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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Nonfiction November 2021 Wrap-up


 

My wrap-up for Nonfiction November 2021:

Weekly blog posts:

Week 2: Book Pairings. Nonfiction titles that would pair well with the National Book Award winner: Hell of a Book 

Week 3: Be an Expert on Narrative Nonfiction

Week 4: No blog post 

Week 5: This post

 


Nonfiction books read during the month:

1. RACE AGAINST TIME: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men by Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace.

2. BLACK BIRDS IN THE SKY: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert

3. WITH YOU, THERE IS NO US: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim

4.  I AM, I AM, I AM: Seventeen Brushes with Death: A Memoir by Maggie O' Farrell

5. DIFFICULT FRUIT: The Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (With Recipes) by Kate Lebo

6. THE OTHER TALK: Reckoning with White Privilege by Brendan Kiely (80% complete)

 

Additional Nonfiction Books I Reviewed this Month (but read in October)

84, CHARING CROSS ROAD by Helene Hanff

ON TYRANNY: Twenty Lessons on the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder


Nonfiction Books In a Physical Pile in My House -- I have high hopes I will get to them in the next week:

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang

A LIFE ON OUR PLANET: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough

SEXUAL JUSTICE: Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash by Alexandra Brodsky

2 comments:

  1. I've got Beautiful Country lined up to read this month and am really looking forward to it.

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    1. I would recommend another read-along but I have the book from the library and I am not sure I can renew it. It is debatable I'll get it finished before it is due.

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