Slowly getting through this one. It's been kind of fascinating how the women wanted to prove they could fly too and how people didn't take them seriously including their families.
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Slowly getting through this one. It's been kind of fascinating how the women wanted to prove they could fly too and how people didn't take them seriously including their families.
#TBRtemptation post 4! Based on real events, this historical fiction novel recounts the little-known story of 3 aviatrixes racing to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. It's 1927 and Amelia Earhart hasn't made her famous flight yet. There's Elsie, the first Englishwoman to get her pilot's license; Mabel, a glamorous cigar girl; and, pageant winner Ruth who becomes the preeminent American in the skies. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
pickA well crafted historical novel about three women, aviatrixes, each with a burning desire to be the first woman to travel across the Atlantic Ocean by plane. Mabel, Ruth and Elsie competed with each other, the harsh and unrelenting elements, and the limits of technology in the 1920's. This book was filled with suspense, complicated and interesting relationships, historical facts and details, and of course, adventure and hope.
so-soSo-so. Longer than it needed to be. Some really good parts with Ruth Elder and Elsie McKay, but Mabel Boll was excruciatingly irritating. Her parts circled and repeated and circled and repeated. It was okay but not the stand-out I was hoping for. 🙂 *shrugs*
pickThis is a great book that gives voice to 3 of the women who joined the race to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Mabel is the socialite you just want to smack the silliness out of. Ruth is the beautiful all-american girl with the can-do attitude who rushes in head-long. And Elsie is the British heiress with the plan & skills to get it done. While none of these women win the race, it is great to rediscover their voices!
Sounds like this is the perfect time to start reading this one eh? ??"Christmas Eve 1927" ??
When do we officially start the #LitsyAtoZ challenge? Found this at the library today. Think will use this instead for C. Photos and letters, inspiring heroines inside --couldn't resist!!
pickMy favorite Wednesday of the Month! Community Book Club at Changing Hands Bookstore. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BooksBringPeopleTogether #BookTalk #SmartPeopleRead
pickI just loved this fast- paced, character-rich exploration of women daring to cross the Atlantic in a plane. Wonderful snappy dialogue and excellent character sketches. Loved Laurie 'S earlier work - now I want to see what other books of hers I may have missed!
My favorite time of year.
#ItsBeginningToLookALotLikeChristmas
I showed up to my favorite indie bookstore's community book club to discuss the October pic, MISCHLING, which I didn't have time to read due to a recent move... and my lovely friends--that I met through this book club--presented me with the November selection for my birthday. Aren't they the best? #BooksBringPeopleTogether #LongestRunOnSentenceEver
I love surprise book-mail, especially when the author is a bad ass lady writing about other bad ass ladies. @GalleryBooks
pickSee the full review at www.theirregularreaderblog.wordpress.com
This novelized history/biography tells the story of four aviatrixes who sought to be the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane. The novel is engaging and thrilling, and was very difficult to put down once started. #bookreview #bookreviews #irregularreader
bailedThis is my first bail on Litsy. 😔 I picked up a proof copy of this historical novel at ALA because the subject was awesome: female aviators in the 1920s. Cool, right? However, while the topic was great, the writing style threw me off. It feels like the book was originally written as nonfiction then awkwardly transitioned to a novel. I think this book would have been better as straight up nonfiction. Perhaps it's just not my style.
pickI'm not typically big on #historicalfiction, but I couldn't turn the pages fast enough in this rip-roaring account of the race for the first woman to cross the Atlantic by plane in the 1920s. Bravery, daring, fame, glory - and also terror, dedication and sacrifice, woven into a page-turner of a death-defying race. If never heard of these women before reading this book, but now I'm unlikely to ever forget them.
Three women aviators in the 1920s vying to be the first woman to cross Atlantic. Pre-Earhart. Looking forward to this @GalleryBooks
