This is the year that I'll really get out of my comfort zone - I'll tackle non-fiction (I've always read it, but not to this extent) and I'll have a go at religious texts.
For the first adventure, I'll subscribe to Birgit's This isn't Fiction challenge, and opt for the Kindergarten level (...) - 5 books:
Charles Darwin - On the origin of species
Adam Hochschild: King Leopold's Ghost
Edmund de Waal: The Hare with the Amber Eyes
Simon Sebag Montefiore - Jerusalem
Mark Mazower: Salonica, City of Ghosts
For the first adventure, I'll subscribe to Birgit's This isn't Fiction challenge, and opt for the Kindergarten level (...) - 5 books:
Adam Hochschild: King Leopold's Ghost
Edmund de Waal: The Hare with the Amber Eyes
Simon Sebag Montefiore - Jerusalem
Mark Mazower: Salonica, City of Ghosts
Let me extend a warm welcome to the challenge! I see you already made your reading choices and picked some really impressive books :-) so happy reading to you then!!
ReplyDeletethanks a lot Birgit!
DeleteThe Hare with Amber Eyes is a great book, it is really interesting and de Waal is an excellent storyteller. Hope you like it! Good luck with the other books too - I always struggle to read non fiction so I should probably make more of an effort to read it as well.
ReplyDeletethanks - yes, I know the feeling ;-)
DeleteSounds really interesting. I've been meaning to read Origin of Species. Interested to see your review =)
ReplyDeletethat's the least provocative of the books...
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