What books do you want to read this Summer?

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Everyone seems to love reading in summer. It speeds us on, the combination of sunshine and a good book. We often put off the books we really want to read so we can enjoy them in the summer.

I thought it would be a good idea to have people post a list of books they really want to read over the summer months? Ones that we can really dig in to!

I have like 3 and a half months off school, before I go to university, so I have an insane amount of time to read!

What books do you want to read this Summer?

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Okay, so I've gone a bit overboard on my planning, but I really want to make the most out of this summer! Which means getting a variety of reading done, mostly by the key authors.

Read: 0/40

1 Austen: Emma
1 Bronte: Wuthering Heights
2 Dickens: Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
1 Dostoevsky: Notes from Underground
1 Hardy: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
1 Hemingway: For Whom the Bell Tolls
1 Gaskell: Cranford
3 Shakespeares: Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale
1 Tolstoy: War and Peace
1 Woolf: The Voyage Out

10 Books I've Been Meaning To Read for Ages:
Dracula
Gulliver's Travels
The Odyssey
The Kite Runner
The Pilgrim's Progress
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
The Phantom of the Opera
Master and Commander
The Catcher in the Rye
A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow

1 Book I Never Finished:
Les Misérables

3 Collections of Poetry:
Selected Poems of Byron
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Shelley: Poems

2 Plays:
Medea
Waiting for Godot

1 Short Story Collection:
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

3 Group Reads:

8 Genre Challenge Reads:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night -Time (June - Contemporary)
A Week in December (June - Contemporary)
A Clockwork Orange (July - Dystopian/Utopian)
Under the Dome (July - Dystopian/Utopian)
The Giver (July - Dystopian/Utopian)
The Silence of the Lambs (August - Crime/Mystery)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - (August - Crime/Mystery)
Murder at the Vicarage - (August - Crime/Mystery)

[Roseanne]

Ah to have the summer off to read! I miss those days. Unfortunately I don't get the summer off but things do slow down and I do have more time to read. What I want to read this summer:

1. Under the Dome
2. Cress
3. The Notebook
4. Game Of Thrones #1
5. Sense and Sensibility
6. Emma
7. At Hidden Falls
8. Torment

[Amber]

Under the dome
Frankenstein
Northanger abbey
The pearl
Chronicles of nick illusion
And some of my others on my tbr list
I'm reading Kingdom Keepers 7 and others right now.

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

What books do I want to read this summer? Only ALL OF THEM. *sigh*

I need to fill in some major gaps in my literary education this summer. James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Anthony Trollope, some of the old Greek playwrights, more of the Russians... gah! Not to mention all the books that I own and haven't read yet, and more at the library that will undoubtedly be calling my name, and who knows what else I'll find along the way!

Can I just have a meltdown now and get it over with?

[Rebecca]

Faye, I have the same problem. I have so many books to read, and I keep buying more. I need to read some more classics this summer, but I don't know what to choose.
I read the Chronicles of Barset series by Anthony Trollope last year an really enjoyed it.I think The Warden is a good place to start with him. It's the first in the series, and it's shorter than the others.

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

Rebecca wrote: "Faye, I have the same problem. I have so many books to read, and I keep buying more. I need to read some more classics this summer, but I don't know what to choose.
I read the Chronicles of Bar..."

Exactly! I feel like I need to read all the books I already own before I can justify buying more, but dangit, I want more NOW. :P

I will definitely start with The Warden. I got Barchester Towers from my library a while back, but it kept referring to events from the previous book, so I quit reading it. Sadly, my library doesn't have The Warden! Imagine not having the first book of a series? Oy...

[Roseanne]

I have the same problem too! Right now there is two stacks of physical books next to my night stand. They were given to me so how could I turn books away? They are not even on my tbr list and I am still buying books and going to the library! Wouldnt it be nice to just sit around and read all day long? sigh!

[Amber]

I only have 1 regular library book right now that I am reading that is due back on sunday plus a book I bought and some ebooks that are read for review requests.

[Rebecca]

Faye wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Faye, I have the same problem. I have so many books to read, and I keep buying more. I need to read some more classics this summer, but I don't know what to choose.
I read the C..."
If you have a Kindle, it's free.
http://www.amazon.com/Warden-Anthony-...
Or, here's the entire series for 99 cents: http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Ch...

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

Rebecca wrote: "Faye wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Faye, I have the same problem. I have so many books to read, and I keep buying more. I need to read some more classics this summer, but I don't know what to choose. ..."

I don't have a Kindle. I'll just order it through inter-library loan, unless I can find it at a used bookstore.

[Rebecca]

I never think about inter-library loans. Hopefully, you can find a copy.

[A]

I'm mostly concentrating on reading standalones this summer. Anyway, here goes my list -

Crescendo
Silence
Finale
The Selection
The Elite
The One
Thirteen Reasons Why
Why We Broke Up
The List
Second Chance Summer
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
The Truth About Forever
Nineteen Minutes

[Joi]

I have a long list of books I would like to read during the Summer. Reading is all I do, and I plan to do a lot of it.

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

Rebecca wrote: "I never think about inter-library loans. Hopefully, you can find a copy."

They're always a last resort for me, because sometimes they can take weeks to arrive, and once they do arrive they can't be renewed. Too much pressure! :P

But now that we've been talking about it, I just went and ordered it, so we'll see what happens! :)

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

Joi wrote: "I have a long list of books I would like to read during the Summer. Reading is all I do, and I plan to do a lot of it."

That last sentence? I suddenly have an intense craving to have that on a t-shirt. Or a Do-Not-Disturb sign. Or both.

[Joi]

Faye wrote: "Joi wrote: "I have a long list of books I would like to read during the Summer. Reading is all I do, and I plan to do a lot of it."

That last sentence? I suddenly have an intense craving to have t..."

Lol. It was just that good of a sentence, huh?

[Susan]

One Plus One
Charlotte Street
Gone Girl
The Silkworm
Northanger Abbey
Life After Life

I vowed not to buy any more books until I made my way through my bookcase, but it's impossible. I've had these books (bar two) for months now.

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

Joi wrote: "Faye wrote: "Joi wrote: "I have a long list of books I would like to read during the Summer. Reading is all I do, and I plan to do a lot of it."

That last sentence? I suddenly have an intense crav..."

It's just so TRUE!

[Kassandra]

I feel like there are just too many books to count all of the ones that I want to read! Hubby and I are trying to book a week off this summer to go away and if that happens, it will be me on a beach with a pile of books at my side. Off the top of my head (there are lots more I'm sure that I will be adding soon), I'll be reading:

Looking for Alaska
Paper Towns
The Kite Runner
The Maze Runner
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Kings of Cool
The Husband's Secret
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
The Serpent of Venice: A Novel
The Year of the Flood
Anyone But You: A Modern-Day Spin on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
The MatchmakerThe Book of Joe

[Laura]

War and Peace is my big summer read. I would like to also read a few hiking memoirs and a couple of suspense novels. I also will plan on reading the summer classics that are chosen so that should keep me busy I would say.

[Holly, That Geeky One]

I've just updated my post to include more titles (especially for the genre challenges). Only 3 weeks, then my summer technically starts!

[Holly, That Geeky One]

I've updated it again! Added way more structue to it!

[Lucy]

I unfortunately don't get the summer off any more :( so reading will be staying at the same pace I'm afraid!

I am, however, heading away for a week with my old university friends (beach holiday, yay!), so am taking a couple of the beefy Game of Thrones books to get me through.

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

Holly wrote: "I've updated it again! Added way more structue to it!"

Ohhh, I hadn't thought of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time for contemporary! *orders from library*

I love your list! You'll have an awesome summer. :D

[Holly, That Geeky One]

I have gone slightly insane, I must admit! The list got so long that I decided to make a separate tbr-summer shelf!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Holy Hernia, Batgirl! I just peeked at your updated summer list! 8-o

[Holly, That Geeky One]

I know... I have actually changed it slightly, and I need to update this one. 35 books now!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Oh, My! ... The ADD went into hyperdrive. Between Karen's Awesome Bingo Challenge and "deciding" what I want to read this summer I went a little crazy. There are lists and sub-lists. There was research. And, now, of course, there's a headache. :( When will I learn???

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Oh, and a list that rivals Holly's. ;)

[Holly, That Geeky One]

I want to see this list, Renee!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Absolutely' as soon as I can use my thumbs again. :o

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

SUMMER READING
Completed 11

1 Play:
- Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls**

NONFICTION:
-Stiff (finish)
-Dickens Biography (finish)
-The Invisible Thread (finish)
-The Glass Castle (finish)
-Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
-Twelve Years A Slave
-Unbroken ?

YA:
-Speak (contemporary)**
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower (contemporary)**
-Divergent series (dystopian)
-Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookshop (mystery?)

LGBT:
-Middlesex (finish)
-And The Band Played On (Nonfiction)
-Maurice (Classic)
-Fingersmith
-Oranges Aren't the Only Fruit

GENRE CHALLENGE:

JUNE: Contemporary:
-The Husband's Secret (finish)

Contemporary American:
-Beautiful Day**
-Housekeeping**
-The Lemon Orchard**
-Attachments**
-Girl in Translation**


JULY: Utopian/Dystopian
-1Q84 (finish)
-The Girl With All The Gifts
-The Knife of Never Letting Go

AUGUST: Mystery
-Lady Audley's Secret (maybe)
-Law and the Lady (maybe)

American Mysteries:
-The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
-The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
-Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
-The Postman Always Rings Twice (Cain)
-Naked In Death (JD Robb)

CLASSICS:
Chunksters:
Bleak House (finish)
Don Quixote (finish)
Les Miserables (finish)
Crime and Punishment (finish)
Dune
Outlander

2 by George Eliot:
- Middlemarch**
- The Lifted Veil**

4 by Anthony Trollope:
- Can You Forgive Her?**
- Phineas Finn
- The Eustace Diamonds
- Phineas Redux

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

STARS & STRIPES SUMMER...
Completed 4/22

THE NORTHEAST:
-Blithedale Romance by Hawthorne
- Something by Louisa May Alcott

4 by Henry James:
- The Turn of the Screw**
-Daisy Miller**
-Portrait of a Lady
-What Maisie Knew

2 by Edith Wharton
-Summer
-Bunner Sisters

THE SOUTH:
-The Awakening by Kate Chopin**
-As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
-Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
-Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison**

THE MIDWEST:
-Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

3 by Willa Cather
-Oh, Pioneers!
-Song of the Lark
-My Antonia

2 by Mark Twain
-The Innocents Abroad
-Roughing It (west)

THE SOUTHWEST:
-The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

WEST COAST:
-The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
-Martin Eden by Jack London

1 Play:
-Twelve Angry Men**

[Lauren]

Oh my word... that is an epic list! Good luck!!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Yes to a Buddy read of My Antonia! It's the third in The Great Plains trilogy and although I'm sure they stand alone, I want to try to read them in order. I'll let you know when I get there.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I think Closer to the start date. I'm in the middle of a bunch of things and want to finish off a few before doing Cather. I'm thinking some time in July. Does that work for you?

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I'm also really flexible, and on the library/mood plan. It's part of the reason I read more than one book at at time. I'm sorry to hear about your Paris books, I gave up on a couple of things because the wait list was too long. But, there's still half a month left in June, so I hope you can still get in a little Parée.

Librivox has recordings for all three Cather novels, so I'll probably do a combination of listening and reading.

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Renee, that list definitely trumps mine! Crikey!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Gad! I keep trying to go back and pare it down, but just end up adding to it instead. There is just so much out there that I want to read!

[Lucy]

Renee, that's insane! Good luck - I'm rooting for you :)