2012 Reading Log

[WhatsHisNuts]

He's hilarious. I will read his first book if that one is better. I was just looking for a funny book to read - have been reading some heavy stuff (Elephant Whisperer and Babylon's Ark). Amazing books and must reads in my opinion. Animals are truly amazing. People, well...

Was looking to read another David Sedaris book, but I will check out Carolla.

In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks is excellent. Glad to hear you are a fan. He's a really sharp guy and I appreciate his wit.

 

[Happy Hippo]

Read all A Song of Ice and Fire books. Read two of Lawrence Anthony's books (Elephant Whisperer and Babylon's Ark). Awesome books and great reminders of the importance of animals in the world.

Finally read Tim Donaghy's book - thought it was really good. Up to 46 books this year - probably not going to make my goal of 60, but quality over quantity. Totally forgot about the Carolla book - that will be up soon. Reading "Round House" right now, highly recommend it - great mystery.

 

[Happy Hippo]

Didn't quite reach my goal of 60 books this year... got to 54, but took a month off because of extenuating circumstances, so will get there next year! Here is my list. The 5 stars are "must reads" in my opinion. Book of the year by a long shot, best one I have read in years and years: SHANTARAM. I am eagerly awaiting the next release from this author.

Happy reading in 2013!! Would love to have people get more active in these threads.


In reverse order of how I read them this year:


*****
The Language of Flowers, Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
The End of Your Life Book Club, Schwalbe, Will
The Round House, Erdrich, Louise
Personal Foul: A First Person Account Of The Scandal That Rocked The NBA, Donaghy, Tim
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo, Anthony, Lawrence
The Elephant Whisperer, Anthony, Lawrence
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3), Martin, George R.R.
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2), Martin, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1), Martin, George R.R.
Field of Dead Horses, Brown, Nick Allen
A Fine Balance, Mistry, Rohinton
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, Watts, Alan Wilson
The Help, Stockett, Kathryn
One Hundred Years of Solitude, M?rquez, Gabriel Garc?a
Between Shades of Gray, Sepetys, Ruta
In My Own Way: An Autobiography, Watts, Alan Wilson
Naked, Sedaris, David
Me Talk Pretty One Day, Sedaris, David
Even More Notes From the Universe: Dancing Life's Dance, Dooley, Mike
The Way of Zen, Watts, Alan Wilson
Middlesex, Eugenides, Jeffrey
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Tolle, Eckhart
The Alchemist, Coelho, Paulo
Shantaram, Roberts, Gregory David
Steve Jobs, Isaacson, Walter
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky, Fyodor


****
The Dog Stars, Heller, Peter
Crossing to Safety, Stegner, Wallace
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't, Silver, Nate
Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis, Oliver, Dean
A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5), Martin, George R.R.
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4), Martin, George R.R.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Cain, Susan
Love in the Time of Cholera, M?rquez, Gabriel Garc?a
Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking, Gladwell, Malcolm
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, Boo, Katherine
Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre, Markham, Brett L.
What Is the What, Eggers, Dave
The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Singer, Peter
Love, Freedom, and Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships, Osho
The Power of One, Courtenay, Bryce


***
The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse, Erdrich, Louise
Stumbling on Wins in Basketball, Berri, David
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Smith, Betty
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, M?rquez, Gabriel Garc?a
Of Love and Other Demons, M?rquez, Gabriel Garc?a
Indignation, Roth, Philip


**
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman, Parry, Richard Lloyd
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, Larson, Erik
The Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver, Barbara
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Coelho, Paulo
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, McCullers, Carson


*
Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2), James, E.L.
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1), James, E.L.

 

[Amethyest]

Didn't quite reach my goal of 60 books this year... got to 54, but took a month off because of extenuating circumstances, so will get there next year! Here is my list. The 5 stars are "must reads" in my opinion. Book of the year by a long shot, best one I have read in years and years: SHANTARAM. I am eagerly awaiting the next release from this author.

Happy reading in 2013!! Would love to have people get more active in these threads.


In reverse order of how I read them this year:


*****
The Language of Flowers, Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
The End of Your Life Book Club, Schwalbe, Will
The Round House, Erdrich, Louise
Personal Foul: A First Person Account Of The Scandal That Rocked The NBA, Donaghy, Tim
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo, Anthony, Lawrence
The Elephant Whisperer, Anthony, Lawrence
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3), Martin, George R.R.
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2), Martin, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1), Martin, George R.R.
Field of Dead Horses, Brown, Nick Allen
A Fine Balance, Mistry, Rohinton
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, Watts, Alan Wilson
The Help, Stockett, Kathryn
One Hundred Years of Solitude, M?rquez, Gabriel Garc?a
Between Shades of Gray, Sepetys, Ruta
In My Own Way: An Autobiography, Watts, Alan Wilson
Naked, Sedaris, David
Me Talk Pretty One Day, Sedaris, David
Even More Notes From the Universe: Dancing Life's Dance, Dooley, Mike
The Way of Zen, Watts, Alan Wilson
Middlesex, Eugenides, Jeffrey
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Tolle, Eckhart
The Alchemist, Coelho, Paulo
Shantaram, Roberts, Gregory David
Steve Jobs, Isaacson, Walter
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky, Fyodor


****
The Dog Stars, Heller, Peter
Crossing to Safety, Stegner, Wallace
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't, Silver, Nate
Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis, Oliver, Dean
A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5), Martin, George R.R.
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4), Martin, George R.R.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Cain, Susan
Love in the Time of Cholera, M?rquez, Gabriel Garc?a
Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking, Gladwell, Malcolm
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, Boo, Katherine
Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre, Markham, Brett L.
What Is the What, Eggers, Dave
The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, Singer, Peter
Love, Freedom, and Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships, Osho
The Power of One, Courtenay, Bryce


***
The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse, Erdrich, Louise
Stumbling on Wins in Basketball, Berri, David
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Smith, Betty
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, M?rquez, Gabriel Garc?a
Of Love and Other Demons, M?rquez, Gabriel Garc?a
Indignation, Roth, Philip


**
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman, Parry, Richard Lloyd
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, Larson, Erik
The Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver, Barbara
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Coelho, Paulo
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, McCullers, Carson


*
Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2), James, E.L.
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1), James, E.L.

I forgot about this thread! some great one's listed, :toast:

 

[kneifl]

I read around 50-60 books this year. The Jobs book by Isaacson was definitely one of the best, if you like biographies. Another recent biography I read that was excellent was called Why I left Goldman Sachs by Greg Smith.

A few others I liked were:

The Power of Habit
Ghost in the Wires
A History of the World in six glasses
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Abolutions
Growing a Business
Stuff
All Marketers are Liars
Purple Cow
Meatball Sundae
Poke the Box
The Dip
Calico Joe
The Big Moo
Field of Dead Horses
Abundance: The future is better than you think
On Negotiating
The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur
Multipliers
Fascinate
Founders at Work
What got you here won't get you there
The Intelligent Entrepreneur
The Lean Startup
Agent to the Stars
What Would Google Do?
Rework
iWoz
The Go-Giver
Go-Givers Sell More
Crush it! Why now is the time to cash in on your passion!
The Thank You Economy
Just Listen
Tribes: We need you to lead us
Outliers
The Tipping Point
Blink
Greedy Bastards
The Ultimate Sales Machine
The Partnership Charter
Platform
The Innocent
The Racketeer
The Winner

I don't think it's worth it listing the sub par ones or books I didn't like. It's my goal to read just as many or more books next year. I will definitely achieve it.

Came back and edited list adding some audiobooks I listened to as well I would recommend.

kneifl

 

[Amethyest]

I read around 50-60 books this year. The Jobs book by Isaacson was definitely one of the best, if you like biographies. Another recent biography I read that was excellent was called Why I left Goldman Sachs by Greg Smith.

A few others I liked were:

The Power of Habit
Field of Dead Horses
Abundance: The future is better than you think
On Negotiating
The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur
Multipliers
Fascinate
Founders at Work
What got you here won't get you there
The Intelligent Entrepreneur
The Lean Startup
Agent to the Stars
What Would Google Do?
Rework
iWoz
The Go-Giver
Go-Givers Sell More
Crush it! Why now is the time to cash in on your passion!
The Thank You Economy
Just Listen
Tribes: We need you to lead us
Outliers
The Tipping Point
Blink
Greedy Bastards
The Ultimate Sales Machine
The Partnership Charter
Platform
The Innocent
The Racketeer
The Winner

I don't think it's worth it listing the sub par ones or books I didn't like. It's my goal to read just as many or more books next year. I will definitely achieve it.

kneifl

love i! :0074 :toast: