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Book Review: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys was an excellent book. It's fast-paced, thoroughly-researched, basically it encompasses all the best things about historical fiction.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

This is a poignant and heart-wrenching novel that explores the devastating impact of war on the lives of ordinary people. Through the eyes of an innocent child, the reader is transported into a world of unimaginable cruelty and suffering. The author's lyrical prose and vivid imagery bring to life the horrors of Nazi Germany and the power of the human spirit to endure even in the darkest of times. With its deeply emotional story and unforgettable characters, "The Book Thief" is a literary masterpiece that will stay with readers long after the final page.

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

Book Summary: The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne When his father is promoted to Commandant in the German army and his family...

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Reading Catch-22 was sort of like watching a brilliantly shining coin flipping through a majestic parabola in slow motion, with one side representing laugh-out-loud comedy and the other an intense exploration of the terrors of war, making its way to the ground with the weight of someone's fate resting on whichever side it falls on.

Book Review: The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH is realistic fiction based very much on actual events, and as I read of the events of 1946 and later, I was struck forcibly with how closely this work of realistic, historical fiction resembles the best the literary world has to offer in dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. 

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