March in the 1010 Challenge (Nittnut)

February is found here (more for me than for you)
http://www.librarything.com/topic/84183

My categories along with what I've accomplished so far (again for me):

1. The Classics The Jungle

2. Memoir, Biography and Autobiography Strength in What Remains, The Nazi Officer's Wife

3. History and Politics 5000 Year Leap, When the Emperor Was Divine, Liberal Fascism,

4. The Books Gathering Dust on my Bedside Table The Help. The Lost Symbol

5. Short Stories and Plays Nocturnes

6. Mysteries Oolong Dead, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Tears of Pearl, The Dante Club, The Sultan's Seal, The Abyssinian Proof, The Winter Thief

7. World Current Events, Non-Fiction

8. Newbery Award Winners Crispin: the Cross of Lead, The Higher Power of Lucky, The Graveyard Book

9. Cookbooks and Craft Books Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac, Bend the Rules Sewing, Sew U

10. Books I Haven't Read by Favorite Authors Moods, Shanghai Girls, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, The Silent Boy

ETA: editing as I read to keep my 1010 list current

New as of now:

Mystery: One for the Money

Currently reading: Moby Dick, The Eloquent Essay, The Children's Blizzard, Biblioholism, Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac (still) and The Pioneer Woman Cooks and Shanghai Girls (for TIOLI too)

Any opinions on where The Disappeared might fall here?

Reviewed The Children's Blizzard here - http://www.librarything.com/work/20123/book/57731742
A good non-fiction book about weather, immigration to the Dakotas and a terrible, tragic blizzard.

Adding that to the history category.

Another Newbery Award book down - The Graveyard Book. I liked it and it totally creeped me out. I think he meant to do that (:. Reviewed on my 75er thread.

Another for the mystery category.
The Dante Club

I appreciated the literary aspect of the mystery, the taking of a real life club and the translation of Dante's Divine Comedy and building a murder mystery around it. I enjoyed references to Boston society, architecture, politics. I also liked how Holmes, portrayed as a weak character was the one who figured things out, and who found courage in the end to protect his friends. Having read Dante, I enjoyed the references, not so much the grisly murders.
Ultimately, I found the book rather ponderous. It would trundle along, barely holding my attention, then suddenly the pace and intensity would pick up for a bit, and then it was gone again. Too much work to be great.

For category: Books I haven't read by favorite authors: Shanghai Girls.

My brief review is found here:
http://www.librarything.com/work/edit/58147918?referpage=addbooks.php

For category: Cookbooks and Craft Books
Sew U

Yup, I'm learning to sew a shirt. We'll see how it goes.

For mysteries, The Abyssinian Proof second in the series after The Sultan's Seal Not the best read ever.

Added to mysteries - The Winter Thief
Added to books by favorite authors - The Girl Who Chased the Moon

A good reading day for me -
books by favorite authors - The Silent Boy