Below is a list of the books I read in 2012.
Blog posts about books can be found here.
Peace Like A River by Leif Enger
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Into the Light by John Lerma, M.D.
Perparing for Christmas by Richard Rohr
WinterSong: Christmas Readings by Madeleine L’Engle & Luci Shaw
Heaven by Randy Alcorn

A Family Daughter by Maile Meloy
Our Greatest Gift Henri Nouwen
Seven Jen Hatmaker
Every Man in This Village is a Liar Megan K. Stack
Sophie’s World Jostein Gaarder (book club: November)
The Red Tent Anita Diamant (boxed lunch book club: November)
Wild Cheryl Strayed
Fiddler’s Green A.S. Peterson
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

Forgotten Country by Catherine Chung
Rick Steves’ Mediterranean Cruise Ports
People of the Book Gwendolyn Brooks (boxed lunch book club: October)
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath (boxed lunch book club: September)
Small Ceremonies Carol Shields (book club: September)
Teach Like Your Hair is on Fire by Rafe Esquith
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Fiddler’s Gun by A. S. Peterson
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
The Great Wide Sea by M H Herlong
Still by Lauren Winner
Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin
Chicken Boy by Frances O’Roark Dowell
The Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Joy In The Morning by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
How to Breath Underwater by Julie Orringer
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
This Means War by Ellen Wittlinger
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brain Selznick
Swipe by Evan Angler
Captivating by John and Stasi Eldridge
It is Well With My Soul by Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson
Portobello by Ruth Rendell
The Zen of Steve Jobs by Caleb Melby
Outsmarting the Midlife Fat Cell by Debra Waterhouse
Look Me In the Eye by John Elder Robison
Be Different by John Elder Robison
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

The Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
A Single Drop of Ink by Carla Ramsey Weeks
Super Natural Every Day by Heidi Swanson
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch
The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Jennifer Trafton
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God by John Piper
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

Pavilion of Women
Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck
The City of Tranquil Light by Bo Caldwell
List for 2011 here.
Blog posts about books here.
Blog posts about children’s books here.


































































