Wake Up America Wednesday

[evelyn_b]

What I've Finished Reading

I'm still way behind on my 99 Novels, which is no one's fault but my own. I really enjoyed both Portnoy's Complaint and A Single Man (two different books about the body, I guess you could say) but I'm still not sure what to say about either of them. So I'll give it another week and either come up with something or let it

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[bearshorty]

I'm reading Hidden Figures right now too. And while I like the content and learning about airplane testing and early NASA and the women, her writing style is irritating me and driving me nuts. Most likely because I was trained as a historian and the author is not one. Too much eye rolling turns of phrase and too much worship of people involved - all these perfect people. Just overdoing it. I do want to see the movie.

[evelyn_b]

Hah, I was going to complain that getting married in a short non-white outfit in 1944 was not an example of "bucking convention," but I decided against it, since I am enjoying the book on the whole. That's the only thing that's really stood out to me -- not being trained as a historian myself