{"id":2071,"date":"2020-02-20T21:49:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T05:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:57:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T18:57:28","slug":"nonfiction-mfrwauthor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/20\/nonfiction-mfrwauthor\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes I read (gulp!) non-fiction #MFRWauthor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yes, when I read something outside my comfort zone, it is likely to be non-fiction. Why is non-fiction kind of weird for me to read? Because I love romance, thrillers, police and FBI procedurals, legal mysteries, all things that spur emotion. And let\u2019s face it, most non-fiction doesn\u2019t really make your heart jump or adrenaline spike. Or the heart go pitter-patter. But once in a while I do pick up a non-fiction book. But only when the subject matter really (really, really<\/em>) appeals to me.<\/p>\n

Examples? American Caesar<\/em> (William Manchester) was a biography of a complicated Douglas Macarthur. I\u2019d always wondered what the truth was between him and President Truman and why Macarthur\u2019s men loved him in WWI and seemed to hate him in WWII. Flags of our Fathers<\/em> (James \"IwoBradley) told the story of the U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima. This was a hard book to read at times, but my father-in-law fought in the Pacific as did my great-uncle, so I thought it was important. Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller<\/em> (Burke Davis) tells the story of the Marine Corps legend. My father-in-law was a Marine and you say the words Chesty Puller and practically every Marine in the room stands to attention. I wanted to know why.<\/p>\n

Do you detect a theme? 😉 I\u2019ve read a few other non-fictions recently, like The<\/em> Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/em> (Rebecca Skloot) and Undaunted Courage<\/em> (Stephen Ambrose). I have to admit, though, I only read them because of the book club I belonged to.<\/p>\n

I might be a slug for falling back into reading what I like, when makes me smile, and what makes my heart feel mushy. I probably am<\/em> a slug for \u201cgiving in,\u201d and not trying to develop my mind more. But you know what? I don\u2019t care. I read for relaxation and fun. No apologies, even though I sorta feel like I should\u2026<\/p>\n

What do you read that\u2019s outside your comfort zone?<\/p>\n

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dee<\/a>
\nBurning Bridges<\/a> by Anne Krist: old letters put the lie to Sara\u2019s life. Now, mending her past mistakes while crossing burning bridges will be the hardest thing she\u2019s ever done.<\/p>\n

One Woman Only<\/a>
\nOnly a Good Man Will Do<\/a>
\nNaval Maneuvers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, when I read something outside my comfort zone, it is likely to be non-fiction. Why is non-fiction kind of weird for me to read? Because I love romance, thrillers, police and FBI procedurals, legal mysteries, all things that spur emotion. And let\u2019s face it, most non-fiction doesn\u2019t really make your heart jump or adrenaline … Continue reading “Sometimes I read (gulp!) non-fiction #MFRWauthor”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1070,5,3,1],"tags":[353,1137,1136,1138],"class_list":["post-2071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-52-week-challenge","category-author-information","category-general","category-uncategorized","tag-dee-s-knight-2","tag-military-books","tag-non-fiction","tag-outside-your-comfort-zone"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wA33-xp","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2077,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions\/2077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}