Non-Fiction is a genre that I keep coming back to. This year, I actually hauled quite a few non-fiction reads. I thought that I’d share three non-fiction books that are on the very top of my TBR list.
Essay collections and short stories are two genres I’m desperate to get into. I’ve started a couple but I haven’t really clicked with any of them. They either feel too disjointed or short and I’m so used to consuming longer fiction that I need to ease my way into it. I’ve recently been getting into reading articles from magazines like “The New Yorker”.
The articles are pretty lengthy and aren’t the normal type of fiction I consume. Reading such thought provoking articles have me itching to find that same kind of satisfaction from a proper, full sized novel. The reviews for “The Anthropocene Reviewed” have been stellar. I don’t read much of John Green’s fiction but as someone who’s followed his Crash Course YouTube videos, I’m really excited to see how he explores earthly discussions in written format. I’ve heard nothing but good things so far and a lot of people have added this book to their favorite books of the year list so I’m pretty hyped to pick this up soon.
As someone who frequents a bookstore, I go in with the intention to pick up a random book that I’ve never heard of and fall in love with it. This is what I’m hoping will happen with this book.
Long story short, I was drawn to this book because of the cover and the description of what this book entails makes it even more intriguing. This book is a memoir of a female marine biologist who’s researching the deep ocean. As a woman who works in the STEM field, I do my best to make sure I support my fellow women in STEM so I knew I had to pick this book up.
I often compare space exploration with deep sea exploration and I always find it to be a chilling comparison. Space exploration is such a booming industry that’s government backed and gets so much publicity. So much of the government research and publicity is focused on space exploration when we have yet to explore the entirety of our own planet. The ocean is such a powerful and important entity in our existence and I think that it’s something the public needs to be aware of more.
I recently watched a video about Alvin, a submarine that’s been in use since the 1960’s. Seeing how much it’s explored and how decade by decade, it’s modified with the newly updated technology to go deeper and deeper into the sea. The scientists in the video were talking about how undersea mining is going to increase drastically in the next few years and the environmental effects of it can be devastating, especially since we know so little about the deeper areas of the sea. They were talking about how it’s a race between scientific deep sea exploration and the mining industry.
I think everyone needs a book to remind them they need to get it together and tell them how to do it. I found Brene Brown from her podcast and there have been a couple of episodes and interviews with her that have really stuck with me. The concept of the second act and overcoming it is a topic that I’m drawn back to over and over again.
I mentioned this in a previous post but our society puts so much focus on end goals and beginnings that we often forget about how to make it through the middle. I don’t know about you, but this whole year has felt like a whirlwind. It’s already late into December and it felt like it was January just yesterday. I’m hoping to get some inspiration and tips for self-growth from this book.
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