Books I read in 2013

Now that we've gotten settled into 2014 a bit it's time for a bit of blog housekeeping as I clear out my 2013 reading list and start 2014's.  Here's everything I read in 2013:

• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Chip and Dan Heath
• Calico Joe, John Grisham
• The Associate, John Grisham
• Sycamore Row, John Grisham
• David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, Malcolm Gladwell
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck
• Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts On Life Unarmed, Glennon Doyle Melton
• Man In White, Johnny Cash
• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, Chip and Dan Heath
• And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini
• Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, Roger Fisher
• Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time, Brian Tracy
• Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, Michael Pollan
• Bossypants, Tina Fey
• Solo By Choice: Carolyn Elefant
• Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, Chip and Dan Heath
• Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, Sheryl Sandberg
• The Emotional Life of the Toddler, Alice Lieberman
• Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children, Po Bronson and Ashley Merriman (r)
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, Charles Duhigg
• The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't, Nate Silver
• How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, Paul Tough

My favorites this year were Lean In, Decisive, and David and Goliath.  I've already reread the first 2 and will doubtless reread the Gladwell book as well (also, nerd alert: I bought tickets to see him speak in Dallas next month and super-excited about that).  Gladwell is my favorite author so no surprise I enjoyed that one.  His books always make me think and stick with me.  Lean In and Decisive were both just what I needed to be thinking about as I contemplated the decision to leave the cozy confines of the SBA and strike out into solo practice.

Disappointments included The Emotional Life of the Toddlers (good information, but kind of boring) and the Associate (it's like Grisham was just going through the motions on that one).  An unexpected surprise was Man in White, Johnny Cash's historical novel about St. Paul.  It helped bring stories I already knew into better focus and made me think.  I wish he had written more Biblical historical fiction, he was obviously gifted in that regard.

22 books in 12 months...I stayed busy.  It was a good year.  And with that list now cleaned out I'm motivated to get moving on this year's list.