Well-Read Episode #48 - Wartime Stories

This week, we'll visit stories that touch on the experience of war, whether on the front lines or at home. As always, we'll end with what we're reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: The Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie BarrowsThe Secret Keeper by Kate MortonEnder's Game by Orson Scott CardChaos Walking series by Patrick Ness Ann's picks: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier- Cold Mountain (film)- The Odyssey by Homer- National Book Award Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear- Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear- Jacqueline Winspear books The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro Halle's picks: Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)- Redeployment by Phil Klay- Serial: Season 2 (podcast)- The Hurt Locker (film) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie North and South trilogy by John Jakes- North and South by John Jakes- Love and War by John Jakes- Heaven and Hell by John Jakes- North and South (TV)- The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon What We're Reading This Week: Ann: The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich- LaRose by Louise Erdrich- The Round House by Louise Erdrich Halle: Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris