Goodreads Challenge 2017

Goodreads Reading Challenge 2017

Here is my list of books read in 2017:

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Red Mars (Mars Trilogy #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson

George Lucas: A Life by Brian Jay Jones

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King

Lead Like A Pirate by Shelley Burgess & Beth Houf

Jim Henson Biography by Brian Jones

Shift This! by Joy Kirr

Dark Money by Jane Mayer

Company Town by Madeline Ashby

The Intercept by Dick Wolf

Assessments That Matters: Using Technology to Personalize Learning by Kim Meldrum

The Snowden Files by Luke Harding

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Hacking Leadership by Joe Sanfelippo and Tony Sinanis

Marvel Comics The Untold Story by Sean Howe

Wonder by RJ Palacio

Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Program by Urban Meyer

Auggie & Me by RJ Palacio

Plaster City by Johnny Shaw

Term Limits by Vince Flynn

Grit by Angela Duckworth

American Assassin by Vince Flynn

Social LEADia by Jennifer Casa-Todd

Artemis by Andy Weir

Kill Shot by Vince Flynn

Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn

Summer Reading Part 1

I learned to love reading from my Mom. She was a voracious reader. My mother encouraged me at an early age to read. She was okay with the period in my life that the only thing I would read were Comic Books. Then I grew to love SciFi and almost everything I read during that period was SciFi related. My mother did not like Comic Books or SciFi but she encouraged me to keep reading.

In college, I had a professor that I highly admired and respected that encouraged our class that we should read 15 minutes a day something other than our textbooks for school. He said that reading every day would help us grow as knowledgeable adults.


Well, I took that advice to heart and read every day. Sometimes it is a book, at others, it's a blog or magazine article.

This is part 1 of my summer 2016 reading journey.

1. The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead Culture of Creativity. By George Couros
    A must read for any teacher or administrator that wants to empower learners to wonder and explore.
This would be a great book for an educational professional study group.

I found this book to be so powerful I purchased a copy for my Superintendent.

2. The Pixar Touch By David Price

   I picked this book up when I was at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. I have enjoyed Pixar movie for years. This book was a fascinating story of the history of Pixar from its early days with Lucasfilm to Disney. The compelling story of animation genius John Lasseter and businessman Steve Jobs.

3. Kids Deserve It! By Todd Nesloney and Adam Welcome

Heard about this book from Jon Corippo on twitter.

Still reading this one but it has already lead me to tweet out about the book.

Truth #KidsDeserveIt pic.twitter.com/7RDw3xIHt5

— Nora Allstedt (@nallstedt) June 18, 2016

It would be awesome if staff room lunch talk was about the wins! #KidsDeserveIt pic.twitter.com/hQsWM8EBLH

— Nora Allstedt (@nallstedt) June 18, 2016

 4. The Zen Teacher by Dan Tricarico

This is another book from Dave Burgess Press. I have not read anything published by Dave Burgess that has not been excellent, which is why I'm currently reading this book.

Hoping this book will have some helpful tips I can use to slow down, focus and de-stress.