Welcome to Litsy!

This reading is inspired by The Book of Lost Names that piqued my interest in the people who forged documents in WWII. Shout out to @Offmybookshelf for finding this book and passing it on to me ❤️

Started a book about a young chef.

Giles Milton is a writer and best-selling historian. This very readable and informative book explores Berlin between 1945 and 1950 sets out how the agreement between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at the Yalta Conference set the seeds for the Berlin Blockade and the Cold War. Extensively footnoted and drawing on personal papers from Colonel Frank Howley it‘s particularly good on the specifics of governing and everyday life in post-war Berlin.

Loved this book! Amy Poeppel never disappoints.

This book had a great premise about an interesting group of characters spending the evening together. However, I found it rambling, confusing,and slow paced. It was mesmerizing enough. I did finish it, though I don‘t recommend it.

Women in Dallas and Berlin switch homes and lives. Today‘s beach read.

Good Girl was a beautifully written reflection on poverty, identity, xenophobia, youth, shame, and abuse of power.

I'd struggle to name many characters I've hated as vitriolically as Marlowe. He is emblematic of the way people exploit the vulnerability of others.

The romanticisation of recreational drug use is tedious, but makes contextual sense.

This book was poetic and brilliant, but also miserable and devoid of much hope.

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#OffMyShelf “started before”

A powerful novel about resistance in Nazi Germany based on true events-both depressing and hopeful to read now.

“As it was, we acted alone, we were caught alone, and every one of us will have to die alone. But that doesn‘t mean we are alone, Quangel, or that our deaths will be in vain.Nothing in this world is done in vain, and since we are fighting for justice against brutality, we are bound to prevail in the end.”

#whereareyoumonday

I‘m in Nazi Germany this week. Not a fun place. But I think this is going to be a good book - worth reading and a particularly timely reminder.

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A fun read for anyone in need of a different perspective and a summer escape. 🎧