Recommended Nonfiction Lists Challenge - 2018

[Heather]

update to #76

3/12

[Amanda]

Update #19

My goal is 5 books

[Kadijah Michelle]

It's hard to believe that the first month of 2018 has already passed us, but here we are in February already.

Here are the statistics so far. We have 66 participants for this challenges and have read 59 books.

[Chrissy]

Update message #37

I finished my first nonfiction - Sometimes Amazing Things Happen: Heartbreak and Hope on the Bellevue Hospital Psychiatric Prison Ward by Elizabeth Ford. I highly recommend, especially for those interested in mental health and/or incarceration. I am at 1/15 for the year.

[Laurie]

Update to message 55

2/12 complete

Read A Pattern Of Islands by Arthur Grimble

[Jennifer]

I love narrative nonfiction, so this looks like just the group for me! I'll sign up for 24, two per month.

To date I have read:

1. Sisters of Fortune: America’s Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad - an enjoyable read

2. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny - reads like a thriller that could keep you up half the night

3. Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 - highly recommend as an insight into an important but little-known part of US history

4. Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds - highly recommend both for the content and the writing style - the book just sang to me.

My more extensive thoughts on all four can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm currently reading The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions.

[Heather]

updated message 76
completed 4/12

[Chrissy]

Update to post 19:
4/12, This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare, ★★★

[Elise]

I want in on this challenge! I'm going to try for 8!
currently 1/8
1. Black Man in a White Coat READ
2. On Writing
3. The Girl with Seven Names
4. Devil in the White City
5. Notorious RBG
6. Book of Joy
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[Lauren]

Done with 2/20 now.

[Heather]

updated message 76, 5/12

[Lauren]

Update finished 3/20.

[[deleted user]]

Updated message #20

[Jennifer]

Update to message 107.

Just finished The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions. A pretty decent read, but be prepared for more tangents than you'll see outside of a trigonometry course :)

My more extensive thoughts can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - message 19.

5/24

[Lauren]

Now finished with 4/20. I read the graphic nonfiction March: Book One. Really glad this book exists to share John Lewis's memories of the Civil Rights era.

[Overbooked ✎]

The Pursuit of Italy by David Gilmour

Progress: 7/18

[Lauren]

Now done with 5/20!

[Lauren]

Finished 6/20.

[Overbooked ✎]

8. Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts

Progress: 8/18

[Lauren]

Finished Between the World and Me for 7/20.

[Lauren]

Finished 8/20 with Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School

[Jenn]

Updated Message 5 : 1/15

[Ranmali]

Happy to see there is a non-fiction challenge! I had already planned to read 12 non-fiction books this year. I would like to join in.

So far I have completed 4.

1. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
2. When Breath Becomes Air
3. Grit
4. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

[Laurie]

Update to message 55

3/12 read

1. A Pattern Of Islands by Arthur Grimble 2/3/18
2. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich 1/19/18
3. My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege 2/15/18

[Doris]

Updated message 91: three more added, for a total of 7 of a projected 24
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Rereadings: Seventeen writers revisit books they love
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

[Overbooked ✎]

9. Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It

progress: 9/18

[Jennifer]

Update to message 115.

Just finished Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance. I felt like this book really needed a good copyeditor, but if you can get past its weaknesses, it is interesting.

My more extensive thoughts can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - message 24.

6/24

[Lauren]

Now finished 15/20.

[Eric]

How does this start

[Rula]

Update 3/6
1. Outliers: The Story of Success
2. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
3. I Cant Make This Up

[Heather]

updated message 76 - completed 6/12

[Overbooked ✎]

10. I Am Not Your Negro

Progress: 10/18

[Heather]

updated message 76
7/12

[Laurie]

Updated message 55

4/12 read

1. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich 1/19/18
2. A Pattern Of Islands by Arthur Grimble 2/3/18
3. My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege 2/15/18
4. The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg 2/22/18

[Susy]

Update message 71

3. Wijsheid op vier poten by Gotham Chopra
4. Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding by Paulien Cornelisse


Books read: 4/12

[Overbooked ✎]

11. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

progress: 11/18

[Geralyn]

Added my first nonfiction book of the year.

[Berit]

Edited post #9.
So far 6/15.

[Sabrina]

I'm in for five.
Currently reading:
Influence: the psychology of persuasion.

[Rachelnyc]

Every year I say I am going to read more non-fiction and 2018 is the year I hold myself accountable!

Please put me in for 24.

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[Lindsay]

Update msg 8

2/4

[Kadijah Michelle]

First, I want to apologize, I thought I had posted an update for this challenge during the month, but looking back, I did not. I'm sorry. I will do better next month.

Second, it's time for statistics! We have 71 participants and have read 133 books. This is a tough challenge, so great job everyone!

[Betsy]

Update to message 98
Progress: 2/20

[Jennifer]

Update to message 128.

Recently finished Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin. I found it very well-written, thoroughly researched, and scholarly without being dry. I should add that while there is a lot of Latin in it and even more in the endnotes, you don’t have to know Latin to read and enjoy it (although I am sure it is even better if you do).

My more extensive thoughts can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - messages 29 and 30.

7/24

[Amanda]

updated message 10
2/15

1. Between the World and Me
2. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

[Daniel]

Updated post #59:
11/50

[Jennifer]

Update to message 145.

Recently finished Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. An interesting read.

My more extensive thoughts can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - message 32.

8/24

[Rula]

Update: 4/6
1. Outliers: The Story of Success
2. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
3. I Cant Make This Up
4. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

[Lauren]

I now finished 17/20 for my challenge. Updated msg #29.

[FV]

Hello! If possible, I'd like to join this challenge for 4 books:

1) Emotions Revealed: Understanding Faces and Feelings (which I'm currently reading).

2) A book by Naomi Klein (not sure which one yet)

3) A Short History of Nearly Everything

4) I already read Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change in February. Feels like cheating, but still.