Nonfiction November discussion

This is a space to brainstorm this year's challenges (ROOT • PUZZLE • SAMPLE • FRAME). Feel free to give and ask for recommendations!

I am new to this, though I have enjoyed your youtube videos. I have some final quarter of the year nonfiction on my library list that may work out, if I understand the approach correctly...

ROOT - Teeth: Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America by Mary Otto - A part of the anatomy of a tooth.

PUZZLE - Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table BY Isabel Thomas - Illustrated by Sara Gillingham - The Periodic Table fits together like a puzzle.

SAMPLE - The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper By Roland Allen I record samples of literary works, recipes, daily life in my notebooks.

FRAME - Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera Art/Paintings within a frame.

Enjoyed your live video, Thank you!

Root: Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney
Puzzle: The Accidental Garden by Richard Mabey
Sample: The Language of Trees edited by Katie Holten
Frame: The Tower and the Ruin J.R.R Tolkien's Creation by Michael D.C Drout

Possible reads for my TBR in November

ROOT: Braiding Sweet by Robin Wall Kimmerer
PUZZLE: The Wager by David Grann
SAMPLE: A Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses at the End of the World by Gonzàlez Macías
FRAME: Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X by Deborah Davis

Rated 5 Stars

ROOT: Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz
PUZZLE: Gory Details by Erika Engelhaupt
SAMPLE: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
FRAME: The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

ROOT: The Nation of Plants by Stefano Mancuso - A book quite literally about things with roots

PUZZLE: Mutiny On The Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate by Jared Ross Hardesty - A historical mystery by a former history professor of mine

SAMPLE: Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City by Jane Stevenson - A book I bought in Siena and gives a thorough sampling of the history of Siena

FRAME: Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy by Julia Ioffe - This book reframes the history of modern Russia through a feminist and familial history lens

So excited that you are back with NonFiction November, Olive. These are my ideas for each prompt--from my physical and digital shelf:

•ROOT-
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (many roots in this garden. lol)

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Gibson, Lindsay C. (some our mental health problems are rooted from our parents)

• PUZZLE -
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Wright, Tom (solving a puzzle on a worldwide corruption and financial scandal)

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. by Sedaris, David (about a puzzling disease and many more)

• SAMPLE -
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Alexievich, Svetlana (this is only a sample of voices from there)

The Garden Cure by Jan Cameron (a way to improve my mental health that I'd like to sample)

• FRAME -
Jim Henson: The Biography by Jones, Brian Jay (his many creations framed my childhood memories)

Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire (a personal account of Cuban revolution framed by a child of upper class Cubans)

Neenee wrote: "• SAMPLE -
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Alexievich, Svetlana (this is only a sample of voices from there)
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if you are interested in oral histories - I really liked When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day - he also wrote The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

Thank you, Dee. I like oral histories. I'll look around for the books.