Wow, those mistakes about Laura Ingalls Wilder are pretty dire, and same with Les Miserables. It sounds as if someone who hasn't really read any of the books was just given a list of the foods and told to write about them. But even that doesn't excuse the Pa Wilder mistake. Honestly!

Looking forward to your review of The Martian.

I'm reading for book group Life after Life, in which the protagonist's life ends at many different points (from right at birth on up). The story starts anew each time she dies, and as she gets older, she has presentments, I guess you could say, about her death in other timelines, and so can take corrective actions, instinctively.

That seems to be the point: to show how life could be different with different decisions (of course it doesn't all come down to conscious decisions, or one's own decisions--other people's decisions, which also change in different timelines, also have an effect). I suppose it's a chance to look into many possible universes. ... I like the idea; I'm not sure yet how I feel about the execution.