![]() She takes as her jumping-off point the lives of real historical women who had their moment in the spotlight, but for whom their fame, if it ever came, was fleeting. Thus, I give you an incoherent and rather hazy review of a book that I enjoyed when I read it in October: Almost Famous Women, a collection of short stories from Megan Mayhew Bergman. Not unless by some miracle I got hired for big bucks so I could quit my day job in order to write really vague and occasionally unprofessional reviews, and that ain't likely to happen. ![]() ![]() I could resolve to review books I read in a more timely manner, I suppose, but I know myself well enough to know that it will never happen. Also, I read the book on a digital ARC to begin with, and anything that I highlighted disappeared along with the entire text on the publication date, so that's just one more layer of obfuscation that I'm dealing with in trying to write a review. Then, three months later when the book is actually published, I've forgotten most of what I want to say about it. ![]() "Intend" being the operative word in this scenario. ![]() I have a small problem: I will read a book, like it, and intend to review it. ![]()
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