Author: Dave Dishman (Page 474 of 476)

I just finished this book which has been recently made into a movie. It’s very good – one that will keep you coming back. Plus it’s easy to read, from the genre of young adult fiction, which also brought you The Hunger Games and Harry Potter. The Book Thief deals with Germany, the Holocaust and similar themes, which sounds distressing, but is actually entertaining as sad as that sounds. Which brings me to one of the reasons I read at all – entertainment. I read to enjoy and escape. A lot like watching TV but much better for you as it involves imagination and thought. The second reason I read is to learn. A third is to stay up to date on ideas, trends, news. A fourth is to develop professionally. But absolutely the best reason to read is the enjoyment I get from a good story. The Book Thief is a good story and well worth your time.

One thing I enjoy is reading. This has always been the case, even from my youth, and I find great pleasure in a good book. So, I thought I’d share some of the books I’ve read this year and give some of the best. Here’s my list to date for 2013, by title and author’s last name:

A Long and Happy Life – Price
A Praying Life – Miller
Civilization – Ferguson
Missionary – Marco
Wolf Hall – Mantel
Bourne Ultimatum – Ludlum
Zorba the Greek – Kazantzakis
Toxic Charity – Lupton
White Bread – Bobrow-Strain
Deep River – Endo
The Racketeer – Grisham
Silence – Endo
Torch Ginger – Neal
Blood Orchid – Neal
A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bryson
Daughter of the Bamboo Forest – Lin
Escape from Sobibor – Rashke
A Farewell to Arms – Hemingway
Boundaries for Leaders – Cloud
Lead Like Jesus – Blanchard & Hodges
The 4 Disciplines of Execution – McChesney, Covey, Huling
Deep Change – Quinn
The Bible, New Living Translation
Daring Greatly – Brown
Bring Up the Bodies – Mantel
The Book of Maybe – Carmen
The Jungle Book – Kipling
An Autobiography – Agatha Christie
We Wait You – Hutchison
Stories from Puerto Rico – Wagenheim
Of Human Bondage – Maugham
The Orphan Master’s Son – Johnson
The God Ask – Shadrach
Who Is This Man? – Ortberg

In my next post I’ll share some of the best and some that you might just want to skip. Plus, as a bonus, I’ll share some of my reading philosophy.