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The read-a-long of The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter with Anna from Diary of an Eccentric has begun at the War Through the Generations blog. Last week, we read Ch. 1-14, and this week we read Ch. 15-28.
If you missed the first discussion, go here.
If you are ready for the second discussion, go here.
Next Friday, we’ll be discussing Ch. 29-42.
This year at War Through the Generations we’ve been hosting a read-a-long specific to one of the 6 wars we are covering.
As this year marks the 100th anniversary of WWI, we’ve decided to select one of our favorite authors — Anita Shreve — to honor the war.
Stella Bain is our selection for August. Synopsis from GoodReads:
When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in.
A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his house guest. Stella had been working as a nurse’s aide near the front, but she can’t remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield.
In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation.
Beware of spoilers.
Discussions will be posted on Friday for the designated chapters. Here’s the reading schedule and discussion dates:
Friday, Aug. 8: Pages 1-70
Friday, Aug. 15: Pages 71-138
Friday, Aug. 22: Pages 139-207
Friday, Aug. 29: Pages 208-end
We hope that you’ll join us for the read-a-long and discussions at War Through the Generations.
This year at War Through the Generations we’ve been hosting a read-a-long specific to one of the 6 wars we are covering.
As this year marks the 100th anniversary of WWI, we’ve decided to select one of our favorite authors — Anita Shreve — to honor the war.
Stella Bain is our selection for August. Synopsis from GoodReads:
When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in.
A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his house guest. Stella had been working as a nurse’s aide near the front, but she can’t remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield.
In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation.
Beware of spoilers.
Discussions will be posted on Friday for the designated chapters. Here’s the reading schedule and discussion dates:
Friday, Aug. 8: Pages 1-70
Friday, Aug. 15: Pages 71-138
Friday, Aug. 22: Pages 139-207
Friday, Aug. 29: Pages 208-end
We hope that you’ll join us for the read-a-long and discussions at War Through the Generations.
This year at War Through the Generations we’ve been hosting a read-a-long specific to one of the 6 wars we are covering.
As this year marks the 100th anniversary of WWI, we’ve decided to select one of our favorite authors — Anita Shreve — to honor the war.
Stella Bain is our selection for August. Synopsis from GoodReads:
When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in.
A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his house guest. Stella had been working as a nurse’s aide near the front, but she can’t remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield.
In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation.
Beware of spoilers. Discussions will be posted on Friday for the designated chapters. Here’s the reading schedule and discussion dates:
Friday, Aug. 8: Pages 1-70
Friday, Aug. 15: Pages 71-138
Friday, Aug. 22: Pages 139-207
Friday, Aug. 29: Pages 208-end
We hope that you’ll join us for the read-a-long and discussions at War Through the Generations.
This year at War Through the Generations we’ve been hosting a read-a-long specific to one of the 6 wars we are covering.
As this year marks the 100th anniversary of WWI, we’ve decided to select one of our favorite authors — Anita Shreve — to honor the war.
Stella Bain is our selection for August. Synopsis from GoodReads:
When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in.
A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his house guest. Stella had been working as a nurse’s aide near the front, but she can’t remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield.
In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation.
iscussions will be posted on Friday for the designated chapters. Here’s the reading schedule and discussion dates:
Friday, Aug. 8: Pages 1-70
Friday, Aug. 15: Pages 71-138
Friday, Aug. 22: Pages 139-207
Friday, Aug. 29: Pages 208-end
We hope that you’ll join us for the read-a-long and discussions at War Through the Generations.
This year at War Through the Generations we’ve been hosting a read-a-long specific to one of the 6 wars we are covering.
As this year marks the 100th anniversary of WWI, we’ve decided to select one of our favorite authors — Anita Shreve — to honor the war.
Stella Bain is our selection for August. Synopsis from GoodReads:
When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in.
A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his house guest. Stella had been working as a nurse’s aide near the front, but she can’t remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield.
In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation.
Discussions will be posted on Friday for the designated chapters. Here’s the reading schedule and discussion dates:
We hope that you’ll join us for the read-a-long and discussions at War Through the Generations.
As part of the War Through The Generations 2014 Reading Challenge with a Twist, we’ll be hosting a read-a-long for the Korean War.
In June, we’ll be reading War Babies by Frederick Busch.
Discussion questions will be posted on Friday for the designated sections. As there are no chapter numbers, we’ll have to use approximate page numbers.
Given the small size of the book, we’ll only hold 2 discussions, instead of the usual 4.
Here’s the reading schedule and discussion dates:
We hope you’ll be joining us next month for our Korean War read-a-long.
Today, I’m interrupting the flow of poets and poetry to remind everyone who was interested in the 2014 War Challenge With a Twist read-a-long of I am Regina by Sally M. Keehn this month, that today is discussion day.
I’ll be over at War Through the Generations today with Anna talking about Ch. 1-13 of this classic French and Indian War novel.
Please feel free to join us if you are reading along or if you’ve read this book before.
For today’s 2014 National Poetry Month: Reach for the Horizon tour stop, click the image below:
Next month at War Through the Generations, we’ll be hosting a read-a-long of I Am Regina by Sally M. Keehn for the French and Indian War.
Given the short nature of the young adult novel, we’ll be breaking it into just 2 discussions. Here are the discussion post dates:
We hope that you’ll be able to join us!
This is the final week of the February read-a-long for Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers at the War Through the Generations blog for the 2014 War Challenge With a Twist.
The questions are up, please stop by and offer your thoughts on pages 215-end of the novel.
Also if you have reviews for the Gulf Wars, you can link them here.
You’ll see my review for this book next week!
Today is the third week in the February read-a-long for Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers at the War Through the Generations blog for the 2014 War Challenge With a Twist.
The questions are up, please stop by and offer your thoughts on pages 153-214 of the novel.
Click here for this week’s questions.
For the first week’s questions, go here.
For the second week’s questions, go here.
Also if you have reviews for the Gulf Wars, you can link them here.
This past Friday was the second week in the February read-a-long for Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers at the War Through the Generations blog for the 2014 War Challenge With a Twist.
The questions are up, please stop by and offer your thoughts on pages 87-152 of the novel.
Click here for this week’s questions.
For the first week’s questions, go here.
Also if you have reviews for the Gulf Wars, you can link them here.
