Summer Reading

So a few weeks ago, I made the greatest discovery/mistake for my wallet of all time.

McCay's Used Books.

This heaven on earth is two stories of used books, CDs, video games, and records. For cheap.

The other day I was feeling a little low so I did what any normal nerd would do... I went to find a book. Now mind you when I say "a book", that means 5 or more. I decided to dive deep into this magical land of discarded wonders and thoroughly scoured every single aisle that day. I was there for 2 hours and amazingly enough, managed to control myself and purchase only 9 books. I didn't even go upstairs to the CD's and records (pats self on back). So with these 9 books I figured I'd start my summer reading list. These will definitely not last me the whole span of the season, but it's a good start. So far here's what's on the list.

• My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler (I'm already 2/3s through this bad boy. HILARIOUS read)
• The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald  (For some odd reason I never had to read this one in school)
• The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (I've heard from multiple sources this is a good one)
• Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk (Anything by him is a surefire winner)
• Blue Angel - Francine Prose (This $1.50 treasure is a National Bestseller and was in the "we recommend" section)
• Music For Torching - A.M. Homes (Last summer I read This Book Will Save Your Life by her and it was incredible, so hopefully this will be too!)
• White Oleander - Janet Finch (This is a book I'm pretty sure every 15 year old girl has read, and I never did so I'm going to embrace the 9th grader in me on this one)
• The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction - R.V. Cassill (This was a required book for a college course I took and I LOVED what was in it but lost it.. surprise surprise.. So this won't get read straight through but rather dabbled upon)
• A Painted House - John Grisham (This will be a reread but it is so amazing and it's been so long I'm sure I'll enjoy it as much as the first time I read it)

So far that's where I start for this season of bookworming. I'd love ideas for any other must reads!