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. 

9 comments:

  1. Great list with some original pairings! Nice. I'm really intrigued by the Oluo and the Vargas titles...

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  2. I can also recommend The City of Trees by Sophie Cunningham.

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  3. I never ceased to be amazed at the interesting topics people come up with for this prompt!

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  4. My favorite has to be the trees themed books. I'd throw Forest Bathing in there, too!

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  5. I definitely want to read The Understory and The Hidden Life of Trees. Both sound amazing!

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  6. I'm intrigued by the first & last pairings here.

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  7. Such interesting pairings, thank you for sharing.

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  8. I loved the Richard Powers book too. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Finally getting around to checking out everyone's links... I see another recc for The Hidden Life of Trees which Mind Joggle also mentioned. Here are my pairings if you have time: 2019 Week 2 Pairings

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