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 Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 4:57 pm
To celebrate the end of another university semester and the impending release of high school/middle school/etc for summer: what are all of your summer reading plans? If you have any, that is.
For me, my family just got a deck built onto our house. In celebration I'm going to read Stephen King novels at night out there all summer!
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:44 am
Well, aside from having to run some of the summer reading programming for elementary kids at work, I'll be sure to enter our staff reading program. Every week, you get an entry in a lottery for every book you've read. The prizes are usually $10 gift cards to local businesses (Starbucks, Borders, etc.). So, I'll have to be sure to read at least one adult book a week starting in June.
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 6:29 am
I've set up a rather ambitious schedule for myself including (but not limited to) the following:
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Innocents Abroad
At the Mountains of Madness
Moby d**k
The Brothers Karamazov
Fear and Trembling
Don Quixote
A Jane Austen novel, but I haven't decided which
Another Thomas Hardy novel, but I haven't decided which
The Painted Veil
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Some epic poem, possibly Paradise Lost
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
A play by Shakespeare, but I haven't decided which
A Vonnegut novel, but I haven't decided which
The Crying of Lot 49
Shogun
An Agatha Christie novel, but I haven't decided which
A James Cain novel, but I haven't decided which
War and Peace
Notes from Underground
Sophie's World
The Subtle Knife & The Amber Spyglass
novels by Gaiman and Prachett, but I haven't decided which
Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano
You or Someone Like You
An Ernest Hemingway novel, but I haven't decided which
Yeah, so...there's probably no way I'll complete that...but at least I have it all written in one place now! ;^^
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 6:01 pm
musing_maiden I've set up a rather ambitious schedule for myself including (but not limited to) the following: Far from the Madding Crowd The Innocents Abroad At the Mountains of Madness Moby d**k The Brothers Karamazov Fear and Trembling Don Quixote A Jane Austen novel, but I haven't decided which Another Thomas Hardy novel, but I haven't decided which The Painted Veil Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Some epic poem, possibly Paradise Lost The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire A play by Shakespeare, but I haven't decided which A Vonnegut novel, but I haven't decided which The Crying of Lot 49 Shogun An Agatha Christie novel, but I haven't decided which A James Cain novel, but I haven't decided which War and Peace Yeah, so...there's probably no way I'll complete that...but at least I have it all written in one place now! ;^^
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 9:21 pm
Nicky Cade musing_maiden I've set up a rather ambitious schedule for myself including (but not limited to) the following: Far from the Madding Crowd The Innocents Abroad At the Mountains of Madness Moby d**k The Brothers Karamazov Fear and Trembling Don Quixote A Jane Austen novel, but I haven't decided which Another Thomas Hardy novel, but I haven't decided which The Painted Veil Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Some epic poem, possibly Paradise Lost The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire A play by Shakespeare, but I haven't decided which A Vonnegut novel, but I haven't decided which The Crying of Lot 49 Shogun An Agatha Christie novel, but I haven't decided which A James Cain novel, but I haven't decided which War and Peace The Martian Chronicles and Farenheit 451 Yeah, so...there's probably no way I'll complete that...but at least I have it all written in one place now! ;^^ I've actually read Slaughterhouse Five. It was amazing. It was what turned me on to Vonnegut: his introspection; his barefaced morality; his blunt indictment of humanity. What did you like about it? Also, why don't you share your list, too? Maybe I can add some of your reads to my own list. whee
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 2:33 am
I don't really have a list of books that I aim to read over the summer, except from the pile next to settee (which is where all the books I own but haven't read yet end up...).
Then again I'm going to graduate before the summer, so I won't have a huge holiday to read lots of books in any more. crying
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 9:29 am
CasandraM I don't really have a list of books that I aim to read over the summer, except from the pile next to settee (which is where all the books I own but haven't read yet end up...). Then again I'm going to graduate before the summer, so I won't have a huge holiday to read lots of books in any more. crying Oh, I'm sorry. Hopefully, you'll be able to make time for reading, one way or another.
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 8:14 pm
musing_maiden Nicky Cade musing_maiden I've set up a rather ambitious schedule for myself including (but not limited to) the following: Far from the Madding Crowd The Innocents Abroad At the Mountains of Madness Moby d**k The Brothers Karamazov Fear and Trembling Don Quixote A Jane Austen novel, but I haven't decided which Another Thomas Hardy novel, but I haven't decided which The Painted Veil Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Some epic poem, possibly Paradise Lost The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire A play by Shakespeare, but I haven't decided which A Vonnegut novel, but I haven't decided which The Crying of Lot 49 Shogun An Agatha Christie novel, but I haven't decided which A James Cain novel, but I haven't decided which War and Peace Yeah, so...there's probably no way I'll complete that...but at least I have it all written in one place now! ;^^ I've actually read Slaughterhouse Five. It was amazing. It was what turned me on to Vonnegut: his introspection; his barefaced morality; his blunt indictment of humanity. What did you like about it? Also, why don't you share your list, too? Maybe I can add some of your reads to my own list. whee
My summer reading list is kind of...out there in written form but here we go:
By Stephen King:
-Pet Sematary
Cujo
-IT (maybe. I've read it once before)
-Desperation
-The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
-The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (I love that novel and read it ever summer...and every semester...and every rainy day, haha)
-The Haunting Of Toby Jugg by Dennis Wheatley
-The Harry Potter series back-to-back (It's been a while...)
-And I'm going to attempt to get some of the books I'll have to read for classes in the fall out of the way (It'll be a bunch of YA literature for my Children's Lit course, and Toni Morrison novels for my seminar, "The Author").
Hope I have you an idea of what to read! If not, it's fun to talk books, isn't it?
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 5:32 pm
Nicky Cade musing_maiden Nicky Cade musing_maiden I've set up a rather ambitious schedule for myself including (but not limited to) the following: Far from the Madding Crowd The Innocents Abroad At the Mountains of Madness Moby d**k The Brothers Karamazov Fear and Trembling Don Quixote A Jane Austen novel, but I haven't decided which Another Thomas Hardy novel, but I haven't decided which The Painted Veil Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Some epic poem, possibly Paradise Lost The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire A play by Shakespeare, but I haven't decided which A Vonnegut novel, but I haven't decided which The Crying of Lot 49 Shogun An Agatha Christie novel, but I haven't decided which A James Cain novel, but I haven't decided which War and Peace Yeah, so...there's probably no way I'll complete that...but at least I have it all written in one place now! ;^^ I've actually read Slaughterhouse Five. It was amazing. It was what turned me on to Vonnegut: his introspection; his barefaced morality; his blunt indictment of humanity. What did you like about it? Also, why don't you share your list, too? Maybe I can add some of your reads to my own list. whee
My summer reading list is kind of...out there in written form but here we go:
By Stephen King:
-Pet Sematary
Cujo
-IT (maybe. I've read it once before)
-Desperation
-The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
-The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (I love that novel and read it ever summer...and every semester...and every rainy day, haha)
-The Haunting Of Toby Jugg by Dennis Wheatley
-The Harry Potter series back-to-back (It's been a while...)
-And I'm going to attempt to get some of the books I'll have to read for classes in the fall out of the way (It'll be a bunch of YA literature for my Children's Lit course, and Toni Morrison novels for my seminar, "The Author").
Hope I have you an idea of what to read! If not, it's fun to talk books, isn't it?
Sounds like a good summer. Yes, it is great fun to talk books! smile Stephen King is not really my thing, but I liked The Stand.
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:02 pm
this summer im reading(by school)
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Of Mice and Men by John Steinback
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
books im reading for the hell of it:
The Count of Monte Cristo(unabridged) by Alexander Dumas
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Oliver twist by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn
re reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
Man in the Iron Mask
twenty years after
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:20 am
Vardent this summer im reading(by school) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Of Mice and Men by John Steinback Life of Pi by Yann Martel books im reading for the hell of it: The Count of Monte Cristo(unabridged) by Alexander Dumas Hard Times by Charles Dickens Oliver twist by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn re reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas Man in the Iron Masktwenty years afterA big fan of Victorian lit, I see. I, too, enjoy it greatly. heart
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:32 pm
musing_maiden Vardent this summer im reading(by school) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Of Mice and Men by John Steinback Life of Pi by Yann Martel books im reading for the hell of it: The Count of Monte Cristo(unabridged) by Alexander Dumas Hard Times by Charles Dickens Oliver twist by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn re reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas Man in the Iron Masktwenty years afterA big fan of Victorian lit, I see. I, too, enjoy it greatly. heart Oh yeah lol if I had the money I'd have went ahead and gotten the unabridged count of monte cristo but I was out DX
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:06 pm
Yeah, I do have a reading plan for this summer.
First of all I'm planning on reading all the books that I bought 2 months before school ended. I have around 20+ books that I bought, but have been putting off because I keep on getting books from the public library. Ugh. I really need to quit that bad habit. sweatdrop
Also, I plan on reading the entire Warriors series. You know, the one about the warrior cats living in the wild? I thought at first that the series was going to be childish and a bit dumb and even went as far as to tell myself I would keep away from them, but I've heard so many good things about the series that my curiosity kicked in and I read the first book and fell in love with it. heart So now I'm going to read the entire series and find out how Fireheart deals with the prejudices of being a kittypet. xd
Also in my plan is to read at least four or five of Dostoyevsky novels. Why? Because they are absolutely brilliant! As soon as I was finished reading The Brother's Karamazov I knew that one; it had now become my favorite book, and two; the author was a complete genius. 3nodding
So, yeah, that's my summer reading plan. wink
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:45 pm
Ark of Yamato Yeah, I do have a reading plan for this summer. First of all I'm planning on reading all the books that I bought 2 months before school ended. I have around 20+ books that I bought, but have been putting off because I keep on getting books from the public library. Ugh. I really need to quit that bad habit. sweatdrop Also, I plan on reading the entire Warriors series. You know, the one about the warrior cats living in the wild? I thought at first that the series was going to be childish and a bit dumb and even went as far as to tell myself I would keep away from them, but I've heard so many good things about the series that my curiosity kicked in and I read the first book and fell in love with it. heart So now I'm going to read the entire series and find out how Fireheart deals with the prejudices of being a kittypet. xd Also in my plan is to read at least four or five of Dostoyevsky novels. Why? Because they are absolutely brilliant! As soon as I was finished reading The Brother's Karamazov I knew that one; it had now become my favorite book, and two; the author was a complete genius. 3nodding So, yeah, that's my summer reading plan. wink Haha, I do the same thing. There are so many books I want to read and I can't seem to finish any of them unless I read them one or two at a time. Yay, a fellow Dostoevsky fan! I, too, happen to be reading The Idiot. I'm about 200 pages in. What do you think of it?
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:56 pm
Vardent musing_maiden Vardent this summer im reading(by school) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Of Mice and Men by John Steinback Life of Pi by Yann Martel books im reading for the hell of it: The Count of Monte Cristo(unabridged) by Alexander Dumas Hard Times by Charles Dickens Oliver twist by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn re reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas Man in the Iron Masktwenty years afterA big fan of Victorian lit, I see. I, too, enjoy it greatly. heart Oh yeah lol if I had the money I'd have went ahead and gotten the unabridged count of monte cristo but I was out DX How unfortunate. gonk I'm sure you'll be able to find it at the library, though. 3nodding
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