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Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share a school freebie this week. I thought about this topic for a few minutes. I’ve been out of school more years than I care to count. But learning never stops, does it? So I decided to share a list of ten books that continued my education after leaving school. I even divided them into subjects. Some books might not be obvious choices but they all work in my brain.
Literature Persuasion by Jane Austen
English On Writing by Stephen King
Philosophy Walden; or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Art Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
History Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
Social Studies Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams
Geography North American Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Continent by Matthew Bucklan & Victor Cizek
Science A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Biology Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales
Technology True or False: A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Spotting Fake News by Cindy L. Otis
That’s my list! Have you read any of these? Which books did/would you choose? Link up every Tuesday at That Artsy Reader Girl!
This is a great idea for a list. The Bryson book is one of my all-time favorites.
I love your take on this week’s topic and how you broke down each book.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/10-of-my-favorite-young-adult-books/
Lies My Teacher Told Me is on my TBR shelf and the North American Maps book is on my TBR list.
That’s a great way to present your list! It’s true that we never stop learning. I’ve only read Persuasion from your list. I enjoyed it.
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-a-school-theme/
Lovely topic for this week’s freebie. The “Lies My Teacher Told Me” book sounds very interesting. I’m going to put that on my TBR.
Walden I don’t think I ever read, but his writing always appealed to me when we studied him a little in school.
You know, I like Thoreau in quotable snippets. I was not a fan of Thoreau in the long form but I’m obviously in the minority.
It might have been the focus on nature that appealed to me? But I never read a lot of him to know- either we didn’t get in depth or I just forgot. 🙂
I do like your tweak for today’s topic!! You should suggest this one to Jana, it would be fun to see what everyone comes up with for continuing their education.
I love your spin on this week’s prompt! I learn so much from Stacey Abrams’ Our Time Is Now. Here is my spin on this week’s TTT: https://herseriallife.com/top-10-books-set-in-college-academia/
Have a great week 🙂
I love your take on this week’s prompt! I read Persuasion earlier this year, and think it’s a great topic for your English continuation. Great list!
FangirlFlax @ FangirlFlax
https://fangirlflax.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/top-ten-tuesday-five-fictional-boarding-schools-id-love-to-have-attended/
Ha, I love this list!!! I guess I can do with furthering my education as well, because I actually haven’t read any of these. But at least I recognize one or two of them…
Great theme twist Jen!
Elza Reads