A Quote for Monday: Betsy Was a Junior

"Our lives can hold just so much.  If they're filled with one thing, they can't be filled with another.  We ought to do a lot of thinking about what we want to fill them with."


Julia makes this statement in the middle of Betsy Was a Junior, and it prompts Betsy to muse about how she's been spending her time during her junior year of high school, and what she might do differently.

As part of the Maud Hart Lovelace reading challenge hosted by A Library is a Hospital for the Mind, this month's Monday quotes are from Maud Hart Lovelace books.  I am so enjoying re-reading the high school Betsy-Tacy books.

A Quote for Monday: Betsy & Tacy Go Over the Big Hill

"There was a crowd of people, and teasing could be very hard.  But this was serious.  If it was against the law to write to kings and they were going to be sent to jail, their mothers might as well know it.  Their fathers would have to get them out."

I just love this quote from near the end of Betsy & Tacy Go Over the Big Hill, when the girls receive a letter back from the young King of Spain after writing to him and offering Tib as his bride.  The girls, 10-year-olds, are worried that perhaps they broke the law by writing to him.  So dear!

All this month, I'm doing quotes from Betsy-Tacy books during The Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge, sponsored by Sarah at A Library is a Hospital for the Mind.

To Do With a Book: participate in the Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge

I am so eager to participate this year in the Maud Hart Lovelace reading challenge, hosted by A Library is a Hospital for the Mind.  I jumped in very late last year but I hope to be part of all the fun this time around.

What do I plan to read for the challenge?  Well, we have been reading some different Maud Hart Lovelace books recently, and listening to the great audiobook of Betsy and Tacy.  I wish there had been more in that series.  What I plan to do is start with Heaven to Betsy, which is the start of the high school books, and see if I can finish that and maybe one other this month.  Thanks for hosting this great challenge, Sarah!