Heaven to Betsy and Betsy in Spite of Herself Book

Loved it, even more than the first four! I now can relate to Betsy way more. It was just so much fun to read, completely effortless reading. I didn't want to put it down! I so enjoy books like this that tell about every-day life experiences, especially from the old days. And I love how Maud gives you little snippets of living in that time. She gives such delightful details! It's even more fun knowing that pretty much everyone is based on real people and most of the incidents are true.

Heavens to Betsy was my favorite of the two. It follows her freshmen year and it WAS SO MUCH FUN TO READ! I loved getting to meet all of the characters. Within no time at all, "The Crowd" as she called it, seemed like old friends. All of their get-together, hangouts, and parties sounded like a blast!! Going to Heinz, Sunday Night Lunch, hangouts at Carney's, and all. Sighhh...
Her friendships are just the best! They have the best sense of humor. I laughed multiple times and grinned most of the time. Cab and Herbert were especially funny. 😂
I will say, I didn't like the mention of the Ouija board in this one. It kind of shocked me actually. They didn't seem to think about it back then though, at least not in this book. The teen girls just seemed to use it as a playful, funny way to try to see who they would marry someday and such.

Betsy in Spite of Herself was also a lot of fun! I didn't like it quite as much as Heavens to Betsy but I still enjoyed it a lot. Spending Christmas with Tib, staying up all night to bring in the New Year, going to dances, and picnics...
Maud did a wonderful job describing the teenage years and feelings! I find myself relating to Betsy soo much which kind of surprised me. Betsy is a lot different than me in some aspects but in others, I felt myself nodding "yesss!" because I knew what she was feelings.
It's so neat to me how girls through the generations are mostly the same. They had the same feelings, experiences, and thoughts as we do. I just find it so cool!

Anyways, I just wanted to document my thoughts because this was such a fun book! All the old-fashioness of it made my heart happy yet all of is still relevant to today. Went straight on my favorites list.❤️ LOVED!
Oh, and I just can't wait for Joe to be more apart of the story! I already love him!