March 27
Books I Read – Jan-Mar 2013
.
Here’s what I’ve read the last three months:
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
I’m a fan of Erik Larson. I’ve read two of his books, The Devil in the White City, about the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago and Isaac’s Storm, about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. In the Garden of Beasts is primarily set in 1930’s Berlin during the early years of Hitler’s rise to power. The focus is both on the American Ambassador to Germany, William Dodd, and his family and the many events, both large and small, that lead to Hitler’s seizing absolute power. Although Erik Larson’s books are scrupulously researched non-fiction, they read like narrative fiction. This is an insightful examination of the cumulative power of small, overlooked acts of evil.
Wow! That was a short list. Hopefully, I’ll be able to double my reading April through June.
Sounds cool!
Nola
I recently finished ‘The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich’. Will have to put this on my reading list.
Sounds chilling. Thanks for the recommendation.
Hehe – well it’s more than I’ve read in the last few months! I read a lot of blogs though… wonder if that makes up for my lack of book reading lately…
Sounds good. We’ll have to look out for it.
XXXOOO Daisy, bella & Roxy
Ahem…yep, we does more blog readin’ than anything.
Howevers, mum loves da 30s era and stuffs so I think dis will be a most excellent book fur hers to read durin’ recovery…law hep me.
Puddles
This looks like a very intense but interesting read!
BTW- Just wanted to let you know there’s something over for you at my blog!
http://kirbysdawgblog.com/2013/03/28/ancient-beginnings/
So excited to read about Greyhounds on your “Ancient Beginnings” post. Hope everyone checks it out.
I’m jealous you have time to read. LOL. I’m either beading, with the dogs, or….I don’t know what. And we don’t have a TV either.
Oh boy. I loved The Devil in the White City. Will have to give this one a read! Thanks for the recommendation.
My dad is a big fan of Erik Larson too.
Mom has then in her stack too. She says she has to start dividing her time
during the day so that she can do a little bit of blogging, reading, and crocheting.
Hugs Madi and Mom
I have never read any of his books but it sounds intriguing!
Lynne x
Ooooh I love Erik Larson too, I read this recently and thought it was great. My favorite of his books is Devil In the White City. If you like Erik Larson you might like Harold Schechter. He rights true crime, mostly about serial killers but they are historic serial killers and his writing is similar to Larson’s in some ways. He wrote a book about HH Holmes too. I recently read his book Psycho USA which was about crimes that occured throughout US history and have faded from the public mind for whatever reason, it was very good
urban hounds
I just downloaded a sample on my Nook. Thank you for the recommendation.