tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post4071470012379186121..comments2023-10-20T04:37:14.807-05:00Comments on Stephanie Shepherd: L.M. Montgomery Reading Challenge ::: Rilla of InglesideStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660852009014295034noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post-51070001941844374602013-02-13T10:43:42.950-06:002013-02-13T10:43:42.950-06:00(Catching up on all posts, including the LMM posts...(Catching up on all posts, including the LMM posts!) <br /><br />I love what you pulled out of this! And yes, it is so true. We are raising future adults! <br /><br />This book is also of historical import in Canada and is read in college history courses because it is one of the few pieces of historical fiction which focus on the women on the home front during WWI. Knowing that helped change my opinion of it because, like you, I've always been sad that the focus was off Anne. However, every time I've read the story, I end up liking Rilla in her own right. Then I forget I like Rilla and am sorry to see Anne fade away all over again.<br /><br />Another reason to re-read, apparently. ;)<br /><br />Love your applications! Thanks for sharing them!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post-87190186584913382002013-02-01T13:33:24.233-06:002013-02-01T13:33:24.233-06:00This might be next up for me next January. :)This might be next up for me next January. :)Annette Whipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992675906662456790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post-49119663587198120162013-01-31T16:16:08.703-06:002013-01-31T16:16:08.703-06:00Great thoughts!!
Rilla wasn't a favorite of m...Great thoughts!!<br /><br />Rilla wasn't a favorite of mine when I read it when I was young. It really resonated with me when I was older. My big reason was how terrible World War I was for those in England and Canada. You don't really get that in fiction set in the US of the same period. <br /><br />On a side note: She actually wrote Rilla before she wrote Anne of Ingleside, so I think it shows how the war really affected her and those around her. <br /><br /><br />Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397141781902277266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153352.post-53186242539157796892013-01-30T12:43:08.006-06:002013-01-30T12:43:08.006-06:00This is great, Stephanie! And to think you got al...This is great, Stephanie! And to think you got all of that from a piece of YA fiction! ;-). <br /><br />Rilla is one of my personal favorites, but I haven't read it in years. I distinctly remember the first time I read it as a young teen. I cried BUCKETS. Amy @ Hope Is the Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949836482747469686noreply@blogger.com