365 Days, 365 Books: July 2010

Monday, July 19, 2010

Favorite authors and most thought-provoking books

Favorite Authors
5. Tony Buzan (books about the mind)
4. Rick Riordan (fantasy/adventure)
3. Dan & Chip Heath (business)
2. Cornelia Funke (fantasy)
1. Seth Godin (self realization)

Most Thought-Provoking Books
6. 'The Woman Who Can't Forget' by Jill Price & Bart Davis
5. 'The Drunkard's Walk' by Leonard Mlodinow
4. 'The Art of Learning' by Josh Waitzkin
3. 'My Stoke of Insight' by Jill Bolte Taylor
2. 'Creativity'
1. 'Mindset' by Carol Dweck

Friday, July 16, 2010

Some interesting facts of Rachel's journey

Of the 193 books she's red so far, she's read 153 different authors.
Her longest streak of days in a row finishing a book: 20 (Jan 1-20)
Most books finished in one day: 4 (April 10 and May 29)

The List

Update: Aug. 19, 2010 (Day 231)

232. 'Kids Write' by Rebecca Olien. 5/5
231. 'Brothers in Arms' by Paul Langan. 3/5
230. 'Woe is I, Jr' by Patricia O'Connor. 4/5
229. 'Discover Your Genius' by Michael Gelb. 5/5
228. 'The Leadership Pill' by Ken Blanchard. 3/5
227. 'Oh! The Things I Know' by Al Franken. 2/5
226. 'The Higher Power of Lucky' by Susan Patron. 3/5
225. 'Anything But Typical' by Nora Raleigh Baskin. 5/5
224. 'Attila the Hun: Leader of the Barbarian Hordes' by Sean Price. 3/5
223. 'Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain' by Judith Horstman. 5/5
222. 'Issac Newton' by Kathleen Krull. 4/5
221. 'The Power of Purpose' by Chris Leider. 3/5
220. 'Corby Flood' by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell. 4/5
219. 'Making a Good Brain Great' by Daniel Amen. 5/5
218. 'Uglies' by Scott Westerfield. 5/5
217. 'Naked Bunyip Dancing'. 3/5
216. 'Speak Texan'. 3/5
215. '13th Reality' by James Dashner. 5/5
214. 'The World Eater' by Mary Amato. 4/5
213. 'Zoobreak' by Gordon Korman. 3/5
212. ‘Teach Like a Champion’ by Doug Lemov. 5/5
211. ‘The Dreamer’ by Pam Munoz Ryan, Peter Sis. 5/5
210. ‘Kaleidoscope Eyes’ by Jennifer Bryant. 5/5
209. ‘Powerful Paragraphs’ by Carol Rawlings Miller. 3/5
208. ‘South by Southeast’ by Anthony Horowitz. 3/5
207. ‘The Beatrice Letter’ by Lemony Snicket.
206. ‘Alex Rider Book 1: Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz. 5/5
205. ‘The Goldfish Went on Vacation: A Memoir of Loss (And Learning to Tell the Truth about it)’ by Patty Dan. 3/5
204. ‘Son of Man Volume II: Miracles of Jesus’ by Susan Easton Black. 5/5
203. ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins. 4/5
202. ‘What I'd Say to the Martians: And Other Veiled Threats’ by Jack Handey. 2/5
201. ‘The Omnivore's Dilemma for Kids’ by Michael Pollan. 4/5
200. ‘Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid’ by Limony Snicket. 5/5
199. ‘Do More Great Work’ by Michael Bungay Stanier. 4/5
198. ‘Teaching with the Brain In Mind’ by Eric Jensen. 5/5
197. ‘A Single Shard’ by A Single Shard. 5/5
196. ‘21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times’ by Bernie Trilling. 3/5
195. 'Ignore Everybody' by Hugh McLoed. 1/5
194. 'The Red Pyramid' by Rick Riordan. 5/5
193. 'The Pursuit of Perfection' by Tal Ben-Shahar. 4/5
192. 'The Silver Chair' by C.S. Lewis. 4/5
191. 'Falling Down the Page' by Various Authors. 3/5
190. 'The Strange Case of Origami Yoda' by Tom Angleberger. 3/5
189. 'I Am Potential' by John Henry Hughes. 4/5
188. 'Chasing Lincoln's Killer' by James L. Swanson. 4/5
187. 'Football Genius' by Tim Green. 3/5
186. 'Tales from the Odyssey' by Mary Pope Osborne. 3/5
185. 'The Emerald Tablet' by PJ Hoover. 3/5
184. 'The Four Agreements' by Miguel Ruiz. 1/5
183. 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows. 5/5
182. 'Zen Habits' by Leo Babauta. 5/5
181. 'The Remarkable Soul of a Woman' by Dieter F. Uchtdorf. 5/5
180. 'Everything is Better With a Gorilla' by Andrew Gall. 4/5
179. 'The One Minute Teacher' by Spencer Johnson. 4/5
178. 'The One Minute Manager' by Ken Blanchard. 4/5
177. 'Brain Rules' by John Medina. 5/5
176. 'The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle' by Don L. Wulffson. 4/5
175. 'Marie Curie' by Kathleen Krull. 4/5
174. 'Esio Trot' by Ronald Dahl. 4/5
173. 'The Seeing Stone' by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black. 4/5
172. 'Dear Author' by Various Authors. 4/5
171. ‘The Invention of Hugo Caberet’ by Brian Selznick. 5/5
170. ‘Mistakes That Worked’ by Charlotte Foltz Jones. 1/5
169. ‘Drive’ by Daniel Pink. 5/5
168. ‘How to Write Your Life’s Story’ by Ralph Fletcher. 4/5
167. ‘A Whole Nother Story’ by Dr. Cuthbert Soup. 5/5
166. ‘The DaVinci Notebooks’ by Leonardo DaVinci. 4/5
165. ‘The Tilting House’ by Tom Llewellyn. 3/5
164. ‘25 Formative Assessment for a Differentiated Classroom’ by Judith Dodge. 4/5
163. ‘The Name of the Book is Secret’ by Pseudonymous Bosch. 5/5
162. ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ by C.S. Lewis. 5/5
161. ‘The Big Red Fez’ by Seth Godin. 3/5
160. ‘The City of Ember’ by Jeanne Duprau. 5/5
159. ‘Marshfield Dreams’ by Ralph Fletcher. 4/5
158. ‘The Dip’ by Seth Godin. 5/5
157. ‘Shelf Life’ by Various Authors. 4/5
156. ‘A Writer’s Notebook’ by Ralph Fletcher. 4/5
155. ‘Lives of the Writers-Comedies, Tragedies (And What the Neighbors Thought)’ by Kathleen Krull. 4/5
154. ‘Lives of Extraordinary Women-Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought)’ by Kathleen Krull. 4/5
153. ‘The Word Snoop’ by Ursula Dubosarsky. 5/5
152. ‘Linchpin’ by Seth Godin. 5/5
151. ‘Poetry Matters’ by Ralph Fletcher. 3/5
150. ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ by Kathleen Krull. 4/5
149. ‘Al Capone Does My Shirts’ by Gennifer Choldenko. 4/5
148. ‘Any Small Goodness’ by Tony Johnston. 4/5
147. ‘The Fantastic Mr. Fox’ by Ronald Dahl. 3/5
146. ‘The Great and Only Barnum’ by Kathleen Krull. 3/5
145. ‘Teen Idol’ by Meg Cabot. 2/5
144. ‘Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?’ by John W. Gardner. 4/5
143. ‘The Edge Chronicles: Beyond the Deep Woods’ by Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart. 4/5
142. ‘Who Is Claude Monet?’ by Ann Waldron. 2/5
141. ‘Where I Live’ by Eileen Spinelli. 5/5
140. ‘Crash’ by Jerry Spinelli. 2/5
139. ‘Lift’ by Kelly Corrigan. 5/5
138. ‘Buddy, Not Buddy’ by Christoper Paul Curtis. 5/5
137. ‘The Reading Zone’ by Nancie Atwell. 5/5
136. ‘The Power of Less’ by Leo. 5/5
135. ‘Inkheart’ by Cornelia Funke. 5/5
134. ‘How Bright is Your Brain?’ by Michael Dispezio. 5/5
133. ‘The Thief Lord’ by Cornelia Funke. 5/5
132. ‘Mindset’ by Carol Dweck. 5/5
131. ‘Consider the Following’ by Bill Nye. 4/5
130. ’59 Second Mind Map’ by Richard Konieczka. 5/5
129. ‘Love That Dog’ by Susan Creech. 5/5
128. ‘Rules’ by Cynthia Lord. 4/5
127. ‘Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill’ by Gretchin Rubin. 4/5
126. ‘The Time Hackers’ by Gary Paulsen. 3/5
125. ‘A Witness and a Warning’ by Ezra Taft Benson.
124. ‘No Complaining Rule’ by Jon Gordon. 3/5
123. ‘The Hero Project’ by Robert and William Hatch. 4/5
122. ‘The Book Whisperer’ by Donalyn Miller. 5/5
121. ‘The Perfect Swarm’ by Len Fisher. 5.5
120. ‘Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention’ by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. 5/5
119. ‘212: The Extra Degree’ by S.I. Parker. 3/5
118. ‘John and Abigail Adams’ by R. B. Berstein. 3/5
117. ‘One Bright Shining Hope’ by Gordon B. Hinkley
116. ‘The Te of Piglet’ by Benjamin Hoff. 2/5
115. ‘The Use of Lateral Thinking’ by Edward de Bono. 4/5
114. ‘Three Cups of Tea’ by Greg Mortensen. 5/5
113. 'She Taught Me to Eat Artichokes' by Mary Kay Shanley. 5/5
112. 'Better Than You Think' by Ardeth Kapp. 4/5
111. 'The Twits' by Ronald Dahl. 3/5
110. 'Twilight the Graphic Novel Volume 1' by Stephanie Meyer and Young Kim. 4/5
109. 'Innumeracy' by John Paulos. 4/5
108. 'The Happiness Project' by Gretchin Rubin. 5/5
107. 'Switch' by Dan and Chip Heath. 5/5
106. 'Great Altitudes' by Charles Swindoll. 4/5
105. 'Hold On' by Michael McClean. 3/5
104. 'Hate the Cat' by Sharon Creech. 4/5
103. 'Don't Swallow Your Gum' by Carroll and Vreeman. 3/5
102. 'Use Both Sides of Your Brain' by Tony Buzan. 4/5
101. ‘I Am a Mother’ by Jane Clayson Johnson. 5/5
100. ‘Food Rules’ by Michael Pollan. 4/5
99. ‘Kick in the Seat of the Pants’ by Roger VonOeck. 3/5
98. ‘Gifts From the Sea’ by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 5/5
97. ‘The Present’ by Spencer Johnson. 2/5
96. ‘The Mind Mapping Book’ by Tony Buzan. 5/5
95. ‘A Whack on the Side of the Head’ by Roger VonOeck. 5/5
94. ‘Memorable Stories and Parables by Boyd K. Packer’ 4/5
93. ‘Letters to a Bullied Girl’ by Gardner, Buder and Buder. 3/5
92. ‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Peanuts’ by Charles M. Schultz. 3/5
91. ‘How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci’ by Michael Gelb. 5/5
90. ‘Quirkology’ by Richard Wiseman
89. ‘Paper, Rock, Scissors’ by Len Fisher. 4/5
88. ‘Throw Out Fifty Things’ by Gaile Blanke. 5/5
87. ‘The Enoch Letters’ by Neal A. Maxwell. 3/5
86. ‘Souls, Symbols and Sacraments’ by Jeffery R. Holland.
85. ‘The Thank You Book’ by Robin Friedman Spizman. 2/5
84. 'The Leap' by Rick Smith. 4/5
83. 'The Woman Who Couldn't Forget' by Jill Price. 5/5
82. 'Celebrations' by Maya Angelou. 2/5
81. 'The Drunkard's Walk' by Leonard Mlodinow. 5/5
80. 'Small and Simple Things' by Marjorie P. Hinkley. 5/5
79. 'The Book of Useless Information' by Natalie Bontam. 1/5
78. 'The Last Olympian' by Rick Riordan. 5/5
77. 'What Type Am I?' by Renee Baron. 3/5
76. 'Blink' by Malcolm Gladwell. 5/5
75. '39 Clues: #4 Beyond the Grave' by Jude Watson. 3/5
74. 'Big Picture' by Ben Carson. 4/5
73. 'Before You Leap' by Kermit the Frog. 3/5
72. 'The Paradox of Choice' by Barry Schwartz. 4/5
71. 'However Long and Hard the Road' by Jeffery R. Holland. 4/5
70. 'Made in Heaven' by C.S. Lewis. 4/5
69. 'The Open Focus Brain' by Les Fehmi & Jim Robbins. 5/5
68. 'Happier' by Tal Ben-Shahar. 5/5
67. 'Lighting Their Fires' by Rafe Esquith. 4/5
66. 'Unstuck' by Yamashita and Spataro. 3/5
65. 'A Framework for Understanding Poverty' by Ruby Payne. 5/5
64. 'A Heart Like His' by Virginia H. Pearce. 5/5
63. 'Minute Motivators for Leaders' by Stan Toler. 3/5
62. 'A Whole New Ming' by Daniel Pink. 5/5
61. 'Fishsticks' by Stephen Ludin.
60. 'Whom the Lord Loveth' by Neal A. Maxwell. 4/5
59. 'The Excellent 11' by Ron Clark. 3/5
58. 'Super Freakonomics' by Leavitt and Dubner. 4/5
57. 'The Back of the Napkin' by Dan Roam. 5/5
56. 'The Peter Principle' by Laurene Peter. 2/5
55. 'Hear and Soul' by Gena Gorrell. 3/5
54. 'Made to Stick' by Dan and Chip Heath. 5/5
53. 'Moving in His Majesty and Power' by Neal A. Maxwell. 5/5
52. 'Coach' by Michael Lewis. 3/5
51. 'Change Your Life in 7 Days' by Paul McKenna. 4/5
50. 'Eats, Shoots, and Leaves' by Lynne Truss. 4/5
49. 'Math Doesn't Suck' by Danica McKeller. 4/
48. 'The Big Moo' edited by Seth Godin. 5/5
47. 'The Great Divorce' by C.S. Lewis. 3/5
46. 'Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking' by Michael J. Ritt. 3/5
45. 'How to be a Grown Up' by Margaret Feinnberg. 3/5
44. 'Sway' by Ori and Ram. 4/5
43. 'The Battle of the Labrynth' by Rick Riordan. 4/5
42. 'The Purple Cow' by Seth Godin. 3/5
41. 'The Guinea Pig Diaries' by AJ Jacobs. 4/5
40. 'Believing Christ' by Stephen Robinson. 4/5
39. 'Now, Discover Your Strength' by Marcus Buckingham. 4/5
38. 'Way to Be' by Gordon B. Hinckley. 4/5
37. 'First, Break All the Rules' by Marcus Buckingham. 4/5
36. 'Awakening a Sleeping Giant' by Gayle V. Moller. 1/5
35. 'I Make a Difference' 39 authors. 3/5
34. 'Fish' by Stephen Ludin et al. 3/5
33. 'Five Minds for the Future' by Howard Gardner. 4/5
32. '39 Clues #3: The Sword Thief' by Peter Lerangis. 3/5
31. '39 Clues #2: One Flase Note' by Gordon Korman. 3/5
30. 'How Full is Your Bucket' by Tom Rath. 4/5
29. 'When You Can't Do It All Alone' by Brent L. Top. 5/5
28. 'Six Thinking Hats' by Edward de Bono. 4/5
27. 'Think Big' by Ben Carson. 4/5
26. 'Easier Than You Think' by Richard Carlson. 3/5
25. 'The Essential 55' by Ron Clark. 4/5
24. 'Who Moved My Cheese?' by Spencer Johnson. 2/5
23. 'Freakonomics' by Leavitt and Dubner. 5/5
22. 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' by Mitch Albom. 1/5
21. 'A Simple Path' by Mother Theresa. 4/5
20. 'Monday Morning Choices' by David Cottrell. 3/5
19. 'Tales of Beedle the Bard' by J.K. Rowling. 2/5
18. 'Grace Works' by Robert Millet. 4/5
17. 'The Tipping Point' by Malcolm Gladwell. 3/5
16. 'Toy Box Leadership' 3/5
15. 'The Fred Factor' by Mark Sanborn. 4/5
14. 'Tao Te Ching' by Lao Tzu.
13. 'Metaphors and Analogies' by Rick Wormelli. 5/5
12. 'The Energy Addict' by John Gordon. 3/5
11. 'Innovate Like Eddison' by Michael J. Gelb. 4/5
10. 'No Doubt About It' by Sheri Dew. 4/5
9. 'The Art of Learning' by Josh Waitzkin. 5/5
8. 'The Laughing Classroom' by Diana Loomins. 4/5
7. 'Focus on the Good Stuff--Appreciation' by Mike Robbins. 3/5
6. 'Born to Play' by Dustin Pedroia. 3/5
5. 'Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey' by Maya Angelou. 4/5
4. 'Learning the Brain' 4/5
3. 'The Tao of Pooh' by Benjiman Hoff. 3/5
2. 'The Essential Qualities of a Team Player' by John C. Maxwell. 4/5 1. 'My Stroke of Insight' by Jill Bolte Taylor. 5/5