Summer Reading Challenge!

As I was blog hopping just now, I found a great post on my new blogging friend Patti's blog Peppermint Ph.D. about finding a Summer Reading Challenge at Booking Mama's blog!

I love to read and find that it can truly take me away from reality. I mostly read fluff, but I love other books as well and have vowed to read more substantial stuff. I figure this summer, with a move, long airplane trips and car trips in my future I can accomplish at least the first level of this challenge.

Here's the list of books on the Summer Reading Challenge; the challenge actually began on May 1st and will end on Labor Day.

THIS BODY OF DEATH by Elizabeth George (April 20)
HALF LIFE by Roopa Farooki (April 27)
GIRL IN TRANSLATION by Jean Kwok (April 29)
THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE by Julie Orringer (May 4)
THE LAST STAND by Nathaniel Philbrick (May 4)
SLOW LOVE: HOW I LOST MY JOB, PUT ON MY PAJAMAS AND FOUND HAPPINESS by Dominique Browning (May 9)
WAR by Sebastian Junger (May 11)
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST by Stieg Larsson (May 25)
THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE by Aimee Bender (June 1)
THE SHORT SECOND LIFE OF BREE TANNER by Stephenie Meyer (June 5)
THE PASSAGE by Justin Cronin (June 8)
SO COLD THE RIVER by Michael Koryta (June 9)
THE COOKBOOK COLLECTOR by Allegra Goodman (July 6)
LUCY by Laurence Gonzales (July 13)
RED HOOK ROAD by Ayelet Waldman (July 13)
I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME by Per Pettersson (August 3)
YOU LOST ME THERE by Rosecrans Baldwin (August 12)
MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins (August 24)
You don't have to be overwhlemed by thinking you have to read them all to participate. There are several different levels you can shoot for.
1-3 Books: Polliwog
4-6 Books: Guppy
7-9 Books: Minnow
10-12 Books: Fish
13-15 Books: Flying Fish
16-18 Books: Shark
Head over to Booking Mama to get more details and sign up!