tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post3794679152992144127..comments2024-03-28T08:49:59.941-05:00Comments on Laura's Reviews: The Children’s Blizzard by David LaskinLaura's Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-79358374314095588922018-02-21T21:58:13.407-06:002018-02-21T21:58:13.407-06:00I just added Winter Sisters to my to read list - i...I just added Winter Sisters to my to read list - it sounds fascinating. Thanks for the suggestion!Laura's Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-59818383291630329362018-02-21T21:57:21.709-06:002018-02-21T21:57:21.709-06:00Thanks - I know it would have helped me a lot!Thanks - I know it would have helped me a lot!Laura's Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-86739230205969651752018-02-21T21:57:00.063-06:002018-02-21T21:57:00.063-06:00I'm glad it wasn't just me . . . although ...I'm glad it wasn't just me . . . although I think I've convinced a few people they should read it. It's also so fascinating for me to discover just how true Little House was after it being told they were historical fiction.Laura's Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-81434496469035956852018-02-20T04:35:43.213-06:002018-02-20T04:35:43.213-06:00Serendipity here! I just finished reading the nove...Serendipity here! I just finished reading the novel "Winter Sisters" by Robin Oliveira which uses a combination of this blizzard and the January 1888 blizzard in the northeast (both moved back to 1879) as the basis for a very not nice thing happening to a couple of young girls. Davida Chazan (The Chocolate Lady)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13862954387314281089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-44276708943095533592018-02-19T15:19:14.830-06:002018-02-19T15:19:14.830-06:00Laura, this does sound like a fascinating book! Yo...Laura, this does sound like a fascinating book! Your suggestion is a good one, I think. It sounds like it would be a helpful addition. As always, I enjoyed reading the quotations you included from the book. Sukohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893742747135555499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-30527619085687587452018-02-19T15:13:58.973-06:002018-02-19T15:13:58.973-06:00I read this book last year and found it fascinatin...I read this book last year and found it fascinating. (Probably because of that Laura Ingalls Wilder connection.) :DLark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.com