tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41165791064228357442024-02-08T05:04:32.166-08:00Cassandra Reads 2014 ChallengesCassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17377503338874221690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4116579106422835744.post-13531628376823376192014-10-17T11:29:00.002-07:002014-10-17T11:29:53.895-07:00Blog NoticeI will no longer be using this blog for challenges. Instead, I've created a new blog that will be used for all challenges I do. I don't know what I was thinking, creating a blog for just one year of challenges. <br />
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<a href="http://cassandra-reads-reading-challenges.blogspot.com/">Cassandra Reads Reading Challenges</a> is the new blog I've created. I've added all the posts from this blog as well as planned 2015 challenges. The 2015 challenges are just scheduled at the moment, but the planning is there, anyway.Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17377503338874221690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4116579106422835744.post-41553953380883463552013-10-09T13:09:00.000-07:002014-10-17T17:16:10.096-07:00A Non-Fiction Adventure <span style="font-family: inherit;">I got the idea for this one from <a href="http://mybookdragon.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-non-fiction-adventure-five-year-plan.html">Book Dragon's lair</a> here on Blogger (<a href="http://non-fictionadventure.blogspot.com/2012/03/non-fiction-adventure-introduction.html">here</a> is the post on the creator's blog). The goal is to read 50+ nonfiction books in five years. That sounds like a lot of nonfiction, but I've read 20 nonfiction books in 2013 and I think I can manage 50 in 5 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My list can also be found on <a href="http://cassandrareads.libib.com/non-fiction-adventure">Libib</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Note: I will no longer be updating this post, since my challenge blog has moved. New post is <a href="http://cassandra-reads-reading-challenges.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-non-fiction-adventure.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">♫ - Audiobook</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">♦ - Library book, either audio or ebook</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Dates:</b> Jan 1, 2014 to Jan 1, 2019</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">These books are subject to change. About half of them are library books. I have a list of 12 books I plan on reading in 2014. I'm hoping for 2 a month, but I'd like to see how this goes first. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10326084-brandwashed?from_search=true" style="font-family: inherit;">Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by Martin Lindstrom - Read 1/2 - 4</span></span>★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2269399.The_Dumbest_Generation?from_search=true">The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)</a> by Mark Bauerlein ♫♦ - Read 2/6 - 4</span>★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7105459-1492?from_search=true" style="font-family: inherit;">1492: The Year Our World Began</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto - Read 3/26 - 3</span></span>½★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6090718-the-illustrious-dead?from_search=true">The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army</a> by Stephan Talty ♫♦ - Read 3/27 - 4</span></span>★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7843059-seven-events-that-made-america-america?from_search=true">7 Events That Made America America: And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along</a> by Larry Schweikart ♫♦ - 4/3 - 3</span>½★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84593.Cicero?from_search=true">Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician</a> by Anthony Everitt ♦ - 4/23 - 4</span></span>★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184327.The_Demon_Under_the_Microscope?from_search=true">The Demon Under The Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug</a> by Thomas Hager ♫♦ - 5/26 - 4</span></span>★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9862761-1493?from_search=true">1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created</a> by Charles C. Mann ♫♦ - 6/10 - 4</span></span>★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6792458-the-new-jim-crow?from_search=true">The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness</a> by Michelle Alexander ♦ - 8/8 - 4</span></span>★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57536.Second_Nature?from_search=true">Second Nature: A Gardener's Education</a> by Michael Pollan </span>♫♦ - 8/21 - 4½★</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43369.God_is_Not_Great?from_search=true">God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything</a> by Christopher Hitchens </span>♫♦ - 9/3 - 4★</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104279.The_Lost_Gospel_of_Judas_Iscariot?from_search=true">The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed</a> by Bart D. Ehrman♫♦ - 9/9 - 4★</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5863221-how-to-build-a-dinosaur?from_search=true">How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever</a> by Jack Horner & James Gorman♦♫ - 4★</li>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/183924.The_First_Human?from_search=true">The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors</a> by Ann Gibbons♦♫<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6851796.The_Town_That_Food_Saved__How_One_Community_Found_Vitality_in_Local_Food">The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food</a> by Ben Hewitt♦♫Cassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17377503338874221690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4116579106422835744.post-39848654942556655402013-10-09T12:38:00.001-07:002013-10-10T13:58:08.858-07:00About<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know it is way to early to be thinking about 2014 challenges, but after Googling <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=2014+reading+challenges&oq=2014+reading+challenges&aqs=chrome..69i57.4501j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espvd=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#es_sm=93&psj=1&q=2014+reading+challenges&start=0">2014 reading challenges</a> and seeing that some people have started lists as early this year as May I don't feel so bad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of my challenges are though Goodreads, so the official posts aren't up yet but that doesn't mean that I can't think about it, right?</span><br />
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