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2021: #34 – The Alice Network (Kate Quinn)

September 20, 2021September 17, 2021 0 Comment

The Alice Network is a dual-timeline story about two women. In 1947 we have Charlie, an American college girl who is visiting Europe with her socialite mother in order to get a secret abortion. Except Charlie has other plans. Her French cousin Rose disappeared during World War II, and Charlie is determined to find out what happened to her. All she has to go on

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2019: #1 – All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)

April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 1 Comment

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

I enjoyed this book, though I found it very slow. What I particularly liked was that it explored World War II from a couple of perspectives that I haven’t read before, despite having read a *lot* of World War II novels. The first main perspective is that of Marie-Laure, a young French girl who goes blind before the war and then must flee Paris with

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2005: #74 – Hornet Flight (Ken Follett)

December 15, 2005January 15, 2021

Book #74 was Hornet Flight, by Ken Follett. Ken Follett is one of those authors I wish I’d discovered earlier. His books are so engaging that you hardly notice how far along you are in it. The last two I’ve read (this one and Jackdaws) were set in WW2, which probably makes me enjoy them a little bit more. It’s been one of my favorite