Challenge #19 - a book based on a true story

[Jessa]

Post the title, description, and your opinion of the book you read.

[Christina]

Sounds silly, but I'm putting Modern Romance here. It's not what it first appears, or at least I first expected a memoir and it wasn't that. Man was I surprised! Aziz Ansari doing qualitative and quantitative data?! It was a blend of humour and truth about the way we date now and how we used to. I put it here because Aziz infused his own personal romance stories with the real findings of the people he talked to. And while he makes fun of you for listening to his audiobook, its really worth it!

[Katherine]

Grayson by Lynne Cox is an amazing true story about the author's encounter with a lost baby whale while out swimming one morning. Weaving description and story together, Lynne recounts how she spent hours with the whale as they swam back and forth looking for its mother. While the book is introspective about the encounter, the author imbues it with a sense of urgency and mystery as the baby whale's life depends on it finding its mother. At times, the descriptions become a little too sappy, but overall I found it to be a compelling read.