What Are You Reading?
I’m lining up books for summer reading and thought I would share three books that are on my summer reading list and hopefully find out what is on yours. Leave your recommendations in the comments so I can see your reading list too!
Here’s what I plan on reading:
Priceless
My friend Tom Davis sent his book today (kindly ignore the chipped nail polish). I can’t wait to read it. Priceless is about the fight to save two Russian girls trapped in the sex-slave industry. If it’s anything like his last fiction book, Scared, I’ll probably read it all in one sitting. I promise I’ll review it and will most likely have Tom on the blog to talk about it too.
Priceless is now available in stores and on Amazon. You should totally go and buy it. In fact he has a pretty cool gift for anyone who buys the book. You can find out about his giveaway on his blog and watch the book trailer while you’re there.
My Fair Lazy
On a totally different note, I can’t wait to pick up a copy of Jen Lancaster’s new book, My Fair Lazy. As I’ve confessed before: I’m lazy… so this should be a perfect read for me. In fact, whenever I think about all this half marathon stuff that I’ve gotten myself into I immediately think of a scene in Jen’s book (my personal fav), Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass or Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office. Brilliant I tell you! If you’ve never read a Jen Lancaster book and need a good chicky beach read start with Bitter. You’ll thank me.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird is my all time favorite book. I fell in love with it the first time I read it in 9th grade and have read it every sumer since. Literally. And, I refuse to believe any crazy rumors that it was actually written by Truman Capote. Period.
Anyway, I love everything about this book and will keep up my summertime tradition with a 21st read this year.
I'm reading “The Book Of Awesome” by Neil Pasricha right now. Nice to remember all the little things that make you smile. I'm also reading “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elisabeth Gilbert, and “Feasting On Asphalt” by Alton Brown. I just finished “Hear No Evil” by he who shall remain nameless ;) aka: Matthew Paul Turner, and I look forward to many more that I haven't thought of yet. Summer is great reading time!
You'll have to tell me how Eat, Pray, Love is. I hear Oprah is really high on it which tends to make me suspicious ;)
my list consits of: love is an oriantation, (Andrew Marin), addictions (a banquet in the grave, (edwared T. Walsh), addicions & grace, (gerald Gerald G. May) alien secrets, (annette curtis klause) how can I let go if I don't know i'm holding on, (Linda douty) facing your giants, (max lucado) stranger in the forest on foot across borneo, (eric hansen) ironman,(chris crutcher), the black veil, (rick moody), a garmet of grace, (dinnis tinsman), come on people on the path from victimes to victors, (bill cosby & alvin f. poussaint), american short story classics, & america the beautiful in the words of walt whitman
Hi, Nicole. You can find my summer reading list here http://denisedilley.blogspot.com/2010/05/summer....
I'm really interested in reading Priceless. It sounds really good!!
You have some heavy reading planned for this summer! Love is an Orientation is a great book!
I want to read Plan B too. You are going to LOVE Crazy Love. Pick up Priceless for sure! Check out Tom's blog. He's giving away a free signed book if you buy Priceless.
i'm reading henri nouwen's “life of the beloved” at the moment and it is blowing my mind. think i'll need to read it three times to take it all in. i just know it's going to be one of those life-changing books. another one of those is donald miller's “a million miles in a thousand years” which i am reading again this summer.
“Radical” by David Platt (currently reading)
“Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead” by Charlene Li
“Social Justice Handbook” by Cannon/Perkins
“Rework” by Fried/Hansson
“Dig Deeper: Tools for Understanding God's Word” by Beynon/Sach
I just finished, “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese. It is set in Ethiopia, India and the US and spans 5 decades. Fascinating story. Currently reading, “FDR's Funeral Train” which is unexpectedly good. And, next on the list is a re-reading of “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn in anticipation of leading a group of women microfinance supporters to Uganda to meet with clients and field staff.
I recently finished Mary DeMuth's Life in Defiance and highly recommend this series. The first two books are Daisy Chain and A Slow Burn.
I agree that Andrews book is awsome! I'm half way through it, my only regret is it took me close to a year to get the book! & thank you for saying my reading list is whaity, I have been feeling guilty I don't read as much as I used to & have abandoned the theological, phisophical, phicilogical text books I used to peruse when I was a kid, I am ashamed to say I read the comics page more then I read the books I need for spirtule growth!
I don't have time to read!
But I've been trying to read “Follow Me To Freedom: Leading as an ordinary radical” by Shane Claiborne and John Perkins. Since Christmas.. I've been trying.
I've never heard of it. I'll have to check it out!
Wow! That is some heavy reading. Open Leadership sounds interesting. Let me know if it's any good.
All of those sound really interesting. I think I'm going to have to check out Cutting for Stone.
Loved Daisy Chain.
Hey, your a baby daddy. You'll get your free time back in a few years ;)
my reading in 2 1/2 weeks as i recoer is as follows:
Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher i can't believe it has taken me this long to read it…
Bitter is the New Black, Jen Lancaster everyone i know is reading this book. now i will drink the kool aid!
I Know I Am, But What Are You? Samantha Bee noy only do her folks give it a ringing endorsement, but so does jon stewart :)
You will love, love, love Bitter. We'll have to chat when you read it. It is so funny… in the kind of way that we appreciate.