Summer Reading Thing!

I decided to join Karlene over at InkSplasher in her Summer Reading Thing Program. You make some reading goals for the summer, link up to her website, and then write at least one review on the books you read. She's giving out prizes, books, and gift certificates for participants. If you want to join, click here, it will be fun!

So, I've chosen my books for the summer:

Bridge to Terabithia
I read this one in about 4th grade. I can't remember anything about it except that I loved it very much. I missed it in theaters, so I thought I'd give it another read before renting the movie.

The 5th Horseman
James Patterson's 5th contribution to his lazily written Women's Murder Club series. I say lazy because clearly the man can do better, but his fame allows him to go for quantity instead of quality. Plot-holes and all, it's still very addictive.

New Moon
My friend, Kristen, turned me on to a book called Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. To be honest I only bought the book for its cover, despite Kristen's warning that it was a poorly-written piece of teen lit. Several hundred pages later, I found myself worrying what I'd do when I reached the end of the story. There would be no more nights with my favorite vampire, Edward Cullen. I later found out this is Stephenie's first book, which is pretty impressive. If you can get through some awkward dialogue, it's a magical tale. New Moon is the sequel. It's saying something when I tell you I'm reading it even though it's only in hardback. I can't hold a hardback book up while lying in my back in bed for more than 5 pages, and it's no use propping on the pillow, because the last 3 lines of text on each page get swallowed in feathers.

The 4-Hour Workweek
Sounds very appealing, doesn't it?

The Four Agreements
This book just makes me happy. It's a book on Toltec wisdom that teaches four agreements you should make with yourself in order to lead a life where you're completely truthful to yourself. I read the first half of it some time ago when it was given to me as a gift, but never finished.

So there they are, my 5 books for Summer reading. Which order I read them in will be played by ear, but I promise to review each of them here.