Summer Reading, An Excuse to Indulge

The weather is warm.  The days are longer.  And if you are like most parents, you are on the run.  You need a book that you can pick up and read anywhere, everywhere, if only for a  few minutes at a time.

Well, how about three books that fill that bill?  One for each of the busiest, balmiest months of the year.

This summer I am diving in to The Hunger Games trilogy.  My nine-year-old son has been salivating over the yummy boxed set since it entered our household but I have declined him the privilege of being the one to bend the first binding.  Mainly because I feel the premise is too mature for him.  (And because I want the guilty pleasure of reading a teen-level series for myself, if only for a few minutes a day.)

Katniss is my BFF for the summer.  Timely, as archery has become a new family hobby.  I need her to help me improve my terribly poor aim…