@@JamesRuchala thank you. The project has an interesting way of expanding in directions I’d not considered, I think I’ll be working on it for a long time
That biography of Vassily Grossman looks really interesting, I'd imagine it must have been incredibly difficult to have been a journalist under Soviet censorship. I've read quite a few books by war correspondents over the years, but nothing by Grossman. I may have to break my own rules and order his books one of these days
This biography has pieces of his work and there are plenty of his books still in print and I think I’m right in saying a new collection of his work coming this year
Hi Sarah, I mostly read non-fiction war books but depending on what you're looking for you could try either Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' series or James Holland's 'Jack Tanner' series. Try Sharpe's Gold (the first published in the series, set in the Peninsular War against Napoleon) or Sharpe's Tiger (the first in the series chronologically, set in the Indian wars). "The Odin Mission" is the first in the Jack Tanner series. You could also try "A Man Without Breath" by Philip Kerr which is set in the second world war and is as much a crime novel as a war novel (the earlier Philip Kerr novels in this series are quite misogynistic but this one is okay). All of these are fiction but mostly based around historical events which they treat pretty accurately. If you'd like something a little more fictional try "The Guns of Navarone" or "Where Eagles Dare" by Alistair Maclean or "The Eagle Has Landed" by Jack Higgins, these are much more fictional. Let me know if you read any of these I'd love to know what you think 😀
Hey you’ve topped your first 100 subscribers 🎉🎉🎉 excellent work. Enjoyed your answers to this prompt. Good video 😊
Yeah that kind of snuck up on me - thank you though it's nice to make triple digits.😃
Welcome to booktube. Thanks for doing my tag. Your war journalist project sounds ambitious! I like it.
@@JamesRuchala thank you. The project has an interesting way of expanding in directions I’d not considered, I think I’ll be working on it for a long time
That biography of Vassily Grossman looks really interesting, I'd imagine it must have been incredibly difficult to have been a journalist under Soviet censorship. I've read quite a few books by war correspondents over the years, but nothing by Grossman. I may have to break my own rules and order his books one of these days
This biography has pieces of his work and there are plenty of his books still in print and I think I’m right in saying a new collection of his work coming this year
Terrific responses, Alan. 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 thanks Pat, felt a bit of de ja vu being so soon after the previous one, but it was a fun tag
Thank you for the tag! I see you like war themed books. Do you have any fiction books based on real wars you'd recommend? Any era really.
Hi Sarah, I mostly read non-fiction war books but depending on what you're looking for you could try either Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' series or James Holland's 'Jack Tanner' series. Try Sharpe's Gold (the first published in the series, set in the Peninsular War against Napoleon) or Sharpe's Tiger (the first in the series chronologically, set in the Indian wars). "The Odin Mission" is the first in the Jack Tanner series. You could also try "A Man Without Breath" by Philip Kerr which is set in the second world war and is as much a crime novel as a war novel (the earlier Philip Kerr novels in this series are quite misogynistic but this one is okay). All of these are fiction but mostly based around historical events which they treat pretty accurately. If you'd like something a little more fictional try "The Guns of Navarone" or "Where Eagles Dare" by Alistair Maclean or "The Eagle Has Landed" by Jack Higgins, these are much more fictional. Let me know if you read any of these I'd love to know what you think 😀