Dewey and fdholt

I am joining the challenge and adding books that I've read within the last few months. I have also challenged myself to write reviews so this will be an important part of this challenge - I will allow myself to list a book with an asterisk if unreviewed but that asterisk will be a reminder. I may also use the same books in other challenges.

The Dewey I use may be ones assigned by LC or by my academic library. With DDC23 due out in just a few months, it will be interesting to see shifts in numbers.

Let the challenge begin.

000 Generalities

020 Library & information sciences
023 Personnel administration - The song of the library staff by Sam Walter Foss (023.5)
025 Library operations - Introducing RDA : a guide to the basics by Chris Oliver (025.32)
- Paper machines : about cards & catalogs, 1548-1929 by Marcus Krajewski (025.3109)
027 General libraries - The library that would not die : the turbulent history of the Reading Public Library by Louis J. Heizmann (027.40974816)
028 Reading & use of other information media - How to read a book by Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren (028)

030 General encyclopedic works
031 American - Why rattlesnakes rattle : --and 250 other things you should know by Valeri R. Helterbran (031.02)

060 General organizations & museology
069 Museum science - The best places you've never seen : Pennsylvania's small museums : a traveler's guide by Therese Boyd (069.09748)

070 News media, journalism, publishing
070 - A bold fresh piece of humanity by Bill O'Reilly (070.92)

090 Manuscripts & rare books
091 Manuscripts - The Voynich manuscript : the mysterious code that has defied interpretation for centuries by Gerry Kennedy and Rob Churchill (091)

100 Philosophy and psychology

130 Paranormal phenomena
133 Parapsychology and occultism - 101 past life clues : learn to uncover past lives, no hypnosis needed! by Lisa Ezell (133.9013)

150 Psychology
153 Conscious mental processes and intelligence - The mismeasure of man : revised and expanded by Stephen Jay Gould (153.9309)
155 Differential and developmental psychology - Unstressed : how somatic awareness can transform your body's stress response and build emotional resilience by Alane K. Daugherty (155.9042)
158 Applied psychology - Comfort, healing and joy : secrets to living a magnificent life by David Fox (158.1)
- If Marie did it, so can I! by Donna LaMar (158.1)
- The stuff of a lifetime by Gene Ruyle (158.1)

170 Ethics (Moral philosophy)
174 Economic & professional ethics - Prize fight : the race and the rivalry to be the first in science by Morton A. Meyers (174.95)

200 Religion

220 Bible
222 Historical books of the OT - From Adam to Noah, the numbers game : why the genealogy puzzles of Genesis 5 and 11 are in the Bible by Leonard Timmons (222.1106)
226 Gospels & Acts - John's gospel : the way it happened by Lee Harmon

230 Christian theology
232 Jesus Christ and his family - What Jesus said and how to live it by Mary Faderan (232.954)

240 Christian moral & devotional theology
248 Christian experience, practice, life - Where will you go from here? by Valorie Burton (248.86)

270 Church history
271 Religious congregations & orders - The Ephrata Cloister : an introduction by Eugene E. Doll (271.8)

280 Christian denominations & sects
280 By faith alone : one family's epic journey through 400 years of American Protestantism by Bill Griffeth (280.40973)
283 Anglican churches - Twenty questions about the Episcopal Church by Francis John Moore (283.73)
289 Other denominations and sects - The life and times of Jacob Albright by Kenneth R. Good (289.93092)

290 Other & comparative religion
296 Judaism - I asked for wonder by Abraham Joshua Heschel (296.72)
297 Islam - Death to the infidels : radical Islam's war against the Jews by Mitchell Geoffrey Bard (297.282)

300 Social sciences

300 Social sciences
302 Social interaction - The bottom-up revolution by Rob Kall (302.231)
304 Factors affecting social behavior - The citizen's guide to climate success: overcoming myths that hinder progress by Mark Jaccard (304.2) *
305 Social groups - Why we can't wait by Martin Luther King Jr. (305.896073)
306 Culture & institutions - Take time for paradise : Americans and their games by A. Bartlett Giamatti (306.483)
307 Communities - The English mediæval town by Colin Platt (307.760942)

310 General statistics
311 Theory and methods - How to lie with statistics by Darrell Huff (311.2)

320 Political science
320 - The prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (320.1)
321 Systems of governments and states - The story of utopias by Lewis Mumford (321.07)
323 Civil and political rights - Martin's dream : my journey and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by Clayborne Carson (323.0922)
324 The political process - Suffragette : the battle for equality by David Roberts (324.6)
329 Political parties - How to wage a successful campaign for the Presidency by Pat Paulsen (329.010207)

330 Economics
331 Labor economics - The extra 2% by Jonah Keri (331.8811796357)
333 Land economics - Encounters with the archdruid by John McPhee (333.72)
- World without fish : how could we let this happen? by Mark Kurlansky (333.95616)
338 Production - Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948 by Arthur D. Graeff (338.0974816)

340 Law
340 - Mighty justice : my life in civil rights by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe (340.092)

350 Public administration & military science
352 Administration of local governments - The history and government of Berks County, Pennsylvania by the County Commissioners of Berks County (352.0974816)
355 Military science - America's first army by Burke Davis (355.0973)

360 Social services; associations
362 Social welfare problems & services - Uproot U.S. healthcare : to reform U.S. health care by Deane Waldman (362.10973)
363 Other social problems & services - Toms River : a story of science and salvation by Dan Fagin (363.720974948)

370 Education
378 Higher education - Albright at 150 edited by Barbara Marshall (378.748)

380 Commerce, communications, transport
381 Internal commerce - Shop Pomeroy's first by Michael J. Lisicky (381.141065748)
385 Railroad transportation - Reading trains and trolleys by Philip K. Smith (385.0974816)

390 Customs, etiquette, folklore
391 Costume & personal appearance - Amanda goes west, Amanda's new life, Amanda's home on the range by Betty J. Mills (391.0976)
393 Death customs - American afterlife : encounters in the customs of mourning by Kate Sweeney (393.9)
- The Egyptian mummy : secrets and science by Stuart James Fleming (393.30932)
398 Folklore - The surprising adventures of the magical monarch of Mo and his people by L. Frank Baum (398.4)

400 Language

410 Linguistics
411 Writing systems - Lost languages : the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts by Andrew Robinson (411.09)

420 English & Old English
420 - The mother tongue : English & how it got that way by Bill Bryson (420.9)
427 Historical & geographic variations, modern nongeographic variations - How to speak Dutchified English by Gary Gates (427.9748)
428 Standard English usage - The miracle of language by Richard Lederer (428.00207)

490 Other languages
499 Miscellaneous languages - In the land of invented languages : a celebration of linguistic creativity, madness, and genius by Arika Okrent (499.99)

500 Natural sciences and math

500 Science
500 The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science by Natalie Angier (500)
509 History of science - The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science by Richard Holmes (509.4109033)

510 Mathematics
510 Number : the language of science by Tobias Dantzig (510.1)
511 General topics - The Archimedes codex by Reviel Netz and William Noel (511.9)

520 Astronomy & allied sciences
523 - Specific celestial bodies & phenomena - A magnificent old conflagration : Comet Halley in Washington D.C. and elsewhere by Gail S. Cleere (523.64)
526 Mathematical geography - Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time by Dava Sobel (526.62)

530 Physics
530 - Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman! : adventures of a curious character by Richard P. Feynman (530.092)
535 Light & related radiations - When blue meant yellow : how colors got their names by Jeanne Heifetz (535.603)

540 Chemistry & allied sciences
540 Napoleon's buttons : 17 molecules that changed history by Penny Le Couteur & Jay Burreson (540)
546 Inorganic chemistry - The elements : a visual exploration of every known atom in the universe by Theodore Gray (546)

570 Life sciences
575 Evolution and genetics - The ghost in the garden : in search of Darwin's lost garden by Jude Piesse (575.8092) *

580 Botanical sciences
582 - Seed-bearing plants - Common trees of Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania Dept. of Forests and Waters (582.1609748)

600 Applied sciences

610 Medicine
611 Human anatomy, cytology, histology - Delavier's stretching anatomy by Frédéric Delavier, Jean-Pierre Clémenceau, Michael Gundill (611.73)
613 Promotion of health - American College of Sports Medicine complete guide to fitness & health edited by Barbara Bushman (613.71)
615 Pharmacology & therapeutics - Heal your body : the mental causes for physical illness and the metaphysical way to overcome them by Louise L. Hay (615.851)
616 Diseases - The divided mind : the epidemic of mindbody disorders by John E. Sarno (616.08)
- To be or not to be ... pain-free : the mindbody syndrome by Marc D. Sopher (616.08)
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (616.02774092)
- A boomer's guide to chronic pain by Michael J. Kaye (616.0472)
- The mindbody prescription : healing the body, healing the pain by John E. Sarno (616.08)
- The wisdom of heart health by Ramin Manshadi (616.12)
618 Medical specialties - Life's little emergencies : a handbook for active independent seniors and caregivers by Rod Brouhard (618.97025)

620 Engineering & allied operations
629 Other branches of engineering - We reach the moon by John Noble Wilford (629.45)
- The deltoid pumpkin seed by John McPhee (629.13325)

630 Agriculture
635 Garden crops (Horticulture) - New plants from old : pruning and propagating for the indoor gardener by Charles M. Evans (635.965)
636 Animal husbandry - Teddy & me : confessions of a service human by Michael Savage (636.7)

640 Home economics and family living
641 Food & drink - Pennsylvania Dutch cook book of fine old recipes (641.5974)
648 Housekeeping - Is there life after housework? by Don Aslett (648.5)

650 Management & auxilary services
658 General management - Management culture : innovative & bold strategies to engage employees by Denise Moreland (658.4092)

700 The arts

700 The arts
700 Millennial mythmaking : essays on the power of science fiction and fantasy literature, films and games edited by John Perlich and David Whitt (700.415)

720 Architecture
720 Skyscraper façades of the Gilded Age : fifty-one extravagant designs, 1875-1910 by Joseph J. Korom (720.4830973)
725 Public structures - The White House : an illustrated architectural history by Patrick Phillips-Schrock (725.1709753)
726 Buildings for religious and related purposes - Abbeys : an introduction to the religious houses of England and Wales by R. Gilyard-Beer (726.70942)
728 Residential and related buildings - Castles : an introduction to the castles of England and Wales by B. H. St. J. O'Neil (728.80942)

740 Drawing and decorative arts
741 Drawing & drawings - Imagination and meaning in Calvin and Hobbes by Jamey Heit (741.5973)
745 Decorative arts - All about doll houses by by Barbara L. Farlie (745.5923)
746 Textile arts - British samplers : a concise history by Jane Toller (746.440942)
- This is the way I pass my time : a book about Pennsylvania German decorated hand towels by Ellen J. Gehret (746.4409748)
- Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans by Tandy and Charles Hersh (746.4409748)
- Here in this garden : schoolgirl samplers of Berks County by Kathryn Lesieur (746.440974816)

770 Photography & photographs
779 Photographs - Facades by William J. Cunningham (779.93910720973)

780 Music
782 Vocal music - Remembering Sinatra : a life in pictures by Robert Sullivan (782.42164092)
784 Instruments and instrumental ensembles and their music - Historical perspective on the President's Own, U.S. Marine Band by D. Michael Ressler (784.8406073) *
786 Keyboard & other instruments - My nine lives : a memoir of many careers in music by Leon Fleisher (786.2092)
- Vince Guaraldi at the piano by Derrick Bang (786.2165092)
787 Stringed instruments - The late starters orchestra by Ari L. Goldman (787.4092)

790 Recreational & performing arts
791 Public performances - Monty Python's big red book (791.43)
794 Indoor games of skill - 100 major chess upsets of 2010 edited by Bill Harvey (794.1)
796 Athletic & outdoor sports & games - Stan Musial : an American life by George Vecsey (796.357092)
- Bucketfoot Al : the baseball life of Al Simmons by Clifton Blue Parker
- Rafa by Rafael Nadal (796.342092)

800 Literature and rhetoric

800 Literature & rhetoric
808 Rhetoric & collections of literature - Purpose-centered public speaking : how to develop and deliver purposeful talks, speeches, and presentations with less fear and more confidence by Gary Rodriguez (808.51)

810 American literature in English
811 Poetry - With Walt Whitman, himself: in the nineteenth century, in America by Jean Huets (811.3)
813 Fiction - Ailsa Paige by Robert W. Chambers (813.52)
- A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court by Mark Twain (813.44)
814 Essays - At wit's end by Erma Bombeck (814.54)
817 Satire & humor - Don't look before you leap by David Webb (817.6)
818 Miscellaneous writings - Red Green talks cars : a love story by Steve Smith and Rick Green (818.5407)

820 English & Old English literatures
821 English poetry - Edward Lear's The Scroobious Pip illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burket (821.8)
823 English fiction - The jewel that was ours by Colin Dexter (823.914)
- The gadfly by E. L. Voynich (823.8)
827 English satire & humor - Frank Muir goes into-- by Frank Muir and Simon Brett (827.914)

840 Literature of the Romance languages - French literature
843 French fiction - The little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (843.912) *

850 Literatures of Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic languages
853 Italian literature - The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio translated by Richard Aldington (853.1) *

Literatures of other languages
891 East Indo-European and Celtic literatures - Rubáyát of Omar Khayyám translated by Edward Fitzgerald (891.5511) *
895 Literatures of East and Southeast Asia - Ochikubo Monogatari : the tale of Lady Ochikubo, a tenth century Japanese novel translated by Wilfred Whitehouse (895.632) *

900 Geography and history

910 Geography & travel
914 Europe - Poldark country by David Clarke (914.237)
- The quest for Arthur's Britain edited by Geoffrey Ashe (914.203)
917 North America - How to discover Berks County by Janet McKenzie Prince (917.4816)

920 Biography, genealogy, insignia
926 Of useful arts - The Wright brothers and their development of the airplane by Barbara Craig (926.2913)
929 Genealogy - Finding your roots by Jeane Eddy Westin (929.1028)

930 History of ancient world
931 China to 420 - Terra cotta warriors : guardians of China's first emperor by Jane Portal (931.04)
932 Egypt to 640 - Egypt by University of Pennsylvania. University Museum (932)
933 Palestine to 70 - Flavius Josephus: selections from his works (933)
936 Europe north & west of the Italian peninsula to ca. 499 - The life and death of a Druid prince : the story of Lindow Man, an archaeological sensation by Anne Ross and Don Robins (936.2)
938 Greece to 323 - The ancient Greeks : an introduction to their life and thought by M. I. Finley (938)
- Delphi by Basil Petrakos (938.3)

940 General history of Europe
940 Portrait of a Holocaust child by Rita Kasimow Brown (940.5318)
942 England and Wales - The story of Reading, including Caversham, Tilehurst, Calcot, Earley and Woodley by Daphne Phillips (942.293)

960 General history of Africa
967 Central Africa & offshore islands - From the Ngong Hills by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) (967.62)

970 General history of North America
973 United States - Killing Lincoln : the shocking assassination that changed America forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (973.7092)
974 Northeastern US - Our hidden heritage : Pennsylvania women in history edited by Janice H. McElroy (974.80088042)
975 Southeastern US - Paradise screwed by Carl Hiaasen (975.938063)
- Martin's Hundred : the discovery of a lost colonial Virginia settlement by Ivor Noël Hume (975.5425)
979 Great Basin & Pacific Slope - Take good care of the garden and the dogs : a true story of bad breaks and small miracles by Heather Lende (979.82051092)

Welcome to the challenge! I'm glad you've decided to join us.

Welcome, welcome! Bold move starting from this years reading. It's daunting enough when you start your list with anything you can remember reading that fits.

#13 Since I want to review, many books need to be re-read or at least re-skimmed and that will take time. The other problem is that I have a lot of books in certain Deweys like 746 and 796. So this is going to be a real challenge. But I consider it a lifetime project. And a way to build reading in areas I don't normally read.

Welcome!

>14 fdholt: Very good, I think for those of us doing the whole challenge making it a lifetime thing is the way to go. And kudos on your commitment to reviewing, I try to write a little something for most of the books I read and I've found it personally rewarding since it helps me remember the content and my response down the line.

I have been adding books and am making progress. Right now, I am reading books on psychosomatic illness and mind-body connections. I was a bit disturbed by this one and wanted to point this out - please read my review

Thanks

(Cross posted to Alphabet challenges)

14, 16: I'm just hoping LT is around long enough for me to finish the challenge! The internet might be obsolete by the time I'm done.

17: I read your review--that does seem like an odd and harmful approach. It sounds a lot like old ideas about humours.

>17 fdholt: Sounds like an awful dodgy reference to psychosomatic illness to peddle a lot of woo. It's unfortunate so many people take this sort of thing at face value.

Finally wrote the review for Napoleon's buttons and it is here

I still am not satified with it so it may be a work in progress. And I have no idea why writing this review was so hard for me.

Just finished The canon review is here

Good book on the basics of science and very readable. One of my chemistry professors is using it in a non-majors course and recommended it.

Napoleon's Buttons sounds interesting, and I don't have a 540 yet. I'll have to look for that one.

I finally read The elements : a visual exploration of every known atom in the universe with review here

I have forgotten who in the group recommended it to me but many thanks!

Great review! Thanks!

After a six month break due to illness and recuperation, I'm back to reading and reviewing. But it's slow going and I'm finding that I read books in the same Deweys. Well, I did say this was a life-time project!

oh lord this Dewey challenge is going to kill my book budget. Just kidding - I DONT HAVE ONE! It's simple - I just keep my fingers clicking before my mind can stop me. I just bought When Blue Meant Yellow. It sounds kind of fun and can go to my grandkids.

Hope your recovery goes well.

Regarding your review of Louise Hay - reminded me of when I took one of my children to my favorite old doc with a dog bite. He said give her 1000 mg of Vitamin C (i may have the number wrong but you get the point - lots) every hour, and I'm going to give her a penicillin shot. I loved him.

18 - I'm hoping I'M around long enough to finish the challenge!

I have tried to make realistic goals this year with all my challenges. With my Dewey, I will try to get 4 groups in each category. Since I've met that goal in everything but 100, 400 and 800's, that should be doable.

Can't believe I haven't posted in several years. Will try to do better!

I have started adding books that I have read but not reviewed but have added an asterisk at the end to remind me to write the review. Still need to get to four categories in 100 and 400.

I am still plugging away! I have a backlogged list of books to be read/reviewed.