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45: A book related to a hobby or passion you have
Ocean City LowdownProgress Post:
- What are you reading this week? Ocean City Lowdown
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? It's more of a passion - the book is set at the ocean (Ocean City, MD). I have vacationed here all my life, love it!
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? This one is fiction - and definitely just for fun!
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LifeProgress Post:
- What are you reading this week? Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Writing, writing and more writing. It's always been a dream of mine to write a book or at least some well-received short stories and this book gives great pointers for the beginner and more importantly, how to conquer some of your fears.
As for other hobbies, I love learning languages (self-taught Italian most recently), doing crossword puzzles, trivia, travel and cooking. For Christmas, my husband got me a really great camera, so I'm looking forward to taking up photography. And, of course, I love to read.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? This is non-fiction, instructional and mostly for fun. I'm glad I bought the book (which I suggest to anyone who's serious about writing) so I can mark it up and use it for future reference, in case I ever decide to attempt The Great American Novel (egads!)
- What are you reading this week? Garden Spells- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? I'm reading about gardening. Other hobbies: reading, baking desserts...
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? A fiction, just for fun.
What are you reading this week? The Green Futures of Tycho
What
I am passionate about time travel. I love the genre. Unfortunately, this year I'm currently batting 0-2 when it comes to temporal shinigans. Hopefully this book is one of the good ones. However, for every The Man Who Folded Himself, Lightning, and 11.22.63, there is a metric ton of crap to sift through. Still this one sounds promising.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Fiction. This is just for fun.
- What are you reading this week? 2061: Odyssey Three- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? about space. yes, a lot of hobbies - travel, hiking, music,...
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? totally fiction. the author is a physicist but the book is fiction.
What are you reading this week? Strangeville- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? Two favorite things: I love to laugh and I love to travel, especially to small out of the way places. This book purported to be humorous and there were indications that it would be...names, for example.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? This is a fiction book, which I am reading for fun. I have already begun. It is humorous and intriguing at the same time.
What are you reading this week?The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
This is more of a secret passion: science!
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
It's non-fiction. It's not instructional nor fun exactly. It's educational and sometimes interesting. :)
What are you reading this week?I read On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King for this week.
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
I read about writing because I would love to get into a discipline of writing regularly. I also enjoy reading (duh), spending time outdoors, going to museums, and watching TV.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
The book is a memoir, so nonfiction. It is instructional, but I had a lot of fun reading it--it was my first 5-star book of 2016.
Nergens is ook ergens by Henk de VeldeThe book is about traveling. Besides reading I like sports, going to concerts and the theater and I watch to much TV.
Non- fiction, the author sailed a lot and wrote about his travels. Unfortunately the writing wasn't very good and big party where not about the travels but more a philosophic diary.
- What are you reading this week?Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
This is a sci-fi about gaming. I have loads of other hobbies that I like to dip into now and then.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
This is a fiction book for fun!
- What are you reading this week?I read More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
It's about being a bookseller. I love books. I love reading. I currently work retail and love hearing all the stupid things people say. I would kill to work in a bookstore.
I have tons of hobbies, but I couldn't think of anything for this week. I love to read, to write, to crochet, to watch tv, to learn new instruments. But I didn't want a fictional book about someone doing those things. And I didn't want a non-fiction, instructional book on those things either. Basically, I just wanted this week over with, so I picked something quick and easy.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
I picked a non-fiction book, and it was just for shits and giggles.
- What are you reading this week?High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- What hobby are you reading about?
Record collecting.
- Do you have any other hobbies?
I like to ride a motorcycle, classic car restoration, and sometimes I've been known to read.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
It's a fiction. I saw the film, back when it came out, and I figure the book must be even better.
What are you reading this week?Divas Don't Knit
What hobby are you reading about? Knitting
Do you have any other hobbies? Reading.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? Fiction. It was a fun read!
Progress Post:- What are you reading this week?
I have a fascination with anything to do with Reapers and I had SEVERAL choices of books to read about them so I settled on Mort.
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
None of my other hobbies (quilting, photographing cemeteries, reading in general) really stood out as something I wanted to read about but my passion for anything Grim Reaper, now THAT I could read about all day every day so I went with that one.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Obviously fiction. If I start thinking it's non-fiction I may need to consult someone with PhD after their name. :-)
- What are you reading this week? Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? This is more about my passion for dogs.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? It is a non-fiction book.
What are you reading this week?Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
I'm reading about cooking and food. I like walking, reading and quilting.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Just for fun. It's a memoir. The subtitle is "A Writer in the Kitchen."
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What are you reading this week?Color Your Life
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
It's about how colors relate to personality. Other hobbies including, reading (shocking, right?), painting, hiking, gardening, creating anything, sewing, nerding out about a lot of stuff, and several other things.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Nonfiction. I might try to use this as part of my student staff training this coming August.
What are you reading this week? In Real Life by Cory Doctorow. Completed.What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? Gaming. It's about a teenage girl who plays an MMORPG. I have lots of other hobbies I could have gone with, but this ended up being the winner. Most prominently, I like reading, writing, sewing, photography, and cooking.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? Fiction. It's not instructional, just a book about a fellow gamer.
- What are you reading this week? I just finished Tracks: One Woman's Solo Trek Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? Trekking/backpacking. I also like math and puzzles, traveling, and reading
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? Non-fiction (it's a memoir), but it was for fun. I also saw the movie and enjoyed both quite a bit.
For this week's challenge I read:The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time
My passion is books and reading. I love collecting children's books that are out of print and classic novels. I try to read a variety of genres and both fiction and non fiction.
I read this for instruction but did not find it that good. However, on the goodreads page for it there are some others books recommended which look better and I may try.
What are you reading this week?Cable Left, Cable Right: 94 Knitted Cables by Judith Durant
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Knitting. Reading and mind puzzles, word puzzles & number puzzles.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
This book is non-fiction with instructions
What are you reading this week?
Pennsylvania Getting Started Garden Guide: Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers by George Weigel
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
I am reading about gardening but also enjoy watching wildlife, reading, crafting, puzzles, cooking/baking, preserving, volkssporting—although not as much now that my co-participants have flown the nest, etc.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
I chose a nonfiction book with the hope of learning about gardening in my environment and adding factual information to that which I have gleaned through experience.
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by Dave Holmes.What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
This is about music, TV watching, and pop culture. Who doesn't want to be an MTV VJ?!
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
This book is for fun, it is his memoir of how he became to be an MTV VJ after spending his formative years parked in front of MTV and listening to American Top 40.
What are you reading this week?Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Reading, owning books, having a personal library. Knitting, yoga.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Non-fiction, just for fun.
What are you reading this week?Arcadia by Lauren Groff
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Photography. The protagonist, Bit, is a photographer. He likes to reveal truth by trying to capture it on film. My other biggest hobby is reading.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Fiction. 95% of what I read is fiction. I've read how-to photography books in the past, but I don't think this challenge is about that.
- What are you reading this week?Vinyl Diaries by Mike Morsch
- What hobby are you reading about?
Music
Do you have any other hobbies?
Rugby Union - Nottingham RFC (Come on you Green N Whites)
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Non fiction, just for fun. very unusual for me to read non-fiction unless music or sport related. Can recommend Jonny Wilkinson's Tackling Life
- What are you reading this week?Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child was one of the books I read this week.
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
I went more with the "passion" part of the topic of the week, and parenting is definitely that for me. Having three young boys at home, I often find myself in tricky situations and need to manage them well. To me, not much is more important than raising my kids to be good people, especially in today's current seemingly self-centered society.
I do have some hobbies - reading is what I choose to do most when I have some quiet time, but I also enjoy a good hike or sail, and I crochet every now and then, too.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? This one is a non-fiction book, so very much instructional.
Glaciers- What are you reading this week?- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
discarded items and love of library books.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? just for fun
What are you reading this week?Sink or Swim by Stacy Juba
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Fitness. The main character is a personal trainer. I enjoy doing group fitness classes at the gym (not PT per say).
Reading is probably my biggest hobby. I also enjoy going to the movies. I have very limited spare time with working full time and 2 young kids.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun.
Fiction, just for fun!
What are you reading this week? Face Paint: The Story of Makeup by Lisa Eldridge, an amazing make-up artist and youtuberWhat hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? Make-up obviously. I also love reading (of course) and travelling!
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? It is a non-fiction, instructional, but fun, with lots of pictures and anecdotes.
What are you reading this week?Ancient Egypt: Discover the Fascinating World of Ancient Egyptian History, Myths, Pyramids and More: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egypt Fiction, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Egyptian History, Egypt9/15/16- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?history of Ancient Egypt, yes photography, reading about dinosaurs,watching old movies from the 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?its about the life and times of Ancient Egypt
I read The Next Always for this topic because the main character, Clare, owns a bookshop, which has always been a dream of mine. It's definitely fiction, just for fun. My other hobbies are camping, fishing, and cross-stitch
I'm reading Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell for this week
My hobby is reading, and this book is about this girl who reads fan fiction.
This book is fiction and for fun, and hopefully to fall in love with Rainbow Rowell
For this week, I read The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis. The main characters work at an animal shelter. I'm passionate about animals. This book also focuses a lot on feminism and rape culture which is something I've very passionate about. My hobbies include playing with animals, reading, writing, and singing showtunes very loudly. This book is a work of fiction.
Progress Post:- What are you reading this week? The Cake Therapist
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? I love cooking, baking and EATING. I also love tennis and crochet for charity.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? This is a fiction book, just for fun.
What are you reading this week? The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Reading about reading :)
Other hobbies- theatre, cinema, travel, playing games (board, card, paper, pc, console, you name it)
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
This is fiction, for fun but it is a book of the month read in another group and i may have added a few books mentioned from the book on to my TBR...
- What are you reading this week?Saeculum by Ursula Poznanski
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Medieval Roleplaying
Other hobbies are scouts, cooking or baking with friends, reading (obviously), travelling and being in the nature
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
It's fictional and I wanted to read it for a long time now
- What are you reading this week?Turen går til Berlin
- What hobby are you reading about?
It's probably more a passion, but I love travelling and especially to big cities. My husband and I are going to Berlin in a month so I'm trying to figure out what to see and where to go.
-Do you have any other hobbies?
A few... gardening has become a hobby, and I enjoy crocheting, doing yoga, running, visiting galleries and of course reading.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun
Non-fiction... it's a travel guide.
What are you reading this week?The Hike
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
It is going on a hike. Quilting, biking, scrapbooking, reading and traveling are just a few of my hobbies.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
It is fiction that I choose just for fun.
What are you reading this week?The Thirteenth Tale
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
As far as I'm aware, it's about both reading and writing. My other hobbies are playing computer games/video games (Minecraft, anything Mario or Kirby, Pokemon), listening to music, and I've just started a blog which I'm experimenting with.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Definitely fiction, and just for fun. I've had more than enough non-fiction this year.
- What are you reading this week?Ready Player One
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
games, video and otherwise
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
fiction just for fun
What are you reading this week? The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch AlbomWhat hobby are you reading about? Music
Do you have any other hobbies? Reading :)
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? Fiction and definitely for entertainment.
- What are you reading this week? Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies? Reading! Having a book club, which is basically the same as Goodreads :) Other hobbies are sport/active but due to injuries, it's the books keeping me sane.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun? It is fiction (I think?! I usually research the author's history after I finish a book to get a better understanding of why and how they wrote what they did), and I always enjoy books with references to other books, so it's part instructional in a 100% fun way ;)
What are you reading this week?The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
History...Not necessarily a hobby, but an interest... And kind of a stretch at that because I only moderately like history, but this book has been on my shelf FOREVER...
I have plenty of other hobbies though! Piano, sewing and other crafts, reading (of course), running, dance, etc.,
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Fiction and purely for fun... :)
- What are you reading this week?I read Anti-Inflammatory Eating for a Happy, Healthy Brain: 75 Recipes for Alleviating Depression, Anxiety, and Memory Loss
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Nutrition, Cooking, & Health
Other hobbies include reading (of course) and music. Pretty soon my main hobby will be playing with my new grandbaby!
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
I chose non-fiction. It is instructional, in part, and hopefully fun, once I start trying out the recipes!
- What are you reading this week?
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Music, especially as related to the piano. Yes, duplicate bridge and (sometimes) making greeting cards
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
It is a memoir and educational in many ways
What are you reading this week?The Bookshop Book, by Jen Campbell
What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
Reading (of course) and books. My other hobbies include travel, cooking, European cinema and old-style Hollywood movies.
Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
It's a non-fiction book which I got for a present. It's just for fun.
- What are you reading this week?Pieces of Sky
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
The plot is about a girl who is (used to be) a swimmer, but cannot bring herself to train, because her brother, a surfer, drowned in the waves. I wouldn't reallly say that I have the hobby swimming. Most of the time I am breaststroking by myself rather slowly to and fro in order to get some exercise. I wanted to read a novel about sewing first, but the two books I tried reading turned out to be horrible. So I sifted through the books available to me and chose this one.
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?
Fiction - just for fun.
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Walking Home: A Poet's Journey (other topics)Murphy's Law & The Hunter (other topics)
Pieces of Sky (other topics)
The Bookshop Book (other topics)
Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Elizabeth Kostova (other topics)Azar Nafisi (other topics)
Mitch Albom (other topics)
Anne Fadiman (other topics)
Dave Holmes (other topics)
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If you're reading in order, this week is: 11/4 - 11/10
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- What are you reading this week?
- What hobby are you reading about? Do you have any other hobbies?
- Did you choose a fiction or non-fiction book? Is it instructional or just for fun?