Saturday, May 16, 2009

I wanted to write you a verse....

I love to read. I espeically love the summer because I get to read more than I usually do during the year. I decided to write a post listing all the books I want to read this summer because I do better when I have a list I can add to and check things off with.

Also, devoted readers, I LOVE reading suggestions. So, if you know of books you think I should read, let me know and I will submit them to the reading council ;)

Books to read this summer (in no particular order):
  1. Book of Mormon (maybe in Icelandic as well)
  2. North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  3. Mansfeild Park by Jane Austen
  4. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
  5. Emma by Jane Austen
  6. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
  7. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  8. The Book Theif by Markus Zusak
  9. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
  10. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn
  11.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  12. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  13. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  14. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  15. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
  16. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
  17. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
  18. Notre-Dame of Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) by Victor Hugo
  19. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
  20. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
  21. Chocolat by Joanne Harris
  22. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Books read: 0
Books to read: 22

Most of these books are from the challenge I took last year and I never got around to reading. Let's see if that is different this year. I would REALLY love suggestions though.

5 comments:

N said...

Looks like you have a pretty good list. I've read several of the books you have listed and they were all good reads. The Last Lecture is probably one of my favorites, it is an amazing book!

Elisa said...

Good choices. I really liked "Great Expectations" by Dickens rather than "Nicholas Nickleby." But that's just my opinion.

enigmatic said...

I'm really excited to read The Last Lecture. I'll let you know what I think.

I could read either since they are on Project Gutenberg which means I can read them for FREE on my kindle. Why do you like Great Expectations better?

Elisa said...

I think I just got more into the story. There's a crazy old lady in it who I just really like. If you like dickens, you'll probably like both.

Also, you're the only person I know who would own a kindle...

Alexa said...

read the Inkheart trilogy. It sounds dumb but my friend and I read them and fell in love.