Nonfiction November

It's Nonfiction November and I am late to the game.

Forgive me, but this hasn't really been Nonfiction November as much as it has Cybils November. I've read 231 children's fiction picture books this month with 23 left to read. That's a lot of children's fiction picture books.

How about if I run onto the field, despite the late hour? To some, nonfiction is fiction's ugly stepsister. But not to me. Nonfiction is one of my favorite genres. Of the 168 books I've read and reviewed so far this year, 73 were nonfiction. That's close to half. And lots of my favorite reads of the year were nonfiction.

So here I go. Again, I ask forgiveness for the brevity of my posts: I just wanted in the game, but I didn't care if I scored.

Week 1 (November 2-6) – Your Year in Nonfiction hosted by Kim  

What are your favorite nonfiction reads of the year? Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

I signed up for the Nonfiction Book Swap.

Interesting. Guess who my partner is for the Nonfiction Book Swap?

The Novel Life!

Ironic, yes?

What nonfiction books did I pick for her?

Nonfiction that reads like a novel, of course!

Week 2 (November 9-13) – Book Pairing

I was challenged to pair up a nonfiction and a fiction book.

I decided to match up a fiction book I read and loved this year with a nonfiction book I loved in the past.

Both are about the 1900 Storm in Galveston. 

The fiction book has elements of nonfiction. 

The nonfiction book has elements of fiction.

Maybe that's why I liked them both so much.

Week 3 (November 16-20) – Nontraditional Nonfiction hosted by Rebecca

I listened to two nonfiction audiobooks this year. Oddly, I won both of these from Armchair BEA. And, again oddly, these were both brilliant nonfiction books. Hard to believe that both the audiobooks I listened to this year were both nonfiction and beautifully written.

Week 4 (November 21-27) – I Am Malala Read Along Discussion hosted by Katie 

I read I am Malala. It's the hard-to-believe-it's-happening-now story of a girl whose school is closing just because it's a girls' school. Malala speaks up and becomes the target of the Taliban. 

So much hatred in the world. How can girls in school be a threat? And what kind of philosophy can seed girls in school as a threat? 

So much good that came from Malala speaking up. So much courage. 

What a story.

Did you participate in Nonfiction November? What were your favorite nonfiction books this year? I hope you will share them in the comments. I'm always looking for more good nonfiction.

What is the Sunday Salon? Imagine some university library's vast reading room. It's filled with people--students and faculty and strangers who've wandered in. They're seated at great oaken desks, books piled all around them,and they're all feverishly reading and jotting notes in their leather-bound journals as they go. Later they'll mill around the open dictionaries and compare their thoughts on the afternoon's literary intake....That's what happens at the Sunday Salon, except it's all virtual. Every Sunday the bloggers participating in that week's Salon get together--at their separate desks, in their own particular time zones--and read. And blog about their reading. And comment on one another's blogs. Think of it as an informal, weekly, mini read-a-thon, an excuse to put aside one's earthly responsibilities and fall into a good book. Click here to join the Salon.

The Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Kimba at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It's a chance to share news and recap the past week.

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share books that we found in our mailboxes last week. 

 It is now being hosted here.

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which you can share the books you've acquired.

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