pickI love when I learn something new from a book, and I almost always do with historical fiction. In this novel, I learned of the important role that the Chinese played in France during WW1. The story gave a good perspective from both the Chinese and the French side. I did the audio version, and found the narrators very good. I read this book as part of the Goodreads 52 Week Challenge.
Perhaps the original fake engagement romance? In WWI London, Patricia is mortified to overhear fellow boardinghouse “guests“ gossip about her lonely state, and invents a date with a fiance. When she's followed to the “date,“ she spies a likely man in uniform and begs him to help her out.
The romance that follows is chock full of gender essentialism and not that interesting, but there are some fascinating and funny portraits of the time. cont.
Your aunt's sense of duty is the most offensive sense I have ever encountered.
“Oh, Patricia! why will you persist in being a cold douche!“
Took me a second to realize he meant a cold shower. 😂
I‘ve been on a Sandra Dallas kick these past couple of months, throughly enjoying her books about women on the prairie. I think she‘s a very underrated author so I will definitely be recommending her books to anyone interested in historical fiction based on life of pioneering women. I plan to read more of her works this year.
Finished my 8th #10BeforetheEnd book.
This is a short novel which finishes in a very different tone than the mocking one with which it starts. Written during and published just after WWI , it‘s about the horror and futility of war but also the very human ability to see only what one wants to see, until the scales from one‘s eyes are forcibly removed. Still relevant.
#weekendreads
Putting effort in this weekend to finish all the books before the year ends!
#LitsySciFiBookClub
#10BeforetheEnd
#ChristmasCrimeChallenge
Don't know of you are familiar with D.E. Johnson's early Detroit mysteries. They are pretty good & tell about the early auto industry. Did you know Electric cars were the first cars built in Detroit?
Love learning so much about early Detroit & southern Michigan reading D.E. Johnson.
