Ashlie over at the wonderful blog, Be Your Own Lady encouraged her readers to create a summer syllabus for themselves; including things that we want to read, watch, or do over the summer. This is the first summer in two years that I feel like I'll finally have a bit of time to actually enjoy the season. As a librarian, summer is typically our busiest time of year but I'm looking forward to squeezing in some fun where I can. :)
Here are the books I'd like to read this summer, in between trips to the beach, hikes, and work. I'm going to try to not stress too much if I don't get everything read, but this seems like a good place to start. Thank goodness for audiobooks!
Book Club Books:
The Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour (library)
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (library)
You Don't Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent (#beyourownbookclub)
Graphic Novels:
Scott Pilgrim series by Bryan Lee O'Malley (finish)
Locke & Key series by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez (finish)
Lumberjanes series by Noelle Stevenson (finish)
Non-Fiction:
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering by Clara Benson
Stir: My Broken Brain and Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor
YA:
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
I am Princess X by Cherie Priest
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Re-Reads/Childhood Favorites:
Time Windows by Kathryn Reiss
The Other Shepards by Adele Griffin
The Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn
Great Michigan Read Nominating Committee:
Eden Springs by Laura Kasischke
Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm by Mardi Link
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
Other Fiction:
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
