Now that the holidays are over and we made it through 2020 I’ve been making a list of books I plan to read in 2021. I’ll admit I don’t read enough, a little before bed every night or two. However I plan to change that this year. This year I plan to learn more and better myself. Here is a list of 8 books I plan to read in 2021.
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
This book is a personal development/self help book. Hill interviewed many successful people and created 16 “laws” to follow to achieve success. While it talks about things around the time of the great depression I believe they are still relevant today.
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
I have read this book in the past and loved it. I plan to read it again. This is a fantastic book about business and hard work. The first time I read it my motivation shot through the roof. After the year we just had, I believe this book will be a good way to start 2021 in the right direction.
Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys by Don Schrider
We have never raised turkeys before and this may be the year we are getting some! This book is all about turkeys, from raising them to preventing disease. After jumping into chickens with not much knowledge I am going to be prepared for the bigger birds.
Smoking Meat by Will Fleischman
I bought a smoker a few years ago and I love it. Making deer jerky is one of my favourite things. However, I haven’t been having much luck smoking other types of meat. I once made a beef roast and it was so hard my dog wouldn’t even eat it. This book guides you through smoking all kinds of meat. Hopefully it can help me out!
Rodale's Basic Organic Gardening by Deborah L. Martin
Our garden last year was ok. Not great, just ok. Granted, my wife broke her wrist in the middle of summer and couldn’t do a lot. From the soil to weeds, this book should help (me) get a better understanding of all things gardening.
How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts by David Stiles
My kids have started taking tools out to there tree fort lately. They have been “building” all kinds of stuff back there and I thought this book would be a great read. For them and myself. It is full of projects for parents and kids to build, after teaching about basic carpentry.
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving by Judi Kingry and Lauren Devine
We have been doing a lot of canning and this book is the book my wife insists we must have! Full of 400 recipes and the science behind it. It has a lot of great reviews on Amazon, cant wait to get into this one.
Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs by Henry Carroll
I started this website on Dec 16th and have since realised I don’t know near enough about photography. This book is written without all the technical jargon so it should be perfect for an aspiring photographer like myself. With any luck my pictures will be better in 2021!
Country and Cottage Water Systems by Max Burns
Living in the country means having a well and septic system. This book covers topics from testing water and making it safe to choosing the right well pump. Great book for the do it yourself type.
These are the books I plan to read this year. Hopefully I get through them all and have learned a great deal about many topics. My garden will be bursting cucumbers (I love pickles!), turkeys will be plump and I’ll be well on my way to taking better pictures for my blog! As they say, always keep learning!
Do you have your own book list? Leave a comment, I would love to check it out!
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