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Mind Openers: Nonfiction November 2024, Week 4

November 18, 2024November 17, 2024Rebekah Kohlhepp

I can’t believe I am already hosting my third Nonfiction November! This week, I want to know what books really opened your mind this year. Here’s the prompt!

Nonfiction November 2024 Mind Openers prompt

One of the greatest things about reading nonfiction is the way it can open your eyes to the world around you—no plane ticket required. What nonfiction book or books have impacted the way you see the world in a powerful way? Is there one book that made you rethink everything? Is there a book that, if everyone read it, you think the world would be a better place?

Designing Nonfiction: Nonfiction November 2024, Week 2

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024Rebekah Kohlhepp

Week 2’s prompt for Nonfiction November, Choosing Nonfiction, is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. Our host, Frances of Volatile Rune, asks us:

What are you looking for when you pick up a nonfiction book? Do you have a particular topic you’re attracted to? Do you have a particular writing style that works best? When you look at a nonfiction book, does the title or cover influence you? If so, share a title or cover which you find striking.

What I read in 2024: Nonfiction November 2024, Week 1

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024Rebekah Kohlhepp

I truly cannot believe that it is (almost) November once again! It doesn’t feel real that Nonfiction November 2024 has already come around, but I’ll never pass up an opportunity to tell you about my favorite books.

"Announcing Nonfiction November 2024" Nonfiction November is in a handwritten script font. Announcing and 2024 are in a serif font. The text is eggshell white on a muted teal background with a border of illustrated fall leaves.

Are you ready for Nonfiction November 2024?

September 30, 2024September 29, 2024Rebekah Kohlhepp

A chill wind blows. For most, fall is about soft sweaters, delectable candles, and pumpkin treats. Here in the book blogging community, it certainly is about all of those things, but there is one most special event in the forecast every autumn. For us, the fall breeze brings Nonfiction November!

So Many Books, So Little Time: Nonfiction November 2023, Week 5

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023Rebekah Kohlhepp

This year’s Nonfiction November has left me feeling inspired by the book community, and it’s left my bookshelf overflowing! I can’t wait to share my new towering TBR with you. Luckily Lisa at Hopewell’s Public Library of Life has this week’s prompt, New To My TBR:

It’s been a month full of amazing nonfiction books! Which ones have made it onto your TBR? Be sure to link back to the original blogger who posted about that book!

The Designer’s Favorite Book Covers: Nonfiction November 2023, Week 2

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Rebekah Kohlhepp

Today, Frances of Volatile Rune kicked off Week 2 of Nonfiction November! Here’s her prompt, Choosing Nonfiction:

What are you looking for when you pick up a nonfiction book? Do you have a particular topic you’re attracted to? Do you have a particular writing style that works best? When you look at a nonfiction book, does the title or cover influence you? If so, share a title or cover which you find striking.

Nonfiction November 2023 is Coming Soon

October 24, 2023October 24, 2023Rebekah Kohlhepp

Fall is here, which means it’s almost time for Nonfiction November 2023!

Reading and blogging challenges are a huge part of book blog culture, but since I am an exclusively nonfiction book blogger, Nonfiction November is the one I wait for all year. And next week, it’s finally back!