WooReads Patron Book Reviews: Nonfiction Roundup

Here are some nonfiction books recommended by patrons like you! We’ve got everything from a music biography, to art in WW II, a maid’s memoir, urban agriculture, and authors with cats! And did you know we only have 449 books before we hit our goal of 5,000 books logged by the end of May? Keep reading and keep logging, WooReaders: mywpl.beanstack.org. If you still haven’t joined WooReads, remember that you can log items read back to September 2018. That Kindle Paperwhite Grand Prize prize is just around the corner!


Happy Reading!

Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest By Hanif Abdurraqib
One of the best books I have read in a long time. It is essential reading for anyone from the Tribe era but I highly recommend the book to anybody. Hanif is a genius at making profound statements with Tribe & his own history.

~Stephen B.

Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle To Protect The Louvre And Its Treasures During WW II 
By Gerri Chanel
Saving Mona Lisa is a fascinating non-fiction prequel to The Monuments Men. The author makes the story of how the French were able to protect the contents of the Louvre Museum from destruction. Long before WWII broke out, museum officials had begun planning how to evacuate and keep safe the many works of art housed in the Louvre. As the war began, hundreds of museum employees and volunteers packed away and moved thousands of paintings, sculptures and other masterpieces away from Paris. Among the dangers they would face were bombs, potential thieves, unreliable trucks, electric cables, floods and avaricious Nazis trying to build their art collections by stealing from the Louvre's vaults.

~Mary R.

Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution 
By Jennifer Cockrall-King
Enjoyed this ride through the urban agriculture movement happening in different parts of the world. Uplifting and motivational; makes me want to start my own farm.

~Camila G.

Maid 
By Stephanie Land
Powerful! I'm following her on Instagram! She is using her voice and experience for social and economic change and equality!

~ Christine J.

Writers and Their Cats 
By Alison Nastasi
A quick read, fun book. We all think our cats are special, all seem to have the same snobby traits but make us feel special when they let us pat and enjoy them.

~Karen S.