Nonfiction2025

The Correspondent: A Novel | Virginia Evans

#ReadingRecap #MayRecap

Bingo! ✅
#BookSpin✅
#DoubleSpin✅
#Nonfiction2025✅
#SeriesLove2025✅
5⭐️✅✅ (the tagged book and Ordinary Time)

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 3w

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LeslieO

Early Morning Riser | Katherine Heiny

#MonthlyRecap #bookspinbingo

#BookSpin✅
#DoubleSpin✅
BINGO!✅
#SeriesLove2025✅✅
#Nonfiction2025✅✅
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✅ tagged book

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 2mo

shanaqui Nice work! 2mo

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LeslieO

Beautiful Ugly | Alice Feeney

#monthlyrecap #marchrecap

#bookspin✅
#doublespin✅
#nonfiction2025✅
#serieslove2025✅
5 ⭐️✅
Bingo🙁

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 3mo

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Singout

The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar | Franz Nicolay

bailed

The book description captured me, partly because of the ref to the #PussyRiots, which are part of the #Nonfiction2025 challenge, and mainly because of the idea of exploring the punk rock world behind the former Iron Curtain. However, while the writing is very good, I just couldn‘t stay with it. Too many deep dives into philosophy and theory, and not quite personal enough for me. Also, unless he loops back, the Pussy Riots are just peripheral.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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mhillis

We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility | Marc Lamont Hill

pick

The subtitle of We Still Here covers the main topics within: pandemic, policing, protest, and possibility. This book was published in 2020 and is organized in interviews format. The chapters Justice for “All” and Whose Violence? were especially powerful.
#Nonfiction2025 #BlackLivesMatter #MonthlyNonfiction2025
@Riveted_Reader_Melissa @julieclair

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Stacking! Sounds really good 4mo

julieclair The title kind of says it all, doesn‘t it. Sounds like an important book. 👍 4mo

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JenReadsAlot

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West | Blaine Harden

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Interesting and disturbing.

Amiable Looks interesting—and one that I can possibly make fit on the #Nonfiction2025 bingo card… 5mo

JenReadsAlot @Amiable Let me know what you think of it. 5mo

DogMomIrene I loved this book, especially how the author works in the context of North Korea‘s history. The audiobook performance was great too. 5mo

JenReadsAlot @DogMomIrene Agreed! 5mo

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LitsyEvents

Nonfiction Reading Power: Teaching Students how to Think While They Read All Kinds of Information | Adrienne Gear

Repost for @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

#Nonfiction2025 is here!

Around the world there seems to be unrest, division, and just generally unhappy populaces. So this year we will look at famous movements for change and of resistance, what drives people to push for change, why, and how.

🎶“Look what's happening out in the streets
Got a revolution, got to revolution”🎶

As always, this is a make it a way that works for you challenge...

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Amiable

Challenges | Serge Lang

My stack for the various challenges I am attempting to tackle:

1. Tolstoy: #kareninawinter, #chunksterchallenge2025 (848 pgs) and #fictionaltraveler (somewhere cold)
2. Dissolution: ##BookedInTime (Tudor England) and #fictionaltraveler (somewhere English)
3. Bourdain: #AuldLangSpine2025
4. The Cancer Factory: #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub
5. King: #Nonfiction2025

ChaoticMissAdventures Eig's King is so good! Very readable and it feels incredibly balanced. 6mo

Amiable @ChaoticMissAdventures I‘m so glad to hear that! 6mo

Tamra I really enjoyed Anna when I read it years ago! I don‘t remember the details, but I recall it was engaging. (edited) 6mo

Amiable @Tamra I‘m enjoying it more than “War & Peace,” for sure! 😀 6mo

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ferskner

The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 6mo

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 6mo

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 6mo

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 6mo

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 6mo

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 6mo

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 6mo

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 6mo

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 6mo

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 6mo

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 6mo

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 6mo

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 6mo

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 6mo

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 6mo

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 6mo

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 6mo

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 6mo

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 6mo

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 6mo

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 6mo

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 6mo

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 6mo

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 6mo

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 6mo

Amiable Wanted to add #ChunksterChallenge2025, #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub and #Nonfiction2025 (edited) 6mo

staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 6mo

ferskner @TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @Jess861 @Cuilin @dabbe @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @Texreader @AllDebooks @julieclair @PuddleJumper @MatchlessMarie @Lauredhel @Amiable @staci.reads thank you all for your help and ideas! I totally forgot about @LitsyEvents so thank you for that reminder too! I'll go through these and pick out a few. 5mo

Texreader So great to have you back!! 5mo

britt_brooke Joseph! 5mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

#Nonfiction2025 is here!

Around the world there seems to be unrest, division, and just generally unhappy populaces. So this year we will look at famous movements for change and of resistance, what drives people to push for change, why, and how.

🎶“Look what's happening out in the streets
Got a revolution, got to revolution”🎶

As always, this is a make it a way that works for you challenge, a little revolt is good for the soul after all ⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ and we do not all need/want the same from our reading. So Bingo, Four Squares, Coverall…. Whatever works for you. And you can pick a book specifically about the topic, someone related to, or any lightly connected book you want. Examples Below ⤵️ (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Earth Day and Climate Change books are plentiful, you can also read about individuals in the movement from Greta Thunberg, to Al Gore, to Bill Nye, but you can also read about nature, the earth, etc. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa March of the Mill Children was against Child Labor. Again, you can go straight to the topic, or a book that has children or about children, or a child‘s experience, or written by a child…there are some great books out there written by non-adults at the moment. 6mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa You can be as creative as you like, if the topics bore you or pulls you down, use your imagination….not up for the People‘s Revolution… maybe Prince and the Revolution are more your mood. Please have fun with it. (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #Nonfiction2025Template 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa If you need suggestions or to brainstorm ideas, just ask… the idea is to encourage a bit of nonfiction reading this year that‘s it. 6mo

ncsufoxes I love these prompts. My reading fell off last year & I‘m hoping to get back into my usual groove. I‘m a big non fiction reader 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ncsufoxes I hope it helps you and inspires you to pick up a few nonfiction this year. (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ncsufoxes my reading fell off really bad last year too, so I‘m also hoping to get my groove back 6mo

Singout Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for doing this again amidst your busy life and thank you for these amazing prompts! 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout You‘re very welcome, now find good books! 6mo

Deblovestoread I need this motivation to get to the NF on my shelf! 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Deblovestoread I hope it helps! We all need motivation sometimes 6mo

Singout Not to be a nitpicker, but aren‘t the Singing Revolution and Baltic Way about the same thing? Unless there‘s another Singing Revolution than what comes up quickly in my search? 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout same movement, different styles & dates. I believe one was more like Hands Across America back in the day and one Singing specifically. So more options for odd connections too. So similar to both lunch counter sit-ins, bus boycotts, and marches in the Civil Rights movement. I thought they both provided great connections for other reading choices & connections. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ my examples are definitely a give away that I am an American, sorry about that 🫠 6mo

Singout You don't have to apologize for being American, we need as many Americans like you as we can get! *Looking nervously across Lake Ontario* 😬 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout 😂 I read my answer and thought, wow, that is a specific country history centric example list. 🫠 (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout there are a lot here, and we glance nervously around too. (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Lizpixie 6mo

Lizpixie Thank you! There‘s been a lot of revolution in my country too, especially around women‘s rights and Indigenous rights. Not to mention the rest of the world. America is definitely not the only country that‘s had idiots in power.✊ 6mo

MallenNC Thanks for doing this again! It will be interesting to see what I can match up with the prompts this time. Seems like a lot of options. 6mo

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 6mo

willaful I seem to have missed this, glad I came across it now. I've read a surprising amount of relevant books this year. 2w

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