Your Summer Reading Preview

Antonia wrote: "Heather wrote: "I am currently reading "The Terror" by Dan Simmons. It is 937 pages but very readable and exciting. It also, seems to fit a lot of the summer reading challenge categories."

Heather..."
The Hyperion series is actually 4 books long, not 3.

The Portrait of the artist as a young man
Ulysses
Wuthering Heights
Sons and lovers
The Scarlet Letter
Return of the Sherlock Holmes
To the light House

I own so many books that I haven't read yet, and I plan to move in a month or so. If I can read them and donate them, I won't have to pack them up :)

Nichole wrote: "My big summer reading project will be War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy." same here! :)

Im gonna read the Mistborn trilogy this summer. Hoping to have a nice time

I'm going to focus on finishing a hell of a lot of series :)

My big summer reading project will be Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi I cant wait to dive in!!

Happy reading everyone! 🤗📖

I want to finish a book. I used to read a few dozen books a year. But with school and a new love for kpop, I haven't read a full book this year. (I've read many short stories at least.) I want to finish the re-read of Scythe, War Storm (last book of the Red Queen series,) and the Sward of Summer by Rick Riordan.

Happy reading everyone!

Hona wrote: "Book list for the summer:
The War of the World
The Balkans
WW1
WW2
War Storm
Legendary
King of Thorns
Shadowsong
Pushkin: Poems, Prose, and Plays
Crime and Punishment

Pretty big list but its be..."
Yay War Storm! I'm reading it now!

Nichole wrote: "My big summer reading project will be War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy."
I tell this to myself every summer :) Perhaps this is the summer I *will* read it!

I'm planning to read all of the books in my "Want to read" pile which includes authors like Brandon Sanderson, Mark Lawrence, Gillian Flynn, Andy Weir, etc.

I'll be getting through the 250+ volumes of unread manga sitting on my shelves.

All the YAs in the world. Haha
Anyways I need to totally catch up on my reading. Miss it so much.

Leona wrote: "I am not quite sure what I am going to read first but I think I will either finish the Green Mile or start reading the Elite sections."

What are the elite sections?

Krishnakanth wrote: "I'm taking on the Dark Tower series by Stephen King... I'd supplement it with the Stephen King's Extended Universe which has links with the Dark Tower series... like [book:'Salem's Lo..."

What a co-incidence ! Salem's Lot was my first King book and I have decided to try the series now. Reading Gunslinger atm :)
How are you liking it ?

Also reading Sapiens in parallel. So I have two VERY different reads on my hands right now !!

I'm planning to read Lord of the Rings this summer. I haven't read it yet, although I love the genre fantasy...

My summer reading is going to be tackling my TBRs from my enormous piles of owned books that are continuing to pile up. I would love to make a dent (so I can add all the new books I want to read, but need the space!)

Target for this summer is The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
It's been years that i postpone this series but it's such a must-read!

Hello I found this website recently I signed up but I cannot find the full versions of the books I cannot open them can someone help me about this? I mean where to click or how to read the books?

This will be the first summer in about four-five years I will not be working on graduate work. So this will be one of the first times I can actually get into several books without feeling guilty. :)

Cari wrote: "Nichole wrote: "My big summer reading project will be War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy."
I tell this to myself every summer :) Perhaps this is the summer I *will* read it!"

I will start next week, perhaps next Wednesday.

Sofia wrote: "Nichole wrote: "My big summer reading project will be War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy." same here! :)"

A huge read...

Megan wrote: "This will be the first summer in about four-five years I will not be working on graduate work. So this will be one of the first times I can actually get into several books without feeling guilty. :)"

I finished studies not so long ago so i totally understand the feeling! Enjoy :D

My big summer reading project will be to read 5 books this may and hopefully in June as well.
So, I will begin with the books, I havent finished yet:
1. Queen of Shadows
2. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Then I will reread:
3. Red Queen
and finally get to:
4. Glass Sword
After that I have to get my hands on:
5. The Heart of Betrayal
aaaaandddd....last but not least:
6. Crooked Kingdom

I want to read these books badly! I have 2 weeks free from work and I will do my best! Who needs sleep when you have some great books waiting for you???

Nicko wrote: "Not to be a stick in the mud or anything, but what's the point in categorizing certain reads on different seasons of the year. :/ Holidays maybe, but I don't find a point in putting certain books i..."

I agree. As I am not a student or teacher with summers off (or some other profession that doesn't work during the summers), it's not like I have more time to read. I still have to work full-time! (And I usually take my vacations in the spring or fall because it's cheaper to travel then.)

E wrote: "I don't "plan" more than a book or two ahead. Whatever strikes my fancy at the time..."

I'm like that too. I do have a list if books I want to read, and some are priority (ie. the ones I am most interested in), but even though I have a list, sometimes I will see a random book that catches my interest and read it before the next one on the list. Also, I have to read what is available at the library.

Tara wrote: "I'm planning to read IT by Stephen King this summer. I'm going to be lying on a beach while reading about scary clowns lol"

Great book! Stephen King books tend to be long, and I'm a slow reader, but he makes 1000 pages seem like 400!

Jen wrote: "My goal is to read 8 to 10 books per month this summer 😫"

Oh wow! I can barely read 30 books a year (I'm a slow reader). This year I seem to be reading way more than usual, but that's because I'm re-reading some Roald Dahl books.

Alisha wrote: "My big summer read will be Gone with the Wind

AND the Harry Potter series because I'm 23 and have never read them.

...after and before those, it just depends on my mood."

The Harry Potter series is great! (I was older than 23 when I read them--they really are good for any age!).

I'm curious about Gone with the Wind. There are a lot of longer classics that interest me, but I'm afraid of tackling them and wasting my time on a book I don't like.

Elaine wrote: "I will be rereading some of my favorite classics including Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Vanity Fair, Middlemarch, Anna Karenina, The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. My new to me r..."

Vanity Fair is on my list of books to read (one day!). Is it easy to get through?

Rachael wrote: "A friend and I plan to read a children's classic together. Still in the decision stage."

That sounds fun! What are some of your ideas/choices?

Jasmine wrote: "Nicko wrote: "Not to be a stick in the mud or anything, but what's the point in categorizing certain reads on different seasons of the year. :/ Holidays maybe, but I don't find a point in putting c..."

I totally get your point. But some people read more while they are on vacation and some just always read. Everyone is free to do whatever he or she likes to do or read 😂😂

Adam wrote: "There are so many books that I would like to read that the list would be endless.

However, I would really like to finish reading The Railway Children and then try a bit of Charles Dickens with David Copperfield and Hard Times. "

I've read a few Charles Dickens books, and it's been a while since I've read any; I definitely want to read more. David Copperfield was the first CD book I read--a good book!

I want to read everything I have stacked up on the floor lol, good luck to me

My big book this summer will be Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann. I got a nice used copy coming. First time in years I haven’t searched for a Russian Novel

Sivasweatha wrote: "Christy wrote: "I am going to try Pride and Prejudice. I've never read it and have heard so much about it that I think this will be one that I would like to read. I also need to catch up on my book..."

Maybe its time I get over my Austen-phobia and try a reread

Jonathan wrote: "Xavier wrote: "I just started reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X and given my busy schedule, this one might take me some time to finish. I'm excited to jump right in because of the amount of pr..."

It WAS required reading in my High School in ‘71 as was Letters from a Birmingham Jail...at the same time in the same class

Andrea wrote: "Sivasweatha wrote: "Christy wrote: "I am going to try Pride and Prejudice. I've never read it and have heard so much about it that I think this will be one that I would like to read. I also need to..."

I'm never normally an advocate of watching the film/tv programme before reading the book BUT I found that after I watched the BBC tv version (with Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle), I was able to understand the cadence of the speech and it made it a lot easier to follow...

Jennifer wrote: "I am going to read Outlander on my kindle while I am on holiday in June."

Enjoy it! Took me about a year to read the series. If you enjoy audible the narrator for the outlander series is amazing

All you people planning to delve into Russian literature during your summer months make me tired! I plan to read beachy, light-hearted fare, combined with murder mysteries, and catch up on all the authors whose series I have had to neglect while reading YA books for three monthly book clubs from September-May! I also like to read travel books so that even if I'm not taking a trip, I can take one in my head.

Oh my goodness! So many exciting new books coming out - my local library will be sick of the sight of me!

I’ll be reading novels by African women that feature stories of immigration and Diaspora

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Right now I am reading The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Final Girls and they are both pretty good reads so far. I hope after I finish these two books that I can get to Candy Darque's Week Off and go from there. I've read some pretty good reads so far this Summer which I started my Summer reading back in May to this month so far as I am just reading books I own as well as library books and overdrive ebook library books this year.

For many years, I have done at least 1 Russian novel- last year’s was Dr. Zhivago.

I read pretty eclectically as you can see from my list, and at 61....

This year, I am tackling Buddenbooks by Thomas Mann. If I can find a used copy,I’d love to also tackle Wilson’s new Odyssey translation

I'm trying to read as much as I can from my own stacks of books, and wow there are so many. I am now reading three books at a time and really enjoy it. I try to read the ARC's first as I need to review them, but really I review them all, happy reading all!!

I'm going advanced reading challenge. Should be a good time.

I really want to get in some history books this summer, there is a big one sitting in my library right now, The Bright and Shining Star about Viet Nam!! And many more!