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Night | Elie Wiesel

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This was a reread for me, but I was probably 10 or 11 the first time. So, more than 30 years later, reading it through my adult eyes and life experiences, I'm glad I took another look. Wiesel's first hand testimony of his deportation to Auschwitz is even more powerful due to his sparse, simple prose.

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cherinium @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle 4y

Librarybelle This is on my to read list. I really need to read this one. Such an important work. 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Yeah, I can‘t imagine grasping everything at such a young age. Which might be a good thing, honestly. 4y

Cinfhen This is the one book, I truly believe every human being on the planet needs to read 💔 4y

Smarkies I was going to read this as well for the prompt but decided against it because we had just started lockdowns here and I was not sure if I would be able to do the book justice. Will definitely try and pick it up again.. 4y

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cwarnier

Warlight: A novel | Michael Ondaatje

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Thanks for the share. This was not in my normal of reading, but good for me to step out of my comfort level. I just am not a huge fan of war books. Those that do would probably like it a lot.

cwarnier It might be a stretch, but I'm going to count this as my #booked2020 #spring #bookaboutgenocide as it had part of the nazi's during the war. 5y

cwarnier @shellleigh33 It will be there Monday. 5y

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gradcat

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin | Erik Larson

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I‘ve always been in awe of those writers who take a documentary approach on a subject and make it read like some of the greatest fiction ever written. Erik Larson has such a facility in that kind of endeavor, as we know from several other bestsellers he wrote. I think I missed this one because my area in grad school was Holocaust studies, and I suppose I had sort of saturated myself with Jewish philosophy ⬇️

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

gradcat ⬆️ (cont) and German sociology and psychology. This book, however, isn‘t that. This book takes a niche angle, i.e., the life of the American ambassador to Germany and his family, in the Berlin of 1933-1937, and explores all of the facets of life under the burgeoning Third Reich and Hitlerian rule. In particular, the daily living of William E. Dodd, and his daughter Martha, are examined, and we learn how what was once admiration for a country ⬇️ 5y

gradcat ⬆️ (cont) and its people becomes revulsion upon witnessing the evils of Nazi rule. ♥️ 5y

Velvetfur Wow....that actually sounds like a really scary read. Great review, thank you 😊 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage Great review! I have several of his books, and they are still unread. Saw him on a virtual book tour event last week and now I want to read them alllllll! 5y

Crazeedi @BarbaraTheBibliophage this one is really good, actually I've liked all of his 5y

Crazeedi @gradcat great review Minette. I totally enjoyed this book, and all of his. Have you read this one?

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Cinfhen We read this for bookclub. Such a well written POV/ so many warning signs that went unchecked!!! Great choice 😊 5y

gradcat @Velvetfur @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Crazeedi @Cinfhen Thanks for all the lovely comments, guys. It‘s really nice to get those. And for Diane, no, I haven‘t read that one...but I‘ve read others—all good!! 5y

EadieB @gradcat Loved this book! And pretty much all of his books! 5y

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