Hey readers! I just realized that I forgot to list ALL my reading challenges at the beginning of the year. This one is one I omitted entirely, although I have been tracking it since January. It’s hosted over on Book’d Out and has the following categories:
Categories
1. Social History
2. Popular Science
3. Language
4. Medical Memoir
5. Climate/Weather
6. Celebrity
7. Reference
8. Geography
9. Companion to a podcast
10. Wild Animals
11. Economics
12. Published in 2022
Also the rules are as follows:
You can select, read and review a book from the categories listed below during the year for a total of up to 12 books; OR select, read and review any nonfiction book. A book may be in print, electronic or audio format. The challenge will run from January 1st to December 31st 2022. Participants may join at any time up until December 1st 2022.
So that’s the official rules. You can do as few as 1 book or as many as you like. Here’s what I’ve got so far.
- Social History
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson 3.25 stars
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson 3.5 stars
Wisdom from the Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz 1.5 stars
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson 3.5 stars
2. Popular Science
Life Ascending: The 10 Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane 4 stars
At the Water’s Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but then Went Back to Sea by Carl Zimmer 4 stars
3. Language
The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. 3.5 stars
4. Medical Memoir
Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler 3.75 stars
5. Climate/Weather
Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America’s Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster by Al Roker 4 stars
6. Celebrity
Roberto Clemente: Young Baseball Hero by Louis Sabin 3 stars
The Good, Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery 3.25 stars
7. Reference – none so far
8. Geography
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard 4.5 stars
9. Companion to a Podcast – none so far
10. Wild Animals – none so far
11. Economics – none so far
12. Published in 2022 – nothing
Books that didn’t qualify:
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 4 stars
Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World’s Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb 3.5 stars
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui 4.5 stars
Definitely some good reads in there. I’m currently lazing through another non-fiction, Winter World by Bernd Heinrich. It’s a nature book and I’m enjoying it, but feeling no pressure to hurry and finish. A chapter a night is just about right for me. How’s your non-fiction reading this year? Let me know if you’ve read anything amazing! Happy reading.
Speedy Reader 