Reading List from 2012

The past couple of years, reading more has been on my resolution list. I tend to exceed my goal once I get started- but I’d like to share what got read and what I’d recommend!

Business Favorites:

 

• The Method Method

 

So I read this at the very beginning of the year- so I can’t speak too much to it now, but luckily I wrote a blog post about it after I read it! I have a real passion for linking business initiatives with doing good in the world and I loved the scrappy story of how Method soap began. This to me was a real entrepreneur’s story- not some glorified version of it.

 

• The Power of Habit

 

Changing habits is a powerful thing. Whether its something in your personal life you want to change or in your business, its weird how each habit is caused by something else. This is a fantastic read just to learn a little more about how the mind works.

Fun Favorites:

 

• The Paris Wife

 

Written about Hemmingway’s first wife, I remember this book being a powerful love story. I can’t quite put my finger on what I loved so much- but it was a believable story about a woman who knew her husband loved something more than he loved her- his writing.

 

• Blackberry Winter

 

I just finished this one last week- but it is awesome! Very well-written and very quick short and fun read. Highly recommended for a snowy afternoon in with some tea.

The full list is below:

2012 Books

1. The Method Method – Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry

2. One Day– David Nicholls

3. Never Eat Alone – Keith Ferrazzi

4. From the Jungle to the Boardroom – Mike Monahan

5. The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern

6. Fifty Shades of Grey – E L James

7. Rework – Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

8. Mad Women– Jane Maas

9. The Widow Clicquot – Tilar J Mazzeo

10. Room: A Novel – Emma Donoghue

11. The Paris Wife – Paula McLain

12. The Impact Equation – Chris Brogan & Julien Smith

13. The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg

14. Devil in the White City – Erik Larson

15. The History of Love– Nicole Krauss

16. Blackberry Winter – Sarah Jio

 

What were your favorite books in 2012?