One Perfect Day

by Lauraine Snelling

** [2/5]

I read this book after my mother in law mentioned it. The story follows two families struggling with the loss of a teenager and the organ donation made by the victim. The story is very strongly religiously thematic, but dwells far too long on the darkness experienced by the victim's mother rather than on the hopeful aspects of the story. Expect a long slog through the emotional bits.

Heidegger's Glasses: A Novel

by Thaisa Frank

*** [3/5]

This book tells the story of a group of linguists who survived WWII writing letters for the Nazis. The story weaves around several of the occupants of a mine shaft where the letter writers live and spins each individual story through a few weeks of crisis tied to the philosopher Heidegger. The book narrative is well crafted but I found the end unsatisfying.