33 Book Challenge

I decided to try to read 33 books this year (2012). Here’s my list of books, along with authors and those who suggested the books, in no particular order:

1. The Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins (Suggested by Kelly Jo Larsen, Megan Ennes, Liz Meyers) [So...actually three books here]
2. The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Suggested by Kacee Snyder)
3. Bossypants, Tina Fey (Suggested by Kacee Snyder)
4. Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay (Suggested by Stephanie Phelps)
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot (Suggested by Angie Mayfield, Bridget Germana Wells)
6. The Road from Coorain, Jill Ker Conway (Suggested by Claire Robbins, Annie Weeks Ross)
7. The Big Over Easy, Jasper Fforde (Suggested by Lisa Koppitsch-Davidson, Aaron Wooten)
8. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Fannie Flagg (Suggested by Melissa Johnson)
9. Prodigal Summer,  Barbara Kingsolver (Suggested by Sarah Schweitzer Cohen)
10. My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok (Suggested by Erika Stavropoulos-DeFilippo, Annie Weeks Ross)
11. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, Chip and Dan Heath (Suggested by Jane Moeller Ford)
12. Matched,  Alison Condie (Suggested by Amy Hector)
13. Persuasion, Jane Austin (Suggested by Leiliani Kupo)
14. Guns, Germs, and Steel,  Jared Diamond (Suggested by Alex Rao)
15. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers  (Suggested by Kyle Nesbit)
16. The Book of Lost Things, Tim Connolly (Suggested by Bridget Germana Wells)
17. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,  Jonathan Safran Foer (Suggested by Bridget Germana Wells)
18. The Seduction of Water, Carol Goodman (Suggested by Rob Snyder)
19. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck (want to reread)
20. 5 Levels of Leadership, John C. Maxwell (suggested by Carrie Rathsack)
21. DIYU: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education, Anya Kamenetz (Suggested by Kristen Brown and Steve Dwinnells
22. Sing Them Home, Stephanie Kallos (Library find)
23. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire (Kept meaning to read)
24. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, Stieg Larsson (I might be the only person who hasn’t read this)
25. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (suggested by Katherine Wennes)
26. Teaching Community, Bell Hooks (suggested by Eric Stoller)
27. Click: The Forces Behind How We Fully Engage with People, Work, and Everything We Do, Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman (suggested by Teri Bump)
28. Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCamm (suggested by Mark Clark)
29. On Becoming a Woman Leader, Susan R. Madsen (suggested byTeri Bump)
30. I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power , Brené Brown (suggested at the Women’s Leadership Institute)
31. The Element,  Sir Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica (Suggested by Patty Payette)