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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb, Jennifer Robson, Jessica Brockmole, Kate Kerrigan, Evangeline Holland, Marci Jefferson

#LiteraryCrew read this one earlier this year...the many short stories in this introduce a #BeautifulStranger or two to the main characters. Each story is set in the WWI era, before, during or after the war. I chose to highlight this one today in memory of the war and for Armistice/Veterans Day. #Movember

Cinfhen

Cinfhen Nice to tie this in with Veterans Day 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

so-so

Finally finished this collection. While some of the stories were better than others, I‘ve learned that I‘m still not the biggest fan of short stories. However, the stories that I enjoyed the most made me a little misty-eyed, and I appreciated the various topics and settings found in this collection. #FallOPFiction #buddyread

CouronneDhiver

Aims42 Great review! I have yet to find a short stories collection I like, so I‘m extremely hesitant to read them 5y

Crazeedi There are a couple of these on my kindle that I got. With the various authors. I was hoping they would be good reads. I didn't get this one though 5y

Librarybelle @Aims42 Thank you! 5y

Librarybelle @Crazeedi I have a few others too in my collection. There were a few in this collection I really liked. My favorite was probably by Jennifer Robson - it seemed like everything wrapped up nicely. 5y

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Mollyanna

Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb, Jennifer Robson, Jessica Brockmole, Kate Kerrigan, Evangeline Holland, Marci Jefferson

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Final finish for #24in48! I have almost reached the 24hr mark and won‘t finish another book, so this will be final finish.

As with any collection of short stories, some of these were better than others. I have added to my TBR with novels by a few of these authors. I enjoyed this #FallOPFiction with @Librarybelle and @CouronneDhiver and my other fellow readers.

Book 12 of #14books14weeks

CouronneDhiver 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 5y

Librarybelle Great job! 5y

Mollyanna Thanks ladies ( @CouronneDhiver and @Librarybelle ). Love these HF buddy reads. (edited) 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

pick

This was between a pick and so-so for me. I‘m not a short story fan but I didn‘t know much about WWI. That & the #buddyread schedule kept me going.

In honor of the quote above & the Armistice, I wanted to share this awesome recording the Imperial War Museum recreated the sounds of the Armistice.

https://codatocoda.bandcamp.com/album/iwm-ww1-armistice-interpretation

#Fallopfiction

CouronneDhiver 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Thank you for joining us - you‘ve been an awesome participant. Love all the quotes 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

We‘re on our final week for #FallOPFiction . I‘m a little behind on the short stories...how is everyone else doing?

Later on today I‘ll post info on the next #buddyread . @CouronneDhiver and I are looking for a name for our group. We love doing these buddy reads, and we‘ve consistently hosted several, with a few more in the works, that it‘s time for us to create a more formal name/hashtag for our group. If you have an idea, let us know!

Pamwurtzler, megnews, StayCurious, Melissa_J, Mollyanna

Melissa_J I‘m having trouble with this one. I‘m just not a short story fan. Willig‘s was well done, but I‘ve not been able to get much beyond it 🙁 5y

Librarybelle @Melissa_J I put it down to focus on other readings with deadlines, and I‘m struggling to pick it back up, even though I know I could get through a short story a night. I‘m definitely more of a novel person than a short story person, but I‘m glad I‘m trying this! 5y

megnews I finished. Getting ready to post a review. As far as short stories go these weren‘t bad. I did t know much about wwi so I think that‘s what kept me going. 5y

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Mollyanna I‘m about halfway through. Like @Librarybelle I had to put it down for some other reads. The short stories are quick and I hope to have it finished by next week. 5y

Librarybelle @megnews Glad it kept your interest! 5y

Librarybelle Sounds good, @Mollyanna ! 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

From An American Airman in Paris, Beatriz Williams

#Fallopfiction

Librarybelle That quote has a lot of power 5y

CouronneDhiver 😢 Wow. That‘s a heavy one. 5y

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A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii

Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

We‘re onto week two of our #FallOPFiction #buddyread ! So far, I like Jennifer Robson‘s story the best, though I‘m partial to anything by Willig. What are your thoughts?

Pamwurtzler, megnews, CouronneDhiver, StayCurious, Melissa_J, Mollyanna

StayCurious I liked the first story but I felt it wrapped up too quickly and nicely. That‘s the problem sometimes with short stories. I think the love story could have been fleshed out a bit. Willig‘s was well-written and intriguing-but I was left feeling let down and sad at the end. I guess I don‘t like when romances don‘t work out because of misunderstandings. 5y

Melissa_J I have read the first story and am more than halfway through the Willig (but will finish tonight). I‘m not a fan of short stories, but thought this collection would be similar to other historical fiction short story collaborations I‘ve read where each individual story is connected. I‘m a little sad it doesn‘t appear to be the case. 5y

Librarybelle @StayCurious @Melissa_J I usually don‘t read short stories, as I too have some issues with plot holes and lack of connection. I‘m liking these so far, but also recognizing that I feel parts of the stories are missing or things seemed to rushed at the end. I‘m glad to be reading these with other Littens and seeing what everyone has to say! 5y

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megnews I‘m in the middle of Holland‘s. I agree with @StayCurious that Willig‘s love story was unsatisfying. So far I like Robson‘s the best. 5y

Librarybelle @megnews I felt out of the ones I‘ve read so far, Robson better connected the storyline together...less parts still unanswered. 5y

Melissa_J I recommend this, which is a collection of linked stories about Pompeii

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Melissa_J Or this, which is about Boudicca

A Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion

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Librarybelle @Melissa_J 👍 5y

Pamwurtzler I like Robson‘s the best so far as well. Holland‘s was a different take from the wounded soldier story, but it felt really disconnected to me. 5y

Librarybelle @Pamwurtzler Agreed! 5y

Chrissyreadit Would you consider this an accurate picture of WW1? Wondering if this would be worth having my teens read. 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

From Holland‘s story. This collection has some mouth-watering descriptions of food.

#Fallopfiction

Librarybelle I like reading food descriptions! 5y

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Pamwurtzler

Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb, Jennifer Robson, Jessica Brockmole, Kate Kerrigan, Evangeline Holland, Marci Jefferson

I‘ve read the first two - liking these so far! I‘m loving the quotes you guys are posting. #FallofPfiction #buddyread

megnews, Librarybelle, CouronneDhiver

Librarybelle I agree - love the quotes so far! 5y

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StayCurious

Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb, Jennifer Robson, Jessica Brockmole, Kate Kerrigan, Evangeline Holland, Marci Jefferson

#FallOPFiction @CouronneDhiver @Librarybelle Really liked this quote from the first story.

Librarybelle 🙂❤️ 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

#FallOPFiction

Librarybelle Nice quote! 5y

CouronneDhiver Love this! 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

After being in a bit of a reading slump this past week, I zoomed through the first story in this book as well as quite a bit more reading so far today.

#fallopfiction

Librarybelle It sounds like the first story is good...I‘m starting either tomorrow or Monday 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

😋 The first story was good and made me hungry for these.

#fallopfiction

tpixie Yum 😋 5y

Crazeedi Oh that looks delicious, I'm going to have to pull out my waffle maker, and my hot fudge recipe!! 5y

Librarybelle That looks so good! 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

Just downloaded on Hoopla and diving in! I‘m not usually a lover of short stories but we‘ll see how this goes.
#FallOPFiction

CouronneDhiver I don‘t have a lot of short story experience, so I‘m curious how this goes too. 😆 5y

Librarybelle 😁 5y

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Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Heather Webb

This starts next week! Who‘s ready to join the #FallOPFiction #buddyread ? Use the above dates as a reading suggestion - read at your own pace and post throughout. Include @CouronneDhiver and @Librarybelle in your posts, so we can follow along too!

Pamwurtzler, megnews, StayCurious, Melissa_J, Mollyanna

StayCurious Got my copy of the book all ready! Actually I was able to use it in one of my photo challenges today🤗 (edited) 5y

Librarybelle @StayCurious Yay! 😁 5y

Mollyanna I‘m in! Picking my book up tomorrow from the library. 5y

Pamwurtzler I‘m ready! 5y

Librarybelle @Mollyanna @Pamwurtzler Hooray! 5y

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StayCurious

Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War | Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb, Jennifer Robson, Jessica Brockmole, Kate Kerrigan, Evangeline Holland, Marci Jefferson

#wanderingjune #greengreengrassofhome @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB Soldiers away at war definitely feel homesick and long to see something as simple as the grass in their yard again.

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