Books I Plan to Read in 2012

I was inspired this week by Crystal at Money Saving Mom after I read her list of books she plans to read in 2012. I love the idea of making a list now, before the new year even starts!

One goal that I have for myself for life in general is to read more. I love reading, but don't often make the time for it. I have no valid excuse for that - so it's going to change in 2012!

These are the books that I would like to read in 2012. I have 36 books in all, so I've laid them out so I will read three per month.

January

• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
• Quitter by Jon Acuff
• When Empty Arms Become a Heavy Burden by Sandra Glahn and William Cutrer

February

• Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis
• Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy
• The Infertility Companion by Sandra Glahn and William Cutrer

March

• Goals! How to Get Everything You Want - Faster Than You Ever Thought by Brian Tracy
• 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption by Christine Adamec

April

• The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn
• A Love That Multiplies by Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar
• Dear Birthmother by Kathleen Silber

May

• Be CentsAble: How to Cut Your Household Budget in Half by Chrissy Pate and Kristin McKee
• The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller
• Successful Adoption: A Guide for Christian Families by Natalie Nichols Gillespie

June

• Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey! by Joanie Demer and Heather Wheeler
• Write It Down, Make It Happen by Henriette Anne Klauser
• The Open Adoption Book: A Guide to Adoption without Tears by Bruce Rappaport

July

• The Power of One Thing by Randy Carlson
• Saving Savvy: Smart and Easy Ways to Cut Your Spending in Half and Raise Your Standard of Living...and Giving by Kelly Hancock
• You Can Adopt: An Adoptive Family's Guide by Susan Caughman

August

• Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley
• Organizing Plain and Simple by Donna Smallin
• The Open Adoption Experience by Lois Ruskai Melina

September

• One Year to an Organized Life by Regina Leeds
• One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
• The Complete Adoption Book by Laura Beauvais-Godwin

October

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• You Lost Me by David Kinnaman
• The Adoption Option Complete Handbook by Christine Adamec

November

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen Covey
• Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian
• Adoption: Choosing It, Living It, Loving It... by Raymond Guarendi

December

• Courageous by Randy Alcorn
• Cleaning Plain and Simple by Donna Smallin
• I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy by Angie Smith

My goal during 2012 will be to read at least three books per month. Throughout each month, I will post updates on my progress. Feel free to join in, either with these books or with a list of your own!

I am able to get all of these books through our local library system, which makes them free to me. Amazon also offers great prices on books; they are an even better deal if you earn free gift cards through Swagbucks!