Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Trick by Emanuel Bergmann. I am absolutely delighted to introduce you to this book!! If you're sensing, based on the two exclamation points I've already used, that I'm feeling enthusiastic about this book, you would be correct. The Trick combines so many of my favorite things in terms of characters, plot, and themes. Emanuel Bergmann has crafted a ...
WWII Fiction
First Chapter/First Paragraph: Wolf by Wolf
First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Diane at Bibliophile By the Sea. Each week, participants share a paragraph (or two) from a book they are currently reading or are planning to read soon. Today I'm going to share the first couple of paragraphs of Wolf by Wolf. This is a book that's been sitting on my shelf for quite a while now. I'm woefully behind on ...
Blog Tour and Giveaway: The Way to London: A Novel of World War II
I'm very pleased to welcome you to my stop on the blog tour of The Way to London. As many of you know, I'm always up for what's new in WWII fiction and books set in England so I was very pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the tour. The Way to London is very much a character driven novel that provided a fresh and somewhat lighter read than many WWII novels already on my shelf. The ...
Throwback Thursday: The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It’s Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I only started blogging about a year and a half ago. Therefore, I have lots of old favorites to talk about. While I may not remember all of the details needed to write a complete review, I’m happy to share ...
Review of We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
We Were the Lucky Ones is the fictionalized account of the true story of the Kurc family and their experiences during WWII beginning in their home town of Radom, Poland in 1939. The book spans eight years as we follow the Kurc family members to several countries and continents including Austria, Italy, Argentina, South America, and Siberia, Russia as the war continues and finally ends. As many ...
Throwback Thursday: The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It's Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I only started blogging about a year and a half ago. Therefore, I have lots of old favorites to talk about. While I may not remember all of the details needed to write a complete review, I'm happy to share ...
Review of “The Girl from the Train” by Irma Joubert
The Girl from the Train provides something a bit different than many of the WWII novels I've read in the recent past. In terms of geography, the settings are primarily Poland and South Africa. While both lands are richly described, I felt I learned a lot about the terrain and culture of South Africa during the period. I appreciated the details that made it very obvious that the author had ...
