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The wife stuff (bingo, true story)

The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel

August 30, 2019 by octothorp Leave a Comment

As I was mentally writing my review for this book midway through it, I realized that my only complaint was that it wasn’t a The Right Stuff -length piece. At first I was thinking how if Koppel focused only on the Mercury astronaut wives, we could have learned so much more about them in greater depth, but then we would have missed the differing responses to the Apollo One tragedies in Pat White, consumed by her husband’s loss, and Martha Chaffee’s fortitude in moving on. […]

The Most Dangerous Worldview Is the Worldview of Those Who Have Not Viewed the World.

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

July 29, 2019 by blauracke Leave a Comment

Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was one of the last polymaths, a brilliant scientist and an awe-inspiring explorer, who travelled extensively in the Americas while collecting scientific data in every way then known to man. The books he published afterwards about his journey and his research became hugely popular and made him the greatest scientist of his time. Although his liberal worldview was not popular with many people on whom he relied to financially or politically support him and his endeavours, he was a lifelong abolitionist […]

“I don’t really have any dreams beyond comfortable pants and unlimited sparkling water” (Bingo)

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

July 28, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: The Collection (Could also work for True Story, Cannonballer Says, Own Voices and Rainbow Flag) Official book description: Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire. With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., “bitches gotta eat” blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making “adult” budgets, explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette–she’s “35-ish, but could easily […]

The True Story of Supergirl’s Nia Nal Actress

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt

July 27, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: True Story Around the beginning of the fourth season of Supergirl, Dustin Rowles wrote an article on Pajiba about his neighbor and how their daughter had been cast as the first transgender superhero on the show. I fell behind on Supergirl this season – the overall storyline was interesting but they were spending way too much time on a boring side plot with the Guardian/Jimmy Olsen. I don’t dislike Jimmy Olsen but I think he is one of the characters the show has […]

So did you know Napoleon wrote romance novels early in his career?

Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte by Kate Williams

July 21, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: True Story From Goodreads: Their love was legendary, their ambition flagrant and unashamed. Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife, Josephine, came to power during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of France. The story of the Corsican soldier’s incredible rise has been well documented. Now, in this spellbinding, luminous account, Kate Williams draws back the curtain on the woman who beguiled him: her humble origins, her exorbitant appetites, and the tragic turn of events that led to her undoing. Born Marie-Josèphe-Rose […]

Instead of HBO, Read the Book

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma

July 21, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo Review 5 (True Story): I was first very excited when I saw the tv ads for the new show Gentleman Jack, and then mildly irritated when I realized it was on HBO, which I do not have. I was then happy when I was browsing a bookstore for some travel reading and saw this paperback: Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister. Another good non-fiction read; this has really been a good year for that (at least for me). This book is based on Anne’s […]

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