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German Girl A Novel
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Armando Lucas Correa
aimlyss
, December 16, 2016
The German Girl is a fictionalized account of a real event. Twelve year old Hannah is from a wealthy family living in Berlin in 1939. Hannah, her mother, and her father leave on a luxury ocean liner (the St. Louis) bound for Havana, Cuba to escape being round up with the rest of the Jewish population. There were over 900 on the ship and unfortunately, it was never allowed to properly park in Havana to let the passengers off. A small number of them are allowed to leave, including Hannah and her mother. The ones left on the ship were sent back to Europe, most ending up in concentration camps. This book weaves the story of Hannah in later life with twelve year old Anna from New York City, Hannah's great-niece born some sixty-ish years later. Anna's story brings in 9/11, which adds another layer of loss to this book. We are told Hannah's life story, while learning Anna's, all conveyed seamlessly. This was a sad story of lives ruined by the Nazis. While I'm glad I read it, I always like to learn more about history, The German Girl is an incredibly sad story, but one worth knowing.
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A Royal Christmas Wedding
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Rachel Hauck
aimlyss
, December 16, 2016
Oh my gosh, I loved this book! Such a delightful royal Christmas story, two of my favorite topics in one book. In looking the book up to write this review, I realized that it is number four in a series, I had no idea until just now. Funniest part is, I own the first in the series (bought it a couple of months ago), but haven't had a chance to read it yet, now I can't wait! Obviously, coming in late in the series isn't going to be a problem for anyone not having the benefit of reading the previous stories, there is plenty of backstory and character development to make the book stand alone. I would recommend reading them all because I bet they're equally as adorable, but if you only read one, well, for the timeframe being Christmas in this one, I'd choose A Royal Christmas Wedding. I do love a good epilogue and am glad one is included, but feel from reading it that this is the last book in the series.
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Victoria: A Novel of a Young Queen by the Creator/Writer of the Masterpiece Presentation on PBS
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Daisy Goodwin
aimlyss
, December 16, 2016
Excellent book that I'm so glad to have been given the chance to read. I loved learning more about Alexandrina Victoria who became Queen Victoria at the young age of 18. Daisy Goodwin's telling of Victoria's life from just before she became queen to her engagement to Albert is beautifully told, giving enough details that I was able to easily "picture" everything in my mind. I especially liked that this wasn't a historical fiction novel that focused only on the politics of the time. There was a bit of that, but for the most part, I learned about her family, a bit of romance of the time, balls, fashion, hairstyles, the sorts of things I'm more interested in. I feel like I know just enough about her early reign now that I need to keep reading and learn more. I would highly recommend this book to everyone that enjoys historical fiction and stories about princesses/queens. As an aside that has nothing to do with the actual writing, I adore the cover of this book, it's so pretty!
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