This was a very interesting book about the lives of Islamic women. I do not know a lot about the Islamic religion, and I picked this book up on a whim. I learned a lot about the religious rules and cultural attitudes towards women in the Middle East, and those of the Islamic faith. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is curious about the teachings towards women in the Islamic faith. 

 This was a pretty good biography of Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors. I bought this book because I liked the film. It was interesting to learn about this person, and I thought the book was pretty informative. 

 I have quite a few books on the Kennedy family, and they are my favorite presidential family to read about. I appreciated this personal view from inside the Kennedy family, as well as the photographs that were included. I cannot imagine what it would be like to lose sibling after sibling and have to contend with the press on top of it. This was certainly one of the better books I selected for the January portion of my 2021 Reading Challenge. 

 As this book clearly suggests, it is about the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. I am sure most of us are familiar with the story of the Titanic, which struck and iceberg and sank in freezing waters in the middle of the night. This book provides a harrowing image of those events, and was a decent book to read. It gives an interesting point of view about the behavior of the passengers and crew on the ship, which I liked. Looking back at this incident, it was a literal perfect storm of events that happened. It puts you in mind of the Final Destination movie franchise, where if one person did just one small thing differently, an entire chain of events would be altered.

The paperback is less than 200 pages, and the Audible version is about four hours long. Currently, this book is available on Audible Plus to listen to for free. I thought the book was really good and objective. Even though this particular disaster is "old news", it was still really engaging and thought provoking. Plus, it was free to listen to and not a long book. 

 This book is on The Last Podcast On The Left suggested reading list. Richard Ramirez was given several names by the media while he was active in California. The name that stuck was The Night Stalker. It is a creepy name for a creepy guy. Philip Carlo put in several years of research and interviews to present this book in a factual manner, and I believe he did a good job of it. We get to know more about Richard the man, instead of the evil entity that struck fear in the heart of Californian's everywhere in that time period. Richard was witness to several violent events, his upbringing was poor, his adult life was poor. The parts of the book that led up to the trial were extremely interesting- his life, the murders, the police work. The parts of the book that covered the trial were fairly tedious, but the actual trial was also probably that way for those who participated in it. You can only sit and listen to lawyers argue back and forth so long before you want to run screaming, I'd imagine. It is also interesting to me that so many women were fawning over this man, who they know was a cold blooded killer. I'd like to know what goes on in their minds just as much as the murderer. 

 Just the other day, I saw a news article about a former Nazi concentration camp guard living here in Tennessee that was being deported. It seems like there shouldn't be too many of them still around, since so many of the veterans are getting on in years and dying. I wonder how many war criminals are able to escape and go on to live their lives happily ever after, never mentioning the things that they were involved in...from all wars, not just World War II. This book outlined how it was so easy for many of these former Nazis to come into the United States and build lives, change names, and hide from what they were involved in. I enjoyed this book and learned quite a bit. 

 I was given this book as a gift, which I always appreciate. I was not impressed with the writing itself. As a historian, I like a book filled with facts and details. This one had some facts and details, but mostly was full of short snippets about people and ideals. It wasn't really written like a proper historiography, which I had hoped it would be. However, it was an interesting read while I was waiting for my daughters to get finished with dance class. The motivation of people to participate in atrocities is of great interest to me, and I certainly cannot be negative about a gift. 

 This book was given to me as a gift, which I, of course, appreciate. It was not the most in depth book that I have ever read. I was disappointed in that. It included a lot of snippets of specific people and the activities they got up to. It was more like a broad overview. Good to have in the collection, but not that great. 

 I would have liked this book better if it had not been catered to a younger audience. I got this book at a used bookstore, so I can't complain too much. I really would like to learn more about these events though, so I plan to look up more books about it. I think this is a great book, especially for younger audiences, and would be a great thing to start with if one was just getting an interest in World War II. 

 This book is about Edith Hahn, a Jewish woman who lived in Vienna. She was targeted by the Nazis and sent to a slave labor camp. When she was let out several months later, she went underground using an alias to hide her Jewish identity. She met a Nazi Party member, who she eventually told she was Jewish. He loved her, married her anyway, and kept her secret. This book made me really wonder how many other Nazi Party members did the same thing as this man. How many people were able to make it through the war with hidden identities? The anxiety that so many people must have felt. This was a good book, and I would suggest it to anyone.