760 ratings (4.15 avg)
271 reviews
more photos (2)

Alexandra

https://www.goodreads.com/chaionlife

Alexandra’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (205)
currently-reading‎ (1)
read‎ (763)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
england-mystery‎ (113)
to-read-non-fiction‎ (106)
fantasy‎ (93)
to-read-fiction‎ (77)
us-literature‎ (61)
science-fiction‎ (57)
childrens‎ (48)
book-of-the-month‎ (41)

favorites-of-all-time‎ (37)
wwii-historical-fiction‎ (31)
us-history‎ (28)
dystopia‎ (27)
wwii-history‎ (27)
england-historical-fiction‎ (26)
us-mystery‎ (24)
biography-memoir‎ (23)
us-historical-fiction‎ (23)
tech-and-social-media‎ (22)
jewish-literature‎ (21)
book-club‎ (20)

audiobook‎ (18)
england-literature‎ (18)
post-wwii-history‎ (18)
aus-nz-literature‎ (16)
african-american-literature‎ (15)
holocaust-history‎ (15)
short-stories‎ (14)
jewish-history‎ (12)
books-for-sophie‎ (10)
science‎ (10)
france-literature‎ (9)
parenting‎ (9)

holocaust-historical-fiction‎ (8)
african-american-history‎ (7)
dnf‎ (7)
manhattan-project-history‎ (7)
us-civil-war-history‎ (7)
canada-mystery‎ (6)
humor‎ (6)
ireland-mystery‎ (6)
israel-history‎ (6)
russia-historical-fiction‎ (6)
cold-war-history‎ (5)
holocaust-memoir‎ (5)

Stats | More…

Alexandra is Currently Reading

Alexandra is currently reading

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History – and How It Shattered a Nation

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Mar 25, 2026 06:28PM

Alexandra’s Quotes

“The strong aroma of meat, fried onion, cumin, and baked dough soaked into my skin so deeply that I have never lost it. I will die smelling like an empanada.”
― Isabel Allende, Inés of My Soul

1 likes

“Travel is sold as freedom, but we were about as free as lab rats. This is how they'll manage the next Holocaust, I thought, as I shuffled forward in my stockinged feet: they'll simply issue us with air tickets and we'll do whatever we're told”
― Robert Harris, The Ghost

8 likes

“So,” said Ruth, “how bad is it?” “You haven’t read it?” “Not all of it.” “Well,” I said, politely, “it needs some work.” “How much?” The words “Hiroshima” and “nineteen forty-five” floated briefly into my mind. “It’s fixable,” I said, which I suppose it was: even Hiroshima was fixed eventually.”
― Robert Harris, The Ghost

4 likes