Recap on Summer Reading You may remember the summer reading list I posted a few months ago. Towards the end of the school year, I compiled a list of over 40 books and academic essays that I was planning to read over the summer. Three months later, school has begun again, and I came nowhere close to reading the entire list. Not that I planned on though. Believe it or not, over the last three months, I’ve read more books than I did in the twelve months prior. Over the summer I was able to read all or part of 13 different books, upwards of 2000 pages. Some Orson Scott Card, a bit of Sartre and Aristotle, George Orwell, and Jack Keroauc. Some books I was reading for the second or third time. Some I had never heard off before compiling the list. I literally felt like a little kid. How many of us still read (short of school assignments) on a regular basis? Either we can’t ever find the time to, or we never enjoyed it in the first place. I re-discovered the power of words this summer. Perhaps I’ll be able to get a few more books under my belt before summer rolls around again. You should too. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card Ender’s Shadow - Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card The Politics and the Constitution of Athens - Aristotle Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card Existentialism and Human Emotions - Jean-Paul Sartre The New Science - Giambattista Vico Xenocide - Orson Scott Card The Aims of Education - Selected Essays - Various Authors Keep the Aspidistra Flying - George Orwell Shadow Puppets - Orson Scott Card Desolation Angels - Jack Kerouac The Andy Warhol Dairies - Andy Warhol *Bold indicates finished books.
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Recap on Summer Reading

You may remember the summer reading list I posted a few months ago. Towards the end of the school year, I compiled a list of over 40 books and academic essays that I was planning to read over the summer. Three months later, school has begun again, and I came nowhere close to reading the entire list. Not that I planned on though. Believe it or not, over the last three months, I’ve read more books than I did in the twelve months prior. Over the summer I was able to read all or part of 13 different books, upwards of 2000 pages. Some Orson Scott Card, a bit of Sartre and Aristotle, George Orwell, and Jack Keroauc. Some books I was reading for the second or third time. Some I had never heard off before compiling the list.

I literally felt like a little kid. How many of us still read (short of school assignments) on a regular basis? Either we can’t ever find the time to, or we never enjoyed it in the first place. I re-discovered the power of words this summer. Perhaps I’ll be able to get a few more books under my belt before summer rolls around again.

You should too.

  1. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card
  2. Ender’s Shadow - Orson Scott Card
  3. Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card
  4. The Politics and the Constitution of Athens - Aristotle
  5. Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
  6. Existentialism and Human Emotions - Jean-Paul Sartre
  7. The New Science - Giambattista Vico
  8. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card
  9. The Aims of Education - Selected Essays - Various Authors
  10. Keep the Aspidistra Flying - George Orwell
  11. Shadow Puppets - Orson Scott Card
  12. Desolation Angels - Jack Kerouac
  13. The Andy Warhol Dairies - Andy Warhol

*Bold indicates finished books.

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  1. belief said: lovee speaker for the dead.
  2. penelopemars said: Why have you bolded some titles? Are those the new reads or the ones you’ve already read?
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