Nonfiction November- Week 2

This week's Nonfiction November asks up for pairings, a nonfiction and fiction, which is a super fun challenge (and is hosted by Sarah). 

Fiction: The Overstory by Richard Powers

Nonfiction: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

Topic: Trees, trees, and more trees! A lot of the same scientific concepts are covered in both, the nonfiction going further in-depth, with Powers adding a complex plot and fascinating characters. 

Fiction: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas 

Nonfiction: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Topic: As a white woman these two books were really important to me at a time where I was really diving into white privilege and trying to do my part to understand how I could stop being a passive bystander to some of the things that are going on in America. 

Fiction: Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle

Nonfiction: Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonion Vargas

Topic: Illegal immigration in the US; it's fascinating to see how Boyle's book, now nearly twenty-five years old is still so relevant today.

Fiction: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Nonfiction: How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell

Topic: These books are incredibly different, but at the heart they both feature a young woman of privilege who is struggling terribly and has to figure out how to cope.