Fabulous Friday - Reading List 2022

Each year I keep a running list of the books I have read. Part of it is keeping score, I set a goal of how many books I will read (about one a week.) I am a little behind my goal for the year.  I have an excuse, we were gone for a couple of weeks in December, a time that yielded little reading time.  And I dove into a biography that proved slow to read, to the point that I almost gave up, but every few chapters I find pages filled with wisdom and history. I am always surprised by some of the books I have read.  And wonder about those I have missed.  I have a friend in Oklahoma who has a 5,000 sq. ft. barn converted to a library.  My Kindle will be 10 years old just after the first of the year, I am wearing away the case where my fingers turn the pages.  I love it, it is a part of me, it show the love and use that it has endured.  

1. Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman
2. Silverview, John le Carre
3. Patient or Pawn, Jo Kline (did a book review.) 
4. Casket Chronicles, T.A. Walters (strangely funny)
5. Trauma Informed Law, Marjorie Florestal
6. Niksen, Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing, Olga Mecking
7. The Poop Diaries, Abby Ross
8. A Little Book About Trauma Informed Workplaces, Nathan Gerbrandt et al
9. Every Tool's A Hammer, Adam Savage
10. Private Collections, Janet Wurtzburger 
11. The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry, Garrett Peck 
12. Lives Bound Together, Susan Schoelwer (slavery at Mt Vernon) 
13. Search for a Whisky Bothy, Ralphy (good, he has a YouTube channel) 
14. Rome and Rhetoric, Garry Wells 
15. Stop Overthinking, Nick Trenton 
16. Take Your Selfie Seriously, Sorelle Armore (don't bother reading)
17. The Fran Lebowitz Reader, Fran Lebowitz
18.  Black, White and the Grey, Mashima Bailey and John Morisano
19. And Excellent Vintage, Craig Briggs
20. You are Nothing, Hugleikur Dagsson
21. Playing with Myself, Randy Rainbow
22. Whisky, Aeneas MacDonald and Ian Buxton
23. Plenty, Hannah Howard 
24. The History of Photography in 50 Cameras, Michael Pritchard 
25. Rebellious Aging, Margaret Nash
26. The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership, Tim Elmore
27. Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris (He could write fast food menus and I would buy them and read them) 
28. Spain, the Essential Guide of Customs and Culture, Marian Meaney
29. the Musician says, Benedetta LoBalbo 
30. How Minds Change, David McRaney (worth the read) 
31. 75+ Team Building Activities, Christopher Littlefield 
32. A Perfect Score, Craig and Kathryn Hall
33. 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World an Abolitionists Handbook, Patrisse Cullors (Good book, I gave away my copy to someone who will really get a lot out of it.) 
34. Life is Short and So is this Book, Peter Atkins
35. Walk by My Side; A solo Journey to Santiago, John Camando
36. 50 States 500 Great Drives
37. Going Gently, David Nobbs
38. Leading the Unleadable, Alan Willett (work related) 
39. The book of Delights, Ross Gay
40. Can You Make This Thing Go Any Faster, Jeremy Clarkson
41. Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey (slightly crazy) 
42. Talking to Crazy, Mark Goulston (work related) 
43. Better with Age, Alan Castel
44. The World According to Kalen, Kalen Cooper (fun but not really worth it.) 
45. The Art of Quiet Influence, Jocelyn Davis
46. The Headland, Neil Theasby (Yorkshire Pudding) (Really worth reading.) 
47. Surrender, Bono (this one was great in points, and endless in others.) 
48. This Chair Rocks, Ashton Applewhite