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Holocaust Remembrance Week Event: May 1-8

April 4, 2011 14 Comments

Here in the US, our Holocaust Memorial Museum leads the nation in observing the National Days of Remembrance around the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. I have long been fascinated by Holocaust Literature, so I’ve decided to host a Holocaust Remembrance Week here on my blog May 1-8. I’m planning to post some reviews […]

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I’m from and still have my permanent home in Asheville, NC, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene. My family, close friends, and I were fine but if you’re able, I hope you’ll consider donating to a relief organization or shopping online at some of our local small businesses. If you’re unable to support my community financially, please keep us in your thoughts and/or prayers. It’s going to take years to recover from this.

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Book Review: Christmas Bliss (Weezie and BeBe Myst Book Review: Christmas Bliss (Weezie and BeBe Mysteries #4) by Mary Kay Andrews, read by Kathleen McInerney--4 Stars. Full review at the link in my bio.It’s been quite a while since I read any books in this series because I somehow missed that a fourth one existed!I can’t say that there was a whole lot going on here, plot-wise. There were a few things but they felt and largely turned out to be low-stakes. Mostly I just enjoyed re-visiting Weezie and Bebe and seeing how they’re doing. This was a pleasant wrap-up to the series.I really like Kathleen McInerney as a narrator but I wish there had been two different narrators for this book to match the alternating points of view. Ms. McInerney read each character with the same “voice,” so when I stopped and restarted, it took a minute to remember whose point of view I was in.If you’re familiar with the series, pick this one up too. If you aren’t, I would definitely recommend starting with Savannah Blues.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan: Book Review--4 Stars. Full review at the link in my bio.I’m not a huge romance reader and even less of a young adult romance reader but I’ve watched my share of rom-coms and this is a rom-com with the cutest of meet cutes. I adored it.And what reader could resist its charms? Dash and Lily’s paths cross when Lily leaves a red notebook with a dare hidden inside on the shelves of The Strand, a huge institution of a bookstore in New York City. Dash finds the notebook, accepts the dare, and the game is on.I loved following along with Dash & Lily’s adventures across New York City and meeting their eccentric friends and family. Getting to know them as characters was delightful. There was just enough will they/won’t they to keep me eagerly listening.Tara Sands and Ryan Gesell’s narrations were each excellent. I thought they sounded convincingly like teens without sounding condescending to the age group. These are thoughtful, intelligent teens who also like to have fun and they captured that tone well.I highly recommend listening to this if you’re looking for something romantic and fun to brighten your holidays.
American Christmas Stories, edited by Connie Willi American Christmas Stories, edited by Connie Willis: Book Review--4 Stars--Full review at the link in my bio.I listened to Connie Willis’s collection of her own Christmas stories (A Lot Like Christmas) last year and went searching for more of her work. I stumbled on this anthology that she edited and decided to give it a try. The quality of the stories was remarkably consistent!The stories are arranged by publication date. The first story was published around the Civil War. They continue up through current times. I liked that organization for a couple of reasons. It was interesting to see literary styles evolve over the years. I also liked seeing how societal norms and problems have changed or remained the same.I really appreciated that Ms. Willis made an obvious effort to include a diverse group of authors and their experiences in the collection. Black authors writing in the Jim Crow South obviously had very different stories to tell than the White authors writing at the same time. We need to remember that reality.The stories cover a lot of genres from sentimental classics to Westerns to contemporary stories and on to one or two disturbing horror-ish tales. I really liked the variety.If you want a Christmas collection that covers a lot of ground, I highly recommend this one.
Take a look at the 2025 reading challenges I've si Take a look at the 2025 reading challenges I've signed up for. I hope you'll join me! Full post at the link in my bio.Books in Translation Reading Challenge (Hosted by me at Introverted Reader)Southern Literature Reading Challenge (Hosted by me at Introverted Reader)Hundred Years Hence Reading Challenge2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge2025 Classics Reading Challenge2025 Cover Lovers Reading ChallengeReading by the Numbers Challenge
Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, posti Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, posting, and doing on Introverted Reader in my weekly update for December 15, 2024! Full post at the link in my bio.Book Read:The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily (Dash & Lily #2) by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, read by Tara Sands and Ryan Gesell–3 Stars
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