Here it finally is – my long-awaited recap of my summer reading plans. In my original post of July 2, I outlined 5-6 books that I wanted to read this summer. Part of my motivation was to participate in the Jones Library Summer Reading Program. I turned in my log on Aug. 27. At that time, I had read five books; three of them were books I mentioned in that original post.
Since summer doesn’t actually end until Sept. 21, I am counting two more books that I read after I turned my log in as part of my summer reading achievement. Seven books in three months is not bad. I am currently reading Alison Lurie’s Love and Friendship. If i finish that in the next 5d days, I will have read eight books for the summer.
Books I Read this Summer
Maggie Doherty, The Equivalents
Zadie Smith, White Teeth
Sara Fitzgerald, Conquering Heroines: How Women Fought Sex Bias at Michigan and Paved the Way for Title IX
Molly Greeley, The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
Amanda Cross, Death in A Tenured Position
Amanda Cross, The Collected Stories of Amanda Cross.
Talia Herbert, Act Your Age, Eve Brown
I liked all the books but Greeley’s second book, imagining the life of Anne de Bourgh from Pride and Prejudice was not as good as her first book, The Clergyman’s Wife about Charlotte Lucas. I will have a separate review of Herbert’s book next week.
I didn’t read the book about training your cat, Wayward Lives or Butler’s Parable of the Talents. I hope to read them all, but it will have to be part of my ongoing reading schedule.