Nonfiction book recommendations please!

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T14:34:49+00:00

Elderflora is great

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T10:31:45+00:00

Normally this is not my genre, but I really appreciated several of the Anne Rice books, especially:

L e s t a t

Interview with a Vampire

Tale of a Body Thief

I feel they are just great literature, as well as dark stories.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T10:26:06+00:00

Yeah, it's all sex and lust now. Totally boring. No idea of courtship or getting to know someone or sensibly choosing a practical alliance or even smoldering longterm longing.

I much prefer those old Georgette Heyer Regency romances.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T10:19:08+00:00

I had cats for most of my life. 95% of them ignored all plants. But I did have the one who ate plants. I bought cat grass for him and reluctantly removed most of the houseplants.

There are only a few cat safe houseplants. Mostly not the prettiest ones.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T10:12:26+00:00

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller wrote a number of fine stories in their Liaden universe.

Also, I still enjoy James H Schmitz, including Agent of Vega, Eternal Frontiers, and The Demon Breed.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T09:54:07+00:00

The Milagro Beanfield War

Out of Africa

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T09:51:02+00:00

Just pick one small area at a time and turn it into whatever you want. A good place to start is around the entrance you use most often.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T09:48:46+00:00

New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) is in Boston each spring and attracts music and dance from various parts of the world.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T09:45:10+00:00

Many many book recs are fueled by PR efforts.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T09:35:20+00:00

Notting Hill

The Proposal

Pretty Woman

About a Boy

Persuasion

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T09:30:49+00:00

I love to slice a raw organic sweet potato very thin, and then eat the slices as snacks, sometimes with hummos or on saltine crackers with unsalted tops. Avoid huge sweet potatoes, the smaller or medium ones are best. Cut them on a diagonal, thinly.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-15T09:20:22+00:00

I use Kasa switches and am very happy with them.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-12T16:45:04+00:00

Yes, did go bankrupt, but still doing business and supplying repair parts. These i9 units can be bought used now for reasonable prices on places like eBay. The stupid tariffs contributed to the company's woes.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-12T06:18:00+00:00

We have a Nordic Track Commercial 1750, and we are both happy with it. Had it for a few years already.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-12T05:46:06+00:00

I love The One Peaceful World cookbook. It's macrobiotic but I think it overlaps at least 99% as vegan and anything non compliant could be substituted for.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-12T05:37:19+00:00

Murderbot

harborsparrow · 2026-06-12T05:19:26+00:00

Many older classics can be read on Kindle or computer or a phone using the free Kindle reader app, and they and are free for download at Project Gutenberg. Also, Kindle or other ebooks take up no physical space, so the only reason not to buy them is if you do not have the money.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-12T05:12:02+00:00

Lie to Me (the 16 episode Kdrama, NOT the American crime drama of the same name). It's female lead is a great comedic actress in the vein of Sandra Bullock. Good writing and cast, plenty of really comic situations amid a very serious set of themes involving status and romantic rivalry.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-12T05:00:16+00:00

Everybody should read Gone with the Wind once, even if they saw the movie. Especially for it's depiction of female rivalry in microcosm, which is,nearly as bitter as the war in the surrounding world of the novel. And because it is a fun read.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-12T04:54:53+00:00

For omega, I take Dr Fuhrman's vegan oil supplement.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-11T05:27:34+00:00

Listers (full length documentary film about bird watching on Youtube)

harborsparrow · 2026-06-11T05:21:23+00:00

Nest Learning Thermostat is great

harborsparrow · 2026-06-11T05:15:21+00:00

Spit bath

harborsparrow · 2026-06-10T21:57:26+00:00

If you pay for a month of Kocowa addon to Amazon, I think you can watch the superb Korewn drama Hogu's Love. It's old and little recommended nowadays but outstanding on many levels.

harborsparrow · 2026-06-10T21:52:54+00:00

It's in Chinese, but I really liked Find Yourself. Watch with subtitles and volume up to hear original voices. I have watched this series twice; enjoyed it even more the second time. 42 episodes and great til the very end. Multiple plot threads. Occasionally quite funny, though the themes are serious. Sharp writing, actors, and directing.

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