Do we?
So, yesterday I started this "project". You know how some people are doing that "read 50 books in a year" thing? Well, I'm reading 50 books, but my plan is to read one book from each section of the library.
Necessarily, I'm skipping a few sections (reference, oversize, spanish, large print, etc.), but nevertheless I'm starting on the 3rd floor and working my way down. I have no idea how long this is going to take, but it should be interesting.
I'm going to have to seriously resist the urge to read more than one book from the 500's, though. :p
Here's what my list looks like so far:
The Reading Project List
3rd Floor:
1. 000's - 031.02 Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody (finished - review)
2. 100's - 124 "The Design Revolution" by William A. Dembski (finished - review)
3. 200's - 230 "The Case for Christianity" by C.S. Lewis (finished - review)
4. 300's - 398.2 "The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm" by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak (finished - review
5. 400's - 415 "Words and Rules" by Steven Pinker (finished - review)
6. 500's - 598.1 "Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird" by Tony Juniper (finished - review)
7. 600's - 636.08899 "The Zoo Quest Expeditions" by David Attenborough (finished - review)
8. 700's - 745.1 "Antiques Roadshow Primer" by Carol Prisant (finished - review)
9. 800's - 883.01 "The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales" by Felice Vinci (finished - review)
10. 900's - 910.3 "Off the Map: The Curious Histories of Place-Names" by Derek Nelson (finished - review)
11. Bios - B, Audub, J. "Audubon" a biography by John Chancellor (finished - review)
2nd Floor:
12. Easy - "My Grandma lived in Gooligulch" by Graeme Base (finished - review)
17. J 000 - J 027.032 "The Library of Alexandria" by Kelly Trumble (finished - review)
18. J 100 - J 133.1 "Ghosts on the Range" by Debra D. Munn (finished - review)
19. J 200 - J 294.5 "The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu god Ganesha" retold by Uma Krishnaswami (finished - review)
20. J 300 - J 398.2 "Inuit Mythology" by Evelyn Wolfson (finished - review)
21. J 400 - J 495.1 "Get Talking Chinese: Mandarin Chinese for Beginners" by Elinor Greenwood (finished - review)
22. J 500 - J 553.2 "Coal: The Rock That Burns" by Walter Harter (finished - review)
23. J 600 - J 636.4 "The Good Good Pig" by Sy Montgomery (currently reading)
24. J 700 - J 709.2 "The American Eye: Eleven Artists of the Twentieth Century" by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (finished - review)
25. J 800 "Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition:The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat" by Caroline Alexander - (finished - review)
26. J 900 - J 970.011 "Before Columbus: Early Voyages to the Americas" by Don Wulffson (finished - review)
26. J Bio - J B Lama, D "The 14th Dalai Lama: Spiritual Leader of Tibet" (finished - review)
13. J Fiction
14. J mystery
15. J series
16. J graphic
27. YA fiction
28. YA short stories
29. YA graphic
30. YA 000 - YA 082 "Who Said what? Philosophy Quotes for Teens" by Dale Carson (finished - review)
31. YA 100 - YA 133.43 "Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials" by Marc Aronson (finished - review)
32. YA 200 - YA 222 "Ask the Rabbi" by Rabbi Rob Isaacs (finished - review)
33. YA 300 - YA 356.167 "Inside Delta Force" by Eric L. Haney (finished - review)
34. YA 400 - YA 427 "Do You Speak American?" by Robert MacNeil and William Cran (finished - review)
35. YA 500 - YA 576.5 "New Genetics: The Study of Lifelines" by J.S. and Renee A. Kidd (finished - review)
36. YA 600 - YA 613.69 "How to Stay Alive in the Woods" by Bradford Angier (finished - review )
37. YA 700 - YA 793.74 "The Millennium Problems" by Keith Devlin - review
38. YA 800 - YA813.009 "The Wand in the Word: Conversations With Writers of Fantasy" by Leonard S. Marcus (finished - review)
39. YA 900 - YA 940.5318 "Night" by Elie Wiesel (finished)
40. YA Bio
1st Floor:
41. Mystery
42. Western
43. Sci-fi
44. Fantasy
45. Romance
46. Thriller
47. Historical
48. Horror
49. Action/Adventure
50. Classic
As you can see, I have tried to subdivide fiction further into genres (the only actual sections represented are fiction, mystery, western, and sci-fi), just to give me some more titles on the first floor.
Anyway, I suppose I'll be linking back to the list as I progress. I'm open to reading suggestions, too!
Wish me luck.
Necessarily, I'm skipping a few sections (reference, oversize, spanish, large print, etc.), but nevertheless I'm starting on the 3rd floor and working my way down. I have no idea how long this is going to take, but it should be interesting.
I'm going to have to seriously resist the urge to read more than one book from the 500's, though. :p
Here's what my list looks like so far:
The Reading Project List
3rd Floor:
1. 000's - 031.02 Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody (finished - review)
2. 100's - 124 "The Design Revolution" by William A. Dembski (finished - review)
3. 200's - 230 "The Case for Christianity" by C.S. Lewis (finished - review)
4. 300's - 398.2 "The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm" by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak (finished - review
5. 400's - 415 "Words and Rules" by Steven Pinker (finished - review)
6. 500's - 598.1 "Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird" by Tony Juniper (finished - review)
7. 600's - 636.08899 "The Zoo Quest Expeditions" by David Attenborough (finished - review)
8. 700's - 745.1 "Antiques Roadshow Primer" by Carol Prisant (finished - review)
9. 800's - 883.01 "The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales" by Felice Vinci (finished - review)
10. 900's - 910.3 "Off the Map: The Curious Histories of Place-Names" by Derek Nelson (finished - review)
11. Bios - B, Audub, J. "Audubon" a biography by John Chancellor (finished - review)
2nd Floor:
12. Easy - "My Grandma lived in Gooligulch" by Graeme Base (finished - review)
17. J 000 - J 027.032 "The Library of Alexandria" by Kelly Trumble (finished - review)
18. J 100 - J 133.1 "Ghosts on the Range" by Debra D. Munn (finished - review)
19. J 200 - J 294.5 "The Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu god Ganesha" retold by Uma Krishnaswami (finished - review)
20. J 300 - J 398.2 "Inuit Mythology" by Evelyn Wolfson (finished - review)
21. J 400 - J 495.1 "Get Talking Chinese: Mandarin Chinese for Beginners" by Elinor Greenwood (finished - review)
22. J 500 - J 553.2 "Coal: The Rock That Burns" by Walter Harter (finished - review)
23. J 600 - J 636.4 "The Good Good Pig" by Sy Montgomery (currently reading)
24. J 700 - J 709.2 "The American Eye: Eleven Artists of the Twentieth Century" by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (finished - review)
25. J 800 "Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition:The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat" by Caroline Alexander - (finished - review)
26. J 900 - J 970.011 "Before Columbus: Early Voyages to the Americas" by Don Wulffson (finished - review)
26. J Bio - J B Lama, D "The 14th Dalai Lama: Spiritual Leader of Tibet" (finished - review)
13. J Fiction
14. J mystery
15. J series
16. J graphic
27. YA fiction
28. YA short stories
29. YA graphic
30. YA 000 - YA 082 "Who Said what? Philosophy Quotes for Teens" by Dale Carson (finished - review)
31. YA 100 - YA 133.43 "Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials" by Marc Aronson (finished - review)
32. YA 200 - YA 222 "Ask the Rabbi" by Rabbi Rob Isaacs (finished - review)
33. YA 300 - YA 356.167 "Inside Delta Force" by Eric L. Haney (finished - review)
34. YA 400 - YA 427 "Do You Speak American?" by Robert MacNeil and William Cran (finished - review)
35. YA 500 - YA 576.5 "New Genetics: The Study of Lifelines" by J.S. and Renee A. Kidd (finished - review)
36. YA 600 - YA 613.69 "How to Stay Alive in the Woods" by Bradford Angier (finished - review )
37. YA 700 - YA 793.74 "The Millennium Problems" by Keith Devlin - review
38. YA 800 - YA813.009 "The Wand in the Word: Conversations With Writers of Fantasy" by Leonard S. Marcus (finished - review)
39. YA 900 - YA 940.5318 "Night" by Elie Wiesel (finished)
40. YA Bio
1st Floor:
41. Mystery
42. Western
43. Sci-fi
44. Fantasy
45. Romance
46. Thriller
47. Historical
48. Horror
49. Action/Adventure
50. Classic
As you can see, I have tried to subdivide fiction further into genres (the only actual sections represented are fiction, mystery, western, and sci-fi), just to give me some more titles on the first floor.
Anyway, I suppose I'll be linking back to the list as I progress. I'm open to reading suggestions, too!
Wish me luck.