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Sunrise Over Fallujah Read-a-Long Final Week

February 28, 2014 by

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.

  • Click here for this week’s questions. 
  • For the first week’s questions, go here.
  • For the second week’s questions, go here.
  • Third week’s questions are here.

Also if you have reviews for the Gulf Wars, you can link them here.

You’ll see my review for this book next week!

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Sunrise Over Fallujah Read-a-Long Week 3

February 21, 2014 by

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.

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Sunrise Over Fallujah Read-a-Long Week 2

February 16, 2014 by

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.

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Sunrise Over Fallujah Read-a-Long Week 1

February 7, 2014 by

Today is the first 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 today, please stop by and offer your thoughts on the first 86 pages of the novel.

Click here for this week’s questions. 

Also if you have reviews for the Gulf Wars, you can link them here.

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2014 War Through the Generations Read-a-Longs

January 17, 2014 by

Here’s the schedule of read-a-longs for the 2014 War Through the Generations Reading Challenge With a Twist.

  • February: Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers for the Gulf Wars (this one is about Operation Iraqi Freedom).
  • April: I Am Regina by Sally M. Keehn for the French and Indian War.
  • June: War Babies by Frederick Busch for the Korean War
  • August: Stella Bain by Antia Shreve for the 100th anniversary of WWI.
  • October: The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter for WWII.
  • December: Going After Cacciato by Tim O’Brien for the Vietnam War.

We hope that you’ll be joining us for at least one or more of these read-a-longs in 2014.

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American Revolution Read-a-Long Begins

September 5, 2013 by

As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight…for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty is available to the bidder who can provide her with freedom. (GoodReads Summary)

Tomorrow is the first day of the Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson read-a-long at War Through the Generations.  Anna and I will post discussion questions, along with our answers, on Sept. 6, for Chapters 1-10.

We hope that you will join us and either offer your comments or answers to the questions on the War Through the Generations blog or on your own blogs and provide us with a link.

Here’s the rest of the read-a-long discussion schedule, with discussions scheduled for every Friday September:

Sept. 1-6: Chapters 1-10

Sept. 7-13: Chapters 11-24 (end Part 1)

Sept. 14-20: Chapters 25-36

Sept. 21-27: Chapters 37-45 (the end)

We hope that you’ll be joining us tomorrow and for the rest of the month.

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Short Story Discussion & Enchantment by Thaisa Frank Giveaway

July 24, 2012 by

On Friday, July 20, I reviewed a short story collection from Thaisa Frank of Heidegger’s Glasses-fame, and the collection entitled Enchantment was by turns fanciful and dark.  Check out my review.

These stories made me think, and when I was contacted by the author about doing a discussion on the blog of a short story, I was excited to offer Savvy Verse & Wit as a forum for that discussion.

In September, I’ll be holding a discussion of “The Mapmaker” story in the collection, which is actually a series of stories.  I’m hoping that the 4 of you who win a copy of the book will join us.

I’ll post the discussion post Tuesday, Sept. 18, which should provide others with enough time to get their own copy of the book and for those of you that win it to at least read the one short story.

To enter the giveaway, you must be willing to participate in the September 18th discussion of “The Mapmaker.”  And, in September, we’ll let one lucky discussion group member pick the October story for discussion.

Enter the giveaway by leaving a comment on this post by Aug. 31.  US/Canada residents, who are age 18+ only.

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Final Week: Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms Read-a-Long

June 29, 2012 by

For the WWI Reading Challenge, we did a group read of Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.

For the final week, participants of the challenge and non-participants read chapters 31-END. Each Friday, we posted discussion questions and answers on the War Through the Generations blog.

Head on over today to check out what we’re discussing, but be aware that there could be spoilers.

Stay tuned for my full review on July 4th!

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Week 3: Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms Read-a-Long

June 22, 2012 by

For the WWI Reading Challenge, we’re doing a group read of Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.

For the second week, participants of the challenge and non-participants read chapters 21-30. Each Friday, we’ll be posting discussion questions and answers on the War Through the Generations blog.

Head on over today to check out what we’re discussing, but be aware that there could be spoilers.

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Week 2: Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms Read-a-Long

June 15, 2012 by

For the WWI Reading Challenge, we’re doing a group read of Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.

For the second week, participants of the challenge and non-participants read chapters 11-20.  Each Friday, we’ll be posting discussion questions and answers on the War Through the Generations blog.

Head on over today to check out what we’re discussing, but be aware that there could be spoilers.

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Week 1: Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms Read-a-Long

June 8, 2012 by

For the WWI Reading Challenge, we’re doing a group read of Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.

For this first week, participants of the challenge and non-participants read chapters one through 10.  Each Friday, we’ll be posting discussion questions and answers on the War Through the Generations blog.

Head on over today to check out what we’re discussing, but be aware that there could be spoilers.

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Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms Read-a-Long

June 3, 2012 by

Even if you aren’t participating in the War Through the Generations WWI Reading Challenge this year, you’re still welcome to participate in the annual read-a-long.

This year, Anna and I selected Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms for the read-a-long book.

If you’re interested, we’ll be posting discussion questions and answers each week on the Friday.  Here’s the schedule:

Week 1 — June 1-8 Chapters 1-10

Week 2 — June 9-15 Chapters 11-20

Week 3 — June 16-22 Chapters 21-30

Week 4 — June 23-29 Chapters 31-41

We hope you’ll join us for some great reading and discussion.

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