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An interesting look at Lee and her family. The author gets a little repetitive at times, which seems to be a fault of these types of biographical memoirs.

A very interesting look at the Chicago World's Fair, and all of the history connected to it. I almost wish Larson had written a separate book on Holmes, however, as the switching back and forth was a little odd. Larson did NOT fall into the trap of overly-repeating himself, which seems to be a problem for certain nonfiction writers I have encountered.

Lots of interesting information, although Aslan liked to jump around a lot time-wise. I found myself reading and highlighting as if for a class.

Took an almost unwelcome turn, but made me desperate to visit France. Think "Eat, Pray, Love", but for a man.

Very slow to start, and a disappointing end. Probably 100 pages I really enjoyed.

I first read this book over ten years ago. I only remembered that I felt like an idiot for not figuring out who Wednesday was sooner. This was like reading the book again for the first time; only the beginning was familiar.

If I was a 9-12 year old girl, it would be right up my alley.