I’m pulling a Hannah, and there’s no way I will apologize for such behavior, because she is awesome. Anyway, the other day, Hannah posted her summer reading list, and I figured, why not do the same? Especially since the guilt of not posting in over a fortnight is crippling me. But that’s the way it goes, nothing happens in the summer, least of all May. Just me bumming around, waiting for friends to come home, waiting for work to start, making playlists for the imminent hours to be logged at the lovely BVFAC. So, without further ado, my summer reading list:
Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt
Loud in the House of Myself by Stacy Pershall
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (because I haven’t read it in 3 years)
The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
The Magus by John Fowles
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (because it’s my dad’s favorite book and I haven’t read it in over a decade)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy by various authors, and not insignificantly the BBC
On the Road by Jack Keruac (because, unlike Hannah, my beatnik phase is just dawning)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (despite the fact that mom spoiled it for me)
Hey Rube by Hunter S. Thompson
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
Believe it or not, that’s only about a third of my real list. But, keeping things in perspective, I probably won’t get more than this read seeing as how they’re almost exclusively literary fiction or non-fiction. Challenge accepted. I already knocked out This Side of Paradise (Fitzgerald) and Unfamiliar Fishes (Sarah Vowell). Aside from these, I also plan on reading the the 5th, 6th, and 7th Harry Potter’s in anticipation of the new film. Expect a couple of book reviews and a few more Harry Potter posts before the end of the summer. If you have any suggestions, throw them at me in the comment section!
Wow, way to put my reading list to shame. I’m planning to go through mainly fantasy novels. BTdubs. If you’re into medieval-ish settings and plots, Will introduced me to a great series called A Song of Ice and Fire. The first book was turned into an HBO series called Game of Thrones (because that’s the title of the first book)and they’re fantastic. Let’s spend some quality time reading next to each other in the sun this summer! Miss you!
I’ve heard of that series and know about the show, but I’m not really that into the medieval era unless Heath Ledger is jousting or the Monty Python troupe is involved… But yes, lot’s of side-by-side reading please!