Dec 24, 2008 Posted by booktiger

The Kommandant’s Girl – Pam Jenoff

The story is set in Poland near the beginning of the war. Emma, a young Jewish girl, newly married, finds her life thrown into turmoil when her husband, Jacob, disappears to join the Resistance soon after the Nazis invade. Returning to her parent’s, she discovers that they and her entire community have been rounded up and put into the Ghetto. In despair, she goes to join them, wondering whether she... read more

Nov 27, 2008 Posted by booktiger

Oblivious – Cyndia Depre

I was due to review this book yesterday for Cyndia Depre’s online book tour and, for the first time I am a day late Unfortunately, due to the vagaries of the post, my copy of the book never arrived and although I ordered it off Amazon more than 10 days ago, it actually landed in my hand on Tuesday.  Yep, that’s two days ago. So I had spent the last two days madly reading Oblivious so I... read more

Aug 13, 2008 Posted by Nancy Williams

Copper Fire – Suzanne Woods Fisher

I was asked to read and review Copper Fire by Suzanne Woods Fisher as part of her virtual book tour. This book, as I understood, was a sequel to Suzanne’s earlier novel, Copper Star where we were first introduced to Louisa – one time resistance fighter in Germany during the Second World War – now settled with her new husband and his son in Copper Springs, Arizona. Copper Fire finds... read more