Comments on: July Days and Nonfiction

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 03:26:48 +0000

In reply to Judee. Hi Judee: glad these books interest you! I thought they were all quite good ... and I don't read nonfiction that much. Go figure. Cheers.

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By: Judee

Judee — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:41:00 +0000

I’ve been doing a lot of reading and a lot of Netflix watching too. Three of the books that you reviewed interest me: A Bookshop in Berlin, She Came To Slay, and The Hidden of Owls- Thanks for the reviews.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:42:40 +0000

In reply to Catherine.

Hi Catherine: yeah the Covid world in the States does not sound good at all … sorry to hear about Michigan …. and now I’m traveling across the border to Los Angeles on Monday, yikes. Western Canada is doing so much better. More on the trip later. You’ll like the Bookshop memoir on audio. I can do some nonfiction on audio … but not dense stuff or histories usually. But both the Bookshop & Tubman audios were easy to follow … and kept me attentive the whole time. Be careful out there!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:53:56 +0000

I have GOT to read the Bookshop memoir! It sounds wonderful. I’ve been reading and listening to more nonfiction these days. I’m not sure why it’s working so well for me, but it is. Even better than fiction.

You know how I am. More disgusted every day and furious that there is nowhere to go to escape. Canada won’t even let us in! I’m sure we’re facing a second lockdown, thanks to people partying on houseboats at the many lakes in northern MI. Numbers have already doubled from June.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:56:00 +0000

In reply to Sarah Laurence. Thanks Sarah, glad to hear from you. You'll definitely want to read A Bookshop in Berlin for your research. Interesting about refugees fleeing to the Dominican Republic. That will be a good book. Good luck with your writing. Stay well.

By: Sarah Laurence

Sarah Laurence — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:53:20 +0000

Happy birthday to Stella! Interesting that your reading tastes shifted during this time. Mine have too. I’m avoiding anything too dark or contemporary and reading more historical fiction. I’m adding A Bookshop in Berlin to my to read list because I’m researching an historical novel set in that period but about Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis to the Dominican Republic. I also have a couple more diverse young adult galleys that publishers sent me. The Tubman biography and Owl book sound good too. Great reviews!

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 23:05:52 +0000

In reply to Heather. Hey thanks Heather. Sounds like your reading is going better. I'll stop by your site and see what you're into now. Neat that you have the Tubman book. I hope you have a great week!

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:53:39 +0000

Those are some great non-fiction books you’ve read! I’ve Harriet Tubman’s book on my shelf. I’m excited to get to that one soon. I’ve been able to get more reading in the last few weeks. I’ve been rolling with it and I’m just all over the map about what I’m reading. But the last week or so I’ve been able to sit and get a couple of books completed or have gotten a lot read on some bigger books I’ve been reading.

I hope you have a great week!

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:10:52 +0000

In reply to Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out. Thanks Shelleyrae, it's odd for me to finish three nonfiction in a row ... over fiction but I guess it's just the times. I'm glad you do the nonfiction challenge and will watch for the other reviews. There are a bunch of great books. Have a great week.