Wayne J's 2022 NF 2022 Challenge

[Wayne]

I intend to read 50 NF books during 2022.

[Wayne]

1. The Last Disco In Outer Mongolia (www.goodreads.com/review/show/4402768...)

2. Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter( www.goodreads.com/review/show/3752655...)
3. Travels in West Africa (www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441574...)

[Emily]

Wow! Best of luck, Wayne! 🐾

[Wayne]

Emily wrote: "Wow! Best of luck, Wayne! 🐾"

Thanks Emily. I read quite a bit of non-fiction, so if all goes well I should make it.

[Bill, Moderator]

Good luck Wayne. I'll keep checking in to see what you've selected

[Wayne]

Bill wrote: "Good luck Wayne. I'll keep checking in to see what you've selected"

Hi Bill, thanks. Just finished Mary Kingsley's account of her sojourn to West Africa. I will not preselect non-fiction reads as I normally do (and then mostly disregard ;,>)) but just list those I finish. I do have a couple I am looking forward to on the reading horizon.

[Wayne]

1. The Last Disco In Outer Mongolia (www.goodreads.com/review/show/4402768...)

2. Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter ( www.goodreads.com/review/show/3752655...)
3. Travels in West Africa (www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441574...)
4. Yes Please
(www.goodreads.com/review/show/3730167...)
5. Homage To Catalonia
6. I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation
7. Scars Of War, Wounds Of Peace: The Israeli Arab Tragedy
8. The Whistleblowers

[Wayne]

I am a bit behind with my NF reads and my short reviews, but all in the very good category

[Ioana]

Some great titles, Wayne...I haven't read any of these, but I have some of them and you just put them back on my radar. Thanks!

[Wayne]

Yes Iona. There is quite a South African/African bias to my reading, I was most pleasantly surprised by the Mary H. Kingsley's account of her fieldtrips to West Africa. A remarkable woman, and a great read.

[Wayne]

1. The Last Disco In Outer Mongolia (www.goodreads.com/review/show/4402768...)

2. Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter ( www.goodreads.com/review/show/3752655...)
3. Travels in West Africa (www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441574...)
4. Yes Please
(www.goodreads.com/review/show/3730167...)
5. Homage To Catalonia
6. I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation
7. Scars Of War, Wounds Of Peace: The Israeli Arab Tragedy
8. The Whistleblowers
9. The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985

[Wayne]

1. The Last Disco In Outer Mongolia (www.goodreads.com/review/show/4402768...)

2. Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter ( www.goodreads.com/review/show/3752655...)
3. Travels in West Africa (www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441574...)
4. Yes Please
(www.goodreads.com/review/show/3730167...)
5. Homage To Catalonia
6. I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation
7. Scars Of War, Wounds Of Peace: The Israeli Arab Tragedy
8. The Whistleblowers
9. The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985
10. External Mission: The ANC in Exile
11. No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-74
12. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
13. To The Frontier
14. In Ethiopia with a Mule

[〰️Beth〰️]

You are doing great Wayne! I have tried to add more NF the last two years but I am not doing so well. Think I will add Homage to my list, but you have a few that look interesting.

Best wishes on the the rest of your challenge!

[Wayne]

〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "You are doing great Wayne! I have tried to add more NF the last two years but I am not doing so well. Think I will add Homage to my list, but you have a few that look interesting.

Best wishes on t..."

Thanks Beth, but going into the second semester of the year, I wanted to be further along. I enjoyed Homage, and I can affirm that all of them are indeed interesting. From the inspirational deeply saddening stories of Malala Yosafzai, the pioneering indomitable spirits of Mary H. Kingsley and Dervla Murphy, to particular viewpoints of the liberation histories of Eritrea, Guinea Bissau and South Africa, and the heroic struggle of farmer Kas Maine against an oppressive regime and harsh climate, I must state I have read some good ones. I hope to dig into more of the same.

[Wayne]

1. The Last Disco In Outer Mongolia (www.goodreads.com/review/show/4402768...)

2. Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter ( www.goodreads.com/review/show/3752655...)
3. Travels in West Africa (www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441574...)
4. Yes Please
(www.goodreads.com/review/show/3730167...)
5. Homage To Catalonia
6. I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation
7. Scars Of War, Wounds Of Peace: The Israeli Arab Tragedy
8. The Whistleblowers
9. The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985
10. External Mission: The ANC in Exile
11. No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-74
12. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
13. To The Frontier
14. In Ethiopia with a Mule
15. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
16. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
17. Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia
18.

I have to step up my game, seven months gone and have only read 17 books of my intended target of 50. Currently reading seven books, of which two are non-fiction.

[Wayne]

1. The Last Disco In Outer Mongolia (www.goodreads.com/review/show/4402768...)

2. Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter ( www.goodreads.com/review/show/3752655...)
3. Travels in West Africa (www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441574...)
4. Yes Please
(www.goodreads.com/review/show/3730167...)
5. Homage To Catalonia
6. I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation
7. Scars Of War, Wounds Of Peace: The Israeli Arab Tragedy
8. The Whistleblowers
9. The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985
10. External Mission: The ANC in Exile
11. No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-74
12. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
13. To The Frontier
14. In Ethiopia with a Mule
15. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
16. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
17. Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia
18. Guantánamo Diary
19. The Diary of Anne Frank