Okay folks, up next we have yet another…
drum roll please
historical fiction!
Dang. I didn’t realize how much I was drawn to plot lines from history. Oh well, I enjoy them and they continue to write them, so other people must enjoy them too!
I know exactly why I bought this book (it was one of those marvelous under $3 books I talked about a few weeks ago), and it has much to do with the fact that it’s based during the second World War. That part of history is endlessly intriguing to me, and I think it’s because I have a very personal connection to it (as most of us do with the recent going-ons of history) – my paternal grandfather was a soldier based in France, where he met my grandmother. Inasmuch as I loved (and continue to enjoy) listening to their stories, it is sometimes nice to read a little bit of fiction about a period of time when so many were hurt in so many horrible ways. Maybe it removes it just a step. Is that a bad thing? I’m not sure. Continue reading
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