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Subject: 2023 Choose some Memoirs, Biographies, Nonfiction

Date Posted: 1/12/2023 11:12 AM ET
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1. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides, 1//12/2023, 5 stars. This is a great read based on the jounals and notes left behind by the captain of the ship. Awesome. 2. Marc Chagall by Howard Greenfeld, 1/29/2023, 5 stars. Wonderful book with many examples of the author's work. I so enjoyed this read. It was written with love from the first page to the last. 3. Growing Pains: The Autobiography of Emily Carr by Emily Carr, 1/3/2023, 4 stars. Interesting memoir by Canada's premier artist. Written in simple language with short chapters. Chronicles the development of her art career. A most entertaining read. I liked it. 4. A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling by V.S. Naipaul, 2/7/2023 3 srars. The author traces and discusses for the reader the early writers that he read including his father, offering insight about those whose work affected his own. On the fly leaf the book is described as "part meditation, part re more...

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Date Posted: 2/3/2023 11:51 AM ET
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I didn't see this before, but went looking when you mentioned it in the TBR Too Long swap. I've read these books so far: It Was Me All Along: A Memoir Author: Andie Mitchell This was very readable and I even went further to take a look at the author's blog. Breathe: When Life Takes Your Breath Away Author: Angela Burgin Logan, Samson Logan This wasn't the best writing ever, but the story was interesting.In some ways it was like an infomercial on insisting that your doctor listens to you. The F*ck It Diet Author: Caroline Dooner Yet another Diet book that gives me some tips, but I don't trust the main idea. This one is based on Health at Any Size, which has some good points, but I'm not giving up on losing! I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a more...

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