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An Inside Look at the Nuremberg Trials

Nuremberg Diary by G.M. Gilbert

February 23, 2021 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

This review should more accurately be called an inside look at the defendants of the Nuremburg trials. Nuremburg Diary is a series of in-depth observations and conversations between author G.M. Gilbert and the Nazi defendants, presented in diary form. Before each diary entry, Gilbert sets the trial context. In brief italicized passages, he provides a synopsis of what the trial focused on that day, and follows the passages with detailed accounts of his conversations with the accused. This book was fascinating. The defendants reveal themselves […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: G.M. Gilbert, World War 2

esmemoria's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: G.M. Gilbert, World War 2 ·
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There’s a Good YA Novel in Here Somewhere…

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

March 4, 2020 by kimberleybear 1 Comment

This was one of those books that I picked up on a whim in the reading room downstairs while I was waiting on some library loans. “Pulitzer Prize,” I thought. “This will probably not suck.” And it definitely doesn’t suck. But it did take me nearly a month to read, and for a 530-page work of fiction — a pageturner it was not, at least for me. The setup: Two teenagers, Marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig, come of age in 1930s France and Germany respectively. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Anthony Doerr, historical fiction, Pulitzer Prize, World War 2

kimberleybear's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Anthony Doerr, historical fiction, Pulitzer Prize, World War 2 ·
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A Beautiful and Difficult Novel: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

June 29, 2019 by Rachel Leave a Comment

Pachinko – Min Jin Lee Finished on April 23, took 17 days to read 5 stars on Goodreads Genre: Historical Fiction Rating 2/3 Historical Fiction Pachinko is a beautiful and heart-breaking book. The plot extends over multiple decades of one woman’s life: Sunja. Sunja was born in Japanese-occupied Korea, but eventually marries and moves to Japan prior to the outbreak of World War Two. We follow Sunja and her family (four generations) all the way through the 1980s and their lives in Japan. I was […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: historical fiction, Japan, korea, Min Jin Lee, World War 2

Rachel's CBR11 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: historical fiction, Japan, korea, Min Jin Lee, World War 2 ·
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Maybe the movie is better?

The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel

February 9, 2019 by yesknopemaybe 5 Comments

2.5 stars. I really, really wanted to like this book. Such an interesting story about world war 2 that doesn’t get told in schools. Hitler and other top brass during the war were obsessed with getting their hands on and hoarding artistic masterpieces. (Except, not modern art which they thought was degenerate and they sought to destroy.) Many treasures were stolen away and hidden, creating utter chaos in the art world. Cue the Monuments Men, a special force tasked with locating and saving these pieces […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, non fiction, robert m. edsel, the monuments men, World War 2

yesknopemaybe's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, non fiction, robert m. edsel, the monuments men, World War 2 ·
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Saving their story from obscurity

April 3, 2018 by yesknopemaybe 4 Comments

3.5 stars. I’ve heard so much about Bletchley Park code breakers and the Native American code talkers, that it somehow never even occurred to me that there were tons of Americans actively engaged in breaking both German and Japanese codes during World War II. Like the women at Bletchley Park, the American code women were sworn to secrecy about their work and it’s only now that their work is coming to light. Liza Mundy spent an incredible amount of time and effort tracking down women […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: code girls, feminism, history, liza mundy, non fiction, World War 2

yesknopemaybe's CBR10 Review No:38 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: code girls, feminism, history, liza mundy, non fiction, World War 2 ·
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We developed a coldness inside us that still has not thawed.

November 17, 2017 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

This was such a beautifully researched work of fiction, it almost feels wrong not to categorize it as a biography. The book can’t be discussed without discussing its use of the first person plural, as in “Some of us read this book. Some of us only looked at it. Some of us never even heard of it.” It’s an unusual choice, and I could certainly see where it could get old. It’s a very slim book and for me, it was just starting to show some […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Internment camps, japanese women, Julie Otsuka, Marriage, The Buddha in the Attic, World War 2

Blingle Bells's CBR9 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Internment camps, japanese women, Julie Otsuka, Marriage, The Buddha in the Attic, World War 2 ·
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