2021 Challenge

[Colin]

Hello, everyone! Without wanting to dump extra work on Evelyn, I was wondering whether there would be a 2021 edition of this challenge? It kickstarted my reading last year and I really enjoyed it :-)

[Daval]

So far for me, it's "finish the small pile of 2020 math books sitting in a pile on my desk in various states of completion." :)

[Evelyn]

Colin wrote: "Hello, everyone! Without wanting to dump extra work on Evelyn, I was wondering whether there would be a 2021 edition of this challenge? It kickstarted my reading last year and I really enjoyed it :-)"

I had been going back and forth about this, and I think it would be fun! I'm a little behind on...everything in my life. (Including the 2020 reading challenge, which I kind of bailed on in the fall!) But here's a draft of 12 prompts I think could be fun for this year. Feedback and other ideas accepted until January 3, let's say, and then I'll "officially" put together this year's list.

1. A nonfiction math book by a person of color
2. A book about connections between math and biology or medicine
3. A book related to geometry
4. A work of fiction in which a character goes to a math class
5. A book with a geometric design on the cover
6. A math history book or biography focused on mathematics or a mathematician from Africa, Asia, or indigenous groups in the Americas or Oceania
7. A math-related book published at least 50 years ago
8. A biography of a woman in math
9. A math book not originally written in your native language
10. A math book that intimidates you
11. A math book you meant to read in 2020
12. A math book that makes you laugh

[Colin]

Looks good to me!

[Daval]

Those look fun!

[Evelyn]

I ended up re-ordering them and slightly rewording a couple, but it's official:
1. A work of fiction in which a character goes to a math class
2. A math book published at least 50 years ago
3. A biography of a woman in math
4. A math book that makes you laugh
5. A book with a geometric design on the cover
6. A book related to geometry
7. A nonfiction math book written by a person of color
8. A math book that intimidates you
9. A book about connections between math and biology or medicine
10. A math book not originally written in your native language
11. A math book you meant to read in 2020
12. A math history or biography focused on mathematics or a mathematician from Africa, Asia, or a group indigenous to the Americas or Oceania

Goodreads is giving me some trouble making new discussion topics. (Maybe I made too many too quickly?) But I'll get it all set up soon. Let the games begin!