2010 Book List

Last year I set a goal of 52 books to read. I'm happy to report that this is one goal I met last year. Looking over the list I see that free kindle downloads play an important part in the books I read. Some of them I probably would not have read if they had not been available as a free download. Some of them I liked well enough to purchase other books in the series. The Wimpy Kid Diary books were read for my nephew Caleb. He and I sat on the swing on my mom's deck and started the first book, then I finished it that evening and asked for another. The next week we went to see the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie playing at the Maumee Theatre...perfect! Some of the books are written for young adults (8th-high school perhaps). These are some of the free downloads and are quick reads. I read them looking for books I could recommend to my nieces and nephews.
Books that stand out - Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black and White by David Barton; Tuck by Stephen Lawhead; Spiritual Depression: It's Causes and Cure by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones; and The People of the Mist by Henry Rider Haggard.
Well enough said. Here's the list:
Books I've Read (2010)

* ESV Bible
* The People of the Mist - Henry Rider Haggard (free kindle)
* The Judge Who Stole Christmas - Randy Singer (free kindle)
* Safely Home - Randy Alcorn (free kindle)
* A Simple Amish Christmas - Vanetta Chapman (free kindle)
* On the Run - Bill Myers (free kindle) (y)
* Counterfeit Gods - Timothy Keller
* I Come Quietly to Meet You - Amy Carmichael, arranged by David Hazard
* Dawn's Prelude - Tracie Peterson (free kindle book)
* Buried Sins - Marta Perry
* A Christmas to Die For - Marta Perry
* Wild Goose Chase - Mark Batterson
* Hide in Plain Sight - Marta Perry (free kindle book)
* Staying True - Jenny Sanford
* The Malacca Conspiracy - Don Brown
* Nightmare's Edge - Bryan Davis
* Eternity's Edge - Bryan Davis
* Beyond the Reflection's Edge - Bryan Davis
* Setting the Record Straight: American History in Bland & White - David Barton
* Stealing Bradford - Melody Carlson (free kindle
* Mixed Bags - Melody Carlson (free kindle)
* The Scarlet Thread - Francine Rivers
* Her Mother's Hope (Marta's Legacy series) - Francine Rivers
* War of Words - Paul David Tripp
* Living Organized - Sandra Felton (free kindle)
* Highland Blessings - Jennifer Hudson Taylor (free kindle)
* The Overton Window - Glenn Beck
* Homespun Bride - Jillian Hart (free kindle)
* The First Drop of Rain - Leslie Parrott (free kindle)
* A Passion Most Pure - Julie Lessman (a free kindle download)
* Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer, Anne Barrows
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - Jeff Kinney
* The Edge of Apocalypse - Tim LaHaye & Craig Parshall
* The Slave Across the Street - Theresa L. Flores
* The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
* Reflections on the Psalms - C.S. Lewis
* Same Kind of Different as Me - Ron Hall & Denver Moore
* The Still of Night - Kristen Heitzmann
* A Rush of Wings - Kristen Heitzmann (free kindle)
* Spiritual Depression-It's Causes and Cure - D.Martyn Lloyd-Jones
* Breaker's Reef - Terri Blackstock
* River's Edge - Terri Blackstock
* Southern Storm - Terri Blackstock
* Cape Refuge - Terri Blackstock (free kindle)
* Christmas in my Heart #13 - Joe Wheeler
* Vanish - Tom Pawlik (free kindle)
* Christmas in My Heart # 12 - Joe Wheeler
* La's Orchestra Saves the World - Alexander McCall Smith
* The Shunning - Beverly Lewis (free kindle)
* Where the Blue Begins - Christopher Morley
* Parnassus on Wheels - Christopher Morley
* Summer of the Midnight Sun - Tracie Peterson (free kindle)
* 12-Day Body Shaping Makeover - Michael Thurmond (free kindle)
* Dark Pursuit - Brandilyn Collins (free kindle download
* Tuck - Steven R. Lawhead

Books Read in 2009

It's time to start a new list for Books I've Read this Year (2010). I like to remember what I read the year before, so listing them in a post helps me find them later. I'd really like to read more this year. Cheryl keeps telling me about free kindle books, so I should always have a bunch of free material to read. I downloaded 5 on New Year's Day and started the year off by reading one of them that night. One down! Now if I could just read and exercise at the same time...

Anyway here's my list of books read in 2009
ESV Bible
Christmas in My Heart (#5)- Joe Wheeler
Christmas in My Heart (#10) - Joe Wheeler
Fireflies in December - Jennifer Erin Valent
The Christmas Lamp - Lori Copeland
Christmas Stories by North Carolina Writers (didn't really enjoy this one- there was only 1 or 2 stories worth reading)
The Christmas Bus - Melody Carlson
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Shopping for Time: How to Do It All and Not Be Overwhelmed - Carolyn Mahaney
The Women of Troy Hill - Clare Ansberry
Scarlet - Stephen R. Lawhead
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - Alexander McCall Smith
The Miracle of Speedy Motors - Alexander McCall Smith
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - Alexander McCall Smith
Blue Shoes and Happiness - Alexander McCall Smith
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies - Alexander McCall Smith
The Cupboard Full of Life - Alexander McCall Smith
Hood - Stephen R. Lawhead
Liberty and Tyranny - Mark R. Levin
The Kalahari Typing School for Men - Alexander McCall Smith
Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The Principle of the Path - Andy Stanley
it - Craig Groeschel
Respectable Sins - Jerry Bridges
A Violent Grace - Michael Card
44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith
The Cross Centered Life - C.J. Mahaney
Humility: True Greatness - C.J. Mahaney
Treasuring God in our Traditions - Noel Piper

My 2008 Books I've Read List

I realized that I still had my book list was still from 2008. So I'm going to list them here and create a new list for 2009. I love to read and have been disappointed to find that I am reading less. Perhaps I am on the computer too much. I know it's not from exercising more! That said, I need to push away from my desk and just read.

2008 Books I've Read

• The Bible (NLT)
• My Christmas Assortment (3)
• Sacred Echo by Margaret Feinberg
• Dawn's Light by Terri Blackstock
• True Light by Terri Blackstock
• Night Light by Terri Blackstock
• Last Light by Terri Blackstock
• My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas
• The One Minute Entrepreneur by Ken Blanchard and Don Hutson
• Breaking the Discipleship Code by David Putman
• Mudhouse Sabbath - Lauren Winner
• Crazy Love by Francis Chan
• The Shack - William P. Young
• Courageous in Calling - a Catalyst collection of assorted authors
• Death in Berlin - M.M. Kaye
• Epicenter - Joel Rosenberg
• I became a Christian and all I got was this lousy t-shirt - Vince Antonucci
• Looking for God - Nancy Ortberg
• the organic God - Margaret Feinberg
• The Purpose Driven Life - Rick Warren (was the 2nd time I read this one)
• The Small Rain - Madeline L'Engle