12 meses 12 libros: August: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

August's theme was a book older than 100 years old.  I read/have read a lot of classics, and I have even more on my massive list to eventually read, so the difficulty this month was in deciding on one, lol.  I ended up going with A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett because the story has been one of my favorites for some time (I adore the 1995 movie) and we had a gorgeous copy right there at our library branch.

 

I really enjoyed this book.  Sara is a very endearing character and the story is very engaging.  I was so familiar with the 1995 movie, which has a fair number of differences from the book, that I was very curious to see how similar the two are.  Aside from the ending I'd say that film is a pretty faithful adaptation, and the fact that it was different gave me the experience of not knowing how this would end, and not knowing how things would come to be where they needed to be.  It was exciting to see what fell into place!  I liked the book enough that I could easily see it becoming something I re-read regularly. 

I started this book on August 11th and finished on August 18th.  It's not crazy long, but I took my time (and took my birthday off reading because I was busy allllll day lol).

Bottom line, would I recommend this book?  Yes!  Very much so.  Especially if you're the kind of person who has ever fancied yourself a princess. 👑