Comments for Win Love and Sand

The rules for the contest are as follows:

  1. Contest runs from today through November 21th at 11PM Pacific Time
  2. Winner will be notified via email at 11PM on the day the contest ends have 3 days to respond with a mailing address. If no response is received in that time, a new winner will be picked.
  3. Open to the entire world.
  4. To qualify you must recommend me a book that takes place during WWII. It can be fiction or nonfiction.
  5. For extra credit you can:
    a) include your blog's URL
    b) blog about the contest and link back here.


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Comment #1: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 01:20:11

Steph

I read books set during WWII, about WWII etc etc. ALL THE TIME. It's my favorite time period to read about. So naturally I have a gazillion suggestions but I'll keep it to two!

  1. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut (fiction)
  2. With the Old Breed - E.B. Sledge (non-fiction)

those are two of my favorite books and I highly recommend them!



Comment #2: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 05:34:54

Mozi Esme's Mommy

Here's my recommendation - "All Elevations Unknown" by Sam Lightner Jr. It's actually split between 1999 and WWII times - a fascinating combination of history and adventure.



Comment #3: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 07:09:51

David Bertolo

A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan



Comment #4: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 08:05:32

Anna

Great giveaway! I'd love to be entered.

My favorite WWII books are "The Kommandant's Girl" and "The Diplomat's Wife" by Pam Jenoff.

I posted your giveaway in the sidebar of my blog.



Comment #5: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 11:39:35

Desmond

I'd recommend Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.



Comment #6: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 14:48:02

Amber G

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang is the best and most tragic WWII book that I have read. It is a side of the war that many people do not fully understand and that the Japanese still deny to this day.



Comment #7: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 15:24:58

avalonne83

I think one great book about WWII is 'Slightly out focus' by Robert Capa.



Comment #8: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 17:54:58

Linda Chaput

I loved the book Patton.



Comment #9: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 19:00:53

susan varney

Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission. tells of the terrible treatment of our pows



Comment #10: Tuesday, October, 21, 2008 at 21:19:16

Susan Smith

Schindler's List is a good book (and movie)



Comment #11: Wednesday, October, 22, 2008 at 00:34:36

christopher harner

slaughterhouse five by vonnegut



Comment #12: Wednesday, October, 22, 2008 at 06:40:14

Rich Lawrence

No Time For SEARGEANTS



Comment #13: Wednesday, October, 22, 2008 at 08:57:19

Gina

I will recommend The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It is one of the best book I have ever read. It takes place in Germany during WW II and the conflict in the book is about man vs. society.



Comment #14: Wednesday, October, 22, 2008 at 10:00:47

Judith

I recommend The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk.



Comment #15: Wednesday, October, 22, 2008 at 12:08:05

Susan C

I recently read a wonderful book by Elizabeth Berg called Dream When You're Feeling Blue. It centers around three sisters during World War II and their loved ones. I highly recommend it!



Comment #16: Wednesday, October, 22, 2008 at 13:35:30

nancy

From Here to Eternity



Comment #17: Wednesday, October, 22, 2008 at 14:57:04

Kristi

Hi - please enter me in the contest. I would recommend A Woman's Place by Lynn Austin. It was the first book I read by this author and I loved it!



Comment #18: Wednesday, October, 22, 2008 at 15:39:00

Linda Pinto

Even now I like the Diary of Anne Frank.



Comment #19: Wednesday, October, 22, 2008 at 16:43:53

Angela Jacobs

The set of Churchill's books



Comment #20: Thursday, October, 23, 2008 at 00:13:05

Robert Doscher

I recommend "The Key to Rebecca" by Ken Follet



Comment #21: Thursday, October, 23, 2008 at 09:46:33

Victor H. Kirshbaum

Recommend "Cross of Iron" by Willi Heinrich. It is set on the Eastern Front in 1943. It is better than the movie, not so disjointed and the characters are much more developed so you can understand their actions.



Comment #22: Friday, October, 24, 2008 at 22:42:50

Wanda Bergman

Killing Hitler .... a very interesting book indeed!



Comment #23: Saturday, October, 25, 2008 at 18:18:00

Kathy Conley

Flags of Our Fathers



Comment #24: Sunday, October, 26, 2008 at 13:09:11

Linda Moeller

PEARL HARBOR from the Dear America series



Comment #25: Sunday, October, 26, 2008 at 21:30:31

Darby Lohrding

A Thead of Grace by Mary Doria Russell



Comment #26: Monday, November, 3, 2008 at 15:36:55

Shelley K.

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank is still one of my all time favorite books. Just beautiful.



Comment #27: Thursday, November, 13, 2008 at 15:46:25

sito

The Winds of War is one of my favorite WWII books. My father recommended it to me, and that probably has something to do with why I treasure it.



Comment #28: Sunday, November, 16, 2008 at 12:04:26

kaye

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay or Leeway Cottage by Beth Gutcheon. Both are so good. I am putting a link to your contest for Love and Sand



Comment #29: Wednesday, November, 19, 2008 at 20:52:04

Hesper Fry

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank



Comment #30: Thursday, November, 20, 2008 at 20:06:15

Mark Cummings

Now Silence: A Novel of World War II by Tori Warner Shepard



Comment #31: Friday, November, 21, 2008 at 01:24:08

Don L Malone

A Bridge Too Far



Comment #32: Friday, November, 21, 2008 at 12:41:59

Kelly Ferrari

"Summer of My German Soldier" is a great book taking place during World War II. Although it might be an easy read, that does not mean the quality of the story is not there. It makes me cry every time I read it.



Comment #33: Friday, November, 21, 2008 at 13:31:55

kathy pease

saving private ryan





Comment #34: Friday, November, 21, 2008 at 14:57:11

Elizabeth Mays

From Here to Eternity is a good one!



Comment #35: Friday, November, 21, 2008 at 17:15:49

Ed Nemmers

I enjoyed both "Atonement" and "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan.



Comment #36: Friday, November, 21, 2008 at 19:39:48

Buddy Garrett

Now Silence: A Novel of World War II by Tori Warner Shepard is a great novel that takes place during WWII.



Comment #37: Friday, November, 21, 2008 at 20:38:29

Heather C

Boys, Bombs and Brussels Sprouts



Comment #38:Friday, November, 21, 2008 at 23:27:18

Donna Kozar

From Here to Eternity



Comment #39: Saturday, November, 22, 2008 at 01:12:30

Pamela White

Atonement by Ian McEwan