Five + One
January 27, 2012
Five:
1. I Shoot Like a Girl from Bella Wish
2. Beautiful Art Rings from Liz Kalloch
3. 180 Degrees
4. Seth Minkin is on Etsy!
5. Tiffany Coates ~ Visit her website and be sure to watch this.
+ One:
I recently finished The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman and it was one of those books I never wanted to put down, and was sad when it was over. From the book’s synopsis:
In 70 C.E., nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman’s novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path.
What can I say? It is now on my Favorite Books of All Time list, and has inspired me to plan a trip to Israel.Beautiful beyond words. Watch this video to get a better idea of how extraordinary this story is.
I’ve been wanting to read Dovekeepers. Definitely going to have to get it now!
This sounds like a fascinating book. I visited Israel and Masada last month, you can still see some of the ruins at this very historic site. I read about the few survivors but that part was much glossed over; the historic accounts focus on the deaths and suicides. This book is now definitely on my to-read list. Thanks for mentioning it!
I came over to see what you have been up to and after cracking up at your bona fide grandma photo, I saw that I was part of your five things. Wow! And Yay! And Thank you! And now I want to read Dovekeepers.
xoxo