Since early September I have been teaching English. As a result, I have had the chance to re-read the classics and some "new to me" classics. It highlighted how much I missed reading fiction, and so in June, as classes were winding down I gave myself a summer goal. I decided that I was going to "do" a summer reading list as I did when I was a teenager. It was one of the things I really looked forward to as the summer break would approach. Many of my friends groaned about having to read books over the summer break but I was so excited to get my hands on the list our school would assign. I also grew up in a reading household; the shelves were lined with the classics. So my brother and I loved reading, and I have carried that into my adult life.
However, over the years fiction has fallen by the wayside. I
never gave up reading, but it became scientific studies and academic articles
that that now took centre stage. I have tried to pick up works
of fiction here and there but unless they were tied to my career they were soon forgotten on the bedside table. This time though, I had a goal that between
July and August I would read at least five books... Now, I don't have a list to
work from but I thought, if I can read five as a teenager I can certainly get
through five books as an adult... I think I was a bit like a kid in a
candy store binging on stories. So far, I have gotten through a few more books than I thought I would read for the entire summer which is really exhilarating for me. I have ten titles already under my belt. And so, I thought it might be nice to take a little
moment to step back and absorb the works while I work up the appetite for my next
novel binge. A few of the novels were light reads, stories for my own research (Lauren, Hoang & Chbosky) on current genre and style. While other titles I read were solely for
pleasure... I won't review them all in this post but I will share the list below.
Here is the list I have gone through so far. I always love a
great suggestion so feel free to drop me a line and let me know about any riveting reads you've enjoyed; or even what you may have thought of the ones I've listed J
By Gail Honeyman
By Christina Lauren
By Andrew Sean Greer
By Stephen Chbosky
By Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
By Isabel Allende
By Joanna Goodman
I’ll review one of these titles in my post next week!
