readings

"To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries."

The 2015 Reads

thus far.. because the smell of books is magical

I am Malala
Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han

Where She Went
Gayle Forman

The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

It's Kind Of A Funny Story
Ned Vizzini

The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? 
Mindy Kaling

25 Ways to Win With People
John C. Maxwell and Les Parrott

Yes Please
Amy Poehler

Not That Kind of Girl
Lena Dunham

The 2014 Reads

No Greater Love
Mother Teresa

Strength to Love
Martin Luther King Jr.

The Fault in Our Stars
John Green

If I Stay
Gayle Forman

Make the Most of Your Time on Earth
Rough Guides

Marrakesh by Design
Maryam Montague

A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Anna Quindlen

The Book of Constellations: 
Discover the Secret in the Stars
Robin Kerrod

Love Wins
Rob Bell

The 2013 Reads
Strength To Love
Martin Luther King Jr.

The Moral Imagination
John Paul Lederach

Change the World
Robert E. Quinn

Falling to Heaven
James L. Ferrell

Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder

Walden
Henry David Theorau

Three Weeks with My Brother
Nicholas Sparks

The World Peace Diet
Will Tuttle

The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks

The Maze Runner
James Dashner

Maximum Achievement
Brian Tracy

The Rent Collector
Camron Wright

Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter


The 2012 Reads

The Hunger Games

Catching Fire

The Anatomy of Peace

by the Arbinger Institue

Building Peace

by John Paul Lederach

The Lemon Tree

by Sandy Tolan

No Longer At Ease
Chinua Achebe

The China Study

War and Peace
Tolstoy
(abridged of course)

The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein

She Got Up Off the Couch
Haven Kimmel

The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls

A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah

The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin