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This #nonfiction #chunkster read left me in awe. To read about her experiences through so many heartbreaks, war, and how her life was forever changed and how she took those experiences and shaped how she lived her life authentically. Highly recommend this book.

Just a DNF for now. Made it to page 100 a few years back and set it aside for some reason. I fully intend to get back to it eventually.

#DNF #BookMoods
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Books that left a deep impression on me

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Vera Brittain on provincialism: "Artificial classifications, rigid lines of demarkation that bear no relation whatsoever to intrinsic merit, seem to belong to its very essence, while contempt for intelligence, suspicion and fear of independent thought, appear to be necessary passports to provincial popularity."

Just Brittain‘s thoughts and musings but she has a unique perspective and everything she has to say is interesting. Couldn‘t put it down- a family favorite

When you go to a church sale and find a few books for $2.50,including the next Silva you need to read , it‘s a good feeling.The Gore Vidal with multiple novels is from the old Quality Paperback Book Club! I‘m sure some of you remember them.

Jane says, "If Vera Brittain and I had been contemporaries, I believe we should have been fast friends."

Garden reading.... too hot to do anything else. I‘ve started the tagged book and SPQR and thought I‘d bring the other out in case I needed something a bit ‘easier‘.... 📚 🌷

#JuneItsElectrifying

There were a lot of #TearsOnMyPillow over this one. It is heartbreaking.

In 2014 on the 100th anniversary of the start of WW I, I decided to start reading some of the literature to arise out of that war. Vera Brittain‘s memoir focuses on her time as a nurse, inspired by her relationships with her fiancé and her brother. Her prose is candid & emotionally devastating; her poetry & Roland‘s, poignant. Don‘t be daunted by the length. It‘s a female voice on the subject of war that deserves to be heard this Memorial Day.

This is free today for #Kindle. #kindledeal #bookbargain

This narrator is ruining it for me. Sounds like a 2 ppd smoker, and her voice flys all over the vocal range, squeaking in the highs and then dropping so low I can barely understand her 🙉

Spotted this at a bookshop. A memoir from a journalist who took part in WWI when she was young.
Sounds like something l need to read for my research.

This is one my favorite reads of 2017. Vera Brittain not only defines WWI and what it was like but she defines what it is to be a strong female in a time when that's unheard of. I smiled, I cried and I learned in this one.

I really enjoyed this movie, so I guess I should read the book...any fans of it here? Alicia Vikander's character and performance were captivating, great supporting cast, and I loved the art direction and cinematography.

And then I acquired these 7 books at the library's used bookstore! #bookhaul

In this book Vera Brittain describes her memories of WWI, when she was in her early 20s. It is a moving story because so much is happening and the effects of it on Brittain are painfully clear. It is hard to imagine Vera's life during the war. She is so brave and lonely, she loses het youth and so much more. The fact that she writes the book in 1933 and doesn't know what is yet to come, makes it even more painful and powerful. #1001books

Have you watched the movie "Testament of youth"?

"Watching a generation grow to flower
The fate that held our youth within its power
Waited it's hour."
#testamentofyouth #verabritton #ww1 #poem

This week I reached a momentous personal milestone that I've been working towards for the last three years. It's quite the achievement for me, so I decided to treat myself to a few #newbooks 😍😍 (there may or may not also be an Amazon order on the way...)

I wanted to share some of my happy vibes and wish everyone the best for their own goals. Never give up - there's always a way forward! 💪🏻😄

Took a break from adulting to do some #audiocoloring. #JohannasChristmas

Something even cooler from this mornings guardian. #NonFiction November.

Latest review on the blog features Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain. An absolutely stunning read!
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Phew! I confess that once the war ends (spoiler alert?!) I skimmed through some of the bits about the League of Nations, but V. B. ends the book on a strong note -- becoming a published writer and making a difficult but important personal decision. And now I'm excited to see the film!

"In spite of the feminine family tradition and the relentless social pressure which had placed an artificial emphasis on marriage for all the women born, like myself, in the eighteen-nineties, I had always held and still believed it to be irrelevant to the main purpose of life." V. B. would be disappointed in how common this tradition and pressure remain in 2016.

My go-to book for eating alone in restaurants this week.

#internationaldayofpeace
A nurse in WWI, Vera Brittian later wrote about her experience and how it led to her lifelong pursuit of peace.
This was the first memoir I remember reading, and still one of the most powerful stories I've read.

This was the memoir of a woman who lost much loved people during World War I. Despite all the anguish she continued on and became a famous Novelist and lecturer.

By that time so many of the fatuous young men had acquired dignity through death in France and the Dardenelles, that these records of my dances with them seemed like the incongruous souvenirs of a long-vanished and half-forgotten world

Ehen the Great War broke out, it came to me not as a superlative tragedy, but as an interruption of the most exasperating kind to my personal plans.