The Little House Treasury

I really wish I had read this as a young girl, but sadly, I was the right age for the TV show then and never considered picking up the books. I always thought the show and the books were essentially the same, but as an adult, I understand how rare that truly ever is. Anyway, I had an opportunity to listen to the series' audiobooks and remembered how much I loved the show, so I gave it a go. I loved the audiobooks. The narrator was great–how she sang all those songs still confounds me. The romance was so sweet–something I would have adored as a young reader–but different than the romance portrayed in the TV show. I still couldn't help seeing the books through my memories of the TV show. The actors ARE the characters in my minds; there's no way to NOT imagine Melissa Gilbert and Michael Landon as the MCs. And to this day, Dean Butler still makes me swoon.

If nothing else, the books confirmed for me that I could never be a pioneer. There's no question that I'll be one of the first eaten by zombies in the coming apocalypse....