2012 READING LIST

"Hold a book in your hand and you're a pilgrim at the gate of a new city."

Hebrew Saying

I keep picking up "World Without End," a 1046 page novel by Ken Follett, and one of these days I will begin this daunting epic. I enjoyed its prequel,"Pillars of the Earth" so I'm not sure why I am having difficulty beginning. I think I am needing something lighter. A read that has not made my list this past year as I am only 2/3 through is, "Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places," by Eugene Peterson. Highly recommend it.

It's interesting to look back at the various genres which captured my attention this past year. 

* non fiction

1. The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton

2. Left Neglected - Lisa Genova

3. Mr. Pip - Lloyd Jones

4. The House at Riverton - Kate Morton

5. Before Green Gables - Budge Wilson

6. * Love Wins - Rob Bell

7. * Acts For Everyone - NT Wright

8. The Book thief - Markus Zusak

9. * The Summer of the Great-Grandmother - Madeleine L'Engle

10. Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosney

11. The Hundred Foot Journey. - Richard C Morais

12. Her Mother's Hope - Francine Rivers

13. The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
14. Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
15. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
16. Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquiva
17. Crescent - Diana Abu-Jaber
18. Her Daughter's Dream - Francine Rivers
19. Secret Daughter - Shilpi Somaya Gowda
20. Whiteout - Ken Follett
21. * Wild - Cheryl Strayed