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This is the story of two Cree soldiers who travel from Canada to fight in the trenches of WWI. I found the beginning very slow and didn‘t enjoy the stories told from Xavier‘s POV about the war until it got to the end but I did like Niska‘s stories about life in the bush and Xavier‘s childhood.

I think I just done like historical fiction much.

The book is good in the last third and I‘m glad I stuck with it.

#OhCanada @Jess861

The Remembered Soldier, by Anjet Daanje (2019, transl. 2025)

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Premise: A former soldier experiencing severe amnesia and PTSD struggles to recover his memories and life after he is brought home from an asylum by a woman who identifies him as her husband.

Review: This is a stunning, deeply moving literary love story that will reward patient readers. ⬇️

The narrator,telling his grandfather‘s story,is present throughout almost the entire book.The narrative is interspersed with photos of places the narrator visits or masterpieces that influenced his grandfather or that his grandfather painted himself.In the second chapter,the first person narrator is no longer the grandson but it switches into the grandfathers point of view.We follow him into World War I trenches and combat.That makes it difficult

This book broke me. And again. And again. And again. I do get sad while reading books, but it's unusual that I can't read the text anymore because there are tears in my eyes. Constantly. I couldn't read 4 pages without the urge to just break into tears. I didn't want to continue, but I wanted to continue. I also wanted to give it six stars on GoodReads, but I was only allowed to give five. Which is not enough. This book needs more. 1912 forever.

#PoemADay #PoetryPals

@lil1inblue @dabbe

Next up. I can't remember how I came across this book. I want to say it was through my university's young alumni book club. In any event, what drew me in was that this a retelling of one of my favourite books, and I had really enjoyed James, which was a retelling of The Adventures of Huck Finn. I am excited to dig in, but a little nervous because The Great Gatsby is one of my favourites - expectations are high! #BookTwentyThreeOf2025

Great unbiased history.

This never really came together for me. It was well-written, but I didn‘t feel like the ultimate threat really carried the story. I almost #dnf. #queer #horror

I thoroughly enjoyed this well-written, literary cozy, with a finely woven mystery and a truly admirable heroine. The second in the atmospheric Bess Crawford mystery series, set in England and France during WWI. Excellent reading.

This was my #ReadOrDonate selection for August. I‘m so glad I finally got around to reading it!

#Pantone2025 #ChocolateMartini @Lauredhel

Losing steam on this book, but there‘s a week left of #summerjob anyways. #summerreading #queer #horror