Category: summer reading list

What Are You Reading This Summer?

I don’t know what it is about summer, but it makes me want to read. Winter does not have that effect on me, which boggles my mind. But all I want to do in summer is get a few good books, plop down on a beach, and get to it. And I generally reach for the meatier books too; classics like The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe and The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Huge books that require more time and mental energy. This year I’m taking a different track. I’m reading the YA fantasy Gladius and the Bartlett Trial […]

>20 Classics to Read This Summer

>Do you like to read at the beach, while flying or riding, or just as a good way to chill out between summer activities? I don’t know why, but I always lean toward the classics during the warmer months. So I’ve brainstormed a list of 20 books for you to pick through over the next couple of months. Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann RadcliffeThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensOthello by ShakespeareThe Romance of the Forest by Ann RadcliffeTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet […]