26th January 2012 | 6 Comments
There are thousands of stories about men going off to war. There are just as many about women staying at home trying to hold down the fort while the men are at war. Home Front is not one of those stories. Jolene joined the military at 18. She had nothing. Her parents were dead, not [...]
Tags: family problems, grief, identity, law, marriage, mental illness, parents, ptsd, war
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29th November 2011 | 9 Comments
Juliette can kill people with her touch. All it takes is a moment of contact, skin to skin. Some say she is a monster. That she should be locked away and denied human interaction. But Juliette doesn’t want to hurt anyone. There are others who want to use Juliette, to harness her power. There’s a [...]
Tags: dystopian, romance, supernatural, war
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28th June 2011 | 10 Comments
If You Like… is a feature highlighting blogger recommendations for books, authors, TV shows, movies, and music based on the things you already know and love. This week’s post features recommendations for war stories. If you can’t get enough of those history channel reruns, bookish battle scenes, and war anthems, I hope you will share [...]
Tags: lists, war
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11th May 2011 | 3 Comments
Julia’s mother was shipped off to Iraq to work as a nurse in the National Guard. Her father is too busy to watch her, so she spends her summer with relatives, including best friend Eliza. The two girls are inseparable, spending their time at the resort where Eliza’s father works, a place where they get [...]
Tags: coming of age, family problems, friendship, war
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