SUMMER VACATION SNITCHES!!!!!!
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Hem. Excuse me. Let’s try get back to some semblance of decorum, please?
It’s no secret that teachers look forward to summer vacation just as much (probably more) than their students do. Personally my favorite part of summer vacation is not getting up at 5 AM, but spending time with my kids is a close second. And, obviously, reading a boat-load of books is always a highlight of my summer.
Over the years I’ve gotten into a few summer reading traditions.
1) Read a completed YA series that is *still* popular and that I’ve neglected
2) Read a book in the Lady Trent series
3) Catch up on new releases
4) Read at least 100 pages every day
While I’m a little bit of a mood reader, since I started using the library more I’ve had to start planning my tbr a little bit more in advanced. (I’ll write more about THAT this summer!) So I’ve already got a bit of a list. Plus I know what my YA series is going to be, plus a few other books that I know I want to get to. So here are, in absolutely no order whatsoever, some of the books I want to read this summer!
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and the sequels
- In the Labyrinth of Drakes
- The Wind in the Willows
- Bless Me, Ultima
- The Royal Runaway
- The Ladies’ No. 1 Detective Agency
- Circe
- The Psychology of Time Travel
- The Kingdom of Copper
- Carry On
- Young Jane Young
Never Not Reading 
I’ve got Circe to read this summer. The Kingdom of Copper looks good.
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I wasn’t initially going to read Circe because I wasn’t in love with The Song of Achilles, but how can I say no?
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Growing up, I loved anything related related to Greek Mythology, so I’m looking forward to this.
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Same. By the time we read the Odyssey in high school I already had the story more or less memorized.
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Circe is also on my summer reading list. I actually enjoyed reading The Song of Achilles … not in love with it, but I liked the whole story and narrative style.
Few days ago I saw in a bookstore another book related to Greek myths – Mythos by Stephen Fry. There seems to be a trend around retelling myths 🙂
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Yeah, I think we can all blame Neil Gaiman for starting the trend, lol. I think there’s something to be said for the drama, though. And we like re-tellings because the Greek translations are SO DRY.
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Amazing that you read 100 pages a day AND have children! Reminds me that I wasted a lot of time over the years when I could have been reading or writing.
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Haha, I usually read while they’re napping! I don’t know how that’s going to go for me this summer, though, with classes.
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Summer isn’t summer without To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before! I re-read it again this year, and I’m getting the sequels soon. I also want to try out City of Brass and its sequels!
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I *loved* City of Brass!
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This is such a diverse roster, I love it! I definitely want to try a Lady Trent book sometime this year too. Especially since there’s a new spinoff book coming out in August. 🙂
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OOOOOO, I didn’t know about the new spinoff book!
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That looks like a pretty solid TBR! Enjoy your summer break, and I hope you get all the reading time you’re hoping for.
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Haha, thanks!
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ooh really hope you like carry on and to all the boys!!
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