You know I love to read. And I've revealed that I'm a nerd and keep a book journal. I keep track of all the books I've read, write a little review, and rank them all on a 0-5 scale. And I admit that now, I make a note if I borrowed the book from someone so that I don't drive myself insane trying to locate it if someone asks me for it. So, here are the books from 2011 and their ratings.
1 - "Spoken From the Heart" by Laura Bush 3.75
2 - "Love Walked In" by Marisa DeLos Santos 4.5
3 - "Lipstick in Afghanistan" by Roberta Gateley 4.5
4 - "Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God" by Noel Piper 3.0
5 - "Death in a Prairie House" by William R. Drennan 3.75
6 - "Your Boy" by Vicki Courtney 4.5 (have read this one before...needed a review)
7 - "Extraordinary Ordinary People" by Condoleeza Rice 4.5
8 - "Black Heels to Tractor Wheels" by Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman) 4.0
9 - "Baby We Were Meant for Each Other" by Scott Simon 4.0
10 - "The Personal History of Rachel Dupree" by Ann Weisgarber 4.75
11 - "Saving Levi" by Lisa Misraje Bentley 3.5
12 - "Heaven Is Real" by Todd Burpo 4.25
13 - "We Were the Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates (Read more than half but never finished...too slow)
14 - "Decision Points" by George W. Bush 4.25
15 - "Radical" by David Platt 5.0
16 - "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett 5.0 (I've read this before and was just as wonderful the 2nd time)
17 - "Angel Falls" by Kristin Hannah 3.75
18 - "Water For Elephants" by Sara Gruen 4.25
19 - "Walking Across Egypt" by Clyde Edgerton 4.0
20 - "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet" by Jamie Ford 5.0
21 - "The Winds of War" by Herman Wouk (I've read 500 pages and will finish sometime, it is VERY tedious with details...but the history is great)
22 - "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak 4.75
23 - "For Time and Eternity" by Allison Pittman 3.5
24 - "The Kitchen House" by Kathleen Grisson 4.5
25 - "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana De Rosnay 5.0
26 - "The Wednesday Letters" by Jason F. Wright 4.0
27 - "Shadow of Ashland" by Terence M. Green 3.75
28 - "I Still Dream About You" by Fannie Flagg 3.75
29 - "Secret Daughter" by Shilpi Somaya Gowda 4.50
30 - "A Lancaster County Christmas" by Suzanne Woods Fisher 3.75
31 - "Kisses from Katie" by Katie David 4.75
32 - "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard 4.25
My favorite funny line from a book this year was in "Love Walked In"...."If you've ever considered having a conversation about your sex life in a South Philadelphia cheese shop, stop that thought in its tracks right now and wring it's scrawny little neck."
Two of my favorite quotes from "Radical" give me much to think about....."What would happen if together we stopped giving our scraps to the poor and started giving surplus? What if we started giving not just what we are able to give but beyond what we are able to give? What if, like the widow in Luke 21 who gave all she had, we began to give what it hurt us to give? What if we gave like this, not just because of the critical need around us, but because this kind of giving is actually what the heart of Christ in us both demands and desires?' AND...."Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes."
So many books, so little time!
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