This is the first summer in five years that I
have not been in graduate school (because I graduated in December, hurray!) so
my goal this summer is to read for fun. There are some new books I want to read
and some favorites I want to revisit.
I belong to two book clubs, the RRVWP Book Club
and the Grand Forks Central Book Club, so the selections for July and August
are new books I will read. They are: All
the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, The
Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and El
Deafo by Cece Bell. There are also some new books
coming out this summer by authors I have read before: The Wicked + The Divine Volume 2: Fandemonium by and illustrated by Little Black Lies by
Sharon Bolton.
I plan to spend the rest of my reading time
this summer with series that I have already read and LOVE. I started with the
eight Anne of Green Gables books by
L.M. Montgomery. I read Anne of Green
Gables in elementary school and loved it. It took me awhile to make it through the whole series (I got
bogged down in books 4 and 5), but I eventually made it to book eight, Rilla of Ingleside, and it is by far my
favorite of the series. It has been quite a few years since I read any of them,
so rereading the whole series is how I want to start my summer.
After Rilla I am going to reread the entire Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. For anyone unfamiliar with the series, it comprises works of
fantasy often compared to Tolkien's, but more contemporary. There are fourteen
books in total, and all are between 600-1000 pages long. I read the first book
in college after my brother recommended it to me. Although at first I was doubtful, because I am not the
biggest Tolkien fan and the Wheel of Time
cover art is terrible, this was an instance where I followed the old adage not to
judge a book by its cover. I was immediately drawn into the Wheel of Time world and the characters’
lives. I devoured the first book and the next nine before having to wait for
the rest to be published, but the series is complete now. Some readers are put
off by the length of this series' tomes, but I never want stories I love to
end, so these books are perfect for me. My mom is also reading this series (and
enjoying it) and is currently on book 12. My goal is to catch up to her this
summer J. If I have time
after that (although I feel like my list is already pretty ambitious), I will
revisit the Harry Potter series or The Host by Stephanie Meyer, also
favorites.
--Katie Bolstad, Teacher Consultant and RRVWP
Grand Forks Book Club member
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