Monthly Archives: August 2008
Lest You Think I Like Everything …
Yes, I love to read. I read books, magazines, cereal boxes – everything. I love a good book, regardless of subject matter or genre. And if I start a book, I will almost inevitably finish it. I always figure, maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Young Adult, fiction
Tagged castle, fantasy, fiction, love, princess, romance, science fiction
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The French Holocaust
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay This is a very sad, truly haunting book, whose images and impressions will linger with you long after you’ve set the finished book down. Set in two times, 1942 occupied France and in today’s … Continue reading
Posted in fiction
Tagged French, Holocaust, nazi, novel, Sarah's Key, Vélodrome d'Hiver
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Real Crime and Persistence
Three Boys Missing by James A. Jack This book, with the grainy, greyscale photos of three boys from the 1950s on the cover, is subtitled “The Tragedy That Exposed The Pedophilia Underworld” and was written by one of the detectives … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, nonfiction
Tagged Chicago, crime, James. A. Jack, pedophilia, Peterson Scheussler murders, police, Three Boys Missing
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