Author: Melanie Benjamin

To Be Read Vote June 2022

To Be Read Vote June 2022

Posted June 4, 2022 by Whitney in To Be Read List / 1 Comment

My To Be Read List is a monthly meme hosted by Michelle at Because Reading. How It Works Each month you will make a post with three books from your TBR List (these books can be already on your kindle or shelf or books you might want to purchase) and add your link on the […]

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The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin

The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin

Posted January 20, 2018 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

Review When I started The Girls in the Picture my knowledge of Mary Pickford was slim to none and Frances Marion even less so. Like the women in the novel, I was going into uncharted territory. In the era of #Metoo a novel about women being discriminated against because of their sex and not potential […]

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The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin

The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin

Posted January 26, 2016 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

First Impressions I have always enjoyed Melanie Benjamin’s novels, as retellings and fictionalized accounts of famous persons has always been a soft spot of mine. Thus, I went a little fangirl when I saw Melanie Benjamin was coming out with a new novel. In the past, the novels had focused on a female lead, this […]

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The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

Posted May 10, 2013 by Whitney in Review / 3 Comments

Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis to Paris and his baby was kidnaped. That’s the gist of my knowledge of the Lindberghs. Much has been researched/documented on Charles Lindbergh but what about Lucky Lindy’s co-pilot, his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh? Like her first two novels, Melanie Benjamin gives us a look at a […]

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Book Review: The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb

Book Review: The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb

Posted January 30, 2013 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

There is a woman behind every man.  An amazing woman.  That’s what The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is about, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Bump, the wife of Tom Thumb. Most know of Tom Thumb through a cute fairy tale or a Disney production, but not the real story.  That is what I like about Melanie […]

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Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin

Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin

Posted August 26, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 9 Comments

“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and having nothing to do…” Alice Liddell’s story does not begin on this “golden afternoon” but this particular day defines her as “Alice”. Melanie Benjamin has brought The real Alice’s life to light beautifully. Mr. Liddell is the Dean of […]

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