I’ve been on a maritime reading kick again. In the last month I’ve read three good books in this category: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II… Read More ›
WWI
Women Heroes of World War I by Kathryn J. Atwood
This highly readable and informative book is categorized as young adult nonfiction/history and it’s good reading for older adults, too. It’s the kind of book I wish had been around when I was a girl growing up on movies like… Read More ›
An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd
In 2012 I won all four books of Charles Todd’s Bess Crawford Mystery Series from Criminal Element. I wasn’t able to dive right into them and normally I’m a stickler about reading things in chronological order, but one thing I’m… Read More ›
Wrap Up Post, War Through The Generations WWI Challenge
Each year Anna and Serena of War Through The Generations host a reading challenged focused on a particular war. In 2012 the focus was World War I, which has been of great interest to me over the last few years…. Read More ›
A Rose for the ANZAC Boys by Jackie French
This is one of those books that probably wouldn’t have crossed my path had I not participated in a reading challenge. Two challenges, actually: the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012 and the World War I reading challenge hosted by War… Read More ›
The Absolutist by John Boyne
I love everything about this novel–the characters, the story, the time period, the writing style. It’s an epic World War I story that flows back and forth in time from 1919 to 1916, with a concluding chapter set in 1979…. Read More ›
One of Ours: Thoughts & Comments
J.P. Cather sits directly behind the (source, Cather Archives) Hello again, Cather fans! For those of you who haven’t yet read One of Ours, you might like to check out the intro post on this novel here. My Thoughts One… Read More ›