Monday, June 1, 2015

20 Books of Summer



Welcome to the 20 Books of Summer reading event, hosted by Cathy of 746 Books. This event involves reading 20 books over the course of the summer. It starts on June 1st and runs through September 4th. My list includes both e-books and physical books and some re-reads and some that I am currently reading.  Learn more about the event here.
The List
  1. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (e-book)
  2. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (physical)
  3. War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy (e-book & physical)
  4. Montcalm & Wolfe: The Duel Biography of Two Men who forever changed the course of Canadian History by Roch Carrier (e-book)
  5. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley (physical)
  6. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque (physical)
  7. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (physical)
  8. Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum (physical)
  9. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (physical)
  10. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (physical)
  11. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (e-book)
  12. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (e-book)
  13. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (e-book or phyiscal; don't know what I'll get first)
  14. Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (physical)
  15. Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
  16. Emma: a modern retelling by Alexander McCall Smith (physical)
  17. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  (e-book)
  18. The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philipa Gregory (physical)
  19. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (physical)
  20. The White Princess by Philippa Gregory (physical)

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