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Summer 2011 Reading List

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Hooray for summer reading (and iced coffee)!

Hooray for summer reading (and iced coffee)!

It’s summer, that time of year I crave Dunkin Donuts iced coffee, warm beaches with gentle waves, and of course, books! (Then again, I’m always craving books.)

A few days ago, I took a list of books and headed to my library. I found three promising books, but didn’t come even close to crossing off even half of my list. Since I’ve been reading a lot of comics lately, I’ve really missed curling up with a thick, long book that takes more than a few minutes to read. Don’t get me wrong — I love that, with comics you get a new “chapter” of the story every month. But, I do really like that with books, you can form a sort of relationship with it. That book becomes your friend. If you don’t believe me, read my review of Beat, by Stephen Jay Schwartz. That novel didn’t leave my side until I finished it! I read comics in a single sitting, and then they go straight into my comic box.

Since I haven’t done any kind of To Read list in a while, and even took my old lists off of the menu, I decided to bring it back, and to read each book on my list by the end of the summer. I might even add more, because you guys always give me awesome suggestions.

Note: My list doesn’t include comics, but this summer I’ll be reading the monthly issues of The Walking Dead, Witch Doctor, Batman Beyond, and whatever else grabs my interest. Also, if a title in my list is linked, it means I’ve read it and reviewed it!

Some of the books on my summer reading list

Some of the books on my summer reading list

*The Last Little Blue Envelope is June’s Freaking Book Club read! It’s the sequel to 13 Little Blue Envelopes, which I read last year and really enjoyed. Maureen Johnson is my guilty reading pleasure! I couldn’t find The Last Little Blue Envelope at my library, but I’m hoping to find it next time (or I’m just going to end up buying it, because I can’t be the only one not reading my book club’s book). Joining my book club is FREE as in air, so why don’t you register in the forums and post your thoughts so far on the book?

What’s on your summer reading list? Do you have any recommendations for mine? Leave me a comment and share!

Review | The Great Perhaps, by Joe Meno

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Joe Meno is fantastic at creating three-dimensional characters with very interesting quirks. For example, in The Great Perhaps, Jonathan is deathly afraid of clouds, Madeline cheats at her pigeon observations, Thisbe wants to learn how to sing but is terrible at it, and Amelia wants to blow up her high school.

The Great Perhaps, by Joe Meno

The Great Perhaps, by Joe Meno

The first time I tried to read this book, it was a two-week borrow only at the library. Since I suck, I waited almost a year to take it out again (instead of buying it), and finished it this summer*.

By the time I finally finished it, I wanted more. I wanted to be sure that Jonathan and Madeline were going to fix their relationship. I wanted to see what happens with Thisbe and Roxie. I also wanted to see Amelia continue to grow up, but also shake things up.

I love that little family, as if they were my own.

*Yes, in July. How did you know?! (;