Despite the fact that summer is officially several (five) weeks away, I’ve planned my slightly overly ambitious summer reading list.  It contains some new material, some classics and an old favorite.  I am hoping to make it through the stack before the end of August.  If you know what a typical day here entails for the family of six, one-room school house, that doubles as an organic mini-farm in the summer … you won’t be at all surprised if I am still at the top of the stack as the calendar turns over to September.  

The Summer 2011 Stack

So, what’s in the Summer Stack 2011?

• Watership Down, by Richard Adams   #1 will be reading this for a literature analysis during the 2011-12 school year.
• The Ministry of Motherhood, by Sally Clarkson  This is the one I started today.  I won’t be reading this in order.  I’ve read others of Sally Clarkson’s books and am looking forward to this one.
• A Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton-Porter  This was my grandfather’s favorite book growing up.  I never thought that I would actually find a copy, but the IU press printed it a few years ago because G. Porter was a native of Indiana.  I started this one last year, but I am looking forward to learning a little more about my grandfather and enjoying his favorite story.
• Boys Should Be Boys, by Meg Meeker M.D.  Obviously this is true.  I think I bought this one to help me figure out exactly how that works … ha!  Good luck.  Never having been a boy, I feel I’m at a disadvantage here.
• The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Orczy  #1 will be reading this one next year too, and I’ve always wanted to read it.  So, this year … I will.
• The Vanishing Comrade, by Ethel Cook Eliot  This is one of my all time favorite books.  My sister found a copy for me several years ago.  When we were growing up, we only had one copy in the house and it was my mom’s.  The book was written in the ’30’s, but it is a wonderful story.  I am looking forward to reading this one again and may even read it out loud to #2.  I think it’s right up her alley.
• The Windboy,  by Ethel Cook Elliot  Imagine my surprise when I found another book by Ms. Eliot.  I bought it on the spot at the consignment store; I don’t think the previous owner even read it.  Love the picture on the front, it reminds me of passages in The Vanishing Comrade.  Looking forward to another good story from Ms. Eliot.