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115 reviews

The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan

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informative medium-paced

3.75

The overall thesis is overdone and hard to support. But this telling inadvertently provides a brilliant summary of all theories about who gave up the Franks. 
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

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dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

Quick read. Satisfying full story.
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham

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adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

Lovely way to read about history - though food.
Midnight In Cairo: The Female Stars of Egypt's Roaring '20s by Raphael Cormack

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adventurous emotional funny reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

Amazing women in a more free time. I’d have loved this world.
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder

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adventurous dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Made archival research a gripping yarn.
Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh

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adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.0

A little story about a massive trauma.
Mammoth by Chris Flynn

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

5.0

Thai was sooooo much fun.
I got invested is a fossil.
I cried.
The BEST twist.
White Australia Has A Black History: William Cooper and First Nations Peoples' Political Activism by Barbara Miller

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challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

3.25


The disremembering of the struggle of the First People is a crime in itself this book helps correct.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

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medium-paced

0.5

Riddled with historical inaccuracies from a book that claims the opposite.