The end of summer and the Summer challenge 50

August 6th means that while you are reading this I am in my classroom, putting music stands and chairs out, pushing my benches back into place, pulling out instruments, and getting ready for my students to show up next week. I really can’t believe how fast this summer has gone. I spent it writing and reading like crazy. I escaped the hot sun outside and dove into a plethora of distant worlds created from the minds of others. Now though, summer is gone and I have to go back to work.

This means some changes on the blog. To start, I won’t be posting daily like I have been. I’m going for a bare minimum of once a week but am shooting for 3 times a week. We’ll see how things settle out after school starts. The end of summer also means returning to work on my master’s degree which means a huge loss of reading time for me.

I am glad that I set this challenge for myself this summer. I feel as sense of accomplishment and relief. I don’t have to push quite as hard anymore

In case anyone is wondering here are the books I read for the summer challenge in the order I finished reading them! Note: Some of the reviews for these haven’t posted yet but are coming soon.

1.  Overseas by Beatriz Williams (5/25/12)
2.  The Kings of Casino Park by Thomas Aiello (5/28/12)
3. A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King (5/28/12)
4. The Piano by Jane Campion (5/28/12)
5. Black Sunday by Thomas Harris (5/29/12)
6. Into the Green by Charles de Lint (5/30/12)
7. The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card (5/31/12)
8. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (5/31/12)
9. The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohlijian (6/1/12)
10. Eve by Anna Carey (6/2/12)
11. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (6/3/12)
12. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen (6/4/12)
13. The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind (6/5/12)
14. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (6/5/12)
15. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (6/6/12)
16. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (6/6/12)
17. Jane Slayre by Charlotte Bronte and Sherri Browning Erwin (6/7/12)
18. Reamde by Neal Stephenson (6/12/12)
19. The Strain by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro (6/13/12)
20. The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma (6/15/12)
21. Fire and Ice by Patty Jansen (6/16/12)
22. Dirty Little Angels by Christ Tula (6/17/12)
23. We Are Absolutely Not Okay by Students of Scriber Lake Alternative High School (6/18/12)
24. Threat of Darkness by Valerie Hansen (6/18/12)
25. Cinder by Marissa Meyer (6/18/12)
26. The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams (6/18/2012)
27. Caught in Crystal by Patricia C. Wrede (6/19/2012)
28. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (6/23/12)
29. Room by Emma Donogue (6/24/12)
30. The Fall by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (6/27/12)
31. The Night Eternal by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (6/28/12)
32. Soulbound by Heather Brewer (6/28/12)
33. Duck Boy by Bill Bunn (7/2/12)
34. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (7/3/12)
35. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (7/4/12)
36. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (7/4/12)
37. Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick (7/4/12)
38. Bag of Bones by Stephen King (7/5/12)
39. The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan (7/6/12)
40. Talulla Rising by Glen Duncan (7/6/12)
41. Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris (7/7/12)
42. Weak and Loved by Emily Cook (7/8/12)
43. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (7/9/12)
44. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (7/10/12)
45. Jane Vows Vengeance by Michael Thomas Ford (7/10/12)
46. Sirensong by Jenna Black (7/10/12)
47. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (7/11/12)
48. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (7/12/12)
49. The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Makler (7/12/12)
50. Article 5 by Kristen Simmons (7/13/12)