Summer Reading Ladder (2017)

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Rating Key:

πŸ’œ=Poor writing and/or weak storyline.

πŸ’œπŸ’œ=Poor writing and/or weak storyline but with some promising ideas.

πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ=Good writing and/or weak storyline but with some promising ideas and some relatability.

πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ= Great writing and/or storyline with promising ideas and relatability.

πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ=A truly brilliant read. The writing and/or storyline was meaningful and impactful. This is the type of read that is a springboard for both thought and epiphany. It is inspirational and it appears to hold a universal relatability. It might break the conventional rules of structure, grammar, etc but it is done well and with purpose.

πŸ’•=Point five mark

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JUNE READS:

  1. Whisky Words & a Shovel I (poetry anthology) by r.h. sin (282 pages)
  • Rating: πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

JULY READS:

Rest In the Mourning (poetry anthology) by r.h. Sin (118 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’•

Neon Soul (poetry anthology) by Alexandra Elle (143 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’•

Last 252 pages ofΒ It’s Kind of a Funny StoryΒ by Ned Vizzini

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

I Love My LoveΒ (poetry anthology) by Reyna Biddy (103 pages)

  • Rating: πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately (poetry anthology) by Alicia Cook (234 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

Book of Longing (poetry anthology) by Leonard Cohen (229 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

Rumi’s Little Book of the HeartΒ (127 pages)

  • Rating:πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

What is the Moon?–Japanese Haiku SequenceΒ by Ruby Lytle (31 pages)

  • Rating: πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

Last 107 pages ofΒ Bitter Sweet LoveΒ (poetry anthology) by Michael Faudet

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’•

A Thousand Splendid SunsΒ by Khaled Hosseini (415 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

The Picture of Dorian GrayΒ by Oscar Wilde (215 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

Teen Surf GothΒ (poetry anthology) by Oscar D’artois (84 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

Quick AphorismsΒ by George Murray (98 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’•

First 315 pages of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

First 26 pages of The Great GatsbyΒ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Rating:πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

Total pages read as of July:Β 2,497 pages over the course of approximately four weeks (ESTIMATE: 624 pages a week, 89 pages a day)

AUGUST READS:

Last 100 pages ofΒ Gone GirlΒ by Gillian Flynn

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

Finished re-reading the last 163 pages of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

The Poisonwood BibleΒ by Barbara Kingsolver (543 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

“The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Allan Poe (5 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ

Antony and CleopatraΒ by William Shakespeare (144 pages)

  • Rating:Β πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’•

Total pages read as of August: 955Β pages over the course of approximately four weeks (ESTIMATE: 239 pages a week, 34 pages a day

Total pages read collectively:Β 3,834 Β pages over the course of approximately nine weeks (ESTIMATE: 426 pages a week, 61 pages a day)

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