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Number the stars was by far my favorite book of my childhood… I credit this book for giving me my love of historical fiction!!

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I can‘t say I wasn‘t warned. The above sentence appears in the introduction. While the methodology of the surveys is important for academics and the differences in interpretation of the data by the 2 authors points to some issues, this book is not readable. And it doesn‘t offer me any ideas on how to safely resist. How anyone can make such horror so dry is beyond me. The information is good, but if you put people to sleep they won‘t absorb it.

#tlt #threelistthursday this might be my movie genre 😆 some of them I couldn‘t remember seeing but I thought I had ( The Croft) but I left them off. Sweet Home Alabama I have seen a bazillion times ❤️❤️❤️ Mystic Pizza - my first Julia Roberts film ❤️❤️❤️ Moonstruck I would watch 100 million times plus all the witch films and everything ever set in autumn starring Meg Ryan. Maybe tonight is movie night

Pretty good book but I would have liked to see even more detail and any more conflicts they had with others in the military. Also wanted some more about the Navajo culture. Otherwise I'd recommend it if you are into WW2 history.

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#BookClub for Tuesday, overall I enjoyed - if such a horrific story can be “enjoyable” 😳 - learning this was inspired by real people and true experiences. A few chapters felt clumsy but overall, I appreciate the renewed attention that historical fiction brings to “this really happened!” And why oh why do we not learn?! Caroline is inspiring with her dogged determination to do what she can for good in the world. #Sep2025 Book79 (Pic from May)

I enjoyed this historical fiction about a brother and sister who work at Bletchley Park while also trying g to unravel the mystery of their mother‘s disappearance. There‘s lots of interesting information about codes and code breaking. I agree with some other reviewers that the ending is a bit rushed, but overall it‘s a great story with an interesting group of characters, including mentions of a few real people who worked at Bletchley Park.

An epistolary novel, 🎧.
A story of a village in Kent in 1940, and its mostly female inhabitants finding strength in music and each other. Their joys, sorrows, schemes, and tribulations in the face of the war. It was heartwarming, at times heartbreaking, at times too sweet, at times over the top dramatic. I enjoyed it overall, though I felt it went on for a bit too long. Probably won‘t reread, but would watch a movie if there‘s ever one.