You Read How Many Books? is a challenge hosted by Gina at Book Dragon's Lair. This was one challenge I knew I would be able to complete without too much stress. I signed up for Level 1, which meant I needed to read at least 100 books this year. Since my Goodreads goal was set for 110 books, I knew I could accomplish this one. I have finished 116 books this year, and there are still a couple of weeks left! :) I keep track of the books I read in a spreadsheet. If you want to check that out, here is a link.
The Nonfiction Reading Challenge was hosted by Jen at The Introverted Reader. I enjoy reading nonfiction, so this was challenge was right up my alley. Except that I needed it to be a bit more challenging. The highest level was Master, which meant I would need to read 16-20 books. Last year, I read 20 nonfiction books without a challenge to push me, and I wanted to do better this year. So I created a new level - Master Plus, with a minimum of 25 books. And I just made it! Here are the books I read for this challenge:
1. The Color of Rain: How Two Families Found Faith, Hope, & Love in the Midst of Tragedy by Michael & Gina Spehn
2. The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost: A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure by Rachel Friedman (Anyone else notice how incredibly long nonfiction titles are??)
3. The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting by Darren Wershler-Henry
4. Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations by Joanne Lipman & Melanie Kupchynsky
5. Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard
6. Travels in Greater Yellowstone by Jack Turner
7. My Venice and Other Essays by Donna Leon
8. La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World's Most Enchanting Language by Dianne Hales
9. A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano by Katie Hafner
10. Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael Tucker
11. Renaissance Florence on 5 Florins a Day by Charles FitzRoy
12. Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence by Buonaccorso Pitti & Gregorio Dati
13. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King
14. Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces by Robert Clark
15. Tilt: A Skewed History of the Tower of Pisa by Nicholas Shrady
16. The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped by Paul Strathern
17. The Stones of Florence by Mary McCarthy
18. Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux
19. Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others by Stacy Horn
20. Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye: A Family Field Trip to the Arctic's Edge in Search of Adventure, Truth, and Mini-Marshmallows by Zac Unger
21. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
22. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
23. Bitter Chocolate: The Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet by Carol Off
24. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro
25. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
2. The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost: A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure by Rachel Friedman (Anyone else notice how incredibly long nonfiction titles are??)
3. The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting by Darren Wershler-Henry
4. Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations by Joanne Lipman & Melanie Kupchynsky
5. Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard
6. Travels in Greater Yellowstone by Jack Turner
7. My Venice and Other Essays by Donna Leon
8. La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World's Most Enchanting Language by Dianne Hales
9. A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano by Katie Hafner
10. Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael Tucker
11. Renaissance Florence on 5 Florins a Day by Charles FitzRoy
12. Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence by Buonaccorso Pitti & Gregorio Dati
13. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King
14. Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces by Robert Clark
15. Tilt: A Skewed History of the Tower of Pisa by Nicholas Shrady
16. The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped by Paul Strathern
17. The Stones of Florence by Mary McCarthy
18. Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux
19. Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others by Stacy Horn
20. Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye: A Family Field Trip to the Arctic's Edge in Search of Adventure, Truth, and Mini-Marshmallows by Zac Unger
21. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
22. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
23. Bitter Chocolate: The Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet by Carol Off
24. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro
25. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
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