This year I made goal for myself that I wanted to read more. I have never been an avid reader, other things have always interested me. (like the television…. <—|not proud of that|

Anyway, my initial goal was to read 1 book every month this year. Which would be a good amount I thought. Before this year I had maybe read 12 books in 3-4 years |aside from textbooks|. Little did I know that I would all of a sudden get smacked in the head with this desire to read non-stop. It has become one of my absolute favorite things I have ever done. I ended up completing 40 books. In ONE YEAR. For those of you who know me, I know, It’s a shocker…. But I did.

Here is the list Since January 1, 2011. |in no particular order, I’m pulling from memory|

Completed:
1. Linchpin — Seth Godin
2.In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day — Mark Batterson
3. Sun Stand Still — Steven Furtick
4. Poke the Box — Seth Godin
5. Purple Cow — Seth Godin
6. Developing the Leader Within You — John Maxwell
7. The Cause Within You — Matthew Barnett
8. Creative Matters — Various People, Assembled by The Creative Collective
9. Outspoken –Edited by Tim Schrader & Kevin D. Hendricks
10.-11. The Tozer Pulpit Volumes 1 & 2 — A.W. Tozer
12. Steve Jobs– Walter Isaacson
13. Making Ideas Happen — Scott Belsky
14. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
15. Leading on Empty – Wayne Cordeiro
16. Blue Like Jazz — Donald Miller
17. Holy Discontent  – Bill Hybels
18. The Pursuit of God — A.W. Tozer
19. Pursuit of the Holy — Corey Russell
20. Mere Christianity — C.S.Lewis
21.A Greif Observed — C.S. Lewis
22. The Problem of Pain — C.S. Lewis
23. Why Men Hate Going to Church –David Murrow
24. When Christians Get it Wrong — Adam Hamilton
25. Erasing Hell — Francis Chan
26. The Revolutionary Communicator –Jedd Medefind & Erik Lokkesmoe
27. Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness: The Science, Design,
and Engineering of Contagious Ideas — Dan Zarrella
28. Read This Before Our Next Meeting — Al Pittampalli
29. Telling Lies — Paul Ekman
30. Unmasking The Face –Paul Ekman
31. Crazy Love — Francis Chan
32. Tribes – Seth Godin
33. Uprising — Erwin McManus
34. The Ragamuffin Gospel — Brennan Manning
35. Anything You Want – Derek Sivers
36. Self Reliance — Ralph Waldo Emerson
37. Do the Work — Steven Pressfield
38.  The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald
39. The Complete Poems of John Keats — John Keats
40.  Untitled — Blaine Hogan

Still Reading:
41. Pursuing God. Creating Art. — Gary Molander
42. Living as a Christian —  A.W. Tozer
43. The Bible |almost finished reading the entire thing cover to cover|

I am looking forward to this next year and all the exciting things in store. Check back tomorrow for a look at what my prayers and goals are for the year.

What did you read this year?