Goodreads asked Pam McGaffin:

What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Pam McGaffin This summer I read to fill out an Adult Summer Reading Book Bingo sheet. This fun program, presented by The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL), gets you to try books in categories you might not ordinarily consider, like "poetry or play," "about music or musicians," and "by an author from Mexico or Canada." I ended up reading Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad" (category: past SAL speaker), Celeste Ng's "Everything I Never Told You" (published when author was under 35), David Wallace-Wells' "The Uninhabitable Earth" (science), "Hollow Kingdom" by Kira Jane Buxton (set in the Northwest), John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" (suggested by a young person), "Becoming" by Michelle Obama (one-word title), "Sing, Unburied, Sing" by Jesmyn Ward (by an author of color), and "The Wanderers" by Chuck Wendig (two squares for "one BIG BOOK" -- Wanderers was 775 pages). I didn't score a bingo, but I read some great books! Right now, I happen to be reading "Lady in the Lake," by Laura Lippman. I think I will try Book Bingo again next summer.

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