Read: September 30, 2025
3 Stars
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Books Set in Europe; France
The Paris Agent, by Kelly Rimmer (2023)
This novel follows two female British Special Operatives Executive (SOE) spies whose lives will be determined by a double agent in their midst. This novel is loosely based on the women who served in the SOE during World War II.
Read: September 27, 2025
3.5 stars
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Books Set in Asia; Israel
10/7, by Lee Yaron (2024)
This book recounts 100 human stories about horror of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. On that traumatic day, 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage. Yaron provides a human portrait of many of those killed.
On Shabbat October 7, 2023, which was also the last day of Sukkot and the beginning of Simhat Torah, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel. Hamas indiscriminately massacred civilians in what became one of the worst terror attacks in recent history, and the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
Read: September 25, 2025
5 Stars
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Books Set in Asia: Jerusalem, Israel and Russia
A Woman in Jerusalem, by A. B. Yehoshua (2004)
Read: September 13, 2025
3 Stars
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