Well I am unintentionally reviewing two books about the going-ons in the White House back to back. Inside the Residence, which did share some secret insights to the inner workings of the men who run our nation, has nothing on the information Alexander Butterfield shares from his three years in the Nixon inner circle. The Last of the President’s Men is Butterfield’s side of the well known Nixon story; it is handled with care by Nixon aficionado Bob Woodward. My biggest complaint would be the jump between […]
You don’t know true cold until you read this book
Rating: 4.5/5 Summary: Lina, a young girl preparing for art school and summer break has lived a peaceful and love-filled life. When Russia invades Lithuania and forces families into train cars, Lina’s life changes in a way she’d never expected. Forced to work in a labor camp in Siberia, Lina tries to keep hope even though she was separated from her father. This is a journey of survival in the worst of times. I listened to the audiobook version of this and I really enjoyed […]
If You Want to See How Evil People Can Be…Read This Book!
Rating: 4.0/5 Summary: Amari is a young black girl from a village in Africa. She has an easy life with her parents, younger brother and newly betrothed- Besa. It all changes when one day an Ashanti warrior brings “strange men with skin the color of goat’s milk”. Most of the people in the village are killed, while the young and healthy survivors are captured and taken to be slaves in America. This book follows Amari’s journey to the coast, to America and in slavery. She […]
The British in the Sky with Dragons vs Napoleon
After reading and loving Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, I decided to check out her other series. While the first Temeraire novel does not have the level of clever dialogue and characterization of Uprooted, nonetheless, His Majesty’s Dragon is a decent adventure/historical fiction/fantasy. The basic premise is that a British naval captain Will Laurence captures a French ship that has on board a dragon egg about to hatch. In a nod to Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series, the dragon must bond with a human almost immediately after it […]
A story that revolves around apples and trees. No, really.
The film adaptation of Girl with a Pearl Earring was released my freshman year in college (I think January of 2004), and for one of my Much Ado about English (the intro course to my major) projects, I wrote a comparison of the film with the book (spoiler: the book is so much better). Thus began my craze for Tracy Chevalier novels. My favorite to this day is Falling Angels, though I also very much like Remarkable Creatures, The Lady and the Unicorn, and Girl […]
Like *so many* of our presidents hang around naked…
Other title considered “Not a Doomsday Review”. Inside the Residence is one of the few books devoted to the people behind the scenes at the White House. The resident staff maintain the six-floor mansion’s 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, three elevators, and eight staircases, and prepare everything from hors d’oeuvres for intimate gatherings to meals served at elaborate state dinners. Andersen Bower interviews former resident workers (only one current staffer agreed to be interviewed) about their time at the White House. The more expansive […]
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