Phew! I have been reading….

Oh my goodness! I forgot how much I absolutely love summer vacation! I have been reading like a crazy woman and have been so wrapped up in the books that I haven’t been able to get them written up to get out to you! Here are the titles I have finished and will be sending your way in the next few days:

**Lifted by Wendy Toliver

**Zen and the Art of Faking it by Jordan Sonnenblick
**The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
**The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
**Savvy by Ingrid Law
**Wolves, Boys and Other Things that Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler
**Riker’s High by Paul Volponi
**American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Lang

What is sitting on my nightstand still to read?

** Undone by Brooke Taylor
**The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian
**Gifts by Ursula K. LeGuin
**Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
**The Sky Village by Monk and Nigel Ashland
**The Boy who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
**Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
**Names Will Never Hurt Me by Jaime Adoff
**Box Out by John Coy
**Birdwing by Rafe Martin

Plus my buddy Wendy Toliver has let the YA authors out there know that I love to read and tell you about it so they are sending me their names, websites and some of them are even sending me a book (for our library!). In exchange I get to tell you all about them. The authors that have contacted me are:

–Stephanie Hale www.stephaniehale.com
–Melissa Walker www.melissacwalker.com
–Tina Ferraro www.tinaferraro.com
–Jessica Brody www.jessicabrody.com

I should start getting titles from a couple of these authors at the end of the week, the rest I will hunt down on amazon or at the bookstore! Once I read them, they go into the library! (Either mine or PVHS-depending on the content!!) Either way you will be able to get your hands on them! Really looking forward to reading some great titles!

Let me know what you are reading. Is anyone taking the summer reading challenge??