Tag: nonfiction
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Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey
After reading Nagasaki by Susan Southard several months ago, both the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been on my mind. I saw this on display at the bookstore around the anniversary, and when I saw that it was first published in 1946, I couldn’t wait to read it…
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Book Review: Dr. Feelgood by Richard A. Lertzman & William J. Birnes
Earlier this year, I read Blitzed by Norman Ohler. My interest in that book led me to find this book, which follows a similar figure in the United States who injected well-known celebrities and public figures with an addictive amphetamine cocktail…
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Book Review: Pope Leo XIV by Christopher White
I wanted to love this book so much. Given how shortly after the election of Pope Leo XIV this book was published, I hadn’t expected this to be an in-depth biography. I did, however, expect it to be wholly about Cardinal Prevost/Pope Leo XIV…
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Book Review: Singing Through Fire by Lara Silverman
My heart has been filled with so many emotions by this memoir. Lara Silverman takes the reader on a raw and heartfelt journey through not only her own health crisis, but that of her husband, Matthew Silverman. It’s not the typical love story you tend to come across in books, which for me, made it…
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Book Review: Your Silence Was Never Empty by Rabih Moussan
More than prose alone, this poetry collection presents as a stream of consciousness — the rawest, most relatable stream of thoughts you can possibly imagine. It can also be considered a form of self-help through the encouragement that builds from beginning to end…
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Book Review: Fight Forever by J.J. McGee
Full disclosure: I know absolutely nothing about wrestling aside from whatever one of my best friends has shared with me. This same friend has a friend, and that friend wrote this book. So, of course, I’m going to have a secondhand-fangirl moment and have a great time learning about one of my friend’s favorite people…
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Book Review: I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You by Miranda Hart
Several years ago, I watched Miranda Hart’s sitcom from beginning to end and enjoyed it so much, but this is actually the first of her books that I’ve read. Like many, I’m sure, I was intrigued by the title and curious to know what she’s been up to in the last several years…
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Book Review: Conscription Reflections by Charles Palmer
I’ve been enjoying reading memoirs lately, especially ones that discuss events before my time. Conscription Reflections was a unique one. While the primary focus is rooted in the author’s experiences during the Vietnam War, he also discusses life in general leading up to and following the war…
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Top 5: Favorite Nonfiction Reads of 2025 (so far)
I’ve read a fantastic assortment of fiction books this year, but I think my nonfiction reads have surpassed those. It was difficult to build this list…
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Book Review: A Physician’s Memoir: Growing up in Mao’s China by JianJun Chen
I knew from the title alone that this was going to be an incredible story. I haven’t done much research on Mao’s China, but I knew enough going in to know that the author likely had the odds against him…