It’s summer, folks! I am officially done with school for another year, and, while I’m sad to see my seniors leave, I am THRILLED for all of the reading time ahead of me this summer. I, of course, have a massive list that I will definitely not be able to tackle all of, but considering that I am 9 books ahead on my Goodreads challenge (in large part, thanks to January), I feel pretty comfortable with my reading goals for the summer.
So here is a sneak peek into what my summer reading will look like!
Nonfiction
This year, the summer reading assigned for the teachers at school is to pick one nonfiction book that was published in either 2018 or 2019 and has to do with education, leadership, personal development, or our content area. I, of course, have a long, long list of books that I could read, but I’ve narrowed it down to three.
Becoming may be a bit of a stretch since it is more of a memoir, but I’ve heard it has a lot about leadership within its pages, and since I own it and have been dying to read it, I thought I may go for the stretch. The Library Book by Susan Orlean would fit under my content area (English) and it’s one that I’ve been dying to read since Reese Witherspoon chose it as her book of the month back in January. Finally, Naked Economics is a book I use as outside reading in my economics classes, and there’s a new edition out that I need to read before the school year starts!
Classics
Surprisingly, I have a couple of classics on my agenda for the summer. Both Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Bluest Eye are on my shelves, and they happen to fit in well with some Around the Year prompts that fall this summer. I also plan on starting Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility this summer on audiobook, since that seems to be my preferred way to take in the old school classics.
The Fun Stuff
Newly Published Adult Fiction
A Woman is No Man, Queenie, and Spinning Silver are all books that I’ve picked up from Book of the Month club this year, and I’ve been seeing them allllll over Bookstagram. I’m excited to read these three very different books, with A Woman is No Man and Queenie providing me with new perspectives, and Spinning Silver retelling the story of Rumpelstiltskin in a new way.
Adult Fiction on My Shelves
The Luminaries is probably the oldest book I own (by ownership, not publication date), but I haven’t donated it because I’m determined to read it. The Great Alone and Fates and Furies are more recent acquisitions, both picked up because I have heard amazing things (and because I found them on sale). I especially excited to get to The Great Alone, because I love Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale.
Young Adult Fiction
Summer wouldn’t be summer without some fun YA books. I added The Poet X and Strange the Dreamer to my English IV summer reading list this year. I’m not sure if I’ll be teaching the class again, but I still want to read both of these award winning YA books. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is in a whole different realm, but that realm is taking up space on my bookshelf, so it is another I’ll be trying to get to this summer!
15 books! I can totally get that done in the next two months, right? Are there any on this list that you are looking forward to reading? Where should I begin?!
