Hosted by Frances. Frances is a poet, essayist and reviewer. Her novel The Winchester Codex was published in 2024. She lives in London with her husband and Suki the Golden Doodle. Her blog can be found at Volatile Rune. It covers books she happens to be reading – both fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. She especially enjoys biographies of writers and artists.
Week 2 November 9-15 - Nonfiction Journeys - This week choose a book that reflects a journey for its author or for the reader or both. This can be a physical journey, an emotional, psychological, or spiritual journey, or a combination of these. Any nonfiction title that leaves its author/protagonist and/or reader in a different place at the end from the starting point is good for this challenge.
A number of my nonfiction reads this year qualify for this week's topic of the author or reader taking a journey. I chose Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Winn-Williams because in the beginning, she is gung-ho Facebook and the power it has to do good and make a difference. By the end, she is shattered and disillusioned. And I was furious. I like to think I was angry enough at Mark Zuckerberg, his cronies, and Facebook to delete my account, but I just can't do it. It is the way that I keep in touch with far too many people in my life. sigh.
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