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Topic: 2014 TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION NF CHALLENGE - LIST THREAD
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Post your list here in this thread! Diane |
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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION There are 16 categories to choose from, and 3 levels of participation. DABBLER - Read books from 4 different categories -For those who don't read a lot of nonfiction but would like to add a little to this year's reading WELL READ - Read books from 8 different categories -For those who like NF but want to leave room for lots of fiction too ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE - Read books from 12 categories -For those who love NF and want to read a different category each month The Categories: 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) 3. Biography/Memoirs Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters by Elizabeth Brown Pryor - completed January 25 - 5***** 4. Current Events 5. Entertainment 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts 7. History Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis - completed 3/11 - 4**** 8. Medicine/Health 9. Nature/Animals In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick - completed 8/19 - 3*** (whales and the whale industry) 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions 11. Science/Math/Technology The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era by Craig Nelson - completed 7/26 - 5***** 12. Social Science Beyond the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo - completed 6/19 - 5***** 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel 15. True Crime 16. Reader's Choice His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph Ellis Completed 3/22 4**** Some categories overlap a little, so you can use your judgment where to put any particular book. PARTICIPATION BONUS To complete the participation bonus, you should post in the discussion thread at least a couple of lines about each book you finish--telling us what the book was about, and why you liked or disliked it. You should also mark the books in your list "completed" and the date. Anyone who completes EIGHT OR MORE books for this challenge, and follows the Participation Bonus guidelines, will receive a PBS book credit at the end of the year! (In order to receive a credit you will have had to create your list no later than 6/30/14 and have posted in the discussion thread about your first book read no later than 9/30/14.) Last Edited on: 8/10/14 9:57 AM ET - Total times edited: 7 |
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Tentative selections / 12 categories: COMPLETED! 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) – The Archaeology of War DONE 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) – Vermeer:A View of Delft by Anthony Bailey DONE 3. Biography/Memoirs – Winter Brothers by Ivan Doig DONE 4. Current Events - The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle Over American History (Public Square) by Jill LeporeDONE 5. Entertainment I'm Proud of You:My Friendship with Fred Rogers by Tim Madigan DONE 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts - 7. History – Rebels on Lake Erie by Charles E. Frohman DONE 8. Medicine/Health - 9. Nature/Animals - Tall Blondes:A Book About Giraffes by Lynn Sherr DONE 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions - 11. Science/Math/Technology – Stuff Matters: Exploring the Materials That Shape our Man-Made World by Mark MiodownikDONE 12. Social Science – The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert DONE 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness – Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi DONE 14. Geography/Travel – A Walk in the Woods:Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson DONE 15. True Crime 16. Reader's Choice – Swedes in Minnesota by A. G. Lewis DONE Last Edited on: 10/13/14 4:37 PM ET - Total times edited: 25 |
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4 different categories or 8 categories or 12 categories The Categories: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Some categories overlap a little, so you can use your judgment where to put any particular book. PARTICIPATION BONUS To complete the participation bonus, you should post in the discussion thread at least a couple of lines about each book you finish--telling us what the book was about, and why you liked or disliked it. You should also mark the books in your list "completed" and the date. Anyone who completes EIGHT OR MORE books for this challenge, and follows the Participation Bonus guidelines, will receive a PBS book credit at the end of the year! (In order to receive a credit you will have had to create your list no later than 6/30/14 and have posted in the discussion thread about your first book read no later than 9/30/14.) Last Edited on: 1/1/15 7:32 PM ET - Total times edited: 69 |
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In reviewing what I read this year, I read 5/8, which, all things considered, I am happy with. 12/27/14 There are 16 categories to choose from, and 3 levels of participation. DABBLER - Read books from 4 different categories -For those who don't read a lot of nonfiction but would like to add a little to this year's reading WELL READ - Read books from 8 different categories -For those who like NF but want to leave room for lots of fiction too ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE - Read books from 12 categories -For those who love NF and want to read a different category each month The Categories: 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology). Mary Beard. Confronting the Classics OR Margalit Fox, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 2. Arts (Fine or Performing). Foster. How to Read Novels like a Professor Completed 1/5/14 4 stars My Review 3. Biography/Memoirs. Robert Graves. Goodbye to all That OR Herman. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge 4. Current Events George Packer. The Unwinding 5. Entertainment 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts . Sutton. Figs; a global history. Completed 12/27/14. 3.5 stars 7. History . Stephen Greenblatt. The Swerve Completed 3/4/14. 4.5 stars 8. Medicine/Health 9. Nature/Animals The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating COMPLETED 2/5/14 3.5 stars 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions. Dreyfus and Kelly. All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age. 11. Science/Math/Technology 12. Social Science 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel Olivia Laing. To the River.Completed 11/29/14 15. True Crime Nicholas. The Rape of Europa: the Fate of Europe’s Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War. 16. Reader's Choice Some categories overlap a little, so you can use your judgment where to put any particular book. PARTICIPATION BONUS To complete the participation bonus, you should post in the discussion thread at least a couple of lines about each book you finish--telling us what the book was about, and why you liked or disliked it. You should also mark the books in your list "completed" and the date. Anyone who completes EIGHT OR MORE books for this challenge, and follows the Participation Bonus guidelines, will receive a PBS book credit at the end of the year! (In order to receive a credit you will have had to create your list no later than 6/30/14 and have posted in the discussion thread about your first book read no later than 9/30/14.)
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I always try to do these & then my life always gets crazy & I never complete them but I'm going to try yet again to see if I can do this!!! TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) 3. Biography/Memoirs 4. Current Events 5. Entertainment 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts 7. History 8. Medicine/Health 9. Nature/Animals 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions: Wednesdays Were Pretty Normal: A Boy, Cancer & God by Michael Kelley (finished 3/1/14) 11. Science/Math/Technology 12. Social Science 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel 15. True Crime 16. Reader's Choice: Damaged by Cathy Glass (finished 3/12/14) Some categories overlap a little, so you can use your judgment where to put any particular book. PARTICIPATION BONUS To complete the participation bonus, you should post in the discussion thread at least a couple of lines about each book you finish--telling us what the book was about, and why you liked or disliked it. You should also mark the books in your list "completed" and the date. Anyone who completes EIGHT OR MORE books for this challenge, and follows the Participation Bonus guidelines, will receive a PBS book credit at the end of the year! (In order to receive a credit you will have had to create your list no later than 6/30/14 and have posted in the discussion thread about your first book read no later than 9/30/14.) Last Edited on: 3/12/14 3:00 AM ET - Total times edited: 3 |
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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION There are 16 categories to choose from, and 3 levels of participation. DABBLER - Read books from 4 different categories -For those who don't read a lot of nonfiction but would like to add a little to this year's reading WELL READ - Read books from 8 different categories -For those who like NF but want to leave room for lots of fiction too ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE - Read books from 12 categories -For those who love NF and want to read a different category each month The Categories: 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) 3. Biography/Memoirs 4. Current Events 5. Entertainment 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts 7. History Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West 8. Medicine/Health 9. Nature/Animals 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions 11. Science/Math/Technology 12. Social Science 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and Survival 15. True Crime 16. Reader's Choice Some categories overlap a little, so you can use your judgment where to put any particular book. PARTICIPATION BONUS To complete the participation bonus, you should post in the discussion thread at least a couple of lines about each book you finish--telling us what the book was about, and why you liked or disliked it. You should also mark the books in your list "completed" and the date. Anyone who completes EIGHT OR MORE books for this challenge, and follows the Participation Bonus guidelines, will receive a PBS book credit at the end of the year! (In order to receive a credit you will have had to create your list no later than 6/30/14 and have posted in the discussion thread about your first book read no later than 9/30/14.) |
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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION There are 16 categories to choose from, and 3 levels of participation. DABBLER - Read books from 4 different categories -For those who don't read a lot of nonfiction but would like to add a little to this year's reading WELL READ - Read books from 8 different categories -For those who like NF but want to leave room for lots of fiction too ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE - Read books from 12 categories -For those who love NF and want to read a different category each month The Categories: 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) 3. Biography/Memoirs American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Author: Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice, Chris Kyle, Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss Author: Peter Criss 4. Current Events The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Conquered the World Through Pop Culture 5. Entertainment Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity Author: Elizabeth Currid-Halkett 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China Author: Jen Lin-Liu 7. History 8. Medicine/Health Don't Put That in There!: And 69 Other Sex Myths Debunked Author: Aaron Carroll, Rachel Vreeman 9. Nature/Animals My Gentle Barn: Creating a Sanctuary Where Animals Heal and Children Learn to Hope Author: Ellie Laks 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions 11. Science/Math/Technology Panicology: Two Statisticians Explain What's Worth Worrying About (and What's Not) in the 21st Century 12. Social Science Female Chauvinist Pigs : Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture Author: Ariel Levy 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel 15. True Crime A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention Author: Matt Richtel 16. Reader's Choice - Politics: Pity the Billionaire: The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right Author: Thomas Frank Some categories overlap a little, so you can use your judgment where to put any particular book. PARTICIPATION BONUS To complete the participation bonus, you should post in the discussion thread at least a couple of lines about each book you finish--telling us what the book was about, and why you liked or disliked it. You should also mark the books in your list "completed" and the date. Anyone who completes EIGHT OR MORE books for this challenge, and follows the Participation Bonus guidelines, will receive a PBS book credit at the end of the year! (In order to receive a credit you will have had to create your list no later than 6/30/14 and have posted in the discussion thread about your first book read no later than 9/30/14.) Last Edited on: 12/28/14 2:16 PM ET - Total times edited: 11 |
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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) The Metaphysical Club a Story of Ideas in America by Louis Menand 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) 3. Biography/Memoirs Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann 4. Current Events 5. Entertainment Does the Noise in my Head Bother You? Steven Tyler (completed 5/21/14) 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller 7. History 8. Medicine/Health The Wellness Revolution by Paul Zane Pilzer 9. Nature/Animals 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions Remember Be Here Now by Ram Dass (completed 3/1/14) 11. Science/Math/Technology E2: Nine Do it Yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality by Pam Grout (completed 1/7/14) 12. Social Science 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel French Toast, a memoir An American in Paris Celebrates the Maddening Mysteries of the French by Harriet Welty Rochefort (completed 3/6/14) 15. True Crime The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, A Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett (completed 8/2/14) 16. Reader's Choice No Death, No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh (completed 3/20/14) Some categories overlap a little, so you can use your judgment where to put any particular book. PARTICIPATION BONUS To complete the participation bonus, you should post in the discussion thread at least a couple of lines about each book you finish--telling us what the book was about, and why you liked or disliked it. You should also mark the books in your list "completed" and the date. Anyone who completes EIGHT OR MORE books for this challenge, and follows the Participation Bonus guidelines, will receive a PBS book credit at the end of the year! (In order to receive a credit you will have had to create your list no later than 6/30/14 and have posted in the discussion thread about your first book read no later than 9/30/14.) Last Edited on: 8/2/14 3:31 PM ET - Total times edited: 9 |
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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION WELL READ - Read books from 8 different categories -For those who like NF but want to leave room for lots of fiction too The Categories: 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) 3. Biography/Memoirs 84, Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff 4. Current Events 5. Entertainment 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts 7. History Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick, completed 5/18/14 8. Medicine/Health The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee completed 1/15/14 9. Nature/Animals A Feathered River Across the Sky - Joel Greenberg 10/25/14 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions 11. Science/Math/Technology 12. Social Science 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel 15. True Crime 16. Reader's Choice Last Edited on: 11/23/14 1:00 PM ET - Total times edited: 5 |
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I'm shooting for somewhere between Dabbler and Well Read. 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) 3. Biography/Memoirs 4. Current Events - Inconceivable: A Medical Mistake, The Baby We Couldn't Keep, And Our Choice to Deliver the Ultimate Gift by Carolyn and Sean Savage (completed 4/11/14) 5. Entertainment 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts 7. History - Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough (completed 2/10/14) 8. Medicine/Health 9. Nature/Animals 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions 11. Science/Math/Technology 12. Social Science 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel 15. True Crime 16. Reader's Choice Last Edited on: 4/12/14 7:29 PM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION -- There are 16 categories to choose from, and 3 levels of participation. DABBLER - Read books from 4 different categories -For those who don't read a lot of nonfiction but would like to add a little to this year's reading WELL READ - Read books from 8 different categories -For those who like NF but want to leave room for lots of fiction too ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE - Read books from 12 categories -For those who love NF and want to read a different category each month RED is READ The Categories: 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen edited by Susannah Carson (completed 6/26/2014) 3. Biography/Memoirs Molly Ivans Can't Say That, Can She? by Molly Ivans (completed 6/3/1204) 4. Current Events 5. Entertainment Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer edited by Elana Levine and Lisa Parks (completed March 24, 2014) 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession by Adam Leith Gollner (completed February 28, 2014) 7. History Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (completed January 14, 2014) 8. Medicine/Health The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse: The Remarkable Autobiography of the Award-winning Scientist Who Synthesized the Birth Control Pill by Carl Djerassi ( completed February 20, 2014) 9. Nature/Animals 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions Holy Hullabaloos: A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church/State Wars by Jay Wexler (completed August 7, 2014) 11. Science/Math/Technology On the Grid by Scott Huler (completed March 28, 2014) 12. Social Science The Man Who Lied to His Laptop: What Machines Teach Us About Human Relationships by Clifford Nass, Corina Yen (completed April 4, 2014) 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fry (completed July 25, 2014) 15. True Crime The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey (completed 2/24/2014) 16. Reader's Choice The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes -- and Why by Amanda Ripley (completed 9/3/2014) Some categories overlap a little, so you can use your judgment where to put any particular book. PARTICIPATION BONUS To complete the participation bonus, you should post in the discussion thread at least a couple of lines about each book you finish--telling us what the book was about, and why you liked or disliked it. You should also mark the books in your list "completed" and the date. Anyone who completes EIGHT OR MORE books for this challenge, and follows the Participation Bonus guidelines, will receive a PBS book credit at the end of the year! (In order to receive a credit you will have had to create your list no later than 6/30/14 and have posted in the discussion thread about your first book read no later than 9/30/14.) Last Edited on: 9/3/14 3:57 PM ET - Total times edited: 19 |
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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION There are 16 categories to choose from, and 3 levels of participation. DABBLER - Read books from 4 different categories -For those who don't read a lot of nonfiction but would like to add a little to this year's reading WELL READ - Read books from 8 different categories -For those who like NF but want to leave room for lots of fiction too ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE - Read books from 12 categories -For those who love NF and want to read a different category each month The Categories: 1. Anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Linguistic or Archaeology) 2. Arts (Fine or Performing) 3. Biography/Memoirs 4. Current Events 5. Entertainment 6. Food/Nutrition/Culinary Arts - Anything That Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture by Dana Goodyear - FINISHED 2-24-14 7. History 8. Medicine/Health 9. Nature/Animals 10. Philosophy/Spirituality/World Religions - Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright 11. Science/Math/Technology 12. Social Science 13. Sports/Recreation/Physical Fitness 14. Geography/Travel 15. True Crime 16. Reader's Choice Last Edited on: 2/24/14 10:15 PM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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CHALLENGE COMPLETED 10/13/14 !! |
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