From Fiction to Reality Challenge - 2016

[Cassandra]

Sure thing, Candiss!

[Theresa~OctoberLace]

I'll join in with 10 pairs to start.

[Prerana Patil]

This sounds interesting and I wanna be a part of this!
Will aim for 3 pairs for now...might update as we go along...

Thanks! :)

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Theresa and Prerana!

[Julie]

Marina H wrote: "I really shouldn't, but this is a great challenge and I ought to read some non-fiction books once in a while, so maybe this could give me that little push in the right direction :)
I'll sing up for..."

I feel the same way about"I really shouldn't" but I'm going for it too.

[Julie]

5 pairs 10 books

[[deleted user]]

I think I'm going to commit to 2 pairs/4 books. I have no idea what they will be....

[SibylM]

Sign me up for five pairs. Thanks!

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, ladies!

[Kadijah Michelle]

I love this challenge! Sign me up for 10 pairs, please!

1. Fiction: Wild Seed
Non-Fiction: The Witches: Salem, 1692
Both discuss early America and Witches.

2. Fiction: Little Women
Non-Fiction: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Both discuss how to improve character.

3. Fiction: Across the Creek
Non-Fiction: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Both discuss how hard it is for single mom's have to struggle to get by and often end up in trailer parks.

4. Fiction: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Non-Fiction: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Both books go into just about the worst thing that could happen to a child.

5. Fiction: Allegiant
Non-Fiction: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
Both books go into the parent child relationship. Actually the entire Divergent series can relate to All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.

6. Fiction: The Time Traveler's Wife
Non-Fiction: The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
This one is almost too easy. Both books are about Male librarians with a special challenge.

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[Meg]

I've picked out another pair
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power (nf)
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The Orphan Master's Son (f)

Both about North Korea and Kim Jong Il kidnapping actresses

[SibylM]

Meg wrote: "I've picked out another pair
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power (nf)
and
[book:T..."
Meg, that sounds like a great pairing! I heard a radio story about the kidnapped filmmaker and the actress just after I read The Orphan Master's Son (one of my favorite books of all time) and the parallels were striking.

[xo Jules]

Fiction/Reality Challenge 2016 (0/6)
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2b.Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume Two: On Life as a Pioneer Woman
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3b.Lincoln: A Photobiography

[Prerana Patil]

Prerana wrote: "This sounds interesting and I wanna be a part of this!
Will aim for 3 pairs for now...might update as we go along...

Thanks! :)"

so here are my 3 pairs. 2 of them are taken from the original 1 is my own. hope this works!
Shantaram (non-fiction) and Breathless in Bombay - both take place in Mumbai

Modern Romance and Match Me If You Can - the first is about dating in this technological age while the second is about a matchmaking agency

The Catcher in the Rye and The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change the first book is a classic about the experiences of a teenager after he is expelled from school and the non-fiction book is based a modern account of countless kids who are not able to receive formal education. The times in which both the books are set also separate but connect the two books in a unique way.

[Delitealex]

I really like this idea of pairing fiction and nonfiction I have a few nonfiction books that I have been wanting to read maybe this challenge will help me to get to them.

1. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride(nonfiction) The Princess Bride (fiction)

2. (nonfiction) The Disappearing Girl both are about people struggling with eating disorders

3. I'm the One That I Want(nonfiction)

4. ✔Read My Lips: A Book of Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender (nonfiction) Parrotfish(fiction) both about transgender experiences

5. ✔Butch Is a Noun

I'm starting with 3 pairs may add more later now I just need to find fiction books to pair with them.

[Stephanie]

So, I will be joining this one too :) Sign me up for 5 pairs of books, 10 total.

[Sharon]

Sign me up for 3 pairs (6) don't read much non-fiction so this should be interesting! 5/6 moving quicker than I thought may increase my goal, I'll let you know


FROM FICTION TO REALITY
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
aim for 3 pair (6)

Set #1 Fiction book about a group of Navy SEALS
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led to biography about Pat Tillman - NFL football player who joined military after 9/11
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Set #2 Just days into 2016 had read 3 books all with Mafia/mob connections maybe I'll read a non fiction book about the mob? Reading this book
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led to wanting to read about the real mob
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Set #3 This fictional book about baseball
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led to ...
FROM FICTION TO REALITY
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
aim for 3 pair (6)6/6 probably increasing goal to 6 pair for total of 12
We thought it'd be cool to learn more about the people, places, or time period in the fictional books we read! This challenge lets your fictional reading inspire you to read nonfiction books or vice versa.

You'll read books in pairs. Read any fiction book. Then, read a nonfiction book about any part of that fictional work. Or read a nonfiction book, then find a fictional work that's related to it.

If you were to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, your nonfiction book could be about witches, boarding schools, alchemy, or anything else related to the world of Harry Potter.

If you were to read Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, you could read a fictional book that includes a submarine, takes place during WWII, or is about a ship that sinks.

Set #1 Fiction book about a group of Navy SEALS
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led to biography about Pat Tillman - NFL football player who joined military after 9/11
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Set #2 Just days into 2016 had read 3 books all with Mafia/mob connections maybe I'll read a non fiction book about the mob? Reading this book
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led to wanting to read about the real mob
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Set #3 This fictional book about baseball
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led to ...
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[Maureen]

From Fiction to Reality Challenge
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
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1. World War I
Somewhere in France (fiction) & The Guns of August (non-fiction)

2. World War II
Once We Were Brothers (fiction) & The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (non-fiction)

3. Berlin Wall
A Night Divided (fiction) & 1989 The Berlin Wall: My Part In Its Downfall (non-fiction)

4. LGBT
The Price of Salt (fiction)

5. Russia
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra (non-fiction)

6. Autism
In a Different Key: The Story of Autism (non-fiction)

[Jodi]

This is an interesting challenge. I am going to start small....Please sign me up for four paris, 8 books total.

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[Clare]

I'm in, please sign me up for 10 books (5 pairs). Looking forward to this challenge - thank you. I have a few ideas for my pairings but but also want to read The Story of My Life and will depend on what the library has in so will be interesting to see what I end up counting towards this challenge.

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1a The Story of My Life Helen Keller
1b The Eagle Tree Ned Hayes

2a Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Cheryl Strayed
2b Night Falls in the Gorge: A Pacific Northwest Mystery Myrna Daly

3a I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai
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4a The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Robert K. Massie
4b Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy

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5b The Girls Emma Cline

[Carri]

Add me for 3 pairs please.

1a. Fact - Fat Girl by Judith Moore
1b. Fiction - The Perfectly True Tales of a Perfect Size 12 by Robin Gold
Both are about women struggling with weight issues.
2a. Fact - MS Beyond the Red Door
by Dr. Rick Yeager and Mary Ellen Ziliak, R
2b. Fiction - A Sundog Moment
Both are about being diagnosed and living with MS
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[Sarah]

3 pairs please :)

a is fiction. b is nonfiction.

1a. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
1b. Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

2a. The Lightning Thief
2b. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

3a. Emma
3b. The History of England

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, folks! I added you.

[Jackie B. -]

Fascinating. I am remarkably terrible at reading non-fiction books, so this might help push me into a new place. I want to commit more, but I think I'll stick with 3 pairs (6 books). This should be a good way to dip in the pool of non-fiction slowly.

...Pair ideas to come in the future... This will require true thought:

4/6

Lock In (1/1/16) - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
--Both of these books are about Lock In syndrome, which I didn't know existed until I read Lock In. I look forward to learning more about what the real experience is.

Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 8: Chains of Death(5/7/16) - Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
-- I've slowly been making my way through the Lone Wolf and Cub graphic novel series. I recently realized that I don't really understand a lot about Samurai code, and why people might not respect a Ronin. Time to find out!

Agatha Heterodyne and the Siege of Mechanicsburg (7/27/16) - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions(3/10/16)
-- I read What If and realized, well, a lot of these things are similar to mad science. The Girl Genius graphic novel series relates a lot back to mad science. It's a bit of a stretch, but I love the idea of being curious about things and just understanding how they happen. What Randall Munroe does seems like magic to me, just like the Sparks of Girl Genius.

[Chloé]

If you're not sure what non-fiction to read, I'm pretty sure that if you post your fiction books, members could make suggestions.

[Sarah]

Chloé wrote: "If you're not sure what non-fiction to read, I'm pretty sure that if you post your fiction books, members could make suggestions."

I would love some suggestions.

[Jackie B. -]

Thanks for the offer for assistance, Chloé! You're right that the great hive-mind of the challenge boards are probably going to help a ton. I'll definitely do that once I pin down my 2016 reading list a bit more. So smart.

[Cassandra]

That's a great suggestion, Chloé! I'd be happy to help direct. I don't read a ton of non-fiction, but I do read a fair amount.

[Michelle]

I am liking this idea because I usually prefer nonfiction. This will definitely challenge me. I am going to start with 3 pairs and go from there.
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[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Michelle! Maybe you can help suggest books to people who normally read fiction. :)

[Jammin Jenny]

I would like to participate in this challenge, I need to read more non-fiction and am hoping that it will inspire me.

Update Mar 29 2016
Six sets (1/6), 12 books (4/12)

1. Dr. Sleep. By Stephen King read Feb 2016 Doctor Sleep and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and Premonitions (1/2)

2. Holy Cow and Fast Food Maniac

3. Nefertiti's Heart and The Lost Tudor Princess

4. Memoirs of a Geisha and The Body Book

5. Beauty and the Biker - read 3/10/16 and Route 66 by Harley Davidson: An American Motorcycle Road Trip - read 3/29/16


6. The Winds of Folly (Nathan Peake #4) and Soldier with a Backpack: Living and Dying Simultaneously read 3/5 Soldier With a Backpack: Living and Dying Simultaneously(½)

[Kme_17]

I am going to try for 5 pair of books. 10 all included.
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[Deborah]

A very, very interesting challenge - and something I often do; in fact, right now I am reading Pompeii: The Living City and have already read Complete Letters because I read A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii. I highly recommend them all! So, I will add 5 pairs for now;

1a The Eagle: Book Nine: Dream of Eagles
1b The Anglo Saxon Chronicle *read

2a The Evolution of Jane
2b My Father's Island: A Galapagos Quest

3a My Family and Other Animals *read
3b The Greek Myths

4a Reindeer Moon
4b Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

5a The Legate's Daughter
5b Reading Roman Women

[Daye]

2 pairs to start for me please!

[Kim]

Can I sign up for 5 pairs for a total of 10 books?
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[Katharine]

I'm in for 5 pairs/10 books.

Pair #1
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (6/25/16) ✬✬✬✬✬+
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of... by Katherine Applegate (6/28/16) ✬✬✬✬✬

Pair #2
Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich (2/19/16) ✬✬✬✬
Beneath the Pyramids: Egypt's Greatest Secret Uncovered by Andrew Collins (8/3/16) ✬✬✬✬

Pair #3
The Rosetta Key by William Dietrich (2/21/16) ✬✬✬✬
The Age of Napoleon by Susan P. Conner (8/27/16) ✬✬✬✬

Pair #4
Hot Ice by Nora Roberts (4/11/16) ✬✬✬
The Aye Aye and I by Gerald Durrell (11/21/16) ✬✬✬✬

Pair #5
The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry (4/22/16) ✬✬✬✬
Alexander the Great by Dennis Wepman (12/15/16) ✬✬✬

[Carol]

This sounds like something I'd enjoy. I would like to try 5 pairs.

[Sarah]

I would love the opportunity to join the challenge. Please count me in for five pairs.

[Cassandra]

Glad to see so many new participants! Welcome to the challenge.

[Jojobean]

FROM FICTION TO REALITY
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016

We thought it'd be cool to learn more about the people, places, or time period in the fictional books we read! This challenge lets your fictional reading inspire you to read nonfiction books or vice versa.

You'll read books in pairs. Read any fiction book. Then, read a nonfiction book about any part of that fictional work. Or read a nonfiction book, then find a fictional work that's related to it.

If you were to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, your nonfiction book could be about witches, boarding schools, alchemy, or anything else related to the world of Harry Potter.

If you were to read Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, you could read a fictional book that includes a submarine, takes place during WWII, or is about a ship that sinks.

[Cassandra]

How many pairs would you like to aim for, Joanne?

[Renee]

I'm in for this year! I'm thinking i'll start with 5 pairs.... This will totally feed my habit of reading books about the same subjects in a row. I don't plan my reading in advance, so it will be interesting to see how i do for this...


FROM FICTION TO REALITY
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016

Progress; 0 / 5 pairs

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[Robyn]

This is right up my alley! Put me down for 12 pairs, 24 books. 1 per month which will also work with my 12 non fictions for the year goal. I will keep track in my corner but will update monthly here.

[Bobbi]

I'll try out 2 pair/4 books.

Read: 4/4
✔1. The Witches: Salem, 1692✯✯/The Crucible✯✯✯
✔2. Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightning ✯✯✯✯/Man O' War ✯✯✯✯✯

[Cassandra]

Welcome, Renee, Robyn, and Bobbi!

[Amanda]

I will do 3 pairs!

1.fiction: The Heretic's Daughter
nonfiction: The Witches: Salem, 1692


2. fiction: The Other Side of Midnight
nonfiction: The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World

3. fiction: Meet Me in St. Louis
nonfiction: Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga

[Cosmic]

I would like to participate.

Sign me up for 8 books/4 pairs
1. The Beautiful and Damned January 14,2016
Dick talks about how to write. Anthony is an alcoholic writer.
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

2.Heart of Darkness about a trip up the Congo to get Kurtz. Many people at the time this book was written thought that it was based on Stanley and Dr. Livingston.
I read Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

3.A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and ScienceFebruary 29

Paired with We a book about a mathematician.

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[Holli]

I would like to try for 3 pairs please.
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[Carri]

Jenny wrote: "I would like to participate in this challenge, I need to read more non-fiction and am hoping that it will inspire me.
Six pairs


1. Dr. Sleep. By Stephen King and a non-fiction book about premon..."

Jenny wrote: "I would like to participate in this challenge, I need to read more non-fiction and am hoping that it will inspire me.
Six pairs


1. Dr. Sleep. By Stephen King and a non-fiction book about premon...s"

[Kylie]

I'm in! It's a great idea. I usually read more non-fiction than fiction, but rarely do the two come together like this.

I'll start with three pairs / 6 books.

1a - Tricky Teens by Andrew Fuller
1b - any suggestions for books about younger teenagers who have difficult relationships with well-intentioned parents?

2a - The Outsourcerer's Apprentice by Tom Holt
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