Litsy

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Damn Rebecca 💔. Idk what to make of this story, I‘m still processing. How can such a beautiful story be so cruel at the same time. If fate is real, why is it dealing those cards!!!!!! Makes me want to scream! I will be remembering each of these characters and save a special place for them in my heart. I was advised to not read this book but I have no regrets. I think it will stay with me for a long long time.

Blueberry

Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima | James Bradley, Ron Powers

#Flag. #Fathers
#JuneSpecials

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Well done 👍🏼 💛🇺🇸 4d

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TheSpineView

Flags of Our Fathers (Movie Tie-In Edition) | James Bradley, Ron Powers

#JuneSpecials @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Flag

Eggs Great book and film! 6d

TheSpineView @Eggs Agree! 6d

KCofKaysville @TheSpineView I consider it a favorite! 6d

TheSpineView @KCofKaysville 👍📖🎬 6d

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Blueberry

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest | Stephen E. Ambrose

#RESPECT
#DDay. #JuneSpecials

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

readingjedi Excellent book, even better mini-series. 2w

Eggs On my TBR… 2w

tpixie Great book! 2w

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Kerrbearlib

Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy Seal's Journey to Coming Out Transgender | Kirstin Beck, Anne Speckhard, Kristin Beck

Recommended reading this Memorial Day.

Susanita My office did an event about LGBT rights in the military, back when it was still okay to talk of such things. She was the main speaker and gave an interesting presentation. 4w

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TheAromaofBooks

MiG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lieutenant Belenko | John Barron

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Published in 1980, only four years after Belenko's escape from Russia (and well before the fall of the Berlin Wall), this book was quite fascinating. Belenko actually had more or less the ideal situation in Russia as the MiG-25 pilots were highly valued and treated well (by Soviet standards). Reading about his slow recognition of the cognitive dissonance between what he was being taught about his country vs the west and what he could actually ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) observe with his own eyes was intriguing. Thoroughly enjoyable and a reminder of what life in the Soviet was actually like.

#MonthlyNonfiction - April (358) @julieclair
#GottaCatchEmAll - Recommended by a friend @PuddleJumper
#Read2025 - 28/100 TBR books @DieAReader
#ISpyBingo - Airplane
#BookSpinBingo 1mo

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo

TieDyeDude I used to read a lot about the Cold War, though admittedly most of my reading had a Western bias. This sounds like it would be a really interesting book! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @TieDyeDude - It's a really quick read (under 300pgs), which is nice but also means that sometimes I wished I could get more details. When I was checking to see what happened to Belenko after 1980, I was surprised to find that he just passed away two years ago! 1mo

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Lunarstar27

The Last Letter | Rebecca Yarros

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Omg this book is a emotional rollercoaster ride and the ending why did you do that to us Rebecca Yarros but you are an amazing writer

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Rome753

The Art of War | Sun Tzu

"Haste, fear of being labeled a coward, and personal emotions such as anger and hatred should never be permitted to adversely influence state and command decision making."
-Sun Tzu, "Art of War"

Susanita 🤔 2mo

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Lords of Discipline | Pat Conroy

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Not my favorite Conroy. The descriptions of Charleston were long-winded and boring; and quite frankly, annoying. But the story, oh man, what a story! It was compelling, ugly, thought provoking, gripping, and worth reading.

27/80

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