Friday, April 26, 2024

EBook Review: MARGARET FULLER A New American Life by Megan Marshall

 MARGARET FULLER...
Enlightens, stirs the pot.
She questions...
Listens, continues her journey.
Follow along...
Perhaps, speaks to you?

Saturday, April 20, 2024

EBook Review: REFINED by Tracie Breaux

REFINED, one step.
No, takes many.
Forward, some backwards.
Determination, and strength. 

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Ebook Review: SISTER, SISTER by Anna Rosner Blay

 SISTER, SISTER...
together, together.
Horror unfathomable.
Survival incomprehensible.
Passed on,
without effort.




Sunday, April 14, 2024

EBook Review: THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE LAUGHING by Jacqueline Winspear

 THIS TIME NEXT YEAR,
WE'LL BE LAUGHING...
Not only a story,
way of life.
Pulling out her memories,
covering all extremes.

Friday, April 12, 2024

EBook Review: SHARDS OF TIME by Mito Susan

SHARDS OF TIME,
stories in pieces.
Putting them together,
finding each other.


Sunday, April 7, 2024

EBook Review: WHAT PAPA TOLD ME by Felice Cohen

 WHAT PAPA TOLD ME...
He found "ways to push through."
Survival is a daily event,
sharing with others gives strength.





Saturday, April 6, 2024

EBook Review: DEAR SENATOR by Essie May Washington-Williams and William Stadiem

DEAR SENATOR, who kept a secret.
Young girl, lived with for years.
Her story, to share with us.
Of times, history did to steer.

 


 

Thursday, April 4, 2024

EBook Review: STEVE & ME by Terri Irwin

 STEVE AND ME, 
was her place to be.
Expressed right here,
for all to see.

And for me,
the best book to read.
For yourself pick it up,
I think you'll agree.



Sunday, March 31, 2024

EBook Review: THE WOLF CHILDREN OF THE EASTERN FRONT by Sonya Winterberg, Kerstin Lieff, John Kay

 THE WOLF CHILDREN
OF THE EASTERN FRONT,
experienced such horror
beyond just the war.

Here's their story,
this day finally heard.
Now in recognition
of their youthful innocence.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

EBook Review: DARLING DAYS by IO Tillett Wright

 DARLING DAYS doesn't mean
get it right, or back to normal.
It's a journey of sadness and delight.

Thursday, March 7, 2024

EBook Review: ESCAPE INTO DANGER by Sophia Orlosvky Williams

ESCAPE INTO DANGER,
again and again.
Doesn't let up.
A story full of
ups and downs.
Against odds hangs on.


Sunday, March 3, 2024

EBook Review: ASK ME AGAIN TOMORROW by Olympia Dukakis and Emily Heckman

 ASK ME AGAIN TOMORROW,
and the answer may change.
Read me now to see
how I got here.
Live in each moment,
that's what counts.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

EBook Review: NOIKE: A Memoir of Leon Ginsberg by Suzanne Ginsberg

 NOIKE, brought back to life.
That, daughter might know him better.
Then, discovers more family.
Now, we become part of the story.
Remember, that may never happen again.

Sunday, February 25, 2024

EBook Review: THE COLOR OF LOVE by Marra B. Gadd

 THE COLOR OF LOVE,
     brings out a word 
     many of us know...
          Different
     Dive in and see
     the path she took.

Friday, February 23, 2024

Ebook Review: FROM HOLOCAUST TO INNOVATION by David Klayman

 FROM HOLOCAUST TO INNOVATION,
is no easy step.
It takes much focus,
a lot of determination.
Followed by the need
to act and share.

Monday, February 19, 2024

EBook Review: LOSING MUSIC by John Cotter

LOSING MUSIC, breaks the heart.
From life, wants to part.
Of time, it does test.
All alone, much is confessed.
Brings us, back to life.


 

Saturday, February 17, 2024

EBook Review: WITH HITLER IN THE WEST by Heinrich Hoffman

 WITH HITLER IN THE WEST...

Pictures, pictures, pictures...
Tells the story how one determined
man can lead the minds and
goals of many into a massive desire
to control and destroy.

EBook Review: SMALL FRY by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

 SMALL FRY, a description that says so much.
Her place, unknown and hard to touch.
Love returned? That is the ultimate question.
Understandably, can easily become an obsession.
Journey now.  Travel through time with her.



Tuesday, February 13, 2024

EBook Review: JEW FACE by David Groen

 JEW FACE, often an accusation.
For those, complacent to the times.

Who dares, to stop categorizing?
Protect those, who didn't do anything?

Take time, read the stories.
Learn from, and keep growing!


Saturday, February 10, 2024

EBook Review: SORRY I'M LATE, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME by Jessica Pan

 SORRY I'M LATE, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME.
Takes us into quite a year, and then some!
To imagine even a few of the events participated in.
Ooooooooh.

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

EBook Review: MY WILL TO LIVE by Henry Ramek as told to Eve Gordon-Ramek and Anne Grenn Saldinger

 MY WILL TO LIVE...
His well tested.
Unquestionable acts endured.
To be what not meant.
Hiding from his very being.
Yet deep within not denied.
As shares with us,
perhaps find ourselves also.

Sunday, February 4, 2024

EBook Review: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH by Shawn Colvin

DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH...
Symbol of bad times, and
possibility of good ones.
Here we learn ways to
simply not come undone.



Saturday, February 3, 2024

EBook Review: LEADING AT THE EDGE by Dennis N.T. Perkins, Margaret P. Holtman, Paul R. Kessler, Catherine McCarthy

 LEADING AT THE EDGE,
sparks the desire to learn.
Has one grasping experiences
of explorers and yearn.
To find one's self,
and grow from there.
A world full of opportunity,
in which can share.




Wednesday, January 31, 2024

EBook Review: THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH by Eddie Jaku

 THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH.
The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor...

To take horror and turn it into roar of laughter.
To take words and turn into hoards of memories.
To take life and turn into bright sunshine.
To take denial and turn into renewal of truth!



Sunday, January 28, 2024

EBook Review: FROM POLE TO POLE... Roald Amundsen's Journey in Flight: by Garth James Cameron

 (F) ew
(R) eached
(O) ne...
(M) any

(P) ursued...
(O) ften
(L) ives
(E) volved...

(T) o
(O) bserve...

(P) icture
(O) bstacles...
(L) eaping 
(E) agerly...

FROM POLE TO POLE, was quite a challenge.
Though many did attempt, few became well known.
This story of one, shows takes a team!


Friday, January 26, 2024

EBook Review: RON HOWARD: From Mayberry to the Moon... and Beyond by Beverly Gray

 (R) eaches
(O) ut,
(N) otices

(H) ow
(O) thers
(W) ork,
(A) and
(R) ealistically
(D) elivers

RON HOWARD, has traveled far.
From beginning, many remember him.
For them, and the others...
This book, I do recommend.

It spins, with tremendous precision.
And pauses, as reviews past.
Brings us, into the future.
With hope, does not lack!






Monday, January 22, 2024

EBook Review: AN EMPIRE OF ICE by Edward J. Larson

 (A) ntarctic
(N) eeds

(E) xplored...
(M) uch
(P) ut
(I) nto
(R) eaching
(E) dges...

(O) ut
(F) or

(I) nvestigating
(C) ontinental
(E) vidence

AN EMPIRE OF ICE, rules.
Requires a lot of tools.

Puts to the test one's commitment.
Selects individuals who are adamant.

The details are all here.
As you read, put yourself there!










Friday, January 19, 2024

EBook Review: STUDS TERKEL: TOUCH AND GO... A MEMOIR by Sruds Terkel

 STUDS TERKEL, I did not know.
Reading his book was, TOUCH AND GO.
Drawn to A  MEMOIR, I am.

So much found in here,
one day, I will read again.
But first, to his other books,
I will go.

He interacted with many.  
Through this book, now I can too.
Thank you.




Saturday, January 13, 2024

EBook Review: THE DIARY OF PETR GINZ 1941-1942 by Petr Ginz, Chava Pressburger

Heart of THE young, leaves an imprint.
Precious DIARY, may vary in content.
Even so, OF daily life reveals.
Here teen PETR, unknowingly shares with us...
Himself, GINZ family, and others he knows.

THE DIARY OF PETER GINZ, 
is translated with loving care.
Takes us into a land of despair.

Many would like to hide,
or better yet deny.
If wish future to protect,
this tendency need to detect!




Friday, January 12, 2024

EBook Review: BECOMING RICHARD PRYOR by Scott Saul

(B) efore
(E) veryone
(C) an
(O) bserve,
(M) uch
( I ) s
(N) eeded...
(G) rasped

(R) acist
( I ) s
(C) allus,
(H) ateful
(A) nd
(R) idicules...
(D) angerous

(P) erhaps
(R) ealizing
(Y) our
(O) ptions,
(R) estorative

BECOMING RICHARD PRYOR,
was not an easy task.
Deep within lies, a soul most haunted.

Times were changing, where heading not known.
Who of us, has a plan?

Here's a man, his life before us.
In plain sight, adored and disputed.

Word by word, complexities revealed.
Inside our heads, come to conclusions.

Alas, life runs us through tests.







Saturday, January 6, 2024

EBook Review: CLARA'S WAR by Clara Kramer

( C ) risis
( L ) ingers
( A ) nd
( R ) ages
(   ' )
( S ) trong

( W ) ithering
( A ) way
( R ) elentless

CLARA'S WAR, not easily forgotten.
By those, who also experienced.
Yet without words, written by her...
Many set aside, simply write off.

Read that never, let happen again.
That no one, becomes the scapegoat.
For someone else's, cruel heartless agenda!



Tuesday, January 2, 2024

EBook Review: Gangsters vs Nazis by Michael Benson

 History can surprise us, brings up the unknown.
Democracy seems clearly defined, then put to test.
Okay to spread hate, in name of freedom?
Sell lies and speculation, in name of truth?
Good guy, bad guy, unable to clearly define?
Pick up this book, see what you decide.