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[Book Review] Escape Route by Elan Barnehama

Posted on January 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

By Elan Barnehama Escape Route, set is 1960s New York, opens with Zach’s Bar Mitzvah. As the Vietnam War reaches it’s peak, Zach becomes fixated with the war. As the son of first generation Holocaust survivors, Zach is fearful of history repeating itself and his family being rounded up. So, with the help of his […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – January 18, 2022

Posted on January 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Read Along with Me I chose an incredibly ambitious reading list this week but there were just too many good choices! The first book on my list was submitted for review by the author, Asylum: A Memoir of Family Secrets. Judy Bolton-Fasman details her quest to uncover secrets long hidden by her father. Next on […]

[Book Review] The Fruit of her Hands by Michelle Cameron

Posted on January 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

By Michelle Cameron Based on the author’s own ancestor, The Fruit of Her Hands is the story of Rebbetzin Shira, wife of Rabbi Meir ben Baruch of Rothenberg. Shira was the daughter of a widowed rabbi, raised in Paris in the thirteenth century. A rebellious child, she shirked the conventions of her gender, favoring the […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – January 11, 2022

Posted on January 11, 2022 4 Comments

Read Along with Me It’s only the second week of January and I’ve already completed five of my seventy-five books of 2022! I was delighted to get some new requests for reviews from several authors this week and have added their books to my reading list. The first book on my list this week was […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – January 4, 2022

Posted on January 4, 2022 Leave a Comment

Read Along with Me Here it is! My first reading list of 2022. I’m really looking forward to checking more books off my ‘Want to Read’ list on Goodreads. In 2021, I set a goal of 50 books for the year and finished 96. This year, I’ve set my goal at 75 and am really […]

[Book Review] #ShalomBayis by Penina Shtauber

Posted on December 29, 2021 Leave a Comment

By Penina Shtauber Shalom Bayis is the Jewish religious concept of peace and harmony between husband and wife in the home. #ShalomBayis is a collection of short stories about married couples trying to practice this concept with varying degrees of success and failure. This is the second book is Shtauber’s #ShidduchCrisis series. Shtauber is a […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – December 28, 2021

Posted on December 28, 2021 1 Comment

Read Along with Me I hope you’re enjoying a restful winter break! I am looking forward to enjoying some great books this week. The first book is a departure from my usual reading, in that it is something of a fairy-tale. I generally don’t read young adult literature but on a book buying spree, a […]

[Book Review] History: Global Citizen, Remarkable Life by Kyra Kaptzan Robinov

Posted on December 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

By Kyra Kaptzan Robinov This is the second book in the RUSSIAN ROOTS: A Global Generational Saga. This is the story of the author’s father, Michael Kaptzan. He was born in Siberia. In his early childhood, his family’s remote village was overrun by the Bolsheviks, who murdered his father. Along with his mother and siblings, […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – December 21, 2021

Posted on December 21, 2021 Leave a Comment

Read Along with Me My first exposure to audiobooks came from my grandmother (of blessed memory). She was an avid reader but lost her sight to macular degeneration and started receiving Talking Books from an organization that provided devices and audiobooks by mail. They arrived in green plastic cases and consisted of mutli-sided cassette tapes. […]