en-US Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:06:54 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9287398330 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:06:54 -0700 /review/show/784473378 Bronwyn started reading Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
]]> Review692359661 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:41:28 -0700 /review/show/692359661 Bronwyn gave 5 stars to Burial Rites (Paperback) by Hannah Kent
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I don’t know why I put off reading this for so long. It’s so beautiful and haunting and well done. I loved the switching between third person and first. I loved the slow reveal of what actually happened (in the novel, of course) and watching the relationships with the people of Kronsá develop. Agnes felt so real. Hannah Kent did a marvelous job telling this story.

I listened to the audiobook alongside the text and overall it was very good. Some of the pronunciations were a bit off and frustrating (missing accents that change pronunciations; Friðrik being Fridrik which was then said Friedrich). I also don’t know why the decision was made to turn ð into d and þ into th, especially when at the beginning is a note that tells you how they’re pronounced and they’re used occasionally throughout the book. None of this affects my star rating for the book itself though. ]]> Review7473730627 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:19:54 -0700 /review/show/7473730627 Bronwyn has read I am Rosa Parks (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer
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Galen read on April 8, 2025. ]]> Review7473731539 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:19:41 -0700 /review/show/7473731539 Bronwyn has read I am Amelia Earhart (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer
bookshelves: 2025-reads, american, author-j-r, bios-autobios, by-men, comic-picture, galen-read, history, kids-ya, series, title-a-i
Galen read on April 8, 2025. ]]> Review7473732454 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:19:25 -0700 /review/show/7473732454 Bronwyn has read I am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer
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Galen read on April 8, 2025. ]]> Review7473725831 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:17:24 -0700 /review/show/7473725831 Bronwyn has read I am Albert Einstein (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer
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Galen read on April 8, 2025. ]]> ReadStatus9282724546 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:27:27 -0700 /review/show/7322469672 Bronwyn marked as want-to-read-do-not-own Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
]]> ReadStatus9282371518 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:47:18 -0700 /review/show/692359661 Bronwyn started reading Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
]]> Review7464059411 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 11:43:19 -0700 /review/show/7464059411 Bronwyn gave 5 stars to Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert: A Novel (Kindle Edition) by Bob the Drag Queen
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Well I loved this. I admit, it’s not actually perfect, despite the five stars, and I only read it because I liked Bob TDQ on Traitors, but this was such an interesting idea and did it so well. It’s like, history with a fun twist, and made personal. I loved this. More history stories like this, please. ]]> ReadStatus9274540445 Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:53:09 -0700 /review/show/7464925365 Bronwyn marked as want-to-read-do-not-own Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico
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