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The Specialists : The Complete Series Starting a new reading journey is exciting. It's invigorating. It's challenging. Why? Because the book you read takes you to a new place, a new scene with a new character inside of a new plot. The challenge comes with trying to keep up with your new friend and find enough time to read about all of his or her adventures. With a five book series, that isn't easy. However, it is worth it.  So. Very. Worth. It. Which brings me to my newest binge-reading feat.  I read the whole series by Author Shannon Greenland in a matter of days. All five books were devoured with every single second I had to spare. Each and every book kept me engaged, thinking, wondering, expecting, delighting, and hyperventilating.  It was the best read I've had for a while.  Now, you might ask why that is, and I can refer you to my Goodreads Review . I can share with you what other readers thought about it on Amazon and Goodre...

Book Reviews and Bios, Oh My! Until recently, with the start of Ellen DeGeneres' book Seriously... I'm Kidding ,  I never was a fan of reading celebrity bios and autobios. I never picked one up and said, "I've been dying to read this!" Yet, there it was. Ellen's book. Just sitting there. So, yeah, I picked it up. I flipped through the first couple pages, giggling, snorting, and realizing I've been missing this whole other world. *cue Little Mermaid music* It was the start of a small obsession. I LOVED Ellen's book! Yes, since I've read her story I feel like we're BFFs now. That happens. You read about someone else's life, make connections, realize they're just a mix of confident insecurity like you, laugh until your sides hurt, and have an epiphany about how you obviously were meant to be best friends. Long-distant, no-restraining-order type of friends, but still, best buds. Thanks, Ellen. Second, there came Sounds...

The Best of Fiction If you know me, you know I love books. Being able to read nonfiction and fiction works in order to gain a better understanding of the world I'm about to enter. Here are a few books I've read over the years which have culminated into my Favorite Top Five WWII Fiction stories. Starting with my fifth favorite and taking you to my first: #5: Cold Summer #4: Number the Stars #3: Prisoner B-3087 #2: Girl in the Blue Coat #1: The Book Thief Are any of my Top Five your favorites as well? Are there any WWII novels you have read which are not listed here? Feel free to comment and make suggestions! I would love to hear about your own favorite reads.  Find these books and more among these sites:   If you haven't checked out my other research resource blogs on WWII, check here :  My Top 5 WWII Nonfiction Books: Book Research My Top 5 WWII Movies: Book Research If you would ...

Nonfiction Books Helping Me On My  WWII Research Quest The Truth of the Matter: Research is exhilarating and exciting. It can also be difficult, time-consuming, and annoying. There are times of mass chaos, and those moments of sheer sorrow. Research is not for the faint of heart. My Findings: I have come across numerous sources: books, articles, documentaries, memoirs, movies, and more of one of the most tragic times in history: World War II. I have become acquainted with names and locations and too many visuals to keep track of them all. The information is at times overwhelming, all the time heart-breaking, and often varied. Finding exactly what you need is a literal needle in a haystack, or in this case, a paragraph or page in a paper factory. You can see my dilemma, right? Looking closer, researching further, and trying to find the right sources led me to my Top Five Nonfiction Books. These are resources I came back to time and again, checked, rechecked, reread, ...

WWII Movie Research: My Top Five Beware I'm a fan of the visual, and I have included several pictures from the movies which I found on Google Images. The copyrights and cookies are not owned by me, and I only included them to give you a more complete look at the movies. Enjoy! :) R esearch is difficult. You know what I'm talking about, right? Trying to find the exact articles, books, documentaries, and more can be exhausting.  As a writer, I want to do my best to represent what I'm putting out. We all make mistakes or miss something at times, but I hope to give an excellent picture of my story, history, and more importantly, my characters. S o, in researching for my four-part, historical fiction series, I've been working hard to find out what's happening on the home front as well as the war front during WWII. I hope you will bear with me as I continue my research and share what I have found so far. I hope my books will live up to the standard I have se...