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Post by jeremysgirl on Nov 6, 2022 23:48:27 GMT
Tomorrow is my last day on the board. I am looking for some non-fiction reads. Bonus points if it is psychology, sociology, or a really good memoir.
I'm looking to stock up.
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Post by mom2jnk on Nov 6, 2022 23:58:19 GMT
"Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer details and reviewsI have been savoring every word of this one. I think it would be a perfect "wintering" companion. Be well, you will be missed. |
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Post by peabay on Nov 7, 2022 0:01:02 GMT
Jennette McCurdy's memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died."
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Post by J u l e e on Nov 7, 2022 0:01:50 GMT
Anything Malcolm Gladwell. Super interesting topics, really smart, and so readable. I think I read The Tipping Point first and was hooked. I just ordered the rest of what he’s written that I’ve yet to read because I needed some books for the winter.
ETA - or maybe it was Outliers that I read first. But I also loved Blink and David and Goliath.
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Post by ~summer~ on Nov 7, 2022 0:34:30 GMT
Memoirs/biographies:
Becoming (you’ve probably already read it)
Grandma Gatewoods Walk
Born A Crime (Trevor Noah)
Notes On A Banana: a memoir of food, love and manic depression
Around the House and in the Garden: a memoir of heartbreak, healing and home improvement
I also loved:
The Warmth of Other Suns
Women Who Run With the Wolves (read this 20 years ago - just looking at my shelves)
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Post by breetheflea on Nov 7, 2022 0:39:26 GMT
I really liked Michael J. Foxes memoir (I listened to the audio) and The Maid by Stephanie Land.
I also really liked to Storyteller by Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) but I listen to his music so I’m not sure if it would be as good not being familiar with that….
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Post by quinlove on Nov 7, 2022 0:42:29 GMT
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
eta ~ sorry for the fiction suggestion. I was wondering why no one had said this one. It’s a really good book.
❤️
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Post by finsup on Nov 7, 2022 0:45:09 GMT
Lab Girl
Just Mercy
I’ll miss you and I wish you peace and love. 😊
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Post by Gennifer on Nov 7, 2022 0:45:51 GMT
Jennette McCurdy's memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died." I’m not usually a memoir fan, but this was amazing. |
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Nov 7, 2022 1:09:15 GMT
I second Lab Girl.
ETA: I'll miss you here, but glad you'll be taking time for you! Peace and a restful wintering to you. Also want to add that I put the Wintering book on my booklist - TFS.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Nov 7, 2022 1:19:40 GMT
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo I believe this is fiction but it reads like it could be a true story! I read the Radium Girls, which is excellent, but honestly - it tore me up. I don't read a ton of non-fiction bc sometimes knowing that humanity really treated each other horribly bothers me so much. My college friend wrote this book: www.goodreads.com/book/show/57864155-at-the-helmI realize you are not reading from a widow's perspective, but I didn't either, and it gave great perspective on how she was trying to move forward. It is available in kindle too. Hugs |
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Post by ntsf on Nov 7, 2022 1:24:06 GMT
the fabric of civilization.. a well written book about how textiles evolved and shaped history.. really good.
I also really like The river of doubt.. about teddy roosevelt going down an unexplored river in brazil after he was president.
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Post by Mystie on Nov 7, 2022 1:36:24 GMT
The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron and Clint Howard
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux
A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Witch Trials and the American Experience by Emerson W. Baker
This Time Next Year, We'll Be Laughing: A Memoir by Jacqueline Winspear
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad and Criminal in 19th-Century New York by Stacy Horn
Come back soon, my fellow non-fiction lover!
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Post by janeliz on Nov 7, 2022 1:36:54 GMT
The movie based on the book will be out soon, so you may want to check out “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement” by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey.
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Post by jmad122 on Nov 7, 2022 1:37:38 GMT
Quiet-The power of introverts
Mindy Kaling's memoir
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Nov 7, 2022 1:54:43 GMT
Psychology - Self Help:
Healing from toxic relationships, by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis.
I recently borrowed this from the Library (e-book). I knew from the first chapter, that I was going to buy it.
I like how she explained the various behaviors, listed the characteristics and description of various behaviors, gave an example story-scenario of the behavior, advice on how to deal with someone else's toxic behavior, questions for the reader to answer-ask oneself., etc...
I've read many Psychology-self help books over the years, and this one was really beneficial for me.
I plan to read some of her other books as well.
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Post by edie3 on Nov 7, 2022 2:06:53 GMT
Just Mercy
Glass Castles
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Know My Name
Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
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Post by ntsf on Nov 7, 2022 2:14:26 GMT
anne lamott is a great author.. her books aren't too long. if you can relate to her christian faith. --liberal presbyterian
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Post by scrapngranny on Nov 7, 2022 2:34:26 GMT
The Unwinding of the Miracle, Julie Yip Williams
We will miss you, but know you are doing what you need for yourself. Hugs.
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Post by flanz on Nov 7, 2022 3:18:44 GMT
I'm going to be checking out titles from this list... www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/editors-choice-book-reviews/a33595761/uplifting-memoirs/uplifting memoirs I've enjoyed:
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent Homesick: A Memoir by Sela Ward (I always loved her in her t.v roles) Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist by Mike Farrell (of M*A*S*H fame - I fell in love with him when I saw him speaking about this memoir at the L.A.Times Book Festival many years ago) I've loved all of the memoirs/ books of Essays by Alan Alda.... one is Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself by Alan Alda I am interested in reading:Too Much Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Fumbling Toward Adulthood by Andrew Rannells (Star of Book of Mormon) Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There by Tara Schuster "Brutally honest, often hilarious, hard-won lessons in learning to love and care for yourself from a former vice president at Comedy Central who was called “ahead of her time” by Jordan Peele" I'm sorry if some or all of these are inappropriate for you now, Becki. Only you will know by reading the blurbs: The Water Is Wide: A Memoir by Pat Conroy Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted Suleika Jaouad (She's the wife of John Batiste, gravely ill with cancer) My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir by Mark Lukach Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward |
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Post by flanz on Nov 7, 2022 3:20:17 GMT
Becki do you like reading actual books or on an e-reader?
Just curious. I love my Kindle Paperwhite, especially the lighting and the fact that I can change the font to suit me, and i LOVE that I can have hundreds of books in my purse at any time.
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Post by lisae on Nov 7, 2022 3:23:24 GMT
Another vote for this. It is one of our book clubs all time favorites. I'm currently reading Women Who Launch - about women who invented things or launched businesses - some you will know and many you may not. |
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Post by iowagirl50147 on Nov 7, 2022 3:45:04 GMT
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Take care of yourself.......
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Post by leannec on Nov 7, 2022 4:17:47 GMT
An old fav that you have probably already read is "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt ... I loved "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain ... another oldie!  A couple of years ago I enjoyed, believe it or not, the name escapes me but the autobiography by Jessica Simpson ... it was good! I have just bought that Jennette McCurdy title and I'm looking forward to reading it! |
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Post by scrapmaven on Nov 7, 2022 5:01:16 GMT
Jennette McCurdy's memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died." Another vote for this book. It was a really good read totally relatable if you have a narcissistic parent.
I recently read Gordon Ramsay's autobiography, Roasting in Hell's Kitchen. His childhood explains his personality to a tee. It's a very good and honest read.
An oldie but a goodie is Feeding the Hungry Heart by Geneen Roth. Really, all of her books are great. She employs mindfulness rather than dieting. She writes about learning to love your whole self in order to lose weight and is very anti-diet industry. While at one of Geneen's worshops, I was told by one of her staff members that Geneen is actually a psychologist, but doesn't want anyone to know. She wants to be seen as just another person who struggles w/her body image and size.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Nov 7, 2022 5:22:38 GMT
The Library Book by Susan Orlean - about the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles central library, but also about so much more.
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore - glowing clocks from my childhood, I never knew the cost.
Rabbit by Patricia Williams - she's a comedian and she's a great storyteller of her life
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Post by scraphollie27 on Nov 7, 2022 5:28:29 GMT
Nureyev by Julie Kavanagh is one of my favourite biographies.
Erik Larson is my favourite non-fiction storyteller. His research is superb.
I wish you well in your winter.
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Post by ntsf on Nov 7, 2022 6:05:43 GMT
margaret fuller, a new american life. this biography of fuller.. who was a mainstay of the transcendental movement is very very good. I'm about 3/4 the way through.
it makes you really rethink emerson and thoreau.. she ran circles around them. she was a brilliant woman who strifed way beyond what society expected of her.
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Post by Embri on Nov 7, 2022 6:57:45 GMT
I don't read much non-fiction but I very much enjoyed " The Feather Thief" by Kirk W. Johnson. It's a bit of true crime, a bit of psychology/sociology, a bit of history and a well written tale in a hobby/industry I knew nothing of yet was still happy to have learned about.  And yes, the title is literal, not a metaphor.
I also have " The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog" by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz on my to read list, but content warning: it deals with traumatized children so reader discretion is strongly advised. It's written by a psychologist and is not a thriller by any means but I am expecting it to be upsetting on many levels. |
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Post by Jili on Nov 7, 2022 7:24:25 GMT
This summer I read Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Beals. It was a heavy read, but an important one. Melba was one of the Little Rock Nine, who were the first African-American students to integrate a high school in Little Rock.
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