I very much enjoyed this book. Really anything by Lucy Score is a favorite. But this book in particular was cute with a simple, yet cute developing love story. It was a nice lighthearted romantic story. Loved the little details that added to their love story.

Fun! Easy to have young children participate with animal noises.

Why did I not know about this book and before now how did I miss this little jewel for so long? I love historical fiction so you would think I’d have had this on my TBR list a long time ago. It’s was published in 1998 but I had never heard of it until someone in my book club suggested it. The author loosely based this work of fiction on the life of her great grandmother who traveled to the Arizona territories worth of family in the 1880s when she was a young girl. It’s written in journal format, which took a little getting used to. But once I got the hang of it, I never wanted to put the book down. I loved getting to know the feisty Sarah Prine, who was as good with a gun as most experienced gun slingers. There’s also a heck of a love story ~ a quote on the jacket, compared Sarah and Jack to Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler, which is pretty accurate. Despite the high drama, life in the Arizona territories wasn’t for the faint hearted. Indian raids, rapists and thieves, snakes, floods, and the normal 19 century death resulting experiences of disease and childbirth were common place. “These Is My Words” does paint a picture of life in the wild West that is as educational as it is entertaining. A great story… now onto the sequel “Sarah’s Quilt”.

Great book!

Cute. Fun. Several animals to talk about.

Love

One of my favorite Austen novels.

I finished “Burying the Lede” in 3 days after hearing the author speak at our library. He nailed small town newspapers. It brought back so many memories from my 27 years at the Clarinda Herald-Journal! Fortunately I had a boss like his who gave me some leeway with subjects and hours (mid-1960s to 1990s) and no one threatened me with anything that actually mattered. I liked the building of suspense and the author even had me suspecting the lead character's friend as the murderer for a while. I recommended it at our Library Challenge Chat.

It was a wonderful rewrite to the original Pilgrim’s Progress.

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