By ADIGW in : Book Club // Jan 1 2012
So in 2011 we read a lot and I hope acquired a lot of wisdom, inspiration and encouragement. We did manage to read for the 52 weeks however we didn’t really get to 52 books, as we almost ran out of time! But we didn’t do too badly either. We read a total of 44 books! And I tell you that was a lot of reading!
When we started the challenge in January 2011 we didn’t realise what a challenge it would have been. I personally, have read almost everywhere possible; on the train, bus, or whilst waiting for one. I have read in the ‘throne room’ in bed, whilst cooking, whilst having a slow day in the gym (think cycling and kindle in hand), whilst shopping or waiting for friends to complete shopping. I have read in between dance and drama practice, whilst eating, even whilst watching TV!
I must admit, I tried using audio books so that I could get some more ‘reading time’ in, but I didn’t like them much. But thankfully ADIGW team got me a kindle and that has been the best present ever! I can safely say it is one present that I have used every single day.
So here is a heat filled WELL DONE to everyone who participated in this book challenge; be it one book, two or the whole lot. You have read more than you did before, learnt more and broadened your horizon and information base for the better!
Here is a list of all the books we read in 2011:
- A mercy by Toni Morrison
- That Thing Around Your neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusa
- Write It Down, Make IT Happen, Knowing What You Want And Getting It by Henriette Anne Klauser
- The conversation by Hill Harper – Yeah we didn’t want to read this one. We just wanted to stare at the book cover for hours on end!
- For coloured Girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
- Arsene Wenger: The Biography by Xavier Rivoir
- The Room by Emma Donoghue
- The secret to Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch
- Before You suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evan
- A Heart T Mend by Myne Whitman
- The Five Love Languages: How to Express heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman
- All the Living by CE Morgan
- In My Dreams It Was Simpler, by Popoola, Alofe, Abayowa and Adegbite
- Live Your Dream: Planning for Success by Mark Chironna
- Becoming a Contagious Christian by Bill Hybels
- Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
- Single with a difference by Faith Oyedepo
- Here, Home, Hope by Kaira Rouda
- The Last Warner Woman by Kei Miller
- Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson
- How To Write Irresistible Query Letters by Lisa Collier cool
- A Lineage of Grace: Five stories of Unlikely Women Who Change Eternity by Francine Rivers
- Bad Girls of the Bible and What We Can Learn From Them by Liz Curtis Higgs
- The Go-Getter: A Story That tells You How To Be One by Peter B. Kyne
- The sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged 37/3/4: (sacred Dairy of Adrian Plass)
- Eat This And Live: Simple food choices that can help you feel better, look younger and live younger by Donald Colbert
- What the Bible Says about Healthy Living: 3 Principles that will change your diet and improve your health by Rex Russell.
- How to Run Your Business by The Book: A Biblical Blueprint to Bless Your Business by Dave Anderson
- Lord, change My Attitude before it’s too late by James MacDonald
- How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives by Ian yager
- Friends to End: The True Value of Friendship by Bradley Trevor Greive
- The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbour – seeing others through the eyes of Jesus by Mark Labberton
- Friendship with God by Neale Donald Walsch
- Purity – A new Moral Revolution by Kris Vallotton
- Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot
- Rededication: A Story of Sex, Repentance and Restoration by Armond E Mosley
- I really want to change – So, Help me, God: God’s Power to Transform Lives by James McDonald
- What’s So Spiritual about Your Gifts? By Henry Blackaby and Mel Blackaby
- Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everybody else by Geoff Colvin
- Secrets of the Vine: Breaking Through to Abundance by Bruce Wilkinson and David Kopp
- If God is Truth: How Lie Separate us from God and bring pain into our lives by Alfonso Femandez
- True to Life: Why Truth Matters by Michael P Lynch
So what are our reading goals and ambitions for 2012 I hear you ask? Well this year, we will be reading fewer books but that is to give us more time to explore, discuss and dissect its contents; how to implement the good and learn from the bad.
More information about 2012’s reading plan will be up on the website this week, so stay tuned.
Until then, I wish you an awesome time of acquiring the right information to give you increased wisdom, inspiration, understanding and courage to make a great year.
Much Love,
Remi
*pictures by reading-guides blogspot & Google*
So in 2011 we read a lot and I hope acquired a lot of wisdom, inspiration and encouragement. We did manage to read for the 52 weeks however we didn’t really get to 52 books, as we almost ran out of time! But we didn’t do too badly either. We read a total of 44 books! And I tell you that was a lot of reading!
Happy New Year Remi, and all the best for 2012!
I actually hope to read a book a month. Small compared to your feat, i know, lol, but its no small feat for me o…I guess I’d just choose one of the books you read for the following months.
So far, I’ve read power of a praying parent by Stormie Omartan (in Jan) and I’m presently reading How the mighty fall by Jim Collins….so fingers crossed
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