Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II Author: Judy Rakowsky Genre: History/War Publication Date: July 11, 2023 Publisher: Sourcebooks Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for providing me with an ARC of this […]
This week, the prompt was a genre freebie and I decided to do something completely out of character. I’ve always been a fiction reader through and through, and only read nonfiction when I absolutely had to, like when it was assigned for classes. But last year, I decided […]
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty Author: Dorothy Roberts Genre: Social Science/Current Affairs/Politics Publication Date: October 13, 2020 Publisher: Random House Audio This is a no-holds-barred response to the liberal and conservative retreat from an assertive, activist, and socially transformative civil rights agenda […]
Wow, we’re really getting into tough prompts early this year, huh? I don’t tend to read a lot of books that are primarily set outdoors, but after some intense thought, I managed to come up with at least a few. Here goes nothing! Madhouse at the End of […]
I’m in a reflective mood, even though there’s still close to two weeks left in the year. At the start of the year, I made a promise to myself that I’d read some more nonfiction books, and I actually stuck to that one. Each month, I chose at […]
The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story Author: Nechama Birnbaum Genre: Biography Publication Date: November 28, 2021 Publisher: Amsterdam Publishing I received a copy of this book from Amsterdam Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she […]
A Discovery of Witches Author: Deborah Harkness Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: February 8, 2011 Publisher: Viking Penguin Series: All Souls Trilogy #1 CONTENT WARNING: mention of death of a parent, stalking, murder, suicide, gore, panic attack, blood, mention of miscarriage, mention of death of a child, torture, violence […]
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Author: Noa Tishby Genre: Non-Fiction Publication Date: April 6, 2021 Publisher: Simon Schuster Audio Israel. The small strip of arid land is 5,700 miles away but remains a hot-button issue and a thorny topic of debate. But […]
Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History/Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began Author: Art Spiegelman Genre: Graphic Novel, Holocaust Memoir Publication Date: August 12, 1986/November 5, 1991 Publisher: Pantheon Books Series: Maus #1 & #2 CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, suicide, depression, death, genocide, […]
Here’s the rules: It’s the last Friday in February, and this week’s prompt is: What are some of your favorite history books written by Black authors? I don’t read a lot of history, or non-fiction at all, but there have been a couple that came up on my […]
