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I wish I was back on the Belize beach where I read this book but instead I’m in Houston waiting for it to warm back up to our normal Fall temps:). In any event, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch is of the science fiction genre which is not something I read very often. I am glad I read this book though! The depth of some of the science aspects had me re-reading some parts but as I pressed on I found I enjoyed the characters, and the thriller component and the love story part of the book kept it very entertaining. I did feel like I had to pay very close attention at times so be sure to read it when you are not too distracted:). Now that I think about it, maybe the beach and sampling the local beer Belikin did have me a little distracted😀🏖 #darkmatter #blakecrouch #scifi #scifithriller #bookstagram #booksharks #belize
I just spent a great week in Copenhagen with my daughter who is studying there! We checked out the Hans Christian Andersen statue, house, and Little Mermaid statue along with lots of other non-book related sites😜. I found a collection of his works with a beautiful cover and saw that bookstores there display books a lot like here in the US, I just couldn’t read the titles:). Back home now and will post some new reviews very soon but if you’re ever in that area Copenhagen is beautiful!! #copenhagen #hanschristianandersen #bookstoresoftheworld #denmark🇩🇰 #travelingbookstagrammer
I do love #bookmail! I took a little different road than usual with my Book of the Month choices for October. Most of the time I go for the thriller and/or the historical fiction. This month I went for the first two books in the new Elin Hilderbrand series and the non-fiction Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur. Have you read any of these yet? #whathappensinparadise #wildgame #winterinparadise #bookstagram #tbrpost #bookofthemonth #nonfictionbooks
Took a break from reading to go watch the Astros bring home the win in Game 1 of the ALDS! But I will give a plug to the book Astroball by Ben Reiter - it’s a great read if you are a baseball fan but especially if you are an Astros fan😀. Happy weekend everyone!! #astros #astroball #booksandbaseball
As a constant reader of #historicalfiction I have had The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris in my #tbrpile since it came out in early 2018 (even though it isn’t fiction)! When I was asked to review the follow-on book (published today!) I decided I was going to dive into this first and I’m so glad I did! As is any story set in a concentration camp, this was a heart-wrenching telling of Lale and Gita’s extremely difficult time in Auschwitz, but one in which they found ways to survive and they found love. This is a true story based on many hours that Morris spent with Lale before he passed away and I loved reading the afterword to learn more about the interviewing experience. As with most memoir-type stories I wonder if parts were romanticized for the book but even if they were it was still an extremely moving story. I always learn something new when reading books like this as well as them serving to remind me of this horrific time in our history that we should never forget! The follow up book, Cilka’s Journey, is based on a character from this book so check out my review of that too! #truestory #auschwitz #jewishhistory #whattoread @harperbooks
Happy Publication Day to Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris!! This is a historical fiction story based off of a real person from Heather Morris’ true story The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Y the time Heather learned of Cilka, she had already dies but her story was worth telling. Given that she was not able to meet Cilka in person Morris had to create some characters around her so this book has several fictional elements in it. However, it is a very good book! Cilka was in Auschwitz with Lale and Gita in the first book, but when the camps were liberated she was arrested for having supported the enemy and was sentenced to 15 years hard labor in the Russian Vorkuta Gulag in Siberia. Cilka is once again fighting for survival and living in a place with terrible treatment of prisoners. How she survives both Auschwitz and Siberia is remarkable and Heather Morris does a good job telling us about it! I do not think you need to have read The Tattooist to read this story but I think it would help with some context. Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this! @stmartinspress @netgalley #historicalfiction #russiangulag #survivalstory #tbr #instaread #newbooks2019 #bookstagram #whattoreadnext #bookstagrammer #postww2

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