Svetlana's Reads and Views

  Title of the book: Antisemitism, an American Tradition Author: Pamela S. Nadell Publisher: W.W. Norton Publishing Date: 2025 ISBN:  9781324050643  Summary: The powerful story of antisemitism in America and how it has shaped the lives of Jews for almost four centuries Jews met antisemitism upon landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the United States changed little, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. Jews faced restrictions on holding office, admission into schools, and employment in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. In recent years antisemitic incidents have increased. In Antisemitism, An American Tradition scholar Pamela S. Nadell investigates the depth of this fraught history. She explores how Jews battled antisemitism through the law and by creating organizations to speak for them. Jews would also fight back with their fists or join with allies in fightin...

  Title of the book: Author: Publisher: Publishing Date: ISBN: Summary: Author Info: Personal Opinion: I love reading science books where I can learn fascinating new facts that I hadn't known before, and this book is just full of them! Every piece of inhospitable corner, from light to darkness to cold to heat is just overflowing with a lot of eye opening information on the type of life that survives and thrives in these harsh conditions, giving me hope that life can and will overcome adversity. I loved learning about various species that made these extremes their homes, practically all of them I hadn't known or heard of before. If you are looking to learn new scientific facts about life as well as endless possibilities of what we can learn about about ourselves and life, then this is a book to be treasured and enjoyed.  This was given for review 4 out of 5 (0: Stay away unless a masochist 1: Good for insomnia 2: Horrible but readable; 3: Readable and quickly forgettable, 4: Go...

  Title of the book: F*cked up fairytales; sinful cinderellas, prince alarmings, and other timeless classics  Author: Liz Gotauco Publisher: W.W. Norton Publishing Date: 2025 ISBN: 9781324106333 Summary:  Bawdy, shocking, and hilarious interpretations of classic and rare fairy tales from a beloved TikTok storyteller. Based on the wildly popular TikTok series, F*cked Up Fairy Tales presents modern retellings of some of the strangest and darkest stories humans had the audacity to invent. Inspired by sources across the world, “Cosbrarian” Liz Gotauco conjures gossipy animals, homicidal royals, doomed commoners, and shape-shifting beaux—all reckoning with complicated, adult problems that “Disney versions” have sanitized. In entertaining asides, Gotauco offers insight into the stories’ contested origins, spills deliciously weird details about fairy tale authors like Madame de Aulnoy and the Brothers Grimm, and explores timeless themes that have long tickled the huma...

   Name of Book: Author: ISBN: Publisher: Part of a Series: Type of book: Fantasy, desert, colonialism, royalty, military, war, religion, hidden worlds  Year it was published: Summary: Characters: From some chapters that  I read the main characters are Luca, Touraine and yes, Pruett, Touraines former lover. The characters do grow and change parts of themselves as the story goes, questioning and wondering if their choices are the right ones. And yes they do make very questionable decisions.  Theme: It's possible to grow and mature  Plot: Story is in third person narrative from what seems like everyone's point of view, although the primary characters were Touraine and Luca, and Touraines former lover Pruett. I also will mention that one should read this immediately after reading THE UNBROKEN. Because there is no summary at the front at what to expect. It honestly felt as if the characters had matured and grown from some parts I have read and seen, yet the sto...