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I started this during #nonfictionnovember and just finished tonight. Hazzard details his life as an EMT and then paramedic, working for Grady in Atlanta. Naked strangers are the milder side of what's in this book, so if you're squeamish this is not the book for you! But while Hazzard lets the reader into the gory side of EMS, he is also compassionate about the community he served.

#NonfictionNovember was very successful. So many great reads. (Post 2 of 2)

#NonfictionNovember was very successful. So many great reads.. (post 1 of 2)

My November reads, not pictured is Hamilton: The Revolution, which I read in honor of finally seeing the show! I originally planned to only read nonfiction for #NonfictionNovember but I ended up being pretty balanced. My favorite nonfiction was Sally Fields memoir and my favorite fiction was A Very Wide Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi. Also I've read quite a bit of Becoming by Michelle Obama but I'm taking my time with it!

I'm always trying to read history not taught in school. The story of Ona Judge, who escaped slavery in the household of George Washington, gives another aspect of the founding of the U.S. This isn't as action-packed as the subtitle implies and there's quite a bit of speculation by the author, but it was a worthwhile read. Robin Miles is a great narrator. #nonfictionnovember

November turned out to be a month with quite a variety of reads, and I couldn‘t quite pick a favorite fiction. Zoli (for #LitsyBookClub) and The Eyre Affair are very different, but both so good! I was fascinated by The Art of Fermentation and look forward to trying more of the methods described. I was also happy to complete a few books for #NonfictionNovember, more nonfiction than in recent months.

#ReadingStats #MonthlyStats

#NonfictionNovember was a success! It‘s not all I read, but I did get 10 NF reads in. And my favorite of the month was a NF - Blackout by Sarah Hepola.

#wrapups for #tometopple and #nonfictionnovember

I read Jackie After Jack by Christopher Andersen and about 100 pages of Love, Janis by Laura Joplin.

Still have about 200 pages of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix left which I‘m currently trying to finish before getting back into Love, Janis.

A wonderful bookstore, a delightful book. Reading this was like returning to Paris for a few hours every night. #nonfictionNovember

#NoFemmeber #NonFictionNovember

I read this memoir last year & it wrecked me. I thought it would be difficult to have any #sympathy for the mother of a mass murderer but I did, in boat loads! Sue writes “To the rest of the world, Dylan was a monster, but I had lost my child.” And that‘s the heart of this memoir. A parent can‘t really KNOW their child, as much as we would like to believe we can. And this “monster” was still her son.👇🏼