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Nonfiction November is right around the corner. Bookworms all over the world will spend a month reading nonfiction. Are you planning your reading list? Are you hyping your favorite books so everybody reads them? Today, I'm doing both.

I wanted to do a nonfiction Q&A, but that requires more brain power and human interaction than I'm capable of right now. So . . . I invented my own questions. And then I answered them. If you need content, feel free to steal these questions and answer them yourself.

I guess this is a tag post? Did I invent a tag? Do tags still exist?

Let's Build A Nonfiction Reading List Tag

An unread book you're excited to read?

I'm going to cheat and choose two books. Every time we get to Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year/Etc. season, I wish I knew more about the origins of holidays. I want to read Trick Or Treat?: A History Of Halloween by Lisa Morton and The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career And Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford.

An unread book that's been on your to-be-read list for way too long?

Ask The Past: Pertinent And Impertinent Advice From Yesteryear by Elizabeth P. Archibald. I think this book has been on my to-be-read spreadsheet for a decade. I don't know why I haven't read it because it's a quirky history book. I love quirky history books!

An unread book you recently bought or added to your to-be-read list?

The newest addition to my list is The Ship Beneath The Ice: The Discovery Of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound. Another history book. It's about the search for a ship that sank off the coast of Antarctica in 1914.

An unread book about a new-to-you subject?

The overwhelming majority of the books on my to-be-read list are about nature or history. However, I would like to read Genius Gut: The Life-Changing Science Of Eating For Your Second Brain by Dr. Emily Leeming. My diet is terrible. I'm curious about all the critters that live in my guts and what they wish I'd eat. (I'm not making the critters any promises. They'll have to cope with me eating another nacho platter.)

An unread book that will deepen your knowledge of a favorite subject?

The Quiet Damage: QAnon And The Destruction Of The American Family by Jesselyn Cook. I've read several books about conspiracy theories and why people believe them. Also, my parents live deep inside the Fox News Cinematic Universe. That place gives birth to all kinds of bizarre stuff. Conspiracy theories will always get my attention.

A book you read years ago and still think about?

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson. I read this book ten years ago, and it still helps me get through every workday. If you work with the public, then you know that some people try extremely hard to ruin your day and make you miserable. Jenny Lawson writes about being furiously happy out of spite. You don't have to let people or situations drag you down. Don't give them what they want.

A book you were assigned to read in school and didn't hate?

For my 12th grade American Lit class, we read In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. It didn't suck! This is the book that's given credit for starting the modern true crime genre. It's about four murders that happened in a small Kansas town in 1959. The author chronicles the investigation and the trial of the accused murderers. I found it fascinating. It made me want to read more true crime.

A book that gave you strong emotions?

Emotions aren't my thing. Other than curiosity about what happens next, I don't usually feel anything while reading. Is injustice an emotion? I did not appreciate how Henrietta Lacks and her family were treated in The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. It's about a woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge and used for medical research. Huge medical breakthroughs have been made using these cells, but Henrietta's family is living in poverty. The story raises a bunch of ethical questions about medical consent and who makes money from research advancements.

A book you want to reread?

I would like to reread a few self-help books. I think I would get more out of them the second time around. They have so much information that it's difficult to absorb it all. The top books on my priority list are The Myth Of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing In A Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté, and How To Know A Person: The Art Of Seeing Others Deeply And Being Seen by David Brooks.

A book that could spark a great discussion?

You already know I enjoy a good conspiracy theory. Since I spent years obsessing over the Dyatlov Pass mystery, I'm going to say Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story Of The Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar. In the 1950s, nine Russian college students went on a ski trip in the Ural Mountains. When they didn't come home from the trip, a search and rescue mission was launched. The students were all found dead. It appeared that they had cut a hole in their tent and fled from something in the middle of the night. I have my own theory about what happened to the students, and I love hearing other people's theories.

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