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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
I hope you enjoy this category. It is one of my favorites. I especially like to look for books in this category when I travel. I have read some fascinating memoirs by ordinary people (not great literature giants) that have had amazing experiences. It's an interesting perspective on history and life lessons.
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Thanks, Bookwormgirl. I can see your enthousiasm.
And.... there are nice nominations so I'll be glad to participate.
It's not all -black-and-white- with me, but I changed my reading-tactics these last few years; from reading hap-hazard, to reading all books of one author, in order to get a better sense of what a specific writer is about.
Having researched my books, I see that I have read the memoirs of writers such as Marguerite Yourcenar and Simone de Beauvoir a long time ago. And a few years ago I read
Wild Swans, which I enjoyed very much.
So, I'm not per se against the genre, but I tend to not choose memoirs and biographies myself these days.
But...............and this is the great thing about the MR-bookclub........the nominations and choices of the often unexpected books do broaden my horizon. The discussions about the books are sometimes surprising and almost always very rewarding.
I'm happy to keep an open mind about this genre.
