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Non-Fiction

NJCher

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10. How odd ("neglecting" answer)

Reply to BlueIris (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 12:42 AM

Dec 2011

I am a nonfiction reader who has been trying to get myself to read more fiction, poetry, and drama. If I had to explain why I don't read more fiction, it would be an answer close to yours: I'm afraid of what I might be missing in nonfiction.

I've read three fiction books this week, though, and I am enjoying it immensely. I spent a huge amount of time browsing for writers I thought I'd like. That and a little serendipity did the trick!

Cher

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I've really been trying to make non-fiction a bigger part of my reading repetoir. [View all] BlueIris May 2011 OP

You could work through the Code of Federal Regulations struggle4progress May 2011 #1

What is it about non-fiction that turns you off? dixiegrrrrl May 2011 #2

It's mostly knowing that I'm "neglecting" my fiction/poetry/drama BlueIris May 2011 #3

How odd ("neglecting" answer) NJCher Dec 2011 #10

I did a great project in 09/10 to boost my non-fiction reading, and my history knowledge lazarus May 2011 #4

I did that too... ellisonz Dec 2011 #6

Here's one I love along the lines of your last selection. ellisonz Dec 2011 #5

I think you just need to find a topic that interests you tammywammy Dec 2011 #7

I find that if I read a good piece of non-fiction, it leads me to five more that I need to read. EFerrari Dec 2011 #8

And I keep on thinking I need to start reading SheilaT Dec 2011 #9

I recommend wallowing in history to start with. bemildred Dec 2011 #11

Heh. Good tip. BlueIris Dec 2011 #12

Herodotus, Thucydides, Tacitus, and Gibbon, for example, are all good reads. bemildred Dec 2011 #13

PS: Jacques Barzun and Samuel Eliot Morison are good too. bemildred Dec 2011 #14

*ahem* Neoma Dec 2011 #15

Hah! Love it. Looks like my bedroom. Only...with shelves. nt BlueIris Dec 2011 #16