Well hey, welcome back to Five Fall Favorites! (Also HELLO OCTOBER) Glad you decided to return for round 2! And if this is the first party post of mine that you've visited—thanks for stopping by! Today I've got five fabulous fiction works that take place outside the U.S. And it was actually surprisingly easy to come up with these!
I don't know about you, but I love reading outside. Especially with a slight breeze (not strong enough to tear your pages, of course), maybe with your favorite drink beside you. So join me! Let's go find a bench and do what we like best here at Five Fall Favorites.
Duncan's War—Douglas Bond
This was a book that my dad read aloud to the family when I was little . . . so of course I had to reread it a couple of years ago. This one takes place in . . . Ireland? *can't remember if it's Ireland or Scotland so looks it up* Whoops, I was wrong. It's Scotland. You'd think I'd have remembered with the kilts and all. ;P
Refiner's Fire—Sylvia Bambola
Taking place in Romania, Refiner's Fire starts out rather slowly. But then it pulls you into the story, and . . . it really gets you to thinking. About the true reason for living.
Cracker!—Cynthia Kadohata
Okay, so, I'm not usually one for books from an animal's point of view. But this one . . . in the swamps of Vietnam during the war, this book follows both Cracker's point of view and her handler. I won't say much more, but this is definitely a favorite animal-POV book.
His Watchful Eye—Jack Cavanaugh
I could SCREAM TO THE WORLD that JACK CAVANAUGH IS ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE AUTHORS, but *cough* I won't. His Watchful Eye is the second book in the Songs in the Night trilogy (taking place in WWII Germany), and I strongly recommend that you read the books in order. But I love Konrad & Lisette's story so much.
The Bronze Bow—Elizabeth George Speare
Biblical fiction. Do I need to go any deeper than that?? Honestly though, I haven't read this book in so many years . . . I just remember that it's really good, so there's that.
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Have you found any more books to add to your TBR stack? I sure hope so!
Again, read none of these, but they all sound good!
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DeleteI love The Bronze Bow!!! And I own Cracker! Just haven't read it yet. Need to check out these others too!
ReplyDeleteWHAT?! Go read cracker RIGHT. NOW. *coughs*
DeleteLol! Too many ahead of it! *sobs* maybe I can grab it out for next month!
Delete*laughing* So relatable though!
DeleteHis Watchful Eye looks really good! XD
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YESSSSSS.
DeleteDOUGLAS BOND!!! <33 Wow, now I really want to read Cracker!
ReplyDeleteYESSSSS!! (and yes. Do it. ;))
DeleteI haven't read any of these. More to add to my list.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! Yes, definitely ones worth reading!
DeleteThe Bronze Bow is excellent. :) I haven't read Duncan's War, though I've heard of it and enjoyed other Douglas Bond books. :)
ReplyDeleteIsn't is though?! Yeah, I really enjoy Douglas Bond's books. ;)
DeleteI really need to read The Bronze Bow. Everyone keeps recommending it.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I haven't read any of these books even though we have "Duncan's War" on our shelf. We might even have "The Bronze Bow" but I don't know. I don't think I've ever even heard of Jack Cavanaugh. Well, maybe I have. I know I've never looked at his books before, but maybe I should try him. :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post, Kaitlyn! I enjoyed looking through it and there are a couple I will look into--Refiner's Fire and His Watchful Eye. I've read the one my Douglas Bond :)
ReplyDeleteAll of these are books I need to read - Three of them are on my tbr list and I just added the other two.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read these! They look pretty awesome.
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