Nonfiction November is a month-log blogging and reading event hosted by some excellent nonfiction book bloggers: Heather @Based on a True Story, Frances @Voltatile Rune, Liz @Adventures in reading, running and working from home, Rebekah @She Seeks Nonfiction and Deb @Readerbuzz. Each week a different host provides a blogging prompt and will post a linky so everyone can go and read each other’s posts!
If you missed my previous Nonfiction November posts, check them out:
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This week’s theme is “new to my TBR” and is hosted by Deb @Readerbuzz. It’s a chance for us to share the books we added to our TBR through each other’s posts this month. Without further ado, let’s go take a look!
First we have four books that I added to my virtual TBR list from various bloggers’ posts this month.
Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit (Emma @WordsAndPeace) – I really like Orwell’s essays so this book about the relationship between his politics and his love for gardening sounds right up my street.
No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit (Brona @This Reading Life) – It seems like Rebecca Solnit writes a lot of books I would be interested in reading! This one is about hope for a better future, exploring topics from climate change to democracy.
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy (Frances @Volatile Rune) – I really like books about women travelling, so this seemed like an obvious addition.
The Lost Folk: A Journey from the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk by Lally MacBeth (Emma @Pages of Emma) – I’m always really interested in folklore and traditions, especially the ones that got repressed to almost the point of extinction in much of the UK!
Apart from that, I also have a couple of bonus books to share – books I added that weren’t from someone else’s post or that aren’t nonfiction.
Basic Writings by Han Feizi, trans. Burton Watson – When I was writing my post on Chinese Philosophy last week I realised that despite having studied Han Feizi and Legalism multiple times, I actually don’t own a copy of his writings. So this is now on my to-buy list.
A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith – I saw this in a bookshop when I went in looking for books on 20th Century Chinese literature and literary theory… don’t ask me how I ended up in the science section. I don’t know! I love reading books about space and astronomy though, so I’m hoping this will be a good read.
Wanderers: A History of Women Walking by Kerri Andrews – See above statement about liking books about women travelling. I spotted this in the sort of gift/stationery shop that I’m working part time in over the Christmas period and had to grab it.
Human Scars on Planet Skin by Effie Joe Stock (Emma @Pages of Emma) – This is a fiction book but I added it to my TBR after reading Emma’s book for the week where we paired fiction and nonfiction books together, so it’s getting an honourable mention here!
What nonfiction books did you add to your TBR this month? Or, what is your favourite nonfiction book (of the month, or of all time)?
Keira x
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