Books this week - January 6, 2015
Starting back to work after a two week vacation can be a challenge, but a challenge that was met and conquered (albeit with going to bed at 8:30 a couple of nights this week... and struggling to stay awake until 9 pm on Friday night, pathetic). I even got to read some really great books! The first one is a graphic novel called Dogs of War. It has three chapters, each focusing on a different dog in a different war. The first one is in World War 1, the second in World War 2, and the third actually deals with a Viet Nam war veteran in flashbacks to the war (also touching on post traumatic stress syndrome). The art work, by Nathan Fox, is amazing and really evocative. The stories are emotional and I think this would be a great book to spark the interest of some of the boys to get them interested in reading more about history. Here's a book trailer about it. I read two other books this week and could barely put them down. They are the ...