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Welcome to the 2013 Nerdy Non-Fiction Challenge!!

Last year I got the urge to read more non-fiction books after all that dystopian and fantasy I read, so I created this challenge to help motivate me to do just that in 2013.

If you want to participate, feel free. If there's another non-fiction challenge going on that you would rather do, then go for it! My goal here is really just to encourage you all to read more non-fiction this year. I'm hoping to pick at least 10 of the categories and read both an adult and a children's book in each category. We'll see how it goes.

Levels:

Geek: 4-6 books in at least 2-3 different categories Dork: 7-10 books in at least 4-5 different categories Dweeb: 11- 14 books in at least 6-7 different categories Nerd: 15+ books in at least 8+ different categories

Categories:

* Health, Medicine, Fitness, Wellness * History- US, World, European, etc * Religion, Spirituality, Philosophy * Technology, Engineering, Computers, etc * Business, Finance, Management * Sports, Adventure * Food- Cookbooks, Cooks, Vegan Vegetarianism, etc * Autobiography, Biography, Memoir * Art, Photography, Architecture * Music, Film, TV * Self Improvement, Self Help, How To * Home, Garden * Science-Nature, Weather, Biology, Geology * Anthropology, Archaeology * Animals-Insects, Mammals, Dinosaurs, etc * Family, Relationships, Parenting, Dating, Love * Crime, Law * Poetry, Theatre * Politics, Government, Current Affairs * Literary Criticism/Theory * Cultural Studies * Travel * Crafts

*  It is not necessary to pick your categories ahead of time, but try not to read more than two books in each category so you can broaden your horizons.

*  The categories I listed are just suggestions. If you have a different category you'd like to add, let me know!

* When you write about the challenge or read/review a book, come back here and link up or leave a comment and tell me what you read and what you thought of it.

* If you're participating in a different non-fiction challenge, please feel free to still link up. It's always fun to see what other people have read in the different non-fiction categories.

Happy reading (and learning)!

I'm going for a the Nerd level of 15+ books in 8+ categories.

My TBR List:

1. Health, Medicine, Fitness, Wellness
2. History -- Almost America by Steve Tally
3. Religion, Spirituality, Philosophy -- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
4. Technology, Engineering, Computers 
5. Business, Finance, Management -- The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
6. Sports, Adventure
7. Food
8. Autobiography, Biography, Memoir -- Thomas Paine by Craig Nelson
9. Art, Photography, Architecture
10. Music, Film, TV
11. Self Improvement, Self Help, How To
12. Home, Garden
13. Science
14. Anthropology, Archaeology -- Collapse by Jared Diamond
15. Animals
16. Family, Relationships, Parenting, Dating, Love
17. Crime, Law
18. Poetry, Theatre
19. Politics, Government, Current Affairs
20. Literary Criticism/Theory
21. Cultural Studies
22. Travel
23. Crafts