Book o' the Month: Under the Wide and Starry Sky

Under the Wide and Starry Sky is a novel by Nancy Horan about the lives of Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson and her husband, Robert Louis.  Yes, R.L.S., that Stevenson, the one who wrote Treasure Island and Kidnapped which many of us had to read in school.  Which many of us were lucky enough to read in school!

What I enjoyed most about this book was discovering the course their lives took and how they eventually ended up in Samoa, Fanny living out her final days near Santa Barbara, CA.

I will also be reading another book soon on the same subject, Stevenson's Treasure by Mark Wiederanders.

With school out in a week, I am going to need good books to escape to...

Book o' Last Month: Farmer Boy

Andrew and I got through the second book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, Farmer Boy.  We loved it!  This book is about the early life (ages 8-10) of Almanzo Wilder, Laura's future husband.  He lived a much more stable and affluent lifestyle compared to Laura.  His father was a farmer who also raised horses, among other things.  His parents were firm and frugal, but also kind and generous.

This book was fascinating!  We learned many many things about life on a farm.  We are also continuing to watch the TV series.  We are on season four right now--Hubby and I seeing many episodes for the first time, and no wonder.  Probably the ones which are a bit on the odd side  (see "My Ellen") weren't aired as reruns.

Now were are back with Laura and the gang, reading On the Banks of Plum Creek.