Just for Fun - My Summer Reading List 2012

Last summer, I posted a reading list that included books from various categories, including my all-time faves, some easy reads and what I was hoping to read over the summer.  I enjoyed doing it and liked hearing from readers that picked a book to read from my list.  So I'm doing it again!

Memoirs:

Infidel - AMAZING!!!

Lit

Tender Bar

Historical Fiction:

In the Time of Butterflies

Thought-provoking:

Bringing up Bebe

Sense of an Ending

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Locks

Classics:

Sherlock Holmes
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Just for Fun:

Paper Towns

Dandelion Summer

Carrie Goes Off the Map

Minding Frankie

Girl in Translation

Home by Morning

Fifty Shades of Grey (3-book series) - I need to explain this rec.  I didn't like the first book.  I thought the writing was poor, the lead male character was despicable and the sex was GROSS - too graphic, and so nerdy!  But my friend told me to persevere, so I did and the lead character became like Don Draper or Tony Soprano.  You root for them because they are damaged and just can't help the way they are!  And I just skipped over the gross (and so not romantic) sex scenes.

All the Books I Hope to Read this Summer:

The Expats

The Violets of March

The Slap

The Miracles of Santo Fico

Skinnydipping

The Night Circus
Most Talkative

Recent Books I Hated or Could Not Finish (a new category!)

Under the Banner of Heaven

When Everything Changed

Let the Great World Spin

State of Wonder

Little Bee

Wicked

 

And here is the link to the list from last summer.

http://mommywisdomblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/just-for-fun-my-summer-reading-list.html

Happy Reading!  And like last year, please tell me your newest fave, I always need new book ideas.