Sarah's Quilt vs These Is My Words: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Fiction
Sarah's Quilt
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Arizona Territory pioneer Sarah Prine struggles with drought, starving cattle, and a neighbor's unwelcome advances, a situation that is further complicated when her brother's family is devastated by the San Francisco…
These Is My Words
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Een jonge, avontuurlijke pioniersvrouw beschrijft in haar dagboeken hoe ze eind 19e eeuw per huifkar naar Arizona trekt en daar twintig jaar lang te maken krijgt met het harde leven in het Wilde Westen.
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- These Is My Words has the widest readership — 84604 ratings behind its score.
- These Is My Words runs the darker storyline; Sarah's Quilt stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Sarah's Quilt | These Is My Words | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.4 (84604) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (2) | 4.1 (24) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (109) | 4.5 (656) |
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Reception
| Sarah's Quilt | These Is My Words | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 109 | 84604 |
| Editions | 7 | 12 |
| Want to read | — | 104989 |
| Reading it now | — | 2479 |
| Written reviews | — | 12516 |
| Pages | 416 | 384 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Sarah's Quilt or These Is My Words?
These Is My Words has the higher combined reader rating across sources (These Is My Words 4.4/5, Sarah's Quilt 4.4/5).
Which is shorter to read: Sarah's Quilt or These Is My Words?
These Is My Words is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: These Is My Words (384 pages, ≈ 7 h 07 m); Sarah's Quilt (416 pages, ≈ 7 h 42 m).
Which is harder to read: Sarah's Quilt or These Is My Words?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Sarah's Quilt: Moderate; These Is My Words: Moderate.