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2019 - Books Read - January

I'm back - at least for one post.   You can tell that I am usually much better at reading than writing.   So after a long break, I've decided to record my thoughts on books I have read.   Last year I didn't have many books to report on as I only read 7 all year.   This year I'm back reading - at least for a month.  :)  In January I   read 9 1/2 books.   I'll explain the 1/2 later.  So here we go - Circling the Sun by Paula McLain I read "The Paris Wife" by the same author in 2013 and thought it was a good book.   Nothing spectacular, but good.   I felt the same way about this book.   It was an interesting story about Beryl Markham.  It tells in historical fiction fashion, her life story from a young child in Kenya to an accomplished woman who is not only a horse trainer but a pilot.   While her story is interesting, it's not spell binding and of course I didn't always agree with her choices in life.   Overall an interesting read, but not a