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It’s Time For Summer!

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I love lists!! I especially love summer reading lists. During the summer months I work the same amount of hours that I normally do but for some reason, maybe the fact that the days are longer, I feel as if I have more time to read.

This year I will be spending a lot of time by the pool because I signed my daughter up for eight weeks of swim lessons. That means that I will have an extra thirty minutes of reading time each day. That’s heaven to me!

There are a lot of lists coming out right now but the list that I always keep an eye out for is NPR’s. Well, NPR actually comes out with several lists for summer so if you want to check them out, click here.

This summer I hope to pick up and finish the rest of the Harry Potter series. I stopped at book four (when I had kid #2) and never picked them up again. I got completely sidetracked by sleepless nights.

What one book are you looking forward to this summer?

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My Need to Read (or Finish) Pronto List!

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When I find myself a tad overwhelmed by my reading list, it helps for me to see the book covers all in one spot. I keep a spreadsheet to track all of the books that are sent to me and I use it to create a timeline of sorts so I can schedule my reading appropriately. However, nothing seems to work as well as seeing the covers all in one place. So this is what this post is about. This is my visual aid to myself.

Cemetery Dance by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston

I have a handful of pages to finish on this one. I just need to sit down and finish it! I brought it to work today so hopefully this will be crossed off my list by the end of today.

Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe by Jennie Shortridge

I am almost done with this one as well. There’s a lot for me to relate to here so I have been taking my time with it but I hope to be done with this one by this weekend. I have a little surprise planned for later with this one too.

Foreign Tongue by Vanina Marsot

I just started this one. I am planning something special in conjunction with the review and there will be some surprises for this one as well!

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

I got this one as part of Library Thing’s Early Reviewer program. I am halfway done with this one. I blame the Festival of Books because I was all gung-ho on reading it and then got sidetracked with the event. Had a hard time picking it up again but plan to finish it this weekend.

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

My friend recommended this one to me ages ago and I haven’t had a chance to read it. I promised him that I would get to it this month so it is on the timeline.

Prayers for Bobby by Leroy Aarons

This is my book club’s pick for June. Haven’t started it yet but I still have some time for this one.

There now. After this weekend I should be caught up. Not too bad, right?