Summer Reading

The Necromancer
By Michael Scott

I just realized I think this is the only book I've read (at least all the way through) all summer. Weird. Although I did spend a solid month with the Girls from Stars Hollow, so I guess the fact that I haven't read much makes sense. Jill introduced me to this series last year (remember this post?). So this is the fourth book in the series and I think my favorite so far. They're getting closer to the end so it is very climatic at the moment. However, I still wasn't completely hooked; I don't know what it is, but for some reason I find the action exciting while I'm reading it, but I forget about it as soon as I put it down. The characters don't stick with me. But still a good summer read.

American Lion
By Jon Meacham

As for the other books that have been on my sidebar for eons now, I'm taking a break from them. I always try really hard to finish a book even if it sucks, just for the satisfaction of completing it. But I'm struggling w/ Andrew Jackson and Wuthering Heights. I should have known with Andrew; it is non-fiction which is not my favorite, but I usually like biographies. This one is just dragging though. It seems like the author spent multiple chapters on the same scandal that the president wasn't really involved in - and it wasn't even that good of a scandal. However, in the hundred pages or so that I did get through I learned some interesting things about the president, so thumbs up for that.

Wuthering Heights
By Emily Bronte

And as for Wuthering Heights, I seriously don't get why this book is a classic. Granted I only made it through part I, and maybe I don't get the full effect by just listening to it as an audiobook, but I don't understand why these characters are so well-known in literature - they aren't very likable. I kind of cheated on this one and looked at some cliff notes I found online, and it doesn't seem like the book gets any better in part 2. However, if anyone out there has read this and thinks it's worth pushing through - let me know. Otherwise, I'm giving up and just watching the movie.

Up Next: The Hunger Games Trilogy!!! I bought the first two books back in February and I'm FINALLY getting around to reading them. I'm just about done with the first one and it is GOOD!