Tag: wwii
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Book Review: Dear Donald, Dear Bennett by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer
As a longtime fan of the old What’s My Line episodes, I was excited to read more about Bennett Cerf. I gravitated toward this book as it is his World War II correspondence with his co-founder at Random House, Donald Klopfer…
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Book Review: Library of Forbidden Books by Mario Escobar
For some reason, I thought I’d read more of Mario Escobar’s books, but this is only my second. I remember Auschwitz Lullaby fondly, and I have The Teacher of Warsaw sitting on my bookshelf, but I digress. I was excited to get the opportunity to read his newest release!…
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Book Review: Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Perhaps more interesting than this book itself is the story behind it. Before Irène Némirovsky’s had the chance to complete five planned parts of Suite Française, she was taken by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz, where she died shortly after. Before her murder, she was able to complete the first two parts of the book…
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Book Review: Night of the Assassins by Howard Blum
A couple of years ago, I read Brad Meltzer’s book The Nazi Conspiracy, which also explores this topic. I must have purchased this book shortly after reading that and I was reminded of it when scrolling through my audiobook library. As much as I enjoyed that book, I felt that this one delved much deeper, granted,…
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Book Review: The Vienna Writers Circle by J.C. Maetis
When I picked up this book, I had been expecting something more cerebral. Instead, it has more of a thriller tone. However, I didn’t find this all too thrilling, personally…
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Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey
After reading Nagasaki by Susan Southard several months ago, both the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been on my mind. I saw this on display at the bookstore around the anniversary, and when I saw that it was first published in 1946, I couldn’t wait to read it…
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Top 5: Favorite Nonfiction Reads of 2025 (so far)
I’ve read a fantastic assortment of fiction books this year, but I think my nonfiction reads have surpassed those. It was difficult to build this list…
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Book Review: The Secret Pianist by Andie Newton
I read A Child for the Reich last year and I appreciate this author’s use of lesser-discussed nuances of the WWII time period. In The Secret Pianist, the use of carrier pigeons is one of the main focuses in correlation to Resistance work which I found intriguing…