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This summer's reading log has far more adult choices thanks to the new app Litsy on my phone. Do you Litsy? Mostly adult books are discussed and shared and many sound unbelievable good. Thankful I've learned to cross check with my public library to request and check out. So now I'm addicted to Litsy and love getting recommendations for more reading. Find me @Peaceful_Reader.
I do still love Goodreads because it's a great place to keep track of all my reading + my reading journal (I must have a paper copy in case the Internet goes down).
Here are stats so far for this summer and for the year to date.
Number
of books: summer = 22 / y-t-d = 41
Pages read: summer =
8,000 (nice round number) / y-t-d = 12,850
I read 8 adult
fiction titles, 4 YA books, and 9 elementary
fiction books + 1 graphic novel
All of the elementary
books I read including the graphic novel were for our Iowa Children's Choice Awards. I have about 7 more books to read this
week/weekend before I score them all and send in my ratings.
My absolute favorite book this summer is A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. I'm happy that I read it and I share the love for it with every adult reader that I know. If you haven't please do. It is pain + joy wrapped together which is just what life is. Jude will forever stay with you.
In order I read:
- The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage
- H2O by Virginia Bergin
- Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
- Speed of Light by J.M. Kelly
- The Marvels by Brian Selznick
- Capture the Flag by Kate Messner
- The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
- Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics by Chris G.
- The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett
- One Second After by William R. Forstchen
- A little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
- Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper
- New Kid by Tim Green
- Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
- Audacity Jones by Kirby Larson
- The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
- The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
- Jungle of Bones by Ben Mikaelsen
- Roller Girl by Victoria Jamiesen
I have two more books I am set to finish this week; Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam and Odd, Weird and Little by Patrick Jennings. What did you read this summer?