Reading Log

Reading Goal

I have decided to log selected books I read, in part, to motivate me to read more “good” books consistently. I believe extensive reading is essential for a plenteous and edified life. Therefore, my goal–in addition to my other readings–is to carefully choose and read an “intellectually salubrious” book each month. I will begin this endeavor in November 2013.

Quotes

Even though I seldom find myself interested or impressed with snippets of quotations compiled by others… I too will succumb to this proclivity. Book titles marked with a (*) link to a post which will include my ten favorite quotes from the book. I will also include a comment on each quote for educational purposes to comply with Section 107 of the Fair Use Clause of the United States copyright code.

2013
*Mo.*	*Book Title*	Author	*Study Guide*
Nov.	* The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho	SparkNotes
Dec.	* The Peacegiver	James L. Ferrell	n/a
2014
Mo.	*Book Title*	*Author*	*Study Guide*
Jan.	* The Art of Being Unmistakable	Srinivas Rao	n/a
Feb.	* Jonathan Livingston Seagull	Richard Bach	Wikipedia
Mar.	* Virus of the Mind	Richard Brodie	n/a
Apr.	* How Will You Measure Your Life?	Clayton Christensen	n/a
May	* The Divine Center	Stephen R. Covey	n/a
Jun.	* Precious Jeopardy	Lloyd C. Douglas	n/a
Jul.	* The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success	Deepak Chopra	Share Guide
Aug.	* Abundance	Diamandis & Kotler	n/a
Sep.	* Lessons from the Mouse	Dennis Snow	n/a
Oct.	* Where The Red Fern Grows	Wilson Rawls	SparkNotes
Nov.	* How To Succeed With People	Stephen R. Covey	n/a
Dec.	Moby-Dick	Herman Melville	SparkNotes
2015
Mo.	Book Title	Author	Study Guide
Jan.	* The Four Doors	Richard Paul Evans	n/a
Feb.	* The Red Badge of Courage	Stephen Crane	SparkNotes
Mar.	* The Old Man and the Sea	Ernest Hemingway	SparkNotes
Apr.	* Great Expectations	Charles Dickens	SparkNotes
May	* I Read It, But I Don’t Get It	Cris Tovani	n/a
Jun.	Self-Reliance and Other Essays	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Cliffs Notes
Jul.	Walden	Henry David Thoreau	SparkNotes
Aug.	Kim	Rudyard Kipling	eNotes
Sep.	The Pilgrim’s Progress	John Bunyan	SparkNotes
Oct.	Little Women	Louisa May Alcott	SparkNotes
Nov.	The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin	Benjamin Franklin	CliffsNotes
Dec.	* The Thorn Birds	Colleen McCullough	BookRags
2016
Mo.	Book Title	Author	Study Guide
Jan.	Brave New World	Aldous Huxley	SparkNotes
Feb.	A Brief History of Time	Stephen W. Hawking	enotes
Mar.	Republic	Plato	CliffsNotes
Apr.	* Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction	Emily Anderson Swan	n/a
May	The Book Thief	Markus Zusak	n/a
Jun.	Spiritual Roots of Human Relations	Stephen R. Covey	n/a
Jul.	* Mindset: The New Psychology of Success	Carol S. Dweck	n/a
Aug.	Visible Learning for Literacy	Fisher, Frey, Hattie	n/a
Sep.	The Brothers Karamazov	Fyodor Dostoevsky	SparkNotes
Oct.	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain	SparkNotes
Nov.	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	SparkNotes
Dec.	The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald	SparkNotes
2017
Mo.	Book Title	Author	Study Guide
Jan.	Don Quixote	Miquel de Cervantes	SparkNotes
Feb.	Don Quixote (cont.)	n/a	n/a
Mar.	Don Quixote (cont.)	n/a	n/a
Apr.	The Art of War	Sun Tzu	Study.com
May	The Power of Habit	Charles Duhigg	n/a
Jun.	A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	SparkNotes
Jul.	All I Really Need To Know I Learned…	Robert Fulghum	n/a
Aug.	The Kite Runner	Khaled Hosseini	n/a
Sep.	Into the Light	Keith Terry	n/a
Oct.	* The Power of Intention	Dr. Wayne Dyer	n/a
Nov.	The Year of Magical Thinking	Joan Didion	n/a
Dec.

Works Cited

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Reading Log - Initiated November 2013. A log of books I carefully select and read each month; some of which include in my 10 favorite quotes.

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Mark D. Carlson

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