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The happiest man on earth by Eddie Jaku
This is not a usual book I'd choose to read, it is my mums book group book this month and dad had already read it and said it was worth the read.
He was not wrong. It is the memoir of Eddie Jaku a holocaust survivor, who wrote this at the ripe old age of 100. It was hard to read the part of him in Auschwitz as I have been there myself and seen all the places he had mentioned for myself. However it is a beautiful and positive book about survival, being positive and happiness.
I would recommend this easy yet confronting book.
This is not a usual book I'd choose to read, it is my mums book group book this month and dad had already read it and said it was worth the read.
He was not wrong. It is the memoir of Eddie Jaku a holocaust survivor, who wrote this at the ripe old age of 100. It was hard to read the part of him in Auschwitz as I have been there myself and seen all the places he had mentioned for myself. However it is a beautiful and positive book about survival, being positive and happiness.
I would recommend this easy yet confronting book.
Wives of war by Soraya M. Lane
A beautifully written story of 3 nurses, their friendship, strength and unwavering support of each other. Set mainly in France, ww2, these women fight to save lives as well as their own, find love and fight for what they believe in.
I have fallen in love with this author and her beautiful story telling.
A beautifully written story of 3 nurses, their friendship, strength and unwavering support of each other. Set mainly in France, ww2, these women fight to save lives as well as their own, find love and fight for what they believe in.
I have fallen in love with this author and her beautiful story telling.
Before you knew my name by Jacqueline Bublitz.
I live a good murder mystery or a who done it. This was one of a different kind. I wanted something out of my comfort zone ( not ww2, family drama set in the UK or anying set in the UK ). This was as far out of my comfort zone. It is set in New York City and is about not being left behind when we die, about finding ourselves, friendship and death. It is narrated by the person who has been killed (similar I guess to lovely bones). But it's not so much about the murder but the person who finds the body and how she deals with this.
An interesting read, I enjoyed it and it kept me reading and didn't give me the plot twist I was expecting it to have.
I live a good murder mystery or a who done it. This was one of a different kind. I wanted something out of my comfort zone ( not ww2, family drama set in the UK or anying set in the UK ). This was as far out of my comfort zone. It is set in New York City and is about not being left behind when we die, about finding ourselves, friendship and death. It is narrated by the person who has been killed (similar I guess to lovely bones). But it's not so much about the murder but the person who finds the body and how she deals with this.
An interesting read, I enjoyed it and it kept me reading and didn't give me the plot twist I was expecting it to have.
I HAVE NO WORDS FOR THIS BOOK (and yes I mean that in upper-case bold).
Do I really need to put in the plot......nahhh.
Omk. Where do I start? I didn't think I'd like it. I don't read fantasy ( I mean I like Harry potter, GoT, The witcher and hunger games), it's just not my thing. I'm ww2 romance type of girl.
Holy Moly!!!!! I am in. I am all in. I'm over my head all in. I was all in from chapter 3. I laughed. I cried. I shouted. I got frustrated. I loved characters and I hated characters. I literally couldn't put it down. I read it in 6 hours/ish. With some breaks to breathe and pee and sleep. I read on kindle. I highlighted and added notes. I never do that. The characters are flawed none of them perfect. The writing is exquisite. The descriptions are like you are there. I can envisage the whole world they are in.
The only way I can describe how I felt reading and finishing this book is how I did when I first read Harry Potter and the philosophers stone. Now I am the age that Harry and Ron etc were when the books were first published. So like they are my era books. I don't think I have had that feeling since. Possibly for the hunger games but not as strong.
I am in love with this book.
Can I give more than 5/5 ????
Do I really need to put in the plot......nahhh.
Omk. Where do I start? I didn't think I'd like it. I don't read fantasy ( I mean I like Harry potter, GoT, The witcher and hunger games), it's just not my thing. I'm ww2 romance type of girl.
Holy Moly!!!!! I am in. I am all in. I'm over my head all in. I was all in from chapter 3. I laughed. I cried. I shouted. I got frustrated. I loved characters and I hated characters. I literally couldn't put it down. I read it in 6 hours/ish. With some breaks to breathe and pee and sleep. I read on kindle. I highlighted and added notes. I never do that. The characters are flawed none of them perfect. The writing is exquisite. The descriptions are like you are there. I can envisage the whole world they are in.
The only way I can describe how I felt reading and finishing this book is how I did when I first read Harry Potter and the philosophers stone. Now I am the age that Harry and Ron etc were when the books were first published. So like they are my era books. I don't think I have had that feeling since. Possibly for the hunger games but not as strong.
I am in love with this book.
Can I give more than 5/5 ????
