It‘s been several years since I read Code Talkers, but it is still one of my favorite historical fiction books set during WWII. Grenade is about the Battle of Okinawa. The books on the right are nonfiction for middle grade readers.
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so-soThis one is on the high side of so-so for me. The concept, a crime scene photographer who can see and talk to the ghosts of the victims, is a good one, but this first in the series has too much childhood back story to be properly considered a thriller, and there‘s too much unnecessary detail in places. But my kindle copy included the first chapter of book 2 and I‘m kinda already invested in that story
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so-soThis is a pretty weird way to start a mystery book series. The good guy is a secondary character and he doesn‘t solve the case as much as he just turns up at the end to help the main character, an anthropologist. I think I‘ll read the next one (because it‘s easy and mindless), but I hope it‘s easier to follow and has more mystery to it. If I wanted to read non-fiction about the Southwest, there‘s plenty available without delving into this novel.
pickShutter (Rita Todacheene 1), by Ramona Emerson (2022)
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Premise: As if life weren‘t complicated enough for heroine Rita, being both a Dine woman who can see ghosts and a forensic photographer, lone spirit insists on tormenting her until she gets her justice.
Review: Though definitely gory in places, this was the palate cleanser I needed in the midst of literary award reading season. ⬇️
pickPretty good book but I would have liked to see even more detail and any more conflicts they had with others in the military. Also wanted some more about the Navajo culture. Otherwise I'd recommend it if you are into WW2 history.
Starting a book about the Navajos who kept radio messages from the Japanese in WW2. They spoke in a version of Navajo which the enemy could not figure out. There were about 500 in the war.
pickThe 4th Novel of the Leaphorn and Chee series and the inspiration for the AMC series “Dark Winds”. Navajo tribal police solve murders in the early 1970‘s. This book inspired season two of the Dark Winds series
Apparently I didn't read much in June. 🤔 My favorites were the Hillerman books, I need to get the next one.
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