i am finding this out about myself
in the loosest sense of the word, i am a researcher.
i like to read multiple things about one thing.
the paris wife: a novel.
by paula mclain.
oh, i loved it.
but it took a few things that i happen to have already loved:
the idea of paris in the 20s; ernest hemingway, fitzgerald, picasso; cafes, writers, wine; a different era. it was a world away. it was hemingway's world in paris, spain, italy, etc. this is the story of hemingway and his first wife, hadley. i think it is mostly based on their letters and hemingway's memoir a moveable feast. i loved living in their tiny apartment, meeting with gertrude stein, and having drinks with f. scott. having just seen midnight in paris (woody allen film) a few months ago, i was ready to be swept away. too bad hemingway's marriage is short lived but his stories live on......
i also tried hemingway's boat: everything he loved in life, and lost, 1934 - 1961 by paul hendrickson. it was too much the history of boat making and not enough about his life on pilar (the boat). i got about 15% of the way through and decided there were other things i wanted to read..... like percy jackson and the olympians: the titan's curse (book 3). can i just say, i love being able to check out books on my kindle. i still love holding a book in my hands, but this is cool too!!!
i like to read multiple things about one thing.
the paris wife: a novel.
by paula mclain.oh, i loved it.
but it took a few things that i happen to have already loved:
the idea of paris in the 20s; ernest hemingway, fitzgerald, picasso; cafes, writers, wine; a different era. it was a world away. it was hemingway's world in paris, spain, italy, etc. this is the story of hemingway and his first wife, hadley. i think it is mostly based on their letters and hemingway's memoir a moveable feast. i loved living in their tiny apartment, meeting with gertrude stein, and having drinks with f. scott. having just seen midnight in paris (woody allen film) a few months ago, i was ready to be swept away. too bad hemingway's marriage is short lived but his stories live on......
i also tried hemingway's boat: everything he loved in life, and lost, 1934 - 1961 by paul hendrickson. it was too much the history of boat making and not enough about his life on pilar (the boat). i got about 15% of the way through and decided there were other things i wanted to read..... like percy jackson and the olympians: the titan's curse (book 3). can i just say, i love being able to check out books on my kindle. i still love holding a book in my hands, but this is cool too!!!
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