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So quick to read and so difficult to stomach. Another timely look at war on Gaza, this time a graphic novel.

Half audio, half print - normally I have trouble focusing on NF in print, but since I started my boycott of Spotify right in the middle of this, you do what you have to do 🤷‍♀️ I‘ve since gotten more familiar with Karie which enhanced the reading experience. This is not an easy book, but it‘s an incredibly important one.

This was interesting.

#Truth

This book of poems gathered in protest over Bush‘s war took me a long time to finish. It wasn‘t an easy read given how much worse things are now and how I could see how what he did lead us to where we are. But an excellent collection nonetheless.

I have not seen the adaptation, nor is this technically a song selection for #tuesdaytunes but rather a post to encourage you to read this incredible portrait of what warfare is really like. I think that it's very unfair to cast it as anti-war, as it is a realistic portrait of WWI trench warfare told in prose so evocative that it could have been published today. Magnificent!
PS-if you need a smile then watch the independent YouTube video (Cont)

Released in 1973, set during WW2, Carrie and her brother Nick are sent to a Welsh mining village amongst other child evacuees from London to avoid German bombings. Adventure, humour, emotions and morality feature during their time with the stern Mr Evans and his sister ‘Auntie Lou‘, their visits down to Druids Bottom and the friends they make there. The last chapter had me near to tears, I hope people still write kids books with such depth!

5 ⭐
I have read 2 of the 3 books in this trilogy of stand-alone stories and liked them both.