Comments on: Non-fiction November: Book Pairings

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 04:54:53 +0000

Hopefully they’ll do this again next year, because it’s been a really fun event I’m doing some non-fiction challenges that are listed on my 2013 challenge page and hopefully those will go on next year. I’m pondering the idea of running one myself as well, since I still feel like there isn’t a challenge that’s exactly what I’m looking for.

By: Claire (BWB)

Claire (BWB) — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:50:09 +0000

Are you doing a NF challenge for 2014? Or do you know of any NF challenges?

By: Claire (BWB)

Claire (BWB) — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:49:49 +0000

HOW did I not KNOW ABOUT THIS?! I love your pairing btw, I am googling them now. I’ve gotten more into NF by being back in school, but I’m noticing a difference between pop-culture NF (or fun NF as I call it) and academic NF that makes me want to gauge my poor eyes out.

By: RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book

RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:50:37 +0000

I completely agree. I mean, its not every post that keeps me thinking for hours afterwards, especially one about romance???? So you did a great job with this one.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 01:21:13 +0000

Thanks Rebecca Romance and non-fiction are very different genres, so it’s pretty cool that there’s still a connection to be made between the two.

By: RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book

RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 00:43:38 +0000

I was actually thinking about your post later on today, after I commented. I think that this post is more than fabulous, mainly because it is a romance. How many romance readers read nonfiction??? Probably few. So this post is awesome because you’re taking a genre that most people wouldn’t necessarily lends well to NF and did just that: pair an NF with an F!

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:36:12 +0000

I agree! I love both fiction and non-fiction, but I enjoy spreading the word about non-fiction more because I feel like it so often gets an undeservedly bad rap. Recommending books that pair well with fiction or that read like fiction (or both!) seems like a great way to introduce other people to the genre

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:35:02 +0000

Oh, in the case, I would also highly recommend The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England. It included so many little details about life in that time, it gave me a whole new perspective on what it would have been like to actually live in that time period

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:33:54 +0000

Wonderful! I love learning the actual history behind historical fiction and I hope you enjoy it too

By: joyweesemoll

joyweesemoll — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 20:19:33 +0000

Everything I know about the Regency period came from regency romances — I really ought to learn some actual history some time. Putting both of these books on my TBR, thanks!