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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
I dropped both King and Tesh so this is what I'm left with:
Audio:
Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen. I've been listening to Karina Longworth's old Hollywood podcast "You Must Remember This" for decades. This season, she is doing directors and she started with Capra. This biography is built around Stewart's war service and subsequent PTSD that gave him fits while he and Capra were filming It's a Wonderful Life. Very interesting pairing.
Kobo:
In-between. Planning to start Arnold Bennett's The Grand Babylon Hotel.
Paperback:
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry.
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I finished the Stewart bio and The Bright Ages. Now I have:
Audio:
The Midnight News by Jo Baker
Kobo:
Metal From Heaven by August Clarke (from my challenge to read books my wife pick's for me)
Hardcover:
When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe by Maureen Quilligan. I'm reading this and read
The Bright Ages at the suggestion of author Ada Palmer who's book
Inventing the Renaissance is out in March. I wanted a bit of a prequel and refresher on the period.