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Pondering My Next WWI Read

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been really enjoying the first reading challenge in which I’ve participated, which is for books about or set during World War One. One of the good things is that I feel obligated to write and post about each of … Continue reading →

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Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning – WWI Challenge

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My next book for The WWI Challenge is Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History by Jay Winter. I actually started reading this book at the very end of last year, but I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Holding the Line by Harold Baldwin – WWI Challenge

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

My next book for The WWI Challenge is Holding the Line by Harold Baldwin. It’s a memoir that was published in February 1918, when most memoirs I have looked at seem to have been written and published in the years … Continue reading →

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The Head Girl at the Gables, Angela Brazil – WWI Challenge

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

The Head Girl at the Gables by Angela Brazil (1919) is available for free download at Gutenberg.org. I chose this book for the The WWI Challenge for several reasons. I already had it on my e-reader, along with a number … Continue reading →

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“War Horse” – WWI Challenge

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

This review contains spoilers. I’ve never read the novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo; all of my comments are based on the Spielberg movie. I imagine the novel is a much different experience, because it allows for narration from the … Continue reading →

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A World War One Reading Challenge

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Victoria Janssen

For the first time ever, I’ve decided to participate in a reading challenge. War Through the Generations is hosting a 2012 challenge to read “fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, etc. with WWI as the primary or secondary theme. Books can take … Continue reading →

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