pick#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club Adult March 2018 selection
#TallahasseeSilentBookClub 11 Feb 2024
• 304 pages • first pub 2018 • fiction • historical • informative • tense • 4 Stars
Early 1943: Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty-working for the Reich or marrying to produce strong, healthy children. ⬇️
pickAn American diplomat and his family bear witness to the staggering, dreadful rise of a cult, led by a guy who says: “Only I…”
So far this is fascinating, a little disturbing and showcasing a fair bit of political naivety, though as I am listening to this from the future, I may have hindsight‘s glasses on.
pickReview TWs: mentions of the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, war,
The memoirs of Nicolaus von Below, Hitler's Luftwaffe adjutant who worked closely with him & even socialised on occasion. There for Hitler's reactions to the successes & failures of the Reich's military strategies, von Below was even present at the assassination attempt in July 1944. The memoirs are split into years from 1939-1945 when von Below leaves the bunker shortly before the end.
so-soThis one whilst it was informative...seemed at times to feel top heavy with its pacing. Really feel it could've been about 100 pages shorter. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ read. #bookspin #doublespin @thearomaofbooks
Sometimes you just have to take a break from podcasts. I know it‘s still audio, but it‘s still a break!
pickOtto Dietrich became Hitler's press chief in 1933 & worked for him up until 1945. Throughout the lead-up to & duration of WWII, Dietrich accepted what he was told on the surface of things but it wasn't until after the end of the war that he wrote a memoir which criticised Hitler & he requested it was published after his death.
There's a few scant words about the concentration camps & the millions of deaths, & little reflection about (continued)
pickIn 1933, William E. Dodd becomes the first American Ambassador to Hitler‘s Germany. He was a mild mannered professor who had studied in Germany. The Germany that he had loved was in the midst of a tremendous change and horror. His daughter,Martha plays a pivotal role,as she becomes popular with the Nazis. A glimpse into the minds of those in power at the time, and what was assumed would just go away. A superb title. #authoramonth2023 #eriklarson
pickThe library loan for the tagged expired when I was halfway through, so I picked up an out-of-genre pick for #aam - only to have my hold get redelivered early! So now I can officially say I like Larsons nonfic more 😂
Beasts was an interesting view of the beginning of Hitlers rise to power through the lens of the anti establishment and kinda unlikable US ambassadors family.
No One was a nice little supernatural story with an odd and curtailed end.
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