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Owen died a week before the WWI armistice, in 1918. Before that he had some harrowing experiences, and wrote some poetry based on this. But it wasn‘t until he met Siegfried Sassoon while hospitalized that he discovered his work was good. He worshipped Sassoon, reworked his poetry in his unique style of matching consonant endings (without rhyme). Then he returned to the front until his death, leaving us only his drafts.

Trying a book of poetry that‘s been lying around the house sadly neglected

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Such a great Poet and a waste of life. He died at the Battle of Sambre during WWI.

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These are book 2 and 3 of Perry‘s WWI series of 5. Featuring a family who each face the war in their own way with a bit of intrigue, a behind the scenes plot that would change the world and a murder mystery. I like the characters and there‘s enough tension to make me want to read the rest.

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It's Memorial Day in the US, so let's share books that take place during these two wars for #middlegrademonday !

The tagged book follows five kids from different countries who represent various elements of WW1. Their lives intersect in creative ways, each displaying courage in their own way. Engaging characters drive the story, but kids will also learn a lot about WW1 along the way- exactly what I expect from historical fiction!

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I can‘t remember ever seeing “hare-brained” written before.

I thought it was hair-brained!

Back to spending evenings on the porch with Not My Cat. Summer is here!

(Started this book tonight on the recommendation of a sometimes questionable co-worker. Has anyone read it?)

Is there such a thing a “moral courage”?

“In the end moral and political truths have to be shown on the body…‘
‘… [that] comes quite close to saying that the willingness to suffer proves the rightness of the belief. But it doesn‘t”.