It seems everyone online is writing their best books of 2012 list and I hope that electronic babel of voices won’t water down my saying that The Auschwitz Volunteer is the best book I read in 2012. If you’re a… Read More ›
Holocaust
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
Sarah’s KeyTatiana De RosnaySt. Martin’s, 2007ISBN: 978-0-312-37084-8Source: bought it, passed it on I finally read this book because so many customers at work told me their book group read it and had a great discussion about it. Sarah’s Key is… Read More ›
Displaced Persons by Ghita Schwarz
Displaced PersonsGhita SchwarzWilliam Morrow/HarperCollinsReleased: August 2010Source: library eBook The last book that I read in 2010 was a good one. It’s not exactly a superstition, call it more of a goal, but I like to end or start each year… Read More ›
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Publisher: Borzoi/KnopfPublication: March 2006Source: Library copy. A very torn and tattered library copy that has been read so many times that the pages now have a cloth-like softness about them. And, thankfully, only one unidentified thing that looks like a… Read More ›