At the beginning of this year, I chose not to set a goal for the number of books I was going to read after doing the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge last year. I just wanted to read what I wanted, when I wanted, and see where it went!
Well, by the end of March I had already read 30 books! So then I decided to set a lofty goal of 100 books because I knew I would have a lot of time this summer and I was already cruising through books!
Then COVID hit and I was suddenly teaching online and then I felt like I didn't have time to do anything anymore!
So here I am at the end of June and I am currently 13 books behind schedule. Yikes. Since summer started, I have picked it up, but I have a lot to do! So I did what I normally do and started a list. In order to be back on track, I needed to read 31 books. I wrote out a rough draft of 31 books I was going to read and then added 19 more to make it 50 just in case I got adventurous.
Here's what I plan on reading this summer in case you need some inspiration!
1. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (check!)
2. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (check!)
3. Slave Stealers by Timothy Ballard (currently reading)
4. Amy Snow by Tracy Rees
5. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
6. Silent Souls Weeping by Jane Clayson Johnson (currently reading)
7. Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
8. The Secrets of Happy Families by Bruce Feiler
9. Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman (check!)
10. Baby Wise by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam
11. Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp
12. Before and After by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate
13. The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
14. The Dutch House by Ann Patcheett
15. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
16. My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brody Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (currently reading) - audio
17. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
18. The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson
19. The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
20. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein - audio
21. The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner -audio
22. I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel
23. The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn
24. The Curated Closet by Anuschka Rees
25. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
26. Fire and Steel #2 by Gerald Lund
27. Fire and Steel #3 by Gerald Lund
28. The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
29. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
30. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
31. More than Enough by Miranda Anderson
32. Seven at Sea by Emily Orton and Erik Orton
33. The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
34. White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
35. The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy by Jean Kennedy Smith
36. The Read Aloud Family by Sarah McKenzie
37. Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
38. The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
39. Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl
40. How to Celebrate Everything by Jenny Rosenstrach
41. Make the Bread, Buy the Butter by Jennifer Reese
42. Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher
43. New Kid by Jerry Craft
44. Jackpot by Nic Stone
45. A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
46. The Great and Only Barnum by Candace Fleming
47. City Spies by James Ponti
48. The Gift of Forgiveness by Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt
49. A Place to Belong by Camille Fronk Olson and Hollie Rhees Fluhman
50. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
