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My goal this year is to finish reading the 121 books for my 30 Before 30 goal list before my 30th birthday, December 15th. In total, I read 143.
January (9 books completed)
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (ebook) ♥♥♥♥
World Hunger: Twelve Myths by Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins, and Peter Michael Rosset ♥♥♥
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer ♥♥♥♥
Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman ♥♥♥♥
It Happened in Denver by Stephen Grace ♥♥♥
Die Young: Burying Your Self in Christ by Hayley DiMarco and Michael DiMarco ♥♥♥
Little Women (4th? read, audio) by Louisa May Alcott ♥♥♥♥♥
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ♥♥♥
There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz ♥♥♥
February (16 books completed)
The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene (audio) ♥♥♥
Lit: A Christian Guide to Reading Books by Tony Reinke ♥♥♥♥
Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller ♥♥♥♥♥
The House of the Scorpion by (audio) Nancy Farmer ♥♥♥♥
The Qur’an
Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo ♥
Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis ♥♥♥♥
Debt-Proof Living by Mary Hunt ♥♥♥♥
Sense and Sensibility (2nd read, audio) by Jane Austen ♥♥♥♥♥
A Wrinkle in Time (audio)by Madeleine L’Engle ♥♥♥♥♥
Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow ♥♥♥
100 Cupboards (audio) by N.D. Wilson ♥♥♥
Triumph by Carolyn Jessop ♥♥♥
Ender’s Game (audio, 3rd read) by Orson Scott Card ♥♥♥♥♥
A Wind in the Door (audio) by Madeleine L’Engle ♥♥♥♥
I’m a Stranger Here Myself (ebook) by Bill Bryson ♥♥♥
March (11 books finished)
That Used to Be Us (audio) by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum ♥♥♥♥
Out of the Silent Planet (3rd read) by C.S. Lewis ♥♥♥♥♥
Gilead (audio) by Marilynne Robinson ♥♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (audio, 2nd read) by J.K. Rowling ♥♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (audio, 2nd read) by J.K. Rowling ♥♥♥♥
Speaking Truth in Love (2nd read) by David Powlison ♥♥♥♥
Perelandra (3rd read) by C.S. Lewis ♥♥♥♥♥
Good to Great (audio) by James C. Collins ♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2nd read, audio) by J.K. Rowling ♥♥♥♥
Total Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis ♥♥♥♥♥
Black Wealth/White Wealth by Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro ♥♥♥
April (27 books finished)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2nd read, audio) by J.K. Rowling ♥♥♥♥♥
The Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther ♥♥♥♥
The Fox Inheritance by Mary E. Pearson ♥♥♥♥
The Passion of Jesus Christ by John Piper ♥♥♥♥♥
Circle of Flight by John Marsden ♥♥
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi ♥♥♥♥
Pure by Julianna Baggott ♥♥♥
Surprised by Grace by Tullian Tchividjian ♥♥♥♥♥
Growing Up Amish by Ira Wagner ♥♥♥
Stop Stealing Dreams by Seth Godin ♥♥♥♥
This Will Make You Smarter edited by John Brockman ♥♥♥
Foundation by Isaac Asimov ♥♥♥
At Home by Bill Bryson (audio) ♥♥♥
The Book of Mormon
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2nd read, audio) by J.K. Rowling ♥♥♥♥
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem ♥♥♥
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher ♥♥♥♥
Earthen Vessels by Matthew Lee Anderson ♥♥♥♥♥
Costly Call, Book 2 by Emir Fethi Caner and H. Edward Pruitt ♥♥♥♥
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Azimov ♥♥
Chu Ju’s House by Gloria Whelan ♥♥♥♥
How to Listen to Great Music by Robert Greenburg ♥♥♥
A Million Suns by Beth Revis ♥♥♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2nd read, audio) by J.K. Rowling ♥♥♥♥♥
Atlas Shrugged (2nd read) by Ayn Rand ♥♥♥♥♥
Feelings and Faith by Brian S. Borgman ♥♥♥♥
Do the Right Thing by Mike Huckabee ♥♥
May (3 books finished)
Coming Apart (audio) by Charles Murray ♥♥♥
A Faith of Our Own by Jonathan Merritt ♥♥♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2nd read, audio) by J.K. Rowling ♥♥♥♥♥
June (15 books finished)
A Brief History of Thought by Luc Ferry ♥♥♥
Discipline of Grace (2nd read) by Jerry Bridges ♥♥♥♥♥
Think by John Piper ♥♥♥♥
How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove ♥♥♥♥
Little House in the Big Woods (audio, 4th+ read) by Laura Ingalls Wilder ♥♥♥♥
Little House on the Prairie (audio, 4th+ read) by Laura Ingalls Wilder ♥♥♥♥
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson ♥♥♥♥
Beauty Will Save the World by Brian Zahnd ♥♥♥♥♥
On the Banks of Plum Creek (audio, 3rd read) by Laura Ingalls Wilder ♥♥♥♥
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons ♥♥
By the Shores of Silver Lake (audio, 3rd read) by Laura Ingalls Wilder ♥♥♥♥
The Long Winter (audio, 3rd read) by Laura Ingalls Wilder ♥♥♥♥♥
Counterfeit Gospels by Trevor Wax ♥♥♥♥
Drop Dead Healthy by AJ Jacobs ♥♥
Insurgent by Veronica Roth ♥♥♥
July (16 books finished)
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick ♥♥♥♥
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart ♥♥♥
Coming of Age on Zoloft by Katehrine Sharpe ♥♥♥♥
A Meal with Jesus by Tim Chester ♥♥♥♥
Uncompromising by Hannah Farver ♥♥♥
The Ball by John Fox ♥♥
The Great War: American Front (audio) by Harry Turtledove ♥♥
Cryptnomicon by Neal Stephenson ♥♥♥
The Wilder Life (ebook) by Wendy McClure ♥♥♥♥
Passion for God by Lyle Dorsett ♥♥♥
Shackled Continent (ebook) by Robert Guest ♥♥♥♥
Girl’s Guide to Homelessness (ebook) by Brianna Karp ♥♥♥
Little Town on the Prairie (audio, 3rd read) by Laura Ingalls Wilder ♥♥♥♥
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson ♥♥♥♥♥
Nom de Plume by Carmela Ciuraru ♥♥
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson ♥♥
August (10 books finished)
These Happy Golden Years (audio, 3rd read) by Laura Ingalls Wilder ♥♥♥♥
To Live in Peace by Mark R. Gornik ♥♥
Post-American World 2.0 by Fareed Zakaria ♥♥♥♥
First Place 4 Health Member’s Guide ♥♥♥
Unbroken (audio) by Laura Hillenbrand ♥♥♥♥
Pursuing Peace by Robert D. Jones ♥♥♥♥
The Hiding Place (2nd read) by Corrie Ten Boom ♥♥♥♥♥
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (audio, 3rd read) by Betty Smith ♥♥♥♥♥
First Place 4 Health by Carole Lewis ♥♥♥
Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres ♥♥♥
September (5 books finished)
Simple Ideas for Healthy Living by First Place 4 Health ♥♥♥
A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren ♥♥
Live Your Life for Half the Price by Mary Hunt ♥♥♥
Freedom (audio) by Jonathan Franzen ♥♥♥
How to Read and Why (audio) by Harold Bloom ♥♥♥♥
October (9 books finished)
Under the Banner of Heaven (audio) by Jon Krakauer ♥♥♥
Broken-Down House by Paul David Tripp ♥♥♥♥♥
In Defense of Food (audio) by Michael Pollan ♥♥♥
I, Robot (audio) by Isaac Asimov ♥♥♥♥
No Biking in the House by Melissa Fay Greene ♥♥♥♥
Dug Down Deep by Joshua Harris ♥♥♥♥
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser ♥♥♥
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson ♥♥♥
Praying for Your Future Husband by Robin Jones Gunn and Tricia Goyer ♥♥
November (7 books finished)
The Help (audiobook, 3rd read) by Kathryn Stockett ♥♥♥♥♥
Identical Strangers (audiobok) by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein ♥♥♥♥
Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis by Lauren F. Winner ♥♥
Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby and Claude King ♥♥♥
Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat ♥♥♥♥
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime (audiobook) by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin ♥♥♥♥
What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care by Edward T. Welch ♥♥♥♥
December (15 books finished)
Disciples are Made, Not Born by Walter A. Henrichsen ♥♥♥
He is There and He is Not Silent by Francis Schaeffer ♥♥♥♥
11/22/63 by Stephen King (audiobook) ♥♥♥♥♥
The Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer ♥♥♥♥
The Liberated Imagination by Leland Ryken ♥♥♥
Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card ♥♥♥
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling ♥♥
7 Billion: How Your World Will Change by the National Geographic Society ♥♥
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (3rd? read) by C.S. Lewis ♥♥♥♥♥
Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton ♥♥♥♥
If You Have to Cry, Go Outside by Kelly Cutrone ♥♥♥
The Receptionist by Janet Groth ♥♥
$20 Per Gallon by Christopher Steiner ♥♥♥♥
Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis ♥♥♥♥
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne ♥♥♥♥
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