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Bending Toward the Sun – Review

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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The Wild Things are almost upon us!

The Wild Things are almost upon us!

by christine (booktumbling) on 17. Aug, 2009 in books general, new books

Maurice Sendak’s classic tale, Where the Wild Things Are, is not only being released to the big screen October 16th, there is also a novelization based on the screenplay written by Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze due to be released on October 1st.  Mr. Eggers has stated that his 300 page book is somewhat derived [...]

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Review – Under this Unbroken Sky

Review – Under this Unbroken Sky

by christine (booktumbling) on 06. Aug, 2009 in book reviews, new books

Spring 1938. After nearly two years in prison for the crime of stealing his own grain, Ukrainian immigrant Teodor Mykolayenko is a free man. While he was gone, his wife, Maria; their five children; and his sister, Anna, struggled to survive on the harsh northern Canadian prairie, but now Teodor—a man who has overcome drought, [...]

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Giveaway/Interview/Review – Dancing With Ana

Giveaway/Interview/Review – Dancing With Ana

by christine (booktumbling) on 04. Aug, 2009 in book reviews, giveaways, interview, new books

She comes from a loving family.  She has three best friends.  She loves to surf and lives five minutes from the beach.  She also recently discovered that the boy she’s grown up with has the most amazing green eyes… Beth has every reason to smile.  Every reason to be happy.  Every reason to feel blessed. [...]

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Who killed Tut?

Who killed Tut?

by christine (booktumbling) on 01. Aug, 2009 in new books

Thrust onto Egypt’s most powerful throne at the age of nine, King Tut’s reign was fiercely debated from the outset. Behind the palace’s veil of prosperity, bitter rivalries and jealousy flourished among the Boy King’s most trusted advisors, and after only nine years, King Tut suddenly perished, his name purged from Egyptian history. To this [...]

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