Booking it March

 I am linking up with Modern Mrs. Darcy's quick lit. Check out what everyone else has been reading.

 I have been working on a challenging read for me for book club, so I have been reading something completely different than that to balance out.  That book has been Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe

I thought it was well written, and I enjoyed the overview of all the famous Vanderbilts. I have read other books about them, but this one stands out. I especially liked reading about Alva Vanderbilt as it has tied into other things I have been reading. All the excess of the gilded age is discussed and the rise of the Vanderbilt's in society and the downfall of having too much money. Who better to tell these tales than Anderson Cooper who is related to the Vanderbilt's.

In the past I have Read - American Duchess about Consuelo Vanderbilt and her autobiography The Glitter and the Gold