This story is the very definition of the word fantastic. It is unbelievable. If you enjoyed (though, enjoyed is a strong work) Devil in the White City or Killers of the Flower Moon, buckle up and prepare to be horrified by more actual American history. In the 1898, we discovered radium. It was great! Just neat-o. It glowed, it was heralded as a wonder drug. WHAT. YES. And, the Radium Girls were the lucky women hired to work in factories that used radium-based paint to […]
Lip, Dip, Paint. Ending CBR9 with a Gift Exchange Review
I am halfway through three different books right now but with the noon deadline and all I have to do this morning this will be my last review of 2017. This has been a fantastic year- 144 books- that were mostly good and several were great (including the following) and while a few were not so great I am not sure how I’ll possibly beat this year for CBR10. Radium Girls was an excellent book to end the year on; sure it seemed appropriate to end […]