Summer Reading
During the school year my time for my own pursuits are severely limited. And I mean severely. So during the summer I like to dedicate myself to something done strictly for myself. This year in particular, I haven’t read a book that doesn’t have SOMETHING to do with my classes since start of quarter (which was Helen of Troy by Margaret George. So I have a reading list I’m working on for summer vacation. Here is what I have so far, as well as a few stats that may help in case anyone would like to suggest their own favorites!
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SUMMER READING LIST
*The Good Earth
-Pearl S. Buck
*Madame Curie
-Eve Curie
*Candide
-Voltaire
*The Book Your Church Doesn’t Want You To Read
-Tim C. Leedom
*The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Beauty’s Punishment
Beauty’s Release
-Anne Rice
*The Giver
-Lois Lowry
*Perfume: Story of a Murderer
-Patrick Suskind
FAVES
Genre: Historical Fiction/Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, Politics, Philosophy
Themes: Birth/Death, Heroism, Truth/Deception, Journey, Hope/Hopelessness, Betrayal, Power, Judgment (NO book similar to the Left Behind series please), Sense of self, Survival, Individualism/Conformity
Books to Date:
*Wicked
-Gregory Maguire
*Grania
-Morgan Llwelyn
*Harry Potter
-J.K Rowling
*The Red Tent
-Anita Diamant
*Helen of Troy
-Margaret George
*Divine Secret’s of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
-Rebecca Wells
*Incarnations of Immortality
-Piers Anthony