A Traitor in Whitehall by Julia KellyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Showing posts with label WWII book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWII book. Show all posts
20 December 2023
18 June 2023
July Book Pick
The July Book Pick debuted at our Overbooked book club which meets at the McCracken County Public Library on the second Monday of each month. If you live in Paducah, come on down next month, we would love to have you.
Next meeting: July 10, 5:30pm in the upstairs meeting room
Here is my review of the book from when I read it last year.
5 stars!!! Do not pass on this one! Whew, I am going to begin by telling you a little bit about the book. This will show you two women that are expecting babies near the same time. WWII is about to break out and one woman is in love with a man on the wrong side of the Germans, and the other is just trying to mind her bookshop with her family. Elise, is a hunted woman, as the Germans are seeking her and she knows that will mean death, so she makes the ultimate sacrifice to give up her child in hopes she will live. She finds her bookshop-owning friend, Juliette, and asks her to take on her child. Juliette has children of her own, but will gladly take a child that she views as not wanted by her mother.
Fast forward to the end of the war and both of the women's lives have changed, but what has happened to the children? Oh, I can't spoil this for you, but I hope you have become interested because there is most of the book left. There are many times when my heart was on the floor with emotion. I will also add that this book is hard to put down so plan accordingly.
19 February 2023
March Monthly Book Pick
I have been waiting for this book to be released so I can share it with you. I really tried to not pick too many WWII books, but I can't help it with this one. Pam Jenoff is one of the greats and you won't be sorry if you read this one.
Here is the review that I wrote last month....
Ms. Jenoff is one of my favorite WWII writers. She always tries to come up with a unique story about a woman that tries to save something. This time Hannah is trying to save Jewish people in a Sapphire Network. She ends up making a mistake that will cost her cousin, Lilly everything. Hannah will now have to try and make amends to her cousin, while still trying to keep herself safe and the man she loves. There's a little twist with that man, watch out for him.
This is a WWII story, there will be death, there will be suffering, there will be sorrow, and war is hell after all....but Ms. Jenoff always finds some good and I think she was so successful. I hope she has a brilliant launch to this book because it is superb.
Please let me know what you think about this one, and if you have never tried a book by Pam before and loved this one, please try another, they are all wonderful.
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Review: The Codebreaker's Secret
The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara AckermanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This dual timeline book is set in Hawaii during WWII and the mid-1960s. During the wartime plot, Pearl Harbor was attacked and Walt was killed. We meet Izzy a code breaker who has joined the war to avenge the death of her brother, Walt. She also tries to spend all of her free time doing the Hawaiian things her brother loved so much.
In the 1960s timeline, we meet Lu who has been sent to photograph a fancy hotel opening. She spends her time with the hotel owner and a local photographer. When they discover a body in a cave, it brings back the photographer's past and ties the two timelines together.
I very much enjoyed how the two timelines intertwined throughout the book and the way they gelled near the end of the book was great! This may be my favorite book by Ms. Ackerman.
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