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2018 Summer Reading List

Hello fellow bloggers,

I feel like it has been a while, I have a few drafted pieces in the works but I want to work harder to committing to a blog deadline. Anyhow, I have made a goal to read more as I usually don't do any leisure reading. As a Library Settlement Worker I work for an organization but am situated in the library. All of the library staff are great and they are always reading on their breaks and frankly I am jealous as I can't ever get my head that into a book. The irony is that I am an English Language and Literature major (oops). This is where my goals come into place.

I am creating a summer reading list based on other suggestions I have heard in person and all over the internet. I am going to list a bunch of books and see if I am able to fully get through or at least make a dent in the list by the end of the summer. If you have any suggestions for any great reads please leave the name in the comment below. Here we go:

2018 Summer Reading List 
  • The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • Othello by Shakespeare
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • The Odyssey by Homer
  • Brother by David Chariandy (One Book One London Choice)
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli 
  •  New Boy by Tracy Chavelier
  • Mythos by Stephen Fry 
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 
I am going to try my best to commit to my reading list, my problem is that I start out inspired and then I just give up all at once. Hopefully not this time. 
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