the bandwagon
Well, I have jumped on the Harry Potter bandwagon recently. Several years ago I read the first two Harry Potter books. After being disappointed with the second book, I’ve had no desire to pick up the third one until now. Our library is having a Harry Potter party and I’m working the circ desk that night. I can’t help but get caught up in the excitement of all of the anticipation. I’m slowly working my way through the book only because I’ve been working on my baby quilt and other sewing projects. If I plan to be a young adult/teen librarian after finishing school, these are must-read books for me.
This has been the summer of YA/teen books for me again as they are the perfect summer reading books. They have great stories and don’t get really hung up in some of the stuff that adult books get hung up in, plus they are quick reads. Two other books that I’ve really enjoyed in the last few weeks are American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang was the winner of the Winner of the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, which is the award for excellence in young adult literature. It’s a graphic novel and one of the best graphic novels I’ve read. Bryan and I really enjoyed it and both highly recommend it. 
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. A great vampire love story between a normal human girl and a vampire that she meets at school. Books like these really make me excited that there are such great books out there for teenagers. It really gives me hope that we won’t have a generation of kids that are so plugged in that they can’t enjoy the pleasure of sitting down and reading a book in a quiet room.
Have you been reading a lot this summer? What have you been reading? Do you have books that you specifically save for summer reading? I’d love to hear about what you’ve been reading this summer.
Donna said,
July 7, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
I’m 3/4 of the way through Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and liking much more than I thought I might - it’s a light read, but there’s a lot there - and she’s a good writer.
Erin said,
July 7, 2007 @ 5:20 pm
I haven’t been reading too much this summer so far. But I did just pick up The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. I’ve been really into spirituality books recently and this one, so far, is excellent.
Elspeth said,
July 9, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
I did the Harry Potter books last year after my friend was going on and on about them, and this summer I’m even farther behind because I started reading all the Jane Austen books (and some biographies of her) that I had never read before, if you can believe it!
Felicia said,
July 10, 2007 @ 7:58 am
I got hooked on the HP books by listening to them on audio. Superb!
Bess said,
July 13, 2007 @ 11:51 am
Glad you’re reading HP. I enjoyed all except book 5, which I quit about 20% in. Glad it’s finally coming out as a movie since I didn’t even go back to read it when I finished book 6.
I am reading Monica Ferris’s needlework mystery books. The consistently improved as she wrote more so that I’m having more fun with each title.
I miss you. I’m wildly busy. I’ll write when things slwo down here.
hugs
b
erika said,
July 20, 2007 @ 10:08 am
I just finished Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen, which ended up being an excellent summer read.
I, too, get excited about Harry Potter.
Gretchen said,
July 31, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
I just finished Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and (co-writer). It’s very timely, the true story of Mortenson’s great efforts in building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Inspiring for sure.