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March Challenge - Non-Fiction
I'm not sure which one (some) I'll read for this challenge, I have a few.....but I'll add it in when I work it out:)
Have been wanting to read this for a long time!!
It's meant to be a whole book running down Martha Stewart by her daughter like a car crash you can't look away from!!! Gotta read it lol
Michael wrote: "Great challenge Brenda ive already got a few lined up. :DPrisoner of Tehran: A Memoir
The Family Law"
The first one sounds good Michael....I'll wait for your review to maybe add it:)
Jessy wrote: "Have been wanting to read this for a long time!!It's meant to be a whole book running down Martha Stewart by her daughter like a car cras..."
Sounds interesting Jessy!
Michael wrote: "It does sound good Brenda. Ive had it for a fair while just never got round to reading it. :D"It reminds me of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns:)
Michael wrote: "Great challenge Brenda ive already got a few lined up. :DPrisoner of Tehran: A Memoir
The Family Law"
Gosh they both sound very interesting!! Especially the first one!
So many to choose from:Maybe Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives, or Biting Anorexia: A Firsthand Account of an Internal War, or Perfect: Anorexia & Me, or Skin Game, or The Fall Of Empires: From Glory To Ruin, An Epic Account Of History's Ancient Civilisations, or Tears on My Pillow: Australian Nurses in Vietnam, or Sacred Passage: How to Provide Fearless, Compassionate Care for the Dying...............and that's just the first few pages on my TBR lists!
Maggie wrote: "So many to choose from:Maybe Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives, or [book:Biting Anorexia: A Firsthand Accoun..."
See if you can read them all Maggie!!! There's only 7 there (I think...lol)
Michael wrote: "Been looking for an excuse to read that one, should be good. :)"Good that we could oblige Michael;D
Brenda wrote: "Maggie wrote: "So many to choose from:Maybe Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives, or [book:Biting Anorexia: A F..."
Seven?? That's only the first few pages...........there's so many more!
I'm gonna read You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself for this challenge
I'm surprised Brenda isn't taking this opportunity to read Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxbridge Questions
Maggie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Maggie wrote: "So many to choose from:Maybe Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives, or [book:Bitin..."
LOL!!! ;D
I'm going to start with Anne Frank Remembered: The Story Of The Woman Who Helped To Hide The Frank Family...
Knowledge Lost wrote: "I'm surprised Brenda isn't taking this opportunity to read Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxbridge Questions"Hmmmm!!!
Brenda why do you think the Ann Frank story is still so popular? Pretty much on all the lists you suggested she was listed. What is it about her story that has captured everybody so much?
Jessy wrote: "Brenda why do you think the Ann Frank story is still so popular? Pretty much on all the lists you suggested she was listed. What is it about her story that has captured everybody so much?"I don't know Jessy...it's always been a heartwarming but tragic story. She was so young, and the fact that she died so close to the end of the war, when she was basically only 2 weeks away from being free. The book I listed I only picked up last week, it was one I hadn't seen before. I think people are just captivated by her courage, and the courage of those around her, her family and the friends who tried to keep them safe, at risk of their own lives, I don't think it will ever not be read!
When my daughter was travelling overseas a few years ago, she actually went to Ann Frank's house, she said it was fascinating, but eerie.
I have just read a blog post by Bronwyn Parry...I have now added http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13... to the GR database, added it to my TBR list, and reserved it from the library:DIf I receive it in time, I will read it for this challenge:)
Brenda wrote: "Jessy wrote: "Brenda why do you think the Ann Frank story is still so popular? Pretty much on all the lists you suggested she was listed. What is it about her story that has captured everybody so m..."I think your right. I read The Diary of Anne Frank when I was young. I think to because it captures in the face of true evil the human spirit can still shine through. All the risks the friends and family took are an example of that.
But I also think maybe it puts a human face onto something that the sheer size of the atrocities that were happening can be overwhelming and it shrinks it down into something that is more personal if that makes it sense.
I have a couple of non-fiction that I need to read for various year-long challenges - so will read either 
The Good Life: Up the Yukon Without a Paddleby Dorian Amosor
The Exact Same Moon: Fifty Acres and a Family by Jeanne Marie LaskasI may even read both :)
Jessy wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Jessy wrote: "Brenda why do you think the Ann Frank story is still so popular? Pretty much on all the lists you suggested she was listed. What is it about her story that has captured..."That's exactly right Jessy...it's something that I think will always be interesting to whatever generation of people want to read about Anne Frank and the horrors of the war.
Jessy wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Jessy wrote: "Brenda why do you think the Ann Frank story is still so popular? Pretty much on all the lists you suggested she was listed. What is it about her story that has captured..."Jessy I think you've nailed it on the head. The scope of a world war reduces the appalling conflict to numbers, dates, battles. However when looked at from a more personal view it allows us to realise the truth - how it affects people, often and usually innocent. It helps us understand how it was, and allows us to wonder how we would cope in similar circumstances.
Brenda: When my daughter was travelling overseas a few years ago, she actually went to Ann Frank's house, she said it was fascinating, but eerie. I can imagine it would have been. When I have visited areas / places where appalling events have occurred there is definitely a sense of history mixed with unease. My sister tells me that birds will not fly over Auschwitz - does anyone know if this is true?
Maggie wrote: "Brenda: When my daughter was travelling overseas a few years ago, she actually went to Ann Frank's house, she said it was fascinating, but eerie. I can imagine it would have been. When I have vis..."
My daughter went to both Auschwitz and Birkenau...she said Birkenau was deathly silent, no birds or anything..so eerie, ghostly, just something she had a lot of trouble explaining, but she said it gave her goosebumps. The friend she was with couldn't get out of there soon enough.
Mish wrote: "I've got a few to read for this challengeThe Romantic
Melbourne
Affection"
Looks good Mish! I've looked at Melbourne myself, (it's on my TBR list) and wondered what it'd be like....I'll wait to hear from you:)
Tanvi wrote: "April Fool's Day - Bryce Courtenay."Excellent choice Tanvi! A very sad, but extremely worthwhile read:)
No problem Brenda.They've also got one on Sydney by Delia Falconer....it's part of the 'City Series'
The others are In Search of Hobart by Peter Timms and Brisbane by Matthew Condon
Mish wrote: "No problem Brenda.They've also got one on Sydney by Delia Falconer....it's part of the 'City Series'
The others are In Search of Hobart by [aut..."
I didn't realize all those others were out too, thanks Mish!
Brenda wrote: "Mish wrote: "No problem Brenda.They've also got one on Sydney by Delia Falconer....it's part of the 'City Series'
The others are [book:In Search of Hobart|13420291..."
Just added them to my TBR list!!
Yeah I think it's a great series to read. There's a book for 'Adelaide' by Kerryn Goldsworthy...but can't find it here on GR
Mish wrote: "Yeah I think it's a great series to read. There's a book for 'Adelaide' by Kerryn Goldsworthy...but can't find it here on GR"I'll see if I can locate it, and add it, thanks Mish:)
I wonder if I re-read The Diary of Anne Frank again now would it have a different impact on me now I am older and alot more aware of what went on and alot less naive about the world??
Brenda wrote: "Mish wrote: "Yeah I think it's a great series to read. There's a book for 'Adelaide' by Kerryn Goldsworthy...but can't find it here on GR"I'll see if I can locate it, and add it, thanks Mish:)"
Adelaide by Kerryn Goldsworthy:)
Jessy wrote: "I wonder if I re-read The Diary of Anne Frank again now would it have a different impact on me now I am older and alot more aware of what went on and alot less naive about the world??"I'd say probably..you views often change when you get older.
I'm going to add a couple more books to my Non-fiction list:Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives (PostSecret)
by Frank Warren
We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Change Their Lives Forever
by Benjamin Mee
Alien Interview
by Lawrence R. Spencer, Lawrence Spencer (Editor)
They all look really interesting I have never really thought about non-fiction before but once I went a looking I have found so many books I would love to read.
Jessy wrote: "I'm going to add a couple more books to my Non-fiction list:[bookcover:We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Yo..."
They sound good Jessy...particularly like the idea of the 'zoo' one...love you to let me know what you think when you're done, please:) It's the one the movie was made from I think....
Ahhhhh I need to stop or I will be adding like 5 or more books to my list and I already have 10 for the Autumn Challenge lol
Jessy wrote: "Ahhhhh I need to stop or I will be adding like 5 or more books to my list and I already have 10 for the Autumn Challenge lol"Hahahahah!!!!
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Family Law (other topics)Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir (other topics)
Whateverland: Learning to Live Here (other topics)
A Thousand Splendid Suns (other topics)
The Kite Runner (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Bronwyn Parry (other topics)Jeanne Marie Laskas (other topics)
Dorian Amos (other topics)
Peter Timms (other topics)
Matthew Condon (other topics)
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“Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve.”
― Carol Shields
Lose yourself in some non-fiction this month, immerse yourself in one of those 'fact is stranger than fiction' moments, discover some fascinating lives...enjoy.
Some links to help your choices of non-fiction:
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/28...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/18...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/73...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/82...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
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