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I read this passage today & felt how applicable it is to today. Especially with what is happening to so many immigrant families in the US right now. This was a letter written by a French priest in 1942 that was read to most of the churches in Toulouse. Currently, I still don‘t understand how people call themselves a Christian & have no qualms about what is happening to so many innocent people. #ranttime

This was a YA recommendation from a friend. It‘s short but packs a lot of punch. It‘s the story of 15 yo Hoodie whose Orthodox Jewish community moves to a new area. It‘s about prejudices towards those unfamiliar to you. It‘s about being different and fitting in, and it‘s about questioning your beliefs and teachings. It‘s a timely, solid read, especially for high schoolers.

I actually finished a book! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Started this one about 9 days ago. This was an enjoyable murder mystery set in 1896 London with a mother who is also a private detective. A lot of information in this book, and covers the Dreyfus Affair, as well as anti-semitism.

There are a few others in this series and I‘d hope to get to them at some point. This one has sat on my bookshelf since 2014. #SeriesLove2025 #ShelfSweeper @TheSpineView

Setting off on the #ShelfSweeper readathon running throughout May by reading the tagged book set in 1896 and featuring a mother / private detective investigating a murder of a Professor in a library at King‘s College London.

Been sat on my shelf since July 2014.

#Elizabeth @Tove_Reads

I am just not vibing with this narrator. I'll have to try again in print another time...

Written 20 years ago, PR creates an alternative past for the US that hits way different in 2025 than it must have in 2005. As powerful as The Handmaids Tale and just as freaking scary

Starting a new Lego set

I felt fascinated but confused the 1st time I read this. I had sympathy for narrator, but some serious doubts. I reread it to try to get some clarity, but found it equally opaque. Now i see a path of evil intent by our narrator. But i couldn‘t pin her down. She‘s hiding herself. In interviews the author says she wants readers to finish the book with questions, not answers. I have more questions upon rereading. The book is brilliant, by the way.

“Major Picquart to see the Minister of War…”
#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

A novel about the historical Dreyfus Affair, late 1890s France, in which a Jewish officer in the French army was (knowingly) wrongly convicted of treason and sent to Devil‘s Island. Picquart was the officer who came to believe in his innocence.