I've been doing ThrowbackThursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. So, I post more than one Throwback every week. These are my reviews from March 2013.
The author manages to bring in so many different topics. It is a classic crime novel but it is also a historical novel, and it is also a psychological and philosophical work.
Hislop, Victoria "The Return" - 2008
A young woman discovers not only the terrible history of the Spanish Civil War but also her own. Along with her, the reader is forced to learn more about this awful part of history.
A young woman discovers not only the terrible history of the Spanish Civil War but also her own. Along with her, the reader is forced to learn more about this awful part of history.
A book worth reading. "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter". What is it hunting? And why?
A wonderful book that makes you think a lot about the world and whether it has changed in the last hundred years.
O’Brian, Patrick "Master & Commander" - 1969
A lot of action going on in the story and a lot of information about the Napoleonic wars and how life was for the "heroes of the sea". I loved the characters, especially friendship between the two main men.
Peet, Bill "The Whingdingdilly" - 1982
Scamp is a farm dog who is bored with who he is. Every other animal seems to have a better and more exciting live than he does. He asks a witch to change him into another animal. He only doesn't tell her which one ...
LeSieg, Theo (=Dr. Seuss) "Wacky Wednesday" - 1974
My children loved activity books when they were little, something to do, something to look for. And silly rhymes. Well, Dr. Seuss often gave them both.
Although I've only read two by Patrick O'Brian I'm a HUGE fan of the series. I should get around to reading some more later in the year (I hope).
ReplyDeleteI'm just reading my first Bernard Cornwell. My husband's a big fan and because someone recommended it to me and hubby had the book she was talking about, I started it. Not really as exciting as some of the other history books. Too much importance on the fighting, less on the people.
DeleteWhich one are you reading? I've read quite a few.....
Delete"The Last Kingdom", the first of the Saxon Stories. Can you recommend something else?
DeleteI'm afraid that quite a few of his books are fighting heavy. You might like his trilogy based around the King Arthur myth...
DeleteWarlord Chronicles
1. The Winter King (1995)
2. Enemy of God (1996)
3. Excalibur (1997)
Thanks, Kitten. I will see whether they are among hubby's books and then decide.
DeleteI miss reading Dr. Seuss with Eleanor.
ReplyDeleteI miss reading with my boys altogether. It's so nice to do that with children.
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