The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

10.5. Older and Wiser
Athena is the goddess of wisdom. Read a nonfiction book that makes you wiser by giving you more information about something you would like to know more about.
REQUIRED: In your post, briefly explain the subject that you wanted to know more about.

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Heaven's Child: A Mother's Story of Tragedy and the Enduring Strength of Family
I would like to know more about dealing with Loss. Will you approve

Angel **Book Junkie** wrote: "Heaven's Child: A Mother's Story of Tragedy and the Enduring Strength of Family
I would like to know more about dealing with Loss. Will you approve"

just explain in your post that this is something you wanted to learn more about. This task is pretty open, as long as the book is nonfiction and you want to learn more about its subject.

So I can read Guarded: Surviving as a Female Prison Officer A Memoir as I would like to know more about how a female gets on in a prison full of men and also what it's like to work in a man's world.

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "So I can read Guarded: Surviving as a Female Prison Officer A Memoir as I would like to know more about how a female gets on in a prison full of men and also what it's like to w..."

yes

So this would work...

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown.
I want to know more about why Pluto was demoted from planet status.

Hina wrote: "So this would work...

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown.
I want to know more about why Pluto was demoted from planet status."

certainly

I am going to read The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank to learn more about the Jews' plight during the war.

I would like to readCohen Brothers: The Big Store by Ennis Davis.
This book relates the development of the largest privately owned department store in Jacksonville, Florida which is my hometown. This store no longer exists and I have such pleasant memories of it (going to see Santa, etc.) I want to know more about its history in Jacksonville. I majored in History in college and taught social studies courses for 35 years so this is my type of book. May I get approval for this book?

Wanda wrote: "I would like to readCohen Brothers: The Big Store by Ennis Davis.
This book relates the development of the largest privately owned department store in Jacksonville,..."

you don't need pre-approval - the task simply requires a non fiction book that will tell you more about something you want to know more about it. No justification needed, beyond wanting to know more about whatever the subject of the book is!

Does the book need to explicitly be shelved as Non-Fiction? Or based on the description can you make the determination?

I'm looking to read which is non-fiction, but no main page genres as such. Is this acceptable? Thanks in advance.

Tara Jo wrote: "Does the book need to explicitly be shelved as Non-Fiction? Or based on the description can you make the determination?

I'm looking to read [bookcover:Vodka Distilled: The Modern Mixologist on ..."

no, the task doesn't require nonfiction to be listed as a main page genre. In this case, it's pretty clear that it's nonfiction!

Okay, I'm not so concerned about whether the book will work for the task, but more about whether the book will work in general.

I want to use My Drunk Kitchen: A Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Going with Your Gut, because I want to learn to be a better cook and be more adaptive in the kitchen. I just want to make sure that this book will work for the SRC in general, since it's a cookbook, and there are therefore a fair amount of pictures. There's a good amount of text as well, so I think it will, but I'd rather make sure.

(Below I linked to the Amazon page so you can look inside and see what you think.)

Amazon Look Inside

Kate wrote: "Okay, I'm not so concerned about whether the book will work for the task, but more about whether the book will work in general.

I want to use [book:My Drunk Kitchen: A Guide to Eating, Drinking, ..."

Looks like there's a substantial written component. If there are at least 100 pages worth of text, it will work.

Sandy wrote: "Kate wrote: "Okay, I'm not so concerned about whether the book will work for the task, but more about whether the book will work in general.

I want to use [book:My Drunk Kitchen: A Guide to Eatin..."

Sounds fair. Thanks. :)

Hi, I thought I better check this book Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology just in case.
Firstly, it is labeled as a graphic novel, 174 pages. It seems to have a picture only every few pages. I would definitely say it is >100 pages of actual text, so I think that is OK for page requirements?
Secondly, even though it is a humorous book, I think I actually will learn a bit about cat behaviour.
Does this sound OK?

It fits the technical description of the task