AboutASoldier

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier | Ishmael Beah

I read this book recently and it still haunts me. Too often children are forced to be soldiers in wars started out of greed and quests of power, wars they have no business being a part of, and yet they have no other choice but to do whatever they must to survive.

#AboutaSoldier #MagnificentMarch @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Come-read-with-me I have always wanted to read this. Thanks for putting it back on my radar! 5y

OriginalCyn620 📚😢📚 5y

AmyK1 I found this at Goodwill the other day. I hadn‘t heard of it but I bought it anyway because it looked good. 5y

Addison_Reads @Come-read-with-me @AmyK1 It's a great book about a terrible reality. I look forward to seeing what you both think about it. 5y

Smrloomis I agree completely. It‘s fantastic even though it‘s a difficult read. @OriginalCyn620 @AmyK1 5y

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Leftcoastzen

Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) | Pat Barker

#AboutASoldier #MagnificentMarch I really loved Pat Barkers Regeneration, need to get to the other 2 volumes in her WWI trilogy.This is a bind up of all 3 from the Quality Paperback Book Club.It dates from 1997 and yes , it‘s been with me all those years .

OriginalCyn620, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

CBee QPB!! I loved QPB 😁😁😁 5y

Leftcoastzen @CBee Me too! 5y

CBee @Leftcoastzen I got so many books from QPB - ah, memories 😁😂 5y

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vivastory I also need to finish the trilogy 5y

Leftcoastzen @CBee recently at used book sales I found The Brontes by Rebecca Fraser & a Gore Vidal collection w/ Myra Breckenridge,Myron, Kalki ,& Duluth 4 in one that were both QPB, bought both!😂 5y

Leftcoastzen @vivastory did you only read the first one? 5y

vivastory Yeah. I've heard it gets better and better 5y

Trashcanman 👁️👁️ 5y

Leftcoastzen @Trashcanman 👋 5y

Trashcanman @Leftcoastzen 👋🏼👊🏼🥳 5y

CBee @Trashcanman stalker 😂😂 5y

CBee @Leftcoastzen that‘s so cool! 5y

Trashcanman @CBee I stalks the stalks and stalk all the stalks! 👁️👁️ 5y

CBee @Trashcanman I‘m now imagining you in a cornfield 5y

Trashcanman @CBee with a two monoculars so I can stalks two people at the same time. 5y

CBee @Trashcanman and a machete to whack all those stalks out the way 5y

Trashcanman @CBee Lol of course although sometimes I burn the fields down first. I love me some fire. 5y

OriginalCyn620 📚👍🏻📚 5y

CBee @Trashcanman that‘s way quicker than a machete. 5y

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Blueberry

Finding Moon | Tony Hillerman

This might be a lesser-known Tony Hillerman book, not being part of his excellent Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn series. It is about a soldier's daughter in Vietnam that the soldier's brother goes to find.

#aboutasoldier #magnificentMarch
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Blueberry Awk! What happened to the picture I thought I posted?? Oh well, I'm too lazy to recreate it 5y

OriginalCyn620 Your comment! 😂 5y

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mrp27

The Absolutist | John Boyne

#magnificentmarch #aboutasoldier

From my tbr shelf and from what I know of Boyne, it'll be a good one.

OriginalCyn620, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

OriginalCyn620 It does sound good! 5y

Cuilin Read it a few years ago. Wonderful writing. Sad story. 5y

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TheEllieMo

Birdsong | Sebastian Faulks

Birdsong has been described as “a mesmerising story of love and war spanning three generations between WW1 and present day” and “an exceptionally moving and unforgettable portrait of the ruthlessness of war and the indestructability of love”.

#AboutASoldier #MagnificentMarch
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 🙌🏼📚🇺🇸 5y

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History | Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice

#AboutaSoldier #MagnificentMarch
#SadEnding #MarchMadness

Known as the deadliest sniper in US military history...

And such a tragic ending to his life... 🇺🇸💔

OriginalCyn620, Eggs

OriginalCyn620 🙌🏼📚🇺🇸💔 5y

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jenniferw88

Parade's End | Ford Madox Ford

#aboutasoldier #magnificentmarch @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Obligatory picture of Benedict for you all 😉😘

LauraBrook Thank you! Who doesn‘t love a surprise pic of Ben (like we‘re friends) in their day?!! 5y

reading_rainbow 😭💕 5y

NeedsMoreBooks Benedict Cumberbatch 😍😍 5y

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OriginalCyn620 Thanks for the Cumberbatch pic! 😉 5y

sheshedbooks 😄 Thanks! 5y

jhod Thanks so much for the package Jenny, will be in touch soon xx 5y

jenniferw88 @jhod that's ok. Sorry there wasn't extra things but wanted to get it to you sooner rather than later! 5y

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MallenNC

Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

I thought it would be interesting to share books about women in the military for #AboutaSoldier since so many of these types of books focus on men. #MagnificentMarch

OriginalCyn620, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

OriginalCyn620 Awesome! 🙌🏼❤️ 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks That‘s awesome! 5y

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