tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post4390947102883132302..comments2024-02-02T23:22:33.356-08:00Comments on From Sarah, With Joy: Reading SupplementalSarah Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185278849400551014noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-34070331543586995852011-09-28T00:47:26.066-07:002011-09-28T00:47:26.066-07:00Raymond Carver's short stories (What We Mean W...Raymond Carver's short stories (<i>What We Mean When We Talk About Love</i> or <i>Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?</i>) are excellent. I've heard good things about Patti Smith's <i>Just Kids</i> about pursuing an artistic life, but I haven't read it yet myself. Obviously Hans Christian for fairy tales when you want something slightly less dark than the Brothers Grimm. <br /><br />I've been doing the same thing lately, branching out into non-fiction, short stories, and poetry. It's pretty fun; I hope you enjoy it, and share your recommendations!Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926811798176739307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-54333234439395998102011-09-26T17:59:48.270-07:002011-09-26T17:59:48.270-07:00If you want a really awesome nonfiction book, you ...If you want a really awesome nonfiction book, you should check out Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. <br />Not really the kind of thing I would ever have seen myself reading but it was amazing! Totally changed the way I looked at things. It will blow your mind! ;)Emily V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06566076791086296580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-37227857968528458502011-09-26T13:50:19.778-07:002011-09-26T13:50:19.778-07:00I definitely vote for biographies, but then I'...I definitely vote for biographies, but then I'm nosy.Sarah Tokeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273148070092101085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-44753866455965361002011-09-26T10:12:45.498-07:002011-09-26T10:12:45.498-07:00I really liked Sarah Vowell's Assassination Va...I really liked Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation but I know she's had other books out since. Not sure if they count as nonfiction or memoir but since they are about history I count them as non fiction. <br /><br />I also liked the Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman about the couple that were the Zookeepers at the Warsaw Zoo when the Nazi's invaded and all they did to hide people and keep people safe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226974782422398270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-18545676015400323122011-09-26T09:35:37.584-07:002011-09-26T09:35:37.584-07:00I'm trying to think of the non-fiction that I ...I'm trying to think of the non-fiction that I have read that didn't feel like work or a forced assignment from college.<br /><br />I read a biography about William Shatner. That was good because it had a lot of Star Trek stuff in it.<br /><br />Only other one that sticks out was a WWII book about Japan and how the education system in the span of a generation created an empire bent on war, then shifted to creating the most passive island nation in the world.SBJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457239074744509487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-5084530974092564952011-09-26T04:41:09.098-07:002011-09-26T04:41:09.098-07:00Go for it! It can't hurt.Go for it! It can't hurt.shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596621767297173021noreply@blogger.com