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The "This or That?" book tag: a new tag for People April and beyond from Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 and Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks

Their versions of this original tag:
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I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668

Use this tag to talk about what you like or dislike in nonfiction about people. Pick the prompts that appeal to you or allow you to enjoy being opinionated. Do mention books good and bad as you go along.

1) Big, fat and detailed biographies or short and succinct biographies?
2) Celebrity memoirs or average Joe memoirs?
3) Complete correspondence or selected letters?
4) Memoirs written when the events are fresh or memoirs written with hindsight?
5) Gossipy biographies or scholarly biographies?
6) Diaries of ordinary life or diaries of extraordinary events?
7) Arty memoirs or sporting memoirs?
8) Gritty autobiographical writing or inspirational autobiographical writing?
9) Biographies of historical figures or biographies of contemporary figures?
10) Memoirs of happy days or memoirs of tragic days?
11) Bonus prompt from Elisabeth: The Complete Diary of Samuel Pepys (over 4000 pages or 116 hours and 16 minutes of audiobook) or Selections from the Diary of Samuel Pepys (which can be as short as 120 pages or 3 hours and 55 minutes of audiobook)?
12) Tag some others:

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff
@thelefthandedreader6632
@katsfieldnotes
@bighardbooks770
@ToReadersItMayConcern
@BooklessPete
@BeyondBooks-wt5il

The Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by Christanne Miller & Domhnall Mitchell (due March 27, 2024) reviewed by Hannah Joyner of the BookTube channel Hannah’s Books:

openlettersreview.com/posts/the-letters-of-emily-dickinson-edited-by-christanne-miller-amp-domhnall-mitchell
The ‘This or That’ Book TagFountainThe Time and Place Tag“Writing a Poem”: An Autobiographical Essay by Thom Gunn“What will you say tonight, poor lonesome soul”: Poem by Baudelaire, translated by Joanna RichardsonBooks by, Edited by, Adjacent to, About, or (Possibly) Translated by M.I. FinleyMid-Month Check in (January 2024): Henry Adams, O.R. Gurney, Leo Tolstoy, Dale Van EveryHow Do I Choose My Next Book to Read (Short Answer: It’s the Mood)“The Living Flame” by Baudelaire translated into English by Joanna Richardson“Distance” by Dorothy Parker; “Absence” by Claude McKayNot Yet a Call for Questions: Thoughts upon Crossing the 1000 Subscriber ThresholdThe Poetry of David Novak: Where Should You Start?

The ‘This or That’ Book Tag @davidnovakreadspoetry

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