my final reads of 2012

i will finish the year with my last books read.... over the last month or so. 
i have not even sat down to write my xmas letter and yet i post about my final reads.... 
happy 2013!

 global girlfriends: how one mom made it her business to help women poverty
by stacey edgar
what a fun and amazing story about a woman who started with a vision to do something about poverty among women around the world. check our her website: www.globalgirlfriends.com 

 making peace with the land
by fred bahnson and norman wirzba
a scholor and a practision discussing the biblical merits of working for the good and steward of the land.

 adoption without debt.
by julie gumm.
practical and inspiring of how it can be done. for reals.

 eat and run.
by scott jurek
carnivore turned vegan while pursing the dream of being/becoming an ultra runner.
the hobbit.
by jrr tolkien
i re-read it so i could go see the movie.... i opted to spend my one movie date a year on les mis.  guess i will be reading that this year in light of love, love, loving the movie. oh and i loved reading the hobbit again.

a million miles in a thousand years. 
by donald miller. 
i think this was my favorite read of the year. it was the journey of a man who found the story and the fingerprints of the storyteller in his life. i loved it.

happy reading!!

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