138 books the better

a couple of years ago, i blogged about the fact that my reading habit had fallen to the level of teacher grade books.  since then, a friend and i have committed to reading and downed  63 titles together in 2011. for 2012, we read 75 books!  here are our top five picks:  1) a year of mornings by maria vettese and stephanie barnes (this is actually a photo book--beautiful!) 2) the reading promise by alice ozma (inspiring story of father-daughter shared reading) 3) walden by henry david thoreau (a good re-read confirming the desire for simplicity) 4) imagine:  how creativity works by jonah lehrer (hip riff on the process and outcomes of creative thinking) and 5) the art of travel by alain de botton (philosophy of where and why we travel).  my tv earned a permanent place in storage and the bookshelves took over.  i'd say it was a very good year...