Monday, February 18, 2008
Monday Morning Meme
Non-fiction Meme
Melody tagged me for this meme, created by Gautami from My Own Little Reading Room.
a) What issues/topic interests you most--non-fiction, i.e, cooking, knitting, stitching, there are infinite topics that has nothing to do with novels?
Sociology, history, politics, the occasional biography.
b) Would you like to review books concerning those?
I do review them when I read them.
c) Would you like to be paid or do it as interest or hobby? Tell reasons for what ever you choose.
Probably rather not be paid for it--I have so much trouble keeping up with reviewing the books I read, and being required to do it would add a layer of pressure to the pressure I already put on myself to keep up. In addition, my "reviews" are strictly opinion pieces. They're not professional or critical reviews--something I have no interest at all in writing.
d) Would you recommend those to your friends and how?
I'm going to steal Melody's answer here: "Of course I will if the books are good. It makes me feel good to share some good books with friends. How? Through my reviews or better still, give them as a gift." In other words, I'd treat them the same as fiction books.
e) If you have already done something like this, link it to your post.
My nonfiction reviews since March 2006. Click on the links to go to the reviews:
f) Please don't forget to link back here or whoever tags you.
Melody
And to get this meme moving, you have to tag 10 people. I tag:
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Melody tagged me for this meme, created by Gautami from My Own Little Reading Room.
a) What issues/topic interests you most--non-fiction, i.e, cooking, knitting, stitching, there are infinite topics that has nothing to do with novels?
Sociology, history, politics, the occasional biography.
b) Would you like to review books concerning those?
I do review them when I read them.
c) Would you like to be paid or do it as interest or hobby? Tell reasons for what ever you choose.
Probably rather not be paid for it--I have so much trouble keeping up with reviewing the books I read, and being required to do it would add a layer of pressure to the pressure I already put on myself to keep up. In addition, my "reviews" are strictly opinion pieces. They're not professional or critical reviews--something I have no interest at all in writing.
d) Would you recommend those to your friends and how?
I'm going to steal Melody's answer here: "Of course I will if the books are good. It makes me feel good to share some good books with friends. How? Through my reviews or better still, give them as a gift." In other words, I'd treat them the same as fiction books.
e) If you have already done something like this, link it to your post.
My nonfiction reviews since March 2006. Click on the links to go to the reviews:
- Ablaze: The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl by Piers Paul Read (#5). Just what the title says
- Against All Enemies by Richard A. Clarke. politics
- Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald. current events, finance, crime
- Cruel and Unusual Puns by Don Hauptman (#15). puns and why they're funny
- Disease and History by Frederick F. Cartwright and Michael D. Biddiss. history, preventive medicine
- Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynn Truss. grammar
- Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman. essays on literature
- George Washington's War by Robert Leckie. history
- Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. history, sociology, anthropology
- The Sea Hunters by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo (#13). shipwrecks, and the search for them
- The Sea Hunters II by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo. ditto.
- Seven Seasons of Buffy, ed. by Glenn Yeffeth. essays about the TV show
f) Please don't forget to link back here or whoever tags you.
Melody
And to get this meme moving, you have to tag 10 people. I tag:
- Cajunvegan from I Read Banned Books
- Candy from The Gnostic World of Candy Minx
- Carrie from Salome's Corner
- Doug from Balls and Walnuts
- Mike from Dear J
- Moondancer Drake from Dreamtime
- Nicholas from A Gentleman's Domain
- PussReboots
- Tink
- Xakara from Storyweaver's Web
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You have to tag TEN people?
I'll do the meme (this evening, okay?) but the tag-ten rule is doomed.
I'll do the meme (this evening, okay?) but the tag-ten rule is doomed.
# posted by 
: 2/18/2008 4:31 PM
: 2/18/2008 4:31 PM 
Darla - that no surprise to me that you read non-fiction books :) And you've done good job doing the reviews on them too. *thumb up*!
Darla, thanks for playing. :) Your ability to read so many books (and of all genres) always amazes me, and I enjoy reading your opinions as I find most of them refreshing.
As usual, I babble incoherently (and tardily, I might add). Thanks for the tag, was much fun to think about what I read besides what's on wikipedia for the day.
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