What’s Your Favorite Story Time Again and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

What’s Your Favorite Story Time Again – Soldiers and Wounded Warriors

With the holidays flashing by…Memorial Day, Independance Day….I thought about all the stories that I love so much that contained soldiers and/or vets returned from tours of duty.  Some of them are series and some are stand alone novels but there’s no denying the impact on your mind and heart they leave behind.

Some stories are contemporary and some reach far into the future or into the past but the soldier’s lot (no matter the gender) remains the same in its basics.  The dealing with the fear of the unknown, the stress, the pain, the loss, and the battles.  And then for some, the re-entry into civilian life.  So let’s hear again from all of you, what are your favorite stories with soldiers and why?  I thought we’d divide them into categories this time.  This week its contemporary fiction.  Next week: Other, from Science Fiction to Historical.  Let me know if you think that’s too broad a category and I’ll adjust it.

So I’ll start off our list of contemporary fiction with a series near to my heart:

♦︎The Release series by B.A. Tortuga (3 books) – all dealing with vets being released back into civilian life.  It’s outstanding.

• The Terms of Release (The Release #1) 
• The Articles of Release (The Release #2)
• Catch and Release (The Release, #3)

♦︎Manny Get Your Guy by Amy Lane – wounded vet dealing with rehab and reentry at the same time.

That’s just for starters.  What’s yours?  Of course, there’s a giveaway attached for this List.

Contemporary Soldier/Wounded Warrior Story Recommendation Reader List

Comment with recommendations and your email address and one or two readers will be picked to receive a $10 gift cert from Dreamspinner Press.  Giveaway ends next Saturday, July 15th in time to start our next Soldiers-Others category.  Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Sunday, July 9:

• Review Tour THE SHAPE OF YOU by Felice Stevens
• A Jeri Review: The Shape of You by Felice Stevens
• What’s Your Favorite Story Time Again
•  This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Monday, July 10:

• Blog tour Racing the Sky by Layla Dorine
• DSP GUEST POST Rick R Reed on M4M
• A VVivacious Review: Regret by Christina Lee
• A MelanieM Release Day Review: M4M by Rick R. Reed
• A Lila Audiobook Review: Bonfires by Amy Lane and Nick J. Russo (Narrator)
• An Alisa Review:  Facing Fears by Morticia Knight

Tuesday, July 11:

• DSP GUEST POST Leigh Carman on Two-Man Advantage
• RIPTIDE TOUR All Wheel Drive by ZA Maxfield
• A Free Dreamer Review: Moro’s Price by M Crane Hana
• A Jeri Review: Chief’s Mess (Anchor Point #3) by L.A. Witt
• A Julia Review: Painting Class ( Chiaroscuro, #1) by Suzanne Clay
• An Alisa Review: Different Dynamics by Tamir Drake

Wednesday, July 12:

• DSP GUEST POST Andrew Grey on Fire and Fog
• Review Tour – Meg Harding – Finding Home
• Tour: Unscripted Love by Aimee Nicole Walker RDB,
• A Jeri Release Day Review: FAST Balls (Balls to the Wall #5) by Tara Lain
• A Lila Audiobook Review: Forgotten Paradise by Shira Anthony and Narrator: Andrew McFerrin
• A MelanieM Review: Broke Deep (Porthkennack #3) by Charlie Cochrane
• A Stella Release Day Review: Mascara & Bandages (Mary’s Boys#3) by Brandon Witt
• A Stella Review: Finding Home by Meg Harding

Thursday, July 13:

• Harmony GUEST POST Gene Gant
• Review Tour – RJ Scott – The Ranchers Son (Montana #2) narrated by Sean Crisden
• A Lila Audiobook Review:  The Ranchers Son (Montana #2) by RJ Scott and Sean Crisden (Narrator)
• A MelanieM Review: Werecat: The Sim Ru Prophecy by Andrew J. Peters
• An Ali Audiobook Review : The Innocent Auction (Innocent #1) by Victoria Sue and Joel Leslie (Narrator)
• An Alisa Review: A New Way to Dance by Sean Michael

Friday, July 14:

• Letting Go by Morningstar Ashley Release Day Blitz
• RIPTIDE TOUR and Giveaway: The Other Five Percent by Quinn Anderson
• A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: A Kind of Home by Lane Hayes
• A Jeri Review: The Other Five Percent by Quinn Anderson
• A VVivacious Review:  Rent Mate by Ash Penn
• An Alisa Release Day Review: Who We Truly Are (Enhanced #2) by Victoria Sue

Saturday, July 15:

A MelanieM Release Day Review: All In (Wild Cards #3) by Ava Drake