I've realized through this process that I really only like - perhaps liked is a better word - to read fictional novels. Helter Skelter
is the first work of non-fiction that I can remember reading (aside from my university readings) in, well, I can't remember another non-fiction book I've read. Yet, in cruising through my book list, a few of the recommendations struck me by virtue of the fact that they are not fiction. My initial reaction upon noticing each of the non-fiction books was, admittedly, anger. Silly, I know, but my thinking went something along the lines of "Why would they recommend this to me? Don't they know what I was looking for?" Then, of course, it dawned on me that no, no one really knew what I was looking for, because I didn't explicitly state what I was looking for. I put a pretty loose request out there for book recommendations.
I'm glad I did. I'm looking forward to getting into these non-fiction books, and trying out some new things. Some of them seem really interesting, and really quite relevant. I won't mention titles right now, but you know which ones they are...
-Bryan
hey Bryan. This whole thing is such a great idea and as someone who recommended a non-fiction book, I can only say that I went with my first instinct. (But if I could go back and make a novel recommendation it would be Consolation by Michael Redhill, for many of the same reasons I picked Stroll)
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