Challenges - More, Really?

I just couldn't resist joining a couple of more challenges. The fantastic World Citizen Challenge is a bit complicated to explain but it's the detail that goes into it that makes it sound so interesting. It's dedicated to non-fiction and there are categories to read from like Politics, Autobiography etc. You can pick your own reading level which defines how many books you'll read and how many categories you need to read from.

I am ashamed of the small amount of non-fiction I read last year (just two books). I'm a history graduate and I have tons of non-fiction around the house so this year I want to make a big effort to read more non-fiction and to read about diverse subjects. I'll be reading at the Major level whcih means I've committed to reading five books from at least three categories. I've picked:

The Ascent of Money (Economics)
A History of Modern China (History)
Love and Louis XIV (History)
Planet Earth (World Affairs)
Romans Journey (Autobiography)

I'm also reading Dewey's Books in memory of a grand book blogger who died at the end of last year. Dewey was the creator of so many great reading events like the 24 hour read-a-thon, Weekly Geekly and the Bookworm Carnivale. I'll be reading a book from each year of her archives. I've decided that I'll read Nation by Terry Pratchett which she read in 2008 but I haven't made any more choices yet.

I'm sort of thinking of doing the Planet Earth challenge as well, which Sylvia is holding over to this year. It means buying books....do I need more books....of course I do!