3 Nonfiction Book Recommendations
This month I decided to share three nonfiction books I’ve recently read that have made an impact on me in some way. Whether it’s changing my view of the world and my place in it, re-evaluating my relationships, or simply teaching me something new, the following three books have stood out to me this year. 1. 1. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer This book, as one review calls it, is truly a ‘hymn of love to the world’. The author, who is native American, blends both indigenous ideas with science to describe the natural world around us in a beautifully poetic way. Despite it’s long page count, it’s easy to read along as it flows from one chapter to another. There were many quotable moments and it left me feeling both at peace and restless to go outside. My biggest takeaways from the book that have altered the way I view the world are: -the concept that the world is a ‘communion of subjects’ not a ‘collection of objects’ ...