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A few books I‘ve read for my upcoming trip to Amsterdam. Vincent, Theo, & the Fox is an adorable adventure using his paintings as a guide to the story. When We Flew Away is a story of Anne Frank‘s life before she was hiding in the annex. It‘s a great companion book to the Diary. The Lost Van Gogh artfully sneaks facts in. Corrie ten Boom was an angel on Earth. 🇳🇱 🖼️ 🚪 📚

This is a low pick. I wanted to like it more than I did. It‘s the story of Anne Frank and her family before they went into hiding. The problem I think is in the writing — it keeps us at an emotional distance from Anne, so we never really connect to her. Maybe because it‘s children‘s fiction? I didn‘t really know that until I looked at the subject headings before I returned it.

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#FALLING
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: ORANGE COVER

This book was VERY good.

My review of the book is here: https://tinyurl.com/52jr693u

Enjoy when you read it.

Today‘s “it‘s probably going to rain, so I might as well stay inside and read” book.

Historical fiction of Anne Frank‘s life in Amsterdam to the day they went into hiding. Short and great on audio I was near tears many times. It is impossible not to recognize the parallels from the dehumanizing of Jews at the hands of the Nazi regime to what is happening today in the US at the hands of our current administration.

#Falling #DearDiary

@dabbe and @TheBookHippie - just came across this on social media and thought of you both and your passionate posting. I know we try to keep the content book related but I also want you to know - you are not alone. #silenceiscompliance

Anne‘s writing speaks with a wisdom beyond her years. Her diary was indeed a harrowing account of her teenage years in hiding. I related to her experiences as a young girl wrestling with changing feelings towards her family members, as well as burgeoning feelings of romance.