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  While this list may be slightly unrealistic for me because I will have a very busy summer this year, I am trying to read more, and will attempt to read as many books as I can. Most of the books I will mention I have discovered through social media or friends and they are similar to some of my favorite books and movies. Beach Read by: Emily Henry This book is similar to the movie “Ten Things I Hate About You”, a modern day reenactment of the Shakespear play: “The Taming of the Shrew”. “Beach Read” tells the story of two authors going from rivals to lovers after they encounter each other at the beach. In their writing they don't normally see eye to eye but once they get to know each other more they find the beauty in their differences and fall in love.  The Virgin Suicides by: Jeffrey Eugenides  Although I already started this book and watched the movie I could not finish the book because of the slow start and big differences to the movie. I hope that over the summer I ca...

Georg Rauch’s memoir, "Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army," brings a very interesting question: How did a Jew find himself serving in the German army during World War II? Rauch, who came from an intellectual Austrian family in Vienna, was a Christian and had a Jewish grandmother. As a result of his Jewish heritage under Nazi doctrine, he and his family were relegated to second-class citizenship, exempt from the dreadful concentration camps but subject to discrimination.  The book starts in 1943, with Georg, a smart yet somewhat oblivious teenager, messing with gadgets while his mother houses Jews in their attic. Aware of his quarter (25%)-Jewish heritage, he has a contempt for the Nazis but fails to understand fully his situation. His inadvertent actions, such as constructing and testing a shortwave radio, nearly result in the arrest of his family and the Jews they were hiding, although the Gestapo (German secret police) see him as merely a naïve youth. This ...

     In the last two blogs, I reviewed the first two books of The Wild Robot series:  The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes , which are about a robot named Roz. I recently discovered that there is a new, third book in the series, called The Wild Robot Protects , so I was determined to read it. In this blog, I’ll share what I thought about the book, which arguably is the best book in the series. It revolves around the themes of protecting the environment and the interconnectedness of the natural world.       Roz is a robot who found herself activated on an island without humans. To survive, she had to learn from the island’s animals, so she learned their language. At first, the island inhabitants rejected Roz and were afraid of the new addition to their lives, but after Roz responded with kindness, gave a helping hand in many situations, and showed the animals her adopted gosling, Brightbill, the animals loved Roz. She then beca...