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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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2011: #74 – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)

December 24, 2011 5 Comments

Book #74 was The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. The back of the book reads: Berlin 1942 – when Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one

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2006: #52 – The Winds of War (Herman Wouk)

June 30, 2006July 12, 2016

Title: The Winds of War Author: Herman Wouk Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Back Bay Books Release Date: February 5, 2002 Pages: 896 Follows the various members of the Henry family as they become involved in the events preceding America’s involvement in World War II and captures all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of the Second World War-and that constitute Wouk’s crowning achievement-are available for

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2006: #9 – Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)

February 2, 2006January 15, 2021

Book #9 was Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden. I was expecting a lot from this book, and it delivered. I’m now looking forward to seeing the movie, and I hope they didn’t screw it up. Book count: 9 Pages in book: 434 Page count: 4,172 Words in book: 186,399 Word count:1,001,379 1,000,000 words surpassed — 2/2/06

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