Are you a summer reader? Do you devour more books than usual in the summer months over long car/plane trips or during outings to the pool or beach?
I’m definitely a summer reader. I try to consume as many books as I can – most for pure fun, but often one classic for enrichment and a handful of books for research. And while I have a growing stack of books to be read on my bedside table and a longer list downloaded to my Kindle, I’m always eager to hear about what others are reading so that I can add to my list of books-t0-be-read. So in that vein, I’ll share what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read over the course of this summer in hopes that you’ll pitch in your ideas too.
But first I want to let you in on a special announcement that might influence your summer reading list: Family Bucket Lists for Kindle will release on Amazon on July 15th. If you have been waiting for it to be specially formatted for your Kindle (or your iPhone/iPad Kindle app), you can buy yours then – and if you email your Amazon receipt, you’ll also receive the free Family Bucket List assessment questions printable.
So my summer reading list looks like this:
- The Monk Downstairs by TIm Farrington (for book club. Good book.)
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck (see my review from two weeks ago)
- Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler (almost finished it this weekend – an excellent book by a first-time novelist. Bravo, Julie!)
- The Christian Parenting Handbook by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller (I have an ARC – look for a review here later this month).
- Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (for book club in August. It’s a long one).
- The Lake House by Marci Nault (a perfect summer read – the Chicago Tribune happens to think so too. Nault will be here next week with a guest post about her 101 dreams list).
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (audiobook)
- Permission Marketing : Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers by Seth Godin (work related, but I look forward to reading it).
- 100 places that can change your child’s life : from your backyard to the ends of the earth / Keith Bellows, editor (research – expect a review on this one too one day).
- Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand (hoping I can get my kids to listen to this with me during our road trip to New Jersey)
- The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine (more research)
-
Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It by Henriette Anne Klauser (research)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (because eldest daughter is reading for a school assignment over summer)
- The Renovation by Terri Kraus (she’s a fellow Redbud and I can’t believe I haven’t read this yet).
Whew! Do you think I’ll get through them all before summer is over? I have two weeks of vacation time to help me out. But we’ll see. Notice I tend to read a lot of non-fiction (and I write non-fiction. Chicken or egg?). This is because I’m never sure of what fiction I should read. I’ll gladly take recommendations.
