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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
I’m 8 hours into The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, the 2014 Pulitzer fiction winner and also 2014 Audie Award winner. At ~33 hours, it is the longest audiobook I’ve ever listened to! So far ok although I think there’s a lot of extra detail that could have been edited out.
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I finally finished this book! This book was mixture of hot and cold for me. I never got tired of listening to the audio so it held my attention well. I liked it overall but don't think I would recommend it to any of my friends. I had to check it out of the library twice. While I was waiting for the hold the second time, I listened to
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris and narrated by Richard Armitage. I thought it was a very interesting historical read. I would definitely recommend this one to others who like these type of books about the WW2 era.
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Amazon.com Review
An Amazon Best Book of September 2018: Based on the real-life experiences of Holocaust survivor Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov, author Heather Morris’s novel is a testament to the human spirit and the power of love to bloom in even the darkest places. And it’s hard to imagine a place darker than the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. In 1942, Lale is rounded up with other Slovakian Jews and sent to Auschwitz. Once there, he is given the job of tätowierer, inking numbers into the arms of frightened prisoners at a sickening rate. One of these prisoners is a young woman named Gita--and in spite of their plight, they fall in love. Lale’s position as the tätowierer gives him privileges but does not shield him from the brutality of the camps. Time and again he risks his life to help his fellow prisoners, and my heart was in my throat at the chances he took for Gita and others. Despite the passing of years and the ever present threat of death, Lale and Gita never stop believing in a future together where they can live as husband and wife. The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a beautiful and life-affirming novel. Thinking about it still brings tears to my eyes and warmth to my heart. —Seira Wilson, Amazon Book Review
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