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Going to do this challenge - and see how long it takes me. I'm making sure it's new to me books - I tend to do a LOT of rereading, because I have a lot of comfort books.
#1 - Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
This was a disturbing book for me, mostly because a big part of the story deals with the Holocaust. My family is Jewish - my mother's parents came from Poland after the War, and so I really felt for the protagonist's grandmother. There were two stories here: the contemporary story of Becca as she tried to figure out where her grandmother came from, and Gemma's story.
Really, the romance in this between Becca and Stan felt almost like an afterthought to me, and I'll admit to skimming the little interludes where Becca is remembering Gemma tell the story of Briar Rose. Really, the book came alive for me in Poland, where Becca finally discovers who Gemma really was.
I'm not going to grade these, but I don't think I'll read this again.
#1 - Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
This was a disturbing book for me, mostly because a big part of the story deals with the Holocaust. My family is Jewish - my mother's parents came from Poland after the War, and so I really felt for the protagonist's grandmother. There were two stories here: the contemporary story of Becca as she tried to figure out where her grandmother came from, and Gemma's story.
Really, the romance in this between Becca and Stan felt almost like an afterthought to me, and I'll admit to skimming the little interludes where Becca is remembering Gemma tell the story of Briar Rose. Really, the book came alive for me in Poland, where Becca finally discovers who Gemma really was.
I'm not going to grade these, but I don't think I'll read this again.
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