An Acquaintance With Darkness

This book, which in the past has been a required summer reading, is an interesting storyline on the events of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln. As I read the book, I wondered how many of the events in the story were true historical facts. Was a woman really found guilty of aiding the assassins and was she hung in public? What about the practice of grave robbing. I wonder how prevalent the practice was during this time period.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society

This book that I read for my book club was very interesting. The book told the story (through letters) of the Nazi occupation of the island of Guernsey during World War II. It was a great story, it would have been better without the love story component at the end, but the author didn't ask me :) I need to find the time to do some historical research to see if the "facts" of the book are true facts or if the authors made them up for the storyline. IE: the landing of the Germans during the occupation, the sending of all the small children from the island to the English mainland for safety reasons, etc.