Summer Reading
@BettyB (4117)
Summerville, South Carolina
June 12, 2017 6:44am CST
When I was teaching I would go through the school library just before school got out for the summer and selected a couple dozen books to read. I liked to read and I wanted to encourage my students to read as well. That was easier to do when I could point them toward specific books.
I read a lot of young adult fiction.
I still read a lot of young adult fiction, but since retiring my reading list has been a little more eclectic. A lot of books have been published over the years that I’ve wanted to read and couldn’t find the time.
I have the time now.
Right now I’m reading Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Once I finish it I’ll be reading Scarred. It’s the first book in Valerie Jean Routhieaux’s @just4him Colonial America series. It sounds really interesting and I’m looking forward to reading it.
What are you reading this summer?
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@just4him (305367)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Jun 17
It's been a while since I read Left Behind. Very good book and I've read the entire series. Thank you for putting my book on your reading list.
Supposedly I'm reading Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness. That's book two in the All Souls Trilogy. However, I've been so busy with getting Freedom's Cry ready to publish I've had almost no time for reading.
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@snowy22315 (169567)
• United States
12 Jun 17
Well currently, I am reading Rhonda Stapley's book about surviving Ted Bundy. I also have some other books I am reading on kindle which are moderately entertaining. I also just finished Shopaholic to the Rescue. I started reading Left Behind, and funny story, I left it behind. I left it on an airplane on the way to London once, and never got it back!
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
13 Jun 17
I like reading discussions on books,music,flowers ,seashore,food and so on. I was a voracious reader always.Now that I am retired I hoped I could read all those books I wanted to read.But I found out it is not so.But these days I am trying to read as much as I can. Now I am reading The Confessions of a murder suspect '' by James Patterson.Have not read the book by @just4him.
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@Marilynda1225 (79570)
• United States
12 Jun 17
I have that on my summer reading list. I like John Grisham
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Jun 17
I am currently reading the mystery Murder on the Quai by Cara Black.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Jun 17
@BettyB It is a murder mystery. Part of the Aimee Leduc series.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
13 Jun 17
@JohnRoberts Thanks. I'll check it out.
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
12 Jun 17
I'm reading a couple of books at the same time. I finished two local books and now I'm reading two more. 'The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos' and 'Metallica, This Monster Lives'.
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@1creekgirl (40396)
• United States
12 Jun 17
I really liked the Left Behind series. My favorite author (among many) is Ted Dekker and I loved his book "Three". It's so suspenseful and exciting. He's a Christian, but his books don't always have a strong Christian theme. But I like that you don't have to worry about bad language. I bet Valerie's book is great.
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@Marilynda1225 (79570)
• United States
12 Jun 17
I've been thinking of reading Valeries books too. They seem to have drawn my attention with her descriptions and I do love pirates 
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
12 Jun 17
I've only read the first chapter but it's caught my attention.
@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
13 Jun 17
I also used to read books from the school library so I could discuss them with my students. I worked with Inclusion students who had a lower reading level so I would read books like "The Zack Files" and "Flat Stanley". They loved it that I could discuss the boos with them. Now that I am retired, I read just for me. I just finished "Night Whispers" by Judith McNaught.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
12 Jun 17
I often pick up thrift store books to read. I am currently not reading a book (gasp!) My time is filled from 8 am to midnight with others and that should end soon. I have a book ready to start but am too lazy to go find the title. It's an oldie my granddaughter picked up for me. She is a great reader!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
15 Jun 17
@BettyB My trouble is stopping when I am immersed in a good book, I read until my eyes are too blurry to continue.
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Jun 17
I am reading an Eion Colfer and also just finished Tara Road, Maeve Binchy
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