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John Grisham's Playing For Pizza -
    This was a fun little read about nothing.  The basic story line is that an NFL player moves to Italy to play American football when he can't find an American team to play for.  He eats good food, drinks lots of wine and meets a girl.  I'd save this one for a summer vacation at the beach.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich -
   Another quick read, but far better then Grisham's book.  The basic story follows Ivan Denisovich through one day in a Russian prison camp in Siberia.  I love the positive attitude Ivan keeps through out the book and how he can find pleasure in the very simple things in life.  If he can be happy in this frozen hell, then I can be happy as well.

Martha Riley's An Ordinary Man -
(Full disclosure, Martha Riley is my grandmother)
       This is a longer read but very well written.  The writing made me want to keep reading but the content allowed me to only read this in smaller chunks.  The book is based on the life of a man that my grandmother once knew.  The book follows a Polish air force officer from the invasion by Germany, to a labor camp, joining the SS, escaping from the SS, joining the resistance, and finally running from Nazi hunters.  What would you do to survive?

Ashley English Keeping Chickens -
    This is a wonderful book/guide that I would recommend to anyone who is thinking about keeping chickens.  This book has been very helpful as Firefly and I have been getting ready for our chicks (we'll bring them home on Thursday...should only be a day or two old).  I feel confident in our ability to raise the chicks to healthy hens and continue to care for them afterward because of what we learned in this book.  This book won't make you the best chicken keeper in the world but it is a very good crash course!  You can also check out Ashley's blog @ http://small-measure.blogspot.com

Books of 2009

For the past two years, Firefly and I have been keeping an ongoing running list of the books we read each year.  I used to have a sidebar link to my lists but I lost it during one of my many blog template rearranging sessions.

I have gone back over the bookcase and the following are the books I came up with.  I feel like I am still missing one or two so if I remember them, I'll be sure to add them.

What was your favorite book your read in 2009?  Have you read any of these? 

P.s.  This list is in random order...enjoy!

• A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
• Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile by Rob Bell and Don Golden
• Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
• The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollen
• Last Mango In Texas by Ray Blackston
• So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger
• Secret life of bees (currently reading) by Sue Monk Kidd
  
• The Urban Homestead by kelly coyne & erik knutzen
• Idiots guide to beekeeping

I don't remember if I read the following two books early this year or in December of last year.

• Captains and The Kings by Taylor Caldwell
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Book List of 2008

Coming Soon!


This is going to be the list of books I've read in 2008