What's On My Bookshelf: Dear Enemy by Jack Cavanaugh

(no, this is not a sponsored post, just an example of what i like and love and call my own.)

Good Morning and Happy Monday!  I trust that you are having a wonderful Monday for a wonderful week.
Today i wanted to do another one of these 'What's On My Bookshelf' posts because i read a wonderful book last Friday.  Really, i read it in one day.  I couldn't put it down it was so good.

Dear Enemy by: Jack Cavanaugh, published by Bethany House Publishers, copy write 2005.
Here is the description from the back of the book:
"Nurse Anne Mitchell, after seeing firsthand the atrocities of war, has concluded, along with most of her fellow Americans, that the enemy is inhuman and thoroughly depraved.  But when a rouge rescue mission ends in tragedy, a bereft Annie finds herself in the middle of Belgium's Ardennes Forest, behind enemy lines- and captured.  What transpires in the bitter cold of the following days, however, is impossible for Annie to reconcile with er preconceived ideas about the enemy.  Her captor, Karl Hausmann, doesn't fit the stereotype she has embraced- and the encounter changes everything for her.  Tested by prejudice and the separation of time and continents, Anne must build on the awakening if life and love are ever to hold any true meaning for her again.  Dear Enemy is the story of heroic love, faith, and the unexpected, emerging in the wake of one of WWII's most fierce and bloody battles- the Battle of the Bulge."

I have to say that i truly love this book and that i will be reading again.  I read a lot, all the time.  I go to a couple different libraries a couple times a month and  I love it.  I enjoy a lot of books but there are few that i really really love and get into like i did this one.

This book made me laugh out loud at times.  I really loved all of the characters and Cavanaugh made me feel like i knew each one, they were colorful, hilarious, shady, people i loved from the start and people that made honest to goodness shivers run down my spine.  The wit and humor was masterful and crazy (in a way that i love because i could never in a thousand years think of it myself).

It was dramatic.  My emotions were on edge, the situations were tense and real.  Cavanaugh is truly blessed with his writing talent and the way he can weave words so that you really feel the fear, humor, anticipation, eagerness or whatever it may be.  I really got into this story, it was historically, time-period and geographically accurate.  He takes the story smoothly from one surprise to another.  There were so many unexpected happenings~

Another thing is that it is refreshing to read male authors.  Their writing style IS different from female authors, but sometimes they skip some 'important' things and leave us gals wondering.  Not here.  All of my questions were answered leaving just enough to the imagination of the reader.

I think that's enough for now, so I'll close by saying that i will totally recommend this book to anyone, especially for people who love WWII, history and stories with just that perfect touch of romance!

Book: Creative Hairshaping and Hairstyling You Can Do

Creative Hairshaping & Hairstyling: cutting, rolling, curling and waving instructions for 1940s hairstyles  
    
I am adding this book to my large stack of favorite books, originally published in 1948, (reprinted in 2008) this little book is full of helpful techniques.
It was written as a textbook for beauty students, 3 books in one and so the first part is about haircuts.  Most of these are for if you're going to get a permanent wave so I wouldn't recommend them unless you are getting a permanent wave or you're going to do your hair the same way every day.
Then it talks how to make pin curls, sculpture curls, basic waves, pompadours, how to style bangs and so much more.  It includes the best styles for different head/face shapes and tips for how to section hair and help full little things like that.
However, all of the illustrations are drawings.  This was fine for me because the drawings are life-like and highlight the sections of hair it talks about.  But i know some people cant understand just plain drawing instead of pictures, but its really not a problem.
Keep in mind that this was a book for hairstyling students, so some things have to do with permanent waving or other beauty shop things, but instead of permanently setting my hair, i just do an overnight damp set which works fine.
Also, this is not a book of different hairstyles like victory rolls, a pageboy, etc. But of different rolls and  pin curl and bang setting patterns.
Over all i was very pleased with this book about waving and pincurlish basic.
And no, this is not a sponsored post, but just a example of what i love and like and call my own! :)
As with all books i recommend, pleas check at your local library for it before purchasing, just to make sure you like it before you buy it.
So long!