Category: non-fiction
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Book Review: You Are Not A Before Picture by Alex Light
Where do I start?! This is a book I didn’t realize I needed to read until I began. Though I’ve been fairly fortunate not to get stuck in the diet cycle, that hasn’t taken away the feelings of inadequacy I’ve felt about my body for most of my life. This book is an eye-opener…
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Book Review: Tales from the Secret Annex by Anne Frank
It was wonderful revisiting Anne Frank’s writing. I’ve been meaning to read this since I read her diary in 2020…
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Book Review: Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
This was an interesting read given it was originally published in 1835. It offers an impartial point of view of life and politics in America at that time…
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Book Review: Yesterday, Today, and Forever by Maria von Trapp
Though this book wasn’t at all what I thought it was going to be, I was pleasantly surprised with the content I got instead…
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Book Review: Five Days in November by Clint Hill
I’ve read a lot of books about JFK and his assassination but none have made me cry as much as this one…
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Book Review: Michelangelo, God’s Architect by William E. Wallace
I distinctly remember first learning about Michelangelo in first-grade art class. My interest was sparked then and, up to now, I thought I had a decent grasp on his works and career. Apparently not…
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Book Review: We Had To Be Brave by Deborah Hopkinson
Lots of information here even though it’s geared toward a teen/younger audience. Great pictures, too, though I’ve yet to look through them all because I listened to the book on audio (I typically borrow the digital version from the library as well for highlights, otherwise I wouldn’t have realized)…
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Book Review: April 4th, 1968 by Michael Eric Dyson
I was disappointed that this wasn’t more focused on Martin Luther King Jr. I expected there to be talk about the repercussions of his assassination and the Civil Rights movement as a whole but was surprised the parts about MLK just skimmed the surface…
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Book Review: Every Man a Hero by Ray Lambert
It feels odd to say, but this was an endearing memoir of WWII. Perhaps it’s because the author was 98 while recounting this or it could be his overall positive outlook even in the face of mayhem…
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Book Review: Mystery at the Blue Sea Cottage by James Stewart
A roaring 20s true crime story? I was immediately intrigued! I feel like I’ve heard about Fritzie Mann somewhere before, but I could be confusing her story with someone else’s…