Monday, February 15, 2016

An Introduction To A Wonderful Two Weeks Of WWII


I don't know if you all know by now, but Ely @ Tea & Titles and I have spent a lot of time planning and working on this event, and even then we couldn't get everything we wanted in (due to traveling, working, classes, etc.) BUT, even with saying that, I can say that this will definitely be a success. You know why? Because I love learning about WWII. I love featuring books about WWII. I love movies about WWII. And above all, I love it when others love WWII as well. Which you will definitely see a lot of during the next two weeks.

You may ask why I am hosting such an event. And why this entire thing is based off of Anne Frank. First off, I really enjoyed Anne's story. When I read The Diary of A Young Girl, she really touched my heart. Throughout her hiding, she grew as a woman, discovering her voice and herself, especially as a writer. And this is no spoiler, but it is devastating to see it all end for her so suddenly. Her life was tragically cut short.

Therefore, my reasoning for loving the stories of WWII so much is, to sum it up, the feels. I'm often touched by characters in WWII fiction, they sacrifice so much to survive or protect the ones they love. It's heartbreaking, but a good kind of heartbreak. One that makes you think and reflect, especially when some of these stories may not have been so fictional.

So with that, I really hope you end up enjoying the posts I have planned! There will be reviews, WWII lists, giveaways, movie reviews, recommendations, all featured by some amazing bloggers that have helped out with the event, by me, and also by Ely. These will be taking place both on my blog, and also Ely's blog. So please, if you love WWII as much as all of us, feel free to check out all the posts!

There will be a US/International giveaway which will be running throughout the event. Since I am opening it up internationally, the giveaway will have multiple winners! If you are one of the five winners, you will be sent one of these five books! (So the first winner will get to choose, the second will get to choose from what's remaining, the third, and so on)


Here it is! Sorry it is so incredibly long, I hope you find some new blogs from this :)



Lastly, there will be a hashtag #AnnexEntries on Twitter to let you browse all the posts! 

And with that, I hope you enjoy what's to come!

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I'm really excited for this event, Val! I'm always looking for more historical books to read, so I can't wait!
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I'm glad! There have been a ton of books featured :) It makes me so happy!
So glad you guys put this together!! Can't wait to see all the posts!
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Aww thanks Grace! <3
Yay, I'm looking forward to it! Also, did you get my email this weekend?
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Yes I did! Very exciting! I will email you and everyone that sent in a post to tell you which day and blog you're post will appear on!
I can't wait to see all the other posts!
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I'm glad Anne!
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Nina Rapsodia · 485 weeks ago

Looking forward to see this posts because I adore this time period
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I hope you discover some new books!
I'm so interested to see what posts you come up with, lovely! It's great to see your passion on this topic showing through <3 And I definitely agree with you on the feels aspect of reading/watching/hearing about WWII. It was so incredibly tragic. I'll be keeping an eye out for your upcoming posts :)
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Awww thank you so much Chiara <3 I hope you enjoyed reading all the posts :)
VERY, VERY EXCITED FOR YOU. but you know already. because I am part of this. and because you know I love WWII stories. CANNOT WAIT TO SEE EVERYTHINGGGGG.
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OF COURSE YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXCITED FOR ME hahahhahah <3
YES. I am so excited for this! Anne Frank is one of my inspirations - I mean how is it possible a young teenager could write so beautifully? - and I love that you enjoyed her diary too. Can't wait to see what this event has in store!
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I KNOW RIGHT. I really am jealous of her writing skills. Her writing was so beautiful, and I'm sad her life was cut short :(

Glad to see you're excited Zoe!
Yay! I am so excited to see all of the posts you guys have planned. Love this and I am so glad that I got to be a part of it!
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Yay I'm glad you enjoyed writing a guest post!
Personally I find it very important to learn about the world wars. It's one of the key reasons I take history. I feel like we need to really understand and relate to what went on back then to realise that we don't want those horror occurs to happen again and make an international effort to make a change.
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Same here. I think it's important not to repeat history, especially something like this.
Love the cool idea Val! I'm actually not a big fan of WWII though, the war stories are just so gut wrenching.

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