Good Books I read in 2014

Here’s a list of terrific books I read this year.  All but one has been published earlier than 2014.  They are in no particular order.  Numbers 10, 13, & 14  I’ve read before, but longed to enjoy them again.

1. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared  Jonas Jonasson.
2. Enslaved by Ducks  Bob Tarte
3. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in everyday Life   Jon Zabat-Zinn
4. One Summer, America, 1927  Bill Bryson
5. Me Talk Pretty One Day  David Sedaris
6. David and Goliath  Malcom Gladwell
7. Mudbound  Hillary Jordan
8. Not to Be Missed: Fifty-four Favorites From a Lifetime of Film  Kenneth Turan
9. This Boy’s Life: A Memoir   Tobias Wolf
10. The Book Thief  Markus Zusak
11. March   Geraldine Brooks
12. The Story of Charlotte’s Web: E.B. White’s Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic   Michael Sims
13. Charlotte’s Web  E.B. White
14. Stuart Little   E.B. White
15. Einstein’s Dreams  Alan Lightman

Writing Prompts: 

1. Create a list of the books you’ve enjoyed this year.
2. As you read, ask yourself what you like about each. Does a paragraph or sentence particularly strikes you? Book mark it and come back to it later.
3. Model your own writing to a sentence or paragraph you’ve noted.
4. Read, read, read! It will motivate your own writing, in subtle ways.
5.  Keep a notebook of the books you read from now on.  You may even jot notes about them, which helps you rediscover good writing.