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Reading list: Summer Reading List 2016

Created by: Carissa Green Reads

It's that time of year again - my summer reading list. I choose nine books, three for each month, covering particular categories, which make the list manageable and leaves lots of room for serendipity. (However, inevitably, I only get eight read - one book always just eludes me. But it shows up again on the next year's list.) The reading period runs from Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day weekend. (My Memorial Day weekend actually started on Wednesday this year, so we're off and running. I'll give the categories in the notes for each book. Join in if you like, and we'll talk about books this summer.

-cg

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Books: 9

Maps and Legends

by Michael Chabon

Note: A Michael Chabon book. I've read all of the novels, so I can't wait for his new one, set to release at the end of the year!

War and Peace

by Lena Lencek, Joseph Frank, Constance Garnett, Leo Tolstoy

Note: A classic I've neglected. Yep, it's time for War and Peace. The new miniseries pushed me in that direction, I won't lie.

Cloud 9

by Caryl Churchill

Note: A play. I've meant to read some Churchill for a long time, and this will help give the list some gender balance.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

Note: A recent "big" book - "big" meaning both a popular title and a long book. (We used to call these "fat" books when I was a kid.)

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

Note: Carryover from Last Year. Last year it was the "Recommendation from a Friend." And now she's loaned it to me, so it won't be the book that gets missed in 2016.

The Comfort of Strangers

by Ian McEwan

Note: An Ian McEwan Book. I've read most of his recent books; now I'm working my way backward.

The Boys of Summer

by Roger Kahn

Note: A baseball book.

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes

Note: A recommendation from a friend. My most trusted and beloved friend.

The BFG

by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

Note: A YA book. For obvious reasons. Will also try to read "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." For the same obvious reasons.

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boghunden 9 years ago

Oh wow, War & Peace, good luck! :)
Can't wait to see what you think of Ready Player One :)

Carissa Green Reads 9 years ago

Thanks! I've read about 150 pages of "War and Peace" so far. The first section is a lot of talking in drawing rooms. The second section has some war - and a lot of talking in soldiers' spaces. It's hard to keep the characters straight. I think I prefer "Anna Karenina" at this point.

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