The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Yet another month of awesome Non-Fiction

This month's topic is: Autobiography/Memoir.

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Dora's World Literature Group Read nomination, Infidel, fits perfectly for both the World Literature challenge and the Nonfiction challenge, so I'll be reading that in March. It looks amazing.

Just finished read An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earthan autobiography by Col. Chris Hadfield.
Well worth reading if you have any interest in space travel.

I'm reading The Glass Castle, then I'll read Long Walk to Freedom. I also hope to read/listen to Madam Secretary: A Memoir by Madeleine Albright.

Right now I'm considering...

- Long Walk to Freedom
- The Big Sea
- Out of Africa

Out of Africa is wonderful!

Thank you for the recommendation. I read it many years ago and found it so, as well. I really hope to squeeze a reread into this month.

I'm reading H is for Hawk. Not sure how I feel about it so far. I just can't really get in to it.
Memoir is one of my favourite genres so I'll probably be able to read more than one for this month which I haven't been able to do so far.

I'm reading H is for Hawk. Not sure how I feel about it so far. I just can't really get in to it.
Memoir is one of my favourite genres so I'll probably be able to read more than one for this month which I haven't been able to do so far.

I thought I will add a couple of more options that will cater to different reading tastes.
I have finished 2 books for this month's challenge: Night by Elie Wiesel, an account of WWII Nazi concentration camps survival and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson, a funny memoir of growing up in America during the 50s. They are obviously diametrically opposed as far as content is concern, but I thoroughly enjoyed both and rated them 4 stars each.

I read Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography. It was a good read. I enjoyed reading about her musical accomplishments.

I finished H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald. I'm glad I stuck with it because I wasn't enjoying it much at first.

I hope it is not seen as self-promotion, but I'd really like you to read the biography I have written Portrait of a Secret Agent who Knew Kim Philby and post a review. If you have similarly published a biography, I'd be particularly pleased to hear from you. Would you consider a review swap?