I read because one life is just not enough for me
Paid Partnership with Ebury Books Synopsis: 'Little dancer', Mengele says, ‘dance for me’ In 1944, sixteen-year-old ballerina Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Separated from her parents on arrival, she endures unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. When the camp is finally liberated, she is pulled from a pile… Continue reading Review – The Choice by Edith Eger
I am so glad it is my stop today at the blog tour for Blue Night. Thank you so much Anne and Orenda Books for sending me an advance copy of Blue Night and including me in this fabulous blog tour. Synopsis: After convicting a superior for corruption and shooting off a gangster’s crown jewels,… Continue reading Blog Tour / Book Review – Blue Night by Simone Buchholz (translated by Rachel Ward)
If you have been following me for a while on my social media, you should know by now that I have a problem... Not only do I buy books or rather hoard them at a very alarming speed, (let's say at least 2-3 books a week... ), I am also obsessed with collecting different editions… Continue reading Obsessive-Bronze-Horseman-itis
One of my friends recently read Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys and her reaction to the book makes me want to make a post again about this book. I read this book at the end of 2016 and it has stayed with me ever since. The beautiful prose and the unique story telling… Continue reading Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
A huge congratulation to one of my favourite authors Amy Harmon! From Sand and Ash has made No.1 in Amazon this week! This book was one of my top read for 2016. Set in the period of Second World War in Italy, this book tells a story about evil and survival but most of all… Continue reading From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
Wow ok! I am kind of lost of word for a moment as this book has seriously awed me in an absolutely AMAZING way! I don't quite know how to write this review as this book is not like anything I have read before! But trust me, this book is on my all time favourite… Continue reading The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Finished Six Days in Leningrand, the trip Paullina Simons took back to Russia, the first time since she left with her family for America when she was 10 years old. This book is EVERYTHING that I could have ever wanted. From before the trip to each day she spent in Leningrand, it is vivid, it… Continue reading Six Days in Leningrad by Paullina Simons
What a very very special book indeed. I finished this last night and my heart cannot be still, it is frantically trying to make senses of it all, trying not to be torn into million pieces and trying to process all that is in the book to tell. This book has no doubt become one… Continue reading We Were The Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
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