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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated A League of Their Own (1992) in Movies
Mar 7, 2019
Tom hanks (2 more)
Geena Davis
Madonna
I must have seen this movie so many times and still like it. a movie about a all female baseball team during world war 2 it works as a movie on so many levels the acting the script and surprised me Madonna acting which was good. Overall thumbs up
Richard Gere recommended Bicycle Thieves (1948) in Movies (curated)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
9.0
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The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War I...
The Chimera Brigade: Volume II
Serge Lehman and Fabrice Colin
Book
In the trenches of World War I, a new kind of superhuman was born. Formed by secret and illegal...
The Good Soldier Svejk
Jaroslav Hasek and Cecil Parrott
Book
'Listen, Svejk, are you really God's prize oaf?' 'Humbly report, sir,' Svejk answered solemnly. 'I...
Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919
Book
Great Britain's economic blockade of Germany in World War I was one of the key elements to the...
ClareR (6253 KP) rated The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society in Books
Jan 14, 2018
This will stay on my bookshelf!!
I normally give books away after I've read them unless I love them, and this book, well, I really did love it. Such a touching, funny, sad story. I loved how the story's told through a series of letters from the main character, Juliet, and some of the inhabitants of Guernsey. We get a glimpse of what life had been like under German occupation during World War II, and how the people of Guernsey rebuilt their lives after the end of the war. There's a tiny bit of romance too, but not too much. It's such a shame that this was the only book that Mary Ann Shaffer wrote, but I suppose it does prove the point that most people have a book in them to write!
Debbiereadsbook (1777 KP) rated Whichever Way The Road Leads (The Eastman Saga #1) in Books
Aug 4, 2024
loved them both, together and apart!
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.
I should say, I'm UK based, so the 1812 war between Canada and the US is not really one I know anything about. Therefore, I cannot comment on the accuracy of the details in this book.
What I can comment on, though, is the story between Zee and Jesse and their struggle to cope during this war. I loved them both, together and apart. They are both strong people, emotionally, do deal with such a difficult time, and to come out the other side.
It's beautifully written, from both Zee and Jesse's POV. There are wonderful descriptions of the scenery in that part of the world. I really enjoyed trying to picture them.
It has some lighter moments, but some darker ones too. There was much that made me cry.
I haven't read anything by this author before, A quick look shows her books seem to be about couples in settings with a war backdrop. I'd like to read more from this author.
4 very good stars
*same worded review will appear elsewhere
I should say, I'm UK based, so the 1812 war between Canada and the US is not really one I know anything about. Therefore, I cannot comment on the accuracy of the details in this book.
What I can comment on, though, is the story between Zee and Jesse and their struggle to cope during this war. I loved them both, together and apart. They are both strong people, emotionally, do deal with such a difficult time, and to come out the other side.
It's beautifully written, from both Zee and Jesse's POV. There are wonderful descriptions of the scenery in that part of the world. I really enjoyed trying to picture them.
It has some lighter moments, but some darker ones too. There was much that made me cry.
I haven't read anything by this author before, A quick look shows her books seem to be about couples in settings with a war backdrop. I'd like to read more from this author.
4 very good stars
*same worded review will appear elsewhere
This book is so underrated - I hadn’t heard of it before I chanced upon it. And it’s supposed to be YA? There are parts that I would think were most certainly not YA - but then I think it’s a term thrown about far too much. In my opinion, this is an excellent book that I listened to compulsively! As a multi-book reader, I actually put the others to one side for the duration of Songlight.
Songlight is set in a dystopian world ravaged by war, and a country under the dictatorial control of a regime that decides whether you deserve to live or die based on whether you possess a telepathic gift. They decide to go to war with a neighbouring country in order to take their land (their own having been destroyed, pretty much, by climate change and a war sometime in the past that we don’t learn that much about), and destroy their telepaths. Telepaths are sent to something called a Chrysalis House, where they’re more or less lobotomised and turned into slaves to the state.
Women are subservient (not my favourite trope, it has to be said), but are learning to be quietly rebellious. They still must live in a world where they become first, second or third wives. Third wives are prostitutes in brothels. Again, women are the ones most affected by war and dictatorial regimes. I hate this idea, but it’s so well dealt with in this.
I adored this, and immediately went back over to Xigxag to buy the second book. I haven’t listened to it yet, but it’s on my TBR!!
Songlight is set in a dystopian world ravaged by war, and a country under the dictatorial control of a regime that decides whether you deserve to live or die based on whether you possess a telepathic gift. They decide to go to war with a neighbouring country in order to take their land (their own having been destroyed, pretty much, by climate change and a war sometime in the past that we don’t learn that much about), and destroy their telepaths. Telepaths are sent to something called a Chrysalis House, where they’re more or less lobotomised and turned into slaves to the state.
Women are subservient (not my favourite trope, it has to be said), but are learning to be quietly rebellious. They still must live in a world where they become first, second or third wives. Third wives are prostitutes in brothels. Again, women are the ones most affected by war and dictatorial regimes. I hate this idea, but it’s so well dealt with in this.
I adored this, and immediately went back over to Xigxag to buy the second book. I haven’t listened to it yet, but it’s on my TBR!!
