For the 12 weeks in summer, I chose 18 books for my list. See below.
For those who crying out, "What in the — Chris, no one can read all of those titles!" I offer them to you, from the top (but not necessarily in the order in which I will read them):
- Fifty Shades Freed
- Fifty Shades Darker
- Mockingjay
- Catching Fire
- We Always Have Lived in the Castle
- Smut
- From the Borderlands: Stories of Terror and Madness
- Wicked Appetite
- The Great Stink
- The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag
- A Lion Among Men
- An Outrageous Affair
- The Submission
- Sacre Bleu
- Dream Fever
- Anubis Gates
- True Grit
- The Hangman's Daughter
But wait: I have two on my Kindle to add to the list!
- A Princess of Mars
- Beyond Hades: The Prometheus Wars
Counting Fifty Shades of Grey, which is on my nightstand, that brings the total to an even 20.
And that's just my list now.
Wait until I get going. I suspect there may be a swap-out based on a few discussions I've had. I also have to get The Hobbit re-read and Les Misérables read by the end of the year, which means I may have to begin them sometime this summer.
Without realizing it, nearly half are parts of series. I have separated them out so I myself can marvel at the cleverness of these writers sucking me in for multiple books.
For every book I read between now and the autumnal equinox, I will donate $5 to the Main Street Child Development Center. Also, I will choose three books to donate to the Fairfax County Regional Library (based on the library's Amazon wish list).
I give myself permission to discard any book that does not hold my interest. I give myself permission to swap out one book for another.
And I invite you to join me. Karen, our resident haiku-er, is in with a hefty list (see the comments of this blog). Stacy, another haiku-er, is in, too (see the comments of this blog). How about you?
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