First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros - An Elephant in my Kitchen; Francoise Malby-Anthony

Each Tuesday, Vicki, from I’d Rather Be At The Beach hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros where readers post the opening paragraph(s) of a book that they are reading or plan to read. 

 

An Elephant in My Kitchen; Francoise Malby-Anthony

Sidgwick & Jackson - 2019

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The only walls between humans and elephants are the ones we put up ourselves.

Violent weather always unsettled our elephants, and the predicted gale-force winds meant there was a danger of trees blowing over and causing breaches in Thula's perimeter fence.  The cyclone has threatened for days, and while we desperately needed water after a scorching summer, we definitely didn't need a tropical storm.  We were worried about the herd, but my husband Lawrence and I were confident that, somewhere in the vast expanse of our game reserve, they had been led to safety by their new matriarch, and my namesake, Frankie.

We hadn't seen them near the house in a while and I missed them.

I've long loved these gentle creatures and thought this might be a great read for non fiction November.

What do you think?

Non-Fiction November

I've never joined this challenge even though I tend to read a fair amount of non fiction, but I see Nonfiction November posts popping up all over some of my favorite blogs, so I decided to join in.

Nonfiction November is an annual event, an entire month of bookish topics devoted entirely to nonfiction. The hosts this year are:

Katie at Doing Dewey
Julz at JulzReads
Rennie at What's Nonfiction
Sarah at Sarah’s Book Shelves
Leann of Shelf Aware

Favorite NF of 2019 (thus far)

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls; T. Kira Madden

(my most recommended NF as well)

Do you have a particular topic you’ve been attracted to more this year? 

 I've read (13) NF in 2019, and only disliked one book - (Maid; Stephanie Land). My interest seems to be mostly with memoirs or bios. I do enjoy NF about health, food, animals and occasionally politics.  Here is a list of the NF read in 2019 thus far.

1. Morningstar: Growing Up With Books; Ann Hood
2. My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter and Living With fIve Felines; Gwen Cooper
3. Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting; Anna Quindlen
4. Dopesick: Doctors & the Drug Companies That Addicted America; Beth Macy
5. The 31 Day Food Revolution: Heal Your Body, Feel Great, and Transform Your World; Ocean Robbins 
6. What To Eat When; M. Roizen, M.D. & M. Crupain
7. Mama's Last Hug; Frans de Waal
8. Small Fry; Lisa Brennan-Jobs Herstory: 50 Women & Girls Who Shook Up the World; Katherine Halligan
9. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay & a Mother's Will to Survive; Stephanie Land
10. A Bite in the Apple; Chrisann Brennan 
11. Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love and Food; Ann Hood 
12. I Am Malala; Malala Yousafzai 
13. Inheritance: a memoir; Dani Shapiro 

Goal for November - 2019

I'm thinking about reading (or listening to):

• America's Reluctant Prince:( Life of JFK Jr.); Steven Gillon
• Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep; Eric Carlson
• Inside Out: Demi Moore