A Love Affair with Books; JJL ’07 Comprehensive Index

35 Books, 24 Reviewers, Countless Learning

A BIG mahalo (thank you!) to all who have participated in this year’s A Love Affair with Books, the 3rd annual, and here on Joyful Jubilant Learning for the first time. Well over 300 comments, trackbacks and related links came in over the course of our forum this past month, and our book-shopping lists grew substantially!

Here is a comprehensive index that we can all continuously refer to going forward. Then, scroll to the bottom of the post for some words on how A Love Affair with Books keeps on giving, 70+

By our Guest Authors; thank you for the generosity of your presence on our JJL pages:

• Made to Stick, Why Some Ideas Survive, and Others Die, written by Chip and Dan Heath, Reviewed by Tim Milburn

• Setting the Table, The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business, written by Danny Meyer, Reviewed by Rosa Say

• GRUB, Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, written by Anna Lappe and Bryant Terry, Reviewed by Mary Hunt

• Love is the Killer App, How to Win Business and Influence Friends, written by Tim Sanders, Reviewed by Benjamin Bach

• Authentic Leadership, Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value, written by Bill George, Reviewed by Dean Boyer

• Two Weeks to a Breakthrough: How to Zoom Toward Your Goal in 14 Days or Less, written by Lisa Haneberg, Reviewed by Dwayne Melancon

• Do Less, Achieve More, Discover the Hidden Powers Giving In, written by Chin-Ning Chu, Reviewed by Karen Wallace

• This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, written by Daniel Levitin, Reviewed by Steve Sherlock

• The Zen of Groups, A Handbook for People Meeting With a Purpose, written by Dale Hunter, Anne Bailey and Bill Taylor, Reviewed by Lisa Haneberg

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, written by Michael Pollan, Reviewed by Bren Connelly

• Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, written by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Reviewed by Chris Owen

• Move Closer Stay Longer, written by Dr. Stephanie Burns, Reviewed by Beth Robinson

• Leaders’ Playbook, How to Apply Emotional Intelligence: Keys to Great Leadership, written by Reldan Nadler, Reviewed by Wayne Hurlbert

• The Sundering, Banewreaker and Godslayer, a two-volume work written by Jacqueline Carey, Reviewed by EM Sky

• The Audacity of Hope, Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, by Barack Obama, Reviewed by Nneka Kelly

• Citizen Marketers, When People are the Message, by Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba, Reviewed by Phil Gerbyshak

• How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less, written by Nicholas Boothman, Reviewed by John Richardson

• Seeing David in the Stone, written by James B. Swartz and Joseph E. Swartz, Reviewed by Terry Starbucker

• The Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset, written by John C. Maxwell, Reviewed by Tim Draayer

• Oh the Places You'll Go!, written by Dr. Seuss, Reviewed by Dave Rothacker

• StrengthsFinder 2.0, written by Tom Rath, Reviewed by David Zinger

• One: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership, written by Lance Secretan, Reviewed by Greg Balanko-Dickson

• Think and Grow Rich, written by Napoleon Hill and newly edited by Ross Cornwell, Reviewed by Carolyn Manning

• Go Put Your Strengths to Work, 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance, written by Marcus Buckingham, Reviewed by Blaine Collins

Contributed during our three Trackback Sundays;

• Dean Boyer reviews: The Starbucks Experience by Joseph A. Michelli

• Blaine Collins reviews: Richters Scale, Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man by Susan Elizabeth Hough

• Dwayne Melancon reviews: No Yelling: The 9 Secrets of Marine Corps Leadership You Must Know to Win in Business by Wally Adamchik

• Chris Owen reviews: HighLife 24/7: Balance Your Body Chemistry And Feel Uplifted by Matt Church

• Dave Rothacker reviews: The Starfish and the Spider, The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom, and
  When God Winks, How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life by Squire Rushnell

• Rosa Say reviews: Vital Friends, The People You Can’t Afford to Live Without by Tom Rath, and
  Joy At Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun On The Job by Dennis Bakke

• Steve Sherlock reviews: The Power of We by Jonathan Tisch,
  The Anatomy of Peace by The Arbinger Institute, and
  The Power of Play by David Elkind 

ALSO To Keep Bookmarked: The JJL Bookshelf on Shelfari

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How does A Love Affair with Books keep on giving? ... 70+

With your reading, and your learning. There is one other way too ... Dave Rothacker calls it “adding value.”

Last year, seventy-two books were purchased by Say Leadership Coaching per recommendations given by the guest reviewers in the 2nd Annual Love Affair with Books held on the Talking Story blog: They were donated to a university library in Hawai‘i in the name of the Ho‘ohana Community of readers.

This year, SLC will do it again; I will purchase at least seventy books, double the number reviewed in our ALAWB this year, and donate them to a learning library here in Hawai‘i. I will add a comment here with details when the books have been delivered. My challenge is for the Ho‘ohana Community to match or beat my donation cumulatively: Let’s see if we can track it here in these comments.

You may want to simply match your own purchase made per these recommendations, and do a personal donation of a book, two, or three – every one counts toward our total!

Let’s make a difference through the wonder of reading; help us promote learning through a growing Love Affair with Books.

Keep reading and keep sharing,
Rosa Say for www.JoyfulJubilantLearning.com

Comments

[tim]

Rosa:

What would be the best way to donate? Through PayPal or some other online means? Or can we write a check?

[Rosa Say]

Aloha Tim, that's very generous of you! I haven't set that up because I encourage everyone to do their own programs to contribute books to learning in their own communities - not just as I'm doing in Hawaii.

In the spirit of full disclosure for our readers, SLC does sponsor this blog, and therefore any Amazon Associates revenue we receive when you purchase books via the booklist to the left will fund our literacy donations too. Therefore, that's one way to donate to the cause - use those links to buy the books now one your wishlist thanks to our fabulous reviewers!

[Dean and Rosa]

Aloha all,
At teachingwithaloha.org Dean and I are encouraging teachers to participate in our JJL goal in this way:

“70+” Championing Literacy as we Teach and Coach

We seem to be having some trackback issues (at our place, not here) so we invite you to take the name link in this comment to read our post’s challenge!
Rosa

[Steve Sherlock]

One of my favorite charitable organizations is "Reading is Fundamental", you can find more about it and what is does to foster reading amongst children at their web site

http://www.rif.org/

I will help literacy in two ways, one with purchase through the links Rosa mentioned and with a contribution to RIF.

[Rosa Say]

Wow Steve, www.rif.org has a terrific website, chock full of great resources - thanks for the pointer!

[Gabriella O'Rourke]

I am enthralled! Thanks to all the reviewers for their time and thoughts on each of the titles selected. Great ideas and pointers to new inspiration! Count me in for the next one, for sure! (maybe with such a response you'll decide to do it more frequently!).

[Rosa for JJL]

An April 7th update:

According to our Amazon Associates account, 31 books have been purchased!

70+ is now at 101+
Mahalo nui everyone!!!

Let's keep this going. Reading can change a life with the doors of possibility it opens.