Comments on: I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/ Maw Books - book reviews, book recommendations, book lists, online bookstore and more! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Natasha Maw http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2653 Natasha Maw Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:05:34 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2653 SmallWorld - I have read Night but before I started this blog. It's so short that I'd like to reread it just so I can review it. Trish - That's okay. I'll pick up Anne Frank Remembered from my library. Everybody keeps recommending Briar Rose, although I keep forgetting to add it to the TBR. I'm going to go put it on hold right now. Jeanette - Thanks for the confirmation! I know a lot of people who will NOT read books like this because they are to depressing and they only read for pleasure. While I do plenty of reading for pleasure, I do get some type of satisfaction from reading about things that inform, and change my perspective on life. Becky - Thanks for turning me on to this book in the first place. I had no idea that there were more! Off to the library I go . . . Kristi - I have read Number the Stars. I liked it a lot. My review is here: http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/04/27/number-the-stars-by-lois-lowry/ Nymeth - I just barely heard of Muas not that long ago (I think when I reviewed The True Story of Hansel and Gretel). I do want to check it out. Heather - I hope I win it then! I want to read it! Kim L. - Another Briar Rose recommendation. I must get to this one soon. Framed - I hope you like both and am curious to how you'll like The Boy Who Dared when you get to it. Rebecca Reid - That's the quote that made me want to read this book in the first place. So sad. Care - I'll look into those. Thanks! Kathleen - Can you imagine?! I don't think you'd ever recover. Gentle Reader - There are a LOT of books out there on this topic. It's hard to decide where to even start. Tara - I'll be making my way over to your review. Especially as it's in your top ten for 2007! SmallWorld - I have read Night but before I started this blog. It’s so short that I’d like to reread it just so I can review it.

Trish - That’s okay. I’ll pick up Anne Frank Remembered from my library. Everybody keeps recommending Briar Rose, although I keep forgetting to add it to the TBR. I’m going to go put it on hold right now.

Jeanette - Thanks for the confirmation! I know a lot of people who will NOT read books like this because they are to depressing and they only read for pleasure. While I do plenty of reading for pleasure, I do get some type of satisfaction from reading about things that inform, and change my perspective on life.

Becky - Thanks for turning me on to this book in the first place. I had no idea that there were more! Off to the library I go . . .

Kristi - I have read Number the Stars. I liked it a lot. My review is here:

http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/04/27/number-the-stars-by-lois-lowry/

Nymeth - I just barely heard of Muas not that long ago (I think when I reviewed The True Story of Hansel and Gretel). I do want to check it out.

Heather - I hope I win it then! I want to read it!

Kim L. - Another Briar Rose recommendation. I must get to this one soon.

Framed - I hope you like both and am curious to how you’ll like The Boy Who Dared when you get to it.

Rebecca Reid - That’s the quote that made me want to read this book in the first place. So sad.

Care - I’ll look into those. Thanks!

Kathleen - Can you imagine?! I don’t think you’d ever recover.

Gentle Reader - There are a LOT of books out there on this topic. It’s hard to decide where to even start.

Tara - I’ll be making my way over to your review. Especially as it’s in your top ten for 2007!

]]> By: Tara http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2625 Tara Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:18:03 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2625 I am also adding this one to my TBR list. It sounds like an important book and a story that needed to be told. I also have had a long interest in the Holocaust and like Jeanette did a big project about it in middle school which I presented at different schools in the area. Read The Lost by Daniel Mendelsohn. I reviewed it here: http://booksandcooks.blogspot.com/2007/08/lost-search-for-six-of-six-million.html and named it one of my top ten books of 2007. It is from a different perspective, but was a fascinating and compelling read. The author's brother contacted me after reading my review, which was quite something! I am also adding this one to my TBR list. It sounds like an important book and a story that needed to be told. I also have had a long interest in the Holocaust and like Jeanette did a big project about it in middle school which I presented at different schools in the area.

Read The Lost by Daniel Mendelsohn. I reviewed it here:

http://booksandcooks.blogspot.com/2007/08/lost-search-for-six-of-six-million.html

and named it one of my top ten books of 2007. It is from a different perspective, but was a fascinating and compelling read. The author’s brother contacted me after reading my review, which was quite something!

]]> By: gentle reader http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2589 gentle reader Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:54:58 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2589 I read The Hiding Place, and found it very touching. I also read Elie Wiesel's Night. I have the YA book Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry, on my TBR list, as well as Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz. There is a great body of literature out there on the topic! I read The Hiding Place, and found it very touching. I also read Elie Wiesel’s Night. I have the YA book Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry, on my TBR list, as well as Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz. There is a great body of literature out there on the topic!

]]> By: Kathleen http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2583 Kathleen Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:52:36 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2583 I can't even imagine 14 being mistaken for 60. Words escape me. I can’t even imagine 14 being mistaken for 60. Words escape me.

]]> By: Care http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2580 Care Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:53:48 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2580 I enjoyed Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankel. I read Bernard Schlinck's The Reader in one sitting; it's actually postwar Germany... I enjoyed Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankel. I read Bernard Schlinck’s The Reader in one sitting; it’s actually postwar Germany…

]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2573 Rebecca Reid Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:14 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2573 The quote about how old she is gave me the shivers! Yikes! What would it be like to have lived like that? The quote about how old she is gave me the shivers! Yikes! What would it be like to have lived like that?

]]> By: Framed http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2565 Framed Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:39:17 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2565 This book sounds really good. I have already added "The Boy Who Dared" based on your review. This book sounds really good. I have already added “The Boy Who Dared” based on your review.

]]> By: Kim L http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2555 Kim L Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:16:50 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2555 Wow that sounds like a very good book! I don't <i>love</i> love Holocaust books, but I do usually like the ones I end up reading. Have you read Briar Rose? It is a holocaust novel, but with a fantasy bent to it. I really liked it. Wow that sounds like a very good book! I don’t love love Holocaust books, but I do usually like the ones I end up reading. Have you read Briar Rose? It is a holocaust novel, but with a fantasy bent to it. I really liked it.

]]> By: Heather http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2546 Heather Sat, 31 May 2008 19:42:24 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2546 You are definitely not alone; both my mom and I can't get enough of WWII stories. I recently read The Avengers: A Jewish War Story (<a href="http://age30books.blogspot.com/2008/05/avengers-jewish-war-story.html" rel="nofollow">click here for my review</a>) ... it opened my eyes to so much that I didn't know about the Jewish experience outside of the camps during WWII. I highly recommend it - so much so that I'm giving it away in a contest on my site that will start of June 8. You are definitely not alone; both my mom and I can’t get enough of WWII stories. I recently read The Avengers: A Jewish War Story (click here for my review) … it opened my eyes to so much that I didn’t know about the Jewish experience outside of the camps during WWII. I highly recommend it - so much so that I’m giving it away in a contest on my site that will start of June 8.

]]> By: Nymeth http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2545 Nymeth Sat, 31 May 2008 18:25:45 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/05/30/i-have-lived-a-thousand-years-by-livia-bitton-jackson/#comment-2545 Thanks for the review. I really have to look for this one. I did the Themed Reading Challenge on WWII so I also read quite a bit of these books this year, and I think my favourite was Maus by Art Spiegelmen. Make sure you read both volumes if you do decide to pick it up, though. They form a single story. And like Trish said, I can't recommend Briar Rose by Jane Yolen highly enough. Thanks for the review. I really have to look for this one.

I did the Themed Reading Challenge on WWII so I also read quite a bit of these books this year, and I think my favourite was Maus by Art Spiegelmen. Make sure you read both volumes if you do decide to pick it up, though. They form a single story.

And like Trish said, I can’t recommend Briar Rose by Jane Yolen highly enough.

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