Showing posts with label Jenna Blum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jenna Blum. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

Review: The Stormchasers






The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Pages: 369 (paperback)
Source: Publisher
Resources: Author's' Website | Facebook

From the Backcover:

As a teenager, Karena Jorge always took care of her twin brother, Charles, who suffers from bipolar disorder.  Obsessed with the weather and enraptured by its unpredictability that seems to mirror his own impulses, Charles grows increasingly unstable, until Karena finds herself caught between her loyalty for her brother and fear for her own safety.  When a terrifying storm chase with Karena ends with deadly consequences, the twins are torn apart, and Karena's life is changed forever.  Two decades later, Karena is forced to confront the dark secret from her past and track down her estranged brother before he does further damage to himself or to someone else.  She embarks on an odyssey that will test the strength of their sibling bond and give her an unexpected chance at love and redemption.

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Friday, February 4, 2011

Friday Meme: Blog Hop & Follow Friday

Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jen @ Crazy-for-books.com 

Blog Hop Question of the Week:  
What are you reading and why are you reading it?


My Answer:
I'm currently reading Sala's Gift by Ann Kirshner because I absolutely love historical fiction and I'm attempting to read any fiction I can that has a WWII/Holocaust backdrop.  I am also reading Almost Home by Pam Jenoff because I love the author and wanted to give it a try.









Follow Friday is Hosted by Parajuunkee's View.

Follow Friday Question of the Week:
What is the book you are currently pushing?
My Answer:

I am currently pushing Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum.  It is my newest book review and one of my favorite books.


Thursday, February 3, 2011

Review: Those Who Save Us







Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pages: 479 (paperback)



Back Cover:


For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II.  Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota.  Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer.  Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the heartbreaking story of her mother's life.  Those Who Save Us is a profound exploration of what we endure to survive and the legacy of shame.


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