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Trish (4 KP) rated Leaving Time in Books

Feb 8, 2018  
Leaving Time
Leaving Time
Jodi Picoult | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.9 (8 Ratings)
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I now know way more about elephants. This book was ok. I didn't see the plot twist coming, which was good. But I needed more story and less non-fiction.
  
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn
Taylor Jenkins Reid | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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9.1 (19 Ratings)
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Never a dull moment. (3 more)
Non- predictable
Great twist at the end
Best book I've read in a long time.
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A must read fiction of Old Hollywood
  
I can seriously recommend The Return by Hisham Matar and Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge. A great mixed bag of non-fiction literature in this year's Orwell Prize longlist.

The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. Here is the 2017 longlist:


The Seven: The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic

The Seven: The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic

Ruth Dudley Edwards

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On Easter Sunday, 23 April 1916, the seven members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood's military...

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

Hisham Matar

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 2017 Hisham Matar was 19 when his...


Libya Politics Biography
The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

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Read our exclusive author interview SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR...

The Marches

The Marches

Rory Stewart

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LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017. "This is travel writing at its best." (Katherine Norbury,...

The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives

The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives

Helen Pearson

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 ORWELL PRIZE 'Eye-opening, extraordinary insights into ordinary lives'...

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The Face
The Face
Ruth Ozeki | 2015
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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In this short non-fiction piece, Ozeki takes on the Zen exercise of staring at her face for three hours. Read my review of this interesting memoir here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/08/18/facing-three-hours/
  
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Mar 21, 2018  
I'm an avid reader, though my tastes have changed over time. I used to read true crime non fiction, but I have moved into mystery literature. (Though I don't typically read series.) I also love Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro.
     
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Louise (64 KP) created a poll

Jul 1, 2018 (Updated Jul 1, 2018)  
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What non-fiction should I read this month?

The unexpected truth about animals by lucy cooke

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Confessions of a sociopath by M E Thomas
The Octopus and the evolution of intelligence by Peter Godfrey-smith
The poisoner by Stephen bates

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The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Marina Keegan | 2015 | Biography
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Marina Keegan could definitely write! I loved loved loved this book, whatsmore it is a non-fiction. Marina was obviously a well loved member of the Yale community and always took pride and wanted to be the best at everything she did. Her writing is truly amazing and this book contains a few short stories that Marina wrote and they're excellent. My favourite story from the fiction part of the book has to be 'reading out loud'. The stories were all very different and realistic. The non-fiction part was equally as good and I think this is the part in which she excelled. My favourite was 'why we care about whales' I am a sucker for animals, however this story was very thought provoking and makes you think of things that you probably wouldn't have thought about before.

I definitely recommend this book if you want to start out with a non-fiction book.

It's so sad, this young girl had such a promising career and life ahead of her and then taken so quickly.