The Yellow Birds

Now many of you many or may not know that I love to read books and seeing as how I promised to keep you updated with everything that goes on I guess I should let you all know what I have doing recently with my time. So recently a close friend of mine lent me a book called The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers and guys it was excellent. It is a powerful and compelling read that gives you a brief view into the life of a soldier in Iraq. Kevin Powers himself served in Iraq and this is his first novel. I'll tell you all a little about it but not to much in case any of you decide to pick it up. It follows the adventures of Private Bartle who struggles with the failure to keep a promise that no one should ever make, the promise to keep someone else alive, and with the after effects of killing and watching men, women, and children die. I seriously recommend that everyone at least attempt to read the book. It is so well done and such an honest interpretation of what soldiers go through.