First Post! : Books for the Summer

With the school year just about over (thank god!!!) with only exams left, it is now time to look towards summer. One of the things I'm looking foward to in summer is finally being able to read, and my read I mean not textbooks and stupid plays about old Greek ladies killing her babies, I mean things that are fun to read. With this said I'm not quite sure if I'll actually have time to do anything as I will be working at Best Buy (joy of joys... though I'm finally happy to be making money again), taking classes at John Tyler Community College, and stage managing for the Richmond Shakespeare Festival Young Company, so this whole book thing might just be a fantasy but here it goes:

Jay's Books for the Summer:

1. Harry, A History by Melissa Anelli - Ok, I'm a huge Harry Potter dork. I love the books, the films, I'm into Wizard Rock, the podcasts (Pottercast and Mugglecast), all of it. So when I found out Melissa Anelli, webmistress of the Leaky Cauldron fansite and host of Pottercast was writing a book on the Harry Potter phenomenon I jumped on that. I've had the book since Christmas, only about 15 pages in.
2. Shakespeare and Company by Stanley Wells - Another book from Christmas that I havent't been able to get through. You'll see a lot of Shakespeare on the list, I decided I would read as much about Shakespeare and acting as I can this summer as a part of my plan of working towards auditioning for the American Shakespeare Center in three years.
3. Wild at Heart by John Eldridge - My sister gave me this book last summer for my birthday, to help me in my relationship with Christ. I've gotten about a quarter through... really good... just the problem of having the time to finish..
4. Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King - One of my favorite fantasy books. Very dark, but not really scary, a little bit of a departure for King.
5. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King - Ok I'm trying to be realistic in that I don't think I'll get through the entire series, but I want to get at least through two books, as my dad swears by this series and my dad has great taste in books.
6. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling - Obvious reread and probably won't get through all but would be nice.
7. Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen - One of the premeire acting books. Read the first chapter -- really good want to finish.
8. Playing Shakespeare by John Barton -I want to be a Shakespearian actor, I have to read this book.
9. Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis - I've only read Magician's Nephew and Lion, Witch, and the Wardrope, even though I own all the books. So, if I get through Prince Caspian and maybe another I'll be happy.

• + I'll be trying to reread my acting books from this year, and trying to pre-read some of next semester's books. Also, I want to get through a couple of Shakespeare and Marlowe plays this summer and I want to read a book on digital photography just so I can do my job a bit better at Best Buy.
  

Somewhat abridged... for a full list of books I want to read check out the Bookshelf app on my facebook.

First blog, first post! Exciting!!!

Happy Living, Happy Blogging!

- J