If you've been around long then you know that during the spring I get the itch. This weird, crazy reading-list-making itch enters my body. I can't stop it. I just have to go along with it. I think it really all goes back to summer reading programs I participated in as a child. I LOVED writing down my books I read over the summer. (Most were Baby-Sitters Club!)
Well...the itch is not aware that I have a full-fledged toddler. It has no idea that I am too busy to read this many books. And yet, I feel compelled to make a book list. (Several are from my list that didn't get completed last year.) Maybe I'll get at least a FEW of these books read. (Many of these need to be read because they've been on my bookshelf or my Kindle for so long!) I decided that I needed to try to limit my list to 30-ish books (my original was around 65!). I'm well aware I may not finish half of these. (Those already finished I've marked off.) I also have my eye on a few others. So here goes:
1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Would you believe I've never read this before?!?
2. Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad (Don't judge me.)
3. The Potty Boot Camp by Suzanne Riffel. Obviously, this one is a must-read for me this summer.
4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I want to see the movie but I like to read books prior to movies.
5. Inconceivable by Carolyn and Sean Savage. I saw them on Dateline and I cannot believe what they had to go through.
6. The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. I've owned this one since I taught middle school. :) It was on our approved list for teaching in the 8th grade. Thought I might try to get around to it this summer!
7. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly. Again, I love to see books made into movies, but I'd rather read the book first.
8. Heaven is for Real by Thomas Nelson. This one keeps popping up everywhere. I think my sister even commented the other day that she's reading it. It's been on my radar for a while.
9. What Southern Women Know about Faith by Ronda Rich. There was a book blog-hop recently and this was another that was frequently mentioned.
10. Bringing Up Boys by James Dobson. I bet I read this more than once in my parenthood, huh?
11. Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman. I feel certain that this is about their daughter who passed away in a horrible accident at their home. If I'm not mistaken, the oldest son didn't see her in the driveway. I cannot fathom the pain this family went through. We love Steven Curtis Chapman!
12. One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. Yet another one that I've seen all over the blogs!
13. Room by Emma Donoghue. This has popped up a time or two as well on others' blogs.
14. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Just because I need another classic. I've never read this one either!
15. The Shack by William P. Young. This is sitting on my shelf AND on my ipod. Think I can walk and listen to it this summer?
16. Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls. After her first book (The Glass Castle), I thought I'd try another.
17. Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress. This is totally a "judging the book by its cover" moment.
18. Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal. If you're a female and you're in your late twenties/early thirties, I'm willing to bet you read these as a kid. I know that my best friend and I did! Can't wait for this! Sounds like a trashy beach read to me!
20. The Toddler Years by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff, and Sandee Hathaway. Because we're already into the toddler years. Meltdowns and all.
21. Rules of Vengeance by Christopher Reich. The follow-up to one of my Book Club reads. Looking forward to the second in this spy-novel series!
22. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson. Yet another that I probably should've read a while back because I kept hearing about it!
23. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. For Anna. And Bess.
26. The Soloist by Steve Lopez. I borrowed this one months and months ago from a friend. I need to read and return!
27. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Same as the one above!
28. Potty Training Boys the Easy Way by Caroline Fertleman and Simone Cave. Another self-explanatory book!
I know you think I'm crazy! Maybe I'll astound you this summer with my reading! I hope all of my children turn out to be big readers. The summer is the best time for reading!
I know you think I'm crazy! Maybe I'll astound you this summer with my reading! I hope all of my children turn out to be big readers. The summer is the best time for reading!
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Wha...how have you never read Gatsby? I am quite literally sitting here with my mouth agape in wonder over this.
And for Dragon Tattoo? Be prepared for it to move slowly at first. And be prepared to be bogged down in inane and ridiculously unnecessary details. It was translated (posthumously, I think) into English.
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