To Siberia, by Per Petterson

To Siberia, by Per Petterson is an excellent novel depicting a family within the Danish landscape.
The narrator is a sixty-year old woman who is reflecting on her past, from her childhood in Jutland through her early twenties. Her parents are seemingly uncaring, and often neglectful. Her one area of comfort is her brother Jesper. They [...]

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The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink is a frank, blunt and disturbing book on many levels. There are many questions raised within the pages, and some relate to issues of morality, ethics, dignity, love and truth. The questions all begin with the narrator, Michel Berg. He is reflecting on his past, one in which he [...]

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2008 Weblog Awards Voting Open

The 2008 Weblog Awards voting for the finalists is open through January 12th. You may vote one time each day within a 24-hour period.

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Yesterday…

Yesterday – My Story, by Hadassah Rosensaft is an incredible Holocaust memoir, and one that exhibits Rosensaft’s strength and courage under the most adverse of circumstances.
Rosensaft was deported to Auschwitz, along with her husband, five-year old son and other family members. Her husband and son, and most of her family members were sent to the [...]

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A Living Lens

I am a book store lover, as most of you know. One of my recent purchase while I was away was a fantastic book of photographs and essays. A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life From the Pages of the Forward is an incredible historical and photographic chronology of Jewish Life.
From the Lower East [...]

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