so-soToday, I‘m sharing my review for another book I read for #bookoplathon. This completes the prompt Water On The Cover.
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so-soToday, I‘m sharing my review for another book I read for #bookoplathon. This completes the prompt Water On The Cover.
I‘m iffy on writer Hannah Pittard but I feel like it‘s time to shift away from all my #RomanceReads 😛Based on true events, in the summer of 1962, a charted flight transporting Atlanta‘s cultural elite crashed killing all but 2 flight attendants. This is a story before, during & after the disaster.
Making good time. Anonymous stack. One of many stacks. I have no control. #24in48readathon2019 @24in48
pickA true-life plane crash that occurred in the sixties is the jump off point for this novel based in Atlanta, following a few different people whose lives somewhat overlap, and how their worlds are impacted because of the event. A good little read for the summer time sun.
so-soThis has a sweltering feel to it as it confronts racism, classism, and the aftermath of the 1962 Orly plane crash that decimated the city of Atlanta‘s wealthiest members. It might have taken on a tad too much to be entirely successful. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2018/11/review-visible-empire-by-hannah-pittard...
Today was my favorite day of the year...the Kentucky Book Fair. My morning started with a great panel on historical fiction with Kristina McNorris, Elaine Neil Orr, and Hannah Pittard. 💕💕💕
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If you don‘t know yet, I love my true crime and history books. I love learning about specific eras and how we as a society have grown. Set in 1962 after the horrible Paris plane crash, the novel follows a few characters who are related to this tragedy in different ways. This story weaves so beautifully and I will be rereading this for years to come.
Read my first Hannah Pittard book last week and now I'm unstoppable. Second one, with a stack just waiting!
so-soI had high hopes for this one, and it did start strong but really started to lose me about 100 pages in. The premise was good, but just did not work at the great on my opinion.
Another book off of Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading Guide so I have high hopes.
pickHannah Pittard‘s Visible Empire is astonishingly good, an examination of the impact of a plane crash in the 1960s that kills a large part of the Atlanta arts community (based on a true story). Despite its historical setting, the book is timely, shifting through multiple characters‘ perspectives to take on police brutality and racism. High recommendation! (And listen to Pittard‘s appearance on #somanydamnbooks — excellent episode.)
pickMild recommendation: The 1962 plane crash that killed 100+ members of Atlanta‘s art community sets this story in motion. This is about the people who lost loved ones and others who are swept up in the aftermath. Drama ensues. This was an absorbing story, a quick read that pulled me in.
There are serious themes here: race, privilege, responsibility. Is it a serious book with a potboiler overlay? A lighter read with lurking discussion threads?
pickThis begins in the aftermath of a real plane crash that killed 100+ prominent and wealthy citizens from Atlanta in the 1960s. It's told by a variety of voices. In particular I liked the conversations between the Atlanta mayor and his wife. There's a lot going on: people are dealing with secrets revealed after the crash, along with race relations, class issues, and personal drama. It might have been better with one fewer narrator.
Using my vacation to read more Modern Mrs Darcy summer reading picks. This one makes me glad I‘m not traveling while reading it. #SummerReading
pickThis is a fictionalized account of a real piece of Southern history I had no idea of. In 1962, 121 of Atlantas‘ elites died in a plane crash upon returning home from Paris. This is a fascinating character study those who died and those left behind.
2018 Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading Guide
https://modernmrsdarcy.com/summer-reading-guide-2018/
panHannah Pittard‘s latest just didn‘t do it for me. In great part, because The Swan House did a much better job of putting the Orly airplane crash into context and really made the city of Atlanta a character. #netgalley
I ummmmmmmm bought this last night on iBooks so time to read #weekendreading
pickPittard takes the dry pages of history & breathes life into a hot summer marked not only by the unbelievable deaths of 102 members of Atlanta's high society in the plane crash at Orly but also by matters of class & race. This bright & immersive novel is populated by characters battered & bruised & real enough to touch & a city wrestling with history, tragedy, & progress on a global stage, from a fledgling arts scene to the Civil Rights Movement.
