Comments on: What’s on YOUR summer reading list?

By: Jeanette Larson

Jeanette Larson — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:29:41 +0000

I’m also reading Gone Girl and thought the same about Amazing Amy. Also finished reading Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain. I tend to read a lot of murder mysteries during the summer.

By: Elissa

Elissa — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:22:15 +0000

I’m most of the way through the somewhat trashy and entirely entertaining The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin (“If you like Downton Abbey…”). Said heiress is named Cora, and so far she’s run into a Lady Sybil and a footman named Thomas (no relation to the Crawleys
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/books/the-american-heiress-by-daisy-goodwin-review.html

By: Lynn Van Auken

Lynn Van Auken — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:42:32 +0000

For my MCBA reading so far, I listened to and thoroughly enjoyed Frances O’Roark Dowell’s Falling In, but couldn’t get past the first two recorded chapters of The Sixty-Eight Rooms. I joined a book club after a 25 year hiatus and reread A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (was Johnny Nolan gay?) and am now about half way through The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker. So far, so good, but I could do without the “If we’d only known . . . ” reflective bits that end so many chapters.

By: Heather Villa

Heather Villa — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:50:27 +0000

I have an admission. I’m reading Esperanza Rising, beautifully written by Pam Munoz. Even though the book belongs to my child, I’m savoring my “summer” book…along with others.

By: LaurieA-B

LaurieA-B — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:52:33 +0000

It’s been my experience that people who are otherwise intelligent and sharply observant can be extremely clueless about the current state of children’s literature.

Summer reading! Traveling right now in Tokyo: reading a battered 1980s copy of Shogun I bought in a used bookstore at home in the U.S. and a brand new copy of Heart of a Samurai that I bought at Kinokuniya here in in Japan. (The salesclerks wrap paperbacks in a brown paper dust cover!) When I get home, I plan to read the Vorkosigan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. I read Cordelia’s Honor earlier this year, and decided that it was a series MADE for summer reading.

I am super excited to read Liar & Spy in August. Oh, and I highly recommend reading all four of Megan Whalen Turner’s Thief books, in a row; that was my summer reading last year and it was GREAT.

By: Links Galore « Annie Cardi

Links Galore « Annie Cardi — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:27:34 +0000

[...] out the Horn Book’s summer reading [...]

By: Katie Bircher

Katie Bircher — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:27:45 +0000

I’m looking forward to Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter:
http://www.amazon.com/Farm-City-Education-Urban-Farmer/dp/0143117289/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342189462&sr=1-1&keywords=farm+city
Of course, I have to finish my Guide reviews first!

By: Jennifer Schultz

Jennifer Schultz — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:52:20 +0000

Currently reading The Presidents Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs. Wasn’t sure if I would enjoy it–I like presidential history, but this seemed to have a very narrow focus (it looks at the relationships between presidents and their successors/predecessors). It’s fantastic–very compelling. After that, it’s Code Name Verity and the new history of Superman by Larry Tye.

By: Lisa Yee

Lisa Yee — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:56:52 +0000

Just read BREAKING STALIN’S NOSE. Loved it. I had checked it out from the library. Today I bought a copy to keep.

By: GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido

GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:36:04 +0000

I just read Ellen Klages’ The Green Glass Sea and its sequel, White Sands, Red Menace. I realize I am several years behind. The Green Glass Sea was truly an extraordinary book and its minutiae of history absolutely compelling. The sequel. while not quite so riveting, was very emotionally satisfying.