tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post6025470059698602255..comments2024-03-24T13:45:25.132-05:00Comments on Bookfoolery : The Pages In Between by Erin EinhornBookfoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-18279232664325003312008-12-31T07:32:00.000-06:002008-12-31T07:32:00.000-06:00So glad you signed up!! I'm looking forward to se...So glad you signed up!! I'm looking forward to seeing what books you choose.<BR/><BR/>--Anna<BR/><A HREF="http://diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Diary of an Eccentric</A>Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046635675540466183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-90621515717936477182008-12-30T12:32:00.000-06:002008-12-30T12:32:00.000-06:00Anna,I keep thinking I've got to sign up. I guess...Anna,<BR/><BR/>I keep thinking I've got to sign up. I guess now is a good time. :) I've actually even set aside a shelf for WWII reads!Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-56457909798071301852008-12-30T08:27:00.000-06:002008-12-30T08:27:00.000-06:00Thanks! I posted the link here:http://warthrought...Thanks! I posted the link here:<BR/>http://warthroughthegenerations.wordpress.com/book-reviews-wwii/<BR/><BR/>I'd love for you to sign up for the challenge!<BR/><BR/>--Anna<BR/><A HREF="http://diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Diary of an Eccentric</A>Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046635675540466183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-18129360380565418762008-12-23T16:57:00.000-06:002008-12-23T16:57:00.000-06:00Anna,I keep procrastinating, but I need to sign up...Anna,<BR/><BR/>I keep procrastinating, but I need to sign up for your challenge. Yes, it's fine with me if you'd like to post a link. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-43157324107418963952008-12-23T13:13:00.000-06:002008-12-23T13:13:00.000-06:00This is in my TBR pile. I'll be reading it for ou...This is in my TBR pile. I'll be reading it for our WWII challenge.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed your review and wondered if it would be okay to post a link to it on <A HREF="http://warthroughthegenerations.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow">War Through the Generations: Reading Challenges</A>?<BR/><BR/>--Anna<BR/><A HREF="http://diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Diary of an Eccentric</A>Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046635675540466183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-79269481861469663972008-12-19T12:20:00.000-06:002008-12-19T12:20:00.000-06:00Tara,I'm glad you dropped by. It's nice to have s...Tara,<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you dropped by. It's nice to have someone to discuss those details with. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-7662229474781119792008-12-19T11:53:00.000-06:002008-12-19T11:53:00.000-06:00Thanks for your response! I see what you're think...Thanks for your response! I see what you're thinking now.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-29783360268467791162008-12-18T19:39:00.000-06:002008-12-18T19:39:00.000-06:00Tara,SPOILERS!!!!Yep, I understood the tax and ren...Tara,<BR/><BR/>SPOILERS!!!!<BR/><BR/>Yep, I understood the tax and rent situation, but I thought it was a bit much to go into in a review. My thought was that it probably would have been best for the family for her to stay out of that mess, once she discovered the Polish system was so wacked up. I didn't think throwing money at the problem served any purpose -- that was a very American approach and she was repeatedly told she couldn't expect a logical resolution. I did think it was kind of her to try to help. And, yet, referring to those buildings as the possession of her family really bothered me. I didn't see it that way; I thought Honorata earned what she was offered by sheltering a child, whether or not her motives were pure.<BR/><BR/>Of course, in the end, Helen did take legal matters into her own hands. The idea of nominating the son for an award to give him extra income made sense to me, though. I thought the family really ought to keep those buildings and be able to earn an income from them; I just didn't think her way of going about it made sense. <BR/><BR/>Oh, cool, thank you! I'm really looking forward to getting The Green Beauty Guide. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-47184827948040837242008-12-18T13:55:00.000-06:002008-12-18T13:55:00.000-06:00Okay, so I had a totally different impression of w...Okay, so I had a totally different impression of what was going on with the property thing.<BR/><BR/>SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>my thoughts:<BR/>The Polish family never had legal ownership of the buildings so they could do anything with them, such as legally collect rent. They were frustrated by this and Einhorn was trying to give them the buildings legally but she couldn't do that without getting all the ancestors of her grandfather to agree. I thought it was pretty heroic how much time she spent on it, seeing as she wasn't going to get anything out of it financially. I don't think she ever wanted the buildings for herself. They pretty much lived in these buildings rent-free for a long, long time. For me, it was a question, of what does she owe these Polish people, descendents of people who saved her mother's life.<BR/><BR/>Thoughts?<BR/><BR/>Also, I mailed The Green Beauty Guide today, I hope it gets there safely!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-90446216201530956112008-12-16T10:06:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:06:00.000-06:00Awesome review... uah i know.. sometimes.. i feel ...Awesome review... uah i know.. sometimes.. i feel the same abt someauthors... tell them to move on to the Actual story and not beat around smewhere... it shows u were really loooking forward to know more :)<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/>I like the premise.. well if she has not gone.. we wont have a book ... and we wont knw much :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-5465722312975296202008-12-15T14:37:00.000-06:002008-12-15T14:37:00.000-06:00Dar,I'm exactly the same; I love reading war stori...Dar,<BR/><BR/>I'm exactly the same; I love reading war stories. I would not discourage anyone from reading this book. It wasn't a personal favorite, but it certainly has its merits. I think her writing is clear and it's always the little stories within the big story that fascinate me. She unearthed some really interesting tidbits about her family.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-72921878035292872962008-12-15T14:14:00.000-06:002008-12-15T14:14:00.000-06:00This one is on my wish list and I'll probably stil...This one is on my wish list and I'll probably still read it as I like to read anything war related. I just may wait a little longer to do it.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15387389557243960084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-64554529775334448722008-12-14T18:28:00.000-06:002008-12-14T18:28:00.000-06:00Jenclair,I'd love to hear your thoughts about this...Jenclair,<BR/><BR/>I'd love to hear your thoughts about this book. Let me know if you read it, please!<BR/><BR/>Les,<BR/><BR/>I've just recently realized I read an awful lot of nonfiction. Yep, WWII is a favorite. I particularly enjoy memoirs. <BR/><BR/>You're not a Luddite; you're just a Luddite Pretender, I swear. LOL Twitter is okay, actually. It makes me feel a tiny bit less lonely. Although, frankly, I still probably need kittens. <BR/><BR/>Trish,<BR/><BR/>Twitter's not as bad as I thought. I resisted because I don't feel like I need more time suckage, but it's not a big time suck, really. That's surprised me.<BR/><BR/>I can't say I'm well-read on the Poland during the Holocaust, but I did know how few survived. There's a comment in there about Schindler's List, which I haven't managed to read (the movie was so gut-wrenching, I've never talked myself into reading the book). My eldest son tried to read it and it upset him so badly that he stopped.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-54387365594988318142008-12-14T18:06:00.000-06:002008-12-14T18:06:00.000-06:00Oh no--you hopped on the twitter bandwagon also? ...Oh no--you hopped on the twitter bandwagon also? I refuse. Yup...no way. Not doing it. :)<BR/><BR/>This book sounds really fascinating--especially after just finishing The Zookeeper's Wife and realizing how undereducated I am about the Polish Holocaust. It seems that for one of my undergrad history classes I had to read a book about the Jewish Exodus in the years leading up to the war focused primarily on Russia and Eastern Europe, but other than that...don't know a whole lot. I'll definitely put this on the list (and remember to be patient for the "good stuff")Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-13011582518577212582008-12-14T17:28:00.000-06:002008-12-14T17:28:00.000-06:00I'm obsessed with WWII, too. I need to make time t...I'm obsessed with WWII, too. I need to make time to read more nonfiction, though. It always seems to get nudged aside.<BR/><BR/>Twitter, eh? I've seen it but I'm not interested at this point. I'm such a Luddite. Actually, I just have too much else to mess with at the moment. ;)Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-54442226495831720842008-12-14T15:38:00.000-06:002008-12-14T15:38:00.000-06:00Excellent review. Aroused both my interest and my...Excellent review. Aroused both my interest and my caution!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-4510234890073954182008-12-14T11:23:00.000-06:002008-12-14T11:23:00.000-06:00Teddy Rose,I definitely think it's worth a read. ...Teddy Rose,<BR/><BR/>I definitely think it's worth a read. The building issue is even interesting, at times -- it shows you how fortunate we are to have a logical system for taxes. <BR/><BR/>Twitter is okay, so far. There seems to be a letter limit, so you have to keep your thoughts short. It's nice to feel like your friends are right there, telling you what they're up to. But, yeah. I'm having trouble squeezing everything in, too.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-73215074937896716622008-12-13T20:57:00.000-06:002008-12-13T20:57:00.000-06:00Great review! This book sounds worthwile.I am try...Great review! This book sounds worthwile.<BR/><BR/>I am trying to resist checking out Twitter because I'm not finding enough time to read as it is. Google reader, my blog, and my Yahoo groups keep me way too busy. I just recently cut back my groups a bit, but it's barely made a dent.Teddy Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145413222317511542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-59467765493128441002008-12-13T19:04:00.000-06:002008-12-13T19:04:00.000-06:00Carrie,Heh. Always the card.WWII is my favorite t...Carrie,<BR/><BR/>Heh. Always the card.<BR/><BR/>WWII is my favorite time period, but my favorite stories invariably have come from Great Britain. I think they had such a fabulous attitude whilst being blitzed. <BR/><BR/>I think I'm just really biased in the direction of "sheltering a human when you could easily be shot or sent to a camp yourself is worth a few buildings." I didn't mention that eventually the grandfather and the woman who sheltered his daughter had a dispute. Both were shy on money (he was struck on the head by Nazis and developed epilepsy, which caused difficulty with keeping a job) but she apparently thought that, since he'd become an American, he was made of money and should buy her a Chevrolet. Uh, what? That adds a little confusion factor. But, it sort of ticked me off when the author referred to the complex as "our buildings" or something similar. She tried to get possession to help the family, but it was all so very twisted that I didn't understand why she didn't leave it alone.<BR/><BR/>Tink,<BR/><BR/>I can only <I>sometimes</I> read about the Holocaust or anything else depressing. I mix up my reading quite a bit, and if things get too heavy I simply shut down and stop reading till I find something light to keep me from losing it. <BR/><BR/>Well, I twitted once. And, then I thought, "That was stupid. Who cares what I just did?" I don't understand it well enough to carry on a conversation.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-13951973164917316922008-12-13T18:10:00.000-06:002008-12-13T18:10:00.000-06:00I've read one or two books set during this period ...I've read one or two books set during this period (sometimes written during it) but for the most part I tend to shy away from such a serious subject because 9 times out of 10 I find it too depressing for me :(<BR/><BR/>Sorry. You're on your own with Twitter here lol. I've tried it before and couldn't make heads or tails of it.Ladytink_534https://www.blogger.com/profile/14317480621483829078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-11497143030455349622008-12-13T17:23:00.000-06:002008-12-13T17:23:00.000-06:00You will make a fabulous twit. Wait, did that come...You will make a fabulous twit. Wait, did that come out right? lol. <BR/><BR/>Well darn. I hate that era and I keep hearing and then reading fascinating books from it. It wasn't safe or popular to shield anyone from the Nazi's so that might explain why the woman who took Irene in got a couple of buildings out of it. <BR/><BR/>Compassion is a wonderful thing, but then again, self interest stands a lot longer, y'know? If I was her father on my way to the death camps, I might give someone hefty compensation to make reasonably sure my daughter would be cared for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-91289644181019977122008-12-13T15:35:00.000-06:002008-12-13T15:35:00.000-06:00Michelle,I have a WWII obsession, too. I've got t...Michelle,<BR/><BR/>I have a WWII obsession, too. I've got two WWII books on my desk, here: <BR/><BR/><B>A Lovely Little War: Life in a Japanese prison camp through the eyes of a child</B> by Angus Lorenzen <BR/><BR/><B>We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese</B> by Elizabeth M. Norman<BR/><BR/>Seems to be a theme, there. LOL<BR/><BR/>I'll see if I can figure out how to find you on twitter, when I have a minute (I'm quickly responding to comments, then back to wrapping I go). Thanks!!! :)<BR/><BR/>Care,<BR/><BR/>I don't use the same format absolutely every time -- and sometimes I change the questions a bit if I think I have something in particular I want to highlight. Thank you! And, feel free to use those questions, if you'd like. I'm not sure where I got the original set, but I'm not the first to use that Q/A format. :)<BR/><BR/>You're welcome! Your challenge list really looks terrific. I saw a lot of favorites.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-38643395926687228552008-12-13T14:13:00.000-06:002008-12-13T14:13:00.000-06:00I love how you 'flow' your reviews - do you use th...I love how you 'flow' your reviews - do you use the same questions/bolded guides? OBVIOUSLY I don't pat attn to much, huh.<BR/><BR/>Thx for the sugs on my challenge list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-47788357033768401872008-12-13T13:23:00.000-06:002008-12-13T13:23:00.000-06:00This was put on to my wishlist a month or so ago.....This was put on to my wishlist a month or so ago....yours is one of the first reviews I've read. I have a slight obsession with anything WWII related, so I'll probably give it a go at some point.<BR/><BR/>Twitter? Just log in, find me and Kathy and then you'll see what nonsense we jabber about. (Altho I must say I've gotten some great links to great book-related stuff via twitter, too).<BR/><BR/>:)Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873109350235219509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-32467019961709199292008-12-13T08:15:00.000-06:002008-12-13T08:15:00.000-06:00CJ,It is definitely very complex. I waffled a lot...CJ,<BR/><BR/>It is definitely very complex. I waffled a lot because Einhorn's grandfather had trouble making a living and could have used income earned from rentals -- and yet, I can't help but think it's better to give up a bunch of buildings to keep someone alive than to lose just one life. And, you have to ask . . . Could he ever have returned and made a living? I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>This isn't the first time I've come across a memoir with an issue about someone disputing property taken from a family during war. The other book I read took place in another country, but I felt pretty much the same -- the woman who went in search of answers in that case did end up eventually owning the family home, but they had prospered in the U.S. and I didn't understand why they would bother. Apparently, I'm not big into real estate. LOL<BR/><BR/>It's possible I'll never utter a tweet. I don't know what came over me.<BR/><BR/>Nat,<BR/><BR/>I didn't know you were a Twitterer. They don't really give you a lot of guidance for starting out, so I just signed up and read the welcome email, then went to bed thinking, "Maybe later. Maybe not."<BR/><BR/>Kathy,<BR/><BR/>It's an interesting book, but I wouldn't move mountains to acquire a copy. I think it's probably best for those who love to read anything and everything about WWII or Jewish history.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.com