tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2947654501031047092..comments2024-03-29T02:43:11.575-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Non-fiction Reads: A new love by Jenn McKinlayJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47307277135354319092022-06-15T07:25:23.323-04:002022-06-15T07:25:23.323-04:00LISA: I think Wil uses change in tone, inflection ...LISA: I think Wil uses change in tone, inflection & volume throughout the LONG chapters to differentiate between main text, annotations & annotations within annotations. But the Table of Contents also lists several appendices at the end of the book (which I have not yet listened to).Grace Koshidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934603958949938617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56085661303445927202022-06-14T22:34:15.366-04:002022-06-14T22:34:15.366-04:00Hahaha! I know, Debs. I've got several more ...Hahaha! I know, Debs. I've got several more books I'm checking out from all the recommendations, too. Oh, and I am fascinated by the fog/smog in London in 1952 that affected so many. During the five days it lasted, it was responsible for at least 4,000 deaths.<br />Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73800140730462541702022-06-14T20:40:54.362-04:002022-06-14T20:40:54.362-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Grace Koshidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934603958949938617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88185648157769771412022-06-14T20:20:14.833-04:002022-06-14T20:20:14.833-04:00Jenn, John says you get to spoil them rotten and t...Jenn, John says you get to spoil them rotten and then send them home to their parents!Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3316823738347478822022-06-14T17:30:44.568-04:002022-06-14T17:30:44.568-04:00And, Jenn, thanks for leading with Boromir! Made ...And, Jenn, thanks for leading with Boromir! Made my morning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83877858055034230752022-06-14T17:11:27.164-04:002022-06-14T17:11:27.164-04:00Just starting VANDERBILT for tomorrow’s book club ...Just starting VANDERBILT for tomorrow’s book club discussion. Also reading THE HIGH SIERRA by Kim Stanley Robinson. <br /><br />And LOVE Miss Tab! Lisa in Long BeachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51897242136757876242022-06-14T17:02:18.292-04:002022-06-14T17:02:18.292-04:00Also reading STILL JUST A GEEK. I’m curious, how a...Also reading STILL JUST A GEEK. I’m curious, how are the annotations handled in the audiobook version, Grace? Lisa in Long BeachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37248411501191484742022-06-14T16:10:43.978-04:002022-06-14T16:10:43.978-04:00Thanks ladies! Thanks ladies! Tami P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10436384728208626260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64374943298604515172022-06-14T15:48:22.443-04:002022-06-14T15:48:22.443-04:00Diana, yes. It's very honest, funny, and touch...Diana, yes. It's very honest, funny, and touching.Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88572674279971565202022-06-14T15:28:28.273-04:002022-06-14T15:28:28.273-04:00These posts are good for the mind but bad for the ...These posts are good for the mind but bad for the budget! I just ordered Death in the Air. I've been reading a lot about post WWII lately and this sounded fascinating.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20002677200166572482022-06-14T14:51:33.490-04:002022-06-14T14:51:33.490-04:00Jenn, try Michelle Singletary. She is awesome, and...Jenn, try Michelle Singletary. She is awesome, and writes with a lot of humor and understanding. Julia Spencer-Fleminghttps://www.facebook.com/juliaspencerflemingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35708516731802014952022-06-14T14:49:17.452-04:002022-06-14T14:49:17.452-04:00I have such good intentions with non-fiction, but ...I have such good intentions with non-fiction, but I just don't seem to get to much of it. I'm absolutely interested in non-fiction, and every year I vow to include more in my reading. I do read a lot of short non-fiction articles, but my goal is still to include more books. The one non-fiction book I've read this year is Bone Deep: Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case by Charles Bosworth and Joel Schwartz. I became fascinated with this case after Dateline's coverage of it and then the NBC series called "The Thing About Pam," starring Renee Zellweger. Schwartz was the lawyer for Betsy's husband who got railroaded for his wife's murder due to fabricated evidence from Pam Hupp, who actually committed the murder. It's not my usual non-fiction fare. I just got caught up in the story. <br /><br />Some of my favorite older non-fiction reads from the past have been Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell (about the white man's take over of the Hawaiian islands), My Reading Life by Pat Conroy, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (hearing her talk was an amazing experience, too), In the Wake of the Plague by Norman Cantor (a great and readable book about how the Black Death started and spread in Europe), and Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers by Judy Blume. I read bits and parts of non-fiction books, too. Oh, one that I'm still reading bits and is really good is Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City by Kate Winkler Dawson. It " tells the entwined stories of the Great London Smog of 1952 and a serial killer, John Reginald Christie, who exploited the fog as a cloak for murder."<br /><br />Some titles that I would love to get to include All About Me: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks; Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson; Frozen in Time: The Enduring Legacy of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team by Nikki Nichols; and France is a Feast: The Photographic Journal of Paul and Julia Child by Alex Prud'homme. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70893942541195698902022-06-14T14:49:14.410-04:002022-06-14T14:49:14.410-04:00Judy, JUST MERCY was the U Maine Honors College re...Judy, JUST MERCY was the U Maine Honors College read the year Youngest matriculated. They had a seminar built around the book and Bryan Stevenson came and spoke to them about it. It blew her away.Julia Spencer-Fleminghttps://www.facebook.com/juliaspencerflemingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32414348377344913442022-06-14T14:46:10.143-04:002022-06-14T14:46:10.143-04:00Milkmaid, those are two of my faves! I can also re...Milkmaid, those are two of my faves! I can also recommend the COD author's other book, THE BIG OYSTER.Julia Spencer-Fleminghttps://www.facebook.com/juliaspencerflemingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52790807016971069512022-06-14T14:45:39.370-04:002022-06-14T14:45:39.370-04:00DEAUN: That Edward Burtynsky exhibit at Yonge-Dund...DEAUN: That Edward Burtynsky exhibit at Yonge-Dundas Square sounds great. I have not been back to Toronto since winter 2018.Grace Koshidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934603958949938617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45050512513283855332022-06-14T14:41:27.748-04:002022-06-14T14:41:27.748-04:00Ohhhh please tell us-I will forget to read it.Ohhhh please tell us-I will forget to read it.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64320452180319322492022-06-14T14:40:48.801-04:002022-06-14T14:40:48.801-04:00Oh, yes, it's amazing. xxOh, yes, it's amazing. xx<br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74651212891410533822022-06-14T14:39:27.456-04:002022-06-14T14:39:27.456-04:00My TBR list is EXPLODING! Our book rec posts are a...My TBR list is EXPLODING! Our book rec posts are always so bad for my wallet, but so good for my reading. I love to listen to non-fiction, and my most recent faves have been re-listening to DEEP WORK by Cal Newport (I've written about how important this book has been to me this year,) THE HEROINE'S JOURNEY (recc'd to me by Jessica Ellicott and it's already making me think differently about my own reading and writing,) and THE SECRET LIFE OF THE GROWN UP BRAIN by Barbara Strauch. If you're anywhere north of fifty, this last book will make you feel good about your brain (and explain why you can never find your keys!)Julia Spencer-Fleminghttps://www.facebook.com/juliaspencerflemingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83552297744675114652022-06-14T14:15:17.283-04:002022-06-14T14:15:17.283-04:00Edith, keep us posted! It sounds great.Edith, keep us posted! It sounds great.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128026892155650398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6988912646512652932022-06-14T13:43:19.335-04:002022-06-14T13:43:19.335-04:00I have that in my TBR stack somewhere, Hank. I'...I have that in my TBR stack somewhere, Hank. I'll made a point to get back to it!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73427228781807090342022-06-14T13:42:24.409-04:002022-06-14T13:42:24.409-04:00All your suggestions sound so good, Jenn! I lean t...All your suggestions sound so good, Jenn! I lean towards science history and FOOD:-) The last non-fiction book I devoured was Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution by Iain McCalman. This one I read like a novel--couldn't put it down. It's the story of the voyages made by Darwin, Hooker, Huxley, and Wallace, their friendships, and how they changed scientific history. <br /><br />I also love biographies and diaries. I just bought a book called A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journeys of Jean Lucey Pratt. She kept a diary from 1925 when she was 15 until she died in the 80s. I can't wait to dive into this one.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8357265321843208302022-06-14T13:39:11.468-04:002022-06-14T13:39:11.468-04:00Bryson's autobiography, The Life and Times of...Bryson's autobiography, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, about growing up in Des Moines, is hilarious. Don't miss it, a perfect antidote for our troubled times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88184496820150501232022-06-14T13:33:03.542-04:002022-06-14T13:33:03.542-04:00Rosemary wrote one more book, about a group of wom...Rosemary wrote one more book, about a group of women who had a beach vacation together, and I think that was it. Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-92025361302886170572022-06-14T13:31:51.128-04:002022-06-14T13:31:51.128-04:00I always dip into the books about how Stephen Sond...I always dip into the books about how Stephen Sondheim wrote: Finishing the Hat, and Look I Made a Hat, and there's a whole new one about how he created Sunday in the Park with George: Putting it Together. It's AMAZING. Also, Todd Purdom wrote a great book about Rogers and Hammerstein--and their collaboration. It's incredible. Rogers wrote the music, and THEN Hammerstein wrote the words! I cannot even imagine how that would work. <br />Oh, and do not miss Reacher Said Nothing, by Andy Martin--it's an extremely close-up look at how Lee Child wrote one of his books, and it is riveting and fascinating and revealing. I had low hopes for it, I have to admit. And I was SO wrong.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53626594898001074242022-06-14T13:28:47.969-04:002022-06-14T13:28:47.969-04:00I thought I'd read SALT, but it doesn't so...I thought I'd read SALT, but it doesn't sound anything like what I'm remembering. Thanks! Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.com