Summer Reading

So far this has been such a low key summer it has been amazing. I've had a chance to spend time doing what I love the most reading. My summer reading goal was to keep it extremely relaxed and enjoyable, nothing even remotely serious as I've been lost in science textbooks ALL YEAR long. I do love science and reality, but I needed a little fake, easy-to-read, idealistic-world fiction.

The list so far includes the following:

• Bite-Size Science - a fun science book as I was still stuck in science teacher mode....
• Eclipse (okay -so not an outstanding piece of literature, but it was a must re-read before the movie came out!)
• Breaking Dawn (well once I read Eclipse I HAD to follow it up with a re-reading of the last installment of the saga!)
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (now one of my absolute favorites thanks to my good friend Marla for recommending it. Everyone should read this book.)
• The Magicians by Lev Grossman (an older more mature version of a hybrid between Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia - interesting but a hard follow up after The Hunger Games. I didn't love it as much as Dan did)
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (2nd Hunger Games book - amazing!)

Currently reading: True Believer by Nicholas Sparks

Like I said....not brilliant pieces of literature (except maybe The Hunger Games), but they've kept me entertained during this lazy summer that I definitely deserved after the last 9 months of teaching. 

To Be Read List:

• At First Sight - Nicholas Sparks (follow-up to the one I'm currently reading)
• The Short Second Life of Bre Tanner - Stephanie Meyer (again, must read after seeing Eclipse)
• The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan (one that I've been meaning to read and a good follow up to the Nicholas Sparks books as they are about a scientific journalist that tries to debunk the mysterious with true science)
• the last Work and the Glory book - I've been putting it off because I don't want the series to end...
• Re-read the last Harry Potter book (at least before November when the movie comes out)
• The Goose Girl - Shannon Hale
• Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

I know there are others too - but feel free to let me know if you've had any good summer reads or other recommendations!