Reading List?

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I've always been a reader, far more than a TV watcher. I find that I've been reading much more since the pandemic started. I saw the screening room section, but nothing similar for book reviews. Here is a first one - I just finished it.

Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knight’s Cross
It is what the title says...but be warned. It is not the usual historical nonfiction where a modern author gives a rough timeline then pages of prose about how you should think about it. No, it is a raw and unfiltered look at daily life through the very narrow lens of a single soldier during the German retreat from the Soviet Union, and how he survived. I'm speechless to write more about it without giving it a way. The shock and bewilderment at what occurred in Sepp's experience is what makes this an eye opening read - and I'm afraid that if I give away any of that surprise I will ruin the soul-searching astonishment effect for you.

Next up...Forty Thieves of Saipan...

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