The Second World War

I‘m in #heaven. When the auctioneer asked “does anyone have $22.50” for ELEVEN boxes of WWII/military history books I said #idoidoidoidoido and then I got these footlockers for $20 each! I‘m sorting out my haul and will take photos of some stacks later. There are some excellent books, some super old books, and a box I‘m referring to as the “Fox News” box that will go to Goodwill. #augustisatrip #abbainaugust

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch, vkois88, Meredith3, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Oh wow!! Can‘t wait to see them and I love the trunks!! 💗💗💗 6y

vkois88 😍😍😍😍😍 Also, definitely laughed out loud at the last sentence 6y

DGRachel Those trunks alone are worth the price tag! How exciting! 6y

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emilyhaldi Those trunks are beautiful!! 6y

Hollie @emilyhaldi @DGRachel @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m so in love with them! 6y

Hollie @vkois88 idk if I should even take them to goodwill. Glen Beck and Bill O Reilly in the same box 🤢 6y

Soubhiville Those are great! Can‘t wait to see the books! 6y

Jaimelire Wow! I love everything about this...including your comment about Fox News which made me spit out my tea 😂 6y

Hollie @Jaimelire sorry about your tea 😂 6y

Hollie @soubville my first auction was a total success! 😀 6y

vkois88 Oh boy. That sounds like a trip to the dump... or, even though I never usually condone burning books, a bonfire 6y

Reviewsbylola Those are so cool!! 6y

cathysaid The "Fox News box"...?????? (edited) 6y

Meredith3 Fun stuff! 6y

ValerieAndBooks How fun is this!! Wow! 6y

Hollie @ValerieAndBooks we have had the best weekend! 6y

Hollie @cathysaid I should have just dumped it into the trash 🤷🏼‍♀️ 6y

Mdargusch Very cool! 6y

BarbaraBB How exciting. The auction and the result. Looking forward to the content of those awesome trunks! 6y

Cinfhen Those trunks are AMAZING!!!! 6y

Bookladylinda I‘m digging those trunks!!! ❤️ 6y

Hollie Thanks @Bookladylinda they were a good find! 6y

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LibrarianJen

Second World War | John Keegan

@Andrew65 has an interesting discussion about chunksters and what counts as a chunky book. For me I feel anything over 400 pages is chunky but I have a short attention span😂. Looking at some of my books, WW2 is only 595 pages but it has very few pictures and bigger pages then Goblet of Fire which has 725. But the subject matter is different. WW2 is textbook, HP is JF, & City of Heavenly Fire is YA and sits at 796 pages. ⬇️

LibrarianJen Then there is Heart of Darkness a measly 72 pages but I know for a fact I read WW2 faster than stupid Joseph Conrad. (Sorry for those of you who liked it, I really didn‘t). So I think it‘s a matter of personal reading style, genre and reading level. For me, if I can‘t fit it into my purse, it‘s probably too big. 6y

Andrew65 Certainly become apparent a hard and fast rule is hard to come by, and needs to be based on reading style, length of book, subject matter, etc. 6y

LibrarianJen @Andrew65 Yes! Although I think there are a few titles everyone can agree are automatically chunksters like Game of Thrones, Ana Kerenina and Middlemarch. 6y

Andrew65 @LibrarianJen Most Definitely! 6y

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i.z.booknook

Second World War | John Keegan

Recently found a bundle of documents that belonged to my grandmother during World War II.
Turns out she kept every single letter my grandfather sent her when she was in Egypt as a Junior Commander!
And they're SO romantic! He writes poems about her, talks about wanting to give her the sun, moon and stars and about how much he misses her 😩😍
I can't believe they were so romantic ❤️

Hollie Aw, I love this! 7y

Bookzombie So sweet! ❤️ 7y

JazzFeathers That's so sweet. My great-grandfather was a theatre actor. He kept a notebook of all the places where he went to actually fron 1901 (he made the not ebook himself by bordino lose paper together). Through two WWs an up to his death in the 1950s. There isn't much in terms of true diary, but l treasure it anyway. 7y

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i.z.booknook @JazzFeathers that's incredible!! How amazing! Absolutely, treasure it always! 😍 7y

DivineDiana What a fantastic family treasure! 7y

DivineDiana @JazzFeathers How incredible to have such an heirloom! 7y

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