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3✨ If you know the history of Pearl Harbor you can feel the dread as you hear certain names and time frames. It was written for kids so it started with a bit of introduction, but it moved forward to provide situations beyond just the attack. Such as some characters born in America, but with Japanese roots. It didn‘t flow very well, but it seemed to try to hit accurately without a lot of detail on purpose. A coming of age in maybe the worse way.

On #Holocaust Remembrance Day as well as the week that Lunar New Year begins, I am starting this very important book by Iris Chang which details the massacre of Nanking by Japanese forces during #WWII. Much less well-known than the genocide in Europe, but no less horrifying.

#Libby #HistoricalFiction #WWII
15-year-old courageous & determined Louisa Adair takes a position caring for an elderly German woman in a small Scottish village during WWII. A German pilot purposely lands in the village. He meets up with Louisa at the village pub & boarding house where he hides a key for her to find.In the meantime,Louisa discovers an Enigma machine that translates German code.With expertise of her elderly companion,she unravels⬇️

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

My #weekendreads

When I started looking into the history of these books and went onto the Internet to search for the names I found written inside them, the search results kept indicating Auschwitz. Every time the trail led to Auschwitz. We can‘t give people their lives back, but maybe we can give them something else. A book, and maybe a memory.

# 6, # 42, # 60, and # 82 for February‘s #roll100!!!!

So excited!!

One of the few interviews by Anne Frank‘s father.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE75yzjM0Mp/?igsh=Zjg2MGg4Z3F0bXdk

#foodandlit #Netherlands @Catsandbooks

If it‘s Tuesday, it must be Hilo. Well, most weeks anyway. The usual airport breakfast & hanging in the lounge until boarding. I finally started this one for #FoodAndLit #Netherlands. It‘s been on my Kindle TBR for a while now, so this is a good excuse to get ‘er read. 🇳🇱