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Jennifer’s 2024 Year in Books
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Jennifer Wright
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Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power:
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This book. I love a rollicking trip back in time, and Wright delivers that in spades here. This is the perfect blend of humor and history, and it’s both deeply detailed and exceptionally readable. Editorializing in " Read more of this review » |
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Overview Jennifer Wright’s Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time is a vibrant, meticulously researched biography of Marion " Read more of this review » |
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"I haven’t finished it yet, but this is a five star book and if you’ve enjoyed any of Jennifer Wright’s books, you also want this one. Enjoy."
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"Not normally my brand of history, but this tale was told glibly with fun. Reminded me of Sarah Vowell’s snark and commentary. "
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“When we are electing government officials, it is not stupid to ask yourself, “If a plague broke out, do I think this person could navigate the country through those times, on a spiritual level, but also on a pragmatic one? Would they be able to calmly solve one problem, and then another one, and then the next one? Or would bodies pile up in the streets?”
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
“Persecuting religious minorities is always ill-advised, every single time it occurs in history. I have never in my research found an instance where a historian says, “Wow, we were on the right side of history for torturing Group X back then.”
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
“Pretending any historical age before proper indoor plumbing was a glorious epoch is a ludicrous delusion.”
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
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"July is a blind date with summer."
Hal Borland
Time to pick our next summer reads :)
Hal Borland
Time to pick our next summer reads :)
Mystery/ Thriller
In the Woods by Tana French
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
The Dry by Jane Harper
In the Woods by Tana French
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
The Dry by Jane Harper
Young Adult/ LGBT
Yesterday Is History by Kosoko Jackson
Malice by Heather Walter
Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
Yesterday Is History by Kosoko Jackson
Malice by Heather Walter
Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
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| 2017 Reading Chal...: * 2016 Checklist Template | 167 | 1039 | Dec 27, 2016 04:56PM | |
| The History Book ...: MICHELE'S 50 BOOKS READ IN 2016 | 187 | 209 | Dec 29, 2016 09:42PM | |
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| A Million More Pages: The Cars of the 1950's | 51 | 79 | Sep 01, 2017 04:34AM | |
| A Million More Pages: Humor | 46 | 81 | Nov 28, 2017 07:33PM | |
| A Million More Pages: The 1950's | 61 | 115 | Dec 12, 2017 08:56PM | |
| A Million More Pages: The 1970's | 58 | 84 | Dec 20, 2017 09:35PM | |
| A Million More Pages: Sesame Street Guest Stars Through the Ages | 104 | 145 | Jan 01, 2018 10:11AM |
“Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim. (Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.)”
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“Persecuting religious minorities is always ill-advised, every single time it occurs in history. I have never in my research found an instance where a historian says, “Wow, we were on the right side of history for torturing Group X back then.”
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
“When we are electing government officials, it is not stupid to ask yourself, “If a plague broke out, do I think this person could navigate the country through those times, on a spiritual level, but also on a pragmatic one? Would they be able to calmly solve one problem, and then another one, and then the next one? Or would bodies pile up in the streets?”
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
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