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Title: The Sunflower HouseAuthor: Adriana AllegriGenre: Historical Fiction, WW2, HolocaustBook Length: NovelFormat Read: eBook (ARC)Year Published: November 12, 2024 Date Started: August 29, 2024Date finished: September 6, 2024 This story takes place in Germany, where a woman named Allina is taken to work as an aide at a reproductive facility. There, she learns that the... Continue Reading →
Title: A Song of SilenceAuthor: Steve N LeeGenre: Historical Fiction; WarBook Length: 308 Pages (print)Book Version Read: ePubYear Published: May 14, 2024 Date Started: May 10, 2024Date finished: May 13, 2024 This story follows a Polish man running an orphanage during WWII, caught in the middle of the Nazi occupation. He’s stuck between keeping the... Continue Reading →
Title: The Peaceful VillageAuthor: Paulette MahurinGenre: Historical FictionYear Published: May 27, 2022 Date finished: June 5, 2022 This is a story that takes place in a small village in France called Oradour-sur-Glane. Marguerite is the main character. She’s an older woman and married. She lives a simple and quiet life with her family. As the... Continue Reading →
Title: The Tattooist of AuschwitzAuthor: Heather MorrisGenre: Historical fiction, Based on a true storyYear Published: 2018 Date finished: June 29, 2021 The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris is a historical fiction story about a man named Lale Sokolov. He is a Slovakian Jew who was taken to a concentration camp to tattoo Jews being... Continue Reading →
I won The Whispers of War by Julia Kelly on Goodreads. I read Kelly's other book, The Light Over London a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Her writing style is superb and really puts you into the story. She also has fabulous covers. They depict the era so perfectly. I can't wait... Continue Reading →
I finished 5 books within the last half of the month: Title: Drop Dead Gorgeous Author: Elizabeth Lenhard Genre: Children, fantasy, paranormal This book is about a girl, Rachel, who becomes friends with a girl who just moved into her town. The girl who moved in is a zombie. Rachel learns to accept the zombie... Continue Reading →
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