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You're plowing through your NF November books at a good pace, Fred! 👍 I've never been a fan of 'Phantom of the Opera' (so many reasons!), but I'm really interested to know what you think of Haskell's 'Forest Unseen' after you've read it. I've heard quite a few (very) different takes on this book and the author's writing style. As for me, I should be done with 4 of my NF Nov books by Saturday - hoping to get to a couple more before the end of the month. 😊 *Loving* 'The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos' so far - 75% through it. ❤ ~ Kim

Enjoying these weekly updates!

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Funny farm sounds very intriguing I need to keep my eye out for this one so I can read it!

I've been meaning to get to Zalesky for a while now. Forest Unseen will pick up even though he has his literary tangents lol. It gets into the nitty gritty of nature at some points. Great vid Fred

Funny Farm sounds like a great read. My reading week is going pretty well. I haven't completed any books yet. I am currently reading (more accurately listening) to All Hallows. I need to finish reading it today as I borrowed it on Hoopla and it returns automatically if I don't finish it today

So many great videos from you this month! And so much reading! As per the first book, you should read Sy Montgomery’s memoir in 13 animals - How to Be A Good Creature!

Still have trauma from Where the Red Fern Grows when it comes to a dog dying and that was almost 25 years ago. Still Funny Farm sounds interesting and I’ll have to add it to the list. Plus it reminds me of the Chevy Chase film. I finished Reaching for the Moon, and was very enjoyable hope to have a full review out by Monday.

I would of had that book down too 😭 but it does sound like a good book❤

Continuing with the fluffy Phantom, eh? 😂 Well, perseverance is a good thing! Funny Farm sounds interesting, and I have to applaud the woman's sense of mission. Growing up on a farm where I quickly learned the practical realities of caring for multiple animals as well as the likely prognosis in certain veterinary situations, I almost had to maintain at least some psychological distance from the animals. It sounds like she really throws herself into caring for each new arrival as an individual. Commendable, but I would think it gets exhausting over the long haul. The Forest Unseen sounds almost like that ecology experiment I had to do in high school, but carried out over a much longer time. And I'm sure the author has access to much better investigative equipment than I did. 😁 But it is always interesting to get down and study all the tiny arthropods, molluscs, worms, protists, and such that live among the roots in the soil -- nevermind all the bacteria and fungi. It really does feel almost like a seperate "world" unto itself. Have a good one!

Funny Farm sounds like a good one to add to the list. You sold me Fred!

Now I’m imagining Phantom of the Opera with Scooby Doo. This is your fault.

oooo some cool possibilities! I am loving Nonfiction November! My possibilities are mostly psychology and one book called Monsters: What do we do with great art by bad people? that one inspired me to do a whole video about it. It's a very interesting read!

I have The Forest Unseen on my shelves but haven’t gotten to it yet. I’ll be interested to hear what you think.

I have only read a couple pages this week so far - I was on a road trip all weekend and currently playing in some sport rec leagues in my city to beat the winter blues, so reading time has been limited. Hopefully I can finish some of the medieval history books I have out from the library later this week. Great video as always! The Forest Unseeen seems really interesting, and something one could replicate with a big enough backyard.

I finally finished my first book this month. I need to finish the second book. Then, I'm not sure if I'll start two books at a time or just one.

I'm about an hour away from finishing The conclave by Robert Harris. It's alternating between edge-of-your-seat thrilling and a pulling-my- hair- out state with all the prolonged suspense. I recently finished Code breaker by Isaacson. It taught me a lot and I enjoyed the simplicity of his writing. But I don't think the book had one purpose in mind. It meandered from genes to gene editing , to Doudna and her life to James Watson's life and sad retirement and the politics of research paper publication. It gave insights on all aspects of science but the book suffered in literary merit for all these tangents.

What an interesting selection of books here, Fred! I've read about half of them, and my favorites are 'Lab Girl' (really good!) and the Earthworm book, 'The Earth Moved,' by Amy Stewart. I actually love *every* non-fiction book written by Amy Stewart thus far, and there are a lot of them! And yes, worm castings are extremely important and beneficial to our gardens! (Amy Stewart has also written fiction - a series of seven books based on the fascinating Kopp sisters.) I'm currently reading 'Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues,' and while I'm thoroughly enjoying it (the world history is fantastic!), I do find myself wanting a deeper dive into the science side of the plagues. The intro of this book was all about bacteria and viruses, but I need more! Soooo... your review has convinced me I need to pick up 'I Contain Multitudes' by Ed Yong. I loved 'Immense World' by him, so I know this earlier book (2016) will be an enlightening read, too. Thanks for sharing! ❤

"What ghost wants a footstool"? LOL. Funny Farm sounds amazing; I really hope to give that a try one of these days! Sounds like an entertaining week of reading at the very least :P I'm reading two really good non-fiction espionage novels right now. One is called The Spy and the Traitor by Ben McIntrye (doing the audiobook for that) and the other is A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Burnell - she was an American spy during World War II, and the remarkable thing about her was how successful of a spy she was and everything she was able to do, while also having a prosthetic leg - amazing! These both count for Dr. No-Vember, Historathon and Non-fiction November, whoohooo. :D Hope you have a nice week!

Not big on Non-fiction but keep trying to get myself into them as I use to read them as a teen, books about crimes and criminals anyway lol. That Lost City one sounds interesting. You always make non-fiction sound interesting lol. I am currently listening to Birds Aren't Real it's a NF book about a conspiracy theory of the government killing of birds to make robot spy birds, it's kind of making fun of the theory while making you question each bird you see lol.

Great video Fred. Finished God a biography by Jack Miles this last week. This week i am working on Stiff by Mary Roach, about the curious lives of human cadavers. Enjoying both my NF reads!

Great video Fred! Very interesting books. Really enjoyed the brief insights from you on each book! Love Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, as well as their stand alone & solo works. Didn’t know Preston wrote NF. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

I really enjoyed the Fish book, and its multiple intertwining threads. As a follow up to one, I read the book Who Killed Jane Stanford? It’s written by a college professor and a bit dry, it doesn’t have that level of engagement that journalistic investigative writers have, but it was fascinating to try to work out the events of her later life and mysterious death.

Jackson told theproducers of "The Haunting" that the house was indeed haunted. The dialogue did remind me of Catcher in the Rye.She used too many adverbs-no wonder Steve King liked it. It wasn't scary. The ending was rushed.

Really great vid Fred! Lots of books I've read from those picks and I'll second them. 3 for 3 with your first category too haha, Why Fish Don't Exist I was pretty middle of the road with, but Soul of an Octopus I thought was great, and Hope Jahren is tremendous!

The Immortal Life was life changing read for me!

Thanks for these suggestions! I saw a documentary about Henrietta Lacks awhile back. Important story.

What a treat to get an almost 30 minute long video!

Great suggestions. Besides The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore, by Evan Friss, which I am currently reading, I might not read any more non-fiction books in November. Your books suggestions reminder me that I do have The Soul of an Octopus. I will read thst one soon. I also will soon read Ghosts of Honolulu by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, Jr. Soon

Hi Fred. What good recommendations! I've read a few of those. Lab Girl and The Soul of an Octopus got me through hard times. It might have been nice to learn more about octopus in Montgomery's book. Mostly, I was really touched that she included a teenage girl with a chronic illness. I'd never come across that before and I wish I'd been able to read it as a teen. Have a great week!

The Ancient Mariners is going on my to-read list, it sounds interesting. I have read Ancient Iraq, and it was informative and I liked it! Definitely a more academic book though. I like that you included older books in your list. I find that in the modern world we are constantly presented with shiny new books and in the churn many fantastic books published in prior years fall by the wayside and don't get the attention they deserve. Great video!

I am now curious about Phantom of the Opera! 🤣 😃 I have seen a movie of it but never tried the book.

The only problem with watching other book tuber channels is that it increases the tbr. So many books and so little time! Best wishes and happy reading.

I'm reading The True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and The Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas. I have not read Phantom of the Opera

The title alone gave me a good needed laugh 🤣 See Genome in the stack ... possibly again!!

Whether or not you finish The Phantom of the Opera, I would highly recommend watching the silent film version!

I read The Phantom of the Opera as a teenager. I was annoyed with both Christine and Eric. I don't know what I'd think of it now. Things have been a little rough and a little busy around here so I still haven't finished the Overnight Code or the banned book club book yet. Have a good week!

I think I'd like Funny Farm but I imagine it's equal parts funny and sad. All I know about the Phantom of the Opera is the iconic mask. Good luck with that!

I haven’t read The Phantom of the Opera in years! I’ll have to pick it up again. 😊 The musical is my favorite musical since I was a child.

My only connection to Phantom of the Opera was when I was 6 or so and I would pretend to be Dracula and my friend would pretend to be Phantom of the Opera and we would have a magic battle where I use vampire hypnosis and he would sing opera at me.

These sounded likes some great autobiographies, you lost me at the textbook though 🫣

Sounds like you're off to a decent start, even if Phantom is too "fluffy." 😂 I've been in a moody reading slump consequent to certain U.S. civic developments 🙄, but I'm getting ready to start on a biography of Dmitri Mendeleev. I know (or perhaps remember) virtually nothing about him beyond "Periodic Table Guy," so it could be absolutely fascinating, dull as dishwater, or anything in between. Guess I'll find out. Have a good one!

Foals Fred! Baby horses are foals! I'm yelling at my screen 🤣 Honestly, I get it, opera stuff is "fluffy", if you REALLY need to know, watch the play but no need to torture yourself over it. I've seen the play/opera in person and in my opinion this is a type of piece that is more memorable in person, but yes, it is fluffy for sure.