Summer Reading: Not Just for Kids

As a kid, I was the one who took 10 books out every week, and returned those 10 the following week for a new batch. I don't just read books, I devour them. So when I arrived at the library this morning and found this challenge, I was beyond excited!!

I think that you have to read a book from the library's collection and fill out a little review of the book online. Then, when you return the book to the library, they give you a raffle ticket to enter into one of the prizes they are giving away. If you read all 10, you'll have 10 entries. So, I have spent a good chunk of my afternoon checking out the online catalog for choices that aren't checked out  (and hoping they'll be there when I make it back tomorrow) or aren't books that I've already read.

Here are some thoughts & choices:

Challenge #1 Book turned into a movie

Beloved by Toni Morrison

or

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Challenge #3 Biography or Memoir

Death in Salem: The Private Lives behind the 1692 Witch Hunt by Diane Foulds

or

Message from and Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss & Love by Xinran

Challenge #5 A Love Story

maybe...

Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey

Challenge #7 A Local Author

My Sister's Bones by Cathi Hanauer (Northampton)

or

Truth by Jacqueline Sheehan ( Florence)

Challenge #8 Fantasy/SciFi

maybe...

Magic Street by Orson Scott Card

These are the only ones I've thought of so far. We'll see if the library has 'em when I want to read them. What do you think of these? Has anyone read them and can tell me to read it, or not to waste my time?

This is going to be fun. I can tell.