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Originally Posted by CRussel
Finished reading Paula McLain's fictionalized biography of Beryl Markham, Circling the Sun. This was a combined eBook and Audible read, with the Audible version read well by Katharine McEwan.
Over the years, I've read a lot about British East Africa and especially Beryl Markham, with my interest really getting started by the absolutely superb narration of West with the Night done by Donna Peters (real name Wanda McCaddon) that Books on Tape had back in the early '90s. I approached Circling the Sun with a certain amount of skepticism, but ultimately it worked for me and was a solid 4 stars. The narrative stays true to the known facts, and fills in the blanks in a completely believable way. Is it truth? Well, no, probably not. But likely as close as we're going to get without Beryl around to correct us. My one complaint about the book is that there is just too little about the flying. But none the less, definitely recommended, and will no doubt get me to read The Paris Wife, her earlier book about Hadley Richardson, Ernest Hemingway's first wife.
Next up, a quickie -- Welcome Home/Go Away, a Kris Longknife short by Mike Shephard. A fun and light bit of fluff.  |
Followed that up with
I, Lucifer, the third of the Modesty Blaise books by Peter O'Donnell. Fast paced, and quite enjoyable. It's really too bad these have not ever been made available as eBooks -- I'd snap them up in a heartbeat.
Next was the first 3/4 of
Come the Revolution by Frank Chadwick. I really shouldn't have read this, now it has me unhappily waiting for the rest of it. I'm seriously considering spending $15 for the eArc so that I don't have to wait the 22 days until the final eBook is ready. ARRRRGGGGGHHHH.