Thank you so very much Sharon for this amazing birthday surprise!! I love your wrapping paper and seal!! LOVE the sloth book! 🦥 the mug and notepad is awesome !! I love everything! Thank you so much!!
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At the Wolf's Table: A Novel | 
Thank you so very much Sharon for this amazing birthday surprise!! I love your wrapping paper and seal!! LOVE the sloth book! 🦥 the mug and notepad is awesome !! I love everything! Thank you so much!!
#LitsyLove
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pickA dark book about the women forced to taste Hitler‘s food in order to check for poison. This was an honest story about the consequences of war. Not exactly light summer reading, but I‘m glad I read it.
New week, new audiobook (novel about Hitler‘s food tasters), and profiterole cake. Perfect❣️
When you lose someone, the pain you feel is for yourself, the pain that you‘ll never see them again, never hear their voice again, that without them, you‘ll never make it. Pain is selfish. As I lay amid her clothes, the vastness of that tragic end revealed itself in its entirety. It was an unbearable event that drowned out pain, engulfed it, expanded until it occupied every centimeter of the universe, became proof of what mankind was capable of.
Even little children knew it. If you misbehave, I‘ll send you to Dachau, parents threatened. Dachau in place of the boogeyman; Dachau, the place of the boogeyman.
The pregnancy had been a mistake. There was nothing divine in creating life or taking it—it was simply something humans did.
(So true....so #stopthebans )
so-soI never, ever thought I‘d quote Arendt in description if a novel, but the “banality of evil” kept running through my mind as I read AT THE WOLF‘s TABLE.
The first half to 2/3 of this book is extremely powerful. I found rest of the book disappointing.
March was fun month of reading!
Daisy Jones and the Six - An amazing #BOTM
The Forgetting Time - great pick/ discussion for IRL bookclub
The Year of Yes - TBR that I picked up at the exact moment I needed to hear what was written.
Everything, Everything - recommended for me to read. I enjoyed it!
At the Wolf's Table - random pick at the bookstore which turned out to be a great read
#FebruaryReads : 6 books which is not great compated to my regular average.
What is great is that without meaning to, I only read books by women this month.
My absolute favorite was Small Great Things : best Jodi Picoult book I've read so far.
The holidays are now over and many of us are returning to work today. Seems like the perfect time for a #giveaway to combat the post- holiday blues. I have 6 ARCs to send to a new home if any of you are interested. For one entry just comment below. For two entries make a post about the New Years resolution you think a literary character should make, tag me, and use #NYARC. Winner will be picked January 10th.
An internationally bestselling novel based on the true story of a young women who moved to a village near the wolf‘s Lair, Hitler‘s secret headquarters, and became one of his food tasters.
Publishes on January 29, 2019
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pickThe story is inspired by real life taster Margot Wolk who passed in 2014.
The protagonist of the story is Rosa, who lives with her in-laws while her husband fights in the war when she's selected to be Hitler's taste tester. Questionable decisions are made along the way. The story touches on guilt, fear, love, relationships, rape, & infidelity. Although translated, Postorino's writing still comes across as simple, yet poetic & elegant.
So I know I've been reading this book forever now, but I'm determined to finish it tonight or tomorrow! It's really good, I just haven't been great with physical books lately. It is about the women used as Hitler's food tasters during WWII.
Speaking of food tasters, my roomie made banana fritters & she always uses me as a guinea pig. I did however make the chocolate peanut butter drizzle...because of who I am as a person. 😂
Spending my Sunday morning with coffee (I have no energy to cook) and an ARC of At The Wolf's Table (available January 29 2019) #LazySunday #ARC #EasyLikeSundayMorning
It's been awhile since I won a Goodreads giveaway, but it's happened! 🎊🎉
I've been somewhat avoiding reading any WWII based reads lately bexause they're emotional reads, but this one intrigued me. It is about a woman who is conscripted along with 9 other women to be Hitler's taste testers.
Cover story drew me right in .An international best seller a novel about the women who were Hitlers food tasters .yes one of the worst jobs in history .Will be starting this unique story tonight.Thanks @flatironbooks for another fascinating book.
