Recommended Nonfiction Lists Challenge - 2018

[Chrissy]

Updated message 19 with my 10th: The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century, ★★★★

[Overbooked ✎]

29. The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir by Ruth Wariner

29/18

[jb]

jb wrote: "I’d like to join the challenge. I love reading non fiction. Please put me down for 12.

NONFICTION

1. [book:Life's Too Short to Go So F*cking Slow: Lessons from an Epic Friendship That Went the D..."

Updated message 159. 5/12 progress

[Amanda]

Update #18


4. Sane New World: Taming The Mind by Ruby Wax
Completed 28/7/18 Rating 4 stars


4/5

[Berit]

Edited post #9.
I’ve changed my goal to 20.
So far 15/20.

[Doris]

Update to message #91:

I've completed my 24/24 - Yay!

I'm moving on to bonus books, and may reset my goal at some point.

[Jennifer]

Recently finished Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World - really liked it.

27/24

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30. Before Your Teenagers Drive You Crazy, Read This!: Battlefield Wisdom for Stressed-Out Parents

30/18

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31. In Distant Lands: A Short History of the Crusades

31/18

[Jennifer]

Recently finished Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13.

28/24

[Overbooked ✎]

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

32/18

[Jenn]

Updated post 5
5/15

[Jennifer]

Just finished Lives of the Planets: A Natural History of the Solar System.

29/24

[Jennifer]

Just finished Great White Fathers: The Story Of The Obsessive Quest To Create Mount Rushmore.

30/24

[Chrissy]

Updated post 19: 11/12 with The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior.

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Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth

33/18

[Jennifer]

Just finished Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency.

31/24

[Amanda]

Update #18


5. Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
Completed 20/8/18 Rating 4 stars


5/5

Challenge completed

[Overbooked ✎]

34. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton

34/18

[Debra]

updated msg 12 COMPLETED Challenge

[Overbooked ✎]

35. Calypso by David Sedaris

35/18

[Jennifer]

Just finished Triangle: The Fire That Changed America.

32/24

[[deleted user]]

msg #20 updated

[Overbooked ✎]

36. The Chemistry of Joy: A Three-Step Program for Overcoming Depression Through Western Science and Eastern Wisdom by Henry Emmons

36/18

[Jenn]

Updated message 5
6/15

[Overbooked ✎]

37. 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Philip Matyszak

37/18

[Jennifer]

Just finished The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number.

33/24

[Zara's Retreat]

Hi Kadijah,

Just wanted to let you know that I updated my post. I have read 11/12 non-fiction already. Can't believe that it's been that many. I may have to change my goal a bit later. Not sure how many more non-fiction I'll be reading at this stage though.

[Overbooked ✎]

38. Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo

38/18

[Laura Jane]

10/20

The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
The Barmy British Empire by Terry Deary
The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla
If Only They Didn't Speak English: Adventures in America - The Most Foreign Land on Earth by Jon Sopel
The Universe Doesn't Give a Flying Fuck About You by Johnny B. Truant
Spectacles by Sue Perkins
Singapore by Lonely Planet
Beautiful World by Lonely Planet
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

[Jennifer]

Recently finished On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon.

34/24

[Overbooked ✎]

Finished Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew P. Walker

39/18

[Berit]

Edited post #9.
So far 20/25.

[Overbooked ✎]

40. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
41. ESSENTIAL Volume Two: Sweet Treats for Every Occasion by Annabel Langbein
42. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

42/18

[Jennifer]

Recently finished George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution and The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution

36/24

[jb]

jb wrote: "I’d like to join the challenge. I love reading non fiction. Please put me down for 12.

NONFICTION

1. [book:Life's Too Short to Go So F*cking Slow: Lessons from an Epic Friendship That Went the D..."

Updated post 159 - I have completed 6 out 12 nonfiction books.

[FV]

Update to message 151:
2/4

Read Emotions revealed, first 2 chapters were awesome, the rest a bit boring.
Also read Solving the Procrastination Puzzle, short, useful if procrastination is a thing that you do (and want to stop doing).

[Jenn]

Updated message 5
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston

7/15

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43. Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting by Lynn Bagnall

43/18

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44. The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston

44/18

[Jenn]

Update message 5
8/15
They Cage the Animals at Night.

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45. Ancient Celts by Kathryn Hinds
46. This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

[Amanda]

updated message 10
9/15

[Jennifer]

Recently finished:

1. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
2. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
3. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
4. Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

40/24

[Overbooked ✎]

Read another couple of books:

47. Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
48. Rage: A Step-by-Step Guide to Overcoming Explosive Anger by Ronald T. Potter-Efron

[Martha]

Update to Message 4: I have completed 15/15 books for this challenge.

[Hafsa | حفصہ]

Update to msg #181: 7/10

[Overbooked ✎]

49. Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
50. The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens
51. Secret Language of Cats: The Body Language of Feline Bodies

[Jennifer]

Recently finished:

1. Triumvirate: The Story of the Unlikely Alliance That Saved the Constitution and United the Nation
2. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

42/24

[Jenn]

Updated message 5: 9/15

The Tao Made Easy: Timeless Wisdom to Navigate a Changing World by Alan Cohen