What I read in 2011

Those who have read my blog regularly know I lovereading books. Here's a list of the books I read in 2011. I enjoyed most of them simply because I learned something with each one. Some I definitely learned more, some I will read again and again. Some I actually read more than once this year. I am always open to book recommendations so keep them coming please :)

Also I am linking up at Nesters site for Reading List Shares - I feel more books being added to my list for 2012...yikes

Tam's Top 5 (Based on the fact that I learned the most, read more than once or simply is timely based on where we are in our life's journey)

*Irresistible Revolution - Shane Claiborne

*Pagan Christianity- Frank Viola & George Barna

*The Bonsai Conspiracy – Paul Anderson-Walsh

*From Eternity to Here - Frank Viola

*One Thousand Gifts - Ann Voskamp

Honourable Mention goes to:

*The Well Trained Mind – Wise-Bauer

*Boys Adrift - Leonard Sax

Books I read cover to cover (the ones with stars I recommend)

Developing the Leader Within -John Maxwell

Motherhood the Guilt that Keeps on Giving - Julie Ann Barnhill

The Girl…books – Steig Larsson

*Irresistible Revolution - Shane Claiborne

*Pagan Christianity- Frank Viola &George Barna

Blue Like Jazz – Donald Miller

Love Wins – Rob Bell

And the Shofar Blew – Francine Rivers

*The Bonsai Conspiracy – Paul Anderson-Walsh

A New Kind of Christianity – Brian D McLaren

Chazown – Craig Groeschel

Weird – Craig Groeschel

The Organic Church – Neil Cole

*The Well Trained Mind – Wise-Bauer

Billy - William Paul McKay and Ken Abraham

Homeschooling Companion

Crazy Love – Francis Chan

Revolution – George Barna

A Charlotte Mason Companion

Large Family Logistics

Homewarming – Emilie Barnes

Driven By Eternity - John Bevere

Coaching Your Kids to Be Leaders

Finding Organic Church – Frank Viola

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis

Inside My Heart - Robin McGraw

*From Eternity to Here - Frank Viola

*Boys Adrift - Leonard Sax

For the Children's Sake - Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

*One Thousand Gifts - Ann Voskamp

The Rhythm of Family - Amanda Blake Soule

Map of Bones; Ice Hunt; Excavation - James Rollins Books

Christmas in my Heart and Home - Robin McGraw

Celebrating Advent - Ann Hibbard

The Traditions of Christmas - Nancy J Skarmeas

Currently Reading

*Slow Death by Rubber Duck - Rick Smith & Bruce Lourie

The Beloved Disciple - Beth Moore

The Bourne Dominion - Eric Van Lustbader

Books I check in on Every Year

Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery

Bringing Up Boys - Dr. James Dobson

Simple Abundance - Sarah Ban Breathnach

Grace Based Parenting - Tim Kimmel

Possibilities for 2012 (Ambitious I know... I can't help it)

Just As I Am – Billy Graham

The Strong Willed Child - Dr. James Dobson

The Power of a Whisper – Bill Hybels

The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness

The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill

Choosing to See – Mary Beth Chapman

Love Revolution – Joyce Meyer

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table - Roger Lancelyn Green

My Hearts Cry - Anne Graham Lotz

The Power of Respect - Deborah Norville

Free - the Future of a Radical Price - Chris Anderson

Pursuing More of Jesus - Anne Graham Lotz

The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Organic Disciplemaking - Dennis McCallum

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

While Europe Slept - Bruce Bawer

Einstein - Walter Isaacson

Prisoner in the Third Cell-Gene Edwards

Green - Ted Dekker

A Briefer History of Time – Stephen Hawking

A Short History of Everything - Bill Bryson

Infidel - Ayaan Hisi Ali

Tides of War - Steven Pressfield

Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield

Same Kind of Different as Me - Ron Hall

A Generous Orthodoxy - Brian McLaren

Spiritual Slavery to Sonship - Jack Frost

Becoming A True Sp. Community - Larry Crabb

The Pursuit of God – A W Tozer

The Works of Charles Dickens

Water for Elephants

The Help

Hunger Games Trilogy