I love to read and have read A LOT of books. Here lately I have been going through a little bit of a dry spell. I tend to choose books in one of two ways
1) Favorite author- I have a list of authors that I have read every single book they have written. When a new book comes out you can bet that my name is on the wait list (cause I use the library) to get it ASAP. Some of these authors include Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks, John Grisham, Stephanie Myers, Beverly Lewis, etc, etc). These are very main stream popular books and I love them. Some are amazing and some are par but these new releases usually keep me in plenty of reading material.
2) Popular/recently mentioned books- By this I mean books that are or about to become movies, Oprah book club books (don't judge she usually picks some good ones and she stretches my tastes..sometimes), books recommended by others.
So as I prepare to take the longest road trip of my life once again to KS in a few weeks I am starting to panic. I have nothing on my list of books to read. Although we are incredibly busy visiting family this is still our vacation and I like to take advantage of the time off. My plan for the week off is to do some fun things with kids (go to the zoo and maybe a movie), play some golf with my hubs, and read.
So because I know that some of you readers are also big "readers and lovers of books" I am asking what is/are your favorite book(s) and or what are you planning to read this summer.
Along this line I am starting a summer reading project with each of our kids too. The library has a great summer reading program for the kids (you know the kind where the log the number of pages or books that they read and get prizes in return). I also think Emily and I are going to start a novel together. Any suggestions for the first no picture book to read to an almost five year old? She is really interested in learning to read herself so if you have any suggestions on that I would love to hear them too.
Because I am in an asking mood today I am also wondering why some of you haven't become followers yet? You don't have to have a blog to follow I know (from my site counters) that I am getting way more hits than I have followers....so what are you waiting for?
Is there anything (within reason) I can do for you? Yeah tomorrow is FRIDAY!!
