Yesterday I spent the day in my two favorite places! Barnes and Noble and the library! Yes, you can call me a nerd, but I love to read! I ended up with over 20 books and I'm super excited to start them all!
I'm still working on my summer reading list, but here is what I have so far (in no particular order)! Feel free to send me recommendations of good books you have read so I can complete my list!
1. The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
2. Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
3. A Long Way Gone - Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah
4. Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey
5. Arguing with Idiots - Glenn Beck
6. Freakonomics - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
7. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
8. The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
9. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
10. Same Kind of Different As Me - Ron Hall and Denver Moore 11. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
12. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
13. Switch - Chip Heath and Dan Heath
14. Sold - Patricia McCormick
15. The Irresistible Revolution - Shane Clairborne
16. Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller
17. Through Painted Deserts - Donald Miller
18. The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
19. Building Social Business - Muhammad Yunus
20. The Meaning of Night - Michael Cox
21. Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
22. Dune - Frank Herbert
23. Martyr - Rory Clements 24. Mark of the Lion Book 1- Francine Rivers
Side Reading:
GMAT Review, Maid of Honor Handbook (For my roommate's wedding!!), GIN Technology System, French Lessons, Spanish Lessons, Italian, German, Chinese, and Swahili Basics
Also, I thought I'd add some personal recommendations from books I've already read.
1. The Shack - William P. Young
2. Redeeming Love - Francine Rivers
3. Captivating - Johnand Stasi Eldredge
4. A Billion Bootstraps - Phillip Smith and Eric Thurman
5. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
6. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
7. The It Girl Series - Cecily Von Ziegesar
8. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald 9. Jane Austen Books
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ReplyDeleteThis morning over at Smitten Design she listed what sounds like a great book so I'm going to pass it along: "Saving CeeCee Honeycutt" by Beth Hoffman. It sounds sooooo good.
I'm also hoping to re-read Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper. He always has some great books that really make me think.
Visit you again soon!
Carri
allison... through painted deserts is one of my favorite books ever. you should read it soon. i loved it. i enjoyed it a lot more than blue like jazz, although that's a good one too. i also read three cups of tea for a class this spring and really enjoyed it! i think you'll like it. oh and same kind of different than me is pretty good too! i cried.. and that doesn't happen very often.
ReplyDeletei'm reading narnia, redeeming love and desiring God. let me know which one of those you like!
awesome reading list! there are definitely some books on their that i am looking forward to reading! this is why summer is so great, there isnt any school reading to keep me from reading books that i want to read! i highly recommend dune and meaning of night! meaning of night is my all-time favorite book! also, it is kind of a darker read, but "The Devil in the White City" is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI want to read my collection of Edgar Allen Poe books. But that's a bunch. lol.
ReplyDeletexo nancy
#6, 7, 8, and 12 Are all Great!! #22 I should probably reread ;p I read it SOOO long ago but I own it so .. no hurry Lol. Have you read "The 13th Tale"??... AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteSome of my Faves:The Celestine Prophecy, The Thirteenth Tale, Paradise Park, The Lovely Bones, The Effects of Light, The Five People You Meet in Heaven.... Theres more though ;p Ooh I just LOVE books!! I love thrift stores the best I can get a billion books for very little $$,, especially nice since I like COLLECTING and not RETURNING! Lol
Oh... and BTW,, THANKS FOR FOLLOWING! ♥
Wow! Thank you all for the incredible responses and recommendations! You guys are awesome! I'm so excited that I'm not the only one that enjoys reading a good book! Keep the new book ideas coming! I can't wait to check out all these new titles!
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Allison
Allison!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you are reading the Mark of the Lion series. They will change your life as they have changed mine! I'm excited for you-- happy reading!
Love, Jorie
A Long Way Gone was absolutely beautiful, heartbreaking, and eye-opening, and The Great Gatsby is among my favorites...I have paragraphs from that book memorized. Might I suggest The Life of Pi by Yann Martel? Its a life-changer for sure. :)
ReplyDeleteBased on your other selections, you will love Eat, Pray, Love. Do NOT see the movie before you read the book.. Pinkie Swear?
ReplyDeleteAlso I suggest to you....The Janet Evanovich series on Stephanie Plum, great laughs!