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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

February 11, 2021 by Manimama 1 Comment

I had somehow read all around this book but never actually read it through cover to cover. I have an interest in true crime but also a very low tolerance for being scared so I mostly limit myself to podcasts and the occasional book. In Cold Blood was one of the recommended books on my library app, and as it is recognized as the book that began the genre I thought it was worth the insomnia. In Cold Blood is an exhaustively documented chronicle of the […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: in cold blood, Non-Fiction, true crime, truman capote

Manimama's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: in cold blood, Non-Fiction, true crime, truman capote ·
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Genghis Khan: A guy from a long time ago who was very important. I know some things about him now!

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

December 31, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

Ultimately I really enjoyed this audiobook. Audiobooks as a format really help me to absorb nonfiction books, particularly ones that I would normally have trouble taking the time to concentrate on. And this was a pretty fascinating book. I knew next to nothing about Genghis Khan, the Mongols, this period in history, or the cultures of the people who lived in this area. After reading the book I know a little! Firstly, Genghis Khan wasn’t even his name! His name was Temüjin. Genghis and Khan […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, audiobooks, Genghis Khan, genghis khan and the making of the modern world, Jack Weatherford, narfna, non fiction, Non-Fiction, the mongols

narfna's CBR12 Review No:195 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, audiobooks, Genghis Khan, genghis khan and the making of the modern world, Jack Weatherford, narfna, non fiction, Non-Fiction, the mongols ·
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Whelp, another dystopian book. But this one is a bit more hopeful!

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, read by Adam Grupper

September 4, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

This is a non-fiction book about what would happen to the environment if all humanity suddenly disappeared.  What would happen to all of our structures, the animals, the plants, and the oceans?  For the most part, good things!  Well, not the structures.  Most of them will fall apart, and fairly quickly without human maintenance.  Without people and power, the NYC subway system is a goner in a few days.  But the forests will come back, although perhaps not the same.  We’ve introduced many invasive species […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adam Grupper, Alan Weisman, Alan Weisman, read by Adam Grupper, audiobook, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Green, Non-Fiction

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Adam Grupper, Alan Weisman, Alan Weisman, read by Adam Grupper, audiobook, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Green, Non-Fiction ·
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Everybody effing read this.

Educated by Tara Westover

December 31, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

“Everything I had worked for, all my years of study, had been to purchase for myself this one privilege: to see and experience more truths than those given to me by my father, and to use those truths to construct my own mind. I had come to believe that the ability to evaluate many ideas, many histories, many points of view, was at the heart of what it means to self-create. If I yielded now, I would lose more than an argument. I would lose […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Educated, narfna, Non-Fiction, Tara Westover

narfna's CBR10 Review No:175 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Educated, narfna, Non-Fiction, Tara Westover ·
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Don’t let the cover mislead you. There are no grizzlies on the Appalachian Trail.

December 18, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

I added this book to my TBR the very first day I joined Goodreads in July 2008, so yes I do feel accomplished for finally having read it. And it was a good time! I was a bit worried based on a few reviews I’d read ahead of time that it would be dated, and it was a tiny bit (mostly in some jokes Bryson makes that read a little fatphobic to my 2018 eyes and ears, but would have been absolutely bog standard in […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Bill Bryson, humor, narfna, nature writing, Non-Fiction, read harder challenge 2018, the appalachian trail, travel

Post by narfna · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Bill Bryson, humor, narfna, nature writing, Non-Fiction, read harder challenge 2018, the appalachian trail, travel ·
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