Week 8: Nonfiction

 Assignment 1:

The articles gave a good overview

Assignment 2:

Podcast: nice breakdown of nonfiction. I didn’t see humor listed….humor is also very popular area in the Nonfiction Collection.

 Assignment 3:

·         Travel (900s): Paris I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down by Rosecrans Baldwin

·         Food (600s): Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer by Christina Perozzi

·         Crime (300s): Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summer Scale

·         Medical (600s): Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry : Jon Ronson

 

Assignment 4:

Book Talk for Naked Pint:

Naked Pint is not just for “beer geeks.” It’s for anyone who has anywhere from a casual to obsessive interest in craft beer. Many other “beer books” take themselves way too seriously and are really just a boring list of different beer types. Naked Pint is like hanging out with your friends, having fun tasting different types of beer.  I’d recommend it to readers looking for a light, humorous read and extra bonus: you’ll become much smarter about beer in the process.

Excellent for readers looking for a fun travel/beach read.

Reasoning: it’s highly readable, entertaining and informative.

 

Book Talk for Suspicions of Mr. Whicher:

Suspicions of Mr. Whicher is pretty much like reading a page-turning historical mystery….except it’s all TRUE. At the heart of the story is the mystery of the Road Hill Mystery of 1860. It was a heinous crime, involving the murder of the child and up until the very end, you’re kept guessing on who might have killed the child. This crime took place right around the time when Scotland Yard was created, so you get the history of Scotland Yard and the public’s view of the Yard. Some saw them as “working class lads who did well.” Others saw them as “glorified rogues.” This case completely absorbed the public and went on to inspire detective fiction and so called sensation novels—what we would call mysteries.

 

Highly appealing to true crime readers who enjoy historical true crime but also major appeal for mystery readers and people who like “books about books.”

Reasoning: The subject matter and pacing would appeal to many mystery and historical fiction readers. I’ve known many readers who almost never read nonfiction but love this book.