La bibliotecaria di Saint-Malo

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Netgalley and Thomas Nelson. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. As a person with a love of literature, a Master’s in Library and Information Studies, and a Francophile who is living 3 hours from Saint-Malo (and has been to ma Leggi tutto

Jocelyn and Antoine Ferrec have just been married, they plan to go to Paris for their honeymoon and stay at an expensive hotel. Caught up in the excitement of their wedding day, they hadn’t heard the terrible news and the German army invaded Poland. The couple are worried, they have their future all Leggi tutto

The wartime experiences of Jocelyn Ferrec, a librarian in the city of Saint-Malo in France. Written as letters by Jocelyn to an author she likes, Marcel Zola. They don’t always read like letters so I found this aspect of the book distracting. In the authors note at the end of the book, it’s revealed Leggi tutto

Well, this was terrible. Quite honestly I have no idea why I kept listening to it. In my defense it was short and I needed something to keep me company while exercising and driving my commute. A ton of tell over show. The dialogue, when not stilted, makes the characters sound like dime-store philosop Leggi tutto

A very different, bitter-sweet, kind of story, one that explores the human spirit, illustrating the things men and women will do to survive when tragedy rages all around them and they feel powerless to stop it. Or nearly powerless. A fictional story that could be true, only the names and circumstanc Leggi tutto

And just like that, my June TBR has been completed. I’m very sad I did not get a happy ending, I was really, really hoping for one. Historical fiction that centers around WW2 never fails to enthrall me with details of fictional characters based off of real people. According to the author, Mario Esco Leggi tutto

Una novela de Mario, basada en la Segunda guerra Mundial, esta claro que tenia que leerla , y como todos sus libros una lectura corta, agil y amena, con una ambientación y una temtica que me encanta. La historia comienza con nuestros protagonistas que al poco de casarse e instalarse en Saint Malo, co Leggi tutto

3 stars You can read all of my reviews at Nerd Girl Loves Books. This was a good historical fiction about a librarian in a small coastal French town during WWII and her determination to protect the town's library and all of the books within. Jocelyn and Antoine are childhood sweethearts. Shortly after Leggi tutto

Love, Books and War I have read almost all of Mario Escobar's books. I really like his style of writing. He always writes about faraway places in time of war. His characters are the everyday working person and always fitting in the story told. Jocelyn loved books and she loved her job as a librarian. Leggi tutto