I am a huge fan of the HBO series that Tom Hanks and Stephen Speilberg made based on this book, so picked it up one day. It is a fantastic account of one company's war, from training in the US, dropping into Normandy on D-Day, through hellish conditions on the frontline to living the easy life in post-war Germany. Ambrose is a brilliant writer, bringing alive the scenes and the characters in such a way that you feel as if you know them. While history texts can be dry or interesting, this draws you through the pages as if it were a novel, which makes the constant realisation that it is 'real' even more mindblowing. Well worth checking out. This author is one of my many recommendations.

Swapped for 'The Secret Life of Bees' at www.readitswapit.co.uk

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This was a ReadItSwapIt swap. I'm not sure when I will have time to read it but it will be on its BookCrossing journey again when I have.

Left in the phonebox library on a bike home from work.

I picked this up from the phone box library in Roecliffe because I am drawn to bookcrossing stickers, and it was a World Book Night title a couple of years ago. I'm expecting it to be hard going, however dark-draco's enthusiasm is encouraging. It's good to get out of a comfort zone.

At the same time I released Fifty Shades of Grey (I will not be reading the sequels!) and Bhowani Junction.

A book I did not enjoy - I find war themes, particularly forces-based, not my thing at all. However, it is on the World Book Night 1026 list so I gave it a chance during the doubly-ideal opportunity for reading- recovering from a broken leg during Covid lockdowns 2 and 3. It conveyed the intense training, stressful combat and hard conditions - It WAS hard going but I did finish it.

Left on the way home from a long-awaited family weekend. First visit here since before lockdown. Left 3 books, took 3 - Color purple by Alice Walker, God of small things by Arundhati Roy and Rabbit, run by John Updike. All on my list of books to read sometime!