these are books I plan to read this summer. The list is based on recommendations, reviews and plain ole ‘you’ve got to read this’ suggestions.

Only in London – Hanan Al-Shaykh (because other cultures fascinate me and the immigrants’ journey’s always thrilling)

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim – David Sedaris (Because he’s the funniest guy I’ve ever read)

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation – Lynne Truss (so that I never use ‘it’s’ when I mean ‘its’)

Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides (I’m told it’s the best book I’ll ever read)

Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov (I’m probably the one person who’s never read Lolita, well that’s about to change)

The Bride Stripped Bare – Anonymous (“Just read it!” she squealed!)

The Pornographer’s Poem – Michael Turner (Someone said, it has everything you’ll need: sex, drugs, porn and Vancouver!)

Delano – John Orozco (I hear it’s a great, funny satire)

CAD: Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor – Rick Martin (is it really that lame?)

Latter Days – T. Fabris (my first shot at gay romance, let’s hope I like it)

The Second Life of Samuel Tyne – Esi Edugyan (She’s Ghanaian… I’m probably required to read it!)

Little Children – Tom Perrotta (what happens when you have kids and move to suburbia)

The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri (Again the clash of cultures, trying to fit in…)

PLAYING: Amazing – George Michael

READING: Only in London - Hanan Al-Shaykh

WATCHING: Canadian Idol

QUOTE: “celebrate the love of the one you're with”

[Summer Reads]