Aka “Books I’m Dying to Read.” Or “What I Should Be Doing Instead of Watching TV.”
Seven months ago, I lost my Kindle. Well not “lost,” but severely misplaced. Tip: Don’t pack and move in a hurry. And since then I’ve been slacking on reading. Not that the first three Harry Potter books, Rick Steves and a re-read of my favorite detective novel don’t count as reading (they do!), but I’m ready to get back into the habit of reading new (to me at least), mature (sorry, Harry Potter) and enticing (non-fiction isn’t my cup of tea) things. Oh, and I found my Kindle, so that helps!
Here’s what’s on my current “booklist.”
Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
This book caught my attention for two reasons. One, it’s by the same author as Loving Frank, which I absolutely loved and two, Paula McLain had good things to say about it and if there’s one book I loved more than Loving Frank it was McLain’s The Paris Wife. I take her opinion seriously.
The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway
Methinks reading about Spain when I’m headed there in September will make me extra excited. More excited than Rick Steves’ writing makes me (sorry, Steve!). Plus, see above about my love for The Paris Wife and my subsequent interest in Hemingway.
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Okay, totally meant to read this during the winter, but: lost Kindle, lost reading motivation, lost extra time. Maybe reading a book with “snow” in the title in the dead of summer will help me cool down on those 100+ degree days?
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
I’ll be honest, I don’t really know anything about this book except that I’ve heard a million people sing its praises, so it must be good! I’ve also heard that the ending is a real tearjerker so maybe I shouldn’t save this one to read on a public plane flight…
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Because everyone and their mom is reading it!
What’s on your booklist?
Life as Lauren 
I think I have to argue with the notion that Harry Potter doesn’t count as a “mature” book series. I’d honestly put them in the same category as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Maybe at their base they come off as children’s stories. However, I feel like the Harry Potter series is just as worthy of being labeled as literature, and would have no problem classifying the whole series as “mature.” Just my 1/50th of a dollar.
Well you don’t have to convince me that HP is an amazing series but I’m standing firm on what I said before. I wouldn’t call them children’s stories but if I read it in the fifth grade and understood it just as well as when I read it at 24, I’m not sure I’d call it literary. Sorry 🙂
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