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looking for suggestions; particularly books about books
Good luck with that Michael. I must say I don't read hardly any Non-Fiction either.
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When Justice Fails by P.D. Martin
The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius by Kristine Barnett
Joe Cinque's Consolation, A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner
Tracks by Robyn Davidson
They are only a few of the ones I've read, and you may not be interested in any of them, but you're welcome to check them out anyway:)
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Started reading book 7; Golden Parasol: A Daughter’s Memoir of BurmaHere is my review of Death in the Afternoon
http://literary-exploration.com/2013/...
Next book I think will be Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School
UPDATE1. Reading Lolita in Tehran (my review)
2. Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles (my review)
3. Occupation Diaries (my review)
4. The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein (my review)
5. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (my review)
5.5. The Bookshop Strikes Back (don't think it counts as a full book)
6. Death in the Afternoon (my review)
7. Golden Parasol: A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma (my review)
8. Murder in Mississippi (my review)
Currently Reading: You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
Next: Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School or Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
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Only just seen this challenge. I have a few NF on my TBR - might join in if it's running next year? (Edit) ops just saw it's your personal challenge Michael. Your going great!
UPDATE1. Reading Lolita in Tehran (my review)
2. Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles (my review)
3. Occupation Diaries (my review)
4. The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein (my review)
5. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (my review)
5.5. The Bookshop Strikes Back (don't think it counts as a full book)
6. Death in the Afternoon (my review)
7. Golden Parasol: A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma (my review)
8. Murder in Mississippi (my review)
9. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living (my review)
10. You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself (Review to come)
11. Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us (Review to come)
Slowly getting there, might be able to put this off1. Reading Lolita in Tehran (my review)
2. Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles (my review)
3. Occupation Diaries (my review)
4. The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein (my review)
5. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (my review)
5.5. The Bookshop Strikes Back (don't think it counts as a full book)
6. Death in the Afternoon (my review)
7. Golden Parasol: A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma (my review)
8. Murder in Mississippi (my review)
9. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living (my review)
10. You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself (my review)
11. Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us (my review)
12. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Review to come)
13. Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School (Review to come)
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Slowly getting there, might be able to put this off1. Reading Lolita in Tehran (my review)
2. Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles (my review)
3. Occupation Diaries (my review)
4. The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein (my review)
5. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (my review)
5.5. The Bookshop Strikes Back (don't think it counts as a full book)
6. Death in the Afternoon (my review)
7. Golden Parasol: A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma (my review)
8. Murder in Mississippi (my review)
9. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living (my review)
10. You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself (my review)
11. Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us (my review)
12. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (my review)
13. Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School (my review)
14. How Proust Can Change Your Life (my review)
Currently reading: Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
Hope to read next: Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad
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Those annoying subtitles in non-fiction
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Good luck for this year!
For me non-fiction is usually slow going compared to fiction. I think you have done great Michael even if you didn't reach your goal this time. Have you set a similar goal for 2014? If so all the best with reaching it :-)
Yeah I agree with Jennie, you've done an amazing job. Well done :)
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Books mentioned in this topic
You Are Not So Smart (other topics)Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School (other topics)
Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living (other topics)
Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad (other topics)
The Know-It-All (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Saroo Brierley (other topics)P.D. Martin (other topics)
Kristine Barnett (other topics)
Helen Garner (other topics)
Robyn Davidson (other topics)
Read so far in 2013
1. Reading Lolita in Tehran
2. Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles
3. Occupation Diaries
4. The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein
5. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
5.5. The Bookshop Strikes Back (don't think it counts as a full book)
Currently Reading
Death in the Afternoon