tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post5066241824134579994..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: "The Brass Compass" by Ellen ButlerHamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-80214615366072868502018-01-02T13:58:49.781-05:002018-01-02T13:58:49.781-05:00Yep, I know! I think it's really cool that it...Yep, I know! I think it's really cool that it's autographed by the author, so if probably keep it just for that.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992633823859430981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-61600462688696328592018-01-02T13:23:19.557-05:002018-01-02T13:23:19.557-05:00Yeah, that would work too.
However, do please k...Yeah, that would work too. <br /><br />However, do please know that it was a gift -- it's now yours to do with as you wish. Read it, keep it to read when you're older, donated it to the library, sell it -- that's up to you! I will not be upset one way or the other :-)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-54770920317146079322018-01-02T12:31:37.937-05:002018-01-02T12:31:37.937-05:00Ah, I see.
Well, I could always ask Mom if she...Ah, I see.<br /><br />Well, I could always ask Mom if she'd read it and Mark out the language for me.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992633823859430981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-77309917832475622392018-01-02T10:31:34.693-05:002018-01-02T10:31:34.693-05:00Eva, I think the torture would not bother you (as ...Eva, I think the torture would not bother you (as torture goes, it's not psychotically awful, and mostly you see the aftereffects -- I'd really prolly put it on par with "The Long Way Home"), but the language definitely would. So sorry I didn't manage to finish reading it before Christmas!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-15068677239011708352018-01-01T14:55:16.347-05:002018-01-01T14:55:16.347-05:00Okay, so I'm probably going to hold off on rea...Okay, so I'm probably going to hold off on reading this. :P Because of the language and the torture - I'm pretty okay with reading about/watching violence, but if there's torture...nope. :PEvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992633823859430981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-36003920082758586502017-12-31T18:15:13.050-05:002017-12-31T18:15:13.050-05:00It really was quite entertaining. And you don'...It really was quite entertaining. And you don't get to read about female spies in the '40s that often, much less a book from their perspective.<br /><br />My two favorite WWII nonfiction books are <i>The Longest Day</i> by Cornelius Ryan and <i>Citizen Soldiers</i> by Stephen E. Ambrose.<br /><br />For fiction books, I adore <i>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</i> by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (<a href="https://theedgeoftheprecipice.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-guernsey-literary-and-potato-peel.html" rel="nofollow">reviewed here</a>), <i>A Distant Melody</i> by Sarah Sundin (<a href="https://theedgeoftheprecipice.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-distant-melody-by-sarah-sundin.html" rel="nofollow">reviewed here</a>), and <i>Where Treetops Glisten</i> by Tricia Goyer, Cara Putman, and Sarah Sundin (<a href="https://theedgeoftheprecipice.blogspot.com/2016/12/where-treetops-glisten-by-tricia-goyer.html" rel="nofollow">reviewed here</a>). I also love <i>Catch 22</i> by Joseph Heller.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-21820683287434500772017-12-31T15:34:08.419-05:002017-12-31T15:34:08.419-05:00Sounds interesting! Are there any other WWII books...Sounds interesting! Are there any other WWII books you'd recommend? I'm trying to return to reading more historical and/or non-fiction books. I just finished a biography on Dietrich Bonhoeffer a while back and found it really intriguing. R.M. Lutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225038858127086583noreply@blogger.com