Tis The Season

It's here! It's here! SUMMER BREAK IS FINALLY HERE! This is the time when I sleep in until 8:30 everyday, then watch ridiculous amounts of TV with Dexter prior to getting out of the bed, complete menial house-hold and yard tasks that get abandoned during the school year (who vacuums and mows regularly, right?), and--my favorite--read ANY book I want! Every year I make a "summer reading list," and this year is no exception. Seeing as one of my favorite things about literature is the conversation that occurs when people read the same thing (go figure!), I thought it would be neat to share my list:

I'm starting with the Emily Griffin series, beginning with Something Borrowed. I need a quick, fun, easy read to get my summer off right!

I really want to read the Eragon series too. I have seen several of my students reading them. It was so neat to be able to discuss and allude to Hunger Games this year, so I figure if I read this, I'll have some more common ground (it also makes it easier to justify to myself as a 25 year old checking this out of the library)

 

Does this really need an explanation?

I know, I know. I'm an English teacher and I haven't read The Grapes of Wrath. Hence its place on the list. Don't judge me.

I'm excited to read this theologian's perspective. I really like reading Christian commentary. Last summer I read everything Don Miller (yes, we are on abbreviated first name basis) wrote along with some Max Lucado.

As I said, I enjoy Christian commentary, and since this got so much negative hype last year, I really want to see what all the controversy is about for myself. I loved his other works including his lectures, The Gods Aren't Angry and Everything is Spiritual.

I know! I'm working on it... See Grapes of Wrath caption.



New found love in a coffee shop? How could this be bad? A little light romantic fiction.

A teenager dies and strives to obtain popularity posthumously. This is very seemingly out of my usual suspects, but since Tamara recommended it, I'm giving it a go. It will be good to expand my horizons :)

I've only heard good things about this author. Also, the back made me laugh out loud in Barnes in Noble. It's a witty, sarcastic memoir that accounts his re-acquaintance with America after living in Britain for twenty years.  I'm excited :)

And that's the list thus far. As I said, I LOVE to discuss literature, so I am welcoming recommendations with open arms. Also, I invite you to read with me--we could always meet up for coffee and literature-driven dialogue ;)

Happy reading!