Week 4: (November 23-27) – New to My TBR (Katie @ Doing Dewey): It’s been a month full of amazing nonfiction books! Which ones have made it onto your TBR? Be sure to link back to the original blogger who posted about that book!
OK, this year, I am making sure to create this post at the start of the month, so I can add links to the posts where I found great book recommendations and make sure I thank the bloggers, after a horrible scramble and apology last year!
So these are the books I have added to my wishlist during Nonfiction November 2020 …
“American Wolf” by Nate Blakeslee – this was suggested by WhatsNonfiction in a comment on my post about Being the Expert/Becoming the expert and looks at the reintroduction of wolves to a US state park.
“Between Stone and Sky” by Whitney Brown – a memoir of a female dry-stone waller, which I saw on Laura Tisdall’s blog which wasn’t as part of Nonfiction November but is nonfic and in November …
“Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah – seen on quite a few people’s lists so I’m not going to stick to one link here.
Collectiva Sambra have put together a worldwide collection of “Pandemic Solidarity” that I spotted on Lovely Bookshelf’s leftist Be The Expert post.
Raynor Winn’s “The Salt Path” and “The Wild Silence” have cropped up through all of Nonfiction November AND in the rest of my life, Annabookbel had “The Salt Path” on her Become the Expert post and ReaderBuzz had both of them on her TBR post, I also got the note I will like them from others, but they are on my wishlist now.
That’s not many! I’m not sure why: I did read a lot of posts including exploring blogs I don’t already follow through the links added to the weekly posts. I just combed through all the Be The Expert ones. I think one thing was that a good few of the Be The Expert posts were about anti-racism, which is of course brilliant, but featured books I’m already aware of or very US-centric ones where I’m trying to read about the UK first. And then quite a few on memoir and exploration which I love but am quite picky about. Or maybe I’m just aware that I haven’t read as much as I’d have liked this month and am wary of adding on to the TBR!
Anyway … moving on:
What about last year’s list?
I thought I’d have a look at last year’s list and see how many I’ve acquired and/or read since:
Tori Bilski – Wild Horses of the Summer Sun – I’ve bought this one and it’s working its way up my TBR
Stephen Bourne – Mother Country: Britain’s Black Community on the Home Front 1939-1945
Mikita Brottman – The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men’s Prison
Juno Dawson – The Gender Games – I’ve bought this one and it’s working its way up my TBR
Gretel Ehrlich – The Solace of Open Spaces
Lori Gottlieb- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Dan Koeppel – To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession
John Marshall – Wide-Open World
Fatima Farheen Mirza – A Place for Us
Julie Summers – Uninvited Guests: The Secret Lives of Britain’s Country Houses 1939-45
Paul Theroux – On the Plain of Snakes
Laurence Wright – God Save Texas
So two purchased and to be read. But the others remain on my wish list so I’m still interested in them!
Nov 23, 2020 @ 12:47:54
Glad I could give you one this year! Probably not a bad thing to not have too many to overload your list 🙂 From your last year’s list I love The Solace of Open Spaces and God Save Texas — I can’t remember if we talked about them then but those are two of my favorites. Thanks for joining in this year!
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 12:54:12
Well I might have got those from you as I rather famously forgot to note down where I saw stuff last year! I might garner a few more looking at other people’s TBR posts. And all the ones I added to my wishlist but haven’t yet got have remained on my wishlist.
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 15:36:36
I’m very interested in The Salt Path, too. I second American Wolf and God Save Texas.
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 16:16:50
I love how we’re all interested in similar books – maybe why I didn’t have so many this year. I’m looking forward to reading everyone else’s TBR lists when I have a moment.
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 17:05:36
I’m sort of interested by the Salt Path – and then sometimes I’m not. I’ve read mixed reviews, and I’ll be interested to know what you think if you get to it before me!
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 17:18:50
Yes, I was worried about a particular part of it which seems to be negated by there being a sequel …
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Nov 28, 2020 @ 17:23:43
Mixed reviews! Please tell me there are not some people who didn’t love this as much as I did.
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Nov 23, 2020 @ 17:32:09
I have seen The Salt Path and The Wild Silence talked about from time to time and they do look good. Not adding any non fiction to the tbr at the moment because I am reading even less of it than usual.
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Nov 24, 2020 @ 09:55:40
Well I am sure I will acquire them and then you can borrow them! Very much narrative non-fiction so the most palatable to read.
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Nov 24, 2020 @ 02:15:00
Wild Horses of the Summer Sun was very good!
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Nov 24, 2020 @ 09:56:03
Yes, I’m looking forward to getting to it and have your review saved still for when I do!
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Nov 24, 2020 @ 04:00:36
Love this ongoing book list! Cool to see Born a Crime on the list, I read that one awhile ago and enjoyed it. In terms of nonfiction I’d totally recommend Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong, though that focuses more on the US context so maybe for later. I’d be curious about if there are books about the Asian experience in the UK. Also love seeing A Place for Us on your list, really enjoyed that one, as well as Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (though that one is pretty white people-focused). Yayyyyyy reading. 🙂
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Nov 24, 2020 @ 10:00:42
I’ve seen Minor Feelings mentioned a few times, especially after searching after reading your question here. Of course terminology is different here, which makes the search that big harder. “Asian” usually refers to people from the Indian subcontinent and while I always try to understand identities at a more granular level than that anyway, out of respect, we would call people from China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand etc. East Asians, I think. But that’s not a term people use talking about books, it seems. I found one blog post talking about this and most of the books are American based and none non-fic. I’ve found a history of Chinese people in the UK written by a white man (argh). I will continue looking, though. There are some “East Asian” essays in The Good Immigrant UK which have really shocked me: I had no idea people of Chinese origin experience the most racial abuse in the UK, and I will be looking out for more writing by the authors in that book. Anyway, thank you for prompting me to keep looking for these resources.
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Nov 26, 2020 @ 15:29:06
Yep! Salt Path on my radar too
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Nov 26, 2020 @ 15:32:28
I should be able to grab a copy in a charity shop soon, I think! Well, after Christmas and birthday …
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Nov 28, 2020 @ 17:25:28
I wish I had thought to keep track as I went through the month of all the books that caught my eye. Then I wouldn’t have been scrambling this week – just like you did last year. I know I’ve missed a few ….
So glad to see The Salt Path/Wild Silence are on your list – the first is wonderful and since you like books featuring nature, this aspect could appeal even more. I have yet to read Wild Silence
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Nov 29, 2020 @ 18:41:00
Yes, I certainly learned from last year’s scramble!
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Nov 29, 2020 @ 02:23:53
I remembered to keep track this year too, certainly made putting the final post together easier! Thanks for sharing your new NonFicNov TBR additions
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Nov 29, 2020 @ 18:41:21
Such a great month again!
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Nov 29, 2020 @ 06:50:25
Pandemic Solidarity jumped out at me too! Great idea to start this post early. I think this is only the second year I’ve thought to do that. I should start making that suggestion in our initial posts. Thanks for joining us this month 🙂
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Nov 29, 2020 @ 18:41:46
I must get that book, a good record of a testing time!
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