Monday, May 21, 2012

Summer Reading List

Whoo hoo!  Summer break has finally arrived and I can't wait to read.  Once again, I am trying to break out of my traditional courtroom/police novels.  Here is my summer reading list:

  • Long Walk to Freedom:  The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela -I started this last night and it is really good so far!
  • A Tree Grow in Brooklyn - Betty Smith -this was on my list last summer and I didn't read it
  • Princess Academy - Shannon Hale -my Aunt Jalyn recommended this years ago, I picked it up for $1.99 today!
  • Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand -this was on my list last summer as well.  It has been recommended by many people
  • The Glass Castle - Jeanette Wells -I have heard this is a very good memoir.
  • Hotel of the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jamie Ford - this one has been on my Nook for at least a year waiting to be read.
  • To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee -I haven't read this in years, but I show the movie to my law & justice students every semester.  
  • World Without End - Ken Follett -this is the follow-up (but not sequel) to Pillars of the Earth.  I read it a few summers ago and really liked it!
I am not teaching this summer (whoo too) but I am taking a summer class.  I have really been making an effort the last few summers to break out of my normal genres.  I am excited about this list!  

1 comment:

Jessica said...

Thanks for the book suggestions!! I have read Glass Castle, it is a lot different than most books I read, it is one you can't put down for how freaking crazy it is. It is so hard to believe it is a true story! Definataly a book to read!!! Let me know what you think. Another really cute good read is called Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin,.