Challenge Wrap-Up: WAR THROUGH the GENERATIONS

December20

War through the Generations WWI challenge The War Through the Generations Reading Challenge, hosted by Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit and Anna of Diary of an Eccentric focused this past year on WWI (1914-1918), also known as The Great War and The War to End All Wars.

I entered at only the WADE level which required me to read 4-10 books in any genre with WWI as a primary or secondary theme and occurring before, during, or after the war. Since I made it to eight, I’m calling this a

SUCCESS!

I have a real interest in the time period around this war, which permanently changed the world, and found all of these very easy to read.

1. Blizzard of Glass by Sally M. Walker – non-fiction, middle-school

2. The Absolutist by John Boyne – fiction

3. The Underpainter Read in December 2012 by Jane Urquart – literary fiction

4. Moon Over Manifest by Claire Vanderpoole – fiction, YA, Newbery Medal winner

5. The Return of Captain John Emmett by Elizabeth Speller – fiction, mystery

6. An Unmarked Grave: A Bess Crawford mystery by Charles Todd – fiction, mystery

7. The Mapping of Love and Death: a Maisie Dobbs mystery by Jacqueline Winspear – fiction, mystery

8. Broken Music by Marjorie Eccles – fiction, mystery, romance

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4 Comments to

“Challenge Wrap-Up: WAR THROUGH the GENERATIONS”

On December 20th, 2012 at 3:15 pm Judith Says:
Definitely a success! Well done. I don’t like war stories. Or so I say. I do sometimes end up reading and liking them, but I wouldn’t just choose to do a challenge on them. As a result, maybe, I haven’t read any of the books on your list.
On December 20th, 2012 at 4:39 pm Debbie Says:
Judith, I’m not a big fan of war stories as such either but I’m beginning to appreciate that changes brought about in society because of them are fascinating.

For example, The Underpainter dealt (in part) with effects of WWI both before and after on the people of a small Canadian town. There were no war scenes. Blizzard of Glass is non-fiction and dealt with the accidental explosion in Halifax Nova Scotia of a munitions ship bound for the war. And so on.

Now that you mention it, I realize actual war scenes were in short supply. 😉
On December 20th, 2012 at 5:10 pm Anna (Diary of an Eccentric) Says:
Congrats on completing the challenge, and thanks for participating! We’ll make sure to link to your reviews on War Through the Generations.
On December 20th, 2012 at 6:02 pm Debbie Says:
Thank you, Anna!