My grandson and I are reading the entire Harry Potter collection this summer. We are currently on book 4. :)

I recently finished "Bossy Pants" by Tina Fey. Entertaining . . . great summer read.

The Affair by Lee Child.

Signs of Life by Natalie Taylor. It's a memoir by a local (Oakland County) author.

The Shades of Grey series!

1,000 White Women (Journals of May Dodd) by Jim Fergus
Brenda C. Gagnon

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

I just read "Sparrow Girl" to my children and it was great. Based on a true story about events that happened in China in 1958. It kept my 9 year-old son and 7 year-old twins captivated.

Mo Willems Piggie and Gerald series for emerging readers, Pre-K - 1st. I can't say enough good things about Mo Willems books.

John Adams by David McCullough because I read "Washington, A Life" by Ron Chernow last fall and loved it so much I decided to read about the President's lives, in the order that they were President.

I read "Jack and Djinn" by Amber Sweetapple and LOVED it! She's a local author too!

And we love "Caps For Sale" at our house! My daughter loves to shake her finger and say " You monkeys you, you give me back my caps!"

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. Just started it yesterday. So far it's a good vacation read... :-)

Wild by Cheryl Strayed. A journey of the Pacific Crest Trail.

Read The Hunger Games series, The Help (so great), and now onto 50 Shades of Grey...teehee!!

Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller.

Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Amazing story!

I am reading Dead End to Norvelt by Jack Gantos right now to see if it'd make a good read aloud for next school-year. I am also reading Cockeyed, a memoir by Ryan Knighton about losing his vision to RP. Both are excellent so far!

I am in the middle of Frankenstein: Cit of Night by Dean Koontz and Fall of Giants by Ken Follett! Both are very good!

Just finished reading McKenna (American Girl Doll) to my girls and now starting Selena the Sleepover Fairy and Warriors The Last Hope. I am reading The Hunger Games.

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, loving it so far!

On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves (for the 3rd time - love this book!); and Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah.

"The Magical Ms. Plum". My daughter (7) was reading this book a laughing loudly throughout it. It is clean, no sass and silly.
As for me, finishing Book 3 of The Fifty Shades trilogy. (;

Description via Amazon "Magical Ms. Plum"
Everybody wants to be in Ms. Plum’s class. It’s not just that she teaches the usual things in unusual ways. There’s something more, something about Ms. Plum herself—and her mysterious supply closet. Whenever she asks her students to get her an eraser or a pencil or some paper clips, they come back with something . . . unusual. Who’d have thought a pinky-sized alligator, a big-mouth parrot, or a tiny wolf could teach kids a thing or two about life?

My 4th grade daughter has been reading "A Dog's Life: an Autobiography of a Stay" by Ann Martin and had me convinced it was so good - I started it. Great literature with an unique point of view. I just finished up "Claire's Not So Gothic Romance" by Bonnie Blythe.

Just read "The Magic Room" by Jeff Zaslow about the Becker's Bridal store in Fowler. I would highly recommend it!!

Re-reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and then moving on to Private Games by James Patterson (in honor of the 2012 Olympics). After looking at all of the great suggestions above and on the Facebook page, though, I can see I will need to expand my reading list!

Glad to know I'm not the only one who admits to reading 50 Shades of Grey series. ;) Just finished the last book over the weekend.
We're also reading to my 5 year old the original Peter Pan and Wendy by J.M. Barrie.

I just finished The Captive Queen by Allison Weir and Heading Out To Wonderful by Robert Goolrick. They were both really good!!

Just read my kids (ages 3 and 4) an old Children's book that my mom used to read to me, "Oh, What A Busy Day" by Gyo Fuijkawa. They just love it! And it has wonderful illustrations and good lessons which makes it fun for mom to read too.

These are all such great suggestions. Keep them coming! My daughter (almost 7) is really into the "Bean and Ivy" series right now. My son (almost 10) devoured the entire five-book "The Name of this Book is Secret" series over our recent beach vacation. As for me? I'm reading "The Hobbit." Yes, "The Hobbit."

I am reading so many things right now. Joanne Fluke's Cinnamon Roll Murder, E.L. James Fifty Shades Darker, Janet Evanovich's Wicked Business, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone for the 15th time.

Just finished The Island: Elin Hilderbrand-- great summer read! Also last week I read On the Island: Tracey Garvis Graves ( maybe I want to be on an island reading these books:)
Happy Reading

Currently reading "A Confident Heart" by Renee Swope ... and "An Unlikely Suitor" by Nancy Moser. Both are great books!

I just finished Alligator Lake and Catfish Alley by Lynne Bryant. Very enjoyable summer reads!

Playing for Pizza by John Grisholm. We are a sports family so this works. Very light read for summer.

Just finished reading "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth. It's the second book in the Divergent Series. Pretty good book! For those readers that liked the Hunger Games Series, you will like these as well!

I am reading, "Arc of Justice" by Kevin Boyle. It's fabulous! It's the true story of race, civil rights and murder in the Jazz Age of Detroit. I have learned a lot about the history of Detroit during the 1920's. This book reads like a novel.

My sophomore in High School is reading Grand Design by Steven Hawkings. Its insights on the universe are amazing!!

I just finished "true colors" by Kristin Hannah. Now I am reading " Summerland" by Elin Hilderbrand.

I love mysteries so I am working my way through several historical series:
Cavalier of the Apocalypse by Susanne Alleyn, fictional detective is Aristide Ravel, set in Paris in the 1790s (3 sequels)
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson, fictional sleuth is the actual Josephine Tey (3 more)
The Marked Man by Barbara Hamilton, fictional sleuth is the actual Abigail Adams (1 more; 1 previously read one)
Murder on the Lusitania by Conrad Allen, -- fictional sleuths are George Dillman & Genevieve Masefield -- set in the early 1900s on board ocean liners (7 more)
Murder on the Eiffel Tower by Claude Izner, fictional sleuth is Victor Legris, set in Paris in the late 1800s. The books were written in French, so there are 8 more, but only 4 more have been translated.
The War on Miss Winters by Kathryn Miller Haines, fictional sleuth is Rosie Winters, set in NYC during WWII (3 more)
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, fictional sleuth is Maisie Dobbs, set in the UK, post WWI (8 more)
Murder Your Darlings by JJ Murphy, fictional sleuth is the actual Dorothy Parker, plus the rest of the Algonquin Round Table gang (3 more)
Louisa and the Crystal Gazer by Anna Maclean, fictional sleuth is the actual Lousia May Alcott (2 more)

For non-fiction, I recently finished A White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson, by Brenda Wineapple; I'm now reading Rachel Maddow's Driftless.

My daughter (nearly 12) is currently reading Little Women, The War on Miss Winter (by Kathryn Miller Haines) & the third Harry Potter book.

Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. I refuse to see a movie until I have read the book first!

Just started reading "Weird Sisters" Sounded like something I could relate to. Love it so far.

Fifty Shades of Grey... Not for the kiddos though :)

I finished the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins and now I'm working on A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, I'm currently on book 1 titled "A Game of Thrones" and I'm pretty much hooked.

I'm currently reading "Passage to Juneau" by Jonathan Raban. Not only an interesting sea journey from Seattle to Juneau but also discourses on art, philosophy, navigation and a narrative of personal loss.

I would highly recommend Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen, and Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (not always easy, but a true story and so inspirational). I'm also on the third book of The Hunger Games trilogy-my daughter, son, mother-in-law and I all enjoyed the series!

I am reading Jeneration X; One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner by Jen Lancaster. Great summer read!
And my son is hooked on the Little Critter series.

I'm currently reading "Night Swim" by Jessica keener. Also enjoyed "Iron Branch: A Civil War Tale of a Woman In-Between" by Kely Ouchley. I'll second the Grey Series . . .not for kids.

Defending Jacob by William Landay (a great legal thriller)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (bizarre & hilarious memoir from the Bloggess)
Wonder by R.J. Palacio (a wonderful middle grade novel about kindness and acceptance)
See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles (great characters in a powerfully emotional novel for middle school)

Steve Jobes biography. Now I understand open and closed platform, and how unusual true genius is. Not a Apple afficianado but now I totally get it. Very well written.

I recently finished The Hunger Games Trilogy and am now reading "Matilda" by Roald Dahl because my 8 year old daughter really enjoyed it and thought I would, too. :)

Getting ready to start "Real education : four simple truths for bringing America's schools back to reality" by Charles A. Murray

I'm doing a book club with my incoming 6th grade class. We just finished I survived the Titanic. Now we're reading Chocolate Fever. I'm looking for one more book for Aug. hard thing is finding multiple copies without spending a fortune!! ;-) Miss Gronzo.

I picked up The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan from the bookmobile before going to Florida. It was about a ocean liner in 1914 that sinks and the survival of those that made it into a life boat as they drift in the Atlantic. Perfect summer read as I sat at the ocean!

I just finished reading The Firm by John Grisham. A great thriller, legal novel! I would recommend it for anyone this summer

I am reading Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero by Larry Tye.

Just finished Boys Adrift by Dr. Sax. A good read for anyone wondering why boys are less motivated in this day and age. I just started I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb.

Susan
I am reading a new book from my daughters favorite author of many years, so that I can then pass it on to her...making note in pencil all the lines that are so her or so me..."Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake"..a Memoir of Anna Quindlen. A book looking back and then ahead..and celebrating it all,---as the author considers marriage, girlfriends, parenting, our bodies, our mothers, faith, LOSS and the stuff in our closets and more. Quindlen says for us here what we may wish we could have said ourselves. Using her past, present, and future to explore what matters most to women at different ages....for my daughter and I have been trying to do a lot of looking back of memories and trying to look ahead to the future.

I''m getting through the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy. These are real page turners! I haven't been able to put them down! Can't wait to see the first movie once I'm finished!

Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans the third book in his wonderful "Walk" series.
Christine Lind Hage

"come be my light" the writings of mother Teresa. Very inspiring!

Trying to finish INNOCENT by. Scott Turow before my Book Clib in Dearborn at 7:00 tonight Great read.

I love personal development books! I'm reading Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker

I have four recommendations:

THE OBJECTS OF MY AFFECTION by Jill Smolinski. It is about a hoarder trying to change her lifestyle. The author is almost a hometown girl! She grew up in Troy, attended Athens High School, and graduated from CMU. I am one of her former teachers and couldn't be prouder.

KEEPING THE HOUSE by Ellen Barker. It is a great look back on being a housewife in the 1950s. Very interesting roles we women once played!

MISTRESS SHAKESPEARE by Karen Harper. Did William Shakespeare have a mystery muse? This historical fiction novel tells all.

MOLOKA'I by Alan Brennert. This beautiful Hawaiian Island was once a leper colony. This touching, historical fiction piece shows that the afflicted were still people, with the same ups and downs of everyone else.

I'm reading "French Kids Eat Everything." Interesting perspective and so far a great read!

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

I just finished Trudy' Promise. It was a great historical fiction book about a mother and her child trying to escape Berkin after the wall was built. Fantastic read!

A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr is my current read. It is a winner of the National Book Critics Award for Nonfiction and well worth the recognition. It is about the dumping of toxic waste by industry in a small town in Mass. which contaminates the water. It takes place in the 80's. Sad, gripping, and unfortunately something we still need to be aware of in 2012. A real eye-opener!

Lisa Reed
I'm reading an older book:
THE KNITTING CIRCLE by Ann Hood. A fantastic human drama about a mother's struggle to cope with her young daughters unexpected death. Makes me want to go to the store in Rochester and start knitting! Also gives glimpses into the lives of the other women in the knitting circle...and what brought them there.

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

My bookgroup and I are reading "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak for our August meeting:)

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Im reading Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand. Love all her book :)

11/22/63 by Stephen King... I can't put it down!

I loved THE KNITTING CIRCLE-read it a years ago! :)

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY is on my list.

I too am behind and am catching up on the Stieg Larsson DRAGON TATTOO TRILOGY-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.

Thanks for creating a list of summer reads!

I am reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

I'm going back and rereading one of my favorite trilogies by Kathy Tyers called Firebird.
http://www.amazon.com/Firebird-Trilogy-Tyers-Kathy/dp/0764229273/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342796752&sr=1-5&keywords=kathy+tyers

I found Frost a book of poets at the last sale at the Rochester Lib Book Sale in Rochester,so am reading that a little everyday. I have been reading Dorothea Benton Franks books the latest Porch Lights. Franks books center pretty much around the Lowcountry so they are a fun summer read....you feel like you are there by the water.

I am reading Blessings by Anna Quindlen
Very good book, love the descriptions of the Blessings farm and home!

Daughter just finished Wildwood by Colin Malloy
She loved it, tons of twists and crazy plot!

I'm reading Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way by Mayim Bialik Ph.D.
:)

One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus

I am reading Anticancer: A new way of life. Basically the science of foods and health.

Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophia Kinsella.

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