Post by conniej on Apr 9, 2019 17:54:06 GMT
We a good week for reading!! Got a new list to take to the library and a couple on my Amazon wish list. I did start a book that I decided I was not interested in THREE DAYS MISSING by Kimberly Belle. I guess I am not into missing kids at this time. Needed something more fun right now.
I finished both THE OLIVE TREE and THE WITCH ELM. Honestly I loved the OLIVE TREE and was sorry when it was over but the WITCH ELM not so much. I didn't like Toby and never did learn to like him. Did finish it but not one I would recommend to my friend that reads as much as I do. don't think she would like it either.
Used to be a lady from Ohio on my reading thread years ago and when she stopped posting, I tried to email and also call but after awhile the phone was not in order, and I am afraid she passed away several winters ago. Anyway she was a big reader of Amish books and since none of them have been mentioned on here lately, In Honor of my friend Bessie, I have a new Beverly Lewis Amish book this week to tell you about.
Also since I love the 2nd WW stories this is one I am interested in:
Resistance Women: A Novel
by
Jennifer Chiaverini
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, an enthralling historical saga that recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life one courageous, passionate American—Mildred Fish Harnack—and her circle of women friends who waged a clandestine battle against Hitler in Nazi Berlin.
After Wisconsin graduate student Mildred Fish marries brilliant German economist Arvid Harnack, she accompanies him to his German homeland, where a promising future awaits. In the thriving intellectual culture of 1930s Berlin, the newlyweds create a rich new life filled with love, friendships, and rewarding work—but the rise of a malevolent new political faction inexorably changes their fate.
As Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party wield violence and lies to seize power, Mildred, Arvid, and their friends resolve to resist. Mildred gathers intelligence for her American contacts, including Martha Dodd, the vivacious and very modern daughter of the US ambassador. Her German friends, aspiring author Greta Kuckoff and literature student Sara Weitz, risk their lives to collect information from journalists, military officers, and officials within the highest levels of the Nazi regime.
For years, Mildred’s network stealthily fights to bring down the Third Reich from within. But when Nazi radio operatives detect an errant Russian signal, the Harnack resistance cell is exposed, with fatal consequences.
THE TINDERBOX
Beverly Lewis
With her Amish parents' twentieth anniversary approaching, eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller stumbles across a surprise--the old brass tinderbox her clockmaker father keeps in his Lancaster County shop has been left unlocked. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life.
Sylvia's bewilderment grows when her father confronts her about snooping in the box. To her amazement, the respected convert to the Old Order reacts as if he has something to hide.
Burdened by the weight of his deception, Earnest Miller decides he must reveal the details about his past to his beloved wife, Rhoda. The long-kept secret alters everything for the close-knit family, jeopardizing Earnest and Rhoda's relationship, as well as threatening Sylvia's recent engagement to the preacher's grandson.
Can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness and acceptance?
I'll bet you have a book you can't wait to tell us about and we are reading pen in hand!!
WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I finished both THE OLIVE TREE and THE WITCH ELM. Honestly I loved the OLIVE TREE and was sorry when it was over but the WITCH ELM not so much. I didn't like Toby and never did learn to like him. Did finish it but not one I would recommend to my friend that reads as much as I do. don't think she would like it either.
Used to be a lady from Ohio on my reading thread years ago and when she stopped posting, I tried to email and also call but after awhile the phone was not in order, and I am afraid she passed away several winters ago. Anyway she was a big reader of Amish books and since none of them have been mentioned on here lately, In Honor of my friend Bessie, I have a new Beverly Lewis Amish book this week to tell you about.
Also since I love the 2nd WW stories this is one I am interested in:
Resistance Women: A Novel
by
Jennifer Chiaverini
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, an enthralling historical saga that recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life one courageous, passionate American—Mildred Fish Harnack—and her circle of women friends who waged a clandestine battle against Hitler in Nazi Berlin.
After Wisconsin graduate student Mildred Fish marries brilliant German economist Arvid Harnack, she accompanies him to his German homeland, where a promising future awaits. In the thriving intellectual culture of 1930s Berlin, the newlyweds create a rich new life filled with love, friendships, and rewarding work—but the rise of a malevolent new political faction inexorably changes their fate.
As Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party wield violence and lies to seize power, Mildred, Arvid, and their friends resolve to resist. Mildred gathers intelligence for her American contacts, including Martha Dodd, the vivacious and very modern daughter of the US ambassador. Her German friends, aspiring author Greta Kuckoff and literature student Sara Weitz, risk their lives to collect information from journalists, military officers, and officials within the highest levels of the Nazi regime.
For years, Mildred’s network stealthily fights to bring down the Third Reich from within. But when Nazi radio operatives detect an errant Russian signal, the Harnack resistance cell is exposed, with fatal consequences.
THE TINDERBOX
Beverly Lewis
With her Amish parents' twentieth anniversary approaching, eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller stumbles across a surprise--the old brass tinderbox her clockmaker father keeps in his Lancaster County shop has been left unlocked. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life.
Sylvia's bewilderment grows when her father confronts her about snooping in the box. To her amazement, the respected convert to the Old Order reacts as if he has something to hide.
Burdened by the weight of his deception, Earnest Miller decides he must reveal the details about his past to his beloved wife, Rhoda. The long-kept secret alters everything for the close-knit family, jeopardizing Earnest and Rhoda's relationship, as well as threatening Sylvia's recent engagement to the preacher's grandson.
Can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness and acceptance?
I'll bet you have a book you can't wait to tell us about and we are reading pen in hand!!
WHAT ARE YOU READING?