Summer Reads 2018..So Far!

Don't you just love summer...for the additional time this season brings to read more books?

So far, over this summer break, I have read the following:

1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
2. Sleepers by Darcy Pattison
3. Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
4. A List of Cages by Robin Roe (AR Teen Read)
5. Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
6. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
7. Submerged by Dani Pettrey (checked out from Ind County Library!)
8. Shattered by Dani Pettrey
9. Stranded by Dani Pettrey
10. Silenced by Dani Pettrey
11. Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey
12. Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork (AR Teen Read)
13. Glimmer of Hope by Steve McHugh (Kindle) - July
14. Take Off by Joseph Reid (Kindle) - July
15. Still Waters by Viveca Sten (Kindle) - July

Nine of these were for books clubs (should have read more!  But...I over committed myself, and I am okay with that.  Those others will sit...and wait...on me to pick them up.  :)

1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - BHS Reads Faculty Book Club - So interesting. And a bit scary, for I kept thinking...could this really happen?
2. Sleepers by Darcy Pattison - Arkansas Reading Association Book Club
3. Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao - Talks with Teachers Book Club
4. A List of Cages by Robin Roe - AR Teen Read
5. Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance - The Paper Chase Book Club
6. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson - Book Love Book Club
7. Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork - AR Teen Read

Once I began this series for Women's Bible Cafe Book Club, I could not stop!  AND...I am so excited to say that I checked out all these books from the local library.  Go, me!  (I have such an addiction to books...one from which I see no hope of recovery.  None.)

1. Submerged by Dani Pettrey  - I so love beginning a series that is already complete...and reading right through to the end.  Fun!
2. Shattered by Dani Pettrey
3. Stranded by Dani Pettrey
4. Silenced by Dani Pettrey
5. Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey

Two I read for the Arkansas Teen Award...am a bit behind as I had commited to read eight of these books this summer!

1. A List of Cages by Robin Roe (AR Teen Read)
2. Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork (AR Teen Read)
3. The Hate U Give...just started this one a few minutes ago...:)

Please feel the excitement!  During my recent 12 days on the road and eight airplane flights, I read three Kindle books!  That's right...right there on my phone.  I have always said that I like the paper...the real...books better, but....but...I did enjoy diving into these books and not having to carry the books around.  Hummm...

1. Glimmer of Hope by Steve McHugh (Kindle) - July
2. Take Off by Joseph Reid (Kindle) - July
3. Still Waters by Viveca Sten (Kindle) - July

Not intentional, not by design...four book dealt with human/sex trafficking.  This stirs many emotions within me, none of which are pleasant.  I do appreciate these three for ever increasing that awareness.

1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
2. Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
3. Stranded by Dani Pettrey
4. Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork (AR Teen Read)

Quite the variety this summer!  I recommend all.

I still say the beauty of books clubs is that I read books outside of my reading box...and that is a good thing.

So good news!  Summer is not over!  Much reading still remains (although school approaches quickly with five days of in-service before our start date on August 15...with much to do before we begin again.)  Yes, what I am attempting to parlay...time to read may be limited over the next few weeks...uh, oh!

Happy reading!  What has been your favorite (or not favorite) read this summer?