Sunday, November 8, 2009

Dewey Decimal Challenge



Dewey Decimal Challenge
When: January 1 - December 31, 2009
What: Read one book per month from each Dewey Century (000-999)




My list:

000 (Generalities):
Michael Dirda. Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life (028.9 22) -- finished 1/29/2009

100 (Philosophy and Psychology):
Diane Ackerman. A Natural History of the Senses (152.1) -- finished 2/11/2009

200 (Religion):
Bob Edgar. Middle Church (277.3083) -- finished 3/30/2009

300 (Social Sciences):
Ann Rule. The Stranger Beside Me (364.1) -- finished 5/10/2009

400 (Language):
Margalit Fox. Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind (419) -- finished 5/28/2009

500 (Natural Sciences and Math):
Bill Bryson. A Short History of Nearly Everything (500) -- finished 8/24/2009

600 (Technology):
Linda Greenlaw. The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island (639) -- finished 8/18/2009

700 (The Arts):
Michael J. Fox. Lucky Man (790) -- finished 1/21/2009

800 (Literature and Rhetoric):
???

900 (Geography and History):
John Berendt. City of Falling Angels (945.31)

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