Dewey Decimal Nonfiction Challenge - 2017

[Laurie]

Updated message 32

4/5 read

Added:
900-999 Cider With Rosie (942.41) by Laurie Lee

[Megan]

Update to message #64

600-699: The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic

4/10

[Shannon]

Hello, I would like to participate! My goal is 10.

[Helen]

2/10 Completed

000-099: Computer Science, Bibliographies, Library Sciences, Encyclopedias & Books of Facts, Associations, Organizations & Museums, News Media, Journalism & Publishing, General Collections, Manuscripts & Rare Books

100-199: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Parapsychology & Occultism, Philosophical Schools of Thought, Psychology, Logic, Ethics, Ancient, Medieval & Eastern Philosophy, Modern Western Philosophy

200-299: Religion, Natural Theology, Bible, Christian Theology, Christian Moral & Devotional Theology, Christian Orders & Local Church, Christian Social Theology, Christian Church History, Christian Denominations & Sects, Other & Comparative Religions

300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore

400-499: Language, Linguistics, English & Old English, German, Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek, Other

500-599: Sciences, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Life Sciences, Plants, Zoological Sciences

600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences), Medical Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics & Family Living, Management, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Buildings The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 616.02774092

700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts

800-899: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek

900-999: History, Geography/Travel, Ancient History, General History of Europe, General History of Asia, Far East, Africa, North America, South America, Other
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 940.547252092

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 66
7/10

[Amanda]

Read The Cozy Life: Rediscover the Joy of the Simple Things Through the Danish Concept of Hygge by Pia Edberg (158.1). Edited message 76 :)

[Julie]

updated message 95

[Gini]

Just finished Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett for the 800 series. What a book!! I couldn't put it down. A biography!! If you want to read Beckett I'd recommend this as a great place to start.
now 5/10

[Clare]

Updated message 56
Now at 5/6

[Amanda]

Read The New Old Me by Meredith Maran today (Dewey 305.26). This is a new book just released today, I really enjoyed it! autobiographical memoir/psychology. Edited message 76.

[Lindsay]

Update msg 29

3/7

Once We Were Sisters: A Memoir

[Amanda]

Update #14

300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore

How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars

305.420207

1/4

[Erin]

Update to message #7

✔ 4. 300-399: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (339.460973)

3/10

[Amanda]

Read "Downstream: Reimagining Water" by Dorothy Christian and Rita Wong 553.7 Edited Message 76.
I'm really enjoying reading more non-fiction :)

[Megan]

Update to message #64

300-399: Her Best-Kept Secret: Inside the Private Lives of Women Who Drink

5/10

[Laurie]

Updated message 32

Challenge complete

5/5 complete

300-399 We Should All Be Feminists (305.42) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
600-699 An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (629.45) by Chris Hadfield
700-799 Not My Father's Son (792.02) by Alan Cumming
800-899 Reading Lolita in Tehran (820.9) by Azar Nafisi
900-999 Cider With Rosie (942.41) by Laurie Lee

[Amanda]

Read Deep Undercover by Jack Barsky 327.12. Edited msg 76

[Gini]

Laurie wrote: "Updated message 32

Challenge complete

5/5 complete

300-399 We Should All Be Feminists (305.42) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
600-699 [book:An Astronaut's Guide to Li..."

Congrats! on your completion.

[Gini]

Been looking around for a 0-99 read and not having much luck. Checked out some listed here and may have to borrow an idea. Suggestions will be gladly accepted. :)

[KellI]

I want to join this. I am going to go in for 5 to start. I am trying to read more nonfiction so this might be helpful. I already have 2 done.

200-299: 232.901 Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

300-399: 362.11097471 Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital

400-499: 417.7 Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still

500-599: 598.97 Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

600-699: 618.92994 We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story

700-799: 791.45028092 Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

800-899: 814.6 Bad Feminist

900-999: 976.4004 The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

[Mel]

Updated message #28

300-399 - We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation

500-599 - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

600-699 - When Breath Becomes Air

7/10

[Gini]

Stumbled across these for the 0-99 class. The Card Catalogue is a give away here. Lots of pictures.

The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures 9781452145402 025.313

The book : a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time 978-0393244793 2.09

[Nik]

[3/10] (OM 82)

700-799. Adulthood Is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection (2017.02.09, ★★★★☆).
800-899. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (2017.02.18,★★☆☆☆).

Latest addition:
900-999. The Complete Persepolis (2017.03.27, ★★★★☆).

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 19 with:

500-599 - Hidden Figures - ****
800-899 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - ****

3/10

[Lauri]

Updating Msg. #13 - 818.5409 Mom & Me & Mom

[Lindsay]

Update msg 29

Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race

4/7

[Nik]

[4/10] (OM 82)

700-799. Adulthood Is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection (2017.02.09, ★★★★☆).
800-899. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (2017.02.18,★★☆☆☆).
900-999. The Complete Persepolis (2017.03.27, ★★★★☆).

Latest addition:
000-099. Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2017.03.31, ★★★★☆).

[Vicki]

Update to message 190

4/10

028.8 You've GOT to Read This Book!: 55 People Tell the Story of the Book That Changed Their Life

304.2 The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

641.8652 Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, Fillings, and Life

782.14 Hamilton: The Revolution

[Heather]

updated message #49

000-099: Netymology: From Apps to Zombies: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World (004)
100-199:
200-299:
300-399: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness (332.024)
400-499: The Story of English in 100 Words (422)
500-599:
600-699:
700-799: The Beauty, Vol. 1 (741.5)
800-899: Alice in Tumblr-land (808.87)
900-999: The 143rd in Iraq: Boots on the ground training Iraq police in spite of it all (956.7)

Completed: 6/10

[Gini]

Finally found a book I might actually finish reading for the 0-99 group. The Book. Here's hoping.
Found the Black Swan, Taleb, in the same section. Older but it's readable and those swans still light from time to time.

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Magnus, Shannon, and KellI!

Congratulations on finishing your challenge so early, Laurie. :)

[Holly]

I've got 1 of my 7 done.

000-099: Weapons of Math Destruction

[Stephanie]

Update to post #39: 9/20 done.

000 - 099
1. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts (025.82)
2. The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (070.4)
100 - 199
3. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes (102)
4.
200 - 299
5.
6.
300 - 399
7. Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape (306.70)
8.
400 - 499
9.
10.
500 - 599
11. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (510.92)
12.
600 - 699
►13. How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets (648.5)
14.
700 - 799
►15. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (791.43)
16.
800 - 899
17. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction (824.914)
18.
900 - 999
19. Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana (977.2)
20.

[Gini]

Reading The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time from Keith Houston and so far have thoroughly enjoyed it. It's for the 0-99 group.

[Austen_Wodehouse]

Message 81 has been updated

155.2 J69w1Who Moved My Cheese Summary

7/10

[Gini]

Cassandra wrote: "THE DEWEY DECIMAL CHALLENGE (non-fiction)

Hi,
7/10 now! Enjoying this challenge. Thanks.

[Amanda]

Read Murder By Family: The Incredible True Story of a Son's Treachery and a Father's Forgiveness by Kent Whitaker 248.86. Edited msg 76 ;)

[Amanda]

Read Turning: A Year in the Water by Jessica J. Lee (Dewey 797.2). Edited Msg 76.

[Gini]

Update message 178

Read 8/10 Getting there!! Finished Just Mercy from Bryan Stevenson for the 300 batch. A look at the justice system in the USA that isn't flattering at all. In fact this one will make you mad and make you cry and maybe even get you up and out on the campaign trail to fix some of what's broken.

[Charity]

Updated message 26.

2/5

[Austen_Wodehouse]

Message 81 has been updated.

8/10
791.4572The Wit and Wisdom of Downton Abbey

[Amanda]

Updated message78
3/10

✔3. 200-299: Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths

[Amanda]

Update #14

2/4

700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts

Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory by Andy Murray Completed 23/4/17 Rating 4 stars

796.342092

[Stephanie]

Update to post #39. 11/20

000 - 099
1. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts (025.82)
2. The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (070.4)
100 - 199
3. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes (102)
4.
200 - 299
► 5. Norse Mythology (293.13)
6.
300 - 399
7. Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape (306.70)
8.
400 - 499
9.
10.
500 - 599
11. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (510.92)
12.
600 - 699
13. How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets (648.5)
14.
700 - 799
15. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (791.43)
► 16. A Life in Parts (791.45)
800 - 899
17. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction (824.914)
18.
900 - 999
19. Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana (977.2)
20.

[Berit]

All Done 20/20.

Awsome challenge. I'd like to try for all 10 main categories.
So far 10/10.

000-099: Gutenberggalaxens nova : en essäberättelse om Erasmus av Rotterdam, humanismen och 1500-talets medierevolution (002.09)
100-199: Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence.(153)
200-299: Nordiska Myter (293)
300-399: Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way (333.95397)
400-499: Språkets lustgård och djungel (439,7)
500-599: The Universe in a Nutshell (530.12)
600-699: Salvekvick och kvacksalveri: alternativmedicinen under luppen (615.5)
700-799: Wall and Piece (751.73092)
800-899: Tomtar (839.3186407)
900-999: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu (910.4)

I also want to try all the subcategories 500-599.
So far 10/10.

500-509: Året runt : det svenska vädret, naturen och årstiderna (508)
510-519: The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets (510)
520-529: How It Ends: From You to the Universe (523.19)
530-539: Sju korta lektioner i fysik (530)
540-549: Den Siste Alkemisten i Paris (540.9)
550-559: Glaciärer : gnistrande smycken som ännu pryder våra svenska fjäll (551.31209485)
560-569: Fossiljägarna: en berättelse om besatta vetenskapsmän och fisken som klev upp på land (567.0922)
570-579: The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code (572.8)
580-589: Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History (581.63)
590-599: Bevingat : magiska möten i fågelmarker (598.0222)

[Helen]

6/10 Completed

000-099: Computer Science, Bibliographies, Library Sciences, Encyclopedias & Books of Facts, Associations, Organizations & Museums, News Media, Journalism & Publishing, General Collections, Manuscripts & Rare Books What Makes Flamingos Pink? by Bill McLain

100-199: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Parapsychology & Occultism, Philosophical Schools of Thought, Psychology, Logic, Ethics, Ancient, Medieval & Eastern Philosophy, Modern Western Philosophy Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

200-299: Religion, Natural Theology, Bible, Christian Theology, Christian Moral & Devotional Theology, Christian Orders & Local Church, Christian Social Theology, Christian Church History, Christian Denominations & Sects, Other & Comparative Religions

300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor: A Master Class on Mentoring, Motivating, and Making It Work! by Tim Gunn

400-499: Language, Linguistics, English & Old English, German, Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek, Other The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson

500-599: Sciences, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Life Sciences, Plants, Zoological Sciences

600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences), Medical Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics & Family Living, Management, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Buildings The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 616.02774092

700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts

800-899: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek

900-999: History, Geography/Travel, Ancient History, General History of Europe, General History of Asia, Far East, Africa, North America, South America, Other
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 940.547252092

[Gini]

9/10 now! One more to go!! This challenge has been a good one for me. Tougher than I expected, but worth the effort.
Just finished Our Sacred Signs, Soltes 704.948. I found it interesting and enjoyed reading it. He covered Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sacred signs. Religious symbols from the beginning of each religion (and before) to the end of the 20th century including some of the work from Picasso and Warhol. Surprised me with much of the recent history observations.

[Maaike]

Update to message 179: 6/10 done.

I've read the 'easier' subjects, that always interest me, so now it'll get more difficult!

[Austen_Wodehouse]

Message 81 has been updated 9/10

791.43 F53s Shockaholic

[Jenn]

Message 93 updated 5/10
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