A person would have to have been living under a rock to be unaware of the terrible tragedy known as the Holocaust. Despite the efforts of ‘deniers’ and the fact that genocide has occurred far too frequently both before and… Read More ›
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30 Day Book Challenge Day 10:
A Book You Thought You Wouldn’t Like But Ended Up Loving One thing about me is that I don’t always read the fine print. Because of this I often find myself adding books to my wishlist because they have an… Read More ›
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Opening Sentence: One afternoon, when Bruno came home from school, he was surprised to find Maria, the family’s maid – who always kept her head bowed and never looked up from the carpet – standing in his bedroom, pulling all… Read More ›
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Opening Sentence:It was summer I remember. Synopsis:From Amazon.com A son struggles to come to terms with the horrific story of his parents and their experiences during the Holocaust and in postwar America, in an omnibus edition of Spiegelman’s two-part, Pulitzer… Read More ›
Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
this is one of the few cases where I believe the movie is just as rewarding as the book.
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 