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Sara Gruen — At the Water’s Edge (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 4, 2022 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen is tepid historical fiction with unlikable characters in this fish out of water novel. Three feckless and privileged young Americans travel to a village in the Scottish Highlands to find the Loch Ness monster. Because of the journey,...

The Fervor by Alma Katsu (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Apr 11, 2022 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

In The Fervor Alma Katsu blends lesser-known World War II history with Japanese folklore and the horror of racism. This relatively short book introduces Meiko and her young daughter Aiko. Meiko came to Seattle as part of an arranged marriage to another Japanese...

Marc Petitjean — The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jan 15, 2022 | LEARN: Everything Else

Marc Petitjean separates fact from family legend in his biography, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris. He explores the veracity of the family stories about his father’s affair with Kahlo in 1939. She gave the elder Petitjean, Michel, a painting she titled The Heart as a...

Ayşe Kulin — Last Train to Istanbul: Dramatic WWII Story (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 22, 2021 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

Well-loved Turkish author Ayşe Kulin illustrates another angle on the early years of World War II in her 2002 book Last Train to Istanbul. (Translated to English in 2013.) The story is set partly in Turkey and partly in the Nazi-occupied French cities of Paris and...

Book Review: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jun 16, 2019 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

Lilac Girls from Martha Hall Kelly is an entrant into the crowded field of World War II historical fiction. She tells the story of three women, inspired by real life people and events. While everything about the book is appropriately tragic and inspiring, for me it...

Book Review: The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 21, 2019 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

Pam Jenoff writes the story of two women trying to survive Hitler’s Europe. Noa and Astrid have absolutely nothing in common. They’ve both had troubles with men, compounded by the deadly prejudices of the time. In order to survive, they’ve team up as aerialists in a...

Book Review: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Nov 27, 2018 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

Salt to the Sea is a story of refugees during World War II. It’s part of author Ruta Sepetys’ family history, and her research into real-life events is meticulous. And yet, this is a story of people, not just history. The history is the why and the how, but the people...

Book Review: A Quiet Genocide by Glenn Bryant

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 16, 2018 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

A Quiet Genocide from new author Glenn Bryant is a quiet book. Right up until it punches you in the gut. It’s historical fiction with a topic I’ve never seen broached. And I’ve read WW2 stories for decades now. It opens in post-WW2 Munich with the Diederichs. They’re...

Book Review: Night by Elie Wiesel

by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 14, 2017 | RESIST: Politics

Night is devastating. There’s no better way to describe it. Reading Elie Wiesel’s first-hand account of the Holocaust is deeply emotional. Despite it being one man’s story, the scale of moving thousands of people in trains comes alive. (Of course,...

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