summer reading

I find it so hard to believe that it is almost the end of the school year. This year just seemed to fly by. I hope that you continue to read over the summer. A few suggestions if you are looking for summer reading suggestions:

* Lake Bluff Public Library has a summer reading program. The theme this year is "Where the Wild Things Read." The program begins June 21st and runs for 6 weeks. Please consider participating. :)

* I will be blogging about the books I am reading this summer... so please continue to visit this blog :)

* I also have suggestions for summer reading listed on the LMC website

The book I am SO excited about this summer is Breaking Dawn, which is the newest book in the Twilight series. It will be released on August 2nd.

The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

This last book in this trilogy did not disappoint - it was fabulous! It was quite long ... but the author once again delighted me with the stories of the adventures of Gemma Doyle and her friends at Spence Academy.

Happy reading! If you read The Sweet Far Thing, comment on this post and let me know how you liked it. :)

Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham

Shark Girl was a quick read - I read it in about an hour on the bus ride home from Springfield. :) I really enjoyed the way the book was written. It was written in a series of letters, newspaper articles, and verse (sharing the thoughts of the main character, Jane). I honestly thought this book might be a little "cheesy" ... but it turned out to be a great book.

From Barnes and Noble:
"A teenager struggles through physical loss to the start of acceptance in an absorbing, artful novel at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive.
On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything - absolutely everything - changed. Now she's counting down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will whisper, "That's her - that's Shark Girl," as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life? In this striking first novel, Kelly Bingham uses poems, letters, telephone conversations, and newspaper clippings to look unflinchingly at what it's like to lose part of yourself - and to summon the courage it takes to find yourself again."

Happy reading! If you read Shark Girl, comment on this post and let me know how you liked it. :)