World War II
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Reviewed: “The Winter Guest” by Pam Jenoff
I just can’t with this book. I wanted to love it, I really did. Historical fiction is my thing and I’ll try anything centered around World War II. I also received a copy of this through the Goodreads FirstReads program so I really wanted to be able to like it and leave a review saying… Continue reading
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Reviewed: “All Good Women” by Valerie Miner
ALL GOOD WOMEN is the sweeping story of the experiences of four women in America during World War II. Written by Valerie Miner, it centers on a quartet of women who meet in typing school shortly before America enters the war. Teddy Fielding, Moira Finlayson, Ann Rose, and Wanda Nakatani come from hugely different backgrounds… Continue reading
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Reviewed: “Six Million Accusers” by D. Lawrence-Young
Everyone should know who Adolf Eichmann was and what he did. If you don’t and you’re reading this, at Google him. He is one of the people we talk about when we say that we must remember history or we are doomed to repeat it. And one of the best ways of teaching today’s people… Continue reading
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Reviewed: “The Bone Church” by Victoria Dougherty
One of the ultimate tests of a book for me is the ability of the story to cause some sort of vocal exclamation that is followed quickly by a glance around to make sure no one heard me. Then again, if someone does hear me, I would be able to tell her to read the book… Continue reading
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Reviewed: “The Exiles Return” by Elisabeth de Waal
For me, as a lover of all things historical, wars are fascinating. As a lover of fiction, fiction based on reality, it’s the aftermath of the war that’s as fascinating as anything else. This made the posthumous publication of Elisabeth de Waal’s THE EXILES RETURN the perfect choice for me. The blurb on the back… Continue reading
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Reviewed: “The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris” by Tilar J. Mazzeo
There were things I loved about The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris and there were things I didn’t love so much at all. Let’s start with what I loved. The honed in view of one of the most famous hotels in the world during such an important time… Continue reading
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Reviewed: “The Monuments Men” by Robert Edsel
I learned of this book when I saw a “making of…” thing for the movie before a different movie. As a history lover with a passionate interest in all things Europe and World War II especially, I knew I couldn’t let the book pass by. But it could have passed me by. Maybe I would… Continue reading
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Reviewed: “The Hidden” by Jo Chumas
I once had a dreams of being an Egyptologist. I’m not ever going to be one, but I still very much want to visit the land of the pharaohs. With all that Egypt and its revolutions have been in the news lately, I started to realize just how much more there is to the country… Continue reading
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Reviewed: “Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys
You should know, before you read any further, that this is not a review of Fifty Shades of Gray. That books was/is an apparently hugely popular fanfiction story turned into mega-bestselling BDSM book – I won’t call it a novel – that I never read. This book, Between Shades of Gray, should be a hugely popular, mega-bestselling… Continue reading
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Reviewed: “The Glad River” by Will D. Campbell
The best kind of book, in my humble opinion, is the one you discover without knowing you were looking for it. That happens in bookstores, at used book sales, online, and occasionally in boxes in someone’s garage. That last one is how I found The Glad River by Will D. Campbell. I saved the book from being… Continue reading
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An English diarist and naval administrator. I served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament. I had no maritime experience, but I rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and my talent for administration.
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