so-soDisappointing. Baldacci is usually much more nuanced and often builds such strong characters. This one just fell a little flat. Still an interesting story and strong friendships explored in a challenging time so I don‘t regret listening. But not his best. Plus one of the characters in the audio sounded too much like J Peterman. 🧐 Really distracting!
Nightingale film has been pushed to 2027…
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I read this solely for @Faranae's #URC and it was a pleasant surprise! I loved reading about women pilots in WW2. (My late mother-in-law took flying lessons back then but her instructor made a pass at her and she quit. 😡 She would have enjoyed this.)
The modern day part of the story was a bit goofy, but satisfying. Sookie is a middle-aged Southern housewife who's long been under the thumb of her domineering, narcissistic mother. cont.
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I bailed on the library book (tagged) -due today but also I just couldn‘t get into it. Finished the Christie & audiobook.
so-soThis is historical fiction based on fact with a whiff of romance. It‘s about the Donut Dollies, who drove trucks along the front lines during WWII, serving donuts, coffee, and comfort to American soldiers. The author based the story on his mother‘s service. It is good to learn about the lesser known ways that women served our country during wartime. I just don‘t love the writing. It‘s fine; historical fiction in this vein is just not my thing.
“She took her small bottle of smelling salts out and took a few sniffs and sat and waited.“
This is 2005! I read it and thought, wow, the South is another country. And then was very amused when the author says that very thing in the bonus material.
I love #HiddenBooks game. I managed to do this one in 3 hours with only a few tantrums this year.
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pick“An erasure of history was an erasure of personhood.” This is one of those books that just takes your breath away. The story is loosely based on real transgender people living in Germany during WWII. It wasn‘t a lighthearted book since it dealt with the many atrocities that trans people faced (trigger warnings about assault & Dachau). Learned that the Allied forces after WWII were rounding up & imprisoning trans persons. Eye opening book about
Thank you so much for this lovely gift, Megan! @TheKidUpstairs ☺️
I bet you thought it was lost in the post, didn‘t you? It looks like you posted it in September! 🤨
I‘m glad you like it so much and that makes me look forward to reading it even more! ❤️
