Orphan Number Eight | 
pickOrphaned Rachel craved the love of a mother but got the x-ray experiments of ambitious Dr. Mildred Solomon instead, experiments that caused her to lose both hair and health. At the end of her life, Dr. Solomon craves mercy but finds herself in the conflicted care of an adult Rachel. Orphan #8 is a richly told dual timeline historical fiction that brings to life historical NYC and the tangled history of two women with the power to hurt each other.
pickI recently read this book with my book club. I really liked it. Rachel was such a strong character for all she went through, especially for the time in which the story took place. It‘s based on true events which is so hard to believe. I would recommend this book to other readers.
Book fifteen from 2019, tackling my multi-year to-read list
pickOmg this book was SO amazing! I loved mostly everything about it. It was so well written and a ton of content without being too overwhelming. I‘d recommend it to anyone :)
Currently reading and currently reading under. My Cuddledud is my favorite present 😍 first book club book of the year! And it‘s starting out pretty interestingly.
#NovemberByTheNumbers Two books I read with #8 in the title... tagged book had all the elements I like in historical fiction but for some reason( the writing? the execution? ) this book was only a so-so. #Eight Hundred Grapes which I thought would be trite was a total pick! Way smarter than I thought it would be...
pickI thought this book was absolutely fantastic. It kept me interested the entire time. It's heartbreaking, and beautiful. I read this by recommendation and I'm happy to say I was not disappointed. Every sentence was written with purpose. I admire this author and can't wait for her next book!
Two of my #booksfromboxes for today's #junetunz prompt. The first is YA historical fiction and queer lit. My litten santa suggests reading it with tissues. Reading more queer lit is one of my goals this year! The 2nd is also YA historical fiction and has my favorite setting, NYC, the Lower East Side specifically. @Yamich49 worked so hard to find perfect books for me including another by an author I love, and one more with my favorite setting! 👇🏻
This was my sister's pick a few years ago for #mummydaughterbookclub (we give our mom a book club for a year each year for Mother's Day) and it is a #bookthatmademecry more than once in the book. A hard read but wonderful storytelling. #riotgrams
pick4 out 5 stars...I liked this one but it was yet another one that left me unsatisfied at the end.
An orphan in 1919 grows up to be the hospice nurse of the doctor who conducted risky medical experiments on her as a child. From the back "Before the night shift ends, Rachel will be forced to choose between forgiveness and revenge." #LitsyAtoZ #O
I'll just keep reading while we are stuck in this traffic...waiting for our vacation to begin.
Starting this one next, it's been on my TBR for awhile😊
pickWhile I found this to be good, I felt that it was lacking something. Maybe it would be better as non-fiction? I don't know. It was still quite fascinating and it was about something I'd had no idea about so it was good as a history lesson lol. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't boring - it was definitely worth a read. It's just in the middle of pick and so-so. Basically I didn't cry at the end 😄
so-so?? #Audiobook
Just barely gets 3?'s for me.
While the history behind the events that took place at the Hebrew orphanages in the mid 1900's was fascinating (and appalling!), this story just wasn't executed in a way that felt compelling enough to garner a "Pick."
🎧📖👣...🍁👟🌲👣🍂🌱 #Audiobook
Taking advantage of today's beautiful weather (70°!) to finish up my current audiobook. ❤
BUT I find it straight crazyiness that they're calling for SNOW in the next 24 hrs!!😒😳
I closed my eyes and watched the colored lights swim across my vision. 💜
In the long evening light of summer, Rachel watched the window picture show until darkness dimmed the screen. Confronted with her reflection in the dark glass, Rachel relished the notion that no one in the world knew where she was. The freedom was intoxicating, like living inside a secret.
The lights made me realize it was indifference, not darkness, that made the night dangerous . . . as if the few of us awake in the dead of night had all agreed to turn away our eyes.
pickOrphan #8 is a historical fiction novel about a young Jewish girl in the early 1900s. I found it to be a compelling tale filled with the horrors of humans and the kindness as well. Many things that happened to her were awful and I don't understand how people could have done those things. Many people she encountered were beyond wonderful. I did have trouble at times figuring out the timetables of events, but all in all an excellent read.
#recommendsday Sneaking in a recommendation since this book is $1.99 on Kindle & Nook & well worth it. A novel about Rachel, put in NYC's Hebrew Infant Home in 1919 where, along w/other children, she is experimented on by a doctor conducting research. Story moves between Rachel's childhood there & 1954 where as a hospice nurse, the doctor becomes her patient. Not a happy book but a compelling story w/a thread of hope & strength. Review link below
I have even more blue books but missed them in the first sweep. Super excited because I haven't read any of these yet. #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge
pickLoved this book based on the X-ray experiments done on healthy children in an orphanage during the early 1900s. The story moves back and forth in time so we can see Rachel's life unfold. When the dr who experimented on her becomes her patient to care for Rachel must decide if she wants to get even with her.
I didn't sign up for the readathon, but since we're still in the car driving home from vacation, I've started another book- Orphan #8.
"...but it didn't start with cattle cars and gas chambers. They began it all by reviving the medieval idea of sorting and separating Jews."
Reading this now for the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge task, "A book recommended by a family member". My mom recommended it.
Finally got this from the library. Maybe should have picked something a little lighter after just finishing Flight of Dreams, but here we go.
pick"We lay back on the sand as color claimed the sky: first pink, then lavender, and finally, blue." Wonderfully written, and so many unexpected turns.
