What I’m Reading

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Currently:

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life, by Donald Miller

The Reason For God, by Timothy Keller

Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao, by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Finished Recently:

Let My People Go Surfing, by Yvon Chouinard

Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals, by Brian Tracy

Skinny Bitch, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell

My Sister’s Keeper: A Novel, by Jodi Picoult

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski

The Weekender Effect: Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns, by Robert William Sanford – read my review of this book in the Summer 2009 Issue of Highline Magazine.

Illustrated Short History of Progress, by Ronald Wright

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61), by Eckhart Tolle – read my Thoughts on A New Earth

Expedition to the Edge: Stories of Worldwide Adventure, by Lynn Martel

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey, by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor – read my thoughts on My Stroke of Insight

Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert – read my thoughts on Eat Pray Love

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, by Jon Krakauer

Epic Wanderer: David Thompson and the Mapping of the Canadian West, by D’Arcy Jenish

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains, by Jon Krakauer

unChristian: What A New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity … And Why It Matters, by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons (The Barna Group)

Three Cups Of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (check out the Central Asia Institute) – read my thoughts on Three Cups of Tea.

Naked Mountain, Reinhold Messner (Translated by Tim Carruthers)

Also Recommended:

We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories From Rwanda, Philip Gourevitch

28: Stories of AIDS in Africa, Stephanie Nolen – read my Thoughts on 28

Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa, Stephen Lewis

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, Jon Krakauer

Obasan, Joy Kogawa

Through Painted Deserts: Finding God on the Open Road, Donald Miller

Blue Like Jazz: Can You Love a God Who Doesn’t Make Sense?, Donald Miller

Cry, The Beloved Country (Oprah’s Book Club), by Alan Paton