Having fallen in love with Kate Quinn thanks to #authoramonth, bought on last trip to Arizona.
pickThe book is based on a photograph brought to the Holocaust Museum in DC. There were so many important & sad points made throughout the book. There are so many people & families that were murdered that historians feel that they still don‘t have the full story. That there has been so much whitewashing & pushback on researchers. Making it difficult to access archives or digger further into the past. My grandmothers family left Poland in the early
pickIncredibly tragic but interesting to hear about people‘s experiences in the aftermath of the disaster.
I listened to part of this on audiobook and it seems the “narrator” was AI generated (by the Voice Clan?) which came across with weird pauses and no inflection in its tone. I don‘t recommended this version as it detracted from reading/words.
Just couldn't help myself at the Nobel Peace Center. They practically had a whole bookstore in the gift shop! And I learned about a few other books I definitely want to put on my tbr, primarily The Witness of Those Two Days about the memories of the survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Nihon Hidankyo (the recipients of the 2024 Novel Peace Prize for their ongoing advocacy against the use of nuclear weapons).
so-soThis was informative, almost overly so. This could have been two very good books. I learned many things but I know I missed just as much. This wouldn‘t be the first book on Ukraine I would read but it did add to the overall picture.
pick“Every witness is unique,a living protest of sorts against the abject annihilation of the memory of his assassinated Jewish neighbors”(145).Why have I read this month 3 books addressing the holocaust,1 through a photograph,a 2nd,historical fiction following a real child,& this one, through bullets? I think I am seeing so many parallels to our president‘s attempt to turn this country into a dictatorship-I need the concrete.#MondayMood 🤬😡😢😭
Father Patrick Desbois‘s passionate commitment to honoring the 1.5 million Jews who died by bullets.
Early morning coffee, a book & my snuggly cats. What a satisfying way to start my day. ☕️📙😻😻
#MondayMood
