My 2008 Book List
In 2006, I read 25 books. In 2007, I didn’t read nearly as many. I’m going to try and read at least 25 in 2008 and here’s a list of what I’m going to start with. Some of these I got for Christmas, some are ones I’ve had for ages that I’ve intended to read for a while, but never got around to them. I need to finish Kevin’s book soon, so that will be my first one. It’ll be followed (in no particular order) by:
- Wild at Heart by John Eldridge
- Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
- A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
- Spunk & Bite by Arthur Plotnik
- Lucky Dog by Mark Barrowcliffe
- Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
- The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
- Become a Better You by Joel Osteen
- The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
- The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
- Plum Island by Nelson DeMille
- Marley & Me by John Grogan
- Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
Obviously, to get to 25 books, I need a lot more books. Leave your suggestions in the comments.
With the ongoing writer’s strike, it won’t be difficult to find time to read since, outside of American Gladiators, I don’t have a ton of shows to watch outside of Iron Chef America and the standard Bravo reality fare.
I’m sure that will be good for me. Less TV usually is.
Books in 2007
In 2006, I read 25 books. Those books ranged from the first 6 books in the Harry Potter series to excellent nonfiction tomes like The Tipping Point to books about my industry like Designing With Web Standards.
I enjoyed most of the books, but I haven’t read nearly as many this year. I don’t know what it’s been, but I’ve still read plenty…I just haven’t posted many reviews. I read several books when we were in Europe and never got around to reviewing any of them officially.
- Skinny Dip by Carl Hiassen
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Textpattern Solutions by Kevin Potts, Nathan Smith, etc.
- Songbook by Nick Hornby
- The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
- others that for some reason I can’t think of
I just finished reading Stormie Omartian’s book, The Power of the Praying Husband. Omartian has written several The Power of a Praying… books and Alli really loved The Power of the Praying Wife. It’s taken me quite a while to get through it completely, but I really thought it was a great read.
As someone who has a strong belief in the power of prayer, I really liked how Omartian wrote 20 different chapters about things to pray about for the most important woman in my life. There’s stuff in there that I would never really think of, but after reading through it, it made a lot of sense. Alli and I have started giving these two books to new married couples and I would highly recommend them to any married person. I really thought the book was great. Wherever you might be in your life, I think there’s a Power of Praying… book for you.