Book-A-Week Challenge: An Intro

If we're ever going to have that 1,000 books party, I gotta get to reading. The count is 939 right now [1]. Soon to be 943.

I read, sure. Articles, scriptures, dumb internet lists, fan meta...but my actual book consumption has decreased drastically. And I want to change that. And when better to do it than before we leave the major metropolitan we currently reside in, and I have access to their massive library.

So here they are, the books for August. If it goes well, I'll do it again in September.

1. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
2. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
4. Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life by Melody Moezzi

Yes, they're all non-fiction. I'm done fighting my desires. The heart wants what it wants and what my heart wants is snappy non-fiction. Reviews to come as I finish them, no later than the Sunday of the week. (I hope.)

#4 is a bit of a wild card - the others have been on my list for a while, but Haldol and Hyacinths caught my eye at the library with its lovely alliterating title and (less lovely) subject matter. Here's hoping.

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Bonus book is a re-read of Night Watch by Terry Pratchett.

xo,
Devo

[1] More, if you count all of Phony's books I've beta-read.