Currently loving #55- Book raves

 I recently just finished reading two books that have really made an impression...two books that I highly recommend you get your hands on if you have not done so yet.

1) The Dressmakers of Auschwitz by Lucy Adlington (non-fiction)

I knew this was going to be a hard read from the beginning, and by "hard" I mean emotional and gut-wrenching.

As you can see by the book cover, it is the true story of the female Jewish prisoners who became dressmakers while in the concentration camps, sewing for the Nazi wives. 

I tend to not read books like this because, frankly, everyday life is hard nowadays for everyone. This book, however, even with its depressing content, was also uplifting and inspirational. These women...I can only aspire to be half as brave as they were.

2) The Road by Cormac McCarthy (fiction)

I've been hearing of this book for a long time but avoided reading it because my husband (who has read it before) said it was one of the bleakest books he's read. I finally caved in because everyone did say (including my husband) that it was so well-written. A lot of "BookTubers" recommend this too.

Well...what can I say? I now want to read all of Cormac Mccarthy's works!

Yes...this book was, indeed, bleak...disturbing....unpleasant to say the least...dark....but Cormac McCarthy's prose really makes this journey such a ride. Wow...that's all I'm gonna say.

(And yes...I did cry at the end.)Have you read any of these two? What are you reading right now?