Marshall-Lyon County Library discussion

First, check out the blog post about the Challenge on the library's website (http://www.marshalllyonlibrary.org/20...) to find out what the Challenge is about, as well as a list of the 25 book challenges

If you are interested, sign up for the Challenge by responding to the Welcome! message with your name and any thoughts you might have about your own 2019 reading goals and the Challenge.

Finally, add any topics or questions you might have for the library or participants...or respond to others!

I hope you will join us this year! Michele

Audiobooks are OK for this challenge, right?

Absolutely!

Could you tell me what you had in mind for the category, "Popular book on an academic subject"?

Sorry for the delay...spotty internet the past few days! In general, any book on a subject you would have taken in high school or college (English, biology, science, math, geography, history, political science, etc.) but written for a popular audience (not students or those in the academic field). A few examples: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (deGrasse Tyson), Silent Spring (Carson), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Skloot), Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Truss), The Drunken Botanist (Stewart). The Ominvore's Dilemma (Pollan), For All the Tea in China (Rose), A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Standage).

Sorry, that's a lot of examples! Basically, anything that you might be interested in is likely to have a book that has a more academic approach, but is still readable. I'm thinking about reading more about the sociology/psychology of fairy tales: Spinning Straw Into Gold (Gould) or Don't Bet the Prince (Zippes).

The library also has a section called Do-It-Yourself University (DIY U) which are books and media from our collection on academic topics, if you want to browse (and are nearby!). Anyone else have some ideas?

Thanks for the help!