Challenge 9 - A book with a brown cover

[Katie]

Post book recommendations or a book you read this year that fits the prompt!

[Jennifer]

Germany 1933.
Althea is an American novelist who has been invited to Germany by Joseph Goebbels to participate in a cultural exchange. What begins as a glittering, exciting experience, turns sour as she learns what is happening behind the facade.

Paris 1936.
Hannah has fled Germany to France. Everything she loved has been left behind. Now she works at the German Library of Burned Books where she hopes that reason will prevail against the encroaching Nazi sentiment.

New York 1944.
Viv, a war widow, has thrown herself into the Armed Services Editions program. The program is focused on getting books in to the hands of American soldiers. The program is being hamstrung by Senator Taft though, and now Viv is desperately trying to rally public support to save the program.

As the narrative moves between the three timelines, we begin to see how they all connect. This was a good book with great moments. 3*

[itchy]

This is a cool science fiction mini series.

[itchy]

This was a little uncharacteristic of the author.

[Sophia]

Enjoyable cozy historical mystery set in Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot world.

[Kristen]

Finished 5/2/24: 3.5 stars

This book was really heavy. It was one tragic event after another; it really desensitized me that by around the 75% mark, I didn't feel much when yet another tragedy struck. It was still worth the read, but I wish it was a little more nuanced and the tragedies were slightly less so it was more poignant when they happened.

[Sophia]

Kristen wrote: "

Finished 5/2/24: 3.5 stars

This book was really heavy. It was one tragic event after another; it really desensitized me that by around the 75% mark, I didn't fe..."


Now, you'll have to read something light for a palette cleanser. :)