I'll be the first to admit that I'm still lacking in what some might call a standard background in literature--never had any required readings in high school and never had any required novel readings in college. Amazing, huh? Having said that, I'm am such a sucker for a rip-roaring female pioneer novel. I really got hooked on that genre after reading Letters From a Women Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart. Since I've had the opportunity this year to get my hands on books that are above 5th grade levels, I've been prowling around on the shelves to see what I've missed...and discovered that I've completely missed anything by Willa Cather, so I checked out both these books and raced through them last week. Loved them. Liked O, Pioneers a little better than My Antonia...but both leave me with wanting to read more of Cather's works.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm still lacking in what some might call a standard background in literature--never had any required readings in high school and never had any required novel readings in college. Amazing, huh? Having said that, I'm am such a sucker for a rip-roaring female pioneer novel. I really got hooked on that genre after reading Letters From a Women Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart. Since I've had the opportunity this year to get my hands on books that are above 5th grade levels, I've been prowling around on the shelves to see what I've missed...and discovered that I've completely missed anything by Willa Cather, so I checked out both these books and raced through them last week. Loved them. Liked O, Pioneers a little better than My Antonia...but both leave me with wanting to read more of Cather's works.
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