When I was younger, I used to tear through books. I would get so excited for summer, stockpiling all the novels I wanted to read when I was out of school and had time (remember when you thought middle school work was so stressful and took up all your time? Bring that back, honestly). My New Year’s Resolution was a simple one: get back into reading for fun. I know a lot of people who fell out of love with books with the forced English curriculum or a lot who just ran out of time. I personally fall into the second camp; while I never stopped wanting to read, I stopped working to make time.
Regardless of your major, there is something so wonderful about reading a great book. So, alongside Oprah and Emma Watson, I propose a new book club: The Bad Readers Book Club, for people that just are not cut out for other book clubs. With four weeks per book and options from various genres, I propose bad readers everywhere make a pact to read four books by the end of the summer. Think of how well-read we’ll all feel!
Each session, I’ll share my pick with a quick review, so feel free to join me for my personal summer reading adventure. (I’ve bolded my picks below.) Get your friends on board to read with you and start little subcategory book clubs. I’ve shared a suggested books reading list below, but don’t let it restrict your choices!
The dates for each of my reviews (and the end period for each session) are as follows:
- June 2
- June 30
- July 28
- August 25
I’m so excited to do this and I hope you all enjoy the books you read this summer!
BAD READERS BOOK LIST
Basic Beach (Reads)
- The Rocks
- One Plus One
- The Clasp
- Me Before You
- American Housewives
- The Girl You Left Behind
Non-Fiction and Biographies
- Brain on Fire
- The Cool School
- The Year of Magical Thinking
- My Own Words
- The Glass Castle
- Being Mortal
Teen Lit Flicks
- The Spectacular Now
- Six of Crows
- The Foxhole Court
- The Raven Boys
- A Darker Shade of Magic
- Neverwhere
“I Was Supposed to Read This In School”
- Pride and Prejudice
- On the Road
- Catcher in the Rye
- A Separate Peace
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- The Bell Jar
Pretty Covers, Beautiful Content
- Sweetbitter
- A Little Life
- Fates + Furies
- The Goldfinch
- The Circle
- All the Light We Cannot See
- The Blind Assassin