3 posts tagged “nonfiction”

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Since it has taken me forever to get around to reading this, I'm sure there are much better reviews out there than I will provide, but I always like to share my thoughts. Aside from a couple of overly lengthy passages related to hunting wild boar and mushrooms, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The subject matter is incredibly fascinating and written in a very engaging, personal way. I highly recommend it. It will make you think, no doubt.

I finished reading Encyclopedia of An Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal last night.  I thought it was a very cool book. She has a way of being funny, endearing, snarky, and bit wacky without seeming like she's trying too hard. She's unpretentious, and I really like that.

I'm still working on Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond. And I *will* finish that damned book, come hell or high water!

Next up, The Known World by Edward P. Jones.

I finished reading Magical Thinking: True Stories by Augusten Burroughs Sunday afternoon. That puts me 60% of the way toward my 50 book goal for 2006. Whee!

This is the first book of his that I've read, and I adore his sarcastic, mean, ego-centric way of looking at the world. I can only hope to achieve this in my own head, let alone in my writing.

 

Now I'm reading The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl. It's good so far. I've been on a big historical fiction kick this year, and I adore Poe, so it seemed like a natural choice. I'm also reading Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond. It is taking me a while to get through it, as I find it rather dense, but it is fascinating.