Summer Reading Update: June 4

Yesterday I finished reading The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.

It was really great!  This is the first book I have read cover to cover in a long time!  I enjoy historical fiction and haven't read anything like this in quite a while.  Today I rented the movie and we are planning to watch it tonight.

The next book on my list is Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger.  I feel like I am reading this book long after everyone else has.  I was excited to pick up a classic novel and learn what all the hype has been about.  I got 50 pages into it last night, though, and am really struggling to like it.  There are so many books to read, it seems useless to spend time reading a book I don't enjoy.  However, it is a classic novel, it's relatively quick, and it will hold me over until my next book.

I am still reading Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, by Rafe Esquith, but I needed a fiction novel to read for fun for the summer!  More to come on that later.