Stalking Jack the Ripper

4/5
I really liked this book. Kept me interested and kept me guessing. Loved our character Audrey Rose was not your typical female of the times. She had her own path to blaze. The other characters are just as good. Her partner Thomas was the perfect balance for her. Loved the twist at the end. Just when I thought I knew who it was it, wasn’t.
Looking forward to reading this series from this author. Hope all the same characters are kept throughout the series.

The Noel Diary

3/5


Was another easy fast read. I liked the main character and understand why his thoughts and feelings changed near the end of the story.

I did not like how even though part of the story takes place in 1986 with a diary of another character, the book makes you think it’s way back in the 50s or 60s with the thought process and religious views and actions. Especially when it involves young women. One character just go on my nerves with all the indecisiveness and lack of ability to stand up for herself.Was not a bad book. Had a nice message about forgiveness and grace.

The Christmas List

4/5
The Christmas season is here. Nothing like a good Christmas book or story to help keep you in the mood.
The Christmas List is better then I expected. Just right for the Christmas Season. It was an easy, quick read with a positive message about forgiveness. You see the changes a man goes through after reading his own obituary. From cruel businessman to a forgiven one. Like the epilogue, tells what happens after the list.

A Holiday for Murder(Hercule Poirot's Christmas)

4/5

The draw back to this book for me was the print, it was hard to read, and was an older book so the pages were darker as well.


I loved the ending, did not see who was guilty coming. was a great book. The characters were interesting that's for sure. Poirot, whom I love. Great book. Enjoyable read.

Lilac Girls

When I first started this book, I thought it would live up to some of the not so positive reviews. As I got further into the book, it was not so. It is told from the 3 different points of view, 3 very different, 2 of which were real women. I found this to be a good thing as you can see also for 3 different ages of 3 different women. I will admit, when we are first introduced to Caroline, I thought her to be a bit boring and just another socialite. This was not so. She is very much a part of the story and needed to be included.

The war puts is in different places, and I found it heartbreaking what one human can do to another. One of the places we are placed is, Ravensbruck concentration camp exclusively for women. It is here I went thru several emotions. Sad, mad, horror, grief, disbelief and the loss of sympathy. I never heard of the Ravensbruck Rabbits till this book, I did not know if this was true so I looked it up. I learned not only were they true but there were more then first read about. Of course if I had waited I would have known that later on in the book.

Some reviews said there was a lack of growth in the characters nor was Caroline needed in the plot, again not true, I am not gonna say all of them "grew" but if you did not see the growth then you may not have understood the book, I saw the growth, of the characters. War changed people but being in a concentration camp probably changed people in a more altering way and growth came in a way no one could understand. If you think about it, think of being tortured daily for years, starving, praying to wake up the next day or to die. Years of sole crushing torture and loss. It's amazing when these camps were liberated, the people did not have help needed physiologically to help deal with the it. So they had to do the best the could to heal, as the characters in the book.

All that said, I could not put this book down, I had to finish it. I had to know what happened. I thought it to be a really good book. The author's notes say 2 of the 3 people were real and the third is based on another. The author's note did answer a couple of questions that were not in the story. I do recommend this book and the author's notes.

5/5