Announcing the tag for March

[Booknblues]

Anita wrote: "Karin wrote: "Ah, my second choice. Now I'm off to see what I'll read.

On the one hand, I feel badly for Anita who loves essays, but on the other hand, I didn't vote for it since I usually prefer ..."

I did expect relationships to win so I was pleasantly surprised with journalism.

[Shelly]

I am going to read Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

Here are some recommendations:
In Cold Blood
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Between the World and Me
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

[Nicole R]

DianeMP wrote: "In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
All the President's Men by Woodward and Bernstein
."

These are two books I have always wanted to get to....

[Nicole R]

Kimber wrote: "How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence"

Crap, this is on my list too....

[Nicole R]

Joanne wrote: "The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast-could take me all month @ 736 pages."

I read this many many years ago (probably 11 or 12 years ago now) and I remember that it was excellent. It also doesn't hurt that Douglas Brinkley is one of my favorite nonfiction authors.

[Anita]

Nicole R wrote: "Joanne wrote: "The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast-could take me all month @ 736 pages."

I read this many many years ago (probably 11 or 12 years ago n..."

Oh, I saw him speak this year, and that really made me want to try a book from him. I didn't realize you had read him before . . .wasn't sure where to start.

[Nicole R]

Anita wrote: "Oh, I saw him speak this year, and that really made me want to try a book from him. I didn't realize you had read him before . . .wasn't sure where to start.."

Okay, so I haven't read a ton by him, but he is really good and I always say I am going to get back to him. I have read The Great Deluge and The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America.

Honestly, if you have time, go with The Great Deluge this month. It really is a phenomenal book, but be warned it is heart-breaking.

Two others that I want to read are:
Cronkite (We share a hometown AND a birthday!)
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (I am 100% getting to this book this year even if it kills me)

[Anita]

Nicole R wrote: "Anita wrote: "Oh, I saw him speak this year, and that really made me want to try a book from him. I didn't realize you had read him before . . .wasn't sure where to start.."

Okay, so I haven't rea..."

Thanks so much for the suggestions and recommendations. I really look forward to trying him out.

[Joanne]

Nicole R wrote: "Joanne wrote: "The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast-could take me all month @ 736 pages."

I read this many many years ago (probably 11 or 12 years ago n..."

Good to have your seal of approval Nicole-such a chunkster I would hate to get half way and chuck it-LoL. I have never read him before, so glad I will have another NF writer to reach for! And I see he has one about Rosa Parks, which should probably fit into the Polls Challenge

[Karin]

Michael wrote: "I would like to read Maddow's "Blowout" and Didion's "Miami".
I also would like to read de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" for the tag. It sounds like it would qualify as journalism, but no o..."

The Shipping News is EXCELLENT. I liked it and I don't usually like darker literary novels anymore. I read it about 10-15 years ago (can't remember exactly when, maybe a bit less).

[Susan]

Nicole R wrote: "Yes!! I will be reading Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.

For those who haven't read it yet, I whole-heartedly recommend [book:Bad Blood: Secrets ..."

Yes! If my library hold comes though in time it will be Say Nothing for me too. Other wise maybe I'll re read Shadow of the Sun (Ryzard Kapuscinski) which I loved when i read it 10 years ago.

[NancyJ]

Hebah wrote: "Hmm. Not much out here for me this month, but maybe I'll finally get to Dear Mrs. Bird. I'll have to stalk for some lists of fictional journalists...

Here's one, Books by or about ..."

I really liked The Broken Girls. It’s just scary enough, and I like how she integrated all the different time lines and characters.

[NancyJ]

DianeMP wrote: "Journalism won! Happy and excited! Narrative nonfiction is one of my favorite types of genres. Lots of excellent choices and a few recommendations.

Recommendations
And the Band Played On by Randy ..."

The Orchid Thief might make a good buddy read. I’d want to rewatch the film Adaptation along with it.

[NancyJ]

Kimber wrote: "I'm very happy with the journalism tag. I enjoy reading books written by journalists on a variety of topics. And there are so many good recommendations already!

My recommendations that I don't bel..."

How to change your mind sounds fascinating.

[NancyJ]

For fiction, I recommend The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society . The protagonist is a journalist.

[NancyJ]

Nicole R wrote: "Yes!! I will be reading Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.

For those who haven't read it yet, I whole-heartedly recommend [book:Bad Blood: Secrets ..."

I’m old enough to remember the fighting in northern Island. It was on the news every night and it all seemed so senseless. It would be nice to finally understand what it was really all about.

[Karin]

NancyJ wrote: "Nicole R wrote: "Yes!! I will be reading Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.

For those who haven't read it yet, I whole-heartedly recommend [book:Ba..."



Yes, I remember that as well--back when I was a kid.

[Darci]

I own Plan of Attack, for some reason (probably picked up at a used book sale way back in my undergrad days). I'll go ahead and read that, so I can get rid of it.

[Karin]

Okay, I have finally taken the time to start scrolling through the pages of this and it turns out I have one right here from the library Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis which fits a few of my 2020 challenges, so am happy about that. I have a few others on my want to read shelves, but will have to see since I have a big pile of library books here already.

[Booknblues]

Karin wrote: "Okay, I have finally taken the time to start scrolling through the pages of this and it turns out I have one right here from the library [book:Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in C..."

Karin, I'm reading Hillbilly Elegy now. Maybe we can touch bases about it.

[annapi]

Darn it, three strikes for me!

[Nicole R]

I know I am bias because I help select the banner (though, full disclosure: Anna digs up all the wonderful options every month), but I really like the banner this month! lol. I find the swath of green very soothing and spring-like. lol

[Anita]

Nicole R wrote: "I know I am bias because I help select the banner (though, full disclosure: Anna digs up all the wonderful options every month), but I really like the banner this month! lol. I find the swath of gr..."

I also like how it matches the PBT logo . . .ah, the small things . . .

[Nicole R]

Anita wrote: "I also like how it matches the PBT logo . . .ah, the small things . . ."

YES!

[Meli]

Nicole R wrote: "I know I am bias because I help select the banner (though, full disclosure: Anna digs up all the wonderful options every month), but I really like the banner this month! lol. I find the swath of gr..."

I hadn't even seen the banner yet, so just went to check it out. Love it! The simple design soothes me and I love a good working area shot :)

[Theresa]

I thought much the same as all you! Great banner!

[Joanne]

If only my work space looked like that....never have I ever had a clean desk

[Kathy]

This is a great tag!! I am interested in:

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

[Johanne]

You and me both Joanne :) I once cleaned my work desk (happens once in a while) and a colleague thought I had quit :D That's how often my desk looks like that.

[LibraryCin]

Johanne wrote: "You and me both Joanne :) I once cleaned my work desk (happens once in a while) and a colleague thought I had quit :D That's how often my desk looks like that."

LOL! Oh, that's funny!

My desk(s - at work and home!) are always a mess!

[Theresa]

LibraryCin wrote: "Johanne wrote: "You and me both Joanne :) I once cleaned my work desk (happens once in a while) and a colleague thought I had quit :D That's how often my desk looks like that."

LOL! Oh, that's fun..."

🤣🤣

I shut my office desk drawer early and heard a thrwump from the other side of my desk -- it caused an avalanche from one of the piles on the farside of my desk!

[NancyJ]

Lucky coincidence: I promised to review a book this month, and it turns out that the protagonist is a journalist. It’s great so far - just the kind of book I’m in the mood to read. The Weight of a Moment by Michael Bowe.

[Amy]

I’m reading Trust Me, for Book Club this week. Turns out it’s a journalism thriller. So for those of you who like thrillers this is the book for you!

[Lisa]

Just got my book today. I am reading The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls.

[Joanne]

Lisa wrote: "Just got my book today. I am reading The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls."

I have had this one on and off my TBR a few times-I will be interested in your thoughts Lisa-