Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Book Exchange Book List

Thanks to the ladies that came last night, our book exchange was a great hit! We decided it should be a yearly activity :)


Books traded:
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Doctrine and Covenants Revelations in Context - The 37th Annual Brigham Young University Sidney B. Sperry Symposium
The Goose Girl - Shannon Hale
The Great House of God - Max Lucado
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J. K. Rowling
The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara
My Name is Mary Sutter - Robin Oliveira
No Longer Strangers - Rachel Ann Nunes
Odds Are You're Going to Be Exalted - Alonzo Gaskill
The Pioneer Woman Cooks - Ree Drummond
Rainwater - Sandra Brown
Saying it Like it Is - Sheri Dew
Think Big - Ben Carson
Up From Slavery - Booker T. Washington

Other recommended books:
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Born on a Blue Day - Daniel Tammet (Daniel is autistic - interesting insight)
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
The Color of Water - James McBride
The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis
Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Anne Shaffer
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
The Hiding Place - Corrie Ten Boom
Manhunt - James L. Swanson
No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin (about FDR and Eleanor - long book but very good)
Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin (long book about Abraham Lincoln's presidency - great read)
The Shack - William P. Young
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortensen

Book exchange inspired by: Reid Girls Handmade

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