Becky spells the Month in Books for October 2024 Linkup
The original from Reviews from the Stacks
< https://reviewsfromthestacks.wordpress.com/2024/10/05/spell-the-month-in-books-october-2024-linkup/#more-24362.> is a pretty straightforward monthly linkup. Find a book title that starts with each letter in the month’s name, make a list, share your link, and that’s it!
Here are my results – I constrained myself to books I’ve read in 2024. You can see I mostly read history and historical fiction, memoirs and these were all excellent. My reviews linked and on site.
OCTOBER
I read On Call by Anthony Fauci, MD in August 2024 – (memoir) – rating 9
I read Covered With Night by Nicole Eustace in February 2024 (history) – rating 10 (Pulitzer)
I read Tribe by Sebastian Junger in August 2024) – memoir/psychology (rating B)
I read On Freedom by Timothy Snyder in September 2024 ( philosophy / political science / (Rating B)
I read Being Mortal 3 times by Atul Gawandi (the latest was in August 2024. memoir / medicine the latest read was in (Rating A)
Enemies and Neighbors by Ian Black (published 2023) history /current events Israel/Palestine. -Kindle and Audio –
Currently Reading! (So far an A)
I read Remember You’re a Wiley by Maya Wiley in September 2024 Rating an A-
Becky's Books - 
Nice work! Interesting to see some nonficion in your post, too.
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Thank you, I do read about 1/3+ nonfiction these days.
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I used to read nearly all nonfction, but since moving here 16 years ago my hour [each way] commute means I go through lots of audios! I had to adapt and listen to fiction, too! This year I’ve had a lot of good nonfiction though.
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