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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~Melanie K.~~ ([[:Category:MK | MK ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | Melwyk ([[:Category:MK | MK ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://indextrious.blogspot.com/ The Indextrious Reader]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Nabhan: Where Our Food Comes From | Gary Paul Nabhan, ''Where Our Food Comes From : Retracing Nikolay Vavilov’s Quest to End Famine'']]< [[Reeves: A Force of Nature | Richard Reeves, ''A Force of Nature : The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Nabhan: Where Our Food Comes From | Gary Paul Nabhan, ''Where Our Food Comes From : Retracing Nikolay Vavilov’s Quest to End Famine'']] [[Reeves: A Force of Nature | Richard Reeves, ''A Force of Nature : The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford'']] [[Florey: Script and Scribble | Kitty Burns Florey, ''Script and Scribble : The Rise and Fall of Handwriting'']] [[Wolf: Proust and the Squid | Maryanne Wolf, ''Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Jenny S.

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| valign="top" align="left" | Lynda

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| valign="top" align="left" | Lynda ([[:Category:LBB | LBB ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/ Lynda's Book Blog]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~tentatively~~: ''~~Do Polar Bears Get Lonely~~? : And 101 Other ~~Intriguing Science~~ Questions''~~, by Mick O'Hare~~ ~~''A Short History of Nearly Everything''~~, ~~by Bill Bryson ~~''~~How to Dunk a Doughnut~~ : ~~The Science Of Everyday Life~~''~~, by Len Fisher~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Walker: The Hot Topic | Gabrielle Walker and David King, ''The Hot Topic : How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights On'']] [[New Scientist: Does Anything Eat Wasps | New Scientist [magazine], ''Does Anything Eat Wasps? : And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions you Never Thought you Wanted to Ask'']] [[New Scientist: Do Polar Bears Get Lonely | New Scientist [magazine], Mick O’Hare, editor, ''Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? : And Answers to 100 Other Weird and Wacky Questions about how the World Works'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Violette Severin

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| valign="top" align="left" | Violette Severin ([[:Category:VS | VS ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://themysterybookshelf.blogspot.com/ The Mystery Bookshelf]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~spontaneous~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Zimmerman: The Universe in a Mirror | Robert Zimmerman, ''The Universe in a Mirror : The Saga of the Hubble Telescope and the Visionaries who Built It'']] [[Kanipe: The Cosmic Connection | Jeff Kanipe, ''The Cosmic Connection : How Astronomical Events Impact Life on Earth'']] [[Tyson: The Pluto Files (2) | Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''The Pluto Files : The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet'']] [[Koeppel: Banana | Dan Koeppel, ''Banana : The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Lisa Clayton

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| valign="top" align="left" | Eva ([[:Category:EVA | EVA ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/science-book-challenge-09 A Striped Armchair]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~(Visit her blog for an extensive list of possible titles!) ~~[[Le Couteur: Napoleon's Buttons (2) | Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson, ''Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History'']] [[Lehrer: Proust Was a Neuroscientist | Jonah Lehrer, ''Proust Was a Neuroscientist'']] [[Sacks: Oaxaca Journal | Oliver Sacks, ''Oaxaca Journal'']] [[Blum: Ghost Hunters | Deborah Blum, ''Ghost Hunters : William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life after Death'']] [[Judson: Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation | Olivia Judson, ''Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation'']] [[King: Brunelleschi’s Dome | Ross King, ''Brunelleschi’s Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture'']] [[Ramachandran: Phantoms in the Brain | V.S. Ramachandran, and Sandra Blakeslee, ''Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind'']] [[Sacks: Uncle Tungsten (2) | Oliver W. Sacks, ''Uncle Tungsten : Memories of a Chemical Boyhood'']] [[Suzuki: Tree | ''David Suzuki and Wayne Grady, art by Robert Bateman, Tree : A Life Story'']] [[McKibben: Deep Economy | Bill McKibben, ''Deep Economy : The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future'']] [[Gawande: Complications | Atul Gawande, ''Complications : Notes from the Life of a Young Surgeon'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Le Couteur: Napoleon's Buttons (2) | Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson, ''Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History'']] [[Lehrer: Proust Was a Neuroscientist | Jonah Lehrer, ''Proust Was a Neuroscientist'']] [[Sacks: Oaxaca Journal | Oliver Sacks, ''Oaxaca Journal'']] [[Blum: Ghost Hunters | Deborah Blum, ''Ghost Hunters : William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life after Death'']] [[Judson: Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation | Olivia Judson, ''Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation'']] [[King: Brunelleschi’s Dome | Ross King, ''Brunelleschi’s Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture'']] [[Ramachandran: Phantoms in the Brain | V.S. Ramachandran, and Sandra Blakeslee, ''Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind'']] [[Sacks: Uncle Tungsten (2) | Oliver W. Sacks, ''Uncle Tungsten : Memories of a Chemical Boyhood'']] [[Suzuki: Tree | David Suzuki and Wayne Grady, art by Robert Bateman, ''Tree : A Life Story'']] [[McKibben: Deep Economy | Bill McKibben, ''Deep Economy : The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future'']] [[Gawande: Complications | Atul Gawande, ''Complications : Notes from the Life of a Young Surgeon'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Brandi

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| valign="top" align="left" | Chile ([[:Category:CC | CC ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://chilechews.blogspot.com/ Chile Chews]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Sherwood: The Survivors Club | Ben Sherwood, ''The Survivors Club : The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life'']] [[Livingston: Edible Plants and Animals | A.D. Livingston and Helen Livingston, ''Edible Plants and Animals : Unusual Foods from Aardvark to Zamia'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Sherwood: The Survivors Club | Ben Sherwood, ''The Survivors Club : The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life'']] [[Livingston: Edible Plants and Animals | A.D. Livingston and Helen Livingston, ''Edible Plants and Animals : Unusual Foods from Aardvark to Zamia'']] [[Murphy: Plan C | Pat Murphy, ''Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Jen R.

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| valign="top" align="left" | Brittanie

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| valign="top" align="left" | Brittanie ([[:Category:BT | BT ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | [http://abookloverforever.blogspot.com/2009/01/science-book-challenge-2009.html A Book Lover]

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~tentatively~~:~~ ~~''A ~~Walk in the Woods''~~, ~~by Bill Bryson ''Good Germs~~, ~~Bad Germs: Health~~ and ~~Survival in a Bacterial World~~''~~, by Jessica Snyder Sachs ''Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder'', by Richard Louv~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [Henslin: This Is Your Brain On Joy | Earl Henslin with Becky Johnson, ''This is Your Brain on Joy : A Revolutionary Program for Balancing Mood, Restoring Brain Health, and Nurturing Spiritual Growth'']

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| valign="top" align="left" | Debbie ([[:Category:DC | DC ]])

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Everett: Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes | Daniel L. Everett, ''Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes : Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle'']] [[Carroll: Remarkable Creatures | Sean B. Carroll, ''Remarkable Creatures : Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species'']] [[Fiennes: The Snow Geese | William Fiennes, ''The Snow Geese : A Story of Home'']] [[Streever: Cold | Bill Streever, ''Cold : Adventures in the World’s Frozen Places. New York'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Raquel H.

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| valign="top" align="left" | Raquel H. ([[:Category:RSPH | RSPH ]])

| valign="top" align="left" | n/a

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| valign="top" align="left" | ~~spontaneous~~

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| valign="top" align="left" | [[Stewart: Letters to a Young Mathematician | Ian Stewart, ''Letters to a Young Mathematician'']] [[Sabbagh: The Riemann Hypothesis | Karl Sabbagh, ''The Riemann Hypothesis : The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics'']]

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| valign="top" align="left" | Roy H.

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 ! valign="top" align="left"   | Titles & Links to Book Notes
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Melanie K.   ([[:Category:MK | MK ]])
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Melwyk   ([[:Category:MK | MK ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://indextrious.blogspot.com/ The Indextrious Reader]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Nabhan: Where Our Food Comes From | Gary Paul Nabhan, ''Where Our Food Comes From : Retracing Nikolay Vavilov’s Quest to End Famine'']]<<br>[[Reeves: A Force of Nature | Richard Reeves, ''A Force of Nature : The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford'']]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Nabhan: Where Our Food Comes From | Gary Paul Nabhan, ''Where Our Food Comes From : Retracing Nikolay Vavilov’s Quest to End Famine'']]<br>[[Reeves: A Force of Nature | Richard Reeves, ''A Force of Nature : The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford'']]<br>[[Florey: Script and Scribble | Kitty Burns Florey, ''Script and Scribble : The Rise and Fall of Handwriting'']]<br>[[Wolf: Proust and the Squid | Maryanne Wolf, ''Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain'']]
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Jenny S.
@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 | valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Lynda
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Lynda  ([[:Category:LBB | LBB ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/ Lynda's Book Blog]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | tentatively:<br>''Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? : And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions'', by Mick O'Hare<br>''A Short History of Nearly Everything'', by Bill Bryson<br>''How to Dunk a Doughnut : The Science Of Everyday Life'', by Len Fisher
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Walker: The Hot Topic | Gabrielle Walker and David King, ''The Hot Topic : How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights On'']]<br>[[New Scientist: Does Anything Eat Wasps | New Scientist [magazine], ''Does Anything Eat Wasps? : And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions you Never Thought you Wanted to Ask'']]<br>[[New Scientist: Do Polar Bears Get Lonely | New Scientist [magazine], Mick O’Hare, editor, ''Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? : And Answers to 100 Other Weird and Wacky Questions about how the World Works'']]
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Violette Severin
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Violette Severin  ([[:Category:VS | VS ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://themysterybookshelf.blogspot.com/ The Mystery Bookshelf]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Zimmerman: The Universe in a Mirror | Robert Zimmerman, ''The Universe in a Mirror : The Saga of the Hubble Telescope and the Visionaries who Built It'']]<br>[[Kanipe: The Cosmic Connection | Jeff Kanipe, ''The Cosmic Connection : How Astronomical Events Impact Life on Earth'']]<br>[[Tyson: The Pluto Files (2) | Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''The Pluto Files : The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet'']]<br>[[Koeppel: Banana | Dan Koeppel, ''Banana : The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World'']]
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Lisa Clayton
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | Eva   ([[:Category:EVA | EVA ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/science-book-challenge-09 A Striped Armchair]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | (Visit her blog for an extensive list of possible titles!)<br>[[Le Couteur: Napoleon's Buttons (2) | Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson, ''Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History'']]<br>[[Lehrer: Proust Was a Neuroscientist | Jonah Lehrer, ''Proust Was a Neuroscientist'']]<br>[[Sacks: Oaxaca Journal | Oliver Sacks, ''Oaxaca Journal'']]<br>[[Blum: Ghost Hunters | Deborah Blum, ''Ghost Hunters : William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life after Death'']]<br>[[Judson: Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation | Olivia Judson, ''Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation'']]<br>[[King: Brunelleschi’s Dome | Ross King, ''Brunelleschi’s Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture'']]<br>[[Ramachandran: Phantoms in the Brain | V.S. Ramachandran, and Sandra Blakeslee, ''Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind'']]<br>[[Sacks: Uncle Tungsten (2) | Oliver W. Sacks, ''Uncle Tungsten : Memories of a Chemical Boyhood'']]<br>[[Suzuki: Tree | ''David Suzuki and Wayne Grady, art by Robert Bateman, Tree : A Life Story'']]<br>[[McKibben: Deep Economy | Bill McKibben, ''Deep Economy : The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future'']]<br>[[Gawande: Complications | Atul Gawande, ''Complications : Notes from the Life of a Young Surgeon'']]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Le Couteur: Napoleon's Buttons (2) | Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson, ''Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History'']]<br>[[Lehrer: Proust Was a Neuroscientist | Jonah Lehrer, ''Proust Was a Neuroscientist'']]<br>[[Sacks: Oaxaca Journal | Oliver Sacks, ''Oaxaca Journal'']]<br>[[Blum: Ghost Hunters | Deborah Blum, ''Ghost Hunters : William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life after Death'']]<br>[[Judson: Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation | Olivia Judson, ''Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation'']]<br>[[King: Brunelleschi’s Dome | Ross King, ''Brunelleschi’s Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture'']]<br>[[Ramachandran: Phantoms in the Brain | V.S. Ramachandran, and Sandra Blakeslee, ''Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind'']]<br>[[Sacks: Uncle Tungsten (2) | Oliver W. Sacks, ''Uncle Tungsten : Memories of a Chemical Boyhood'']]<br>[[Suzuki: Tree | David Suzuki and Wayne Grady, art by Robert Bateman, ''Tree : A Life Story'']]<br>[[McKibben: Deep Economy | Bill McKibben, ''Deep Economy : The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future'']]<br>[[Gawande: Complications | Atul Gawande, ''Complications : Notes from the Life of a Young Surgeon'']]
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Brandi
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | Chile  ([[:Category:CC | CC ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://chilechews.blogspot.com/ Chile Chews]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Sherwood: The Survivors Club | Ben Sherwood, ''The Survivors Club : The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life'']]<br>[[Livingston: Edible Plants and Animals | A.D. Livingston and Helen Livingston, ''Edible Plants and Animals : Unusual Foods from Aardvark to Zamia'']]
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Sherwood: The Survivors Club | Ben Sherwood, ''The Survivors Club : The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life'']]<br>[[Livingston: Edible Plants and Animals | A.D. Livingston and Helen Livingston, ''Edible Plants and Animals : Unusual Foods from Aardvark to Zamia'']]<br>[[Murphy: Plan C | Pat Murphy, ''Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change'']]
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Jen R.
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
 |-bgcolor="#fffff"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Brittanie
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Brittanie ([[:Category:BT | BT ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | [http://abookloverforever.blogspot.com/2009/01/science-book-challenge-2009.html A Book Lover]
-| valign="top" align="left"   | tentatively:<br>''A Walk in the Woods'', by Bill Bryson<br>''Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World'', by Jessica Snyder Sachs<br>''Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder'', by Richard Louv
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [Henslin: This Is Your Brain On Joy | Earl Henslin with Becky Johnson, ''This is Your Brain on Joy : A Revolutionary Program for Balancing Mood, Restoring Brain Health, and Nurturing Spiritual Growth'']
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Debbie ([[:Category:DC | DC ]])
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 | valign="top" align="left"   | [[Everett: Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes | Daniel L. Everett, ''Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes : Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle'']]<br>[[Carroll: Remarkable Creatures | Sean B. Carroll, ''Remarkable Creatures : Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species'']]<br>[[Fiennes: The Snow Geese | William Fiennes, ''The Snow Geese : A Story of Home'']]<br>[[Streever: Cold | Bill Streever, ''Cold : Adventures in the World’s Frozen Places. New York'']]
 |-bgcolor="#ffffff"
-| valign="top" align="left"   | Raquel H.
+| valign="top" align="left"   | Raquel H. ([[:Category:RSPH | RSPH ]])
 | valign="top" align="left"   | n/a
-| valign="top" align="left"   | spontaneous
+| valign="top" align="left"   | [[Stewart: Letters to a Young Mathematician | Ian Stewart, ''Letters to a Young Mathematician'']]<br>[[Sabbagh: The Riemann Hypothesis | Karl Sabbagh, ''The Riemann Hypothesis : The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics'']]
 |-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
 | valign="top" align="left"   | Roy H.