Summer reading suggestions

So a girlfriend asked me, "Jen, I need some good authors.  Any suggestions?"

Little did she know. . . reading is a passion for me--a huge part of my life.  I am an English major after all :)  So, this is just the tip of the iceberg and some that I suggested to her.

I really like Jessica Day George's stuff--more YA but I like it.

I really enjoy the Susan Wittig Albert's The Beatrix Potter Cottage series--

Ally Condie--Matched trilogy is good

Have you read Lois Lowry's The Giver series?

John Flanagan's The Ranger's Apprentice series is one of our family's all time faves

I like (most) of Eva Ibbotson's stuff--The Morning Gift is my fave

Our Boys by Joe Drape--I really liked

Alan Bradley--The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is the first in a series--mystery

Kristen Britain's Green Rider series

Julia Golding's Dragonfly is Miss A's favorite book, and I really like it.

I like Janette Rallison's stuff--more YA but fun--like laugh out loud fun, and good characters

I love Joan Bauer's stuff--YA, but great, strong female characters

Richard Peck's A Long Way from Chicago and then A Year Down Yonder are excellent, laugh out loud--they are great read-alouds, and really all his stuff is good that I have read

Holes by Louis Sachar

Linda Hillenbrand--nonfiction, loved, loved, loved Unbroken by her

So hopefully in your hot summer weather (sure is hot here) you can find a good book to curl up with by your air conditioner or the pool!  Happy reading!

Summer Reading

Love summer, love reading, so the two go great together.  This is what is on my night stand and ready for my summer reading. . . .

Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachael Remen, M.D.

Coffeehouse Angel  by Suzanne Selfors

White Cat by Holly Black

The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag  by Alan Bradley

Leviathan by Scott Westerfield

The Thief by Megan Turner

Twilight Saga:  Official Illustrated Guide  by Stephanie Meyer

Divine Signatures  by Gerald Lund

So what is on your summer reading list???