Woohoo I made it through week 1! There is so much participation in this challenge, that it makes it so fun. I had a great time and tried to visit everyone, although I think I missed some bloggers near the end, due to my schedule and Halloween.
This week is all about book pairings!
Week 2: (Nov. 4 to 8) – Sarah’s Bookshelves is back to host – Book Pairing: This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. It can be a “If you loved this book, read this!” or just two titles that you think would go well together. Maybe it’s a historical novel and you’d like to get the real history by reading a nonfiction version of the story. SARAH
First Pair:
My first pairing is The Radium Girls with A Beautiful Poison. I love Lydia Kang and her books always send me down a rabbit hole to track down more information on what she writes about in her fiction. She is fascinating, and so are the real histories, although tragic for these women.
Second Pair:
My second pairing is The Children’s Blizzard with The Long Winter. This would be an interesting duo to “buddy” read with a child. I always loved this Little House book but when I got older and read the real history of that winter, I saw just really how lucky to survive Laura and her family were.
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Very clever! I can’t believe you are able to work through all those but it must be loads of fun, pairing them up! A great idea!
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At first I thought this was going to be a tough one, but it was a little easier than I had thought once I started going back through my goodreads list of books I have read. Lol. This has been fun!
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I like your pairings! Especially interested in The Children’s Blizzard, although that sounds like an emotionally difficult read.
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It was fascinating, but yes, pretty emotional. It really stuck with me.
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I read and enjoyed all but Beautiful Poison. Well done!
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I love Lydia Kang – she writes such original books!
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I love that you found one to pair with a Little House book! That one sounds so interesting. I read a little about the radium girls in the book The Poisoner’s Handbook, what an awful story.
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I am such a Little House fan!! I read them every year, have since I was a little girl. 🙂 The Children’s Blizzard is about that winter that Laura and her family survived in the book. And yes, ugh, those poor girls and women. 😦
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I was too!! I haven’t read them in so long though. I’m really curious about the nonfiction account of that one!
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I loved The Radium Girls, so must investigate A Beautiful Poison. I’m not familiar with that title or author. Great pairing!
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I love Lydia Kang! I have only read three of her books so far, this one, The Impossible Girl, and a YA book, The November Girl. She has a new one that is coming out in the summer called Opium and Absinthe that sounds so good.
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The Radium Girls was one of my favorites from last year, so I’m interested in that pairing!
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I really enjoyed A Beautiful Poison!
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Oh gosh, The Children’s Blizzard has been on my to-read shelf for forever. I should definitely read it this winter! I remember reading The Long Winter as a child and this is a great pairing!
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This winter would be a great time to read it! I read that this winter is going to have many different snowstorms, just like in the Children’s Blizzard. At least now we can prepare and know when they are coming – and have heat and so many other modern conveniences.
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I love that you choose a Little House book! I started rereading that series last year but then dropped off after the third book. How neat that you found a title to go with one of them! It makes me realize I’d probably be interested in reading more nonfiction about prairie life in the US at that time too.
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I probably would like that as well, especially with my childhood love of Laura and her family and their lives. It was really interesting to read The Children’s Blizzard and then realize that this was the same winter from that book.
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Love the idea of ‘buddy’ reading!
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I’ve started doing that a little with my kiddo – we read picture books around a certain theme and then I also read a book or two that month that relates to it. This month our focus is owls and beavers. 🙂 It’s kind of fun!
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Oh, your Laura Ingalls Wilder pairing is excellent! I thought this week was going to be too hard when I saw the original schedule, then I read two books that went together perfectly – phew! Found your blog through the Link-up this week (so it does work!) and I’m now following you on my Feedly reader.
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Thank you for following me!! 🙂
I was a little worried about this one too honestly! Then I remembered these guys and was like – phew! Lol. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!!
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I’m enjoying your posts – and now my avatar and links all go back to my book blog not my work one – phew. I certainly didn’t find as many pairs as some did, but I liked the one I did create!
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Wouldn’t it be a great idea to pair fiction and nonfiction for children at school. And now, of course, I must add Children’s Blizzard to my TBR. It sounds absolutely amazing.
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Yes!! I think it would be perfect. I know kids when I worked at the library who would read one thing that kicked off a whole flurry of reading all about a subject for them. It was great! We had kids obsessed with the Titanic for a while and I had to search high and low for as many books as I could find for them. It was fun!
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I love your first pairing!
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I love the idea of buddy reading with kids! I’m going to start pairing fiction and nonfiction with my little ones (but we’re more on the picture book level right now), but I can’t wait until they’re old enough to read the Little House series! I loved those when I was a kid.
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These are wonderful pairings – none of which I’ve read. Will definitely check them out – especially Lydia King.
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I’m intrigued by The Children’s Blizzard, thanks for sharing it.
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I have The Children’s Blizzard on my wishlist still from when you mentioned it a good while ago now!
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I didn’t even think about trying to pair up The Children’s Blizzard, and I’m so glad you did! It’s such an amazing, totally heartbreaking book.
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Finally getting around to checking out everyone’s links… I have The Radium Girls still to read but I had no idea about the Lydia Kang book! Here are my pairings if you have time! 2019 Week 2 Pairings
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