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RE: Let's Celebrate World Book Day!
You did it! I'm a bookworm too, and always have been. My favorite genre is historical fiction, and I love to read anything associated with World War II. Unbroken (a true story) by Laura Hillenbrand was awesome, but the movie did not do it justice! I have just finished reading ++Hearts of Resistance** by Soraya M. Lane - a story about 3 women in the French Resistance in WWII!
I'll need to check out Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, as that sounds like my kind of book too.
I didn't love the Unbroken movie either but all I heard from people who read the book is how good it was. I'll have to check it out at some point.
If you like the Lusitania book, you should check out the rest of Erik Larson's books. All he writes are historical novels but he almost writes them in a style of fiction so it's very engrossing. Isaac's Storm is about the 1905 hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas where the town had no warning. And Devil in the White City is about the first modern serial killer in the United States. He was targeting and killing young women in Chicago as the 1893 World Fair is happening. The book chronicles the killer as well as the city's preparation for the fair. It's one of the best books I've ever read.
The movie was just depressing! The book was not. It was full of hope, although bad things were happening!
I wouldn't like the serial killer books, but Isaac's storm sounds good!
I grew up in Torrance, California, the same city where Louis Zamperini grew up, and he used to come to school assemblies and speak. There is a stretch of the 405 (San Diego Freeway) that runs through Torrance that's named for him...just saw that sign yesterday, in fact. I should read the book I guess...
The book is an incredible read! I could not put it down until I finished. I knew the ending of course, but kept wondering how he could possibly survive. It should be required reading in all High Schools, I think. No one should ever be allowed to forget what that generation suffered for our freedom, but I think that too many just don’t have a clue!