I finished March with 24 ARCs left to be read. Happy May! The month of April turned out to be unexpectedly busy for me, well … busier than I was already expecting. Between the weather getting nicer, Passover and family visiting, needing shoulder surgery (which I’m having today, […]
Since I’m awful at planning, I decided to take this week’s prompt in a whole new direction. It’s hard to talk about planning vacations when I have loved ones at risk of war, and I’m expecting a new round of antisemitism. Instead of talking about characters I’d like […]
This week’s prompt is covers/titles with things found in nature (covers/titles with things like trees, flowers, animals, forests, bodies of water, etc. on/in them). The topic was submitted by Jessica @ A GREAT Read. This is such a broad topic, yet somehow I feel like I’m still going […]
Hello, and welcome back to reality. It doesn’t exactly feel like reality though, does it? This is the time of year where I just spend a week mostly wearing pajamas, eating cheese, and wondering what day of the week it is. And I’m not even a cheese person. […]
Wrath Becomes Her CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, genocide, grief, murder, violence, death of a parent, body horror Vera was made for vengeance. Lithuania, 1943. The Nazis have killed Ezra’s daughter. He can’t bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can craft something in her image—a golem, infused with […]
This week I get to talk about my favorite books from the first half of 2023, and get ready because I read some killer books this year! There were a lot of really great books that I’ve read so far in 2023, but I’m going to try to […]
The Family Morfawitz Thank you to Goodreads and Blackstone Publishing for sending me a copy of this book. I am providing my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: violence, rape, parental abandonment, antisemitism, Holocaust imagery, murder, suicide, incest, death of a child From acclaimed author Daniel H. Turtel, winner […]
This week’s prompt is comfort characters, but instead I want to talk about some of my favorite reads of 2022. It was a great year for books, and there were so many incredible ones to choose from. I had a really tough time narrowing down my picks to […]
The Auschwitz Detective Thank you to the author for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, genocide, graphic Holocaust imagery, violence, blood, murder, suicide, antisemitism, homophobia, mention of rape, mention of molestation The boy was murdered in Auschwitz. […]
This week’s topic is way into the realm of Halloween prep, with books that have orange or black covers, and I’m definitely going to have to do some legwork to find them. Here’s some books that are Halloween ready: What are some of your favorite books with orange […]
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