Hello readers! It’s time for another Let’s Talk Bookish post and this weeks topic is all about nonfiction books. Do you read nonfiction? I do love a good nonfiction book, but they are never at the absolute top of my priority.
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Prompts: Do you read a lot of nonfiction? What is the last nonfiction book you read? Are there any nonfiction books you always recommend to others? What are your favorite nonfiction subjects to read about?
Looking back at my reading from this year, I have read 6 nonfiction books and I still have one that I really want to get to. I personally prefer memoirs when I read nonfiction, but I have journeyed outside of that a few times.
I don’t necessarily recommend nonfiction to people unless they were to ask. I know not everyone likes it and that’s okay.
One I will always recommend over others is The Librarian of Auschwitz. Not only is this book the most beautiful one I own, it is very powerful on the inside.
This is non a memoir, but more of a biography about Dita Kraus, who lived through the holocaust during WWII(and is still living). She was only 16 when she was freed from the Bergen Belsen camp, which she was taken to after Auschwitz.
I’m also sorry to anyone who has read this book on my recommendation because it is really sad. I mean, it’s a holocaust book, so of course it’s sad. But, this book made me cry at the end. It’s the saddest book I’ve ever read, to be honest.
The ones I read the most are memoirs. I used to hate the idea of a celebrity memoirs, but I really enjoy them now. My favorite is probably Yearbook.
I only recommend reading this if you like Seth Rogen and his movies already. He gives a lot of information about his life, childhood, and drug use, but also talks a lot about his movies.
I had a few this year that were celebrity memoirs. The one I really want to read by the end of 2023 is the other Duggar sister’s book that has come out.
I am not sure why, but I was so excited to read Spare and I do think it was good, but also learned some things I didn’t need to know. He hasn’t been treated the best in life. However, I can’t feel too bad fore someone who was born rich. I know rich people are people, too. But, I just don’t think their problems are the same as someone at my financial status.
Elliot Page’s book was rough as well. I am tired of learning things I don’t need to know in these memoirs like about Prince Harry’s frostbitten penis or in other memoirs when they talk about bowel movements or vomiting. Elliot Page’s book was similar to Jeanette McCurdy’s in the way that it was all about trauma.
I would’ve liked it more if I had seen more if his movies as he talks about that a lot, but it was still a great book and I hate how little the media talked about it when it came out.
Becoming Free Indeed is by one of the Duggar kids who is now an adult named Jinger. Jill has also now written a book as well. MY parents watched this show when I was a kid and I was so interested in seeing what her life was like after leaving the IBLP cult. She doesn’t talk a lot about the family, but does talk about how her frame of mind has changed since becoming an adult. It is honestly heartbreaking to see. I know the Duggars have been and are still quite problematic, but I am still intrigued by them.
What is your favorite nonfiction book? I want to read more memoirs by celebrities including Becoming by Michelle Obama and Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar. Britney Spears has one coming out next year that I will be reading for sure. I love nonfiction, but I don’t prioritize it as often as other genres.
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