Show notes:

We don’t talk about nonfiction books quite as much on this show, but today’s episode will remedy that. We’ve got memoir, travel, true crime, self-help, and more on the agenda for today. There’s just something fascinating about reading real life stories and being a fly on the wall for celebrity gossip and big world events. Maybe we’re just nosy? 

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• Books mentioned*:
• • Add to your bookshelf immediately:
  • • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
    • When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O’Neal
  • Memoir recommendations:
  • • A Promised Land by Barack Obama
    • Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
    • wow, no thank you by Samantha Irby
    • Know My Name by Chanel Miller
    • Becoming by Michelle Obama
    • Educated by Tara Westover (this is the article Mia mentioned)
    • Open Book by Jessica Simpson
    • Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
  • Adventure/Travel recommendations:
  • • A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
    • Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troost
    • Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
    • Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
    • Wild by Cheryl Strayed
  • True crime recommendation:
  • • I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
  • Self-help recommendations:
  • • Try Softer by Aundi Kolber
    • The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
    • Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
  • Miscellaneous Nonfiction recommendations:
  • • Suffering is Never for Nothing by Elisabeth Elliott
    • Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman
  • Nonfiction TBR:
  • • This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Phillips 
    • The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

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