Tag Archives: nonfiction

Sunday Coffee – Nonfiction November

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Amanda

I’m not officially participating in Nonfiction November, or looking at the prompts etc, but for years I’ve associated November blogging with two things: NaNoWriMo and Nonfiction November. I’m not doing NaNo again this year – there’s a high likelihood that … Continue reading →

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Grandma Gatewood’s Walk, by Ben Montgomery (audio)

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Amanda

Emma Gatewood through-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1955, at the age of 67. She was a robust woman who trained by walking ten miles a day for months leading up to the hike, and who knew how to survive on … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Tohoku Daishinsai (Guest Post)

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Amanda

The following is written by my friend Chris Messer, who lived with his wife in the area of Japan where the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant meltdown happened in March 2011. When I read Ghosts of the Tsunami in … Continue reading →

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Ghosts of the Tsunami, by Richard Lloyd Parry

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Amanda

Subtitled: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone In March 2011, an enormous earthquake shook Japan. Afterwards, one of the largest earthquake-driven tsunamis swept over communities in the northeast part of the country. In this book, Parry lets the survivors … Continue reading →

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Fitness for Every Body, by Meg Boggs

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Amanda

Subtitled: Strong, Confident, and Empowered at Any Size I follow Meg Boggs on Instagram and enjoy her content for the most part. I’m not interested in the same kind of fitness as she is – heavy strength training and powerlifting … Continue reading →

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Down to Earth, by Monty Don (audio)

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Amanda

Subtitled: Gardening Wisdom This is a book that reads essentially as a gardening textbook or list of tips. There’s a lot of good stuff in it, but I’m afraid I didn’t get much out of it. First, since I listened … Continue reading →

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The Haunting of Alma Fielding, by Kate Summerscale (audio)

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Amanda

Subtitled: A True Ghost Story This is the tale of Nandor Fodor, a paranormal investigator in 1930s Britain, and Alma Fielding, a housewife under poltergeist attack. As tensions mount throughout Europe on the cusp of WWII, ghosts and paranormal occurrences … Continue reading →

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Wild, by Cheryl Strayed

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Amanda

Subtitled: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Four years after Strayed’s mother dies and her life falls into chaos, addiction, and loneliness, she sets off – without any true preparation – to hike a big chunk of … Continue reading →

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In Search of Elsewhere, by Steve McCurry

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Amanda

Subtitled: Unseen Images The cover of this photography book is so striking that I had to check it out from my library on the very first day I was let back inside to browse. The book is mostly made up … Continue reading →

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Leave Only Footprints, by Conor Knighton (audio)

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Amanda

Subtitled: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park After Knighton and his fiancé broke up not long before their wedding, he was searching for a project that would help take him out of his head while still allowing him to … Continue reading →

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