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I finished this a few days ago, but it was only when Barbara posted the teaser for #booked2022 and I checked my last 2 prompts for #booked2021 that I realised I could use it for #jewishauthorormc.

I struggled with the first half, then it got better, then I hated the (non) ending. Couldn‘t decide whether to give it a pick or a so-so. 🤔 I‘m giving at a light pick as I think (hope) it will get better when we study it in a few weeks time.

Book 22 2021- The third in the series and although not my favorite still a very enjoyable read. I do love some metafiction and I really love a mystery so these are always a winner. Plus it gave me a reason to look up the tiny Chanel Island of Alderney and now I want to go there! See above photo! Listening to a Horowitz interview it seems that there will be 12 books in the series which I‘m very pleased about! #booked2021 #jewishauthorormc ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

When a mother needs to help her daughter flee Berlin during WWII she follows advice and turns to a Rabbi‘s family for assistance creating a Golem to protect her child when she cannot. It isn‘t the Rabbi who steps in to help but his own daughter who also wants to leave Germany. I will read anything that Hoffman writes and she definitely plucked at my heartstrings with this book.
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Starting out in 1911 as the story of Greta, daughter of the Viennese branch of the Goldbaum family of bankers (explicitly inspired by the Rothschilds) & her arranged marriage to her cousin Albert of the British branch the book morphs into a story about financing & fighting WWI. It sets up interesting situations, both historical & character, then treats them in a disappointingly shallow manner. I found it unsatisfying.

This is deep insight into one woman‘s life. She‘s lives with a few mental health diagnoses, struggles with chronic pain and nothing helps. In desperation, she tries tiny doses of LSD for 30 days. The writing is engaging. But I struggled with the evident and overwhelming privilege. If not for her place on the socio-economic spectrum, she‘d be in jail.

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com #thebibliophage2022 #booked2021 #jewishauthororMC

A beautifully written book (from the author of The Trauma Cleaner) about how we make sense of the world we live in and our place in it. It focuses on the lives of 6 people who come at things with VERY different beliefs, and I was moved by some of the stories and grumpy and challenged by some others! But I loved it for that - an antidote to the echo chamber. Great read.

Using for #JewishAuthorOrMC #Booked2021

A remarkably moving story about remembrance, pain, and grief, using a dual timeline to tell the story about a stolen painting and those connected to the painting. Glad I picked this one up for #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead ; while I know a little bit about artwork stolen from Jewish families, other aspects of the story, such as Kindertransport, were unfamiliar to me. How heartbreaking! #Booked2021 #JewishAuthorOrMC

In the 1940s a third of Baghdad‘s population was Jewish. In 2016, there was a population of 5.

This is an unusual graphic novel, closely based on the British-Iraqi-Jewish author‘s family history. Alongside the wordless graphics, there are short quotes on each page from family members (and some from internet friends) describing life before, during and after the Nazi influence of the 1930s/40s.

An affecting view of a completely different #Iraq,

A quick and easy listen! I laughed a lot, but if you‘re not a fan of Seinfeld, you may not like this, as it‘s kinda like one long stand-up routine. He shares some of his best material over his many decades in the business. If you‘re looking for a memoir, this is not it!
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There's something here for everyone, so while I didn't love all 85 of them, I liked enough to call it a pick. I did this on audio so each story has a different narrator than the last (7 people overall) which helped to audibly note the change of story if I zoned out on one or needed to skip through (which only happened a few times). Arranged chronologically, the stories' themes change as Lispecter ages and goes through life. I enjoyed most of ⬇️