Just finished reading:
This book is a very intense and dark psychological thriller
that reminded me of Pessl's Night Film.
So this year I decided to fully embrace Nonfiction November.
Here are the eight nonfiction books that I checked out of the library last Friday and plan on reading throughout the month of November:
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Live Long And -- What I Learned Along the Way by William Shatner
I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Vogel
Ten Tea Parties: Patriotic Protests That History Forgot by Joseph Cummins
Valley Forge by Bob Drury
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 by Laura Spinney
Walking the Amazon by Ed Stafford
Walking the Amazon by Ed Stafford
(Don't know if I'll manage to read them all, but I'm going to give it a try.)
Two stupid things that made me laugh:
The title of this book:
And this misspelled word:
"Boomkark"
(I saw it on some website recently; and while I know they meant
to write bookmark instead, I think I like this word better.)
Another favorite John Atkinson cartoon:
Happy Reading!
I almost picked up Watch The Girls the other day at the library. Now I wish I did, lol. And that Atkinson cartoon is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI would love to know what you think of Watch the Girls!
DeleteI'm interested in Pale Rider by Spinney because I read so many books that reference it in both fiction and nonfiction. I love "boomkark" and the abridged classics!
ReplyDelete"boomkark" totally made me laugh when I saw it. :D
DeleteI loved Night Film so I will put Watch The Girls on my list.
ReplyDeleteNice November Non-fic pics! I shy away from Non-fiction which is silly, I know. I am particularly interested in the William Shatner title, so I hope you get to that one at least. :)
I'm reading the Shatner one right now and enjoying it. :)
DeleteI love that cartoon - it's foggy - ha! And may I suggest that you start your non-fiction reading with Anne Bogel's book - you'll enjoy it, I promise. I've also read Into Thin Air - very, very good. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThose two are at the top of my list. I'm definitely planning on reading both of those no matter what. :)
DeleteI've always wanted to read Into Thin Air, I'd love to hear what you think of it:-)
ReplyDeleteIt's been on my To Read list forever...and I'm finally getting around to actually reading it. Fingers crossed it's as good as everyone says. :)
DeleteINTO THIN AIR is fascinating. I really liked it.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to finally read it. :)
DeleteLove Boomkark! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd, those cartoons are so funny. I need to share that one with my reading group. So glad you joining in on Nonfiction November and good luck tackling that stack!
Thanks, Iliana!
DeleteI'd probably be doing this if it wasn't Scifi month as well! I just can't fit both in sadly!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. There are always more books to read than time to read them. :D
DeleteGame of Scones is such a fun, punny title, lol. And Boomkark! I'm laughing so hard at that!
ReplyDeleteRight? Both still make me smile. :)
DeleteOooh, The Spanish Flu, those plague books fascinate and horrify me. I hope you enjoy it and all the others too.
ReplyDeleteOne of the scariest books I ever read was a nonfiction book on viruses and how they spillover from the animal kingdom to humans. I hope the Spanish Flu book is just as good. :)
DeleteI love those abridged classics lines- especially Walden and The Odyssey. Those made me laugh. :)
ReplyDeleteInto Thin Air sounds really interesting.
I love Atkinson's abridgments. They always make me laugh.
DeleteCan you believe I've never read Night Film? I need to get to that someday. It seems everyone has read it and I'm not even sure what it's about. Love that cartoon! I hate the story of Wuthering Heights. So depressing, and yes, foggy, lol! :)
ReplyDeleteThat one made me laugh, too. And you should try Night Film someday...see if you like it as much as everyone else. :)
DeleteI am reading Watch the Girls right now, and my god IN-TEN-SE.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very intense book...and dark, too. Especially at the end.
DeleteThe Spanish Flu book interests me. As I understand it may have killed 50 million? worldwide and yet no one really knows about this flu, its been forgotten maybe because World War 1 overshadowed what otherwise would have been a major historical event.
ReplyDeleteI want to read that one because it's the 100 year anniversary of the Spanish Flu and it just seems like the perfect time to learn more about it. :)
DeleteI have Into Thin Air and fully intend to read it...someday. I also would like to read the Spanish Flu book—that wasn’t that long ago! Happy reading.
ReplyDelete:D I've been meaning to read Into Thin Air for more years than I like to admit. This time, I'm actually going to do it!
DeleteGood luck with your non-fiction reads and I like Boomkark too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Barb!
DeleteI hope you are enjoying your nonfiction reads! I read one nonfiction book this month, but that is probably all I will manage. Love those abridged classics. :-)
ReplyDeleteI never manage to read more than nonfiction book a month, if I'm lucky, which is why I decided to only read nonfiction this month. I needed to catch up.
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