There’s something about spring that makes me want to read more books. I know, most people are winter reading people; curl up on a warm couch or bed, away from natural light. For me, it’s a springtime addiction: find a coffee shop, restaurant, park, or (gasp) bar and stake out the spot nearest the sun. Then I ignore all nature and get lost in some ridiculous plot, missing all of spring’s flowers and showers and chances to hike or play volley ball poorly.
Spring also means I get to carry my big, book-toting purses. Mmm. Giant purses…
Anyway, my spring’s lineup is meant to bring me up to speed in the YA/MG world as my current YA touchstone relies solely on mid-nineties hits, Harry Potter, and John Greene. (Go ahead and snicker at my list, saying “That is sooo 2008″ …I’m fully aware.)
- Mockingjay (actively devouring)
- New Moon (then Eclipse and Breaking Dawn in quick succession, because once you start, well…)
- Lemony Snicket (the first, just to try it out)
- Heck (turns out that I sit in Dale Basye’s old desk at work–awesome)
- The Lightning Thief (eh…I bought it but I don’t really want to read it.)
At least, that’s the plan, anyway. I might get sidetracked by trying to figure out the intricacies of Twitter’s trending topics. But at least I have a goal to aim for.
The reason I’m sharing, though, is to ask if there are other books that I should bump up the list? Add to it? Remove? Even if your advice is that it’s actually too late for me to try to catch up by starting in 2008. Maybe I should just give up on Twilight, watch the movies, and get on with 2011 already. Has the vampire trend bled out or what?
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