Book Recommendations
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Exploring WWII Through Fiction: My Favorite Picks
I believe that I was absent the year that I was taught World War Two history. I have no idea why I didn’t remember learning anything about it. I am not sure if that is why I am loving World War Two historical fiction or if it is the fact that I have started to Continue reading
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The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah | 5⭐️| 2/3/15 | St. Martin’s Press Isabelle and Vianne are sisters who either voluntarily or involuntarily get dragged Into WW2. Each sister following their own path, but both demonstrating the power and resilience to endure hardships I’ve read a lot of books of WW2 and the French resistance and this book took Continue reading
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The Paris Apartment
Kelly Bowen | 5⭐️ | 4/20/21 | Forever The Paris Apartment is a fictionalized version of happenings in and around Paris during the WW2. It has all the elements of a great WW2 novel: the French Resistance, spies, downed airmen, hidden children, stolen artwork, and a modern day romance. The author wove together 3 different Continue reading
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The German Wife
Kelly Rimmer | 5⭐️ | 6/28/22 | Grayson House When the Nazi party is voted in power in Germany, Sofie von Mueller Rhodes and her husband, Jurgen, are not in alignment with the parties beliefs. But as the party gains more power and desires Jurgen’s skills as a scientist, the husband and wife are forced Continue reading
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Code Name Helene
Ariel Lawton | 5 ⭐️ | 3/31/2020 | Doubleday Books Australian native and British citizen, Nancy Wake, was an amazing women that was active as a British Spy and military commander from 1936-1945. She took on four different roles, all the time hunted by the Nazis while working for the French Resistance. It is an Continue reading
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The Winter Orphans
Kristin Beck | 5⭐️ | 9/13/22 | Berkley Set in unoccupied southern France during WW2, “The Winter Orphans” is a book about the Jewish children that were sent away by their parents in hopes that they would not succumb to the atrocities of the war. However, as things changed in France, they were no longer Continue reading
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The Diamond Eye
Kate Quinn | Historical Fiction | 5⭐️ | William Morrow Kate Quinn does it again with an amazing story of a Russian Female Sniper, Mila Pavlichenko. A single mom, a student studying history, and a certified marksman, she volunteered for the Russian Army the day the War was announced. This book provides a look at Continue reading
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The Last Green Valley
by Mark T. Sullivan Historical Fiction | 5⭐️ | 5/4/21 | Lake Union Publishing This is a book I didn’t know I needed to read. I picked this up on a whim because it fit the “a title with a color in it” category in by reading challenge, but didn’t really know much about it. Continue reading
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Best 2024 Books to Add to Your TBR
2024 was a great reading year for me. I read 125 book published in 2024 with an average rating of 4.0 and 25-5 star books. These books spanned 16 different genres and 112 different authors. For me, variety is really what keeps me turning the pages. I love learning reading different genres, learning new things, Continue reading
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