The Challenge Factory discussion

Nominate books for the May group read here!

Rules:
Must be the first book in a series if it is part of a series.
Must be under 350 pgs
Must be under $10
Must have been published more than 6 months ago
The person that nominates a winning book will help a mod run the group read (you will be required to come up with 2-3 discussion questions, your mod partner will create the rest)

***You may nominate one book for the monthly category. This month's category is: Nonfiction***

Submit your nominations below. Please limit yourself to just one book nomination. Nominations will be open for one week April 1-7.

Had quite a few possibilities, I'm pretty big into the nonfiction section of the library. But I managed to narrow it down to just one.

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch

I read the first chapter or so a while back, and it was both hilarious and educational, and very entertaining as well. ^_^

So I had a couple of nominations mainly as there are some really good non fiction life stories. Also yes I am a medical nerd, comes from the job! :D

Blood, Sweat and Tea by Tom Reynolds

A fun, truthful, short story driven account of life on the frontline in the London Ambulance, granted in 2009 which is very different to how it is now, however it really shows the changes in pressures.

I looked up several nonfiction books I wanted to nominate but the prices are pretty much on the verge though I’m not sure if the US pricing is higher or lower when converting from Euro. Erica would you mind to check if any of the following would work?

1) The Puma Years: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089SQN5WQ/
2) The Secret Lives of Color: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143131141/
3) My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/gp/aw/d/1...
4) Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/141...
5) Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393356310/

The GR link is not always the same edition as the Amazon link but I wanted to make it as easy for you as possible (without spending a lot of time figuring it out which edition is which) I converted the Amazon.de links to Amazon.com, so I hope they work.
Should more than one work I decide which one I’d like to read most as soon as possible.

Agnieszka wrote: "I looked up several nonfiction books I wanted to nominate but the prices are pretty much on the verge though I’m not sure if the US pricing is higher or lower when converting from Euro. Erica would..."

It looks like the last three on your list all have at least Kindle versions within the price limit - and our small local library has access to all of them as well. So why don't you go with one of those? And thanks for the links. Most helpful!

Thank you!

I nominate My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English by Caroline Taggart & J.A. Wines

A runaway hit and Sunday Times bestseller, My Grammar and I has continued to grow in popularity, becoming the go-to guide for grammar. My Grammar and I offers amusing examples of awful grammar, while steering you in the direction of grammatical greatness. Taking you on a tour of the English language through the minefield of rules and conditions that can catch you out, from dangling modifiers to split infinitives, it highlights the common pitfalls that every English language user faces on a day to day basis. Refreshing everything you should have learnt at school and more, My Grammar and I is informative yet entertaining - an ideal buy for any English language enthusiast.

193 pages, 5 parts, 39 chapters

And I will nominate The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction by Jamie Kreiner, as it was just recommended to me as very interesting by a customer yesterday.