Well ladies and gents, Summer is upon us! The first ‘official’ day of Summer is this Saturday, the 21st! Boy, I feel like I’ve waited for this forever. I guess that’s the effect a long, Ohio winter will have on a Georgia peach. Anyway, It’s finally here and I cannot wait to be lazy by the pool with a good book all Summer. Our pool has been open since Memorial Day, but unfortunately, the weather hasn’t been warm enough for me to justify being outside in a bathing suit. At least not on days when I have the time to anyway. But I have hope that it will warm up soon! 

So I thought I’d share with you 10 books that I’m hoping to read this summer. All of these have recently been or are soon going to be made into movies and I want to read them before I see them.

ONE // Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky – movie came out in 2012

TWO // The Fault In Our Stars by John Green – movie came out last weekend

THREE // The Book Thief by Mark Zusak – movie came out in 2013

FOUR // The Host by Stephenie Meyer – movie came out in 2013

FIVE // The Giver by Lois Lowry – movie comes out in August

SIX // Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card – movie came out in 2013

SEVEN // The Life of Pi by Yann Martel – movie came out in 2012

EIGHT // The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – movie came out in 2013

NINE // The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien – first movie came out in 2012, second movie came out in 2013, third movie comes out in December

TEN // The Maze Runner by James Dashner – movie comes out in September

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