Favorites of 2012: Nonfiction

58.5 of the books I read in 2012 were nonfiction: 34 general nonfiction, 15 memoirs, and 7 essay collections (the 0.5 comes from an anthology that was a mix of fiction and nonfiction). That’s 1.5 more nonfiction books than I read last year. 2012 was also pretty awesome because this blog was a finalist in

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, & the Dawn of the Modern Woman

I know it’s Audrey Hepburn’s most iconic film, but I never was a fan of Breakfast at Tiffany’s (blasphemy, I know). When I first saw it a few years ago, I just didn’t find it as enjoyable as her other films. Plus, of course, there’s the icky racist Asian character played by Mickey Rooney. I do,