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Well this is a bit of a cheat. I am going to use this one for #Tunisia only because Marie Colvin stayed in Tunis to interview Arafat. Now that I‘ve come this far I‘ve had enough of the book. So much information, so fast, so boring. #ReadingAfrica2022 🇹🇳

Pic: Zen Musuem, Kanagawa, Japan

I expected more about Marie Colvin's work as a war correspondent. When the book focused on Colvin's work and the regions where that work took place, it was interesting, informative, and compelling. However, I couldn't have cared less about her dating life, bad habits, eating disorder, etc. The audiobook narration was uninspiring. #timorleste #readingasia2021

For the first third of the book, I admired Colvin. The middle third, I felt sorry for her. The final third, I not only disliked her, but came to the realization that her self-destructive behaviors not only killed her but many of the innocent people around her. At the end of the day, she did the job she thought she was meant to do, but actually did more harm than good. Well written biography, though; can‘t blame the author for Colvin‘s faults.

Creative way to social distance: hide in the greenhouse with a good book.💝 #Thanksgiving2020

Marie Colvin was quite a force/ fearless & reckless in both ordinary & extraordinary situations. She partied hard, ran towards danger and sought to be heard. Reporting from the most treacherous regions, Marie craved the chaos & thrilled at delivering the news to the world.
My only quibble, author Lindsey Hilsum spent too much time on Marie‘s complicated love life/personal life, which I felt took away from the real story.
#Kosovo #ReadingEurope

Made it to #Kosovo #ReadingEurope2020 It took me awhile to get into this book but now I‘m down for the ride. What a life Marie Colvin led. I think you‘re gonna like this one @BarbaraBB

#BookMail These books have been lingering at my brother‘s in NYC for months but today they finally found their way home to me ♥️ He found a friend who was willing to lug them in his carry-on 🙏🏼 🧳 😁

#DearDecember I did some online Black Friday book shopping 🛍 and picked up a few potential books for #ReadingEurope2020 #SettingInEurope I can‘t resist #BookOutlet with a 30% discount 🤑🛒 Anyone else pick up some #BlackFridayDeals????

Obligatory trip to Foyles (can't go to London without a visit). Picked this up, and immediately ditched my current read too start this one

Well that was disappointing.
Not what I was expecting at all.

Again the only thing I learnt about her was apart from smoking, drinking and can't hold a man is she is a good story teller and a adrenaline junkie!
I am very sorry she was assassinated but sometimes you do see the warning signs and maybe you should listen to them.

#readingthelibrary #librarybook #warjournalist #mariacolvin #reading #lifestory

Lazy day off 👍
Dragged everything from the bed to the sofa and all I have done is the dishes and read.
#catsoflitsy #rudi #lazydayreading #dayoff #librarybook 🐾🐈♀️☕📚

Thrilled my local library purchased a copy, I've been curious about this book!

85 pages in and the only thing I have learnt is she likes to drink, party and have sex... Oh and she can't hold a man and has daddy issues!
Does this get any better?

#readingthelibrary #librarybook #warjournalist #mariacolvin #reading #lifestory

#booksandvinyl it‘s mentioned her listening to patsy cline and the title three cigarettes in a ashtray seemed to fit.
This is the best kind of biography, when the author obviously loves who they are writing about but also isn‘t afraid to show their flaws.
Marie‘s life was amazing as was her outlook on why she reported. Whilst she was competitive about getting the story she always wanted to centre the everyday people who were caught up in war in

Outstanding. I didn't know who Marie was but her life sounded fascinating so I picked this up. The author balances her personal and professional life well, you end the book feeling you have a good sense of her as a person. What a life! I hated putting it down, I will have to pick up the collection of her writing that was published posthumously. I'll read just about anything regarding war reporting, and I'm so glad I learned about her.

I'm halfway through this, and it's FANTASTIC, get it on your radar folks!!!

Drinking boba and catching up on my very-late-delivered issue of Bookforum!

This is a brilliant book. An amazing life, described beautifully. Unflinchingly honest without being salacious.

#ReadHarder challenge 4: a book by a journalist or about journalism

I'm lucky as I managed to get some reading done while on a "holiday" with the boys. Even if it meant reading late at night when the kids are sound asleep and I'm dead tired.

This is just sad. Profoundly, sad. I had to tag a book. So I tagged my currently reading book.

I miss her.

I'm currently reading In Extremis by Lindsey Hilsum. Anyone else read/reading it? 18% through and quite appalled with the personal anecdotes revealed (her diary entries). Some may think it's necessary to get to know Marie Colvin better but for those who followed her journalism (and maybe, read On the Front Line), might disagree. Thoughts welcome.

Amazon's got some Book Dash deal. I think it ends today. I got two books! This, and Small Fry.

Lindsey Hilsum, war correspondent and author of Sandstorm (2012, on Libya), has released a new book, titled "In Extremis". The book is about Marie Colvin's life and death.

A bit overwhelmed to be honest. Marie was a woman of passions and demons, yet with a heart the size of the Middle East. Marie‘s reporting allowed us to see the dangerous places of the world in simple human terms. Our loss is not only her journalism, but the complicated and loved woman that was part of the whole package.

Morning reading. 🔥📚❤️