Archive | 30. Aug, 2009

To rate or not to rate?

by christine (booktumbling) on 30. Aug, 2009 in books general

I recently ran across a couple of posts concerning whether there should be a rating system when reviewing a book. Since my reader and favorites folders contents have disappeared into that internet graveyard in cyberspace (yes, you can join me in shedding a few tears ), I cannot find the original purveyors of the posts. [...]

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Bending Toward the Sun – Review

by christine (booktumbling) on 30. Aug, 2009 in book reviews, new books

A beautifully written family memoir, Bending Toward the Sun explores an emotional legacy—forged in the terror of the Holocaust—that has shaped three generations of lives. Leslie Gilbert-Lurie tells the story of her mother, Rita, who like Anne Frank spent years hiding from the Nazis, and whose long-hidden pain shaped both her daughter and granddaughter’s lives. [...]

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