Play Book Tag discussion

PBT's 100 Non-Fiction Books Members Think You Should Read:

1. The Professor and the Madman
2. The Diary of a Young Girl
3. John Adams
4. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in HistoryIsaac's Storm
5. The Snow Leopard
6. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
7. People of the Deer
8. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
9. If This Is a Man
10. 84, Charing Cross Road
11. The Disappearing Spoon
12. Columbine

PBT Monthly Tags

January - Books published in 2010 -After Alice
February - World War II - The Diary of a Young Girl
March - Mystery/Thriller - And Then There Were None
The Hound of the Baskervilles
April - Female Authors The Year of Magical Thinking
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
At the Edge of the Orchard
Epitaph
May - Series
The Fifth Season
A Dirty Job
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
My Brilliant Friend
June - Fantasy
The Science of Discworld
The Science of Discworld II: The Globe
The Lions of Al-Rassan
July - memoir, biography
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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September -
October -
November -
December -

Shelfagories Challenge

1. A book with more than 750 pages: Edge of Eternity
2. A classic romance: The Return of the Native
3. A book that became a movie/TV show: The Shining
4. A book published this year: At the Edge of the Orchard
5. A book written by someone under 30: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
6. A book based entirely on its cover: The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
7. A mystery or thriller: Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
8. A book of short stories:Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
9. A non-fiction book: The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
10. A popular author's first book: Behind the Scenes at the Museum
11. A book that won the Pulitzer Prize after 2000: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
12. A book more than 100 years old: The Pilgrim's Progress
13. A book set somewhere you want to visit: Raven Black
14. A book set in the future: Solaris
15. A book with magic:Slade House
16. A book you own but have never read:Room
17. A book that takes place in your hometown: Between the World and Me
18. A book written by an author with your initials: Breakfast of Champions
19. A play: Medea
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21. A microhistory: Empire of Cotton: A Global History
22. A translated book: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
23. A book published by an independent press: I Refuse
24. A book by/about an indigenous culture: People of the Deer
25. A graphic novel: The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
26. A book published the year you were born:
27. A book set during a winter holiday:A Fatal Grace
28. A book with nonhuman characters:Unseen Academicals
29. A book that scares you: Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Reader's Room Summer Olympics Challenge
✔1. Archery: 4 events - Jade Lady Burning - South Korea mystery
✔2. Boxing: 13 events - The Man Who Loved Dogs: A Novel - Cuba politics
✔3. Beach Volleyball: 2 events - Ways to Disappear - Brazil beach read
✔4. Diving: 8 events Paper: Paging Through History China microhistory
5. Equestrian: 6 events - Niko's Nature: The Life of Niko Tinbergen and His Science of Animal Behaviour Netherlands animals
6. Fencing: 10 events - The Name of the Rose Italy medieval
7. Football (soccer for the Americans): 2 events - Germany team read Night
8. Artistic Gymnastics: 14 events - Japan - young adult The Last Leaves Falling
✔9. Rugby sevens: 2 events first time ever Cry, the Beloved Country South Africa debut
10. Rowing: 14 events - Phoenix Rising New Zealand steampunk
11. Sailing: 10 events - Swimming with Crocodiles: A True Story of Adventure and Survival Australia adventure
✔12. Shooting: 15 events - Ukraine war The Rose of Sebastopol
✔13. Swimming: 34 events - A Wizard of Earthsea USA quest
✔14. Synchronized swimming: 2 events - Fifteen Dogs Canada satire
15. Tennis singles: 2 events - The Execution of Justice Switzerland - legal or court themed
16. Tennis doubles: 3 events - France- Romance The Ravishing of Lol Stein
✔17. Track & Field: - Jamaica - Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica folklore
18. Triathlon: 2 events - The Complete Don Quixote Spain book in sections
✔19. Weightlifting: 14 events - Ruler Of The Sky: A Novel of Genghis Khan Kazakhstan - over 600 pages
✔20. Cycling (road, BMX, mountain bike, track): 18 events - Watership Down - Great Britain road trip or voyage
✔21. Wrestling: 18 events - Russia philosophy - The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession
✔22. Modern Pentathlon: 2 events - Tales from Two Pockets - Czech Republic - anthology
23. Badminton: 5 events - This is Not a Game - Indonesia Science fiction
24. Rhythmic gymnastics: 2 events Pan Tadeusz Belarus poetry

Long Book - Books with over 500 pages.

1. Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett ★★★1/2
2. The Shining - Stephen King ★★1/2
3. Post Captain - Patrick O'Brian ★★★★★
4. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry ★★★★★
5. Night Film - Marisha Pessl ★★1/2
6. We Are Water - Wally Lamb ★★★★
7. Epitaph - Mary Doria Russell ★★★1/2
8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle ★★★1/2
9. Empire of Cotton: A Global History ★★★1/2
10. The Lions of Al-Rassan ★★★★★
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