The Paris Library
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles is about the American Library Paris (ALP), which is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. The author, who worked at the ALP, has […]
The Splendid and The Vile
With his trademark ability to make reality read like fiction, Erik Larson takes his readers into Winston Churchill’s world. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and […]
The World That We Knew
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman is a haunting story about the Holocaust that is mixed with Jewish mysticism. The story follows the survival of parentless Jewish youths […]
City of Thieves
City of Thieves by David Benioff was first published in 2008. David Benioff is a screenwriter who is best known as the co-creator, showrunner, and writer of television series Game […]
A Fire Sparkling
A Fire Sparkling by Julianne Maclean is the second World War II and modern-day dual timeline story I have read recently. In both this novel and The Things We Cannot […]
The Things We Cannot Say
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer will most likely be one of my top five books this year. And yes, if you know me, part of the plot […]
The Sun Sister
The Sun Sister is the sixth book in the acclaimed Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. It is important to read the first book called The Seven Sisters in order […]
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
I had never heard of Virginia Hall before the release of Sonia Purnell’s biography A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World […]
Vergangenheitsbewältigung
Vergangenheitsbewältigung is a German term describing the “struggle to overcome the negatives of the past” or “working through the past”. The word has become key in the study of post-1945 […]
The Parisians
As anyone in my book club will tell you, I love World War II historical fiction. The Parisians by Marius Gabriel was right up my alley! The novel follows the […]