A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Bubbly on your Budget by Majorie Hillis
Content Rules by Ann Handley & CC Chapman
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination by Hugh MacLeod
Hamlet’s BlackBerry by William Powers
Handmade Nation by Cortney Heimerl
How to Make Money Using Etsy by Tim Adam
How to Sell Your Crafts Online by Derrick Sutton
I love you more than my dog by Jeanne Bliss
Let My People Go Surfing
Life After College by Jenny Blake
Multipliers – How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman
Never get a “real” job by Scott Gerber
Onward by Howard Schultz
The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke by Suze Orman
The Handmade Marketplace by Kari Chapin
We First by Simon Mainwaring
Angelina Jolie’s: Notes from My Travels by Angelina Jolie
Dear Exile by Hilary Liftin, Kate Montgomery
Getting Stoned with Savages by J. Maarten Troost
God Sleeps in Rwanda by Joseph Sebarenzi
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Haiti After the Earthquake by Paul Farmer
It happened on the way to war by Rye Barcott
Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood
Little Princes by Conor Grennan
Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway, John Bidwell
Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
The Boy from Baby House 10 by Alan Philps, John Lahutsky
The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Face of Betrayal (Triple Threat #1) by Lis Wiehl
Hand of Fate (Triple Threat #2) by Lis Wiehl
Eyes of Justice (Triple Threat #4) by Lis Wiehl
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Where She Went (If I Stay, #2) by Gayle Forman
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins
Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards
Cleo by Helen Brown
Dewey by Vicki Myron
Dewey’s Nine Lives by Vicki Myron
Dog, Inc. by John Woestendiek
From Baghdad, With Love by Jay Kopelman
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Tell Me Where it Hurts by Nick Trout
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Until Tuesday by Luis Carlos Montalvan
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
Plum Lovin’ by Janet Evanovich
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
High Five by Janet Evanovich
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Ask Me Why I Hurt by Randy Christensen
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
My Boyfriend Wrote A Book About Me by Hilary Winston
Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson
Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
The Power of Half by Kevin and Hannah Salwen
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Third Wave by Alison Thompson
Two Kisses for Maddy by Matthew Logelin
Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose
The book started off with a poem about success (often attributed to Elizabeth Anne Anderson Stanley), which at the time I was reading this book I wasn’t quite feeling very successful. But the book and poem reminded me that there are many ways to define success.
The book then starts telling the story of TOMS, which is a mix of things that as a huge TOMS fan I already knew, as well as information I didn’t know before reading.
It’s not just about TOMS. Blake also talked to others who “started something that matters” including the guys behind method, an eco friendly cleaning brand. I was fascinated to learn that beef fat is a common ingredient as a softening agent in dryer sheets.
It’s an easy read, with the book split into different sections such as learning how to tell your story, facing your fears, which includes a great story about Blake’s mom! There’s also great advice like when Blake suggests reading biographies and that the timing is not going to ever be right. I thought it was a pretty quick read. Whether you just want to learn more about TOMS, want to make a difference, or want to learn how to do what you love, it’s a good book to check out.
I recently found a website called Booksneeze.com and they give books to bloggers. I found a few different titles that I liked on their website, and signed up to review my first book. Hopefully, there will be more where this came from!
I had not read any of Lis Wiehl’s books before starting this one, including the other Triple Threat books. I really did not like the book at first. I had to write down who the different characters were and what their jobs were so that I wouldn’t get confused. And the fact that the chapters were anywhere from 1-6 pages and switched whose point of view it was kind of annoyed me. And I think if I had read the other books and kind of knew the different characters it would have bothered me to keep getting that information again in this book.
But once I got through the beginning, I found myself not being able to put the book down. I really liked the different characters. I devoured the book in two days. I have now put the other Triple Threat books on my “To-Read” list.
Disclosure: I received this advanced copy e-book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
