Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World is a nonfiction book without a single boring moment in it. It’s a great portrait of the two women and of a world experiencing change at a dizzying rate. In 1873, Jules Verne published Around the World in Eighty Days. In this novel, Phileas Fogg and his servant Passpartout make a bet that they can go all the way around the world in … Continue reading Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman →
NB: This edition of Kickass Women in History is paired with a review of Eighty Days, a nonfiction account of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s competing journeys around the world. While many people have heard of Nellie Bly, Bisland’s story is somewhat less known. In 1889, newspaper reporter Nellie Bly set off to travel around the world in eighty days. Her paper, The World, kept interest high while she was gone, and when she came back, … Continue reading Kickass Women in History: Elizabeth Bisland →
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of The Survivors’ Club series by Mary Balogh. I devoured Only Beloved the minute it hit my hot little hands. The final book in the series features The Survivors’ Club founder, The Duke of Stanbrook. Stanbrook has suffered some serious losses in his life–his son died at war and his wife committed suicide. Now at the age of 48, he realizes how lonely he is, and he … Continue reading An Interview with Mary Balogh →
