Summer Reading List 2015

Yes I still make my own summer reading lists and they're awesome! I like to only read "summer themed" books during the summer months, so starting June 1st until August 31 I only read off of that list. The criteria to get on the list is the plot takes place during the summer, the cover is summer themed, or the title is summer themed. Right now I have 36 books on my list, but that can always get bigger, or I might not even finish (I still have a couple of books left over from last summers list). I read some pretty bomb books last summer, and I've already picked up my first 3 to start. On my list for this year I have:

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
Wicked Charms (Lizzie & Diesel #3) by Janet Evanovich
Diamond Head by Cecily Wong
Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny
Oh! You Pretty Things by Shanna Mahin
Eat, Drink, & Remarry: Confessions of a Serial Wife by Margo Howard
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
The Amateurs by David Halberstam
Witches of the East End (The Beauchamp Family #1) by Melissa de la Cruz
Rules of Summer (Rules of Summer #1) by Joanna Philbin
Since Last Summer (Rules of Summer #2) by Joanna Philbin
We Were Liars by e. Lockhart
Where You Left Me by Jennifer Gardner Trulsen
After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family 1968 to the Present by Randy J. Taroborrelli
End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Brooklyn Girls (Brooklyn Girls #1) by Gemma Burgess
The Rocks by Peter Nichols
The Agent: My 40 Year Career Making Deals & Changing the Game by Leigh Steinberg
Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Memories of Rock Muses & Supergroupies by Pamela Des Barres
Save the Date: The Occasional Mortification's of a Serial Wedding Guest by Jen Doll
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
Sum It Up: 1,098 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective by Pat Summitt
Life in Spite of Me: Extraordinary Hope After a Fatal Choice by Kristen Jane Anderson
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
Buyoant: How Water & Willpower Helped Wella to Channel Aaron & Hayley Peirsol by Wella Hartig
Pinch Me by Adena Halpern
Swimming by Nicola Keegan
The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, & a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife by Janna Esarey Cawrse
Flip-Flopped by Jill Smolinski
Wining Balance: What I've Learned So Far about Love, Faith, & Living Your Dream by Shawn Johnson
Come to the Edge by Christina Haag
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Summer Secrets by Jane Green

I read The Great Gatsby every summer, it's just what I do (it really is a great summer beach read). I also had to delete The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson, it sounded awesome butttt I couldn't find it through the library system or even on bn.com for my Nook, so I will not be reading it. I do not pay for books. I read too much to be doing that. Also I have some holds at the libby that should be coming through this summer. At least I hope they do because I am really looking forward to reading The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. I have already knocked off We Were Liars by e. Lockhart, it was interesting. Actually it wasn't at all interesting, it was extremely predictable and not worth my time to read. Anywho check back for that review within the coming days. That's all for now!

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The Selection Series by Kiera Cass

I don't think it's any surprise that I love meself some YA! I think I was introduced to a blurb about The Selection series in Newsweek ...kidding it was an issue of Seventeen I was reading at the Dentist? Whatever it doesn't matter, all you need to know is that its awesome! A Dystopian America that's now a smaller fragile absolute monarchy and has a caste system??? Uh yes please! The series (originally a trilogy) is narrated by America Singer, a 5 (there are 8 castes) who lives in post WW3 (could be WW4 I honestly don't remember) Illea province named Carolina. As Artists, 5's are 3rd from the bottom in the caste system. I would equate them to the typical American family today, not well off, but they feel the struggle of staying afloat throughout the year. As per tradition with all the Princes of Illea a selection is held, where 35 girls throughout the kingdom compete for his hand in marriage. Kinda like The Bachelor meets The Hunger Games with less bloodshe...

Dr. Scholl's Actives for Her (Brought to you by Influenster)

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Getting it done!

A Book with More Than 500 Pages: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson A Book Set in Another Country: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson A Book That was Originally Written in a Different Language: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson A Book Written by an Author with the Same Initials: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson A Book You Started but Never Finished: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson I know that this is probably a lot of cheating, like a lot a lot, but these two books covered everythingggg. Its most likely also cheating because I listened to both of these books on "tape". Why would I do such a thing like that? Because I found the first book ( The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ) incredibly difficult to read. The books are translate from Swedish and I appreciate the time it must take to actually do that, but sometimes the sentence structure isn't always how I would like it to be. Any ...

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