Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and it’s one of the first years that I can remember that I didn’t post anything on social media. I didn’t repost anything. In fact, I stayed off social media completely. I didn’t even make a blog post. Because there was a […]
American Wolf: From Nazi Refugee to American Spy Thank you to Amsterdam Publishers for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In the summer of 1941, 11-year-old Wolf is growing up amidst the rubble and antisemitism of war-torn Nazi Berlin. Destitute […]
I finished August with 22 ARCs left to be read. September was just a hectic and out of control month. I’m traveling a bit in October, so I spent a lot of this month running around trying to handle a lot of stuff. Between medical appointments, hospital visits, […]
Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: Holocaust imagery, genocide, […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Assignment Author: Liza Wiemer Genre: YA Contemporary Publication Date: August 25, 2020 Publisher: Delacorte Press CONTENT WARNING: racism, homophobia, antisemitism, mention of emotional/verbal/physical abuse, death of a family member, parental abandonment, discussion of the Holocaust Senior year. When an assignment given by a favorite teacher instructs a […]
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains Author: Ariana Neumann Genre: Biography, Nonfiction, History Publication Date: February 4, 2020 Publisher: Scribner TRIGGER WARNING: Anti-Semitism, discrimination, genocide, bombings In 1941, the first member of the Neumann family was arrested for swimming in a stretch […]
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe was the April book chosen for a book club I lead with a few other women. TRIGGER WARNING: derogatory terms for people with development disabilities and Romani, extremely graphic descriptions of people who were gassed, descriptions of medical experimentation, torture, disposing […]
This week’s topic is about books that I enjoyed but rarely talk about. As you have probably noticed, I read a lot of books. Not all of them come up in conversation often, and I feel like they don’t get the attention they really deserve. So here’s my […]
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