tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post378718976364558702..comments2024-03-28T07:43:17.934-06:00Comments on Read All The Things!: Mini Reviews: The Little Prince || The Secret Garden (I Apologize For Hating Your Childhood Favorites)Aj @ Read All The Things!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-63448901095289138832018-10-12T09:15:23.261-06:002018-10-12T09:15:23.261-06:00I was not so optimistic when I read this title! I ...I was not so optimistic when I read this title! I absolutely love the little prince, but I have to admit I've loved it as a teenager and not as a child. It is moral heavy and the lessons are very clear cut, but I liked the illustrations and when you don't want to think too much it's a good read. I read The Secret Garden once when I was very young from the library. I remember nothing except one scene (I believe it's this book) when the girl is on a plane and she just sits really still :P That's it. So I got the book and I intend to reread it but I don't think I'm going to like it from your review DD:Olivia's Catastrophehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706765857201768908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-11640199878431387232018-10-05T12:20:31.580-06:002018-10-05T12:20:31.580-06:00If I had read the book when I was younger, I proba...If I had read the book when I was younger, I probably would have missed all that stuff, too.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-23129569154755203752018-10-05T12:17:23.530-06:002018-10-05T12:17:23.530-06:00I think the moralizing would have gone over my hea...I think the moralizing would have gone over my head as a kid. I’m a lot better at spotting it now.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-28180134896674413682018-10-05T12:15:55.082-06:002018-10-05T12:15:55.082-06:00Haha, next year I’m going back to reading Newbery ...Haha, next year I’m going back to reading Newbery winners. I expect I’ll be tearing apart a few of those.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-30617730074673700162018-10-05T12:14:43.153-06:002018-10-05T12:14:43.153-06:00I like reading classics because they helped shape ...I like reading classics because they helped shape modern books, but some of them are very tedious.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-69260418017358590542018-10-05T12:13:39.888-06:002018-10-05T12:13:39.888-06:00You’re the second person who had a crush on Dickon...You’re the second person who had a crush on Dickon! I didn’t realize that he was so loveable. Maybe I would have had a crush on him if I’d read the book when I was closer to his age.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-73409743158701275132018-10-05T12:11:55.892-06:002018-10-05T12:11:55.892-06:00Haha, I expect a lot of people would fight me abou...Haha, I expect a lot of people would fight me about The Little Prince. I vaguely remember The Secret Garden movie. Maybe I should track it down and see how it compares to the book.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-84316964293124470182018-10-05T12:10:00.859-06:002018-10-05T12:10:00.859-06:00I was a pretty stupid child, so I think The Little...I was a pretty stupid child, so I think The Little Prince would have gone over my head.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-76221978641824354762018-10-05T12:09:21.677-06:002018-10-05T12:09:21.677-06:00Thanks! Adulthood in The Little Prince is so bleak...Thanks! Adulthood in The Little Prince is so bleak! Adulthood is hard, but I promise that not all adults are insufferable pricks.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-86279659134707166972018-10-05T12:06:45.223-06:002018-10-05T12:06:45.223-06:00I understand. I’m glad that we have classics becau...I understand. I’m glad that we have classics because they’re like a snapshot of the past. Sometimes the past was ugly. Still, if I was reading The Secret Garden to a kid, I’d let them know that it’s not acceptable to behave like the characters do.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-74021341395518529962018-10-05T12:03:42.297-06:002018-10-05T12:03:42.297-06:00Thanks! It’s good to know I’m not alone.
Aj @ Re...Thanks! It’s good to know I’m not alone.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-66664384700693540592018-10-05T12:03:02.040-06:002018-10-05T12:03:02.040-06:00Haha, that’s exactly what kids are like. My parent...Haha, that’s exactly what kids are like. My parents were constantly telling us not to climb the dunes in the gulch because it’s dangerous. We ignored them and climbed the dunes until my friend fell and broke her ankle.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-45989094476933609302018-10-05T12:00:40.628-06:002018-10-05T12:00:40.628-06:00It’s kind of astounding how much stuff went over m...It’s kind of astounding how much stuff went over my head as a kid. I probably would have liked The Secret Garden a lot more when I was younger.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-53125802972889180372018-10-05T11:58:51.989-06:002018-10-05T11:58:51.989-06:00I have Little Women sitting on my to-read shelf. I...I have Little Women sitting on my to-read shelf. I’ve been putting it off because I’ve heard that it’s heavy-handed.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-80752174750626347162018-10-05T11:57:50.617-06:002018-10-05T11:57:50.617-06:00I appreciate classics, but some of them do make me...I appreciate classics, but some of them do make me cringe.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-83687110568232528302018-10-05T11:57:03.219-06:002018-10-05T11:57:03.219-06:00I suspect a lot of people would fight me on these....I suspect a lot of people would fight me on these. I probably would have missed the preachiness as a kid, too. Now it annoys me because I also don’t like being told what to think. I’d rather read a story and draw my own conclusions.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-35673821061016606652018-10-05T11:54:09.912-06:002018-10-05T11:54:09.912-06:00Haha, I also would have been impressed by the gard...Haha, I also would have been impressed by the garden as a kid. Now that I’m an adult with too many literature degrees, it’s a lot easier for me to spot authorial intrusion and the messages that a story sends.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-89127738029112998022018-10-05T11:51:36.537-06:002018-10-05T11:51:36.537-06:00I also read a lot of racist stuff that went over m...I also read a lot of racist stuff that went over my head as a kid. If the plot was good, I didn’t care about anything else. I wasn’t a good reader as a kid, so I probably wouldn’t have been able to understand enough of Dickon’s dialect to have a crush on him.<br /> <br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-78517083969127017022018-10-04T05:40:35.401-06:002018-10-04T05:40:35.401-06:00I've read The Secret Garden a few times, but I...I've read The Secret Garden a few times, but I only seem to remember the general plot. I didn't remember all the racism and religious stuff at the end. I agree, though, that it's a dated book and that can make it a chore to get through.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746631124966726182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-81585444024308227992018-10-01T20:48:32.398-06:002018-10-01T20:48:32.398-06:00Oh, funny. I don't remember the last 50 pages ...Oh, funny. I don't remember the last 50 pages of The Secret Garden, but I do know I loved the book as a child. I don't think I ever read The Little Prince, though. Maybe someday?<br /><br />Nicole @ <a href="http://feedyourfictionaddiction.com" rel="nofollow">Feed Your Fiction Addiction</a>Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637114079800138680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-61529105752015282082018-10-01T18:31:42.073-06:002018-10-01T18:31:42.073-06:00I haven't read The Secret Garden, but I watche...I haven't read The Secret Garden, but I watched the movie like a million times when I was younger (double-feature with A Little Princess ... yup). I always wanted to read it buuuuut now maybe not so much, lol. I did read The Little Prince and I felt the same as you - the plot was repetitive and while it had some good moments, the whole thing kind of left me going "why??" ... Great reviews!! Might this be a series? Because I need more of you tearing apart my childhood, lol.Jillian @ PidginPea's Book Nookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451934470378903675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-47037848260870939712018-10-01T17:50:14.210-06:002018-10-01T17:50:14.210-06:00I haven't read either of these books but I dou...I haven't read either of these books but I doubt that they would really be for me. Classics and me don't tend to get along :)Carole's Random Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737905249530702688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-39912457092537764152018-10-01T15:53:16.668-06:002018-10-01T15:53:16.668-06:00I like Le Petit Prince for its illustrations and i...I like Le Petit Prince for its illustrations and its simplicity. When I was younger I had a literary crush on the boy who works in the garden. <a href="http://www.pussreboots.com/blog/2018/comments_10/what_are_you_reading_1001.html" rel="nofollow">My weekly update</a>pussrebootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167235847991793325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-28752188098897836632018-10-01T13:23:33.764-06:002018-10-01T13:23:33.764-06:00These are fighting words! I've only read Le Pe...These are fighting words! I've only read Le Petit Prince as a high schooler and I adored it. But of course I wasn't a child.<br /><br />Never read Secret Garden but I adore the movie!Amber Elise @ Du Livrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300971303892555161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193309628838073849.post-37755808999434475442018-09-30T19:58:08.529-06:002018-09-30T19:58:08.529-06:00Two of my favorites, although I have to admit if I...Two of my favorites, although I have to admit if I had read The Little Prince as a child I would have hated it. 😊La La in the Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253014225202985934noreply@blogger.com