Summer (Spring) Reading

This summer (or I guess...Spring) is the first summer in a long time not spent in a classroom.  I've been in University for so long, I forgot about my love for books.  The problem sort of begins when I find myself with a spare week where I have time to read...but then I head into a library or bookstore, get a bit overwhelmed by the many options, choose a book by it's cover (oops) which I'm not a huge fan of, then fall out of reading again. 

BUT this summer will be different!  It's already been a bit different...solution: the friend.  One of my closest friends is an avid reader, and luckily we have the same taste in books.  She's become my human library and I'm so incredibly grateful xD 

 
I started off the month with some fantasy: the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow Of Night & The Book of Life).  SO GOOD. SO INCREDIBLY GOOD.  It's written so well...Deborah Harkness is a historian and she uses her expertise in such a clever way giving history a fantastic twist.  People say it's like Twilight...which, okay even I have to admit there are SOME similarities.  But it's SO much better than Twilight, it doesn't even matter.  Yep, fan-girling right now!  

 
Next, I asked my amazing friend for some non-series books.  I found my mind wandering during the work day wondering what would happen in the next book...so I needed something a little bit lighter.  She recommended Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell) and One Plus One (Jojo Moyes).  Both great books - very different, but very very good! :)  I won't say more.  You should read it.  


I'm now trying to mix up the fiction and non-fiction reads.  I'm starting a book called "Quiet: The Power of introverts in a world That Can't Stop Talking" (Susan Cain); so far it's really interesting.  The book itself starts off with a lot of very strong statements, with discussions of "closet introverts" and the "Extrovert Ideal."  So let's see where this goes!  Whooooooo books! :D

-M