What are you reading for your WW-I book?

[Bonnie]

I couldn't get into The Soldier's Wife for some reason so put it aside, but now can't think what to replace it with. It actually was a WW-II story anyway.

[~Leslie~]

I haven't been able to come up with anything yet.

[Bonnie]

Leslie wrote: "I haven't been able to come up with anything yet."
I am checking to see if I can use The Sun Also Rises as my "live" bookclub does a classic every year, so I could kill 2 birds with one stone.

[Jackie]

Losing Julia is a good one. I don't think I nominated it for this group, but we read it for my HF group and everyone really enjoyed it. It's not a typical war romance either, which I liked.

Edited- never mind on that rec. I misread the thread and thought you were looking for WWII not WWI. Still a good book though not what you're looking for! lol

[Lauren]

I am going to read Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War by Sebastian Faulks.

[Bonnie]

I'll look into that one too. Is it already a shelf book or are you going to recommend adding it?

[~Leslie~]

Do the bonus books have to be shelved for this group?

[Bonnie]

I think we can read them first and then nominate them, but eventually, books for the challenge need to be on the shelves.

[Rebecca]

I plan on reading Look to the East for my WWI pick. Right now I'm reading Those Who Save Us it's set during WWII and the present, but the book I plan on reading for the challenge is The Soldier's Wife. I guess we shall see...

[Bonnie]

Those who save us is on my TBR list too, although not for this challenge. I picked The Baker's Daughter for my WW-II book.

[Bonnie]

ps- I attempted reading The Soldier's Wife, but stopped. It wasn't bad, just didn't catch my interest. It was too much like The Guernsey Potato.. book, which I loved, but with characters I didn't like and no humor.

[~Leslie~]

I found a historical mystery series set in WWI that I think I will try. It's by Charles Todd. So I can read it and then request that it be shelved and it will work for the challenge?

[Bonnie]

If it "makes the cut". You may read it and find it doesn't have historical content or enough romance, but if you like it, you have still enjoyed a new series, so no loss.

[Lauren]

Bonnie wrote: "I'll look into that one too. Is it already a shelf book or are you going to recommend adding it?"

I did not see it in the WWI section. I'm kinda new at this. How do you recommend adding it?

[Stacey]

There is a recommendations thread. You can post the book there after you have read it if you feel it meets the romantic historical fiction criteria.

[Lauren]

Stacey wrote: "There is a recommendations thread. You can post the book there after you have read it if you feel it meets the romantic historical fiction criteria."

Thank you!

[Emery, GROUP FOUNDER]

Leslie wrote: "I found a historical mystery series set in WWI that I think I will try. It's by Charles Todd. So I can read it and then request that it be shelved and it will work for the challenge?"

Hi Leslie- Yes, as long as it also has a romance!

[~Leslie~]

Thanks! I'm not sure if it has a romance, but I'm going to find out:=}

[Louise]

I have just read the first two Maisie Dobbs mysteries and loved them.

[Shelley]

My writing is post-WWI, but the more history I read, the more impressed I am that World War I, more than any other, seems to have broken the heart of its world.

Shelley, http://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.com