2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Finished 500-599: The Herb Book: The Most Complete Catalog of Herbs Ever Published.

1/10

14/10

Message 81 has been updated

000 - 099

001.94 The QI Annual

Update: Message 91
8/5

The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder, And Survival In The Amazon (981)

I have updated message 83 6 out of 10 completed
Thanks,
Dug

Update to post 237.

I now have 5/5 done but I am shooting for more!

Update to message 179: 8/10

✔ 400-499: Dat boek met die kuttitel 439

Edited msg 76

15/10
Message 81 has been updated

641.5 Absolute Favourites

16/10

Message 81 has been updated


824.912 England Your England

Updating Msg. 13 only 3 of 10 so far. I still have a chance!

Message 81 has been updated

17/10

791(? The book just came out and I can't find the Dewey for it, so I have guessed where it falls) Dear Auntie...: Letters to the BBC

Edited post #263

Main categories
So far 7/10

300-399: Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way

900-999: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu

Updated message 19

9/10

Update: Message 91

9/5

JFK in Ireland (973)

updated message 78
6/10

✔2. 100-199: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Update: Message 91
10/5

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (968)

Edited post #263
So far 8/10

500-599: The Universe in a Nutshell

Update to message #64

900-999: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

6/10

Updated message 95

I finished this challenge!

18/10

Message 81 has been updated.

941.082092 We Will All Go Down Fighting to the End

Updated message 19

10/10

Update to message #64

100-199: Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

7/10

Update to message #64

600-699: When Breath Becomes Air

8/10

19/10

641.092 B53r Recipe for Life

Message 81 has been updated

Greetings,
Not sure I was on the list but I have read 3 of 3!

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (364.973) ** 8/5/17
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (155.232) ** 2/15/17
The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold: Adventures Along the Iron Curtain Trail (776.62)**07/10/17

The Cyclist who Went Out in the Cold is my fav!

I updated message #11.

Read: 5/6

20/10


828.802Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

Message 81 has been updated

Hi. I have updated message 83 of this challenge. Now completed 8 out of 10. Many thanks. Dug

Update to message #64

100-199: Lying
300-399: Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

10/10 completed. I've met my goal for straight numbers, but since the goal was to read one from each category and I doubled (or tripled) up on a few, I'm upping my goal to 14.

8/10 (categories) -21 books

Message 81 has been updated

283.G5My Prayer Book for Women and Girls

Edited post #263.
9/10

100-199: Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (153)

Edited post 76

Update: Message 96
11/5
In Other Words (813)

I'm done!

10/10 Completed

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
The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Timothy Keller

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 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Feynman

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 Harry Potter: Film Wizardry by Brian Sibley

800-899: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly by Gail Carson Levine

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

updated message 78
7/10

✔9. 800-899: Food: A Love Story

Message 81 has been updated

9/10 categories

428 March Hares and Monkeys' Uncles: Origins of the Words and Phrases We Use Every Day

Updated msg 29

7/7 completed

Update: Message 91
12/5
600-600: The True Tails of Baker and Taylor: The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints on a Small Town . . . and the World (636)

Updated message 78
8/10

✔6. 500-599: Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Updated message 78
9/10

✔5. 400-499: The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way

Read The Joy of Doing Nothing: a real-life guide to creating a simpler, happier, joy-filled life / Rachel Jonat. 646.7 Edited post 76

Updated #103 to add:

How to be Miserable: 40 strategies you already use by Randy J.Paterson 158.1 PAT 2016

Hi All,

Cassandra has been really busy, so I'm going to post an update for you all:

Name of Participant # read # pleadged
Chelsea - 12 /5 Completed!
Clare - 6 /6 Completed!
Gini - 9 /10 Completed!
Heather - 10 /10 Completed!
Helen - 10 /10 Completed!
Iris - 5 /5 Completed!
Jennifer - 10 /10 Completed!
Julie - 3 /3 Completed!
Kelll - 5 /5 Completed!
Laurie - 5 /5 Completed!
Lindsay - 7 /7 Completed!
Megan - 10 /10 Completed!
Paul - 10 /10 Completed!
Samantha (AK) - 7 /5 Completed!
Shelly - 3 /3 Completed!
Sherry - 0 /3 Completed!
Tina - 10 /10 Completed!
Adam - 0 /40
Adriana - 0 /5
Alexander - 4 /10
Amanda - 4 /5
Amanda - 0 /10
Amanda - 8 /10
Amanda - 9 /10
Amber - 0 /7
Anne Hawn - 2 /10
Austen_Wodehouse - 9 /10
Autumn - 0 /5
Berit - 17 /20
Caitlin - 1 /4
Candiss - 5 /6
Carrie - 0 /10
Cassandra - 0 /10
Charity - 2 /5
Cheri - 9 /10
Cindy lll - 0 /10
Cynthia - 4 /5
Cynthia - 0 /10
Dany - 5 /10
Darlene - 0 /10
Debra - 3 /5
Dug - 8 /10
Elaine - 5 /10
Emily - 9 /10
Erika - 1 /5
Erin - 3 /10
frugalitymom - 0 /6
Gem - 0 /5
Holly - 1 /7
Ilea - 0 /10
Irene - 12 /20
Jacki - 0 /10
Janine - 4 /8
Jenn - 9 /10
Jennifer - 0 /10
Jennlynn - 1 /10
Jessica - 0 /10
Joni - 0 /10
Jordyn - 0 /10
Jularcher - 1 /10
Julia - 0 /10
Kadijah Michelle - 1 /20
Kara - 0 /10
Karen - 0 /10
Karen - 0 /10
Karina - 1 /10
Karoline - 0 /5
Kate - 3 /10
Kathi - 0 /5
Kelly - 0 /10
Kelly B - 1 /10
Kristin - 6 /10
Kristy - 0 /10
kyla - 0 /10
Kylie - 3 /10
La - 0 /7
Lauri - 3 /10
Libby - 0 /10
Lillian - 0 /10
Lisa - 0 /10
Lois - 0 /20
Louise - 0 /10
Lulu - 0 /10
Maaike - 8 /10
Magnus - 5 /10
Mary Pat - 4 /6
Maureen - 0 /10
Meagan - 0 /10
Mel - 7 /10
Melanie - 0 /10
Nekesa - 0 /10
Nicole - 0 /5
Nik - 5 /10
Nurai - 0 /5
Pooja - 0 /10
Q - 2 /10
Sam F - 6 /10
Sarah - 0 /5
Shannon - 4 /10
SibylM - 0 /8
Siegwalt - 3 /5
Stefani - SpelingExpirt - 0 /10
Stephanie - 16 /20
Susan - 0 /10
Susan C - 5 /10
Tammy - 0 /10
Valerie - 2 /10
Vicki - 4 /10

Updated message 8

✓ 100-199 - Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel read 11/15/2017

✓ 300 - 399 - Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 362.883 read 1/8/2017

✓ 600 - 699 - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 616.8 read 3/14/2017

✓ 700 - 799 - Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town 796.334092 read 4/23/2017

✓ 800 - 899 - The Year of Magical Thinking 813.54 read 4/20/2017

✓ 900 - 999 - I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago 914.611 read 4/26/2017

6/10

Update: Message 91
13/5
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (423)

This is where I officially consider the challenge completed. I have finally read books from 5 different Dewey Decimal categories. Sometimes I read multiple books from the same category (000-099) so I decided to count those in the total number but not count those towards my goal.

Update: Message 91
14/5
Torn Trousers: A True Story of Courage and Adventure: How A Couple Sacrificed Everything To Escape to Paradise (916)

Update to post #39. 19/20

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. A Beginner's Guide to Reality: Exploring Our Everyday Adventures in Wonderland (110)
200 - 299
5. Norse Mythology (293.13)
6. The Tao of Pooh (299.51)
300 - 399
7. Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape (306.70)
►8. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (363.17)
400 - 499
9. Other-Wordly: Words Both Strange and Lovely from Around the World (415)
10. Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish (468.24)
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.Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (523.01)
600 - 699
13. How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets (648.5)
14. Cook & Freeze: 150 Delicious Dishes to Serve Now and Later (641.61)
700 - 799
15. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (791.43)
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.Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe (920.72)

I finished the challenge woooooo! 10/10

See my post at message 17 .

I have completed my eight!
000-099: A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books (002)
200-299: The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America (277)
300-399: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America (320)
500-599: Mozart's Starling (598)
600-699: Counting Backwards: A Doctor's Notes on Anesthesia (617)
700-799: American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise (798)
800-899: The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books (813)
900-999: The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (947)

This challenge is going to be a last minute rush to complete for me!
Update: 5/8

000-099 - Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done