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Crashing Off the Rails

The Orphan's Letters by Glynis Peters

March 30, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Kitty, an orphaned young woman, works to gain her Red Cross qualification as she continues to work as a nurse during World War Two. I picked up this ARC on NetGalley a while ago, and came to realize sometime after that that WW2 historical fiction is generally not for me. I enjoy learning about the time period and the experiences of ordinary people, but I find that the plots zigzag between melodramatic and dull too much for my liking. But my NetGalley shelf needs to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: ARC, England, Glynis Peters, historical, NetGalley, nursing, Romance, war, ww2

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: ARC, England, Glynis Peters, historical, NetGalley, nursing, Romance, war, ww2 ·
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Faith and Deprivation on the Channel Islands

An Island At War by Deborah Carr

May 27, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Estelle has sent her younger sister Rosie away from their home just in time, for days later the Germans occupy the Channel Islands. Now both sisters must survive their respective environments as best as they can. I picked up this book despite the tiring similarity of many WW2 historicals because it had an unusual setting – the Channel Islands, which were occupied by Germans for much of the war. I had hoped that this unique experience would lend itself to a more memorable tale. Unfortunately, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: ARC, Deborah Carr, England, historical, NetGalley, Romance, ww2

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:71 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: ARC, Deborah Carr, England, historical, NetGalley, Romance, ww2 ·
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Life Under the Regime

A Village in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd, Angelika Patel

March 28, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Wars come and go, but life goes on. And so it went on in the village of Oberstdorf throughout the 1930s and 1940s, with the rise and fall of Nazism an undercurrent all along – except it was one that swelled in a way that even a quiet little village couldn’t ignore. A few years ago I took a class called Experiencing Total War, in which I learned about what it was like for the average person to live through the world wars. It was […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, ARC, Germany, Julia Boyd, Angelika Patel, NetGalley, non fiction, ww2

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:47 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, ARC, Germany, Julia Boyd, Angelika Patel, NetGalley, non fiction, ww2 ·
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The Big Daddy of WW2 Spy Fiction

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

February 4, 2022 by Pooja 2 Comments

Men tell stories. Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over. It seems like every other historical fiction book being released these days is about women who were spies and saboteurs during the occupation of France in World War Two. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: French Resistance, historical, kristin hannah, spies, ww2

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: French Resistance, historical, kristin hannah, spies, ww2 ·
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Home Is a Lonely, Wind-Lashed Isle

The Lost Lights of St Kilda by Elisabeth Gifford

January 22, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

‘I had no idea where we were headed, no idea what lay before us. All I knew was I was ready to travel the length and breadth of France if the world would give me one more chance to spend one more hour with you – to say I’m sorry.’ In 1927, Cambridge student Fred ends up on the remote Scottish island of St Kilda to study the local rock formations and falls in love with Chrissie, a local woman. Thirteen years later, he is […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Romance Tagged With: Elisabeth Gifford, historical, island, popsugar, Romance, scotland, ww2

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Romance · Tags: Elisabeth Gifford, historical, island, popsugar, Romance, scotland, ww2 ·
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When History Repeats itself

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

July 24, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#crb11bingo #TrueStory I am going to write WOW 200 times and OMG for the other 50 words. I am also going to say this the second draft of my review. I found myself just going on about all the little, amazing details to the story. I was near 500 words and could have written another 500. They Called Us Enemy is George Takei’s story in a graphic novel format. Along with Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and Harmony Becker the reader sees the years from early/mid-1940s […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: American History, Biography & Memoir, cbr11bingo, george takei, Harmony Becker, japanese, Justin Eisinger, lgbt, Steven Scott, World War Two, ww2

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:283 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: American History, Biography & Memoir, cbr11bingo, george takei, Harmony Becker, japanese, Justin Eisinger, lgbt, Steven Scott, World War Two, ww2 ·
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