Cycling and history. Should have been a sure bet for me but after slogging through 150 pages, I set this one aside. Overwrought prose and some slapdash research.
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BoMay stopped reading 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession by Ned Boulting
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1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession by Ned Boulting
The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film featuring a stage …
BoMay reviewed Night Roll by Michael J. DeLuca
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BoMay reviewed Map of Future Ruins by Lauren Markham
An exploration of global immigration and more.
4 stars
I picked this one up after reading a brief, and it turns out somewhat misleading, review. I expected a book in which the author weaves together the story of her family’s migration from Greece a century in the past and the story of the migrant camp Moria. It is, in part, both of those things. But it is in large part also the author’s musings on global migration and immigration, borders, story telling, home and more. Many of Markham’s ideas and anecdotes are worthwhile, a few self-indulgent. Unfortunately, by inserting herself so fully into the book, Markham gives the story of Moria and those who lived there less attention than they deserve. Still, she tells stories worth telling and this is a book worth reading.
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BoMay reviewed Copper sun by Sharon M. Draper
Slavery in colonial America
4 stars
I picked this one up because it was written by my high school English teacher. The best teacher I had at any level. Copper Sun is the story of two 15 year old girls, one a slave and one an indentured servant, in the colony of South Carolina. Written for early teens, it uses fairly simple language but the author addresses the horrors of slavery head on. An important tale well told.
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Copper sun by Sharon M. Draper
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way …
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Copper sun by Sharon M. Draper
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way …
BoMay reviewed Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
BoMay finished reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it …
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Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it …