Book Reviews / C ReviewsBattle of Britain / England / Historical / mathematics / pilot / War / Military / World War II2 Comments
September 1940. Adolph Hitler’s Luftwaffe is poised to defeat Britain’s RAF and conquer England, his last remaining enemy. Winston Churchill faces Nazi Germany from the Battle of Britain bunker. Waves of Luftwaffe bombers sweep over England, carrying death and destruction. Only a handful of heavily outnumbered RAF planes rise against ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsbiracial heroine / Code Name Verity / Historical / Jamaica / pilot / POC / racism / Scotland / Traveler / Gypsy / War / Military / World War II / young adult fiction9 Comments
1940. Facing a seemingly endless war, fifteen-year-old Louisa Adair wants to fight back, make a difference, do something-anything to escape the Blitz and the ghosts of her parents, who were killed by enemy action. But when she accepts a position caring for an elderly German woman in the small village ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsairplane crash / disruptive technologies / flying / non-fiction / pilot / technology2 Comments
You may want to strap in for this. Pilot and aviation enthusiast Jack Hersch brings you aboard the cockpits of doomed jumbo jets, including the Boeing 737 MAX, the Airbus A330 lost over the South Atlantic, and the Bombardier Q400 that stalled over Buffalo, in his expert analysis, THE DANGERS ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / autistic character / autobiography / bookseller / Canada / Cancer / cartoons / cats / class differences / Contemporary / death / enemies to lovers / England / epistolary / family relationships / First-Person / France / friends-to-lovers / Historical / Humor / immigrant fiction / mathematics / medieval / New York City / non-fiction / pilot / POC / POC author / PTSD / servant romance / Vietnam / Wales / War / Military / Womens-Fiction / World War I / World War II9 Comments
This year I didn’t have as many A reads as I did last year but these B+ books are strong ones that almost made it. My list ranges from historical to contemporary, has fiction and non-fiction, and even a picture book of cats. In kinda, sorta chronological order in which ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsclass differences / England / female pilots / Historical / pilot / War / Military / Womens-Fiction / World War IINo Comments
It’s 1939 and the threat of war hangs over the country… Flying instructor Ellie Simpson has grown up a tomboy. She’s never had an interest in the latest fashions or finding a husband, her only passion is flying her beloved Tiger Moth. But when war is declared, she is no ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican Navy / Australia / autobiography / flying / non-fiction / pilot / PTSD9 Comments
A gripping account of how a major air disaster was averted, by the captain and former Top Gun pilot “Instinctively, I release my pressure on the sidestick. Out of my subconscious, a survival technique from a previous life emerges: Neutralise! I’m not in control so I must neutralise controls. I ... more >
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