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After reading the tagged book , a fictionalized account of the Women‘s Air Raid Defense & their work in WWII in Hawaii, I had to find & read Shuffleboard Pilots, non-fiction about the WARD. #FandNFwithSameTopic

#SummerEndReadathon #Rushathon

Finished last night for #BookedInTime WWII. I really enjoyed this & was glad to finally get it off my TBR stack. This is the third Hawaii Islands-set WWII novel I have read from this author & I loved that this one is set on Oahu so names & places are especially familiar. Learning about the Women‘s Air Raid Defense WARD) was interesting & there is friendship & romance. Engaging & not too heavy for a WWII book, ⬇️

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The #UpInArms idiom first appeared in the 1500s & most likely referred to arms, weapons & ammunition & someone being angry enough to grab a weapon.

For #BookedInTime Sept, we are reading WWII books & I chose this one, stacked in my #TBR about women in the Women‘sAir Raid Defense at Pearl Harbor whose job it was to track unidentified aircraft if the Pacific. The attack on Pearl Harbor had the US “up in arms” & joining in WWII.

Daisy is a wonderful character who you follow as her native Hawaii comes under attack by the Japanese and she begins training as a Radar Girl. This is a wonderful story about the women who learned the radar system, coordinated the flights around Hawaii, and looked for enemy aircraft. Just a wonderful book with a sweet little romance. Loved this book and the Hawaiian setting.

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Audiobooking and late night cooking!! My youngest daughter (age 10) has recently discovered she love‘s mamas homemade roasted tomato & garlic soup. Funny she doesn‘t like onions (caramelized on the right) or tomatoes but this is the second time this week for the soup!

I absolutely love listening to audiobooks while I do things around the house or cook and this book is simply fabulous!

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Another good book by Sara Ackerman about women that were trained to help WWII pilots after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is inspired by true events. The women in the story dealt with men that didn't think they could do the job and shouldn't be there and I'm sure that is how it really was. I was invested in these characters and it felt like I was there watching all of the events happen.

For my #readhawaii I picked up this read. I loved it. I loved the storyline, the characters…the setting. It was a great read all around. What I think I enjoyed the most was the fact that each of the women seemed real. Not too perfect. #bookspin #bigjunereadathon @TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick

22 #18 I loved this one. I grew attached to the women in this and felt like they were my friends. It‘s not a deep book. A light read but doesn‘t feel flighty.

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In loving Memory of #Sharread

Thank you for your Friendship and sharing your reading with us.

I read Radar Girls in honor of Sharon. It was on her #TBR

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This book was inspired by the real WARDS (Women's Air Raid Defense) which was a top secret program replacing male soldiers in the war zone during WWII. Daisy Wilder loves horses more than people until the attack on Pearl Harbor. She joins the WARDS which many people resist but Daisy is determined to prove her worth. This book transports the reader to wartime Hawaii.