New Nonfiction Books!
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- My new nonfiction acquisitions!
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-Booktubers Mentioned-
Kazen @ Always Doing: / @alwaysdoing
Natalie @ Curious Reader: / @curiousreader
Doris @ all D books: / @alldbooks9165
Sarah @ Hardcover Hearts: / @hardcoverhearts
Stephanie @ That's What She Read: / @thatswhatsheread
-Books Mentioned-
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch: amzn.to/30bo1c8
This Book is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson: amzn.to/2NjwPHF
A Backward Glance by Edith Wharton: amzn.to/2BfVREA
Jane on the Brain by Wendy Jones: amzn.to/3hCwnSn
Forgotten Women: The Writers by Zing Tsjeng: amzn.to/2ALq3Y3
Ada's Algorithm by James Essinger: amzn.to/2Nj3ME5
Secrets We Kept by Krystal A. Sital: amzn.to/2Rlwiq7
A Simple Story by Leila Guerriero: amzn.to/2TgasGM
Retromania by Simon Reynolds: amzn.to/2FDf3Lp
Electric Shock by Peter Doggett: amzn.to/37DKp1u
A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker: amzn.to/3hEiFhJ
Vanishing Fleece by Clara Parkes: amzn.to/32zZXzS
The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney: amzn.to/2YbjJlE
Timefulness by Marcia Bjornerud: amzn.to/35FDoMh
The Planets by Dava Sobel: amzn.to/3d4AyTC
The Hidden Lives of Owls by Leigh Calvez: amzn.to/3ebSblP
The Bluebird Effect by Julie Zickefoose: amzn.to/2sXBAQp
My Penguin Year by Lindsay McCrae: amzn.to/35FSFeJ
The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman: amzn.to/3a69y63
The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy by Gavin Maxwell: amzn.to/3fvyDZO
The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams: amzn.to/35KiDxR
Dry Storeroom No. 1 by Richard Fortey: amzn.to/30Y7o5Y
The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing: amzn.to/2AAOOXa
Shark Drunk by Morten Stroksnes: amzn.to/36MPG5D
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn: amzn.to/3fvpvo0
Working Stiff by Judy Melinek: amzn.to/2YGWTBz
Lenin's Embalmers by Illya Zbarsky: amzn.to/2tcOGJB
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Oh you were so cute blushing over your 27 book haul. I just bought 170 books off book outlet during their new year's sale LOL! Only 2 of the 4 boxes have came in so I am waiting for them all to arrive to dig in! Thanks for the awesome nonfic recommendations. I definitely added a few to my TBR for november.
“Onto other fluffy things ...” What a delightful segue! 🐑 ⛅️
Haha, I couldn't resist making that one!
I used to dislike nonfiction until I started following you and now I’m obsessed!! Thank you for being unique and open!
Aww, you have no idea how happy that makes me!!
I love love love Tolstoy and the Purple Chair! Good pick!
YEAAA A Simple Story!! And Vanishing Fleece! Looking forward to your thoughts be they good, bad, or indifferent. I hope for good, of course, but I keep looking over my shoulder, waiting for the law of averages to attack 😂
I've read a couple more on the list including The Cloudspotter's Guide and Tolstoy and the Purple Chair. Working Stiff is my _favorite_ book by a pathologist! For some reason I only gave it three stars when I read it but it stuck with me like none of the other ones have. And if you end up liking it, the same wife and husband writing team is coming out with a medical thriller in a few weeks called First Cut... I usually avoid thrillers but I'm making an exception for this one 😱😂💕
Lol, I'm hoping we're immune to the law of averages! I think I remember you talking about First Cut in a video? Definitely intrigued by that since I do l like a good thriller every now and then!
@@abookolive First Cut did appear in a most anticipated reads for this month - I hope to read it sooner rather than later, so I'll report back!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for everything, and especially for listing out your recommendations the way you do.
Your hugely varied list is so compelling and fascinating...thanks to you I've just added 16 more books to my already huge list. :) I really admire insatiably curious minds! The topics/subjects you mention are so interesting, exactly the sorts of things which appeal to me.
Thank you for balancing BookTube with NonFiction! It's always passed-over!
It's my pleasure! Thankfully booktube is slowly getting more nonfiction readers - if you're looking for more of them to watch, I recommend searching for the Nonfiction on Booktube tag (I have a playlist of everyone who's done the tag here: ua-cam.com/play/PLCRHghOMpbJ6sjBAdAHBjBEMMVDDsO9kX.html).
Working Stiff is one of my favorite medical memoirs!
Really liked the Salt Path and Raynor is lovely Her walk ends just down the road from where I live. Shark Drunk is just mad. Dry Storeroom No. 1 is fascinating. Have sent you a couple of rec's via good reads too. Happy reading!!
We librarians also think you are awesome! :) I love Edith Wharton so much, one of her best works is a short story Souls Belated, it got me so hooked. Lenin's Embalmers sounds great, I saw Doughty's videos on Lenin and I felt like I learned and saw enough, but I really look forward to hearing from you on all these books :) 2020 is going to be awesome I can sense it
Hi Olive. Thanks so much for this video. The only book I've read is The Salt Path, which I loved: Raynor Winn has a new book out later this year. I've added Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, Jane on the Brain, Ada's Algorithm and Dry Storeroom No. 1 to my TBR list.
Oh Olive !!! what you have just done to my list of things to read ! It will be all your fault if I never move this year. Between you and Steve the goodies just keep coming. The very first thing I must get is the Owl book. I finally finished the last two books on my fiction and mystery genre. Both good but I am ready to get back to non-fiction. Have you ever read any of Mary Longworth's French mysteries? Well, mostly they are puzzles, but heavens it was fun with the wine, food, art. Thanks for all of these !! Lee K.
Haha, sorry about that, Lee (well...sort of)! I'll have to look into those Mary Longworth mysteries...wine, food, and art...all things I like! I was enjoying a gorgeous glass of sauvignon blanc tonight and it seems like a mystery would pair with that perfectly.
As a knitter, I love Clara Parkes! I keep forgetting I need her book, thank you for the reminder!
Olive, you find the most interesting Non Fiction titles! I want to read so many of these. That last one is definitely the weirdest with possibly the most intriguing subject.
Weird and intriguing is just how I like my nonfiction, haha!
I sometimes here her intro like "Hi guys, I live here"
And then I think "Yeah, living in a personal library is a very good idea!"
I want to read about 25 of these books! I have read Tolstoy and the Purple Chair. It's good, though my envy of someone being able to take a year off to read was strong.
I wish we all could do that :(
I'm so happy to have found your channel! One of my goals for 2020 is to read more nonfiction and having gone through a number of your previous videos I've added quite a few to my tbr. Out of the books you talk about in this video I'm planning on picking up The Planets by Dava Sobel. The way you explained it as a book that describes the solar system through pop culture caught my attention and made it sound really interesting.
Jane on the Brain and Ada's Algorithm I need to read ASAP. Read The Planets years ago. It's a great quick read.
I am going to get that cloud spotter, thanks for the recommendation. Also, I read the planets, great book.
27 titles in less than 13 mins., very efficient, as always, Olive. “Ada’s Algorithms” and “A Backward Glance” are two just added to my list. I have read a biography of Wharton but, not yet her autobiography. Your thoughts on “The Custom of the Country” and Undine Sprague’s self-serving forays through society is a video I hope to see soon.
As a human computer, efficiency is of the utmost importance to me, haha! Tentatively planning an Undine Spragg video as we speak...
I need Working Stiff. That sounds so fascinating and horrifying.
I got so excited when I saw you had a non fiction haul! Anyway I read Salt Path and adored it. Happy reading!
Not sure you saw this but this morning on CBS Sunday Morning there was a segment on Sy Montgomery and The Soul of an Octopus! You can probably find it soon on UA-cam!
Working Stiff is phenomenal, seriously such an amazing read. I had no idea The Ring of Bright Water as a book, it was one of my favourite movies a a child. The movie is lovely if you haven't seen it yet but I don't know how close to the book it is. I have The Dinosaur Artist on my shelf if you fancy maybe another buddy read after Mary Roach? I really want to read it but I'm so put off by the size, I really need motivation to tackle it!
I would love to buddy read the Dinosaur Artist! How about we read that one in February?
@@abookolive Yesyesyesyesyes oooh exciting
I have been wanting to read Retromania for a while now. A lot of these sound very interesting and I will probably have to add more of them to my TBR!
Thank you for showing me how enjoyable non fiction can be😊
Wow! What a great bunch of books. And you you told us about them so well!
Thanks!
Dava Sobel is a wonderful writer. I recommend her "Longitude," especially the illustrated edition!
noted!
Danielle P. +1 on Longitude! Sobel’s ‘Galileo’s Daughter’ is also worth checking out if you enjoy The Planets and/or Longitude. 🤓📚
@@foxedfolios Yes, I loved Galileo's Daughter!
Also forgot to add that there is a old film of Ring of Bright Water. I read the book and saw the film more than 30 years ago so I don’t remember much about either other than I cried at the film .....that said, I am full of tears for any film - happy or sad - involving animals, so I can’t remember why I cried! 😅 So just letting you know that there’s potential for it to be a snot-bomb! 😄
So agreed about Kazen's wonderful recommendations. I think Andreea has read The Salt Path as well and really enjoyed it, since I know that's already on my TBR. I'm looking forward to hearing what you end up thinking of it as well.
Thankyou for another great video. i am impressed by your ability to pronounce authors' names. I would be apologising for tripping through their names. I have read The Salt Path and finished it wanting more side stories and less tent and food stuff. Working Stiff was really good. I am so grateful that there are people who can work with our dead with compassion and care. From your list, I already own The dinosaur Artist and The planets and am now putting Tolstoy and the Purple Chair on hold at the library.
One of my favourite reads of 2019 was Insomniac City by Bill Hayes about his relationship with Oliver Sacks and New York City - Sublime
I look up the names first! Part of the haul preparation process...
I read The Dinosaur Artist and found it interesting. He handles the illegal bones exportation topic with nuance rather than black and white blame placing and humanizes the family of fossil hunters, which made the book compelling and eye opening.
Oh wow, I love the sounds of that. Even more excited to pick up the book now...
Retromania and Lenin’s Embalmer’s sound absolutely intriguing!! As always, great video and thank you for spotlighting the joy and wonder that makes nonfiction so enjoyable 😊
I volunteered at the invertebrate zoology lab at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History one summer. I'm glad that there is a book about the scientific work that goes on in these museums. Although I ended up leaving the field, CMNH is where I learned to mount insects properly for preservation and display.
Omg I love that you have exposed me to so many different topics within non fiction! I use to only just read non fiction on psychology and human development and now I have a whole list of NF on different topics!!! THANK YOU!
Your acquisitions look so interesting! I added a bunch of books to my TBR pile. The Dinosaur Artist looks especially good. The Salt Path is one of the books I hope to get to this or next month. I hope you read a lot of these books this year. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Why Olive?! I am trying not to add books to my list and now I have like 5 I wanna read. Great recs as always. Definitely interested in The Salt Path and Working Stiff.
I just finished The Dinosaur Artist. Being a dino lover I had to read it. I enjoyed hearing the history of fossils hunting, paleontology and dinosaur bones. The one thing I noticed about the book it was more about the history about Fossil hunting then about Eric but the best part for me at least was what went down the day the skeleton got auctioned. I have been trying to find video of it with no luck
Oh man, seeing that auction would be incredible...
I read Reading Tolstoy in the Purple Chair a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it - especially the support her family provided in her project. I just put the Salt Path on my TBR. I totally missed it - thank you.
Oh I know when to check my subscriptions 💖 What a wonderful Sunday! Although I know that I will need my credit card at hand because your videos have strong effect on me and my finances 😄
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My apologies to your credit card, haha!
I was sadly disappointed in Penguin Year but I'll be interested to hear how you get on with it. Of course my favourite part of this haul is the nature nonfiction (birds? mushrooms? dinos?yes yes yes!). The Salt Path is really good, I think there's a good chance you'll really like it!
Those all sounded really interesting. For sure going to have to come back and add a bunch to my tbr, especially the dinosaur artist, the jane austen psychology and the hidden life of owls. Can't wait to see your thoughts on these books in the future.
Books about books and Edith Wharton, no wonder I love your channel! I will definitely be on the hunt for her autobiography. I’ve read Tolstoy and and the purple chair and I’m always on the hunt for more books about books.
I both love and appreciate that you link your lipstick in the description box. I too am obsessed with Edith Wharton!! You should try her short stories sometime, she was a master. I particularly recommend her collection of New York stories, but her ghost stories are great, too.
I get so many comments about my lipstick colors, I decided to just start including links (when I remember), haha! I never knew it would be a point of interest on booktube, but I'm glad there are other lipstick enthusiasts here :)
Electric Shock sounds fantastic and I have added it to my wishlist.
If you end up enjoying the book on fleece, may I suggest 'Adventures in Yarn Farming: Four Seasons on a New England Fiber Farm' by Barbara Parry. A delightful book that I really enjoyed.
Thanks so much for the recommendation! (Also, I hope you're doing okay - I've been thinking about you!
@@abookolive I am, thank you. It's been hard, and I miss Dad terribly. But its helps some days to focus on other things and still do things I enjoy and know that its ok.
@@thebookishknitter I can't even imagine how hard it's been for you. I am happy to hear that you've had some distractions.
THIS BOOK IS OVERDUE OMG I NEED IT
Diane Ackerman! A great selection. Yes, she may become a fave author. She certainly is one of mine. (Just discovered your channel btw. It’s brilliant)
Why, thank you! Much appreciated 😊
A History of Opera! Awesome. As a budding opera buff myself, I need to read that one. I hate to toss another recommendation at you, but Vivien Schweitzer’s A Mad Love is an excellent, accessible (and much shorter) intro to opera. Happy reading 😀
HOW DARE YOU RECOMMEND BOOKS TO ME? Just kidding, of course! I'll definitely check out A Mad Love!!
I got The Secret Life of Bats & The Unexpected Genius of Pigs for Christmas because of one of your videos. I have read the bat book already, & loved it! 🦇🐖
When will we be able to view your series about literary heroines? So excited to hear this! As well as several of the nonfiction books you mentioned. I look forward to Sunday in anticipation of your book talks.
I did videos on Mansfield Park & The House of Mirth last year, so that's when the series (before it was a series) actually started. More videos will be coming this year!
Me before watching this video: my TBR will not going get any bigger
Me after watching this video: what I thought my TBR always grow bigger in this video
I’m sorry TBR but those book sound so cool
“The Mushroom at the End of the World” looks interesting. I just finished “In The Company of Mushrooms” which was very good.
I must read The Salt Path!
How funny, I just mentioned the mushroom at the end of the world in my most recent video! I love the sound of Planets, what an interesting angle to approach that topic from
FYI for your ever-growing, ever-evolving TBR list, there's a charming follow-up to 84 Charing Cross Road, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street. :)
I really enjoyed The Salt Path - hope you will too!
Can't wait to read it!
Forgot to say that I also just finished the non fiction about Ada Lovelaces' parents, her childhood, education and the big secret about Lord Byron that was kept from her. If my poor brain will give me the title I will share. But interesting to take a look backward on Ada as most of the books are simply her relationship with Babbage. This has convinced me to start at least a notebook of the things I read. Sorry!
You will enjoy The Salt Path, terrific read. Happy new year, kind regards.
Can't wait to read it! Happy New Year to you as well :)
Good morning Olive, I watch every one of your videos and all absolutely in love, I didn't read a whole lot of nonfiction, but due to your channel, I will be reading much more nonfiction due to your channel, have a wonderful day and please keep up your videos 😊🥰
Thank you!
Ooh! Intrigued by Jane on the Brain.
Ooh, I've been wanting to read Working Stiff
I like this video interested in the British museum one but many others sound interesting to . I like the animals ones to and Jane Austen .
My TBR list just got alot more friends ! 😁
I have heard you talk about Edith Wharton before , so now I think I will dive into one of her books. I think I will try Ethan Frome, since I have heard of this one before. Hope I chose well.
I've not read that one yet, but I hope it's enjoyable for you!
Retromania sounds interesting - I must admit I am a bit puzzled about how retro pop culture has been for the past 20 years or so. There's so little innovation and a kind of strange reverence of the past, so I will ceck this book out.
Half of the time I'm there with you in regards to the frustration over the lack of originality, and the other half, I like the throwbacks. Definitely an interesting concept for a book.
How nice and interesting books. I will return later to inspect them all. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
@@abookolive The Hidden lives of Owls and Cloudspotters Guide will be in my list. Since we live for 1960s Danish Lights, will Retromania will be obligued reading. Imposible not to buy. Loved the cover of Electric Shock and that history. Enjoyed very much.
Ask a Mortician did an excellent video on Lenin's embalming and the questionable methods behind it as well if you haven't watched it.
Did you ever get to read a simple story?