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Dewey Decimal Nonfiction Challenge - 2017

000-099: Computer Science, Bibliographies, Library Sciences, Encyclopedias & Books of Facts, Associations, Organizations & Museums, News Media, Journalism & Publishing, General Collections, Manuscripts & Rare Books
100-199: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Parapsychology & Occultism, Philosophical Schools of Thought, Psychology, Logic, Ethics, Ancient, Medieval & Eastern Philosophy, Modern Western Philosophy
200-299: Religion, Natural Theology, Bible, Christian Theology, Christian Moral & Devotional Theology, Christian Orders & Local Church, Christian Social Theology, Christian Church History, Christian Denominations & Sects, Other & Comparative Religions
300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore
400-499: Language, Linguistics, English & Old English, German, Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek, Other
500-599: Sciences, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Life Sciences, Plants, Zoological Sciences
600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences), Medical Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics & Family Living, Management, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Buildings The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 616.02774092
700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts
800-899: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek
900-999: History, Geography/Travel, Ancient History, General History of Europe, General History of Asia, Far East, Africa, North America, South America, Other
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 940.547252092


now 5/10


300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
305.420207
1/4

� 4. 300-399: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (339.460973)
3/10

I'm really enjoying reading more non-fiction :)

Challenge complete
5/5 complete
300-399 We Should All Be Feminists (305.42) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
600-699 An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (629.45) by Chris Hadfield
700-799 Not My Father's Son (792.02) by Alan Cumming
800-899 Reading Lolita in Tehran (820.9) by Azar Nafisi
900-999 Cider With Rosie (942.41) by Laurie Lee

Challenge complete
5/5 complete
300-399 We Should All Be Feminists (305.42) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
600-699 [book:An Astronaut's Guide to Li..."
Congrats! on your completion.


400-499: 417.7 Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still
500-599: 598.97 Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
800-899: 814.6 Bad Feminist

300-399 - We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation
500-599 - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
600-699 - When Breath Becomes Air
7/10

The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures 9781452145402 025.313
The book : a cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time 978-0393244793 2.09

700-799. Adulthood Is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection (2017.02.09, ★★★★�).
800-899. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (2017.02.18,★★☆☆�).
Latest addition:
900-999. The Complete Persepolis (2017.03.27, ★★★★�).

500-599 - Hidden Figures - ****
800-899 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - ****
3/10

Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
4/7

700-799. Adulthood Is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection (2017.02.09, ★★★★�).
800-899. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (2017.02.18,★★☆☆�).
900-999. The Complete Persepolis (2017.03.27, ★★★★�).
Latest addition:
000-099. Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2017.03.31, ★★★★�).

4/10
028.8 You've GOT to Read This Book!: 55 People Tell the Story of the Book That Changed Their Life
304.2 The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be
641.8652 Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, Fillings, and Life
782.14 Hamilton: The Revolution

000-099: Netymology: From Apps to Zombies: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World (004)
100-199:
200-299:
300-399: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness (332.024)
400-499: The Story of English in 100 Words (422)
500-599:
600-699:
700-799: The Beauty, Vol. 1 (741.5)
800-899: Alice in Tumblr-land (808.87)
900-999: The 143rd in Iraq: Boots on the ground training Iraq police in spite of it all (956.7)
Completed: 6/10

Found the Black Swan, Taleb, in the same section. Older but it's readable and those swans still light from time to time.

Congratulations on finishing your challenge so early, Laurie. :)

000 - 099
1. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts (025.82)
2. The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (070.4)
100 - 199
3. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes (102)
4.
200 - 299
5.
6.
300 - 399
7. Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape (306.70)
8.
400 - 499
9.
10.
500 - 599
11. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (510.92)
12.
600 - 699
â–�13. How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets (648.5)
14.
700 - 799
â–�15. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (791.43)
16.
800 - 899
17. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction (824.914)
18.
900 - 999
19. Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana (977.2)
20.


Hi,
7/10 now! Enjoying this challenge. Thanks.


Read 8/10 Getting there!! Finished Just Mercy from Bryan Stevenson for the 300 batch. A look at the justice system in the USA that isn't flattering at all. In fact this one will make you mad and make you cry and maybe even get you up and out on the campaign trail to fix some of what's broken.

2/4
700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts
Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory by Andy Murray Completed 23/4/17 Rating 4 stars
796.342092

000 - 099
1. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts (025.82)
2. The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries (070.4)
100 - 199
3. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes (102)
4.
200 - 299
â–� 5. Norse Mythology (293.13)
6.
300 - 399
7. Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape (306.70)
8.
400 - 499
9.
10.
500 - 599
11. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (510.92)
12.
600 - 699
13. How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets (648.5)
14.
700 - 799
15. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (791.43)
â–� 16. A Life in Parts (791.45)
800 - 899
17. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction (824.914)
18.
900 - 999
19. Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana (977.2)
20.

Awsome challenge. I'd like to try for all 10 main categories.
So far 10/10.
000-099: Gutenberggalaxens nova : en essäberättelse om Erasmus av Rotterdam, humanismen och 1500-talets medierevolution (002.09)
100-199: Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence.(153)
200-299: Nordiska Myter (293)
300-399: Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way (333.95397)
400-499: Språkets lustgård och djungel (439,7)
500-599: The Universe in a Nutshell (530.12)
600-699: Salvekvick och kvacksalveri: alternativmedicinen under luppen (615.5)
700-799: Wall and Piece (751.73092)
800-899: Tomtar (839.3186407)
900-999: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu (910.4)
I also want to try all the subcategories 500-599.
So far 10/10.
500-509: Året runt : det svenska vädret, naturen och årstiderna (508)
510-519: The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets (510)
520-529: How It Ends: From You to the Universe (523.19)
530-539: Sju korta lektioner i fysik (530)
540-549: Den Siste Alkemisten i Paris (540.9)
550-559: Glaciärer : gnistrande smycken som ännu pryder våra svenska fjäll (551.31209485)
560-569: Fossiljägarna: en berättelse om besatta vetenskapsmän och fisken som klev upp på land (567.0922)
570-579: The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code (572.8)
580-589: Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History (581.63)
590-599: Bevingat : magiska möten i fågelmarker (598.0222)

000-099: Computer Science, Bibliographies, Library Sciences, Encyclopedias & Books of Facts, Associations, Organizations & Museums, News Media, Journalism & Publishing, General Collections, Manuscripts & Rare Books What Makes Flamingos Pink? by Bill McLain
100-199: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Parapsychology & Occultism, Philosophical Schools of Thought, Psychology, Logic, Ethics, Ancient, Medieval & Eastern Philosophy, Modern Western Philosophy Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
200-299: Religion, Natural Theology, Bible, Christian Theology, Christian Moral & Devotional Theology, Christian Orders & Local Church, Christian Social Theology, Christian Church History, Christian Denominations & Sects, Other & Comparative Religions
300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor: A Master Class on Mentoring, Motivating, and Making It Work! by Tim Gunn
400-499: Language, Linguistics, English & Old English, German, Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek, Other The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson
500-599: Sciences, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Life Sciences, Plants, Zoological Sciences
600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences), Medical Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics & Family Living, Management, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Buildings The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 616.02774092
700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts
800-899: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek
900-999: History, Geography/Travel, Ancient History, General History of Europe, General History of Asia, Far East, Africa, North America, South America, Other
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 940.547252092

Just finished Our Sacred Signs, Soltes 704.948. I found it interesting and enjoyed reading it. He covered Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sacred signs. Religious symbols from the beginning of each religion (and before) to the end of the 20th century including some of the work from Picasso and Warhol. Surprised me with much of the recent history observations.

I've read the 'easier' subjects, that always interest me, so now it'll get more difficult!
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900-999 Cider With Rosie (942.41) by Laurie Lee