tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post5296427558863997829..comments2024-03-10T11:18:18.395-04:00Comments on bibliographic manifestations: Be/Ask/Become the ExpertMary R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468537883595941188noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-32006675592290203122021-11-21T13:59:53.353-05:002021-11-21T13:59:53.353-05:00What a great idea - I wish I'd thought of book...What a great idea - I wish I'd thought of books on writing!<br /><br />I loved Bird by Bird. I also read the Natalie Goldberg years ago, when I was in a writing class in St John's, Newfoundland, and the tutor (a wonderful woman) recommended it almost every week. I've forgotten most of it now, but I still have my copy and I think I will reread it (when?!)<br /><br />I cannot resist a book about writing, and have at least two shelves of them. One that i enjoyed was Maeve Binchy's Writers' Club - it's pretty basic, but she has such a friendly 'voice', and I frequently remind myself that when she first started writing she was still working full time, and used to get up at 5am to get some writing done before starting her 'real' job. She lived then in a small house, and her husband Gordon made her a sort of writing trolly that she could slide out from its alcove every time. I am all too good at the 'I don't have time to write' or 'I don't have my own writer's shed so I can't possibly do it' - Maeve managed it all and seems always to have stayed cheerful too. <br /><br />Two other books that I have but haven't yet read are Dorothea Brand's Becoming A Writer and Scarlett Thomas's Monkeys with Typewriters, both of which were recommended so often that I bought my own copies (and that, of course, is a far as I've got...)<br /><br />Thanks for such an interesting list.Rosemary Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284340669326721343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-6868617709455307192021-11-20T18:06:11.433-05:002021-11-20T18:06:11.433-05:00Those sound like great themes, unfortunately, I ca...Those sound like great themes, unfortunately, I can't think of books I would have read to fit.<br />Here is my post: https://wordsandpeace.com/2021/11/15/nonfiction-november-2021-expert-on-graphic-nonfiction/Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426924864218623976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-77681438182717253762021-11-20T09:49:55.089-05:002021-11-20T09:49:55.089-05:00Bird by Bird is SO good! It's a book I go back...Bird by Bird is SO good! It's a book I go back and read parts of fairly often, mostly just for encouragement that this life thing can be handled.Mary R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12468537883595941188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-33240117279987918382021-11-19T15:34:08.124-05:002021-11-19T15:34:08.124-05:00I've read (and loved!) both Bird by Bird and W...I've read (and loved!) both Bird by Bird and Writing Down the Bones, but I haven't read Making a Literary Life. Going to get a Kindle sample of it right now!...Lisa notes...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07103364395238899215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-76328908177502270862021-11-18T23:13:01.578-05:002021-11-18T23:13:01.578-05:00I love that you featured books on writing because ...I love that you featured books on writing because I was so close to using that as my topic as well this week. However, I'm almost embarrassed by how long Bird by Bird has been sitting on my bookshelf ... maybe by next Nonfiction November!Christopher @ Plucked from the Stackshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788297278852650246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-29244837648774504202021-11-17T02:58:49.552-05:002021-11-17T02:58:49.552-05:00I just read Women to the Front by Heather Sheard a...I just read Women to the Front by Heather Sheard and Ruth Lee about the Australian women doctors who volunteered during WWI which I found very interesting, especially as I had no idea there were any.<br />Thanks for sharing your listsshelleyrae @ book'd outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888977858862922561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-33644871477089176362021-11-16T18:24:37.641-05:002021-11-16T18:24:37.641-05:00Thanks for the suggestions!Thanks for the suggestions!Mary R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12468537883595941188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-86883000466997802672021-11-16T18:19:38.413-05:002021-11-16T18:19:38.413-05:00I read Paris 1919 this past year, about the peace ...I read Paris 1919 this past year, about the peace conference, and was planning to look for a Wilson bio as a followup. Thanks for the suggestion!Mary R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12468537883595941188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-24342792627170361022021-11-16T10:05:21.642-05:002021-11-16T10:05:21.642-05:00I just read Guns of August, and it was like being ...I just read Guns of August, and it was like being there during the early days of the war.<br /><br />I love Bird by Bird and Writing Down the Bones. I will look for Making a Literary Life.Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-84697350501523403602021-11-16T04:23:02.445-05:002021-11-16T04:23:02.445-05:00I read Bird by Bird for the first time this year a...I read Bird by Bird for the first time this year and absolutely loved it! I also really liked Annie Dillard's A Writing Life.<br /><br />For World War I, there's a book I loved that's kind of peripheral, or exploring the lead-up to the war - 1913: The Year Before the Storm, by Florian Illies. It's really unusual, kind of sketches and fragments that show the changes that were happening then. It's really interesting and great nonfiction in translation!Renniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019927663075277606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120112249574123729.post-14227912970723386632021-11-16T01:27:49.435-05:002021-11-16T01:27:49.435-05:00I've not read any books on writing for a while...I've not read any books on writing for a while, but these are great suggestions. I like that they are about how to live a good life too (another form of "writing" or story-creation after all).<br /><br />About World War I, I can recommend a book I read this year: The Moralist, a biography of Woodrow Wilson that went into great and eye-opening detail about his role in the peace conference that proved so disastrous for later history. He was a pivotal figure that we tend to not hear much about in detail, so this was really a revelation for me.<br /><br />Happy NonFicNov!Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.com