What I’m Reading {100 Books in 2012}

As I’ve said before, for the last four (five?) years I’ve set a goal to read 100 books a year. You can see the 100 books I read in 2011 here.

Here’s my 2012 list — and this year I’ll be making the (big! bold! alert!) change of actually rating some of the books I read. I will not rate every book, because sometimes I forget. Yes. And also because I read such niche books sometimes that my ratings may not be relevant and/or helpful.

Ratings will go like this:

* {eh.}

** {useful information, but likely not something the general masses will fawn over.}

*** {good, but with the caveat that I read (and enjoy) weird books}

**** {darn good. worth buying a hard copy of to put on a nice shelf.}

***** {love! top-10 placement! life-changing! gold stars 4eva!}

Books Read in 2012:

1. The Message (Every year, I read through Peterson’s The Message.)
2. The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin. ****
3. Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found my Faith, Martha Beck. ****
4. Frozen Assets, Quentin Bates ***
5. The Money Saving Mom’s Budget, Crystal Paine. ****
6. Jesus Freaks
7. {health book}
8. Large Family Logistics *
9. Empire of Sand**
10. All the Money in the World, Laura Vanderkam.****
11. My Life in Doha
12. Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal, Conor Grennan.*****
13. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Paul Torday.****
14. Lone Traveler, Anne Mustoe.***
15. Holy Cow
16. Saving Savvy, Kelly Hancock.
17. Choosing to See, Mary Beth Chapman.
18. Hiding from Reality, Taylor Armstrong.
19. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher***
20. The Barefoot Executive, Carrie Wilkerson****
21. {health}
22. {health}
23. Seven: A Mutiny Against Excess***
24. Instant Speaking Success, Paul Evans.
25. Same Kind of Different as Me
26. {health}
27. Cold Comfort
28. Radical, David Platt.***
29. Quiet****
30. Possum Living
31. {health}
32. Seven Money Rules for Life, Mary Hunt.
33. The Possibility of You, Pamela Redmond Satran.
34. In the Land of Invisible Women
35. A Mother’s Rule of Life***
36. The Dip, Seth Godin.
37. All That You Can’t Leave Behind
38. Friendraising
39. God’s Spy
40. All the Pope’s Men
41. Un Amico Italiano
42. Pajama School
43. {health}
44. Swahili for the Broken Hearted
45. The Peace “Corpse”
46. The Power of Giving