Ravensbruck by Sarah Helm | Book Review

I don’t think that it’s easy to write or talk about the Holocaust, to talk about concentration camps and the largest genocide of the twentieth century. It takes a special sensitivity to write about this subject. Sarah Helm brings sensitivity, strong research and solid writing to her latest book, Ravensbruck: Life And Death In Hitler’s Concentration […]

The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks | Book Review

Throw history and multiculturalism into the mix and I am hook line and sinker into the graphic novel. I have to say that for stepping away from his usual subject matter of zombies, Brooks does a really superb job in his storytelling about the 369th Infantry Regiment.

Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To This Book? Sometimes, I just need some non-fiction in my life. A while back,I listened to A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheeres and really thought it was an excellent listen. When I came across Jesus Land on Audible, I purchased it without even making the connection in my head that it was […]

How To Fight Presidents by Daniel O’Brien | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To This Audiobook? I never would have known How To Fight Presidents by Daniel O’Brien even existed if I had not read Christina’s review. And the truth is, I don’t even think I would have needed a review to convince me to read the book, all I would need to know is […]

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To This Book? I listened to Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown because the book has been on my Project Fill In The Gaps Challenge and on my To Be Read list for pretty much forever. A little background, I was a social studies education major in college and […]

One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To This Book? Remember that whole secret project that I keep going on and on about? Well, the audiobook of One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson and narrated by Bryson as well was a part of that secret project. However, listening to this book did not feel like homework or like some […]