[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="B007CFL4WO" locale="us" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31%2BebolDTnL._SL160_.jpg" width="112"]The Reader by Bernhard Schlink My rating: 4 of 5 stars Usually I prefer books where I can connect with at least one character, but I believe, in the case of this book, that the disconnect was intentional. The philosophical … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
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Book Review: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Imagine being an American diplomat in Germany just as Hitler was coming to power. This unique perspective is granted the reader by Larson's well-researched and infectiously readable book. Dodd was an unassuming and, in many ways, ill-suited and unlikely diplomat. He loved the Germany of his youth where he had studied, but Germany under Hitler was a whole different animal. … [Read more...] about Book Review: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson