She's definitely smarter than me, but apparently she has a soft spot for crazy, well endowed Vikings...since none were available, she settled for me. I'll give that book another go. I guess I can Audible it, too. I've been able to digest self-help books that way in the past. I miss cliffs notes.
If you like historical fiction and WW2 stories, this book is fantastic. It's based on POW survivor stories and real life events of the men and women who courageously served our country, but written around two fictional characters, and their love starting since high school.
Started rereading the entire series end of last year and finished up Wind and Truth yesterday. I also saw some recommendations to read the novellas in order with the series and to read Warbreaker which is a standalone novel but introduces some characters that show up in the series. This was my least favorite book I read in the read-through but did really like having the context. As far as the novellas Edgedancer I thought should be considered part of the main story. Dawnshard I liked but if it was really relevant past a very indirect reference I missed how. The Sunlit Man I saw people thought before Wind and Truth came out that it should have been read before Wind and Truth, after doing so I would have preferred to have read it after as it occurs after. It's a great series, the first book in particular I've read now at least three times.
Finally reading Bel Canto and it's absolutely amazing. Ann Patchett is in a league of her own when it comes to novels. Damn. Has anyone seen the movie? Have a hard time seeing this story as a good movie.
HAH! Haven't read it, but got to see it in the 90's on stage in Bath. So fantastic. How is it as a read?
Have returned to two books I read many years ago. The Plot Against America (2004) makes for a bracing, interesting read from Philip Roth. It's an "alternate history," where Nazi-sympathizer Lindberg gets more fully involved in politics and a Nazi-sympathizing government comes to power to make nice with the Axis powers. Every step of the plot is surprisingly realistic, and the main problem with the novel is an unrealistic ending, (IMHO). Am also listening to Tim Robbins read Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's surprising book written in 1950. He foresaw in this old book: people being addicted to screens, oppressive corporatism, the surveillance state, drones, and many other delights. What a smart dude. Only unrealistic part of the whole book is the bravery of a few academics, haha.
saw a review of this (50th anniversary) in the NYT a week ago. Couple of chapters in, it's very good.
Have you read The Beauty and the Sorrow, by historian Peter Englund (sp)? I've never seen anything quite like it, incredibly moving. Just a set of primary sources, diary entries, etc, from all over the world in that time period.
I just finished reading The Alice Network by Kate Quinn, and though it was pretty good. It's based on the true story of the Alice Network, a group of female spies during World War I. It's historical fiction based on the perspectives of two women. One, a British spy recruited during World War I, and the other an American socialite searching for her cousin during World War II. Their encounter changes their lives in more ways than one.
