Oooh, I've heard of TWO TREES MAKE A FOREST, but I haven't read it. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the rec!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Pam!

Fiction will always be my favorite, but I do enjoy a good non-fiction read. I'm choosy about which titles I pick, though, because I want a NF book to be not just informative but also engaging. I'm so needy! LOL.

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I know! He was such a classy guy. THE ANSWER IS is a quick, entertaining read. It was just fun to listen to, especially the parts that were narrated by Trebek himself.

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Oooh, SIDECOUNTRY does sound interesting! I might have to give it a try as well. I'll be curious to see what you think of it.

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I'm glad you've found some titles to pique your interest. Let me know what you think of them and what other NF books you find that you love. I'm always on the look out for a good read, fiction or non.

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Well, we know what happened to the people of the Donner Party. Yikes! The others, though? It's super mysterious. You can see why people are actually considering that aliens and/or Bigfoot could be involved.

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It's not that I don't like happy and heart-warming books. I do. I guess I just like those kinds of moments within a more serious story, you know? And, yes, it's always good to know we're not alone in our reading preferences!

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As you know, I have a very soft spot in my heart for adoption. Adopting our daughter was one of the best things my husband and I have ever done. While I know those happy adoption reunions that we all love to watch aren't what always happens, they do make my heart sing!

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It is nice, though, that even more serious reads can have spots of levity and heartwarming scenes. That's what I prefer instead of books that are trying too hard to be funny or light.

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As usual, I totally agree.

I really enjoyed DEAD WAKE. It's very engaging and is PG-rated. I started reading THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, which is also interesting, but the true crime bits just got to be too much for me, so I DNF'd the book. If it had been mostly about the creation of the World's Fair with only a small mention of the murders, that would have worked better for me. Nevertheless, Larson is a great storyteller. I definitely recommend him.

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He's a great writer! I bought THUNDERSTRUCK a couple weeks ago. I'm going to try to read it before the end of the year. We'll see how it goes.

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THE ANSWER IS is a really quick read. It's very light and entertaining, not at all melancholy. You should definitely give it a go!

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Placing a baby for adoption is so hard, even if you are doing it by choice. My daughter's birth mom planned to place her from the get-go (and had already placed another baby a couple years earlier), but I'll never forget how sad she looked when it came down to actually giving up her child. Not an easy thing at all, even when you know the baby is in good hands and will bless the lives of another family.

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THE LOST FAMILY is super interesting. It's very approachable, too, so even if you know nothing about DNA and genealogy, it's okay. I hope you enjoy it if you get to it.

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He was a great man! And I really did love THE ANSWER IS. It's light and entertaining and not at all depressing. I hope you enjoy it if you read it.

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36? Wow, that's a lot of non-fiction! I haven't heard of any of these titles, but I do have a cousin named Jennifer Gunter—maybe she wrote a book I don't know about :) LOL.

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I'm so glad you recommended THE COLD VANISH to me! The book has really stuck with me because it's so fascinating and so haunting at the same time. The Trebek book is a great, quick read. ATOMIC HABITS is also a fast one, but it's very impactful. At least it was for me.

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It is a really interesting read on a lot of levels. If you're at all interested in DNA, genealogy, etc., I highly recommend it.

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Ooooh, BLOCKED ON WEIBO does sound interesting! I've never heard of it before, so thanks for the heads-up.

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The Donner Party book really is a good read. It gave me new perspective on what those poor people went through and definitely made me wonder what I would do in a situation like that. I'm a big wimp, so I probably would have just laid down and died, but for my kids? What would I have done to keep them alive? Who knows?

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I hope you enjoy the ones you choose to read. Definitely come back and let me know how they work out for you!

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I hope you find something to pique your interest!

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I have chosen well! All of these books have been really, really good. That never happens with all my fiction reading :)

The Donner Party book really is fascinating. Interestingly enough, I ran across a reference to those pioneers in a book I'm listening to about the history of my church. Brigham Young led the first group of Mormon pioneers to Utah in 1847, the year after the Donner party's famous crossing.

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I felt the same way about DEAD WAKE. Totally fascinating. It's the only book I've read by Larson so far, but I've got a copy of THUNDERSTRUCK that I'll get to eventually.

The Beverly Cleary book is a fun read. I have the second part of it out from the library right now. Just haven't gotten to it yet.

Same on the Donner Party. I knew about the cannibalism, of course, but the book gave a lot of insight into who was in the party, why they were heading west, and the circumstances that got them into such a dire predicament. Really interesting.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Katherine!

It's a really interesting read. I highly recommend it!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Wendy!