{"id":3126,"date":"2015-04-17T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=3126"},"modified":"2015-04-17T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T02:15:00","slug":"wwii-books-what-i-am-reading-lately-april-17-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=3126","title":{"rendered":"WWII books &#8212; what I am reading lately.  April 17, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For some reason I have been reading book after book &#8211; novels from time of WWII . These are new books, written lately, and I have no idea what is behind this reading. Yes, they are just really good stories,but it is interesting to me that these stories are consuming my reading time these days. I was born in June of 1944 &#8212; D-day was on June 6 and my father was in the Navy during WWII &#8212; I saw him when I was 1 month old and again at 18 months. The war must have had an influence on me &#8212; we lived with my Grandparents in Madison, Wisconsin while my father was in the war stationed in the Panama Canal Zone and on a destroyer.\u00a0 I always wonder about the influence of these early months on my psyche.<\/p>\n<p>Lately I am reading the stories from Phillip Kerr, the Bernie Gunther stories, &#8212; mysteries with Gunther as the main character, a sarcastic, witty and basically decent man who tries to stay alive in Germany during the war.The series begins when Bernie is\u00a0 a detective in Berlin in the &#8220;Berlin Noir series starting with March Violets.&#8221; which I read some time ago. I recently realized he is still writing and has two new ones out &#8212; I am just starting the second &#8212; &#8220;The Lady from Zagreb.&#8221; <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3127\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bernie.jpg\" alt=\"Bernie\" width=\"230\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bernie.jpg 230w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bernie-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>having just finished <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3128\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/bernie2.jpg\" alt=\"bernie2\" width=\"226\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/bernie2.jpg 226w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/bernie2-97x150.jpg 97w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other books that I found myself reading about this period were, &#8221; All the Light We Cannot See&#8221; France during the war &#8212; a blind French girl and a German boy\/soldier. &#8211; excellent<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3129\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/loight.jpg\" alt=\"loight\" width=\"230\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/loight.jpg 230w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/loight-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and &#8220;The Nightingale&#8221; <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3130\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/nightingwle.jpg\" alt=\"nightingwle\" width=\"228\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/nightingwle.jpg 228w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/nightingwle-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"a-size-medium a-color-null s-inline s-access-title a-text-normal\">two sisters in France at the beginning of WWII &#8211; one joins the resistance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"a-size-medium a-color-null s-inline s-access-title a-text-normal\"><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some reason I have been reading book after book &#8211; novels from time of WWII . These are new books, written lately, and I have no idea what is behind this reading. Yes, they are just really good stories,but it is interesting to me that these stories are consuming my reading time these days. 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