{"id":27972,"date":"2016-04-15T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=27972"},"modified":"2016-04-13T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T21:21:08","slug":"the-good-war-halfway-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-good-war-halfway-point\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good War – Halfway Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ReadingChallengeBW\"<\/a>Hello Fellow Readers!<\/p>\n

How are you getting along with this month’s Reading Challenge? I haven’t gotten very far in my book (The Book Thief<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Marcus Zusak) – spring happened (finally) and a lot of my time has been taken up by garden chores. However, I have some great opportunities coming up soon for\u00a0time to read and look forward to getting caught up.<\/p>\n

Have you found a great World War II book to read yet? Or are you still searching? There are so many good ones, maybe you’re having trouble picking just one! If you’re struggling – or just looking to read more World War II fiction, here are a few more suggestions.<\/p>\n

The Distant Hours<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Kate Morton.\u00a0A long-lost letter arriving at its destination fifty years after it was sent lures Edie Burchill to crumbling Milderhurst Castle, home of the<\/span> three elderly Blythe sisters, where Edie’s mother was sent to stay as a teenager during World War II.<\/p>\n

The Race for Paris<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Meg Clayton.\u00a0A moving and powerfully dynamic World War II novel about two American journalists and an Englishman, who together race<\/span> the<\/span> Allies to OccupiedParis<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> scoop of their lives.<\/p>\n

China Dolls<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Lisa See. A\u00a0rich portrait of female friendship, as three young women navigate the “Chop Suey Circuit” – America’s extravagant all-Asian revues of the 1930s and ’40s – and endure the attack on Pearl Harbor and the shadow of World War II.<\/p>\n

The Postmistress<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Sarah Blake.\u00a0In London covering the Blitz with Edward R. Murrow, Frankie Bard meets a Cape Cod doctor in a shelter and promises that she’ll deliver a letter for him when she finally returns to the United States.<\/p>\n

Louise’s War<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Sarah Shaber.\u00a0Louise Pearlie has come to Washington DC to work as a clerk for the legendary OSS, the precursor to the CIA. When she discovers a document concerning a college friend, Louise realizes she may be able to help get her\u00a0out of Vichy France. But then a colleague whose help Louise has enlisted is murdered, and she realizes she is on her own.<\/p>\n

The Rising Tide<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Jeff Shaara.\u00a0As Hitler conquers Poland, Norway, France, and most of Western Europe, England struggles to hold the line. When Germany’s ally Japan launches a stunning attack on Pearl Harbor, America is drawn into the war, fighting to hold back the Japanese conquest of the Pacific, while standing side-by-side with their British ally, the last hope for turning the tide of the war. First of a trilogy.<\/p>\n

Language of the Dead<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Stephen Kelly.\u00a0As the<\/span> shadow of<\/span> World War II descends over Europe, Detective Inspector Thomas Lamb hunts for an elusive killer behind the<\/span> veil of<\/span> a seemingly charming English village.<\/p>\n

Pacific Glory<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Peter Deutermann.\u00a0A thrilling, multilayered World War II adventure following two men and an unforgettable woman, from Pearl Harbor through the most dramatic air and sea battles of the war.<\/p>\n

Let us know what you’re reading! And good luck with the rest of your April Reading Challenge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello Fellow Readers! How are you getting along with this month’s Reading Challenge? I haven’t gotten very far in my book (The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak) – spring happened (finally) and a lot of my time has been taken up by garden chores. However, I have some great opportunities[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,3371],"tags":[3395,2933,102,2524],"class_list":["post-27972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-online-book-challenge","tag-online-reading-challenge","tag-war-fiction","tag-world-war-ii","tag-wwii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-7ha","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27972"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27976,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27972\/revisions\/27976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}