Cassandra's Summer Reading Challenge

[Cassandra]

I am looking forward to completing this challenge!

Summer Reading Challenge
Expert Level

The goal is to accomplish the tasks within the months they are featured:

June Reads:
Take Pride - Simon vs the Home Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli


Into the Great Wide Open – Watership Down, by Richard Adams


It’s the End of the World – Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline


School’s Out for Summer - The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank


Sick Day [I was a supernerd so I read all my school books, so I've chosen one to read again!] - Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley


Hook ‘Em – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, by Paul Torday


Sports-a-holic – First & Then, by Emma Mills


Dear Penpal – Bridget Jones's Baby, by Helen Fielding


Father Knows Best – To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee


Campfire Story – The Wire in the Blood, by Val McDermid


Ocean Blue – Life of Pi, by Yann Martel



July Reads:
Get Your Grill On– Apricots on the Nile, by Colette Rossant


Backyard BBQ – The Camomile Lawn, by Mary Wesley


Forefathers– Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow


The Colors of Summer – Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi


Red, White, and Blue – Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge


Funny Bone – Theft by Finding, by David Sedaris


Embrace Your Inner Geek – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams


Sun, Moon, and Stars – Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers


I Feel a Breeze – Absolutely Golden, by D. Foy


Beach Bum - Origin, by Dan Brown


Sand Between My Toes - The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson



August Reads:
Let’s Get It On – The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCollough


It’s 12 O’clock Somewhere – Twelve Steps to Normal, by Farrah Penn


Stranded – Catch-22, by Joseph Heller


One and Done – Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Back


Lucky to Have You – Night Manager, by John le Carre


Girl Power – Women & Power: A Manifesto, by Mary Beard


Life is a Highway – Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Devine


Time of Our Lives – The Princess Bride, by William Goldman


Memories – Let's Pretend this Never Happened, by Jenny Lawson

[Lori, Super Mod]

ooooh! Watership Down is a great choice for "Into the Great Wide Open"!

And hooray for planning to read D.Foy's Absolutely Golden. It's a pretty trippy little book!

[Cassandra]

Thanks! Looking forward to starting :-)

[Cassandra]

1 down - Take Pride - 30 to go!

[Cassandra]

2/31 I better pick up the pace!

[Cassandra]

Also added an extra read - Unshelve It - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

[Cassandra]

A bit behind in the middle of July but hoping to do a final burst and get them all!

Read for June:
-Take Pride
-It's the End of the World
-School's Out for Summer
-Sports-a-holic
-Ocean Blue

Replaced Sick Day (Frankenstein) with Moby Dick (still to read!)

Read for July:
-Red, White, and Blue

On the plus side, I'm mostly through with several others. This challenge has really helped me to pick-up and put-down several books at a time, meaning I can always find something I'm in the mood for :-)