Summer Reading List
8 Jun
Happy Friday everyone! And happy summer to me… whoop whoop! Only one more teacher obligation – graduation tonight (postponed due to rain from last night) – & then it’s a few months off. Nope, there’s no better feeling than that!
Since summer has officially begun, I thought I’d share with you all my summer reading list for the upcoming months. Since I’m an English teacher, I guess it’s a given that I love to read. The sad thing is that during the school year, I become so engrossed in work-related tasks that it’s hard to find time to dive into a good book. I’ve been waiting months to have some free time to read, so I’m excited to get a jump-start on my list!
To Finish
I’ve been reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King for a while now & it’s a great book. I’m about half-way through the nearly 700-page book, & I’m determined to finish it next week!
I’ve also been reading this book – Social Media Marketing by Liana Li Evans – on & off for the past few weeks. Since starting this blog (almost a year ago!) I’ve become more & more interested in social media marketing. While this may seem like it would be a little “dry,” it’s actually a pretty interesting read!
Series
I read The Hunger Games last summer, but never completed the trilogy. I want to be sure to read Catching Fire & Mocking Jay by Suzanne Collins this summer so I’m prepared when the movies come out!
To Reread
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, & The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky were a few of my favorite books that I read while in high school. They’ve all been on my “reread list” for a while now, so I’m going to make it a priority to take another look at them in the coming months.
For Entertaining
Chris & I actually purchased this book for his sister as a Christmas gift, only to find out she had already received it. Rather than return the book, I kept Simply Divine by Lisa Vanderpump to read for myself! (Don’t worry we got Chris’s sister a new book – Kyle Richards’ book, actually, instead!) It’s 5 months later & I still haven’t had the chance to crack open the cover!
Magazines
Of course, no summer reading list would be complete without some easy reading. I have months worth of my favorite magazines – Shape & Real Simple – to catch up on!
What’s on your summer reading list? Do you have any good book suggestions? Feel free to leave them in the comment section, or share your ideas on my Facebook page! There have been several votes for 50 Shades of Grey!
I was just thinking that I need to make a summer reading list! Right now I’m finishing Born to Run and I have 50 Shades of Grey on hold at the library… but it might be August before I get that one! I have Memoirs of a Geisha, The Night Circus, and a few recommendations from my students on my “to read” list.
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I get a lot of my ideas for books to read from my students’ book reports.
Prepare yourself! I just finished Catching Fire a few days ago and it is FAR more captivating than The Hunger Games (if that is even possible!) I can’t wait to start Mockingjay
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Perks of Being a Wallflower is being made into a movie! I’d like to reread it, too, before the movie comes out.
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I know! That’s why I want to re-read it!!
i haven’t read any of the hunger games books, so i hope to read at least the first one and most likely the second one this summer. i also just started 50 Shades of Grey this week, and i’m loving it so far!
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32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching….I heard it’s an excellent and funny light read for teachers. Now that I’m teaching third next year instead of first, I’m even more excited to read it.
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I just finished 11/23/63 last week and it took me a while too! Like you said, it was/is a compelling and enjoyable book, but it’s LONG and I will admit to finding some parts slow!
I want to re-read Catcher in the Rye, I read it back in High school but did not like it as much as I would now. Being forced to read it but a bit of a damper on it, plus I was a pissy high school kid haha
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Books are so much more enjoyable when you aren’t “forced” to read them!
I’m about halfway through 11/23/63 as well. I’m having a hard time finishing it because there are a few other books I’d prefer to read; however, I’m determined to finish it before the summer is over
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