Summer Reading Challenge
One task I had planned for today was to cobble together the Summer Reading Challenge post. So I'm dragging my lip up off the floor and putting one foot in front of the other and doing it.
I had not posted my list earlier because I knew if the job came through, my list would be altered. A lot. But, it didn't and it wasn't. How's that for ambiguous antecedents?
Ever since the beach, I've felt like enjoying some fluff for a while, or at least nothing "school-ish" or scholarly (not that I really read anything scholarly anyway), but you get the idea, I hope. I think my revised list will be all fiction. At least for June.
First of all, I think I am going to finish Memorial Day by Vince Flynn. Flynn writes some fast-paced political thrillers that many say are better than Tom Clancy. I've never read Tom Clancy, so that part I wouldn't know, but he does suck you into a story that is hard to put down. Then, I think I'll just go ahead a finish all the rest of the Flynn books: Consent to Kill, and Act of Treason. This way, I'll be up-to-date when his new one comes out in the fall.
Then, I want to enjoy the trilogy by Melaanie Jeschke: Inklings, Expectations, and Evasions that I had planned on reading this summer anyway, plus the second book Walt Buckalew wrote in his Rebecca trilogy, By Many or By Few.
Finally, I hope to add Going Somewhere (George Grant) and Country Days (Taylor).
For my morning reading, I'm going to lighten up. Why not? And I think I might pause reading Luther's Faith Alone and do Philip Keller's Outdoor Moments with God instead. Plus I'll add another of Phyllis Tickle's books, The Graces We Remember: Sacred Days of Ordinary Time and Ordering Your Private World (MacDonald).
At some point I need to finish The Crown of Fire: Polycarp Bishop of Smyrna (Newson).
So there's my list.
Anyone else who wants to read intentionally this summer with the Seasonal Soundings' bunch, please post your list in the comments or a link to your list on your blog so I can edit it into this post. I'll continue updating through next week.
And here are some links to others' lists.
❧ Heidi at Mt. Hope Academy
❧ Rebecca at Fond of Books
❧ Kerry at Ten O'Clock Scholar
❧ Andrew at Running River Latin School
❧ Deb at Deb on the Run
❧ Kathleen at Rock Creek Rumblings
❧ Carrie at Mommy Brain
❧ Clara at Gleaning in the Shepherd's Field
❧ Amanda at Lone Star Laws
❧ Carol at Magistramater
❧ Brenda at Coffee, Tea, Books, and Me
❧ Kelli at New Mercies Everyday
❧ Barb at Book of Days
❧ Miss Paula at Gathering of Friends
❧ Marianna at The Heart of the Matter
❧ Bluebonnet Academy at A Bibliovore's Bookshelf
❧ Holly at Serenity Now
❧ Laura at Long and Winding Road
❧ Diane at A Circle of Quiet
❧ Ellen at The Happy Wonderer
❧ Serving Him at Home
❧ Juanita at Jam and Books
❧ Leann at The Prattling Pastor's Wife
❧ Lana at Above the Clouds
Read!
