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February Update from Author Heidi Slowinski
Posted on February 28, 2022 Leave a Comment
This month, I’ve continued my goal to incorporate more stories and articles. My short story feature this month, entitled “Closing Time”, features a female bartender locking up for the night when something unexpected occurs. Or does it? Also, in celebration of Black History Month, I compiled a list of books by Black Jewish authors. Links […]
[Book Review] The Prophetess by Evonne Marzouk
Posted on February 23, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Evonne Marzouk When Rachel loses her grandfather, a survivor of the Shoah, during her senior year of high school, she finds herself seeking answers to questions with no one to answer them. The rest of her nuclear family is not observant of their Orthodox faith. Rachel finds herself with a large number of questions […]
Books On My Reading List This Week – February 22, 2022
Posted on February 22, 2022 Leave a Comment
Read Along with Me My reading list this week is a mix of a little bit of everything. I’m making wonderful progress on my ‘Want to Read’ list on Goodreads and my TBR cart is down to a shelf and a half. I get a lot of the usual questions about why I read so […]
[Book Review] The Foundation of Judaism by Akiva Aaronson
Posted on February 16, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Akiva Aaronson Let’s start with the back cover description of this book: “The fundamentals of Judaism in one book! The Foundation of Judaism deals with the basics of Judaism ― Jewish thought, Jewish history, Jewish year and more, in one succinct yet comprehensive book. Written in a clear and readable style, with a wealth […]
[Book Review] Shmuel’s Bridge: Following the Tracks to Auschwitz with My Survivor Father by Jason Sommer
Posted on February 16, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Jason Sommer Seven decades after arriving in New York from war-torn Europe, Jay Sommer is losing his memory, erasing stories of his family, his escape from a labor camp, the important memories of his past. This has his son, Jason Sommer, reflecting on the trip he took with his father in 2001 to retrace […]
Books On My Reading List This Week – February 15, 2022
Posted on February 15, 2022 Leave a Comment
Read Along with Me With thirty-eight books complete so far this year, I am now fifty-one percent of the way to my reading goal of seventy-five books. I probably should have set a higher goal for myself this year! First on my list The Prophetess by Evonne Marzouk. I normally will not accept YA literature […]
[Book Review] Wolf Catcher by Anne Montgomery
Posted on February 9, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Anne Montgomery Kate Butler maintains her investigative journalism career by freelancing. Her latest project, focused on the discovery of a tomb in the Arizona desert, is near Flagstaff. Artifacts found at the site indicate the individual buried was a magician. When inconsistencies in the magician’s appearance raise questions about his origins, Butler is carried […]
Books On My Reading List This Week – February 8, 2022
Posted on February 8, 2022 Leave a Comment
Read Along with Me February is off to a great start! I’m very happy to report the lowest level of my two-be-read cart is now empty. And my ‘Want to Read’ list on Goodreads is down to sixty-two titles. I’ve completed thirty books so far in 2022. I don’t want to set myself up for […]
[Book Review] Hands of Gold: One Man’s Quest to find the Silver Lining in Misfortune by Roni Robbins
Posted on February 2, 2022 Leave a Comment
By Roni Robbins Based in part on real events, Roni Robbins’ novel follows the life of Sam Fox, a character based on a Hungarian grandfather as he navigates a tumultuous life in the early 20th century. Sam and his wife Hannah’s lives a filled with secrets from their past which they’ve kept from their children. […]
Books On My Reading List This Week – February 1, 2022
Posted on February 1, 2022 Leave a Comment
Read Along with Me Another week, another ambitious reading list. I’m making excellent progress on my reading goals and finally making progress on my ‘Want to Read’ list. So far, I’ve crossed twenty-five titles off my list putting me one third of the way to my goal of seventy-five books for 2022. My ‘Want to […]
