WWII books are only ever my thing if they're centered on the home front. So Rosamund Pilcher's Shell Seekers worked for me, and the Montmaray books, etc. I think Code Name Verity is the closest I ever get to actual action.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Feb 20, 2013 4:18:44 am PST #20476 of 28359
Because books.
megan walker - Feb 20, 2013 7:52:35 am PST #20477 of 28359
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
A couple of years ago, it seemed everything I read involved WWII, so I actively avoided it last year.
But now I'm reading HHhH.
Ginger - Feb 20, 2013 9:11:04 am PST #20478 of 28359
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
James Patterson on encouraging kids to read: [link]
Calli - Feb 20, 2013 9:16:50 am PST #20479 of 28359
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks, DCP!
Polter-Cow - Feb 20, 2013 9:24:34 am PST #20480 of 28359
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
James Patterson on encouraging kids to read
Aw, good for him. I read some of his books back in the day.
I was afraid it would be about how he thinks it's stupid to encourage kids to read, like that idiot who hates libraries.
Amy - Feb 20, 2013 5:34:20 pm PST #20481 of 28359
Because books.
A free Skullduggery Pleasant story to read at The Guardian.
Jesse - Feb 22, 2013 2:26:25 pm PST #20482 of 28359
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, I'm reading Gooseberry Bluff, as one does, and the next section isn't coming out for three weeks?? The horror!!
sj - Feb 22, 2013 2:44:05 pm PST #20483 of 28359
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
So, I'm reading Gooseberry Bluff, as one does, and the next section isn't coming out for three weeks?? The horror!!
I started it last night. I thought it was three weeks from the first release date, so two weeks from now?
Jesse - Feb 22, 2013 2:58:41 pm PST #20484 of 28359
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That helps some. But still!
Amy - Feb 22, 2013 4:18:44 pm PST #20485 of 28359
Because books.
I'm almost done with A Brief History of Montmaray and now I'm panicking because I don't have the next one right here, right now.