Back in June I posted my Summer Reading plan for 2018. Today I want to give a brief update.
Family Reading Challenge
By the end of July, my husband was the only one of the three of us to finish the six assigned books. I am so proud of him! My son has almost finished three and I have finished two. We plan to keep pushing forward to get those done by Fall Break (October).
#BookaDay
This is the only challenge I completed this summer. My goal was to read 61 books in 61 days. I finished 69. This includes 20 picture books which really help on days when I don’t have a lot of time to read a longer book.
Some of my favorites from this summer are:
- Head On by John Scalzi (adult science fiction – sequel to Lock In which is also awesome)
- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (picture book)
- A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman (adult historic mystery)
- Annie’s Life in Lists by Kristin Mahoney (middle grade contemporary with a fantastic format!)
- The Pros of Cons by Alison Cherry and Lindsay Ribar and Michelle Shusterman (YA contemporary)
- Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson (YA contemporary – this was literally stunning)
- Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart (YA dystopian)
Hopefully I’ll be able to post reviews of a lot of these soon!
TBR Shelf
Instead of cleaning off the TBR shelf, I ADDED more to it! So obviously a big fail here, too!
While I only achieved one of my three reading goals for the summer break, I did a lot of great reading and really enjoyed myself. I had a ton of reviews I committed to do this summer which drove a lot of my reading decisions. Interestingly enough, only one of the summer favorites I listed above was a book I read for a publisher (Grace and Fury). I think that says a lot about the power of reading choice, even for adults.
Did you read anything amazing this summer?