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Last Bookspin of the year!!

I am trying very hard to focus on the first 10 on my GR list, this will take my TBR down to 2022! So I have set this spin up to hit those titles 3 different times (this might be cheating?)
Also have a few books out from the library, and Daughters of The Winter Queen is one I tried to finish for #NFNR but only got about a third of the way through, work has been a beast.

#bookspin @thearomaofbooks

#NFNR is over!

Did people get some non-fiction books read? What was your favorite?

I read 10 and my favorites were
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us,
Fuzz and the new King: A Life biography.

All three were excellent.

Not a great reading month, but better than October so I'll take it! 🤣

Bummed I didn't get to my Napoleon read for #BookedInTime but at least I got my nonfiction read for #NFNR in under the wire!

Whoa - it's A Lot! The writing was engaging, but there was so much repetition that honestly I skimmed a whole lot. The repetition was due to the many scholars tweaking of theory through the ages, and not poor writing.

I learned a lot, had some beliefs reaffirmed, changed my mind completely on some others, and had some questions answered; though now I have different ones.

All in all avery worthy read!
@ChaoticMissAdventures
#NFNR

A fun book about two young women biking through South America. They had a really easygoing relationship, and I enjoyed their sense of adventure.

How to review this book. It was extremely well written and informative, but so sobering. It looks at migration patterns mainly in the US of people after devastating natural disasters. I spent all month reading this because it was a tough topic.

I listened to this on audio and I don't think that is the way to go for anyone like me who doesn't have a framework for the era. I got lost at times and wish I had the book to go back and understand what had happened. The author stretched themselves a bit to make this book work, it didn't feel there was solid evidence to point to Napoleon and gardening so the entire book felt as if she led you through his life saying "look he was by a garden!"

Last few days sprinting to the end of November! Hope everyone is getting all those amazing Nonfiction books read for #NFNR

My latest tagged, also my book for Napoleon era in #bookedintime @Cuilin @dabbe

This is a fascinating book about the beginnings of the US Forest Service and our relationship with public lands. The scenes that describe the 1910 wildfire in Idaho are fast paced, and the background information about forestry is interesting.

This treasure was buried among the free books on my Kindle. It was a hard read, and really makes you think about the people who left home to find a better life that we celebrate on Thanksgiving and those that we refuse to help. This short book by Ousman Umar describes his journey from Ghana to Spain between the ages of about 13-17. We should all read this book.