging by what you said, reading it would be annoying and make me angry, so maybe I shouldn't! Hehe.Jimjamjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249933703532348607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-35182055495430835332013-06-18T08:17:44.861+01:002013-06-18T08:17:44.861+01:00I never read Little Men even though I'm pretty...I never read Little Men even though I'm pretty sure my mum had a copy of it at the same time I was reading Little Women and I'm not so sure I'm going to rush out and read it anytime soon BUT I super dooper want to re-read Little Women now (except Amy and Laurie getting together SO NOT OK). And I just remember that you sent me a copy, so I actually can read it when I get home! Yay!! <br /><br />*nudges you in side* read 7 Little Australians already! It's like wholly the first half of Little Women (or Little Women in your case), except I think they're all a fair bit younger in general but but but it has Judy who is very Jo-ish and it's so great and like visiting Australia without the plane ticket!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.com