Today is Veterans Day in the U.S., and Remembrance Day in the U.K. and much of the British Commonwealth. This holiday, which recognizes the service of all military veterans, was first celebrated as Armistice Day to commemorate the end of World War I at the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918. A conflict which unfortunately did not turn out to be “war to end all wars.”
Speaking of books, because that’s most of what we do here at Reading Reality. this is another short stack that got embiggened a bit because the original few looked so lonely. I’m also “auditioning” a couple of series as possible comfort reads as I’m just about caught up with Wrexford & Sloane.
I’ve heard good things about the Barker & Llewelyn series, I have a few in eARCs and they’re Victorian, so more Holmes’ era than either Wrexford & Sloane or Sebastian St. Cyr. So we’ll see. I’m also looking back at Barbara Hambly’s Benjamin January series, set in the 1830s in New Orleans and thereabouts. I read the first, it looks like ten, books in the series, beginning with A Free Man of Color (which describes Benjamin January’s situation rather succinctly if not completely) back when they first came out, but it fell by the reading wayside in that torrent of ‘so many books, so little time’. But my memory says the series is absolutely worth picking up again, so I’ll have to see if that memory is playing me true or false in the months ahead.
For Review:
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn #15) by Will Thomas
Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook
The Nubian’s Curse (Benjamin January #20) by Barbara Hambly
Purchased from Amazon/Audible/Etc.:
The Pride of Garnet Run (Garnet Run #2.5) by Roan Parrish
Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn #1) by Will Thomas
A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers
Borrowed from the Library:
The Lights on Knockbridge Lane (Garnet Run #3) by Roan Parrish
The Rivals of Casper Road (Garnet Run #4) by Roan Parrish
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Oh, I love that poster from World War I. It’s amazing. Big thanks to all have served. 👍🏻💕
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Lest we forget. The two great wars impacted my family immensely. In fact, my mother didn’t meet her father until she was almost 5 years old. Thanks to all who have served and continue to serve us in order for us with the freedoms we have today.
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A great looking load of books. I don’t read many war based books as I get a bit emotional. I’ve done a post of books with red covers instead today!
Have a great weekend.
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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Love the poster! I hope you enjoy all of these when you get to them.
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That poster is absolutely great. I wonder if our troops now read much in the way of books. Their demographic is more inclined to online activities. Hard to imagine a campaign to get donations of iPhone games.
best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Many thanks to all those who have served, and those who are serving now.
I just came across Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword a few days ago, on Edelweiss, I think. I immediately put it on my want-to-read list, though I didn’t request it (yet.) I used to be really into the Arthurian myths, and I have kind of circled back to them in the last year or two, so it will be interesting to read this take on the era after Arthur’s death/disappearance.
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A Witch in Time sounds good! Have a great week. 🙂
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