Hitler's Forgotten Children

This was an okay book. It's about an unknown program of the Nazi's.

The German Girl

This was an excellent book. It's about a Jewish family escaping the Nazi's, but it's so much more than just another WW2 novel. It's unique and beautifully written - and it's historical fiction, which is the best thing about it.

Searching for Sunday, A Year of Biblical Womanhood

I read these books slowly and thoughtfully and I loved them so much. Rachel Evans has been instrumental in shaping what I believe about church, womanhood, and the bible in general. I love her honesty, her thoughtfulness, and her ability to heal in her words.

The Wonder

I loved this book so much! It's about a girl who is said to have lived off of nothing to eat or drink for months. the Catholic church is being summoned to see if it's a miracle. So two nuns take turns watching the girl to see if she is indeed eating nothing.
The book was so unique and just as good as Room, Donoghue's renown book.

A Fort of Nine Towers

I loved this book. It's a memoir about a man growing up in War torn Afghanistan. The stories he tells are tragic and troubling. However, the resilience shown trumps it all. Highly recommend this book.

The Nightingale

This book came highly recommended. I've read some of Hannah's other work and enjoyed it okay. But because this was so haled as brilliant, I had high expectations. It did not live up to them. in fact, I thought it was actually a very poorly written book. She found one or two turns of phrases that were quality, and repeated them so much that I actually rolled my eyes while reading. Her characters were flat and I didn't actually care about any of them. The plot was predictable.

Save yourself time and don't read this one.

I Let You Go

Fine book enough to finish it. Loved the ending because it was ambiguous. However, it was basically another Sleeping With the Enemy.

Navel Gazing

Interesting book, worth the read. Memoir about a man and his insecurities. Very funny and honest.

Holding Up the Universe

This book was good - it's about Libby, America's fattest teen (she won that title from a tv show and had to have a crane get her out of her house) and how after losing a ton of weight she ends up going to another school to start over.

Libby meets Jack, a boy with a secret of his own. He can't remember faces.

The book is about their friendship and the cruelty and redemption of adolescence. It's a good book.

The SellOut

This book was amazing. It is satire about race relations in America. The plot is a bit (okay, a lot) absurd, but the story isn't the point. It's the commentary on race. The novel is unorthodox, uncomfortable, and hilarious. Must read.

The Orphan Mother

Boring. Put it down. Poorly written.

The Other Einstein

I enjoyed this book. It was an interesting perspective and it made me rethink history a bit. Because most of history is from men's view, it is biased against women. I appreciated how the book brought Albert back down to human level, while raising up his wife and her intellect. It's a good historical fiction novel.

Boys in the Boat

This book was good and I enjoyed reading it. Kids can read the young reader edition.

A Man Called Ove

Oh, how I loved this book. It was excellent in all ways possible - witty, endearing and complex characters, great plot. It's one of those books where I don't even need to write down what the plot was because I will still remember it years from now.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

I picked up this book because I loved the author's book, A Man Called Ove. This one was similar to and different from. It was about family secret's from a child's perspective. It started a bit strange in that it read more like fantasy, but eventually the readers realizes it's just childhood stories that she thought were real and in a way, are.

It was a good book that I'd recommend.