Nonfiction November is officially underway! This week’s survey-style look at “Your Year In Nonfiction” is hosted by Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness. Take a look back at your year of nonfiction and reflect on the following questions – What was your favorite nonfiction read of the year? As I was preparing this post, I was somewhat taken aback to discover I’ve only reviewed about a dozen nonfiction books on the blog this year. I expect to […]
On Immunity: An Inoculation Eula Biss Graywolf Press (September 2014), Hardcover (ISBN 1555976891 / 9781555976897) Nonfiction: Social sciences, 216 pages Source: ARC from publisher at Book Expo America 2014 On Immunity: An Inoculation, Eula Biss’ exploration of illness and vaccination filtered through a mother’s concerns for her young son, was one of only two works of nonfiction selected as “Buzz Books” at Book Expo America 2014. It’s absolutely worthy of that attention. The childhood immunizations that […]
I’m not sure that posting these “Sunday Salon” updates so late in the day on Sunday catches as many dedicated Sunday Salon readers as morning posts do, but since I usually have more time to write them on Sunday, I think may keep to this schedule for now. Bonus: I almost get to count these for Monday, too, since I know most of y’all won’t see them until then anyway. What I’m reading in print […]
