As usual, I'm wrapping books and having to pause before taping down the dust cover. #underthedustcover
As usual, I'm wrapping books and having to pause before taping down the dust cover. #underthedustcover
1. Yes! I love a manual transmission and wish I could still get one in the US. We rented a car in Madrid one time, and they gave us a huge upgrade when we said we could drive a manual transmission. They were so relieved that we didn't need an automatic after all the Americans in line before us. One of the reasons I want to live in Europe, at least for a few years.
2. Tagged!
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author !
Very interesting depictions of South America just before the millennium. Also good if you like motorcycles.
I‘ve been listening to this book for a few days but after a strong beginning I kind of lost what the book was about and couldn‘t make myself really care. So I am bailing. The good news is that I started another audiobook (I Have Some Questions For You) and that one is able to hold my attention so far! #1001books
I seem to feel much the same as many other Litsy reviewers about this book. There were descriptive parts I thoroughly enjoyed, like the section about riding a motorcycle on the salt flats, but overall it was a long listen that often lost my full attention. I‘m not sure what I was supposed to get from it, and it definitely jumped around confusingly at times.
#audiobook #1001books #Reading1001
#TBRTakedown September 2023
4.5 ⭐ When ever I read this title, Jim Goche starts playing in my head. He was singing about Roller Derby Queen, but I easily change it to Motorcycle Queen. I think Bessie would have liked it. Bessie was a woman before her time. She was free with her own set of wheels to take her any place at the flip of a penny. This book does an excellent job of giving the reader a window to her world. The author made poetry, and did not miss the hard,
I decided to read this today as my #inmemoriam pick for #booked2023. Beverly Cleary was one of my favorites as a kid, but I‘d never read the Ralph books! Loved the letter at the beginning written by Kate DiCamillo. Beverly Cleary was such a gem 💚💚
Julie Morstad‘s delicate, whimsical illustrations capture the free spirit of a French woman who made a solo trip on a motorcycle around the world in 1973. The text is by Amy Novesky, who interviewed Anne-France Dautheville at her home near Paris before writing this, and includes the challenges she faced like mechanical trouble, falls & harsh weather. But the people she met were wonderful. (Dautheville wasn‘t a girl btw; she was 29.) #kidlit