Comments on: The Wright Brothers and The Paying Guests

By: Katie @ Doing Dewey

Katie @ Doing Dewey — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 04:14:12 +0000

The Wright Brothers sounds as interesting as I guessed it would be! I really like when books include primary sources, but I do prefer they use them to speculate about the feelings of the people involved and to generally help bring those people to life.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 02:26:25 +0000

In reply to Diane. Oh great Diane -- glad you liked The Paying Guests. The narration and story captured me too. Thx for stopping by.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 02:11:28 +0000

I really loved The Paying Guests and The Wright Brothers sounds like a good one as well.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:05:47 +0000

In reply to BermudaOnion(Kathy). Yeah Kathy I think you'll like the print version -- also because it has a couple sections of photos that are really neat and helpful too.

By: BermudaOnion(Kathy)

BermudaOnion(Kathy) — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:57:30 +0000

I really want to read The Wright Brothers and considered getting it from Audible but didn’t love the narrator in the sample. I’ll have to look for it in print.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:15:56 +0000

In reply to JaneGS. Thanks Jane. Yeah I don't think I really realized how long The Paying Guests was when I started it. 564 pages in audio! That's a record for me. But boy is Juliet Stevenson a master narrator. Sarah Waters just needed to nip in the bud a bit.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:06:43 +0000

In reply to Joy Weese Moll (@joyweesemoll). Yeah Joy, I agree, that aspect totally stunned me. The US govt apparently denied or refused the Wrights' contracts or patents like four times. They totally ignored their achievements for as long as they could.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:04:38 +0000

In reply to Carmen. Yeah Carmen: the John and Abigail Adams story is amazing. I think that's one of McCullough's best books. But I wouldn't mind also getting to his book on Truman sometime. There's a lot to learn with his histories.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 22:59:57 +0000

In reply to Sarah Laurence. Yeah Sarah, the backstory of the Wrights is much more than I knew. The mother died pretty early from tuberculosis and the boys carried on with their preacher father and sister. I'm glad I got to the book and also Sarah Waters' novel. Thanks for stopping by.

By: JaneGS

JaneGS — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 20:34:41 +0000

I haven’t read either but both sound great–I like McCullough a lot, and he picks such interesting people to write about. Juliet Stevenson is a fabulous audio reader. It’s interesting–it seems that several people have commented lately about novels going on too long. I think it’s really tricky knowing when the story is done and then stopping!