17. Read 30 non-school books

I'm on a roll.

Set in the early 1940's in smalltown Ohio.  Pecola, obsessed with a beauty only blue eyes can give her, slowly submits to the harsh and ruthless environment she was born into.

5 down, 25 to go

17. Read 30 non-school books

A little similar to the Green Mile (okay, REALLY similar), but still a good quick summer read.

4 down, 26 to go.

17. Read 30 non-school books

I've actually read more than 3 books this year.  I just haven't finished more than 3 books this year.  I have a bad habit of picking up books I think I might like, only to get a few chapters in and be sorely disappointed.  This lack of engagement coupled with my short attention span results in a pile of unfinished reading material and a lot less cash in my wallet.

This was certainly an exception though.  I was blown away at the puzzling, and yet astounding workings of the autistic mind.  It was so good in fact, I blew through it in a just a few hours.  (Unlike, ahem, all you other failures piling up on my nightstand)

3 down, 27 to go.