What I Read in November!
Original Selections for 2025
I am very pleased with my results for this year's Nonfiction November reading challenge. I chose nothing but memoirs, and managed to read seven of the ten selections. I gave up on one and ran out of time for the last two, but overall it was a great month of reading. Click on the links for my reviews.
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (4/5)
Safekeeping: Some True Stories From a Life by Abigail Thomas (3.5/5)
Altitude Adjustment: A Quest for Love, Home, and Meaning in the Tetons by Mary Beth Baptiste (3.5/5)
The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward by Melinda French Gates (4.5/5)
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks (4.5/5)
I Am I Am I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell (4.5/5)
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett (3/5)
One of the nice things about this challenge is that I get to discover a lot of nonfiction books that appeal to me. Here are a few that I've added to my TBR list:
Discovered on Books Are My Favorite and Best
(Kate)
Discovered on Musings of a Literary Wanderer
(Angela)
Discovered on Turn the Page
(Tina)
Discovered on Readerbuzz
(Deb)
Les, you should feel proud of your results of Nonfiction November. You read some great books, and you have some great books on your list to read.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deb. It was a great (and fun!) month of reading nonfiction/memoirs. Next year, I hope to focus on more history and sociology type books for this challenge.
DeleteYou had a great nonfiction reading month. Memorial Days really stood out for me too and I've thought about it for quite a bit after. I got a library copy of The Ship Beneath the Ice book & have browsed it but it's a bit more of a commitment right now than I'm ready for in December. Still I might read another time. I have read The Indifferent Stars Above and that's a pretty eye-opening read. My review https://www.thecuecard.com/?s=the+indifferent+stars
ReplyDeleteSusan, I really enjoyed spending a month deep in memoirs. I'll pop over and read your review for The Indifferent Stars Above. Cheers!
DeleteWhat a nice post. I really enjoyed I AM I AM IAM, It is one of those books I think about all the time.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Anne. I think I'll reflect on I Am I Am I Am over the next few months. Maybe I can convince my book group to read it in 2026. Thanks very much for stopping by and commenting.
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