2021 World War II Challenge

 

J. Howard Miller 1918-2004,
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HOST: Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews

DATES: January - December 2021

● See my original post about the Challenge HERE. 
● See the Challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE. 

GOALS: Read, Watch, Listen, Share WWII related stuff

Books

• Fiction published during 1939-1945
• Fiction set during 1939-1945
• Fiction that is about the leading up to the war
• Fiction that is about the direct aftermath of the war
• Nonfiction books about the War
• Biographies or Autobiographies with sections about the war
• Poetry or verse novels with a WWII setting OR publication date
• Essays, Articles, Op-Ed pieces
• historical-historical (straight up historical with no sub-genres)
• historical romance
• historical mysteries
• historical coming-of-age
• historical thrillers/suspense/spy novels
  
  

Music

• See YouTube Pop Hits Chronologies for the years 1938-1946
  
  

Films and documentaries

• any film made/released during 1939-1945
• any film set during the war 
• any documentary about the war

MY  READING  LIST (stuff I've read, with links to reviews):

1. The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew #16). Carolyn Keene (1939)
2. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew #22). Carolyn Keene (1945) 
3. The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope #10). Susan Elia MacNeal (2021; set in 1943) 

MY  WATCH  LIST (films/docs I've watched, with links to any reviews):
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STUFF  I'VE  LISTENED  TO:

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POSSIBLE  READS

• Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn #12). Ngaio Marsh (1943)
• Died in the Wool (Roderick Alleyn #13). Ngaio Marsh (1945)
• The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope #10). Susan Elia MacNeal (2021; set in 1943) 
• Los Alamos. Joseph Kanon (1997; set in 1945) 

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