SATURDAY SMORGASBORD: Summer Reading Wrap Up

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?

 

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