These are links to reviews from all over the blogosphere. Not all are participants in the challenge, but all participant reviews featured on War Through the Generations are linked here.
We are continually adding to this page, so if you’ve written a review about a WWI book and would like it linked here, please email us at warthroughgenerations at gmail.com.
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The Absolutist by John Boyne [reviewed by The Reading Life, Read Handed, Devourer of Books, Linus's Blanket, caribousmom, Boston Bibliophile, Readin' and Dreamin', Wordsmithonia, At Home With Books, BookNAround, WildmooBooks, ExUrbanis]
After the Armistice Ball by Catriona McPherson [reviewed by BooksPlease]
Alfred & Emily by Doris Lessing [reviewed by Tea and a Good Book]
All Our Worldly Goods by Irene Nemirovsky [reviewed by Impressions in Ink, Becky's Book Reviews, Caribousmom,]
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque [reviewed by Olduvai Reads, Scrappy Cat, Matt's Book Blog, Things Mean a Lot,]
The Ambassador’s Daughter by Pam Jenoff [reviewed by Savvy Verse & Wit, Amused By Books, The Maiden's Court, Girl Lost in a Book, Mom With a Book,]
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear [reviewed by A Bookish Way of Life, The Lost Entwife, Anglers Rest,]
And the Soldiers Sang by J. Patrick Lewis and illustrated by Gary Kelley [reviewed by Becky's Book Reviews]
Another World by Pat Barker [reviewed by Carole Rae's Random Ramblings]
Archie’s War: My Scrapbook of the First World War 1914-1918 by Marcia Williams [reviewed by Savvy Verse & Wit, Diary of an Eccentric]
At the Front in a Flivver by William Yorke Stevenson [reviewed by ww1ha,]
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Bad Characters – Sex, Crime, Mutiny and Murder in the Australian Imperial Force by Peter Stanley [reviewed by One Great War,]
The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War by Peter Englund, translated by Peter Graves [reviewed by Diary of an Eccentric, Tutu's Two Cents]
Beneath Hill 60 by Will Davies [reviewed by One Great War]
Bereft by Chris Womersley [reviewed by Living to Think,]
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine [reviewed by Semicolon]
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear [reviewed by The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader, A Few More Pages, She Reads and Reads, Wordsmithonia, Biblio File, Bitter Tea and Mystery,]
Birdsong by Sabastian Faulks [reviewed by One Great War, Page Plucker, Farm Lane Books, Bookworm Baby, Shelf Love, Book Snob, Scrappy Cat, Carole's Chatter, Necromancy Never Pays,]
A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd [reviewed by ww1ha, Devourer of Books, Bookfan, 5 Minutes for Books, Impressions in Ink, The Written World, Books and Movies, Historical Tapestry,]
The Blasphemer by Nigel Farnsdale [reviewed by ww1ha]
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 by Sally M. Walker [reviewed by ExUrbanis, Jayne's Books,]
Bonds of Earth by G.N. Chevalier [reviewed by Readin' and Dreamin']
Broken Music by Marjorie Eccles [reviewed by ExUrbanis]
Brothers Far From Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates, Uxbridge, Ontario 1916 (Dear Canada) by Jean Little [reviewed by Back to Books]
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Circles of Time by Phillip Rock [reviewed by The House of the Seven Tails, Diary of an Eccentric, Jenn's Bookshelves, Unabridged Chick, Austenprose,]
The Confession by Charles Todd [reviewed by Savvy Verse & Wit, Impressions In Ink]
The Conjurer’s Boy by Michael Raleigh [reviewed by ww1ha,]
The Cove by Ron Rash [reviewed by Layers of Thought, Lit and Life, Under My Apple Tree, Bermudaonion, Raging Bibliomania,]
The Crimson Rooms by Katharine McMahon [reviewed by Irene's Desk,]
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Day of the Assassins (Jack Christie #1) by Johnny O’Brien [reviewed by Becky's Book Reviews,]
Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie by Edward Streeter [reviewed by ww1ha]
A Diary Without Dates by Enid Bagnold [reviewed by Fleur Fisher in her world, Victoria Janssen]
The Double Traitor by E. Phillips Oppenheim [reviewed by a hot cup of pleasure]
Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell [reviewed by Becky's Book Reviews]
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd [reviewed by Books and Movies, Liz, Devourer of Books, Polishing Mud Balls, Hope Is the Word, Howling Frog Books, Impressions in Ink, The Written World, Bitter Tea and Mystery, Victoria Janssen, Scrappy Cat, Bloggin' 'bout Books, Historical Tapestry, Semicolon,]
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Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear [reviewed by Whimpulsive, bookchickdi, Devourer of Books, cakes, tea and dreams, Wordsmithonia, iwriteinbooks's blog, Tutu's Two Cents,]
The Englishman’s Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I by Ben Macintyre [reviewed by Canadian Bookworm]
Europe’s Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? by David Fromkin [reviewed by imagineatime]
Eyes Like Willy’s by Juanita Havill [reviewed by Semicolon]
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The Faces of World War I by Max Arthur [reviewed by ww1ha]
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett [reviewed by Tutu's Two Cents]
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway [reviewed by Book Scorpion's Lair, Savvy Verse & Wit, Diary of an Eccentric, Scrappy Cat, Impressions in Ink, Book Snob, Library of Clean Reads, thenerdreports, She Reads Novels, Farm Lane Books, ImageNations, Rebecca Reads, A Girl Walks Into a Bookstore,]
The First World War by John Keegan [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog, Howling Frog Books,]
The First World War by Michael Howard [reviewed by Page Plucker,]
Fly Away Peter by David Malouf [reviewed by Beauty is a Sleeping Cat, One Great War]
The Forbidden Zone by Mary Borden [reviewed by ww1ha]
The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgewick [reviewed by Semicolon]
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The Gendarme by Mark T. Mustian [reviewed by Diary of an Eccentric, Musings from Sri Lanka, Scrappy Cat,]
The George and the Crown by Sheila Kaye-Smith [reviewed by Great War Fiction]
George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by Miranda Carter [reviewed by Tutu's Two Cents]
The Girl on the Cliff by Lucinda Riley [reviewed by A Bookish Affair, Reflections of a Book Addict, Luxury Reading, vvb32 reads,]
Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog, Howling Frog Books,]
The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek [reviewed by Howling Frog Books,]
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald [reviewed by Savvy Verse & Wit, The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader]
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry [reviewed by Becky's Book Reviews, Impressions in Ink]
The Great Silence: Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age by Juliet Nicolson [reviewed by Semicolon]
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell [reviewed by Book Snob, Matt's Book Blog]
The Great War: Perspectives on the First World War edited by Robert Cowley [reviewed by ww1ha]
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman [reviewed by Tutu's Two Cents]
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A Hand for Each: Three Short Stories by J. Kathleen Cheney [reviewed by Carole Rae's Random Ramblings]
The Harlem Hellfighters by Walter Dean Myers and Bill Miles [reviewed by Savvy Verse & Wit]
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson [reviewed by Becky's Book Reviews, A Garden of Books]
The Head Girl at the Gables by Angela Brazil [reviewed by Victoria Janssen]
Her Privates We by Frederic Manning [reviewed by One Great War]
Hill 60: Ypres by Nigel Cave [reviewed by ww1ha]
Holding the Line by Sergeant Harold Baldwin [reviewed by Victoria Janssen]
The Horse’s Mouth: Staging Morpurgo’s War Horse by Mervyn Millar [reviewed by ww1ha]
How Many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston [reviewed by A Work in Progress, Beauty is a Sleeping Cat, Diary of an Eccentric, Susan Hated Literature]
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An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd [reviewed by Devourer of Books, Bookfan, The Written World, Books and Movies, Bloggin' 'bout Books, Impressions In Ink, Historical Tapestry, A Work in Progress,]
An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear [reviewed by Sidewalk Shoes, The Road to Here]
Intimate Voices from the First World War by Svetlana Palmer and Sarah Wallis [reviewed by ww1ha]
The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein [reviewed by Helen's Book Blog,]
It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi [reviewed by Book Girl of the Mur-y-Castell]
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon [reviewed by Impressions In Ink, Seven Apples, Howling Frog Books, Writing Wrongs,]
Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth [reviewed by ww1ha]
Last Post by Ford Madox Ford [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog,]
The Last Summer by Judith Kinghorn [reviewed by She Reads Novels, Scrappy Cat, Luxury Reading,]
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear [reviewed by Savvy Verse & Wit, Diary of an Eccentric, Wordsmithonia, M. Denise C., The Book Garden, Library Queue, Lit and Life,]
“Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorely” from The Penguin Book of First World War Prose [reviewed by Semicolon]
Letters from the Front by J. Gresham Machen [reviewed by Victoria Janssen]
Letters from a Lost Generation edited by Mark Bostridge [reviewed by One Great War, Page Plucker,]
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld [reviewed by One Great War]
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman [reviewed by Fleur Fisher in her world, She Reads Novels, ww1ha, Land of Lakes and Volcanoes, Scrappy Cat, Buried in Print, Life in the Thumb, A Guy's Moleskin Notebook, Tutu's Two Cents, Bibliophile by the Sea, Book Chatter, Care's Online Book Club, You've Gotta Read This!!!, Tiny Library, vvb32 reads, Notes From the Officer's Club, Beauty Is a Sleeping Cat, Reading World,]
Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine 1918 (Dear America) by Lois Lowry [reviewed by Becky's Book Reviews]
Little England by Sheila Kaye-Smith [reviewed by Great War Fiction]
Lone Hawk: The Story of Air Ace Billy Bishop by John Lang [reviewed by Back to Books]
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter [reviewed by The Written World]
A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry [reviewed by Jules' Book Reviews, Beauty is a Sleeping Cat, Savvy Verse & Wit, Diary of an Eccentric]
Lord of the Nutcracker Men by Iain Lawrence [reviewed by Semicolon]
The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began by Jack Beatty [reviewed by Rhapsody in Books]
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Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear [reviewed by Beauty is a Sleeping Cat, Wordsmithonia, The Crazy Life of a Bookaholic, Books, Belles, and Beaux, Biblio File, Melody and Words, Mrs. Q Book Addict, At Home With Books, Olduvai Reads, The House of the Seven Tails,]
The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear [reviewed by Tutu's Two Cents, Lit and Life, A Worn Path, Starting Fresh, Broken Teepee, Unabridged Chick, Southern Girl Reads, ExUrbanis, The Book Garden,]
A Man Could Stand Up by Ford Madox Ford [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog,]
Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear [reviewed by A Book Geek, Reflections of a Bookaholic, Tutu's Two Cents,]
The Middle Parts of Fortune by Frederic Manning [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog]
The Missing of the Somme by Geoff Dyer [reviewed by 2606 Books and counting...]
Mr. Darcy’s Angel of Mercy by Mary Lydon Simonsen [reviewed by Diary of an Eccentric]
The Moonlight Mistress by Victoria Janssen [reviewed by Great War Fiction]
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool [reviewed by Becky's Book Reviews, Book Snob, ExUrbanis, Books and Movies]
Mopping Up! Through the Eyes of Bobbie Burns Regimental Mascot by Jack Munroe [reviewed by ww1ha]
My Brother’s Shadow by Monika Schroder [reviewed by The Children's War, Helen's Book Blog, Becky's Book Reviews]
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young [reviewed by A Book a Week, One Great War, Unabridged Chick, Reading Lark, The Book Garden, Lit and Life, Diary of an Eccentric, Savvy Verse & Wit, Peeking Between the Pages, The Written World, A Bookish Affair, Historical Tapestry,]
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1918: Year of Victory by Malcolm Brown [reviewed by ww1ha]
No Graves as Yet by Anne Perry [reviewed by Semicolon, Historical Tapestry,]
No More Parades by Ford Madox Ford [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog]
Nuncio and the Gypsy Girl by Kristin Alexandre and illustrated by Tom Loepp [reviewed by Anglers Rest]
Nurses at the Front: Writing the Wounds of the Great War edited by Margaret R. Higonnet [reviewed by Impressions in Ink]
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One Man’s Initiation: 1917 by John Dos Passos [reviewed by WildmooBooks]
One of Ours by Willa Cather [reviewed by Tea and a Good Book, WildmooBooks]
Other Kingdoms by Richard Matheson [reviewed by Layers of Thought]
Overseas by Beatriz Williams [reviewed by Diary of an Eccentric, Mrs. Q Book Addict, Raging Bibliomania, Under The Boardwalk, Amused by Books,]
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Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz [reviewed by Semicolon]
Parade’s End by Ford Maddox Ford [reviewed by The Reading Life]
A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House [reviewed by The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader,]
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear [reviewed by Life in Review, The Book Garden, Bitter Tea and Mystery, Mystica, Literate Housewife, 5 Minutes for Books, Peppermint Ph.D.,]
Passchendaele by Philip Warner [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog]
A Passionate Prodigality by Guy Chapman [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog,]
The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock [reviewed by 5 Minutes for Books, Diary of an Eccentric, The House of the Seven Tails, Jenn's Bookshelves, Unabridged Chick, Girl Lost in a Book, Austenprose, Mrs. Q: Book Addict,]
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry edited by George Walter [reviewed by 2606 Books and counting...]
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry edited by Jon Silkin [reviewed by Diary of an Eccentric, Savvy Verse & Wit,]
The Perfect Summer by Juliet Nicolson [reviewed by A Book A Week,]
Petrograd by Philip Gelatti with art from Tyler Crook [reviewed by Chaotic Compendiums]
The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson [reviewed by Book Scorpion's Lair,]
The Poppy Lady by Barbara Walsh [reviewed by The Children's War,]
Primary Source Accounts of World War I by Glenn Sherer and Marty Fletcher [reviewed by Semicolon]
Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukranian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk, Spirit Lake, Quebec, 1914 by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch [reviewed by Back to Books]
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo [reviewed by Savvy Verse & Wit, The Children's War, Semicolon, Scrappy Cat, Canadian Bookworm, Irene's Desk,]
Promise Me This by Cathy Gohlke [reviewed by Canadian Bookworm, Under The Boardwalk]
Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd [reviewed by A Bookworm's World, Bookfoolery,]
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Regeneration by Pat Barker [reviewed by One Great War, Things Mean a Lot,]
The Return of Captain John Emmett by Elizabeth Speller [reviewed by The Book Trunk, ww1ha, ExUrbanis, Scrappy Cat,]
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West [reviewed by A Work in Progress, Beauty is a Sleeping Cat, Book Around The Corner, Diary of an Eccentric, Worthwhile Books, The Reading Life, Scrappy Cat, Jules' Book Reviews, Shelf Love, Semicolon]
The Riddles of Wipers by John Ivelaw-Chapman [reviewed by ww1ha]
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery [reviewed by Faith Hope and Cherrytea, Becky's Book Reviews, Books and Movies,]
A Rose for the ANZAC Boys by Jackie French [reviewed by WildmooBooks]
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The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian [reviewed by The Lost Entwife, Axe for the Frozen Sea, Devourer of Books, The Joy of Booking, Booking Mama, Book Club Classics, Gerber Daisy Diaries, Bookfoolery and Babble, Chaotic Compendiums, Bibliophile by the Sea, Bookfan, Book Snob, Jo-Jo Loves to Read!!!,]
Search the Dark by Charles Todd [reviewed by Impressions In Ink]
The Secret Battle by A.P. Herbert [reviewed One Great War]
Shadows Walking by Douglas Skopp [reviewed by Liz]
Sherston’s Progress by Siegfried Sassoon [reviewed by Page Plucker,]
The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani [reviewed by Books and Movies]
Shot at Dawn: World War I, Allan McBride, France, 1917 by John Wilson [reviewed by Back to Books, Canadian Bookworm]
Siberian Prison by E.V. Enzmann [reviewed by Liz]
Silver Threads by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko [reviewed by Back to Books]
Singled Out: How Two Million British Women Survived Without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson [reviewed by Tutu's Two Cents,]
Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History by Jay Winter [reviewed by Victoria Janssen]
Some Do Not by Ford Madox Ford [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog]
Somme Mud by E.P.F. Lynch [reviewed by One Great War]
Stalemate! by J.H. Johnson [reviewed by Matt's Book Blog]
Stolen Air by Osip Mandelstam, translated by Christian Wiman [reviewed by Savvy Verse & Wit]
Strange Meeting by Susan Hill [reviewed by A Work in Progress, Beauty is a Sleeping Cat, Diary of an Eccentric, Page Plucker, Scrappy Cat,]
Strangers in a Strange Land by Michael Amara [reviewed by Anglers Rest]
The Summer of Katya by Trevanian [reviewed by Semicolon]
The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abé [reviewed by Canadian Bookworm]
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Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain [reviewed by One Great War, The Book Trunk, BooksPlease, Mystica, Tutu's Two Cents,]
A Test of Wills by Charles Todd [reviewed by Tutu's Two Cents, A Book A Week, Impressions In Ink]
Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos [reviewed by Richard LeComte]
A Time of Angels by Karen Hesse [reviewed by Semicolon]
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan [reviewed by Mar gheall ar a léim,]
To the Slaughterhouse by Jean Giono [reviewed by A Work in Progress, Beauty is a Sleeping Cat]
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild [reviewed by Semicolon, Writing Wrongs, Silly Little Mischief, Tutu's Two Cents]
Toby’s Room by Pat Barker [reviewed by Fleur Fisher in Her World,]
Toward the Flame by Hervey Allen [reviewed by ww1ha, Matt's Book Blog,]
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy [reviewed by The Children's War,]
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Undertones of War by Edmund Blunden [reviewed by One Great War]
An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd [reviewed by Kittling: Books, Reviews by Molly, nomadreader, Devourer of Books, Wordsmithonia, Musings of a Bookish Kitty, 5 Minutes for Books, Bookfan, Book Dilettante, Books and Movies, The Written World, Tutu's Two Cents, Helen's Book Blog, Bloggin' 'Bout Books, A Bookworm's World, The Nerd Reports, Historical Tapestry, ExUrbanis, WildmooBooks, Layers of Thought, Reading to Know,]
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A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot [reviewed by Silly Little Mischief]
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Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd [reviewed by A Book A Week]
The Walnut Tree by Charles Todd [reviewed by Girl Lost in a Book, Luxury Reading, A Library of My Own,]
The War to End All Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman [reviewed by Diary of an Eccentric, Savvy Verse & Wit]
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo [reviewed by Worthwhile Books, Savvy Verse & Wit, Just Books, Reva Owens, Savidge Reads, She Reads Novels, The Book Nest, Scrappy Cat, One Great War, Victoria Janssen, Semicolon, Bloggin' 'bout Books, Puss Reboots, Becky's Book Reviews]
The War Workers by E.M. Delafield [reviewed by The Book Trunk]
The Wars by Timothy Findley [reviewed by Diary of an Eccentric, A Work in Progress, Buried in Print,]
Why Did the Whole World Go to War by Martin W. Sandler [reviewed by 5 Minutes for Books,]
The Wild Rose by Jennifer Donnelly [reviewed by Canadian Bookworm]
Wings of Fire by Charles Todd [reviewed by Liz V.,]
Winnie’s War by Jennie Moss [reviewed by Semicolon]
The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse [reviewed by Living to Think]
The Winter of the World by Carol Ann Lee [reviewed by A Work in Progress, Beauty is a Sleeping Cat, Diary of an Eccentric, Notes From the Officer's Club,]
The Winter of the World: The Definitive Collection of World War I Poetry by Dominic Hibberd and John Onions [reviewed by One Great War]
A World Undone, The Story of the Great War 1914-1918 by G.J. Meyer [reviewed by Impressions in Ink,]
World War One: History in an Hour by Rupert Colley [reviewed by Tutu's Two Cents, Writing Wrongs, The Written World, Rebecca Reads,]
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The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey [reviewed by Books and Movies, Diary of an Eccentric, Irene's Desk, Savvy Verse & Wit, Jules' Book Reviews, Cozy in Texas, Scrappy Cat, Gerbera Daisy Diaries,]
Yesterday’s Dead by Pat Bourke [reviewed by Becky's Book Reviews]
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Zennor in Darkness by Helen Dunmore [reviewed by A Work in Progress, Beauty is a Sleeping Cat, Lizzy's Literary Life, A Rat in the Book Pile]
