Reading is Fun as well as Tough

Here is what i wrote in December 1, 2015.

"Today is December 1, 2015 and I am half way reading 'Work Hard Be Nice' by Jay Mathews. This book is about two young american teachers who thought outside the traditional education system and revolutionized the whole Education system in America.

Now, I am into reading, i intend to read following in the year 2016, provided I live the next day:

1. Who will cry when you die? - Robin Sharma
2. The fifth mountain - Paulo Coelho
3. I am Malala - Malala Yousafzai
4. A Guide to the Bodhisattva way of life - Shantideva
5. Words of my Perfect Teacher - Patrul Rinpoche
6. Turning Confusion into Clarity - Yongey Mingyur
7. Brilliant Moon - Dilgo Khyentse
8. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
9. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khalid Hosseini
10. The Mystic Eye - Sadhguru
11. Taking the Leap - Pema Chodron"

Today is 6th September 2016 and I m not even half on what i promised myself to read. This far, i read:

1. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khalid Hosseini
3. Work Hard Be Nice - Jay Mathews
4. Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal Rinpochhe (re-read: my fourth read)
5. Butter Tea at Sunrise - Britta Das

I am now reading:
1. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjan Pressler
2. The Circle of Reason - Amitav Ghosh

Books in hand:
1. Bad Things Don't Just Happen to Other People - Michael Marshall
2. Love in the Tim of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Crazily looking for:
1. The Mystic Eye - Sadhguru

Even though, i am towards the year-end, i intend to read ten book at-least.

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