Nonfiction Bingo Challenge - 2015

[Susan]

[Cassandra]

Jenn, that sounds like a hilarious book. I've never heard of it before, but I added it to my TBR. How long have you worked public libraries?

Welcome to the challenge, Susan!

[Susan C]

Updated message 26

True Crime - Cold Storage read 1/2/2015
Health and Medical - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness read 1/9/2015

[Latonya]

I am excited about this challenge and ready to start. Count me in! https://d.gr-assets.com/photos/142111...

[Latonya]

[Jenn]

Cassandra wrote: "Jenn, that sounds like a hilarious book. I've never heard of it before, but I added it to my TBR. How long have you worked public libraries?"

10 years this year - and while I do love working with the public (and love it when I can help people not only find what they want, but also get them as excited about books as I am!) at times... (Sigh)

[Jenn]

Updated message #50 - second square!

Finished - love the show, loved the book! Review

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[Cassandra]

That's awesome, Jenn! Congrats on finishing your second book of the challenge.

Welcome to the challenge, Latonya! Sorry I didn't see your post sooner. Goodreads notifications have been a little broken lately.

[Susan C]

Updated message 26.
Food and Lifestyle - A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France read 1/13/2015

[Paul]

I've just finished Bending Adversity, for my Journalism square. A well researched book about Japan - much of it through the voices of the people.

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[ChrisP]

O-4 History Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies**


I-1 Business Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything****

If anyone needs an economics/business/sociology/psychology book - you can't go wrong with this book.

[ChrisP]

NONFICTION BINGO CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015






Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies** O-4 History


Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything*** I-1 Business


The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army*** B-4 Health & Medical

[Paul]

Read a good travel guide which I think qualifies for the Outdoor Adventure square - Iceland, by Parnell. So my first two rows look like:

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[Susan C]

Updated message 26

Music and Entertainment - Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll read 1/24/2015)
Journalism - Rosewater: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival read 1/27/2015

[Cassandra]

Susan, I have you down for 5 squares now. Have you made a bingo, or not yet?

[Cassandra]

Great work this month, everyone! We have 22 people participating in this challenge and together you've read 18 books. You're off to a great start. :)

[ChrisP]

NONFICTION BINGO CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015





The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival*** I-2 Nature and Ecology
A solid and interesting read about the life and hardships of the Amura Tiger in Far Eastern Russia. I would recommend this book.




Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies** O-4 History

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything*** I-1 Business

The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army*** B-4 Health & Medical

[Meg]

I have read two non-fiction books so far this year:
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made for MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life FOOD & LIFESTYLE

[Jenn]

Finished the Cultural and Social Issues category with Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them by Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton a few days ago but only now getting the chance to update! My review - updated msg #48.

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[Susan C]

Updated message 26

Self-Help - Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption read 2/1/2015
Business and Finance - Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking read 2/4/2015

One category (Pop Culture and Celebrity) away from making my first bingo! I've picked out a great book for this category - just waiting to clear the hold list at the library.

[Cassandra]

Nice going, everyone! A couple of you are getting really close to your first bingo.

[Meg]

I have finished my third book...
Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands
For now I will count it as Current Affairs/Politics but might move it to Travel if needed.

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[Lilac]

I'd love to participate, can I join in?

P.S. How do you insert the image? It doesn't have a URL.

[Kadijah Michelle]

Hi, I would like to join in please. I will use the one the group generated.
I would like to add a twist to mine because I love reading non-fiction. I would like to go for BLACK OUT. I will be filling books into multiple categories with the hope that it will all be straitened out by the end of the year.

Art and Photography: Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book
Autobiography and Biography: Malcolm X
Diary and Memoirs:
Business and Finance:
Food and Lifestyle:
Cultural and Social Issues: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Current Affairs and Politics
Gift Book or Coffee Table Book
Health and Medical:
History: American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System
Home Decorating and Design:
How To:
Humor:
Journalism:
Military:
Music and Entertainment:
Nature and Ecology:
Outdoor Adventuring:
Philosophy: You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
Pop Culture and Celebrity: Yes Please
Psychology: The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us
Relationships:
Religion and Spirituality: Patience and Gratitude: An abridged translation of ʿUddat as-Sabirin wa dhakhirat ash-shakirin
Science and Technology:
Self-Help: Simplify Your Life
Sports:
Travel: Secret Europe
True Adventure:
True Crime: The Devil in the White City
Women’s Issues: The Ideal Muslimah: The True Islamic Personality of the Muslim Woman as Defined in the Qur’an and Sunnah

Not sure where to put this yet: The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

10/30

[Cassandra]

Sabreen, if you're using Goodreads to host your image, go to the image and:

1. Click "largest size" to the upper right of your image
2. Copy the web address for the image and post using the image tag: [img src="image url"] but replace []s with <>s

Hope that helps!

Kadijah Michelle, welcome to the challenge! A blackout is so impressive. :) Are those books you've already finished, or not yet?

[Susan]

Autobiography/Biography- I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala

Cultural and Social Issues- Don't Be Afraid, Gringo

History- Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa

[Mary Pat]

I will participate! I have made my own card and I am shooting for two bingos - eight squares.

Progress: (0/8)

[Kadijah Michelle]

Cassandra wrote: "Sabreen, if you're using Goodreads to host your image, go to the image and:

1. Click "largest size" to the upper right of your image
2. Copy the web address for the image and post using the image ..."

I've only read two nonFiction books so far. I'm filling a book into as many categories as it will fit, and will edit out later. (I'm doing the same thing on PopSugar Challenge). It's just easier for me this way. I have two of the 30 done.

[Cassandra]

That makes perfect sense to me! Do you want me to mark you down for two squares done or wait until you're more sure where you will slot each book?

[Paul]

Hi all, I just finished Naomi Klein's, "This Changes Everything". A great challenge about the threat of climate change. That will cover off my 'Nature and Ecology' square. So my first three rows look like:

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[ChrisP]

The Accountant's Story: Inside the Violent World of the Medellín Cartel***G-2 True Crime

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies** O-4 History

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything*** I-1 Business

The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army*** B-4 Health & Medical

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival***I-2 Nature

5 Squares

[Cassandra]

Great job, guys! I can't wait until someone gets their first bingo.

[Susan C]

Updated message 26

Diary and Memoirs - Son of a Gun: A Memoir read 2/19/2015

8 books read
0 Bingos

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:

Goal: 9 (two bingos - eight squares)
Progress: 2 squares complete, 6 to go

History - 101 Things You Didn't Know about Irish History: The People, Places, Culture, and Tradition of the Emerald Isle

Military - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

[Jane]

Well I'm a little late to the party, but better late than never right? Here's my card and below are some of the books I've already read since January.



Health & Medical: The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity by Norman Doidge - 5 stars

Women's Issues: No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood by Henriette Mantel - 3 stars

Humor: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

[Susan C]

Updated message 26



Diary and Memoirs - Son of a Gun: A Memoir read 2/19/2015
Psychology - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking read 2/23/2015
Sports - Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream read 2/25/2015
Food and Lifestyle - A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France read 1/13/2015
True Crime - Cold Storage read 1/2/2015

Bingo!

[Cassandra]

Congratulations, Susan! You got the first bingo of the group. Which has been your favorite nonfiction book so far?

[Susan C]

Cassandra wrote: "Congratulations, Susan! You got the first bingo of the group. Which has been your favorite nonfiction book so far?"

Thanks, Cassandra! Gosh, my favorite book so far? It's hard to pick because I've liked all of them, in different ways, even though I'm not a big non-fiction reader. I think I'll go with Rosewater: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival because it was so eye-opening as to what really happens in a country ruled by religious beliefs.

[Cassandra]

Oh wow, I hadn't heard of Rosewater: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival before. It looks really impressive. I added it to my to-read list.

[Paul]

Hi, I just finished a book that can be used for my 'How To' square. It's about running, and titled 'Run Less, Run Faster'. A step by step guide, for everyone from novices to elites. Now to find my running shoes

[Paul]

Looks like my message got cut off. My first three rows now look like:

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[Paul]

Forgot to enter a recent Gift Book I read about a Mozambique park - Gorongosa. It's called, A Window on Eternity. Lovely book - photography, essays, diary. How connected and diverse we all are in nature.

[ChrisR]

Finished two more books.
That Quail, Robert: Classic \ Humor
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster: Disaster \ History



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[Susan C]

Updated message 26



True Crime - Cold Storage read 1/2/2015
Health and Medical - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness read 1/9/2015
Self-Help - Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption read 2/1/2015
Business and Finance - Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking read 2/4/2015
Pop Culture and Celebrity - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride read 3/2/2015

2 Bingos

[Cassandra]

Congratulations on your second bingo, Susan!

[Cassandra]

Here are the statistics from February:

Totals:
24 participants
47 books read
2 bingos completed

Since last month:
+2 participants
+29 books read
+2 bingos completed

[Meg]

One more book read but still very far from a bingo!
Humour Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology

[Susan]

Self Help- The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Travel- In the Shadow of Islam

[Meg]

My fifth book...
Nature/ecology The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
highly recommended!

I'm going to have to be more strategic if I ever plan to get a bingo
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[Cassandra]

It's hard to be strategic enough to get a bingo, but I just think it's awesome how many nonfiction books you are all reading. :)