It's finally warming up in Iowa--65 today! and everyone is busy running around outside trying to get in the yard work we usually accomplish in late March. Now I've got to figure out just how I can work in the yard, run, and still have time to relax and read on the back deck. It's my first year with a lovely deck to sit and chill, and I can't wait to sit outside in the early summer mornings, read and relax. When the sun moves around, and it gets too hot, I'll move myself to my front porch. I'm pretty lucky to have both.
As always, I'm faced with a pile of books that I've accumulated over the months, and haven't read, and I'm struggling with the idea of making a list for the summer, or just diving in and grabbing what sounds good at any given moment. I'm leaning towards making a list, if only so I may tick them off as the summer progresses. I've got a few ambitious titles to read: Leonardo Da Vinci's biography by Walter Isaacson, a Kurt Vonnegut novel (I've never read anything of his), Prairie Fires (a 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner), and a few favorite authors that I've neglected: Kevin Hearne, Sandra Dallas, Paula Brackston, and many more. It may be time to break out the Excel spreadsheet!
Do you read longer books during the summer, or lighter, quick reads? What do you take on vacation? Do you have a book you absolutely must read this summer?
I'll be posting my May reads list this week; I consider May the start of summer reading, so I'll be curious to see what books I've chosen from my bookshelves at home, library, and the bookstore. Lots to choose from, and three book group selections to include in that mix.
Cheers and happy reading!
Sue
I don't have a reading list as such, just two big bookcases of To-be-read books. What I read depends very much on whatever I am in the mood for at that moment, so when I finish a book I browse my shelves for the next read.
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