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kwmg40
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Feeling nostalgic, I recently picked up the first 3 books in this series which I enjoyed as a child. It feels very dated in its portrayal of women's roles and how the airline industry is run (in-flight meals included an after-dinner cigarette). Still, I found this book thoroughly charming and fun to read.

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Librarybelle Yay!! 5d
TheAromaofBooks Somehow, despite loving a lot of books from this era, I never read the Cherry Ames books. And I've never even heard of Vicki Barr! 4d
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Hooked_on_books
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Pickpick

On October 19, 1984, a small commuter plane crashed in northern Alberta, killing 6. Four men survived. This tells the story of the crash and how it happened, their experiences before rescue, the aftermath, then follows the men for over 20 years. It‘s terrific narrative nonfiction and an excellent read.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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LeafingThroughLife
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I really thought that I would enjoy this fictionalized account of Beryl Markham‘s life in colonized Kenya, but I read 100 pages and found myself surprisingly…bored? Even in first person narration, she‘s not really coming to life for me here. Might be a case of bad timing, but I‘m ready to move on from this one. My July #DoubleSpin

TheAromaofBooks Sometimes a book just doesn't click!! 3mo
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ZachWVHiker
The Right Stuff | Tom Wolfe
Pickpick

Great book!
From my Mountain-State brother-in-spirit Chuck Yeagar's story to understanding the bigger story of what makes The Right Stuff for any pilot or astronaut, The Right Stuff inspires me to light this fuse on any journey of life!

PS--Watch the movie.
Chuck Yeagar's cameo at the bar is awesomely hilarious!

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TheAromaofBooks
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Pickpick

Published in 1980, only four years after Belenko's escape from Russia (and well before the fall of the Berlin Wall), this book was quite fascinating. Belenko actually had more or less the ideal situation in Russia as the MiG-25 pilots were highly valued and treated well (by Soviet standards). Reading about his slow recognition of the cognitive dissonance between what he was being taught about his country vs the west and what he could actually ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) observe with his own eyes was intriguing. Thoroughly enjoyable and a reminder of what life in the Soviet was actually like.

#MonthlyNonfiction - April (358) @julieclair
#GottaCatchEmAll - Recommended by a friend @PuddleJumper
#Read2025 - 28/100 TBR books @DieAReader
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 5mo
TieDyeDude I used to read a lot about the Cold War, though admittedly most of my reading had a Western bias. This sounds like it would be a really interesting book! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @TieDyeDude - It's a really quick read (under 300pgs), which is nice but also means that sometimes I wished I could get more details. When I was checking to see what happened to Belenko after 1980, I was surprised to find that he just passed away two years ago! 5mo
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DebinHawaii
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My library #BookHaul last week. I went in to pick up my hold on Brave-Hearted for #RiseUpReads The library book store was having a half-off sale on adult fiction & I got the tagged book (from my TBR), Frozen River (in case I don‘t finish my library e-book loan in time), & Magic Steeped in Poison (because it is pretty & the story looked good) for $1 each. The book🐔says it was a good deal & haul!😉

#SundayFunday “What‘s the last book you bought?”

TheBookHippie Oh I wanna read Fly Girl! What a wonderful haul!!! 8mo
DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie Me too since Come Fly the World was so great! ✈️ 💙 8mo
BookmarkTavern A magnificent haul! Thanks for sharing! 8mo
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SilversReviews
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Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#COVER STORIES
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: CLOUDS

Eggs Perfect ☁️👌🏼☁️ 8mo
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drake02
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