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# Sharing My Summer Reading List: What's on Yours?

Jun 8, 2012 12:00:31 PM  |  by [Sarah Reinhard](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/sarah-reinhard)

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Every year for the last nine, I've participated in our local library's summer reading program.

Now that I have kids, they participate too.

It's a little crazy, really. To get the gold star at the end of the program (though the first year, they really roped me in with a travel mug!), you have to read something like 11 or 12 books in eight weeks.

Madness, I tell you!

I cushion my choices, especially when I'm pregnant or nursing or having a rough time reading a lot, with a lot of YA. (Hey, I want that gold star!)

This year, I've made myself a bit of a list for my summer reading, and I'm already getting excited about it.

Here's the short list I'm starting with:

Fiction:

- *[Mr. Blue](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0829421319/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0829421319)*, by Myles Connolly, which will be a delightful reread. Bonus: it's short (but deep)
- *[Till We Have Faces](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156904365/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0156904365)*, by C.S. Lewis, which I have meant to read for, um, a couple of years at least
- *[Manalive](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613822855/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1613822855)*, by G.K. Chesterton, because I love Chesterton and I've heard this is a great read

YA:

- *[The Tripods Attack](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933184264/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1933184264)*, by John McNichol, which is the first in the Young Chesterton Series and that I've had waiting for me for quite some time
- *[Stoop of Mastodon Meadow](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007IVN4ZC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007IVN4ZC)*, by Daniel McInerny, which is the second in the Patria series, and which I can't wait to dive into (my seven-year-old has started the first)
- *[Leviathan](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416971742/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1416971742)*, by Scott Westerfield

Nonfiction:

- *[The Messy Quest for Meaning: Five Catholic Practices for Finding Your Vocation](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933495324/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1933495324)*, by Stephen Martin
- *[The Temperament God Gave Your Kids: Motivate, Discipline, and Love Your Children](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161278545X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=161278545X)*, by Art & Laraine Bennett
- *[After Miscarriage: A Catholic Woman's Companion to Healing and Hope](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0867169974/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0867169974)*, by Karen Edmisten

I know I'll be adding a book or two (and possibly swapping a book or two out), but it's fun to have a starting list.

## What's on YOUR summer reading list?

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### [Sarah Reinhard](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/sarah-reinhard)

When she’s not chasing kids, chugging coffee, or juggling work, Sarah Reinhard’s usually trying to stay up read just one … more … chapter. She writes and works in the midst of rural farm life with little ones underfoot. She is part of the team for the award-winning *Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion*, as well as the author of [a number of books](http://sarahreinhard.com/my-books/).

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